"Dude, are you sure about this?"

"Why not? Magkaroon ka naman ng konting exposure sa classics at culture. Ayaw mo? Libre ko naman e."

Lucas looked at the poster once again and sighed. "Sige na nga." Lucas sighed, resigned.

"Thanks, man." Kento said and they walked to the box office. "Two please, orchestra center." Kento talked to the girl at the window.

Lucas glanced at Kento. "Orchestra?" he exclaimed, eyes widening. Kento looked at him and nodded, wiggling his eyebrows. He paid and claimed the tickets then lead the way to the theatre.

They found their seats toward the middle of the theatre. The entire time the orchestra played, Kento was glued to their performance. He clapped the loudest when the string section was acknowledged. At the restaurant which Lucas chose after, "Do you even know her name?" Lucas asked.

Kento dreamily looked at the ticket and the program on the table. He ran the names of the violinists in his head, the same list he perused in the program. He smiled at Lucas. "They have another performance on Sunday." Kento said, avoiding Lucas' question.

"Yeah. A matinee and a gala." Lucas was slightly annoyed that Kento didn't answer his question. Kento didn't stop smiling at Lucas. "Woi!" Lucas exclaimed. Plano mong panoorin lahat nung performances?!"

"She plays so beautifully!"

"I couldn't even tell. Ang dami nila sa stage, no?"

"Pero aminin mo, you enjoyed."

"Oo naman. I mean, I enjoyed the performances lalo na yung medley part."

"Okay na yun." Kento said. "At least hindi ka na clueless pagdating sa classical music."

"Hindi naman ako masyadong clueless sa ganyang music. Mas trip ko lang talaga yung modern at pop." Lucas replied.

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Leah (Lia) played the recordings of the practices as she drove her car. After tonight's performance, her mentor gave notes and suggested some techniques. Leah ran these through her thoughts while driving. She was thinking of applying these techniques on their next performance on Sunday. It had rained while they were inside the theatre. Because the roads were slippery, another driver lost control of his vehicle and side-swiped several other vehicles, causing a major accident. Leah lost control of her car and crashed.

Kento and Lucas drove past the scene of the accident on their way home. There was a traffic jam even if it was late and they could see the flashing lights of several emergency vehicles.

"Sheesh! I hope no one got killed." Lucas said as Kento slowly drove by.

"Grabe!" Kento said. As they passed the wrecked vehicles, Kento looked at his rearview mirror. One of the cars looked familiar but he wasn't sure. He said a silent prayer for the victims and turned his attention back to the road ahead.

Upon arriving home, Kento pulled out a box from his closet. Inside were other tickets from other performances where the girl was part of the symphony orchestra. Ever since his Tita gave him a ticket to accompany her to a performance a year ago, Kento tried to watch the performances of this particular orchestra. Initially, he was not really into classical music, but one violinist caught his attention. From then on, he tried to watch the performances of their symphony orchestra.

Kento put the ticket and program in the box after flipping through it again and seeing a familiar face in its pages. He didn't know her name, though. In the photos, she was always part of a group. But somehow, Kento recognized her no matter how small she appeared in the photos. "Soon, makikilala rin kita." Kento said to himself as he put the box back inside his closet.

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Kento thought of going backstage after next Sunday's matinee show. "Pakapalan nalang ng mukha ito." However, Sunday's performances were cancelled. Kento was disappointed that he would not be able to see her. "Kelan kaya yung susunod na performance?" Kento wondered as he looked at the poster with a notice about its cancelled performances. He then looked towards the artists entrance, sighed, and walked away.