The Song We Made Together
One voice, one stage, friends for life
Saturday came, and the school was full of people.
The stage was bigger than I imagined.
My hands were shaking, and my mouth was dry.
Yuki's voice had not come back that morning.
"I still can't sing," she said with sad eyes.
"Aya, you have to sing the main part today."
My heart jumped, and I felt very scared.
"You can do it," Yuki said. "I in you."
She has helped me since my first lonely day.
So I took a deep breath and stepped forward.
The lights were brighter than the rooftop sun.
Ken counted to four, and our song finally began.
My first was small, then it grew stronger.
I sang louder and higher than ever before.
Yuki played her guitar and smiled at me.
Mei's bass was warmer than in every practice.
The music we made on the roof filled the hall.
The stood up and clapped their hands.
Our quiet rooftop song had become something big.
When the song ended, my eyes were .
"We have done it," Yuki said, hugging me tightly.
"You were better than all of us today," she laughed.
We started as strangers on a lonely rooftop.
Now we have become friends for a .
And the song we made together will never .