As Naoko was listening to his mother, he took his cup and drank some water. Then he replied, "now I get it. But if my grandparents are such great musicians, how come dad never knew how to play an instrument?"
His mother's face turned gloomy as she answered his son's query.
"Your father wasn't into music, dear. He was the silent type of guy. Although he is nice, he just doesn't appreciate your grandparents' music. But he did try to play the clarinet once."
"He did...?", he sarcastically replied.
"Oh stop this gibberish none sense. He's your father and you should try to respect him.", his mother angrily spoke.
"Yea right. My father is a failure and you know it. He can't even play the clarinet."
Naoko's deep anger to his father started when he was still a young boy. His father wanted him to be as perfect as he thought he was- smart, refined, a born leader, and so forth. But his ways of teaching his son were torturing. Coming from a high class family, Naoko's father valued perfection and great standard. So he will do anything to make his son look as the best among any other person in their place.
His father sent him to leadership classes every weekends from 7 in the morning 'til 6 in the evening. Then his father would take him to his study room to teach him the gentleman's code 'til midnight. Then his father sends him every summer to a summer school wherein he will remain in a dormitory until the summer is over.
Naoko never enjoyed those days with his father. But because now that his father is working abroad, he can freely enjoy his life with his mom in the ranch.
Naoko's mother went silent as she grabbed her cup to drink. You can read from her face the grief of having his son think his own father as a failure.
The silence broke when Naoko uttered, "music."
His mother took her cup down and said, "what did you say dear?"
"Mom", Naoko replied. "I would want to have a music class for the summer."
Surprised, his mother pressed her chest and gulped hard.
"Errr... Naoko dear. Are you sure you want this?", she spoke with great care.
"Of course I do. Why else would i say it if I wouldn't want it?", he seriously said.
His mother stared at her cup and thought to herself that the reason why Naoko decided to take the class is because he wanted to prove that he could do something that his father could not. And maybe also to point out that he is not a failure like his father.
"Well?", Naoko whispered."Can I get into a music class?
"His mother thought for a while, but soon took Naoko's hand and said, " If this is what you want. If this makes you happy. Then yes, dear.
"Naoko's face grew bright with a cheerful smile.
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