FicTober: Day 7
Prompt #7: "Do you recognise this?"
Original Fiction: Broken Mirrors Series
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Alice Sweeney, Roderich Klein, Gilbert Lehmann, Baltasar Klein
Ships: N/A
Alice smiled brightly as she and Gilbert buzzed with excitement, they had been planning this surprise for months.
“Do you think he’ll like it? He’s been really upset since the divorce…”
“Alice, he’ll love it. I promise. I think it's just what he needs.”
Alice straightened her back, leaning up from polishing the ivory keys, “I hope so. He’s been avoiding everyone since he kicked her out.”
Gilbert smiled, pulling the black cloth over the piano to hide it, “He’s probably embarrassed about the situation. He loved her and trusted her, he didn’t even believe me when I told him about her. I’m sure he just doesn’t want an I told you so.”
The two jumped slightly as Baltasar excitedly dragged Roderich into the room, “Come on Dad!”
“Balt, relax. Why are we rushing? It’s-”
Roderich stilled when he noticed the two standing in his living room, “Alice? Gilbert? What are you two doing in my house?”
Alice smiled sheepishly, “Well, we’re here to surprise you.”
“We were worried, Rod. You’ve been avoiding everyone and even your kid was getting worried about you. He helped us plan a little surprise for you to force you to come to the annual get-together.”
Roderich huffed in annoyance, “And if I refuse?”
Alice smiled, quickly pulling the cloth off of the piano, “Then this will go to waste!”
Gilbert smirked as he watched Roderich’s wide eyes take in the piano beside them, “Do you recognise this, Roddy?”
Roderich hesitantly approached the large piano, “I…I can’t believe it. Where did you even get this?”
Alice gently placed her hand on his arm, “I saved it from the castle. Gilbert’s been working on fixing it up for years, and we finally got it working right again.”
Gilbert smiled proudly as he pointed to the keys, “The keys are from the old one, everything else I had to hand carve to match the burnt one.”
“You remade it?”
Gilbert nodded, “Yeah, you said it was your father’s. I couldn’t leave it to rot with the rest of the castle.”
Alice stifled her giggle as Roderich suddenly hugged Gilbert tightly.
“Dad, could you teach me how to play it?”
The three turned to the small boy who eyed the piano with awe, they had forgotten about the boy while they were caught up in the moment.
Roderich quickly wiped his eyes from the brimming tears, “Of course, I’ll show you just like my father taught me.”
Alice and Gilbert couldn’t hide their smiles as Roderich quickly sat beside his son and began to explain the different piano keys. He would recover from leaving his wife and so would his son.
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Beba: "What do when screw loose?"
Char_2175902158: "You turn it clockwise."
Beba: "thank"
Beba: "fofo thinks beba stole work, thinks beba gave stolen to monsert, but beba change!"
Char_2175902158: "Interesting..."
(Beba holds up a wrench and reaches for... those.)
Beba: "beba turn screw clockwards now"
(Whatever Beba's working on loses a screw!)
Beba: "oh noooo! but it is ok"
Char_2175902158: "Oh, it's one of those.. uh, things. Cool. Is it a telephone, or a… um…"
Beba: "beba love radio tools!"
Char_2175902158: "Oh, an oldie carry radio? Sweet!"
Beba: "beba dont think balt need it. balt is cyborg"
Char_2175902158: "I've never met him so wouldn't know. I have spare batteries if you need any."
Beba: "beba have battery"
Char_2175902158: "What about googly eyes?"
Beba, who is eyeless: "beba want that"
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