I've always wanted to be a singer when I grew up. It was my dream for the longest time... But. Sometimes, nobody likes a freakish voice...
A young girl was swinging as she sang, she was in elementary school. Only nine years old but was unaccepted by other musicians.
"𝙴𝚠! 𝙸𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞-.."
The little girl turned, slowing herself down from the swing. She saw a group of four kids who were in the school band.
"Mhm! I like to sing, it's my dream to be a singer when I'm big!" She smiled at them till she was pushed off the swing falling into the pavement. She groaned, a hand on the back of her head while she slowly sat up.
"𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚐𝚕𝚢! 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙. 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚢?"
"𝙸𝚃'𝚂 𝙰 𝙵𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙺!!"
"𝙽𝚘𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚊 '𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕' 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚘..."
"𝚂𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝!"
"𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢! 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎"
More comments came filling the girls mind. She started to tear up, she was born a girl but it seemed like others didn't see that whenever she spoke or sang.
She only got up and ran off into the school building.
"It's not that deep!... Right-" she thought trying to comfort herself.
I should've known nobody was going to be so accepting. It eventually got worse, I was mocked, some even threw objects at me with cruel notes. I wasn't accepted anywhere until..
Jelly was on sekai-tube, finding something entertaining. She recently finished some vocal warms up she'd do to help change the tone of her voice, Jelly despised her natural voice and would do anything to change it.
She wanted to sound cute and feminine, like all the different artist she hears. She'd kill to sound like that.. To have a cute voice to fit her face.
Jelly gave up singing a while go not seeing a point to continue if nobody wants to hear a song with an ugly voice. While scrolling she clicked on some random video in her feed
"Ah! Misclick!"
She tried to leave but the video are already playing "oh it's a song?"
She gave it a listen, she got chills from the voice of an unknown singer. She wanted to know more, the voice was.. Different?
"Who is this? They sing so cool.. It's low but also not?" She left the video to take a look at the artist
"A.. Ado? IT'S A GIRL!! SHE'S SOUNDS SO.."
She felt her heart race. The artists voice was powerful.. Trained.. Free. It was like a siren, the voice so beautiful lurring you in unaware of the dangers below the surface.
"Love ka? I love that song. Flowers tuning was so good!"
Eventually, Jelly wanted to mimic her techniques and listened to every song and cover of Ado. She even started to post covers of her own on niconico.
Wanting to be as good as her idol.
Years passed...
Jelly now officially changed her speaking voice but struggled to adjust her singing voice, it didn't mater however... She wasn't ever going to sing. She's not good enough vocally.
Especially not since that day...
"but.. BUT YOU SAID THAT WE'D BE IN THIS TOGETHER!" A voice cried out while she sobbed in the girls arms. "I'm holding you back! I know you deserve better"
"WAIT! I'M SORRY.. DON'T-..."
She tried to stop her from running off, broken glass shards from a mask fell onto the wooden floor. By the time she went back outside, the girl was already gone...
Kamiyama, night class...
"Maybe just a little bit of white right here.... AH! ENA YOU'RE SO MEAN"
Jelly whined at the someone who was taking off her headphones. "I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ASK YOU SOMETHING!.. Have you been listening to this song for the past hour?"
Ena looked at the her phone seeing it's already been halfway through the two hour video of a song on loop.
"You don't understand! It's just the way Ado has like a yodels? when she sings this part" Ena had her arms crossed listening to another one of her best friend's rant about the famous unknown Japanese singer.
Jelly spoke so passionately about the singer. A day has never gone by when she didn't speak of the singer.
Jelly sang the part she spoke of imitating the way Ado sang it getting a sigh from Ena. "I still can't believe you won't go back to making music! You're a better singer than I am"
Jelly was quiet. She turned away to avoid looking directly at Ena in the eyes as she played with her pigtails.
"... I can't-..." She mumbled making Ena grumble. "Then just have my brother sing with you. He'd understand that you can't go out there alon-"
"NO! IT'S FINE, HE ONLY WANTS TO SING WITH TOYA!!"
The two girls heard the dismissal bell sound, time to finally head home.
Jelly took this as a opportunity to end the conversation and topic.
"Bye Ena!! See you tomorrow, YOU ALSO LOOKED SOO PRETTY ON YOUR RECENT POST. YOU WERE SO CUTIE CUTE!!" Jelly squealed as she ran out the door. Ena got flustered embarrassed by her friends compliments.
"YOUR CHEEKS WERE SO SQUISHY LOOKING!... ah! THEN YOUR LITTLE POUTY LIPS-.. I'M GONNA DIE!"
She fangirled over her own friend while going down the stairs.
"Jelly! Pay attention to the stai-" Ena sighed watching her friend roll down the staircase. She has her hands on her hips looking down at the girl picking herself up.
"Ow..." Jelly groaned feeling her body ache from the impact.
"Yeah yeah.. go home already-" Ena sighed but laughed at how fast Jelly can brighten up.
"Bye Ena!!"
"Let's see.. I have time to get some collaging in?" Jelly took a stop and hid behind the schools wall to take out her phone. She wanted to do a few things in the sekai.
Bookstore sekai
"Back again? I left some magazines and paper over there on the table for you" KAITO heard Jelly dash into the shop.
The bell ringing at the front
"KAITO! KAITO! YOU SHOULD HEAR ADO'S NEW SONG TIME, THAT NA NA NA NA! READY FOR MY SHOW! PART WAS SO AMAZING THE EXCITEMENT I GET" Jelly ran in to tell one of the two virtual singers in her SEKAI.
"Careful! You could've made me spill the drink" KAITO was making one of Jelly's favorite drinks. Adding extra freeze dried strawberries just for her
"sorry! I just got too excited I just had to tell someone what I felt!"
"But shouldn't you be focusing on some other set of feelings?" Miku was reading a book, she closed it and left it on her seat. She walked over to Jelly and KAITO "why? It's not like I'm ever going to step foot on that stage again"
KAITO set the cup down in front of Jelly. She took a sip getting some of the wip cream on the tip of her nose.
Jelly smiled as she said those words that broke Miku's and KAITO's hearts.
"But Jel-" Jelly cut Miku off.
"I'm going to go check out the new sci-fi novels, you already know this by now"
"I'm never going back out there again..."
Jelly went to create a collage leaving the two virtual singers worried.
"she'll realize the whip cream later.. Right?" Miku watched the girl amused.
"I did some reading on how to help her but it's more difficult since we are only allowed to stay here. Last time when I went...." KAITO felt guilty for messing things up for Jelly in the past.
Miku went to comfort him, offering him a latte "you were doing the right thing, it would've been worse if you never showed up for her."
"All we can do it just lend her a hand and try to give her a push. To move forward" KAITO smiled at the white tealed pigtailed girl.
"You're right.. Thanks Mi- MIKU TAKE OFF YOUR FUCKING SHOES BEFORE GOING INTO THE FUCKING CARPET!!"
Miku laughed with Jelly at KAITO who sent a mean glare at Miku who never took him seriously.
"WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME I HAD WHIP CREAM?" Jelly wiped it off, feeling it dry leaving some flakes.
"you're both so loud it's giving me a headache" Miku complained. Resting her head on the table.
"SHUT UP MIKU!" The other two shouted at Miku.
Just another day at the bookstore...
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Yay! Got her opening posted finally.
Let me know if any errors!! Please 😭