The Woman Playing the Guitar (Short Short)

This is takewoody.
The theme for the third 'Amano Writing Club' is 'The Woman Playing the Guitar'.
Actually, after finishing one story on the fly, another idea came to mind,
and two versions of 'The Woman Playing the Guitar' were created.After much hesitation, I shelved one and posted the one I came up with later yesterday.

Since Amano-san commented on this article saying I could post as many as I wanted,
I am posting the second installment of 'The Woman Playing the Guitar'.I had shelved it for a while, but after adding to it and revising it,
it brought unexpected results, and the story became slightly connected to the first installment, turning into a sequel.
You will enjoy this even more if you read it after reading the first installment.
Well then,
here is the second installment, 'The Woman Playing the Guitar' (Sequel).*Situation: Going out for drinks with a lover (Man: Takeshi, Woman: Yui)

◆ The Woman Playing the Guitar (Short Short) (781 characters)

Oh, a new shop has opened in a place like this.

'BAR The Woman Playing the Guitar'

Huh? What is this name?
The impact is incredible, but still,
would you really name a bar this?

Surely there must be live guitar music inside the bar, right?

I suppose so.
Shall we go in?

Yeah.

Welcome.

Two people, right?
We have couple seating, so I will show you there.

The interior has the atmosphere of a nice, dimly lit bar.
And the sound of the guitar is incredibly soothing.

I will take your order.

Yui, what will you have?

I'll have a Moscow Mule.

Then, one Moscow Mule and one Tequila Sunrise, please.

Certainly.

Takeshi, look, look!!
She's really there,'The Woman Playing the Guitar'.

Oh, it's just like the bar's name.
And it's not a flashy band performance,
but just that one woman playing quietly by herself.

There's something about the way she plays so quietly that evokes a sense of melancholy.

Yui, don't you feel like you've seen that'Woman Playing the Guitar'
somewhere before?

Yes, exactly, that's what I was just thinking too.

Oh, that's right, it's the painting from the art museum Yui and I went to the other day,
"The Woman Playing the Guitar" is.

Ah, that's it!

Is this deja vu?

The more I look at it, the more it looks like that painting, "The Woman Playing the Guitar." The painting is just a painting, but this is a real, moving woman.
Is that woman the model for the painting in the museum?

Is that woman the model for the painting in the museum?

It's definitely that painting from the museum, "The Woman Playing the Guitar."

Yui, let's go to that museum again tomorrow!

Takeshi, didn't you say you had absolutely no interest in paintings?

Well, seeing this has made me interested.

There's just something about it that really resonates with me.

That's the line I said when I saw the "The Woman Playing the Guitar" painting, isn't it?

Oh, that's right.

The expression on that "The Woman Playing the Guitar" is indescribable, isn't it?
Is she smiling, or is she not?

"The Woman Playing the Guitar" is just like the painting.

It's decided then, we're going to the museum again tomorrow.

And I want to experience reverse deja vu at the museum.

My head is already full of "The Woman Playing the Guitar" this week.

The End

◆ Afterword

This was the shelved second installment, "The Woman Playing the Guitar."
While I was re-reading and editing my draft, an idea came to me to link it with the first installment, "The Woman Playing the Guitar,"
and I think it turned out better than what I had originally drafted.
The more I think about it, the more fun it is.

I want to improve my writing skills at the next Amano Writing Club.
I hope you enjoyed takewoody's world of fantasy and fiction.
Thank you for reading until the end.
See you again.

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Scheduled for release next week