Title: World's Smallest Violin

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     "hi! how was school? how did your chair test go?" yerim, her dorm mate, asked, as if she had been waiting all day for seolhee to reveal some major news.

     "it was useless; it didn't matter how much time and effort i put into my music or my violin," seolhee murmured before laying her violin on the ground, almost as if she had given up playing it.

     "there is nothing i can do to improve my chances of becoming a great violinist. no matter how hard i try, failure is always the end result."

     seolhee stormed into her room and slammed the door shut, feeling spiteful and depressed. seolhee did not eat that night. she lay in the dark on her bed, sad and silent.

     yerim came in, opened her bedroom door, and sat next to seolhee's bed, assaulting her eyes with the bright lights from the corridor.

     as yerim began to confide in her, she caressed the other girl's back. "i understand why you're sad and glum, seol."

     "however, in the grand scheme of things, one chair test has little relevance. the time you spend practicing your violin cannot be wasted just because you don't meet your own expectations."

     "we are still young and youthful. the work you put into your violin cannot go to waste right now. take time to find significance in your life, seol, and once you discover that you still enjoy your work, you will be able to make something out of yourself."

     yerim held a hand over seolhee's head who lay limp on the bed. "you deserve so much more than what you got; don't give up already."

     yerim smiled at her as she said this, as she believed in seolhee's talent that is so apparent to everyone around her.

     as she tried to seek some consolation, the brunette pulled her closer, savoring her warmth.

     "now, do you mind telling me what happened?"

     seolhee held up her hand and rub her forefinger and thumb together to mimic "playing the world's tiniest violin" to mock her pathetically piddly-ass self for giving up so easily and whining about how she failed the test.

     laughing at the notion to herself, yerim shook her head and gave the girl back rubs, "well if you're playing the world's smallest violin, then i'm willing to hear you play it," yerim assured.

     "after all, everyone's violin needs an audience."

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