The pair went for a walk during the half time break. They were talking about everything until they found one topic that got them both excited. He talked about how he was dreamed of getting a piano and renovating it. And i was just so impressed, so excited to talk about how i love,. like the university of youtube. Once we got into that, we've been texting nonstop about, oh, i found this one piano. What do you think? We might even work on it together as a little side project.
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