Takayoshi Hirayoshi's "A Story Just for Two" unfolds, as its title suggests, as music resembling an intimate and quiet dialogue. Following the instruction "Quietly, as if speaking" noted at the beginning, a gentle narrative style is required throughout the piece. Within the piece, mp and mf appear alternately, and it is important to carefully express the nuances of each. The passing of phrases between the left and right hands is designed like a dialogue. In measure 3, the left hand responds one beat later to the right hand's mf, and the reverse occurs in measure 5. Such conversations unfolding across bar lines require a natural breath to connect them, avoiding a mechanical feel. One phrase consists of nine beats, combining 4/4 and 5/4 time signatures, and trying to put words to it can help grasp the musical direction. In measure 7, it is mf as in measure 3, but the tension increases with the rising pitch. From measure 9 onwards, short phrases appear alternately, and after a brief pause at poco rit. in measure 11, the opening atmosphere returns from measure 12. The left-hand inner voice in measure 16 includes a long, sustained E note, and despite the p indication, it requires an awareness to maintain its resonance firmly for four measures. The short phrases indicated by delicate slurs in the right hand gently conclude the piece, as if speaking word by word. Overall, this is a work where one should carefully weave the sounds, cherishing the subtle changes in expression throughout.