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Summary
"After a series of coincidences, Toi discovers a huge truth hiding within HAMA ToursāUshio is an otaku too!
Toi sees an opportunity for friendship and sits Ushio down to tell him all about his beloved otome games in hopes of bonding over their shared love of geeky things. Toi puts together a mountain of heart melting scenes to show Ushio, all with the goal of becoming his kyunpanion.
Ushio, on the other hand, comes from a different side of the otaku world, and though he feels somewhat at a loss, he gives Toiās games a go nonetheless. Little by little, he begins to see the fun in the gameplay, yet he never quite comes to understand what it means to go kyun.
Eventually, Toi finds the resolve in himself to invite Ushio to a massive, upcoming otome-oriented eventāHyakka Girls Festival!"
(Stopping by that train event after finishing up with work wasnāt a half bad way to spend the day.)
(I even snagged a limited-edition keychain that plays the tune from a defunct stationā)
ć¼ *āŖćāŖćāŖ *
Ryui: !!!
(That songā¦)
š Living Room
Muneuji: There were other station tune keychains available but this particular one is a limited edition event-exclusive.
Ushio: Iām glad you were able to get it, especially after that exclusive stamp you said you missed out on last time.
Ryui: (...Kaguya was at that event too?)
(Good thing I didnāt run into himā¦I need to be careful about anyone finding out Iām into trains.)
Muneuji: By the way, I was wondering about those brownies I requestedā¦
Ushio: I was just about to get started on them. I told Toi-san I'd show him how to make them too, while I'm at it.
Ryui: (...Toi?)
Toi: Iām ready, Ushio-kun!
Ushio: Shall we take this to the kitchen then?
Ryui: ...?
š Kitchen
Toi: Guess what, the new TenPri game is going to have sixteen princes!
Ushio: Woah, that's a lotā¦isn't that double the usual amount? I thought all the past games only had eight?
Toi: They have! But double the characters means double the heart-melting momentsā¦!
Ryui: (......)
Ushio: Itās nice that thereās more characters, Iām just worried about the quality of the story suffering in return.
TenPriās main appeal is having a narrative that mimics the classics, after allā¦
Toi: Absolutely! But that makes me want to believe in everything the games have built up over the years even moreā¦!
Ryui: (...Kurama sure is feeling talkative today. Looks like Toiās having fun tooā¦)
Toi: Oh, I didnāt overmix the batter, did I?
Ushio: I meanā¦I can give that a passing grade.
Ryui: (That smug act sure is pissing me off though.)
Ushio: Give me a second, thereās something else I want to add in.
Toi: Is it raisins?
Ushio: Woah, good guess.
Toi: I just got up to the part where Reito makes raisin brownies, funnily enough!
Ryui: (Reito...?)
Ryui: WHO'S THAT.
Ushio: !
Toi: Ani-sama!!! Youāre home!!! When did you get back? I wouldāve waited for you at the door if you told me when youād be coming!
Ryui: Y-Yeahā¦sorry about that. I only just got back.
Toi: I have so much I want to tell you about. Iāll fill you in once these brownies are ready to eat!
Ryui: ā¦Yeah? I canāt wait.
Ushio: ......
š Dining Room
Muenuji: I see the brownies are out of the oven. It smells amazing.
Ushio: Can someone bring me the plates while I cut this into squares?
Toi: No problem!
Muneuji: Iāll prepare some drinks for us then.
Toi: (...Oh, but firstā)
Ryui: ......
Toi: (...I should let Ani-sama know that Ushio-kun couldnāt clear his condition.)
(I still want to go to events with him thoughā¦maybe Ani-sama will let it slide.)
Toi: Ani-sama?
About that condition you setā¦
Ryui: Toi.
Toi: Yes?
Ryui: ......
If Kurama ever messes with you in the future, tell me and Iāll have him flat on the ground in a second.
Toi: ā¦! You meanā
Ushio: Excuse me, I thought I heard my name being attached to a threat of violence just nowā¦care to fill me in?
Ryui: ...Hmph.
I was just talking about how you barely scraped by with a passing grade.
Ushio: I did...?
Muneuji: The drinks are ready Uu-chan. Quickly now, cut everyone their share of brownie.
Toi: Pretty please, Ushio-kun!
Ryui: You better get to it, Kurama. Toiās getting impatient.
Toi: Nuh-uh, as long as Iām with you, even time spent waiting brings me happiness.
Ryui: Me too, Toi. If Iām with you, I could wait hundreds of hours, and thousands of years.
Ushio: We havenāt even started eating and I already feel overloaded with sweetnessā¦come on, do you want these brownies while theyāre still hot or not?
Toi: (Iām glad I worked up the courage to talk to Ushio-kun.)
(Thereās going to be new otome games to play, new PatiBattle chapters to read, new events to goā)
Yukikaze: ā¦Yes, yes, I see what youāre saying.
You just need me to go to the west building and grab the exclusive āPatiBattleā handouts from the Shonen Dive booth, right?
Ushio: Yes, that would be amazing. I'll be lining up with Toi-san at the east building in the meantime.
Toi: ......
Ushio: Toi-san? Is something wrong?
Toi: No, not at all.
Ushio: I know you probably aren't familiar with events like this, Kamina-san, so I'll completely understand if you arenāt able to get any merch eitherā¦
Yukikaze: Thank you, but I intend to do everything I can not to disappoint my little brothers.
Well then, I better be getting in line now. Letās do our best today.
Ushio: ā¦Weāve made it in line.
Toi: Mhm.
Ushio: Whatās the deal with those glasses Kamina-san was wearingā¦?
Toi: He calls it his trusty Chief-acclaimed disguise.
Ushio: I didnāt know whether to ask about it when he waltzed up with them on, so I just let him do his thingā¦people are going to be freaked out by him thoughā¦
Toi: ā¦Umā¦Ushio-kun?
Ushio: What's up?
Toi: I thought we were going to ask Yukikaze-san to come with me while you go to the Shonen Dive boothā¦
Ushio: ā¦That did cross my mind honestly.
Toi: So you are worried about mā
Ushio: Shopping isnāt the only way to enjoy an event, you know.
Toi: ...?
Ushio: I mean, you knowā¦
Having someone I can talk about nerdy stuff with while we wait around in lineā¦
It was always, kind ofā¦something I wished I had.
Toi: ...!
Ushio: But thatāll have to wait until next time. The only thing you need to be doing right now is getting some restā¦
Toi: Yeahā¦next time!
Ushio: I brought a folding chair with me that you could use. It looks like the lineās at a standstill so it should be fine to take it out.
Toi: Oh, I actually packed one too. Why donāt we both use them while we wait?
Ushio: Hehā¦it really is a must-have, huh?
Toi: Fufu, you get me!
Security Guard: Please follow the person ahead of you and keep the line moving.
Ushio: Looks like weāre nearly there.
Toi: Yeah! Iām feeling a lot better now tooā¦
Toi & Ushio: Letās do this!!!
Toi: Okay, letās get started on that route I planned out!
Ushio: The first booth is the company behind TenPri, right?
Toi: Mhm. That company is a major, well-established name in the industry so theyāll have a lot of freebies to give out...
Since they won't run out, me and the other valkyries tend to save their booth for later in the day.
Ushio: (HGF attendees are called valkyries, huhā¦?)
Toi: But if we stop by there first, weāll be able to avoid running into peopleā¦!
Ushio: Oh right, I told you I donāt like crowdsā¦
(Heās a life saver. Iām impressed though, only a seasoned veteran could think of thatā¦!)
Busy Valkyrie: Ugh, I keep getting cursed with more and more faves every year!!! Everywhere I look, I see them!!!
Anxious Valkyrie: Come on, come onā¦I need to see MASARUās exclusive HGF cut-out right nowā¦!!!
Seasoned Valkyrie: Nothing beats the air at an event!!! I can feel my lifespan extending just from breathing it in!!! Huff, huff!!!
Ushio: W-Woah..!
Toi: Are you okay, Ushio-kun!?
Ushio: ahā¦thereās a lot of peopleā¦
(Whyās it so much harder for me to avoid everyone? Is the flow of traffic really that different from ComiParaā¦!?)
Toi: (Oh noā¦it looks like even the emptier routes that I picked out are still too much for Ushio-kunā¦)
What should I doā
Victorious Valkyrie: Geez, this thing's heavy! My haul's practically bursting out of my bag! I better let my friend know that I scored the merch they wanted too!
Toi: Bagā¦?
ā¦! I have an idea!
Do you mind if I change the battle plan, Ushio-kun? There's a different booth I think we should start at!
Ushio: Huh? But whyā¦
Toi: Just trust me!
Toi: Good, they still had some leftā¦!
Ushio: Are thoseā¦Thunderflame and RFMD mega totesā¦!?
Toi: Hold these over your sides, Ushio-kun. They might make it a little harder to move, but give it a try!
They should help space out the trafficāspace out the valkyries, I meanāand lower the risk of bumping into people.
Ushio: Oh, I get it, theyāre a shieldā¦!
Ushio: ( Lysander, Joshuaā¦!!! Have you come to protect meā¦?)
ā¦I think I can work with this.
Toi: Ehehe, thank goodness. Letās get back on track then!
Ushio: (...Thanks to these shopping bags shielding me, Iāve had a better chance to look around.)
(I usually skip over the corporate booths, so itās exciting seeing how elaborate their displays areā)
Toi: Get away from that line, Ushio-kun!
Ushio: !?
Toi: Thatās the meet and greet areaā¦!
Itās where people line up if they won the chance to receive official merch directly from the hands of the characters' voice actors!
Ushio: Whā!? C-Company booths are terrifyingā¦!
Toi: Do you see how focused they are? If you disturb them even a little, youāll be ripped to shredsā¦!
Struggling Valkyrie: Itās not rightā¦my bangs never look rightā¦
Time-Conscious Valkyrie: Hello, Iāve been really looking forward to todayā¦thatās 5 seconds. Your acting for Toshiya in that one scene was amazingā¦thatās 10 seconds.
Ushio: (N-No kiddingā¦thereās people touching up their look with tortured expressions and people acting out what theyāll say within their time limitā¦!)
I never knew a world like this existedā¦
Toi: We need to cut through the main corridor next, so stick close behind me. Donāt get lost, okay!
Ushio: R-Roger that.
(Who knew that little back could feel like such a lifelineā¦)
Yukikaze: Iām glad I could find you two.
Toi: Thank you for your help, Yukikaze-san!
Ushio: How were the crowds?
Yukikaze: Not too bad actually. Everyone was kind enough to open up a path for me, oddly enough.
Ushio: (Yeah, I knew people would be weirded out by himā¦itās a good thing the staff didnāt kick him out.)
Yukikaze: Hereās all the exclusive PatiBattle merch I managed to get.
Ushio: T-Thank youā¦!!!
Toi: Iām so happy for you, Ushio-kun!
Yukikaze: Have you boys done everything you set out to do? I can go grab the car if youāre ready to leave.
Toi: Weāve already looked at all the otome booths we couldā¦is there anything else you wanted to do, Ushio-kun?
Ushio: Actuallyā¦
Iām sorry, Kamina-san, but would you mind waiting in the car for us?
Thereās one more place I want to goā
Toi: This is the section with all the shonen manga boothsā¦! I donāt think Iāve ever been here before.
Ushio: Sorry for dragging you along with me.
Toi: Fufu, donāt be sorry. I already did the same to you.
Ushio: I know everything is going to be sold out already, so thatās not why Iām here. What I wanted to do isā
Ushio: See thisā¦!!!
Toi: Wowā¦!!! Itās a figure of Reito-kunā¦!!!
You can actually get a closer look at him now that people have started going homeā
Ushio: Umā¦is it just me, orā¦
Toi: Whatās wrong, Ushio-kun?
Ushio: Does he looks unfairly gorgeous from every single angleā¦!?!?
Toi: (Oh, heās having a moment with his oshi.)
Ushio: Is this how it feels to see the Mona Lisaā¦? Was my oshi carved by Da Vinciā¦? I mean, I shouldāve known heād be a work of artā¦
They translated his hairstyle to 3D perfectly tooā¦I can tell that everything down to the tips of his hair was sculpted with love. Itās no wonder he won the popularity pollā¦
Wait, no wayāthey even textured the fabric of his clothesā
Toi: Itās amazing!ā
Ushio: WHAć¼!?
Toi: ?
Ushio: S-Sorry, I lost a hold of myself for a secondā¦
I was so transfixed that I forgot you were there and started talking to myselfā¦that was probably really weird, rightā¦
Toi: Of course not! Anyone would feel the need to start worshiping if they saw a figure of their oshi as perfect as that!
Ushio: Yeahā¦you might be right.
Toi: I mean, everyone around us is doing the same thing, arenāt they?
PatiBattle Fan A: Oh my gosh, itās really him! I get to pay respects to Reito in personā¦!!! Heās too radiant, I think it's going to burn my retinas.
PatiBattle Fan B: Wowā¦can someone pinch me?
Ushio: They areā¦
(As long as I donāt go overboard, thereās no shame in expressing my excitement here, huh?)
(Everyone here is as big of a nerd as I amā¦)
Toi: Events really are the best!
Ushio: ā¦You said it.
š Company Van Interior
Ushio: ā¦Alright, I have all my things. I donāt think Iām forgetting anything.
(Those massive shopping bags were a life saver inside the event, but they wouldāve been a nightmare to take on the trainā¦thank god Kamina-san is driving us.)
Yukikaze: Letās hit the road then.
Toi: Thank you for the ride!
Ushio: Phewā¦that sure was funā¦
Toi: We got to go everything I had planned!
(But in the end, I never was able to clear Ani-samaās conditionā)
ā±ļø Flashback
Ryui: ā¦Y'know what, sure. Iāll accept it, but on one conditionā
Toi: Condition?
Ryui: Kurama needs to love otome games as passionately as you do.
As proof of his dedication, I want to see him find an otome game character that he considers his oshi.
ā¦If Kurama can pull that off, Iāll accept him as your kyunpanion.
Toi: (Itās too bad, but thereās only one character that Ushio-kun would ever call his oshi.)
Thank you for today, Ushio-kun.
Ushio: The pleasure was all mine.
Toi: I had so much fun! Walking around with you showed me what it might be like if I ever made a friend like meā¦
Ushio: ā¦If? Butā¦
Toi: Hm?
Ushio: ...Nevermindā
Yukikaze: Arenāt you two already friends?
Ushio: Thatāsā
Toi: !!!
Ushio: I donātā¦know about that, butā¦
ā¦If you ever invited me to another event like thisā¦I meanā¦
ā¦Look, we said weād talk about otaku stuff in line next time, right?
Toi: Ahā¦!
Ushio: B-But, Ryui-san will be back soon so if you donāt need me anymore thatās fine too I meanā
Toi: No, Iāll invite you!!! I'll definitely definitely invite you! And you can ask me to go places with you too!!!
Ushio: Ahā¦well, maybe, if I feel like itā¦
Yukikaze: Youāre always welcome to ask me for help too.
Toi: Yay...!
(Ani-sama is coming home tomorrowā¦I canāt wait to tell him all about todayā¦)
I heard youād be braving a war zone today so I made the perfect breakfast for your battle.
Katsudonāthe food of victors.
Ushio: I donāt know if I can eat that much so earlyā¦
Toi: Umā¦Iāll take a small serving, pleaseā¦
Yukikaze: No problem, just let me know if you want seconds.
Toi & Ushio: Thank you.
Ushio: ......
Toi: ......
Ushio: (Toi-san hasnāt invited me over to play otome games ever since we decided to do our own things at the event. We haven't really spoken either...)
(But thatās thanks in part to the random movie marathons Idiotake keeps dragging me along toā¦)
Yukikaze: Did you two sleep well last night?
Ushio: Pretty much. I wanted to be ready for today so I went to bed earlier than usual.
Toi: I-Iā¦I got a bit too excited and couldnāt get to sleepā¦
Yukikaze: Oh dear, you should try to nap a little in the car then.
Ushio: (For someone who claims to be excited, Toi-san doesnāt seem all that happy.)
(Is heā¦feeling down because I didnāt want to go to the otome boothsā¦?)
(Butā¦he's the one who wrongly assumed I wanted to see them in the first placeā¦)
š Company Van Interior
Toi: ā¦ā¦
Ushio: Weāre here, Toi-san.
Toi: Wh, alreadyā¦?
Yukikaze: Are you ready to wake up?
Toi: Mhmā¦thank you for driving us.
š Exhibition Centre
Toi: Woahć¼ā¦oops.
Yukikaze: Are you alright?
Ushio: (Huhā¦? Is Toi-san having trouble walkingā¦?)
Yukikaze: ā¦I know you said youād be splitting up here, butā
Security Guard A: Parking is not permitted here. Please keep it moving.
Yukikaze: Sorry, Iāll be on my way.
Toi: Oh noā¦now Iāve started worrying Yukikaze-san tooā¦I should probably text him to let him know Iām okay.
Ushio: ā¦ā¦
Toi: You donāt need to worry about me either, Ushio-kun.
Ushio: ā¦Iāve changed my mind. Iām coming to line up at the otome booths with you.
Toi: Whā¦b-but you came here for PatiBattle, you canāt do thatā¦
Ushio: It wouldnāt sit right with me to ditch you while you're unwell.
Come on, can you make it to the ticket line?
Toi: ...I appreciate it, Ushio-kun, butā
Toi: ā¦Throwing away your dreams to keep everyone happy isnāt what kids do, is it?
Ushio: !!!
(Thatās Reitoās iconic line!? The one Iād even put on my gravestone!?)
How do you know thā
Toi: Eheheā¦the secretās outāIāve been reading PatiBattle these past few days.
Iām still not up to date yet but once I started, I couldnāt put it downā¦I was so immersed in it yesterday that I ended up doing another all-nighter.
Ushio: ...! Thatās why youāre so sleep deprived today?
Toi: Reito-kun is your favourite, right?
Ushio: Eek!?
Toi: I remember catching a glimpse of him when you opened that blind bag at ANIME MARTā¦
And whenever you play otome games, you usually go after the characters with brown hair and a calm demeanour like Reito-kunās.
Ushio: Nnghya!? Youāre lying!?!? I wasnāt even doing that on purpose!!!
(Still, hearing Reito referred to with ākunā by someone not in the fandomā¦itās kind of nice.)
Toi: This whole time, youāve had that much love in your heart for PatiBattle and Reito-kun.
Iām really sorry that it took me until now to stop bombarding you with what I like. I never even stopped to ask what you enjoyā¦
Ushio: Itās not your faultā¦Iām the one who never brought up PatiBattle.
Toi: Why didnāt you tell meā¦?
Ushio: ā¦ā¦A long time ago, I screwed things up by trying to get someone into an interest of mineā¦
(When I told the Day Squad about PatiBattle, it was only so I could get them to come to ComiPara with me.)
(But telling people about the things I like without an excuse like that behind itā¦itās a completely different thing.)
I didnāt want to make the same mistake again and annoy you with my interestsā¦
Toi: I donāt think itās annoying in the slightest!!!
Ushio: !
Toi: I mean, watching you pull Reito-kun that day is the very thing that made me want to be friends with you.
So...it makes me really happy that I know what you like now.
Ushio: ā¦ā¦ah.
That makes me, you knowā¦
The fact that you read PatiBattleā¦it makes me happy too.
Toi: Huhā¦?
Ushio: B-BUT!!! You used that Reito quote wrong, you know.
When I decided to come with you instead, that wasnāt me giving up or running away.
Toi: It wasnātā¦?
Ushio: ā¦I was just trying to uphold an important belief of mine.
(I mean, thereās no way Reito would do something as lame as turning his back on someone sick.)
Toi: Reallyā¦? Thank you, Ushio-kun.
(He might be younger than me, but that doesn't make him any less kind and reliableā¦)
Still, if you come with me, you wonāt be able to make it to the PatiBattle boothā¦
Ushio: Yeahā¦thatās too bad.
Toi: (If Liguang-san or Yodaka-san were here, Iām sure theyād come up with a way to save the day.)
I wonder if thereās anything we can doā
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Toi: āAnd after that, Yukikaze-san offered to drive us to HGF.
This way, you wonāt have to worry about running into crowds on the way there and back!
Ushio: But that means Kamina-san will find out Iām an otakuā¦
What am I saying, he wouldnāt leak something like that to everyone elseā¦it should be fine.
Toi: Now, the event doesnāt start until 9am but usually if you line up first thing in the morning, youāll be able to get through ticketing in about half an hour, so itāll be 9:40 at the latest by the time we make it inside the east buildingā¦
Ushio: (Wow, itās insane how much research heās doneā¦heās basically covered the whole map with all the sticky notes and annotations heās added.)
(Butā¦I canāt help but notice the things that arenāt highlightedā¦)
Toi: ā¦And as long as we follow this pathing, we should be able to conquer all the official booths for the otome games we playedā¦!
Ushio: Umā¦I donāt know how to bring this up after seeing all the work youāve done, butā
It looks like this plan only accounts for otome booths?
Toi: Ohā¦um, yesā¦?
āOh, donāt worry! I remembered to allot time for us to grab lunch and take a break!
Ushio: Thatās not what I meanā¦
Ushio: The booth I wanted to see is the Shonen Dive one. In fact, I wanted to go there first thing, if possibleā¦
Toi: ā¦You did?
Butā¦the otome game merch will be sold out if we go there first. The shonen-related booths are in the west building, so weād need to line up at a completely different entranceā¦
I thought you wanted to go to HGF because you really liked otome gamesā¦?
Ushio: Ohā¦
(Iām realising now that I never told him the whole dealā¦)
ā¦Of course Iāve grown to enjoy otome games too, Toi-san. I can definitely see why you like them so much.
But my loyalty lies with PatiBattleć¼an unprecedented patisserie battle manga where sweet treats meet burning passions, brought to you in weekly installments of one of Shonen Diveās most acclaimed serialisations.Ā
Toi: ā¦!!!
(A quick and easy explanation that flows out as smoothly as a running riverā¦!)
Ushio: PatiBattle is special to me. No other series could ever come close to itā¦
So thereās no world where I miss out on the exclusive handouts or leave HGF without seeing the new figure on display at Shonen Diveās booth. I will be there.
Toi: (Ushio-kun looks really serious about thisā¦)
I seeā¦I didnāt realise it was like thatā¦
Ushio: Iām really sorry about this. I know you put a lot of work into planning out our dayā¦
Toi: Itās okayā¦I got ahead of myselfā¦
(...Now that I think about itā)
ā±ļø Flashback
Ushio: ā¦!!! I...!
ā¦got him.
Toi: (He did a little fist pumpā¦! He mustāve gotten the one he wanted.)
Toi: (...Of course.)
(It shouldāve been obvious from the start that Ushio-kun has a favourite seriesā¦)
(How did I misunderstand this badlyā¦)
š Dining Room
Liguang: ā¦In short, youāre saying that because you've been pushing your preferences onto Kurama without any regard for his own, youāve ended up misreading his intentions?
Netaro: Wha~? I can still use my inventions to make him love your interests, y'know?
Toi: Itās okay, you donāt need to do that. Itās my fault for getting so ahead of myself in the first place.Ā
(I had so much fun talking to Ushio-kun once I realised he was an otaku tooā¦)
(But I was so focused on clearing Ani-sama's condition that I never stopped to consider how Ushio-kun felt.)
I'm sorry for wasting all the advice you gave me.
Yodaka: Donāt let this discourage you. From what it sounds, this doesnāt seem to be as deep of a rift as you might be imagining.
Liguang: Heās right. Going your separate ways during the event doesnāt mean your preparations were for naught either.
Toi: ā¦Youāre right.
Netaro: If you rea~lly want to walk around with Shio, I could make a clone out of your somatic cells?
We donāt have to stop at 1 or 2 clones, Iād gladly go up 50, or 60ā¦
Liguang: ā¦Why is that where your mind immediately goes.
Toi: (...There must be something else I can do.)
(If Ushio-kun poured his heart into playing otome games with meā¦)
(Then I should return the favourā)
š Living Room
ā±ļø The next day
Toi: Iām sorry I wasnāt able to have a proper conversation with you yesterday, Ushio-kun.
Ushio: Itās okay, Iām sorry tooā¦
Toi: I was meaning to give you thisā¦ta-da!
Ushio: Wait, a HGF ticketā¦? Are you sure I can have this?
Toi: Of course! Oh, and about the event dayā¦
Since Yukikaze-san is driving us there, I thought maybe we could arrive at the exhibition centre together and then go our separate ways from there?
Ushio: Yeahā¦I'd really appreciate that.
Toi: Iāve never been to the shonen booths before, but I think my tricks for getting around will still work just fine over there. If youād like, I even have an annotated map of the event that you can use.
Ushio: Thanksā¦
Toi: Youāre welcome...well then, Iāll see you on Saturday!
Ushio: ā¦ā¦
š Pig Room
Toi: ā¦Phew.
(I hope my smile didnāt falter while I was giving him the ticket.)
Anyway, my main focus right now needs to be on cramming in as much as I can before Saturday...
Akuta: You arenāt gonna believe the extra lunch box Yukikaze-san just dropped off! Look at the SIZE of this thing!
Nanaki: He said he ended up with a huge delivery of peas and minced meat this morning as compensation for paying hometown tax, so he decided to make 180 pieces of shumai with it all.Ā
Akuta: Umm? Hellooo? Anybody there?
Kiroku: Heāsā¦a husk. Did somethingā¦happen to himā¦?
Ushio: ā¦ā¦
Nanaki: I bet Muneuji would know whatās wrongā¦too bad heās on that trip with the student council.
Akuta: Man, study trips sure sound niiiice. You get to skip out on a bunch of lessons too, huh? I wonder if I can convince them to let me take my club out on a videography trip tooā¦
Nanaki: It comes with a lot of homework attached, you know.
Nanaki: Maybe we should give him some alone timeā¦
Akuta: I say we pave up that hole in his heart with one of Director Isotakeās all-night movie marathons after school.
Kiroku: Iāll bring the shumaiā¦
ć¼Akuta, Nanaki & Kiroku leave
Ushio: ā¦ā¦
HAH!!! O-Okay, waitā¦let me check one more timeā¦
(Whoās to say it wasnāt all a dream? I mean, thereās no way the notification from the HGF account said thatā¦)
Ā ā±ļø Flashback
Ushio: ć¼Okay no seriously, whatās the deal with this āNew PatiBattle Information Coming Soonā announcement they postedā¦!?
Ushio: (Of all the things they could've announcedā)
(There's no way it's actually an early viewing for Reitoās new figure!?!?)
Gghhgā¦itās there, it really says itā¦I wasnāt dreamingā¦!!!!!!
(The audacity to have event-exclusive freebies up for grabs tooā¦!!! Theyāre forcing me to goā!)
(But...Iāve never been to an event of this scale before, minus the dojinshi ones. I wouldnāt have any idea of how to get around or where to avoid the crowds.)
ā¦At times like this, I regret never having interacted with that side of the internet before. Maybe if I had, I'd know someone I could message and see if they'd go on my behalf...
(I mean, there was that one internet friend I had, butā¦)
Ā ā±ļø Flashback
Follower: āCanāt you take a hint? Itās so annoying how you keep pushing your interests onto me. ā
Ushio: (I was so overbearing about my interests that they eventually got sick of it and soft-blocked meā¦)
(Whatever, that account is deleted now anyway. It wasnāt worth it anymore after all the drama and fandom mess I ended up in.)
Now I've wound up without any friends to go wiā
ā¦ā¦
Wait a secondā¦
š HAMA House ć»Entryway
Toi: Deep breathsā¦
Okay, Iām going to do it. Iām going to ask himā¦!
Ushio: ā¦ā¦
Toi: Oh!!! Ushio-kun, youāre back!!!
Ushio: Pyah!? Were you waiting to ambush me!?
Toi: Are you free this weekend? On Saturday specifically!?
Ushio: Saturdayā¦? But thatāsā¦
Toi: WILL YOU GO TO HYAKKA GIRLS FESTIVAL WITH ME!?!?
Ushio: !!!
Ten: Iām baaack. Hey, whatāre you guys talking about out here?
Ushio: WHāMASARU!?
Ten: No? Whoās that.
Ushio: Nevermind!!!
Toi-sanā¦come with me!
š Common Area
Ushio: That was closeā¦
Toi: Ohā¦Iām sorry. Does that mean you're not interested? I donāt think I ever even explained HGF to you, did Iā¦?
Ushio: Itās not that, I just don't want anyone finding out that I'm an otakuā¦aside from you and the Day Squad, I mean.
But about HGFā¦I was actually thinking about going tooā¦
Toi: Really!? I'm so excited to hear thatā¦!
(I underestimated how much Ushio-kun loves otome games nowā¦!)
Ushio: It'll be my first time going, so itād mean a lot if you could give me a run down on everything I should know, like the etiquette and whatnot.
Oh, and I donāt do well with crowds, so Iād appreciate it if we could go when it's emptiest and avoid the busy walkways when we can help it.
Toi: Leave it to me! I go every year so youāre in good hands!
Ushio: Thenā¦Iāll be counting on you.
Toi: I better use what's left of the week to put together a schedule for us!
š Game Room
Toi: Let me see, I should start by looking at a map of the eventā¦
(Usually Ani-sama is the one who makes these kinds of schedules for me, but since Iām the older and more experienced one this time, I need to take this seriouslyā¦!)
Hmm, which booth should we start withā¦?
Ā ā±ļø Flashback
Toi: Eheheā¦do you have a favourite yet?
Ushio: Do I have a favouriteā¦ā¦?
ā¦No, I wouldnāt say so.
Toi: He says he doesn't have a favourite, butā
Yodaka: Ohā¦good evening, Toi.
Liguang: Itās different seeing you in here.
Toi: Good evening. Are you three here to play mahjong?
Yukikaze: Yes. Iāll be taking notes from the sidelines though.
Yodaka: Kinari and Sakujiro will be joining us too. Would you care to play with us, Toi?
Toi: No thank you, I'm busy working on a battle planā¦!
Yukikaze: A battle planā¦?
Yodaka: You seem very passionate about itā¦is this for a date, by chance?
Toi: Hmm...I wouldn't really call it a date, it's more of a trip to a war zone, I'd say...
Liguang: ā¦For vocabulary like that to leave your mouth, it must be quite the place.
Toi: Mhm, absolutely. It's a big annual event happening this weekend and I'm hoping to bring Ushio-kun with me, so Iām putting together a schedule for us to follow while we're there.
Yukikaze: You are? You might be my sweet little brother, Toi, but itās amazing to see you striving to be a dependable older brother too.
Toi: Eheheā¦thank you. If it isnāt any trouble, could I ask for some tips on what you three would do in a similar situation?
Yodaka: I think the most important thing is to enjoy yourself, but if youāre planning to step foot in a war zone, it may pay to be a little more mentally prepared.
Toi: That makes senseā¦I better make sure I have a concrete order for us to do everything in. The event always has a really big turnout, so we'll be racing against the clock too...!
Liguang: Preparing a schedule beforehand is a no-brainer, in that caseā¦
But as an elder, sometimes the best way to show off your strength is to put yourself on the front line and lead the way.
Toi: Itād be really cool if I could do something that impressiveā¦! Thank you, everyone. Iāll try to do my best with all the help youāve given me!
Yukikaze: Donāt hold back that big brother power of yours, Toi.
Toi: Ah, I forgot that I still need to figure out how weāre even getting to the eventā¦
Yodaka: Is the train not an option?
Toi: I want to avoid any routes thatāll be busy on the event dayā¦but I donāt know how doable that is with public transport.
Yukikaze: In that case, Iāll ask if I can use the company van and drive you there myself. Iām free this weekend, so it works out perfectly.
Toi: Are you sure you want to give up your day off for thatā¦?
Yukikaze: Of course. As an older brother, Iād love the chance to give my little brothers a warm send-off as they embark on a grand adventure.
Toi: Yayā¦that really takes a weight off my shoulders!
Yukikaze: Iāll make breakfast for you boys too.
Toi: (Everything is coming together thanks to them.)
ā¦Iāll pick up from where I left off yesterday.
(Now I remember, I was in the middle of trying to unlock the super rare CG Toi-san wanted me to see.)
You know, the CGs are nice and all, but the story is what's really pushing me to progress. I need to know how this all ends...
ā±ļø Flashback
Kris: āMoririnā¦I finally found you. May I have this dance?ā
Ushio: (In that first game I playedć¼TenPrić¼you find out that Kris is the MCās childhood friend who's stuck in a time loop, trying to prevent the end of the worldā¦)
(After that big reveal, his fondness for the MC when they first met made complete sense. Watching her grow out of her indecisiveness as the story progressed really hooked me too.)
(Still, I canāt say I understand that heart-racing stuff Toi-san talks about yetā¦)
Muu-chan might be right, maybe I really am having fun.
Toi: Nnā¦
Ushio: Huhā¦? Why didn't the scene activate? Maybe I should take a peak at a walk-throughā¦
Toi: (Huhā¦? Ushio-kun turned the game back onā¦butā)
Ushio-kunā¦is thatā¦
Ushio: Oh, youāre awake, Toi-san.
Toi: Good morningā¦um, youāre playing the route to unlock the CG I told you about yesterday, right?
I think I forgot to warn you about how tedious it is to get. You can skip right to the ending without even seeing itā¦
Ushio: Donāt worry, you mentioned it to me.
But from what you told me, it sounds like Iām going to be left with a different impression of the story depending on whether Iāve seen that scene or not.
Besides, otakus are collectors by nature, so I wonāt be satisfied until I have all the CGs anywayā¦
Toi: You mean itā¦?
Netaro: Zzz, Zzz.
Toi: (Ushio-kun isn't tied down with any of Netaro-kunās inventions anymore.)
(Heās choosing to play of his own free willā¦)
ā¦ah.
Ushio: Toi-san, about this dialogue optionā
Toi: I-I need to go wash my face! Iāll bring us some breakfast on my way back!
Ushio: Oh uh, sure.
ā¦Is there something wrong with the bathroom attached to his room?
š Changing Room
Toi: ā¦Phew.
(I was scared I was going to cry a little from how happy I was. I just hope Ushio-kun didnāt notice.)
Iāll head over to the kitchen next, butā¦I should check if Aa-chama wrote in our exchange diary first.
Aa-chama, guess what!
I think Iām going to make my first ever otaku friend!
Are you now.
I wish you and I could play otome games together too.
I have no interest in the dull childrenās games you enjoy.
Toi: Fufu, theyāre as cold as everā¦
More importantly, if I can keep this upā
ā±ļø Flashback
Ryui: ā¦If Kurama can pull that off, Iāll accept him as your kyunpanion.
Toi: (I think Ushio-kun will clear the condition Ani-sama setā¦)
Netaro: *Grumble grumble*......
HAH!? My debilitating hunger has thrown me out of bed!
Ushio: Christ, he woke up out of nowhere.
Toi: Iām backā¦oh, youāre up too, Netaro-san.
Netaro: Toi, youāve found a pile of glistening carbohydrates!
Toi: I ran into Yukikaze-san in the kitchen and he made some rice balls for us.
Netaro: Yukiās making rice balls!? Gimme!!!
āNetaro runs off.
Toi: N-Netaro-san!? ā¦Whyād he leave when I have some for him right here?
Ushio: No time to think when heās still half asleep.
Toi: Weāll share these between the two of us then.
Ushio: Thanks. Iāll put the text on autoplay for a bit.
Toi: *Munch*ā¦did you end up unlocking that CG? ā¦Oh wait, I can tell that you haven't made it that far yet.
Ushio: Yeah, I still need to play some more. *Chewing*...
You know, for a game thatās designed to be played multiple times, this save menu is a mess to navigate.
Toi: Aahā¦I know right!
Ushio: I won't be too fussy though. The game came out 6 years ago, so a bit of inconvenience is kind of a givenā¦
Toi: Right! Thankfully they improved the UI when the sequel fan disk came outā¦
(Wowā¦itās so exciting being able to talk about things that only another otaku would understandā¦!)
Ushio: Oh.
Toi: Hmm?
Ushio: That characterās your favourite, right?
Toi: ! Howād you know?
Ushio: Well, yāknowā¦he looks just like Ryui-san.
Toi: Eheheā¦do you have a favourite yet?
Ushio: Do I have a favouriteā¦ā¦?
ā¦No, I wouldnāt say so.
Toi: Reallyā¦well, if you let me know what type of characters youāre drawn to, I could show you some that you might like!!!
Muneuji: Didnāt you get enough sleep last night, Uu-chan? You couldāve stayed in bed instead of coming to see me offā¦
Ushio: ā¦I was stuck in Toi-sanās room all night being forced to play otome games.
I was dying to get out of there, especially with that watchdog making me fear for my lifeā¦
Muneuji: But I imagine you must have enjoyed yourself if you stayed there until morning, no?
Ushio: ā¦Not really
I just know how it feels wanting to convince someone to get into the thing you like.
Muneuji: Hehā¦of course.
Ushio: Anyway, you said you were going to stop by some event on the way back from your student council trip, right?
Muneuji: Yes, thereās a train event that Iād like to go to, so I wonāt be back until next Sunday.
Ushio: Noted.
Muneuji: Iāll be on my way then. I understand if you want to stay up late, but donāt let it affect your health.
Ushio: I wonāt. Have fun.
Ryui: ā¦Toi, you're 100% sure youāre okay with me going?
Toi: Mhm. Good luck with work, and I hope you have lots and lots of fun after.
Ryui: You got it. Weāll call every night, yeah?
Toi: Yeah, fufu! We'll talk every! single! night!
Ushio: (...Oh, itās the twins.)
Ryui: Should we seal it with a pinky promise?
Toi: But...if it gets broken, youāll have to swallow a thousand needlesā¦my Ani-sama would never survive thatā¦!
Ryui: Donāt worry, thereās no way Iād ever lie to you.
Ushio: (Oh right, I heard that Ryui-san is going to be gone for a couple of days too. Something about buying new amulets for his store.)
Ryui: Iāll always love you, no matter how far apart we are.
Toi: Me too, Ani-samaā¦
Ushio: (They take a while to say goodbye, huh? I better head back to my room and get some more sleā)
Ryui: āHey, Kurama.
Ushio: Y-Yes?
Ryui: ā¦You still havenāt met my condition.
Ushio: Your condition?
Ryui: And one last thingā¦youāre screwed if you do anything to hurt Toi.
ć¼Ryui leaves
Ushio: What was that all aboutā¦? Is he threatening me over something I donāt even remember?
Toi: D-Donāt mind him, Ushio-kun! Itās nothing you need to worry about.
More importantly, youāll be able to come sleepover in my room now, which means we'll have lots of time to play otome games together!
Ushio: Wait, I thought yesterday was just a one time thingā
Toi: I have a fortune telling appointment that I need to rush off to right now, but Iāll come and grab you from your room once Iām done!
Ushio: ā¦ā¦
I have a bad feeling about thisā
Lysander: āHave further supplies and reinforcements sent to the capital. Weāll be sending our troops to the western border next.ā
āThe battle ahead of us will be long and gruesome. Come with me, Moririn.ā
āI swear, as long as I have you beside me, I'll never fall."
Joshua: āPlease donāt be afraid, Moririn. We won't have another chance to drink with one another after tonight.ā
āYou and I are rivalsā¦our love was always doomed. I canāt begin to count the number of times Iāve cursed myself for not being born someone else.ā
āI can only pray that weāll be able to stand shoulder to shoulder in our next livesāā
š Pig Room
Ushio: Huff, huffā¦
Toi: Aahā¦itās so goodā¦
Ushio: (Why am I doing another otome game marathonā¦!?)
Toi: What did you think of Thunderflame Overlord IV and Rondo For My Dear, Ushio-kun?
Ushio: I don't know, I think I need to stop thoughā¦
Netaro: Because your heart might give up if it races any faster!?
Ushio: No...!
Toi: Aaah, I know what you mean!!! No matter how many times I replay them, they still give me just as many butterflies as my first playthroughā¦!!!
Ushio: Hhā¦!
(How am I supposed to say no to a smile as innocent as that...)
Toi: I still have tons of must-plays thatāll make your heart flutterā¦! Ahh, no matter how much time we have, itāll never feel like enough...!
Netaro-san, could you put this disk in for me?
Netaro: Aye aye!
Ushio: Hey, waitā!
Waiter: āThank you for your patience. Here is the sukiyaki you ordered.ā
Teruomi: āMoririn-senpai, do you remember how it tasted the very first time we ate sukiyaki together hereā¦?ā
Netaro: It's here!! The squeeyaki scene!!!
Toi: The bittersweet flavour of Japanās Westernisation periodā¦!!!
Ushio: Isnāt this a cafeā¦? What kind of cafe serves sukiyakiā¦?
Toshiya: āYou called yourself Moririn, right? That fire in your eyes really is something. I bet Iād have fun taming it.ā
Netaro: Heās gonna knock the attitude out of you!
Toi: In The Edge Of Bloodied Love, thereās only bad endings, with 6 unique ones for each characterā¦!!!
Ushio: A-And you want me to get them allā¦!?
MASARU: āMowiwin! What can I say, I loove you, baby āāĀ
Toi & Netaro: KYAAA!!! Itās the #1 idol, MASARUUUU!!!
Ushio: Uuughā¦
Ushio: I was defenceless against the colossal, evergrowing power of otomeā
All I could do was give in and let it sweep me away into an endless voidā
š HAMA Houseć»Living Room
Yodaka: Thank you for providing us with a little something to eat yesterday, Yukikaze.
Yukikaze: The pleasure is mine, it was amazing to bear witness to your heated mahjong battle. Even if I didnāt understand the rules.
Liguang: Iām always willing to help you with the basics if youāre interested.
Yodaka: You look a tad unsteady on your feet there, Ushio. You havenāt caught a fever, have you?
Ushio: āNO, NO, NOOOO!!!
Iāve started hallucinating dialogue option boxesā¦itās over for meā¦itās so overā¦!!!
Liguang: Youāre hallucinatingā¦? I can get you in touch with a doctor.
Yukikaze: I can go with you if youād like. No need to be shy, just say the word.
Ushio: AAAAAAGGHHH!!!
Toi: Itās okay, Ushio-kun! Itās normal for people around the dorm to look like theyāve escaped an otome gameā¦!
Yodaka: Otome gameā¦?
Liguang: I think I'm familiar...you're referring to those games where the main character romances a cast of characters, no?
Toi: Yes, thatās right. The games weāve been playing lately happen to be full of characters that look like people we know.
Yukikaze: I see, no wonder Ushio thought we were video game characters.
Ushio: H-How could this happenā¦
Yodaka: Fufuā¦Iām curious what kind of sweet nothings those characters were saying.
Toi: Oh, my heart could've melted from how cute their lines were!
Yodaka: Do you hear that, Liguang?
Liguang: ā¦Donāt confuse that with reality.
Ushio: Welp anyway, we only came downstairs to grab a drink, thatās allā¦!
Yukikaze: I suggest starting your day with a glass of milk. The more you drink, the bigger you'll grow up to be.
š Kitchen
Toi: Fufuā¦other than those three, thereās a lot of people around here who remind me of different characters.
Teruomi from SILVERromanesque, for example. Don't you think he looks like Muneuji-kun?
Ushio: Not even close. Muu-chan always takes the initiative with hot pot dishes, heād never wait around for the MC to feed him.
If I had to compare anyone itād be Murakumo-san and MASARU from BOYZ BE ANXIOUS. Both have that uneasy feeling where you can tell thereās something going on underneath their shiny surfaceā¦
Toi: ā¦!
Fufufuā¦
Ushio: Whyāre you laughingā¦?
Toi: Itās just that I noticed you've been remembering the character and game namesā¦!
Ushio: Thatās itā¦? I feel like itās normal to remember the names from something youāve played.
Toi: Yeah, thatās trueā¦but it still makes me happy. I canāt believe I can talk about otome games with someone other than Ani-sama or Netaro-sanā¦
Ushio: ā¦ā¦
ā¦We should get back if weāre finished up here. Yowa-san is going to use us as test subjects for some weird invention of his if we donāt hurry upā¦
Reitoās special outfit for this acrylic stand set is so goodā¦
Who am I kidding, itās not just this one outfit of his thatās goodāitās his expressions, his personality, his hair style, his voice, his quotes, his poses, his auraā¦itād be quicker to call his entire existence perfect.
(Nothing feels better than knowing I pulled his stand myself. Granted, when the set only features the 5 most popular fan-voted characters, that did give me a 20% chance of getting him.)
Now, about thatā¦
They gave me this flyer advertising this yearās āHyakka Girls Festivalā while I was paying.
(Itās a huge annual event that takes place at the same venue ComiPara is heldā¦tons of companies get involved to set up official booths for series that're geared towards girls.)
I don't have any interest in that type of stuff, but thereās going to be a PatiBattle display at the Shonen Dive booth this yearā¦
Whenever new merch comes out, I usually just order it online, but...
ć¼Okay no seriously, whatās the deal with this āNew PatiBattle Information Coming Soonā announcement they postedā¦!?
Man, whateverā¦I think I need to rant about this on my priv if I ever want to get it out of my system.
Private Account (donāt frq): āI might be screwed if there's event-exclusive merch. Compared to ComiPara, an otome event is uncharted territory for me. I donāt wanna think of all the hoops Iād have to jump through.ā
āWhat about people who live far away or canāt make it to the event? Did they even think of those people when they decided to release new information this way? Not that I think being considerate ever crossed their minds to begin with.ā
Ushio: Ughā¦
(Obviously I wrote that all out knowing no one would be replying to me.)
(I mean how could they when Iāve posted it to my own private garbage dump?)
ā¦ā¦
āHGFā āPatiBattleā...
Hang on, I should use āptbtā or cake and sword emojis if I want better search results.
Random Account (Rant & Trading Acct): āsooo about ptbtā¦hgf is only a week away and theyāre *still* withholding information? Literally who is this helping?ā
Random Account (Busy writing! On semi hiatus): āThe only fans that company cares about are the ones living in Kanto who have the freedom to take the weekend off. Seriously, Iām so over this.ā
Ushio: (Itās nice seeing people share my frustrations, but I donāt know where they find the audacity to publicly post something so negative for the whole world to see. At least do it in private with your friends.)
(....But dammit, Iām the one who went out of my way to find these posts. I'm not any better, but that doesnāt mean I want to end up being the type of fan people see as a public nuisanceā¦)
(...Not like beforeā¦)
*Knock knock*
Ushio: !!!
(Under the bed, hide everything under the bedā!)
Who is it?
Toi: H-Helloā¦
Ushio: Huh? Toi-sanā¦?
Toi: Do you have a moment, Ushio-kunā¦?
Ushio: Waitā¦you want to talk to meā¦?
(I wonder what he wants? Itās not like me and him ever talk much.)
Toi: I was out the other day, and um, I happened to see youā¦
Toi: AT ANIME MART!!!
Ushio: ā¦ā¦
ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦
T-T-T-That mustāve been someone else?
Toi: No, it was definitely youā¦it was in the afternoon, the day before yesterdayā¦
Ushio: Oooooh, thatās what youāre talking about. Yes, yes, of course. I had never seen such a store in my life so I just popped in to see what it was all about.
Toi: You bought a blind bag.
Ushio: Bghhā
Toi: And I watched you open itā¦
Ushio: Kghahā¦!!
Toi: You looked really happy about it tooā¦
Ushio: H-Hahhā¦
(Youāre kiddingā¦someone outside of Chief and the Day Squad found out about my secretā¦!?)
(Iāve been letting my guard down ever since I stopped having to hide it from themā¦! I donāt want to think about how much sweat must be coating my back right nowā¦!!!)
(Wait a sec, why is he telling me all this? Is this blackmail? A threat? Was there a criminal hiding behind that harmless face all alongā)
Toi: Since then, Iāve been wanting to ask you to play thisā¦!!!
Ushio: ā¦Huh?
Is thisā¦an otome gameā¦?
Toi: I thought maybe youād enjoy it tooā¦!
Ushio: ā¦Wait, so you meanā¦
Youāre an otaku tooā¦?
Toi: Mhm, I'm a complete sucker for otome games!
Ushio: Ohā¦so thatās what's happeningā¦
(I donāt need to freak out then. Still though, he wants me to play thisā¦?)
ā¦No thank you. The genre isnāt for me.
Toi: Oh, if you donāt enjoy fantasy, I could find one with a school-setting if youād like that better? I have some with darker stories too, if thatās what you preferā¦
Ushio: Thatās not what I meanā¦
Toi: I even have a console in my room so you can come and play whenever you likeā¦!
Ushio: ā¦You know, being this pushy is seriouslyā
ā±ļø Flashback
Follower: āCanāt you take a hint? Itās so annoying how you keep pushing your interests onto me. ā
Ushio: ā......
Ryui: KURAMAAA!!! Were you trying to REJECT Toiās offer!?
Ushio: BYAH!? WHAT THEā!?
Ryui: The whole time I've been listening in, all Iāve heard outta you is a load of half-assed bullshitā¦
Ushio: Listening in? Thatās called eavesdropping you know!!! And itās an invasion of privacy!!!
Ryui: Thatās enough outta you. Get him, Yowa
Netaro: Ya~y! Wee woo wee woo, permission to capture has been granted āŖ
Ushio: Mghā
(What theāsomethingās dragging me awayā¦!?)
š Pig Room
Netaro: And no~w to tie you to a chair āŖ Time to be bundled up in rope āŖĀ
Ushio: Heyā¦what do you think youāre doingā¦!
Netaro: Worry not, I already guaranteed the safety by testing it on Ryuiās body. Pull and pull, and leave no wriggle room!!!
Toi: You donāt need to go that far, Netaro-sanā¦
Ryui: Alright Kurama, you have 18 seconds to pick which game youāre starting with.
Ushio: T-This is tyrannyā¦!
Netaro: Oh, and I bet youāll need help focusing on the game, so Iāll grab an invention per~fect for keeping your eyes open!
I call them the Blink-Banner Stopwatch Clips! They even release eye-drops in 30 second intervals to stop your eyes from drying out! Impressive, right!
Ushio: GAAAAHHH!!! Please, thatās enough!!! All youāre doing is making me not want to play!!!
Ryui: Hmph, so you were considering it. Shouldāve said so earlier.
Ushio: You dragged me away before I had the chance!
Toi: Sorry, we mightāve forced you into this a bitā¦
Ushio: (A BIT!?)
Toi: I just really wanted to play with youā¦
Ushio: Yeah, yeah, I give in, okay? Honestly, I donāt know how I survive living under the same roof as such rabid beastsā¦
Ryui: Donāt lump me in with Yowa.
Ushio: Alright then, which one do you suggest I play?
Toi: I think you should start with this one! TenkomoriāPrince 8I
Ushio: (Start withā¦?)
Netaro: Hoho, TenPri, hm? Toiās been playing that a~ll the time lately.
Toi: This game has 8 charming princes that you can choose to romance, all with their own unique personalitiesā¦
Ushio: (Romance, huhā¦?)
Toi: Aaaahā¦itās too hard to explain with wordsā¦! Youāll know what I mean once you meet them!
Hereās the controller!Ā
Ushio: Huff...
Toi: Before you can start, youāll need to name the main character!
Ushio: (I guess thisāll doā¦)
Kris: āMoririnā¦I finally found you. May I have this dance?ā
Ushio: (This Prince Kris guy must be one of the love interests. He kind of looks like Kamina-sanā¦)
Moririn: āPrince Krisā¦? Youāre missing the ball."
āWhatāre you doing out in the courtyard, asking me of all people to dance with youā¦?ā
Ushio: (Huhā¦? I guess weāre dancing nowā¦?)
Kris: āIām sorry to take up your time, but thereās nowhere I'd rather be than dancing in this courtyard with you.ā
āJust for this moment, wonāt you forget my title and take my hand?ā
Moririn: āPrince Krisā¦thatāsā¦ā
Kris: āI wish we could stay like this forever.āĀ
āMy dearāā
Toi: Uuuā¦knowing what happens next makes it extra hard to stop my heart from going kyunā¦!!!
Ushio: Kyuā¦kyunā¦?
(But I havenāt even made it past the prologue yetā¦?)
(For someone he only just met, that prince guy is weirdly obsessed with the MC. She isn't exactly jumping to reciprocate eitherā¦)
(Something tells me this is going to be a slog to get throughā¦)
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(Youāve caught me in the middle of unfolding a groundbreaking potential.)
Ushio: ā¦ā¦
Toi: (I caught wind of this case after witnessing a series of coincidences that were too suspicious to ignore.)
(The first incident took place one quiet nightā)
ā±ļø Flashback
Toi: (Oh, itās Ushio-kun.)
Ushio: ā¦ā¦ā¦
Toi: (Heās hidden away in the corner reading something. It kind of looks likeā¦)
Ushio: Man, who do I need to thank for all the OTP content this chapter...Iām going to be fed for monthsā¦the full-colour centre page of them standing back-to-back might be the death of meā¦
Toi: (...A manga?)
Toi: (I could tell from the look of pure joy on his face that something was up.)
(But it wasnāt enough proof for me to be certain.)
(Until one peaceful afternoon when I saw itā)
ā±ļø Flashback
Toi: (Something smells goodā¦)
Ushio: Give these to your little sis, Buddha Statue. I was making some for Princess and ended up with too many.
Kiroku: Thā¦thank youā¦
Ushio: Theyāre just extras by the way. I didnāt make too many on purpose or anything.
Kiroki: ? Okayā¦I understand.
Ushio: ā¦Great.
Kiroku: Um, is thereā¦a bag I couldā¦ carry them home inā¦?
Ushio: Ohā¦right, yeah.
Here, you can use this shopping bag I got the other day.
Toi: (...! That unmistakable blue bagā¦)
Toi: (āIt has to be from the very place I suspect heās going right now.)
š Anime Store
Toi: (ANIME MART! The otaku paradise for all things animeā¦!)
Ushio: ā¦ā¦
Toi: (He took a moment to check his surroundings and then went right inā¦! I think itās safe to say this case is closed.)
(Said case beingā¦)
(Finding out if Ushio-kun is an otaku tooā¦!)
Ushio: Just this one today, thanks.
Toi: (!!! Is he buying one of thoseā¦!?)
(The one thing that can rattle any fan, in any fandom, from casuals to die-hards, on good days, on bad daysā)
(A blind bagā¦!!)
Ushio: ā¦Whew, here I go.
Toi: (Ah, he moved over to an empty spot and took a deep breath...)
(Heās unboxing itā¦! Oh, I know exactly how he feelsā¦! Itās always so hard to wait until you get home..!)
Ushio: ā¦ā¦ā¦
ā¦!!! I...!
ā¦got him.
Toi: (He did a little fist pumpā¦! He mustāve gotten the one he wanted.)
(Fufu, that really warms my heart. His happiness is contagious.)
š Pig Room
Toi: āAnd thatās what I found out.
Netaro: Well, well, well.
Ryui: ......
Toi: I thought maybe me and Ushio-kun could play otome games together and become good friendsā¦
What do you think, Ani-samaā¦?
Ryui: Does it have to be himā¦?
Netaro: Huuh? You donāt like Shio?
Ryui: I can't stand how he treats Kiro.
Toi: I didnāt notice any ill-will between them when Ushio-kun gave him those treats thoughā¦?
Ryui: ā¦How do we know Kiro didn't feel threatened into taking them? He's too nice to say no, anywayā¦
And donāt get me started on how muchāve a jerk that guy is all the timeā
Netaro: Woo! Woosh woosh woosh!
Ryui: What?
Netaro: Thatās the sound of a boomerang flying out of your mouth.
Ryui: Do you want me to hit you?
Netaro: Shio's simply one of those people who say a bunch of prickly spikey things to protect themselves.
Heās like a pufferfish. I donāt see any reason to believe his intention is to put himself above everyone else.
Toi: Y-You know! When I saw Ushio-kun open that blind bag at ANIME MARTā¦he looked super duper happy.
I really really relate to him, soā¦I thought, maybeā¦
Ryui: ā¦Arenāt I good enough?
Toi: Huh?
Ryui: You can always ask meā¦no matter the year, month, day, hour, minute, second, or how many times the earth rotates, Iām always happy to do your hobbies with you.
Be it playing an otome game, going to ANIME MART, or buying a bunch of drinks ātill you score the ultra rare love fortuneā¦isnāt that good enough?
Toi: Kyuā¦KYUUUUN ā” Itās good enough! Itās more than good enoughā¦!
Netaro: And me! Keep helping me with my experiments until Betelgeuse explodes into a supernova too~!
Ryui: You can do āem alone.
Toi: ā¦Thank you, Ani-sama.
Butā¦I think itād be nice to have friends that can play otome games without getting itchy tooā¦
Ryui: ahā¦that'sā¦
Netaro:Ā Want me to make an automatic backscratcher that releases the hearty taste of skin oils with every itch?
Ryui: Why the hell would I want that. Iāll just go to the dermatologist and deal with it myself.
Toi: Youād have to go see the doctor seven days a weekā¦! I couldnāt do that to you, Ani-samaā¦
Soā¦maybe Ushio-kun could be my kyunpanionā¦that way, I might even have a friend who's as big of an otaku as I amā¦!
Netaro: Kyunpanions! Friends that kyun together at otome games!
Neither of us really hit the mark, do we? Sure, Ryui does sit down to play otome games with you, but he never gets wooed by any of the characters. As for me, I donāt live the lifestyle needed to be classified as an otaku.
Ryui: As if anyone other than Toi could touch my heart.
Toi: Haaā¦ā” You know an infinite amount of ways to make my heart-race, Ani-samaā¦!
But, umā¦if you really donāt think I should be friends with Ushio-kun, then I won't push itā¦
Ryui: ......
ā¦Anything you could ever wish for, Toi, I want to make it happen. Butā¦
ā¦Y'know what, sure. Iāll accept it, but on one conditionā
Ryui: ā¦If Kurama can pull that off, Iāll accept him as your kyunpanion.
Toi: I understand, Iāll do my best to help him get there!
Netaro: This is the first time I've ever seen someone needing to get permission and meet conditions before making friends.
Iād lo~ve to know if there's some kind of way toĀ manipulate another person's relationships to my own desires!
Ryui: ā¦I donāt want to take away Toi's autonomy or anything, I justā¦
Toi: Itās okay, I know youāre only looking out for me so that I donāt get hurt.
Thank you for always putting me first, Ani-sama.
Ryui: Something like thatās as much of a given as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.
Toi: Ani-samaā¦!
Ryui: Toi...
Netaro: You guys always end up back here.
Toi: (Me and Ushio-kun are going to be the best kyunpanions everā¦I just know it!)
Toi Shiramistu SR "The Oblivious First Love Killer" Track 1
š BAR Yumejuya
Toi: Good eveningā
Yodaka: Welcome in, my boy. I thought you two werenāt planning to meet up until later?
Toi: You're right! I just really wanted to see Ani-sama, so I couldn't help but show up earlyā
Ryui: You mustāve had a long day, Toi.
Toi: Ani-sama! Youāre already here!
Ryui: Well I couldnāt leave you waiting, could I? I knocked out everything I needed done and beelined straight here.
Toi: I thought I'd be getting here earlyā¦how could I forget that you always find a way to outdo me.
Yodaka: How was work? You mentioned that you've had your hands full lately, so I hope your schedule has started to clear up.
Toi: It has, I think Iāll be able to have my first lazy day in a while tomorrow.
Ryui: Itās amazing how hard you've worked, Toi.
Toi: Ehehe, thanks, Ani-sama. Making plans to go out and reward our hard work was just the thing I needed to help me push through āŖ
Yodaka: Iām honoured that you decided to hold your special get-together here.
Ryui: Youāve got the perfect place for us to properly enjoy some time together. It's nice and quiet, and we donāt have to worry about any weird shit interrupting us either.
Yodaka: Fufu, I'd like to remove as much workplace weariness from your shoulders as I can, so let me treat you two tonight.
āA drink from me to you, my dear boys. Enjoy.
Toi: Oo, it looks so good! Thank you.
Ryui: ā¦Doesn't taste half bad either.
Ryui: Hey, Toi. Could you close your eyes and hold out your hand?
Toi: Huh? L-Like this?
Ahā¦! Y-You scared me!
Wait, Ani-sama, are you trying to hold my hand? You canāt just do that unprompted, itās cheatingā¦!
Ryui: Okay, open your eyes. I thought Iād get you something for working so hard.
Toi: ā¦HUH!? This is the limited edition TuRyStA collab candy!? I-Itās so cu~te!ć
Yodaka: What an intricate design. It almost feels like a waste to eat something so lovely.
Toi: It really does! Itās been impossible to buy these because of how popular they areā¦howād you even get them, Ani-sama?
Ryui: I was first in line to get āem this morning. Youāve been wanting them for a while, right?
Toi: Wait, you mean this is why you insisted on going out alone todayā
Ryui: Yep, I wanted to go out and surprise you with āem. Besides, thereās no universe where Iād let you be the one waiting outside in a line for hours.
Toi: Ani-samaaa! Thereās really no outdoing you!
I thought it was a little sad that you wanted to go out on your own, but the whole time you were just trying to get me a surpriseā¦!
Howāre you so good at making my heart race!? I'll never be able to do it like you!
Ryui: You donāt need to be like me, youāre captivating enough just the way you are.
Toi: Youāre still not playing fair! Ah, I wish I had the skills you doā¦
Yodaka: Fufu. Personally, I believe that Toi has a knack for making hearts flutter too.
Toi: Huh!? Me!? You really think soā¦? But I wouldnāt even know where to startā¦
Can I ask why you think that, Yodaka-san?
Yodaka: Let me seeā¦there was that time recently when we were on our way to the dormitoryā
Netaro: Ryuiāz kabedon-ing the wall with his face!
Toi: Ani-sama!? Whatāre you doing!? Stop that!!!
Ryui: hah, hahā¦itās okayā¦iāmā¦all good now...toiā¦
Netaro: Ooo, heās turned himself back to normal! Nice job, Iām impressed!
Ryui: youāreā¦fuckingā¦deadā¦laterā¦
*Ryui falls to the floor.*
Nagi: āAnd thatās why weāre going to try and remedy the meeting that fell apart the other day.
Today, Iād like to talk about the transformation that happened to meā¦so, I actually think it was a pretty good change, hm, yes, what if maybe, we considered eating those meat buns againā
Ryui: NOTHING ABOUT THAT WAS 'GOOD', DUMBASS!!!
Yodaka: Iām afraid I end up with a headache whenever I try to remember what happenedā
Toi: (I hope Ani-sama plays a genius-type character next time.)
(I want to hear him say things like āThe likelihood of you falling for me is 18000%ā~!)
Nagi: Hey, whereās Netaro?
Netaro: āThe wait iz over, boys!
Ryui: Fuck, he's here!
Yodaka: A bit late, arenāt you?
Netaro: I was busy working on a new meat bun flavour for you all to try! Feast your eyes on my latest work! Ta-da~!
I need to build the beds while Kamina is out for the day
Sojun: Butā
Chief: Woah, that's a lot of boxesā¦!?
āOh, itās you twoā¦ā¦are these the rabbitsā new beds?
Liguang: ā¦Sojun just dropped them off.Ā Iām about to move them up to my room.
Sojun: Iāll take them to your room for you, but again, I insist that you assemble them at a later date.
Liguang: ā¦You need to get back to work.
Sojun: Boss, you need to rest soonā¦
Liguang: Donāt make me repeat myself.
Chief: (It sounds like Sojun-san is struggling to get Liguang-san to take a breakā¦)
Um, I could help out if youād like.
Liguang: Whyā¦
Chief: Well, it sounds like Sojun-san has his hands full, and Iām free today so it works out perfectly!
Sojun: Thank you, your assistance is greatly appreciated.
Liguang: Oi, I didnāt agree to thisā¦
Chief: Please let me help out! I love putting things together!
Liguang: ā¦ā¦
š Rabbit Room
Liguang: ā¦Good, thatās the last of you back in the cage. Donāt give us any trouble now.
Chief: Let's get started then!
Liguang: ā¦Youāve already helped enough. You can go.
Chief: I told you I was going to help put the beds together too, didn't I? Weāll get it done twice as fast if we work together, and then you can get some rest.
Liguang: ā¦*Sigh*
Chief: Oh, it looks like weāre going to need a screwdriver for this. Give me a second, Iāll go and grab one!
Liguang: ā¦ā¦
(...Iāve barely slept these past few days thanks to that wretched job Iāve been dealing with. I need to restāI know that better than anyoneābutā¦)
Rabbits: *Squeak! Squeak!*
Liguang: (I donāt want them to go without beds any longer.)
ā¦ā¦
Chief: Iām backā¦um, Liguang-san?
Liguang: ā¦Letās get on with it.
Chief: Iāll leave the tool box right here.
It looks like the first step is to attach the legs to the frame. Here, youāll need some screws.
Liguang: Alright.
Hmā¦ā¦ā¦?
Chief: Um, Liguang-sanā¦youāre using the wrong screwdriver. You wonāt be able to fit the head into the screws with that size.
Liguang: ā¦ā¦
ā¦Right. No wonder it felt so slippery.
Chief: (Itās weird seeing Liguang-san make such a careless mistakeā¦)
Why donāt you take a quick nap?
Liguang: I donāt needā
Chief: Iāll keep working on the beds while you get some rest! Let me handle this!
Liguang: ā¦ā¦ā¦Iāll only take 5 minutes.
Chief: No problem!
Liguang: ā¦ā¦
Chief: (Alright, I better get as much done as I can while Liguang-san is asleep!)
Huh? Whatās that soundā¦?
Ryanpin: *Squeak* !
Chief: ā¦Uh.
Sanwan: *Speak* !
Chief: ā¦The lock on their cage is broken!?
I better catch them before I do anything elseā¦sorry guys, but I need to pick you up!
Ryanpin: *Squeak*
Chief: Hey, donāt run awayā¦!
Sanwan: *Squeak*
Chief: I-I can't catch themā¦!
(Well, as long as the door is shut tight, I guess itās fine if I just let them wander around the room. Itās not like Liguang-san wouldāve left out anything that could hurt them anywayā¦)
Liguang: ā¦ā¦ā¦
Ryanpin: *Squeak! ā¦Squeak!*
Sanwan: ā¦*Squeak!*
Chief: (Theyāre crowding around Liguang-san. I think they want to get up on the bed with himā¦?)
Itās okay, donāt run away. Iām just going to help you up, okay? ā¦There you go.
Ryanpin & Sanwan: *Squeak* āŖ
Chief: Stay right here with Liguang-san, okay? Itās not safe to be over near me.
Liguang: nhā¦
Sanwan: *Nibble* ā¦āŖ
Chief: S-Stop eating his hairā¦!
Chief: Nice, that was the last one!
Liguang: ā¦ā¦
Chief: (The rabbits might've all escaped in the end but thankfully they've been sound asleep this whole time. Theyāre so well behaved!)
(...And theyāve made Liguang-san their bed.)
Liguang: Nhā¦
Chief: Oh, youāre awake.
Liguang: ā¦ā¦ā¦
Ryanpin & Sanwan: Zzzā¦Zzzā¦
Liguang: ā¦Whatāre they doing here?
Chief: The one with the floppy ears managed to break out and the others followed suit.
Liguang: You must be talking about Ryanpinā¦no matter what I do, he always finds a way to escapeā¦
Chief: I ended up leaving them with you since they werenāt getting into any trouble.Ā
Liguang: ā¦Howāre the beds?
Chief: I already finished them all!
Liguang: ā¦Sorry, I didnāt mean to sleep past the 5 minutes I promised.
You mustāve been at it for a while.
Chief: No no, it was nothing! Besides, I had the honour of seeing the bunnies acting so cute. It was therapeutic, really!
Liguang: ā¦Heh, you really are a people-pleaser.
Thank you, I owe you for the bedsā¦Iām sure the rabbits will be happy about them too.
Chief: You say that, but it looks like youāre their favourite bed!
Liguang: ā¦ā¦.
Chief: (Oof, he didnāt think that was funnyā¦)
I-Iāll be on my way now!
Liguang: Ifā¦
Chief: Huh?
Liguang: ā¦If the rabbits like their new beds, Iāll send you some pictures of them sleeping in them.
ā¦Itāll be my way of paying you back for today.
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Liguang: (None of these are up to my standards. I shouldāve known that looking at ready-made products was going to leave me strapped for optionsā¦)
ā¦ā¦
Hm, this bed might not be too bad actuallyā¦
Chief: Is he shopping for a new bed?
Liguang: ā¦What was that?
Chief: Oh, sorryāI was just talking to myself. Are you thinking about refurnishing your room?
Liguang: ā¦Close only counts in horseshoes, but sure, you could say Iām doing a bit of refurnishing.
Chief: (Close only counts in horseshoesā¦?)
(Considering he supplied the furniture for his dorm, it seems safe to assume that heās really particular about this type of thing. Maybe heās shopping for his room back home this time?)
A bed, huhā¦? You know, people often say that a good nightās sleep does wonders for maintaining your health.
Liguang: I know, thatās why I have my eyes out for something thatāll hold up to those standards. The bed I bought last time hasn't been well-received, unfortunately.
ā¦ Iāll just have to let them use my bed instead.
Chief: ā¦Huh?
(I-Is heā¦is he talking about a lover!?)
Liguang: What?
Chief: N-Nothing, It's Nothing Don't Mind Me...!
Liguang: ā¦This situation isn't ideal for either of us, so I want to do something about it as soon as possible.
Chief: (I-Itās better if I donāt pryā¦I should find a way to change the subject. After all, Iām the one who initiated this conversation in the first place.ā¦)
Oh! That reminds meāIāve actually done a lot of research into bedding before.
Liguang: ā¦You have?
Chief: If comfort is your priority, then mattresses and bed frames are where you want to start.
Liguang: ā¦I have some concerns with bed frames. I donāt want it to be too tall or thereās a chance they might hurt themselves, and it canāt be made from anything that could be painful on their teeth either.
Chief: (Is he the type to get overly anxious when it comes to his lover? I can see why heād be worried about the heightāit could definitely be dangerous for people that move around during their sleepā¦Iām confused about the teeth part though.)
In that case, why donāt you consider a platform bed with a thinner mattress? The only downside is that a mattress with less cushioning will make it easier to feel the frame underneath.
Liguang: They donāt weigh much, so Iām not worried about them sinking into the mattress.
Chief: (They must be on the more petite side then.)
Are there any other qualities that youāre looking for?
Liguang: Something that can be easily cleaned would be nice. If it can be thrown in the washing machine, thatād be ideal.
Chief: Thatās a good thing to consider for the person thatāll actually be using it! If that's what you're looking for, Iād suggest a washable and breathable fiber mattress!
Liguang: ā¦I already considered those, Iām just concerned whether itāll be safe for the inside to be exposed when they bite into it.
Chief: ā¦Bite into it?
Ah, ignore me! Everyone sleeps differently!
Liguang: Wait, do you thinkā¦
Liguang: (No wonder it felt like we were having two different conversations. Theyāve completely misunderstood something, havenāt they?)
Chief: If you care about them this much, then Iām certain your lover must be absolutely wonderfulā¦!
Liguang: Itās for a bunny, not a lover.
Chief: Their nameās Bonnie!? Wow, they sound like the perfect partner for you, Liguang-san.
Liguang: ā¦Bunnies.
Chief: Huh?
Liguang: Iāve been talking about my pet bunnies. This entire time.
Chief: ā¦ā¦
Liguang: ā¦ā¦
ā¦Youāre blushing.
Chief: What I wouldn't give to disappear into a cave right nowā¦gosh, what was I thinkingā¦
Liguang: ā¦Iāll keep my comments on that to myself, but all things considered, I did find your advice useful.
Iām impressed by your knowledge. Are you particular about this type of thing too?
Chief: I wouldn't say Iām overly fussed by it, itās just that for some people bedding is a main selling point for hotels, so I've picked up a few things to help guests with stronger preferences.
Liguang: ā¦You don't say.
Still, you should be sleeping on something decent. All that administration and field work must be taxing on your body.
Chief: Hahaā¦youāre not wrong.
Liguang: ā¦What about something like this? I found it just now, but I think it could be just the thing you need.
You should think about it.
Chief: Wow, thatās a really high-end brand!
(Which means itās too expensive to buy on a whim.)
Thatās enough about meā¦werenāt you on the hunt for some rabbit beds? Have you found anything you like?
Liguang: Iāve settled on this mattress for them. At this price point, Iām sure the manufacturer is open to customisations.Ā
Iāll have to order the bed frames separatelyā¦for now, Iāll ask about getting 4 of these mattresses in rabbit size.
Chief: (If I still thought he was talking about a lover, I wouldāve been floored at hearing the number 4ā¦)
I hope your rabbits like the new beds, Liguang-san.
Kiroku Kinugawa SR "A Collaborative Escape Mission" Track 2
Location: HAMA House ć»Storage Room
Kiroku: Umā¦Azekawa-san? Helloā¦?
(...He's not waking up. It's like he's turned to stoneā¦)
Is itā¦safe for him to stay like thisā¦? What happensā¦when his battery completely runs outā¦?
Dewawa: āIsnāt he basically as good as dead once his battery shuts down!?ā
Kiroku: !
Rouzel: āš»š¶šš šš š»šš¶š, Kiroku! Sir Kinari is an š¶ššššš¶ššš! The only thing his recovery calls for is a nice long charge!ā
Ripris: āButā¦if you donāt get out of hereā¦ZZZā¦youāre gonnaā¦end up like him tooā¦ZZZā
Pinfu: āArenāt you gonna starve to death at this rate!?āĀ
Kiroku: Iā¦hope notā¦
KB: āAccording to my judgement, the best course of action is to look for a power source and resume searching for an escape once he is recharged.ā
Kiroku: (...Right, okay, I need a power sourceā¦is there anything I could use in hereā¦?)
(! Is thatā¦an emergency power generator?)
(If I turn this handle, itāll generate electricityā¦okay, I can work with this.)
Kinari: Did you recharge my battery, Kinugawa-sama?
Kiroku: I-I didā¦
Kinari: I see. I am incredibly grateful.
Kiroku: Youāre welcomeā¦now, letās find a way out of hā
*Beep beep*
Kiroku: ā¦W-What does that noise meanā¦?
Kinari: I have detected a heat signature outside of the storage room.
Kiroku: Reallyā¦!?
Kinari: This is our chance to call for help. Kinugawa-sama, please be ready to yell.
Kiroku: Huh?
Kinari: On three.
Kiroku: ā¦I-I, uhā¦!
Kiroku & Kinari: HEEEEEELP!!!
Kinari: It is truly da bomb that you happened to be passing by the storage room, Master.
Momiji: Itās a good thing you called for help or else I wouldāve had no idea you two were trapped in there. The door on the storage closet is kind of shoddy so sometimes it ends up getting stuck, annoyingly enough.
Kiroku: Azekawa-sanā¦is the one who got us out.
Kinari: Not at all. We would still be trapped if you hadnāt recharged me, Kinugawa-kun.
Kiroku: ā¦That was nothing. Youāre the oneā¦who did all the hard work.
Androidsā¦really are incredibleā¦
Kinari: You are mistaken.
Kiroku: ?
Kinari: By now, it has surely been proven to you personally that I cannot function without another personās assistance.
Kiroku: But stillā¦
Momiji: Fufu, you two are so sweet.
Kiroku & Kinari: ?
Momiji: Why donāt we say you two found a way out together?
Kiroku: Toā¦getherā¦?
Momiji: Yep. Things only went so smoothly because of your combined decision making. Imagine if only one of you had been trapped in thereāit probably wouldāve been a whole different story, right?
Kinari: Master is correct. Today, we made it out together.
