over an endless sky

Yuki: Mitsuki-kun, good evening.

Yuki: Is Yamato-kun nearby?

Izumi Mitsuki: Good evening! Yes he is!

Izumi Mitsuki: 

Izumi Mitsuki: ↑ Just got out of the bath and he's lounging around like this lolol

Yuki: Sorry to bother you, but could you tell him to check my message?

Izumi Mitsuki: He hasn't even read your message? I'll tell him right away!

Izumi Mitsuki: 👓 Your message got buried under a bunch of company messages and I missed it. I’ll take you up on those drinks next time

Izumi Mitsuki: ↑ His words, not mine 😆 What's this about drinks?

Yuki: Shizuo-san gave me a few bottles of really good sake, so I wanted to pass some along to him. But he's been leaving me on read, or rather not even opening my messages, for two days.

Izumi Mitsuki: Two days is pretty bad lolol

Izumi Mitsuki: Though I don't exactly think of you as a fast replier either 🤔

Yuki: Well, I only reply when I feel like it

Izumi Mitsuki: So you're in the mood to reply today 😄 Nice!

Yuki: I messaged you first after all

Yuki: Maybe I'll just start messaging you instead since Yamato-kun never replies to me anyways

Izumi Mitsuki: Anytime! I'm confident I'm a fast replier 👍

Yuki: That impudent junior didn’t even bother opening the message

Yuki: 

Yuki: ↑ Even though he’s laying like this

Izumi Mitsuki: LOOOOOOOL

Yuki: Are you coming to the Japanese painting exhibition?

Izumi Mitsuki: You mean Yamato-san? I was actually inviting him a moment ago!

Izumi Mitsuki: He said he watched our promo video, and apparently he recognized a few of the paintings.

Yuki: As expected since he was taught about stuff like this

Izumi Mitsuki: Seriously! I didn't know a single thing about them at first 😲

Yuki: I think that's actually a good thing this time. The goal was to attract people like us, people who don’t know much about Japanese painting.

Yuki: I really liked your comment, Mitsuki-kun. It’s something only you could’ve said. Those words came from you, and that's what made them so meaningful.

Izumi Mitsuki: Yuki-san...! Thank you so much!! 😭

Izumi Mitsuki: I decided I'm going again next week, so I'll make sure to see the “Mumei” painting one more time!

Yuki: Lucky you. I wanna see it too.

Izumi Mitsuki: Wanna go together if you want? You could bring over those drinks while you’re at it.

Yuki: Sounds good. Mind if I invite Momo too?

Izumi Mitsuki: Of course not! I'll make a group chat so we can work out a date.

Izumi Mitsuki: Leave the tickets to me, I’ll take care of them 😄 I'll also find somewhere nice for lunch and make a reservation!

Yuki: Then I'll drive.

Izumi Mitsuki: Is that okay!? I'd appreciate that so much! 🥹

Izumi Mitsuki: Sorry we're always relying on you, Re:vale-san!

Yuki: We're the ones relying on you right now. You're planning everything, getting the tickets, even arranging lunch.

Yuki: No wonder you're a top contender for "Idol We'd Most Want as an Older Brother". You're incredibly dependable.

Izumi Mitsuki: Yuki-san, you saw that ranking!?

Yuki: Of course. It was getting almost as much attention as the "Man People Most Want to Be Held By" ranking.

Yuki: The results aren't out yet, but I imagine either you or Ryuunosuke-kun will win.

Izumi Mitsuki: Ahhh! Tsunashi-san is seriously tough competition! Though Iori keeps insisting I'm definitely going to win lolol

Izumi Mitsuki: As someone with seventeen years of experience being Mitsukiniki, I've gotta live up to it! 😤

Yuki: What's that niki thing?

Izumi Mitsuki: It's a nickname Nagi started calling me recently. It's basically a shortened version of aniki (big bro) 🤔

Izumi Mitsuki: Apparently it's what you call someone you can really rely on!

Yuki: Mitsuki-niki

Yuki: It's kind of a tongue twister

Izumi Mitsuki: Now that you mention it 😂 Yukiniki is a little tricky too!

Yuki: Momoniki is easy to say.

Izumi Mitsuki: You're right! Momoniki! Yukiniki!

Izumi Mitsuki: Yamato-san's too much of a spoiled kid for “niki” to apply to him 🤔