Night Club - A Game For Adults 5

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Location: Café “Cinnamon”

Jun: O~i... Kagehira-san, you've been looking at the floor and muttering under your breath for some time, y'know? D-Did some kinda ghost pop out or something~?

Yuuta: What, a ghost—? No way, don't tell me this building's haunted after all~!?

Jun: Ohh? I didn’t notice you 'cause some stuff was in the way, but you’re, uhh… One of 2wink?

But which one~? I kinda forgot how to tell those two apart.

Mika: Don'tcha ask me~, I can just sorta tell ‘em apart by lookin’. They might be twinsies, but Hinata-kun an' Yuuta-kun are completely different, y'see.

Jun: Maybe so~, but I seriously can’t see a single difference~.

...Wait, was that kinda rude to say? I'm sorry!

Yuuta: Oh no, there's no need to be considerate. I’m already over stuff like that.

Actually, I only just realized, but Kagehira-senpai and Sazanami-senpai — are you two out for a coffee together? That's a surprise~, you’re friends, huh?

Mika: Nah, it ain’t like that.

I was sittin’ all by myself with my notepad open, tryin’ ta think up some new concepts, when Jun-kun came up an’ asked me what I was writin’.

He sure gave me a start… Thought he was gonna scold me for somethin’ I didn’t realize I’d messed up.

Jun: Oh no, far from that. Valkyrie’s in the same agency as us, so I was just trying to casually strike up a chat with you~.

We’re pretty much colleagues~, so I've gotta at least say hi when I see you around, yeah?

Mika: Ngah~. That’s mighty impressive of ya. I respect how ya just do these workin’ adult kinda things without a sweat… I still ain’t managed ta cure my own stranger anxiety.

‘Cause of that, I’m no good at chattin' it up durin’ interviews, so they end up writin’ stuff like, “Just as his public image might suggest, Kagehira-kun is cool and reserved”.

I really ain't, though~... I just suck at talkin’~...

Yuuta: Ahaha. Is that how the public sees you, Kagehira-senpai? On stage I always had the impression that you're kind and approachable, and quite the chatty guy…?

Mika: Uu, that’s just ‘cause I get all excited when Oshi-san’s around. An’ afterwards I cringe just thinkin’ back on how carried away I got.

An’ lately, Oshi-san’s always overseas, so we barely even get the chance t'stand on stage together.

When I’m all by myself, I’m just like — a doll, I reckon, like I get all stiff an’ can’t move or speak well no more.

Jun: I totally getcha~. I’m not the most sociable to begin with, so when Ohii-san’s absent, all I can do is grunt and growl like some kinda wild animal.

Mika: Ahaha. Jun-kun, all that comes out whenever ya open yer mouth is “Ohii-san this 'n Ohii-san that” ♪

Jun: Hah, and when you open yours it’s nothing but “Oshi-san this, Oshi-san that”.

Yuuta: Ahaha. Looks to me as if you two get along better than expected.

Jun: Yeah. We get on surprisingly well, huh~, I woulda talked to him sooner if I’d known it'd turn out like this.

Mika: Yup. Jun-kun always seemed kinda scary, so I reckoned I’d better stay clear...

But what a surprise it was t'find out that once ya talk ta him, he’s actually real friendly an’ polite. He’s a good guy ♪

When I was all stumped on ideas fer a new concept, he gave me some great advice an' helped me out a bunch!

Just what you'd expect from one o' ES's Big Three, Eden. He knows a mighty lot 'bout the state o' the industry an' idol history —

Ah, shouldn't I thank ya somehow? How 'bout I cover fer our drinks with my L$?

Jun: If you wanna, then go for it. Though I don’t think I’ve done anything really worth thanking me for — 

Someone else always decides on the plans for Eden's performances, so it was kinda fun to do some brainstorming myself for once.

And we’re in the same agency, after all~, so we’ve gotta help each other out.

Uhh, “Yuuta-kun”, right? — We'll lend you a hand if you ever find yourself in a fix, so please feel free to rely on your seniors from CosPro aaanytime~♪

Yuuta: Ah, got it. I feel kind of bad, but thank you very much…

HiMERU: — How much longer do you intend to talk to these uninvolved people?

Yuuta: ……!?

HiMERU: The coffee HiMERU ordered for you has long gone cold — Aoi Yuuta.

Yuuta: Er, umm… Huh? F-For me?



HiMERU: — HiMERU noticed that you were following him in secret. Of course, he also knew you were spying on him all this time from a hiding place.

You have something to talk to HiMERU about, don’t you? HiMERU is a busy man, but there’s something he wanted to ask of “you”, too —

If possible, HiMERU would like to have a long, leisurely talk with you — Just the two of us ♪

Yuuta: U-Umm…?