Rocket Start ~star gazer~ Chapter 4

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Mao: Ahaha. To prevent the disbanding of the Game Club, you called back the disappeared club members with some difficulty...

That kind of company turned the Game Club into some gangsters' hangout, didn't they?

Makoto: Yeah. That's why it felt uncomfortable to remain there and so I left... As such, um, it wasn't Isara-kun's fault in the slightest, alright?

Everything I do tends to be quite short-lived.

Speaking of which, it might just be because I'm bad at being in a group. Something about how I can't make my way into others' circles...

It really was impossible to dye the atmosphere of those bad sorts.

Without even joining a club, I'm just idling about now.

Hokuto: Huh. That's the kind of "strays" our group seems to be.

Makoto: No, no, Isara-kun is at least blending in by being part of the Student Council, correct?

It's only myself who is a "loner!" Wow, it's been a while since I've talked to others so I got kind of tensed up~♪

Hokuto: Um, well, is that really all right? Are you able to pull off the live properly?

Well, anyways. We're almost out of the time allotted, so let's do rehearsals as much as we're allowed. Come upon the stage, you two.

Mao: Upsy-daisy. Pardon the intrusion~, and there we go♪

Here you go, Yuuki, lend me your hand.

Makoto: Th-thank you. Whaa~, the lights on the stage are so dazzling♪

Subaru: Yup! They're super sparkly aren't they☆

Ahaha. It might just be my imagination, but it feels like the shine got stronger as soon as you two came here.

In the end, "one" loses to "two", and when there's "two" a "lot of people" is a ton better!

This kinda shine gets stronger when it piles up one on top of the other~, ahahahaha☆

Hokuto: Don't be laughing, as we're doing the lesson until the last minute... Akehoshi. As we'll be performing only the basic songs that had been gone over in class, they won't be too difficult.

Since this will be the first time the four of us have matched up our voices together, we'd best do the greatest possible measures.

If you work your hardest, destiny will follow suit, and with that, results and assessments will come after.
That's what I believe in.

Everyone, let's sing the best we can. Let's let our ensemble echo throughout the world.

[Scene Change: Theater Club club room]

Wataru: ...

Natsume: I'm coming iN, Master~♪

Wataru: ...Oya. Why, hello there, Natsume-kun, how lovely you are today as well.

Natsume: I'll have to object to that evaluation of mE. Am I being a nuisancE? I'd like to not be a bother in your play rehearsaL.

Wataru: Not at all. Come, come, upon my lap and "without complaint" please take a seat♪

Natsume: Master, or ratheR, the "Five Oddballs" nii-sans all treat me as if I were a baby or some kitteN...

If possiblE, could you not baby mE?

It's fine, at leasT. You'll be performing soon, correcT? If I were to sit on your lap and harm you somewhere it would be quite the probleM... So I'll declinE.

Like alwayS, I'll place myself on the chaiR.

Wataru: That is unfortunate. However, Natsume-kun, did you not need to participate in the [Golden Star Cup] today?
Among the first year student body, the best are the representatives for the lives, correct?

Natsume: Nn~. For I was an obvious choice, I'd been requested to take parT. I refuseD, seeing as how even by participating would be a waste of time and energY.

Wataru: And that is?

Natsume: YeS. Though this is but Rei-nii-san's presumptioN, the [Golden Star Cup] saying that "Only first years are allowed to be in the live" seems to be an event to solely gain recognitioN.

No matter which students from which gradE, they're being given somewhere in which to acT.

Granting some helpful safety measures to the weak is quite the regular course of actioN, but it is a performance held to obtain the popular support onlY.

Without setting a minimum budget that is needeD, expenses for advertising are not brought eitheR.

As such, not even a large number of the audience is presenT, so there's no reason to take placE.

I am equal to that of my nii-sans as the "Five Oddballs" after alL, so I'll not take place in this pointless livE.

A morE-- extravagant and meaningful stage is where I want to stand upoN.

Wataru: Ahaha. Though there may come but one audience member, each and every performance has its value.

You musn't be too eager for a success, you know, Natsume-kun. You are but a year younger, so it is a given that you are behind us.

Even if you put your effort in now, it would be difficult to match up with ourselves.

Natsume: I know thaT. ...For some reason, recently within the Student CounciL, it seems some unpleasant happenings are taking placE.

For I don't wish to be manipulated by others for their own agendA, the [Golden Star Cup] was passed oveR.

Wataru: Fufufu. Though you shall bring your own downfall if you were to think too much, that is indeed your own difficult nature.

Those who think too much are the smarter ones, but I believe it would be better for you to move according to instinct.

No matter when, in this era... Those who impart innovations upon this world, those are either the innocent children or the fools who think nothing of their actions, after all.