Tsukiuta. Ura-AOHARU SS - 12/13/23

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As the wind blew chillingly, the city was encased within the dark night.

It had just rained for about an hour, causing the wet sidewalk to look quite beautiful.

Rainbow-colored neon reflected off the water, resembling a mysterious aquarium.

 

Glaringly bright, somewhat crazed, always falling out of line.

Discarding your societal mask which smoothly glossed over appearances. Running swiftly, dashing forth. Those were the laws of this world.

 

This is the flip side world. Ura-TOKYO.

 

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Two men quietly conversed in a corner of that same city.

A man in black and a man in white.

Both of them were famous in this world.

 

—The man in black.

On the “front” world, he was a teacher.

Normally, he was well known as a mild-mannered intelligent man who treasured the spirit of cooperation. He was famed for the eyes behind his glasses lens, which were always brimming with affection for his students.

 

However, his current self could be nothing further from that.

On the “flip side” world, his eyes were constantly cold, sharp, and aggressive. They were like a beast’s eyes, scouring for prey.

 

Everyone’s personalities changed to some extent depending on the “front” and “flip side,” but even with that in mind, he was especially different.

 

“......And so?

What business prompted you to go out of your way to call me here,

Fuduki-kun?”

 

Faced with the man in black’s pointed method of speaking, his companion, the man in white laughed with an easygoing spirit.

 

“Yayoi-sensei, your personality does a total 180, y’know that?”

 

In the “front” world, he was a student of the school that the man in black taught at.

He was the ace of the soccer club. It seemed as if he was one of the humans who had very little change between his “front” and “flip side” selves.

He kept up the conversation with a refreshing, light method of speaking that remained unchanging from how he carried himself at school.

 

“I guess you could say... I’m still not used to it? Or I can’t believe it’s real?

If the kids who admire the kind, gentle Yayoi-sensei saw you look at ‘em with those eyes, you’d make them bawl their eyes out.”

 

“Whatever could you mean... by those eyes?”

 

In one go, the man in black closed the distance from the man in white. His eyes stared fixedly from a distance so close their eyelashes touched, and the man in white could do nothing but laugh wryly.

As it turned out, the glasses lenses were cushioning gear.

The man in white involuntarily thought that was the case, faced with the glare of his companion.

When the man in white lightly tapped the other’s chest, the man in black stepped back immediately, but unfortunately......

 

“You’ve got a nasty personality.”

“Fufu!”

 

The man in black smiled like the Cheshire Cat.

It seemed as if the other man’s reaction was quite to his liking.

 

“It’s not like I purposely force my attitude to change.

The front-side me is still me. The flip-side me is also me.

Isn’t it just a matter of what angle you look at me from?”

“It sorta creeps me out that just by changing the angle you see him, a guy could change this much in all sorts of ways.”

“What, you think so? I’d rather you see it as a charming aspect of me, though.”

 

Carefreely, carefreely.

As if a waltz were playing within his head, the man in black spun around the man in white, elegantly swaying his body back and forth.

 

[ “You’re the only one who can deal with that person. No one else can handle him.” ]

 

In his mind, the man in white recalled the words of his red-haired teammate.

With a sigh, he brought the topic back on track.

 

“What’s your intention behind aggravating me?”

“Nothing, really... ...Just that it’s fun?”

“Okay, sure. It’s still not time for the ‘war.’

Today I’ve come to offer up an agreement for a ceasefire.”

“Huh? Why would the Shibuya Angel do that again?”

“Well, it’s...... Hmm. Actually, there’s something we’d like the King of Tokyo to have a listen to...”

 

It was at that very moment he uttered those words.

It did not escape the man in white’s attention when the man in black unnaturally stopped swaying his body, for even a split-second.

The atmosphere around him clearly changed.

 

“......What business do you have with our king?”

 

“Oh, man. Listen here. What I’m saying is that we don’t plan on warring with you guys anytime soon.

Tone down that bloodlust, would you?

I’m gonna start bawling my eyes out, too.”

“Funny joke there. Your nature isn’t that cute, I’m sure.”

 

The eyes of the man in black sparkled.

 

“So? Could you get to the point, Fuduki-kun?”

 

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