nebulancer

Izumi: (...)

(Whew. It's tough, just standing is hard. Seriously, I'm stressed.)

(Why are Japan's summers so crappily hot... I hate the humidity too~, my hair's going to frizz up.)

(I don't even want to sweat for no reason~, it's not beautiful that way.)

(Originally with this kind of work, there's no way I would've wanted to accept it, but...)

("Knights" was evaluated fairly and released from those annoying surroundings, so we absolutely have to succeed in this huge job.)

(We can't yet stand by ourselves, as there are more universally difficult places too...)

(Collaboration with other "units", it looks like there's no option but to do it with jobs like this.)

(A~ah, why am I thinking about this kind of leader-like thing?)

(That idiot, I wonder if he's seriously not going to come back... Aah come on, how irritating.)

(I'm suffering from labor like this, so at least some kind of compensation would be good enough.)

(And on that point, with "Trickstar"... I mean, I'm doing work with Yuu-kun, but...)

(Yuu-kun's definitely reverting to "the state he was before". No, it's the amount of still "on the brink" I guess...)

(But the person himself doesn't realize that, it seems.)

(What're they doing. "Trickstar", and Anzu too... Saying such high and mighty things like leaving it to them, but they're all just no good.)

(Seriously, it's so~ annoying.)

(Yuu-kun chose this himself, but I was refusing that all this time...)

(I won't be forcibly trying to protect him with my hands, but as expected, I can't keep watching on.)

(Yuu-kun is a beautiful doll. That's how he's been regulating himself, and how he's able to obey.)

(That's why he shone at the very top of the modeling industry, and why, more than anyone else, was a conveniently beautiful thing that would be loved.)

(But a doll that can't move by itself is helpless, so there absolutely has to be someone to protect it.)

(I failed during the kid model period. I couldn't protect him. Young and inexperienced, he was weak...)

(But just a little bit, managed to grow. Because of that, this time I'd never let it happen again, was what I thought.)

(Even though I didn't want him to get hurt. But after all, a flawed doll has no artistic value.)

(That was why they bought such an abomination. Instead of those unsympathetic adults who wounded the past Yuu-kun...)

(Without gravely injuring him, I would've trained him with things I knew.)

(It was fine if I was thought of as a demon, but at the very least I wanted to be by his side... Yuu-kun.)

(But. There's no way Yuu-kun could loathe even me.)

(For "Trickstar"'s sake, I mean... He'd bear with it, he'd force himself to cordially dance himself with a hated person like me.)

(At first, even then I was happy about it. But even I'm not an idiot, Yuu-kun.)

(Yuu-kun, it's because onii-chan understands e~verything that you could be thinking about.)

(Yuu-kun smiling at me, and while he's talking to me... It feels like my organs are being gouged out with a blade, it's tough. Seriously, it's a straining job.)

(Even though it's for a guy who doesn't love anyone.)

(Hey, Yuu-kun... Toying around with me, is it really that fun?)

Makoto: Izumi-san? What's wrong, sitting there like that... Is your physical condition bad after all?

Hey, aren't you crying? Are you all right!?

Izumi: I'm fine, it's just that some of the sand mixed in with the wind blew into my eye...

Maybe I should wear glasses like Yuu-kun, it could at least block the sea breeze, I guess.

Makoto: Eh~? Doesn't Izumi-san hate glasses, always telling me that they don't suit me or that they're lame~?

The person who, if an item doesn't fit your aesthetic sense, doesn't wear it is Izumi-san, right?

Izumi: If you get it there's no need to say it, Yuu-kun, acting all impertinent and all that.

Makoto: What's with that, don't always treat me like I'm a kid. Well, from Izumi-san's view, I must look like a doll that can't do anything by itself though?

Izumi: I don't treat a doll like a younger brother. Ever since we've become high school students.

Makoto: ? I don't really understand, but if you're pushing yourself make sure to rest, okay?

It's all right to do it "properly" during the real thing, because during the practice runthrough we got it flowing well.

Ah, all this talking's going to tire you out... I'll go ahead and return to the lesson.

Izumi: Yup. Thanks for your concern, Yuu-kun...♪

Makoto: ...

Izumi: Nn? What're you doing, Yuu-kun... Staring at me like that?

You can look even more! Wait a bit, and I'll undress, Onii-chan will let you see everything he has~♪

Makoto: You don't need to undress, I've told you time after time that you're not my Onii-chan, you know!?

That time when we modeled as kids was when there weren't any other children in our age group, so it couldn't be helped!

Now isn't like before, when the surroundings are more lively... There are others who're even more beautiful than I am, or even cuter kids, right?

Everyone in "Knights" seems to get along, there's no reason for you to cling to me anymore.

It makes me happy that I'm liked rather than hated, but in the middle of the real thing I'll be your opponent as well, and we can't afford otherwise.

Preferably, don't get involved and get close, okay?

That's all I came here to say. If you cause fights or annoyances for others, I'll forgive it this time, but... You better not get the wrong idea!

Izumi: I understand, Yuu-kun.

Yuuki Makoto-kun. Even I, I've always understood.