Rainbow - Revival 13

Season: Summer

 

Location: Rooftop

 

Characters: Hokuto, Tori, Chiaki, Jin, Anzu

 

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Hokuto: Fufu. This feels somewhat strange, being able to sit down and enjoy a meal with Morisawa-senpai and Himemiya like this… Life can be hard to understand sometimes.

 

Tori: Yup. I really don’t understand this at all.

 

Chiaki: Fuhaha! This is why life is so wonderful! You guys think so too, don’t you!?

 

Tori: How annoying… Why are you always this energetic? Well, it’s the same with that long hair in my unit, though.

 

Your energy must be overflowing~, I almost wish you could share some of it with me.

 

I’m still lacking in stamina, so I can’t keep up with fine’s lessons yet… If I’m causing my friends to stagnate then that would be the worst.

 

I didn’t work hard to get all this way just to become a hindrance like that. 

 

Chiaki: …

 

Hokuto: …

 

Tori: Uhm. Senpais. Why are you moving your jelly cups over to my bento box all of a sudden?

 

I’ll admit I was thinking about how this bento wasn’t sweet enough for my taste, but I’m not a beggar!

 

Hokuto: No, sweets help with stress relief.

 

Chiaki: They do! Eating lots will help you become stronger, I promise ✰

 

Tori: …I was in the wrong for expecting these guys to be delicate or considerate. Yup, I already knew this much.

 

It’s not like I was really expecting much from you two, but what kind of reaction is this to someone venting about their own weaknesses to you?

 

Jin: O~i, I’m home~, sorry for leaving outta nowhere… I’m happy to see the three of you getting along so well.

 

Chiaki: Sagami-sensei! Welcome home!

 

Oh, the transfer student came along as well, how amazing! I was worried that you wouldn’t show your face here today, come here, come here, come here ♪

 

Hokuto: Don’t pspsps her like a cat. Treat her with respect like a proper human being.

 

Tori: Sigh, Morisawa-senpai sometimes shows this side of himself, doesn’t he?

 

Chiaki: I don’t want to hear that from you guys… I’m not very used to interacting with girls either, so I’m still trying to figure out how to treat her.

 

Up until middle school, there were usually girls around. But I didn’t really mingle with them…

 

I preferred playing baseball and stuff with my guy friends rather than playing with the girls.

 

Tori: Huh. Isn’t that fine…? From my perspective, being able to have such a normal life sounds like a blessing. 

 

Chiaki: Fufu. Everyone wants what they can’t have, after all.

 

Jin: Haha. You really have gotten close all of a sudden. You’re able to forget all about your troubles and have fun together, I feel like I used to be like that when I was a kid, too.

 

Anyways. Transfer student, please hand “that” out to everyone.

 

Hokuto: “That”? What are you talking about?

 

Chiaki: Ah, I’m sorry, Sagami-sensei. I got so absorbed in talking with the others that I completely forgot about explaining. 

 

Jin: Huh. Well, isn’t that for the best? Right now, your top priority should be to become closer.

 

Then, allow me to explain from the top. We’ve finished working out the fine details for our upcoming live, and our plan has been approved and we’ve been given a generous budget.

 

Tori: Wow, that’s good news. I was worried because we hadn’t finalized the plan yet.

 

In the worst-case scenario, I thought I would have to ask the student council president for help or provide the money myself.

 

Hokuto: Hm. Himemiya is helping us out in good faith, so I feel bad for burdening you with that.

 

Tori: What are you talking about after all this time? I’ll have you know that just showing up each week and missing out on my precious lunch break is already a huge burden.

 

Besides, you seem to have forgotten this, but it’s not like I’m helping you guys just from the kindness of my heart, either.

 

Hokuto: Aah… That’s right, you’re also here as a spy sent by the student council president.

 

Is that going alright for you? Are your reports living up to the president’s expectations?

 

Tori: Why are you acting so worried about the person actively spying on you… Honestly, this is such a weird situation.

 

I don’t know whether or not the president is satisfied with my reports, but I have been summarizing our activities and reporting them back to him on the days after our meetings.

 

In addition to that, it seems the president is looking into various things on his own as well. It seems he was looking into the magazine that will be publicizing Project-Saga. 

 

He said it seemed like we were having fun and that he was jealous.

 

Chiaki: Right. This has been unexpectedly fun.

 

Unlike in Ryuseitai, I’m not the leader here, so I’m able to lower my shoulders, relax, and work freely.

 

Hokuto: That’s the same for me. Being a leader, huh… I still don’t feel like I’m suited to that position.

 

Tori: ? Sagami-sensei is the leader of Rain-bows, right?

 

Hokuto: Oh, I was talking about my position as leader of Trickstar. Though it’s just a formality for the sake of paperwork, since we treat each other as equals.

 

Being the leader means your responsibilities and your workload increases, so it’s a position you can’t ignore.

 

Tori: Phew. Being weak and understaffed sure sounds tough, huh. You even have to take on roles you aren’t suited to do?

 

Jin: Now, now, don’t go off chatting at every opportunity. Though I’ll admit I’m used to it, since you guys are pretty much like this during class as well.

 

Actually, I’ve always felt like bouncing your opinions off of each other and discussing stuff leads to better learning than just shutting up and listening to some lecture.

 

Hokuto: Ah, right. I apologize, we were acting rude.

 

Jin: Okay. Transfer student, did you finish handing out “that”? Everyone, go ahead and take a look.

 

Hokuto: Hm… Oh, what’s this?

 

Chiaki: Ooh! I was wondering what it could be, but it’s our costumes! You’ve finished them already!

 

Tori: Eh, ah… Is this Rain-bows’ outfits? The ones we’ll be wearing for our live?

 

Hokuto: I’m amazed, transfer student. When we spoke last week you still hadn’t finished the design, and now you’re all finished sewing them?

 

Now that I think about it, you were really quick when you made the outfits for Trickstar as well…

 

Kiryu-senpai helped you out back then, but this time you were on your own, no?

 

Amazing. You really have a talent for making outfits.

 

Tori: Yup. I was wondering what kind of cheap thing you would pull out, but these are pretty high quality.

 

They seem really durable, but also easy to move around in. You must’ve used a really high-quality fabric, right?

 

Chiaki: …

 

Hokuto: Hm? What’s wrong, Morisawa-senpai? Is there something you don’t like?

 

Chiaki: Aah, no… The outfits are perfect. But did you make these before our budget came in?

 

You need to make sure you’re getting compensated for this, transfer student, you shouldn’t have to spend your own money on this.

 

And, I couldn’t help but wonder, did you use Sagami-sensei’s old outfits as inspiration when making these?

 

I felt as if I had seen this design somewhere before, and zoned out while trying to remember where exactly.

 

Jin: Oh, you noticed that? It would have been a pain to design new outfits from scratch, and the magazine company funding this plan asked it of us as well…

 

They wanted us to add in some easter eggs inspired by my looks from way back then, so we changed the design to reflect that.

 

Of course, if we had used the exact same designs as my old costumes they would’ve looked outdated and uncool, so I had the transfer student redesign them for me.

 

I’m sure it would’ve looked fine on you guys, but I’m in my 30s already… I couldn’t bear to put on any more sparkling and glittering clothes with bright colors, it would be too embarrassing.

 

Hokuto: Fufu. That reminds me, back when he was active, Sagami-sensei used to always wear really flashy outfits screaming of nouveau riche, didn’t he? Like covering your entire body in glittering gold and stuff.

 

Jin: Yup. I needed to stand out on my own, after all. That’s how it was back then.

 

The entertainment industry was on the verge of decline, but there were still a lot of people within the higher-ups who liked to pretend as if the economy was going smoothly.



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