#(also cursed thought: hanamura teruteru is p. much the result of the cross fusion of all 5 ft4 dudes change my mind-)

[deus-ex-mona]

Even Our Private Lives Are Great Too!: Chapter 7

that sure was a long day

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YUI: Yujiro! Aizo! Get over here too, you guys!

When IV and YUI called out to Yujiro and Aizo from their spots on the stage, the audience turned to look at the latter pair.

Audience Member 1: Hey, YUI’s here too!

Audience Member 2: LIPxLIP’s also here?! How come?!

Audience Member 3: Aizo! Yujiro! Sing for us!

Yujiro: (Looks like… we’ve got no choice but to go for it, hm?)

Yujiro: Shall we, Aizo?

Aizo: Yeah…! Of course…!

The audience cheered loudly as Yujiro and Aizo ascended to the stage.

YUI: Awwright! You’ve prolly been bored enough, right?! Wouldn’t you rather be packed full of fun memories of today instead?!

YUI: But aren’t y’all being way too quiet, even though we’re right here in front of you?!

YUI provoked the audience with an air of familiarity, all while Yujiro and Aizo sang along to a backing track that was played by IV. Following that, YUI began to improvise a rap to go along with their performance.

Yujiro: (...YUI’s really good at rapping.)

Yujiro: (We can’t rap as well as him yet… But…)

Yujiro: (—Take this!)

Yujiro gestured to IV at the precise moment that his DJ solo began.

IV: …

IV laughed lightly when his eyes met Yujiro’s, and he raised a hand in response to him.

Audience Member 1: IV!

Audience Member 2: He’s so cool!

A staff member who was standing by the side of the stage gave the performers a signal that indicated that their equipment troubles were about to be resolved.

Yujiro: Hey everyone! It looks like the problems with the equipment are gonna be resolved soon!

Yujiro: It’ll only take a little while longer, so please listen to our performance till then!

Yujiro: (Let’s liven things up even more to warm up the stage for the next performer…!)

The audience let out an especially loud cheer, as though they were responding to the performance by the four of them—.

Staff: Hey IV! And everyone else! Over here!

By the time they got off the stage, word had gotten out that FT4 and LIPxLIP were performing at the live. Owing to that, a huge crowd of people had gathered there.

IV: I apologise for getting way too carried away back there.

Staff: No need for apologies. You guys were a huge help! We’d been at a loss for how to deal with that atmosphere before you came.

Staff: YUI, and the two of you from LIPxLIP, thank you all so much for the help too.

Staff: Once again, thank you guys so much… I’ll be sure to contact your agencies as well.

The four of them boarded a taxi that the staff member had led them to.

Audience Member 1: Hey, IV and the guys are leaving!

Audience Member 2: Aizo~! Yujiro~!

Yujiro: (...Sorry guys. See ya again.)

IV: Man—... For a moment, I was wondering how things would unfold, but…

IV: In any case, our last-minute performance was a great success, yeah?!

Yujiro found himself bursting into laughter at the sight of IV’s childlike smile.

Yujiro: Ahaha… A great success, you say… Even though we made a run for it at the end, haha.

IV: Well, that may be true…

IV: No, wait, don’t you think that making a run for it is pretty much a given with last-minute performances like ours?

Yujiro: I don’t understand what you’re trying to say at all. Ahaha.

IV: Sorry about this… YUI and Aizo. I brought you guys all this way to our studio…

Aizo: Nah, it’s fine. I had lots of fun.

YUI: Yup. I had tons of fun too, so everything’s A-OK with me!

IV: You guys had fun, hm? Me too.

Yujiro: (I had thought that IV was… a really serious person. But it turns out that he has a mischievous side too.)

Yujiro: Thank you so much for today.

IV schooled his face back into his usual expression when Yujiro gave his salutations again.

Aizo: It was really fun to hang out with you guys.

Yujiro: It was an honour… to have been able to perform with you two.

Yujiro: But… We’ll be rivals when we next meet onstage. 

IV: Yeah, I’m looking forward to it.

YUI: See ya!

And so, the curtain fell upon the day that Yujiro had spent with IV and the guys, with Yujiro having found himself with way more memories than he had expected to make.