𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗘 - 𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗕𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗧
► ACT ONE: rascal does not dream of purple hat guy
─ episode one: the famous actor "scaramouche"
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You, a teenager with [hair color] and [eye color], stares up at the ceiling of the small room.
"Hey, do you want a kiss?" His voice echoed beside you causing you to turn to him
'I know it wasn't a serious offer. He was clearly messing with me.'
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'Wait, who is he?'
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You yawned stretching your arms as you opened the curtains of your window. When you went over to leave your bedroom, you noticed a notebook laying there open in your desk.
You look at it confused but picked it up to read the contents inside:
“What is written hereafter is truly something unbelievable, but everything is the truth, so make sure to read until the very end. You have to."
"What the hell is this?" You muttered, but reluctantly read more.
"May 6th. I met a wild hat guy, ___________ ______."
You titled your head. 'Huh? It's blank?'
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MAY 6TH, 2014
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You browsed through the novel section, glancing at each cover before moving onto the next ones. You knelt down and grabbed a book from the bottom of the bookshelves.
You normally didn't visit the local library, not intentionally but whenever you do see it sometimes when you are out, you take the time to check what do they have in store today.
But after getting a bunch of learning books for kids, you decided to check the usual aisles of genres you normally read.
However, as you flipped through the pages of the book you picked, you suddenly perked up at the sight of something totally strange that walked past you.
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A boy with indigo hair that seems one year older than you walk around with such exquisite yet strange clothing. It was mostly black with red, purple, and gold accessories and accents that helped make him stand out. It definitely didn't look like something an ordinary person would wear, as of today. You didn't know much but it seems like clothing back in old history.
You can't help but find him attractive but what caught your attention was his hat that was more noticeable since it was something people wouldn't usually see them wear. It reminded you of some of the hats you usually see, but you haven't really seen someone wearing it.
You were baffled when that guy with such a nonchalant and calm expression just went around looking like this especially in a library, but what confused you was that nobody seemed to take notice of him.
He seemed to be going around, waving to some at people's faces and even sitting at some working tables and yet no one seemed to see him.
"What the hell?" You muttered. You, who was still in an aisle, walked slightly towards him while rubbing your eyes to make sure you weren't imagining, and he was still there. It confused you even more and questioned how everyone but you were not seeing him.
You snapped out of your own thoughts when your eyes met. He didn't seem to react at first as he made his way towards you and waved his hand in your face.
You stared at his soft hand before looking up and finally muttering. "Uhm, hello?"
He was still calm as ever, but you caught the slight surprise in his eyes. He backed up before saying. "You can still see me?"
You nodded, confused. He stared at you before suddenly walking away without a word.
'The hell?'
Before he could take himself out of the door, you followed him, saying. "Um, you’re Raiden-senpai, aren’t you?"
As he was talking to you earlier, you finally realized who he was. He has forever been the talk in the media so you immediately recognized him and his voice gave it away. But also-
The boy looked back at you. "If you’re calling me “senpai”, it means you go to Hoyoshin High School, right?"
"I'm [Name] [Last Name], a second year."
"I'm Scaramouche Raiden, a third year."
You nodded, muttering. "I know. You’re a celebrity."
"I’ll give you one warning." He said, looking into your eyes deeply. "Forget about what you saw today. Also, I better not hear a word that you saw me in this, and we will remain as strangers."
"If you understand, then say “yes”."
You just gave him a confused stare and that somewhat agitated him, making him let out a scoff but he didn't bother as he turned away and walked out of the library.
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'Interesting.' You shrugged before going back to browse.
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MAY 7TH, 2014
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Ever since your encounter with the said actor, you couldn't get your mind off of it. Hell, you'd say you couldn't even sleep normally because of it. You even relive that moment by having a dream of him back in the library.
He said to forget but there was no way you could.
You stirred awake as the slight ray of sunshine beamed through your opened window. Rubbing your eyes tiredly, you glance down to notice something adorable that made you smile.
You quietly went out of the bed before grabbing your blanket to tuck your sister in more. But she seemed to awake at the action, making her groan and look up to see you.
"Good morning, Qiqi." You smiled.
"Mm... Morning, [Name]..." She sat up, mimicking your actions of rubbing her eyes.
"You came back to my room last night?"
"I couldn't sleep that well... I came here to sleep better."
You laughed, patting her head. "Well, you are welcome anytime, okay, Qiqi?"
She smiled slightly, nodding.
"Come on, let's go make breakfast together." You helped her out of your bed, carrying her in your arms and walking out of your small bedroom.
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In Hoyoshin High School, everyone walked up to the campus all together whilst talking and catching up to each other. Even though it was completely packed every time, it's always been like this.
And you usually walk alongside with two of your friends since you normally see them often than most of your other friends who you later see in classes.
"Hey, Albedo?" You started as two of your friends' glance at you, especially the platinum blonde boy. "...If you were to see someone that dresses up like a prince or something magical, what would you do?"
"...Very interesting description, [Name]." He chuckled slightly, confused. "Although, I probably wouldn't do anything."
"Why not?"
"Maybe that person likes to dress up like that."
"They'd just be a psycho then."
"...How about you, Kaeya?" You said, glancing at your other friend.
The blue haired boy shrugged, grinning. "I guess I only just gawk at their outfit, y'know?"
"Hmm, yeah."
Just then, your eyes trailed over and noticed someone familiar, he was walking alone although he did receive glances and stares from the people walking beside him before they quickly went back to talking to their friends.
He was clutching his bag while keeping his head down
"...Hey, you guys see Raiden-senpai there, right?" You asked blankly.
"Mhm." Albedo nodded, glancing to who you were looking at.
"What do you guys know about him?"
Kaeya stared at the back of his head as he replied. "Well, he is a celebrity. But I heard he was on a hiatus."
"Why?"
"Dunno."
The platinum blonde boy glanced at you with a curious gaze. "Are you interested in Scaramouche, [Name]?"
The other friend smirked slightly. "I bet they moved on from y'know who, even though they have no chance."
You shrugged, nonchalantly. "I wasn't going to ask him out anyway, let alone be in love with him."
"Watch it, he might be your future boyfriend, y'know?"
"He's attractive but I doubt it."
Despite that, you look back onto his figure. Even though he's popular around the media, you barely see him with anyone, and he doesn't really interact a lot with your school so you can't tell what kind of person he is.
All you can know from him is that he dresses up fancy in libraries.
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"I heard from a senpai from my club that apparently Raiden didn’t come to school at the start of his first year." Albedo said, getting out his lunch.
You still ended up being a bit more curious than usual before and luckily you had two amazing friends to tell you more about this purple hat wearing guy and they are just here to report back to you as you three eat lunch.
You titled your head at the info. "Why?"
"Because of work. He declared that he was going on hiatus straight out of middle school, but he was locked into some prior titles, so he was apparently busy. He didn’t seriously go to school until after summer break."
"That's quite rough for him." Kaeya commented whilst eating.
"It is."
You hummed, glancing down before taking a bite out of your sandwich.
'Raiden-senpai, the celebrity who started school midway through the first year, is totally an outsider.'
'Once the class takes its shape, it doesn’t change easily. Others will talk behind your back if you stand out, calling out annoying or a show-off.'
'And once that happens, everyone knows that there’s no going back. That’s the kind of atmosphere a school has.'
'Nobody can approach Raiden-senpai to talk to him.'
'They don’t want to stand out or be isolated. That’s why Raiden-senpai is also reading the situation and pretending to act accordingly.'
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After school and saying quick goodbyes to your friends, you walk down the empty street before reaching the train station. You let out lots of yawns on the way because school was always tiring.
When you reached it to wait for the train, you then noticed him.
Scaramouche was also seemingly here for the train as well, waiting as he stood there with his eyes closed and earphones.
"That’s gotta be Scaramouche Raiden!"
"Huh?"
You glance to see two people, one already with their phone out as their friend stands beside them, their eyes looking behind the back of Scaramouche who still stayed like that calmly.
"See? That’s totally him! I’ll take a pic just in case." The one with the phone grinned while the other laughed in fascination.
They tried zooming in a bit more to get his face since they were facing behind his back. "Come on, look this way a bit more."
You acted quickly and calmly walked over to be in the phone's vision, blocking Scaramouche from it.
Their eyes widen, lowering their phone. "Oh… Huh? Wh-Who the hell are you?"
You stared at them blanky and spoke. "I’m a human. What are you, an ogling photographer?"
"Wha?! Why, you!" They were about to retaliate but their friend stopped them.
"Stop that. Let’s go." They said, tugging at their arm and the two walked away.
As soon as they left and you can barely see their figures, you silently went over beside Scaramouche.
He seems to take note of your presence as he removes his earphones, looking over at you. "Thanks."
"Huh?" Your eyes widen slightly, a bit taken back.
"What? Did you think I’d get mad and tell you to mind your own business?"
"Yes."
"I thought about it, but I’m holding it in."
"Then I wish you didn’t say that, either."
He sighed, looking up ahead. "I’m used to stuff like that."
"Even so, it wears you down inside, doesn’t it?" You mumbled, following his gaze.
"Not like I can do anything about it."
Then Scaramouche picks up his phone to see his manager calling, but he let it ring and not picking it up.
"Are you not going to answer that?" You asked curiously as the train finally arrives and stops in front of you both.
Scaramouche turned off his phone. "The train is here. Besides, I know what that woman wants."
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You'd never think you would sit next to a famous celebrity on your way to school, but you thought it was honestly fine since he was your upperclassmen. But the thought of sitting next to a celebrity did make you think in many different ways.
You slightly glance at him who had a nonchalant expression as he stared down at his phone. Even though this felt quite awkward, you'd thought his good looks made up for it.
"About that thing yesterday…" You started a topic as a conversation, but he quickly cut you off.
"I warned you to forget about it, didn’t I?"
"That outfit was too majestic to forget."
"Don't tell me you started to get erotic thoughts about me in that outfit."
"And if I was?"
He shrugged, glancing down at you. "Well, I'm totally fine with it."
You look up and meet his eyes. "Really?"
"Only if they are younger people."
"What if I was an old geezer?"
"Then die."
"Gladly."
Scaramouche scrolled something through his phone as he changed the topic. "Hey, [Last Name]."
"You remembered my name." You muttered with slight joy.
He ignored your comment as he continued. "I saw the rumors about you, something about a violent incident where you sent three classmates to the hospital."
"I’m honored that you’d take an interest in me."
"It’s really amazing, all this information about one individual being out in the open like this."
He opened and showed his phone out to you making you lean forward to read it yourself.
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1) [Name] [Last Name] - Sent 3 Classmates To The Hospital After A Violent Incident in Middle School. They moved outta Liyue - where'd they go?
2) What's this Hospitalization Incident?
3) So scary lolol
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You hummed, but didn't really react much. "I didn’t know it was written about to this extent, though."
He raised an eyebrow. "You don’t look it up yourself?"
"I don't have a smartphone." You said, leaning back on your seat.
Scaramouche stared at you, eyes widening slightly. "Really?"
You crossed your arms. "I used to, but I got frustrated and tossed it into the ocean."
He stared at you with slight bewilderment and a bit of annoyance. "At least throw trash in trash cans." He sighed, looking out of the train's window before speaking again.
"You don’t have any friends, do you?"
"I do. I have three, even."
He gazed back at you again. "Can you say “even” with just three?"
You shrugged. "They came to me first. I appreciate it, really. But if no one else wants to be my friend, then I don't mind at all."
"So, you basically don't socialize?"
"Not really. It's too much of a hassle. All I can do is really just make my friends my friends for the rest of my life."
"Well, good luck with that, I suppose." You then turned to him, your expression remaining blank but has a hint of curiousness. "So, what did you think about the hospitalization incident rumors?"
He hummed, thinking before responding. "It’s pretty clear after some thought. Someone who caused such a huge incident couldn’t attend school like nothing happened."
"I wish my class could hear that."
"If it’s wrong, then you need to tell them as such."
"A rumor is kind of like the atmosphere, isn’t it? Lately, the atmosphere is something you need to read. That “atmosphere” labels you as a bad person if you can’t read it. And the people creating that atmosphere don’t have a sense of participation, so it’s foolish to try and fight against the atmosphere."
"So you’re leaving misunderstandings be and giving up before even fighting."
You nodded and he stayed silent after that. He was seemingly trying to process your perception since he couldn't help but agree with it.
You couldn't contain yourself and asked again, glancing over.
"Your turn to talk, Senpai. What was all that about yesterday?"
"Didn't I say to forget this?"
"I want answers."
"You won't stop asking until I tell you, will you?"
"Yes."
He sighed, looking down at his lap for a bit. You feel like you'll hear a lot more about his thoughts through a long story but you were ready to listen to it.
"I made my debut when I was six years old."
"After getting the lead role for the morning drama series, I was always in the public eye with television, movies, and commercials."
"There wasn’t a day when I didn’t see Scaramouche Raiden on TV." You commented.
He nodded, continuing. "It was fun in the beginning, but it gradually became more stressful. People would notice and say “that’s Scaramouche Raiden” everywhere I went…"
He said as the train finally came up to your guys' stop, you both sat up and walked out of it but Scaramouche continued while you listened beside him.
"… and at some point, I started wishing that I could go to a world where nobody knew who I was."
"I first noticed that people weren’t able to see me at the beginning of a four-day weekend."
"On a whim, I went to the aquarium."
"Alone?" You asked.
He raised an eyebrow. "Is that bad?"
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The boy was lucky nobody seemed to recognize him since that would've caused chaos a bit and that allowed Scaramouche to walk around the aquarium freely.
But he yelped, bumping into someone's shoulder. He looked behind to see that person talking to someone and not even sparing a glance at him.
He thought a bit rude, of course.
And when walking around a few moments later, he moved out of the way for someone when they were about to bump but they didn't seem to acknowledge him either and just continued on.
He looked around, bewildered and off-guard.
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"I thought it was just me at first since they were focused on viewing the fish."
"But when I stopped in a cafe on my way home…"
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"Uh, excuse me?"
He entered the cafe and quickly going over to a waiter who was cleaning up a table yet he didn't see to hear him as he was still cleaning.
Scaramouche thought he didn't hear him so he spoke a bit louder. "Excuse me..."
Just then, the cafe's door opened with the bell ringing causing the waiter to turn to the door, welcoming in another customer with a smile. "Welcome."
Scaramouche was literally in between the two and it was like he wasn't there at all, making him more shock than ever.
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"Was it a shop where you did something so terrible that they banned your patronage?" You asked, standing beside Scaramouche as he opens a locker in the train station.
"Of course not." He muttered.
You glance down and noticed something interesting. "Senpai, your foot…"
"Is something wrong with my foot?" He said, slightly pressing his shoe more on your own foot.
"No, I’m ecstatic that you’re stepping me."
"How thoughtful." Scaramouche snickered, rolling his eyes. "Anyway, I quickly left the cafe and went home, but after returning to back, everyone saw me normally."
"So I went around, seeing if something similar would happen in other places." He closed the locker to pull out the bag containing the fancy purple and black outfit you saw him once yesterday in the library.
You hummed, realizing. "So that’s why you were dressed like that."
He looked back at you, smirking slightly. "Looking like this, people would stare if they saw me, right?"
"True, I did gawk at your outfit, especially your hat."
"And not my face?"
"Well, your face was the best part." You went up to follow and catch up to him. "So you’re going out as a wild hat guy again today?"
"That's a dumb name but I'll take it. And, yes I will so don't get in my way."
Scaramouche stopped by a small stall inside with you watching from behind.
"One dark chocolate bun, please." The lady running didn't respond at all, only just fixing up the money in the cash register.
He frowned, a bit frustrated, slightly raising his voice. "Excuse me. One dark chocolate bun, please."
No response which made him silent, looking down.
You stared at him before asking loudly. "Excuse me. One dark chocolate bun."
The cashier looked up, responding to you with a kind smile. "Okay. Just one?"
"Mhm." You nodded. As the cashier worked on the order, you glance at Scaramouche with slight pity. Seeing that he's slowly becoming invisible to everyone was concerning.
He met your gaze before looking away.
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"Aren’t you at all troubled by this?" You frowned as you both walked out of the train station together.
Scaramouche held and looked down the bun you bought for him in his hand. "Yeah. Not being able to eat dark chocolate buns here is a problem."
"But do you actually believe this insane story of mine?"
"I know what stories like this are called."
You glanced at him, muttering. "It’s “Adolescence Syndrome”, right?"
He stopped momentarily before turning to you with a firm gaze.
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ADOLESCENCE SYNDROME:
Abnormal Experiences During Adolescence Due To Sensitivity And Instability
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"Adolescence Syndrome, huh… "
You both walked together on an almost empty street together as the sun was setting down. You'd never thought you would let a celebrity as famous as him let you walk you back home.
You recounted back at what you know. "Hearing other people’s thoughts or seeing another person’s future or swapping bodies with someone else… Rumors of that nature started being called Adolescence Syndrome, though nobody knows who coined the term."
"That’s just an urban legend." Scaramouche scoffed before looking up to where you both stopped at. "Hm? What’s this?"
"My apartment."
Seeing the slight skeptical look, he was giving you, you responded quickly. "I won’t do anything to you. There’s something I’d like to show you so you’ll believe me when I say that I believe you."
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You opened the door and allowing him to step inside first before you closed the door behind.
He glanced around, seeing the tiny living room and the small dining table in the corner and the only separate room was the kitchen was just as cramped as everything around.
He didn't want to press and question anything so he went up and follow you to your room.
Scaramouche glanced around, crossing his arms while humming. "Hmm… You keep it rather clean."
"Senpai, you-"
He cut you off, slightly annoyed. "Stop with that “Senpai” thing. I don’t recall ever becoming your senpai."
You titled your head. "Then Raiden-san?"
"I don't really prefer the '-san' a lot. Besides, I'm not really a big fan of my last name."
"Then Scaramouche?"
"My name is a big too long."
"Then how about I shorten it? Scara?"
"Hmm, that works I guess." He looked around the room again as he said. "I'm not really liking [Last Name] so I'll just call you [Name]."
Scaramouche then looked back before gasping and blushing at you suddenly removing the top of your school uniform and you did it with a nonchalant expression like you didn't even care at all.
"Wh-Why are you stripping?! You said you weren’t going to do anything!" He blushed madly, glaring before looking away. "You're Filthy! Perverted! Exhibitionist!"
You throw away your shirt to reveal your chest having three giant claw marks across. It's a permanent scar since it was dried and not bleeding on your chest. (a/n: for females- your wearing a bra in this and for males- you aren't, okay? lol)
Scaramouche looked down in slight shocked, frowning. "Ah… That’s real, isn’t it?"
"You think there are idiots who’d wear special make-up like this?" You muttered.
He approached you warily, a bit concerned. "Can I touch it?"
"Go ahead." You shrugged.
Reluctantly, he only touched the scar a bit carefully but that touch caused you let out a noise.
"Ooh."
"Don't make any weird noises." He glared up at you.
You mumbled, staring up at the ceiling. "It’s a bit sensitive there, so please be gentle."
He hummed, trailing his finger down slightly. "Like this?"
You let out a small blush. "Ah… That feels really good."
Then that blush faded away when Scaramouche pinched your stomach caused you yelp and scream out of pain.
"Gah… Ow! Let go!"
"You just seem to be enjoying this." He stared at you in annoyance before releasing. "Well? How'd you get those scars?"
You rubbed your stomach as you shrugged. "Actually, I’m not really sure."
You pulled something from your desk's drawer and showed it to Scaramouche.
He took it before his eyes widening slightly at the picture.
A small girl with purple hair sat on a chair as there were small different cuts all over her body of arms, legs, and face.
"That's is my little sister Qiqi. She wasn’t assaulted or anything, just bullied on the internet."
"I don’t get what you’re trying to say." He muttered.
"There was something about not replying to a message… A girl who was the leader of her class started hating her, and people wrote all sorts of insults in social media groups. And then, one day…"
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"Welcome home, Qiqi." You smiled at her before going back to play your video games.
"[Name]..." She muttered weakly.
"Hm? What's wrong-" You gasped, exclaiming.
Small bloody cuts appeared suddenly formed and appeared all over her face, arms and legs making you shocked.
You were confused at how cuts formed everywhere all at once, it was something completely phenomenal.
"Qiqi!"
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You frowned, remembering that memory. "This is why I believe Adolescence Syndrome really exists."
Scaramouche look up solemnly before his eyes trailed over. "Then is your wound from back then, too?"
You nodded. "I have no idea how or why. I awoke one morning covered in blood and was hospitalized."
"Ah… Is that the truth behind the hospitalization incident?"
"Yeah, I was the one sent to the hospital."
Suddenly, your bedroom door opened, and you both turned to see Qiqi peaked over cautiously as she nervously opened the door.
"[Name]...?" She muttered before her eyes darted over to Scaramouche who was sitting on your bed. She seemingly flinched at the sight of a stranger
You smiled, reassuringly. "Don't worry, Qiqi. He's a senpai from my school."
He nodded to the little girl. "I'm Scaramouche Raiden, nice to meet you."
She stared at him in slight fascination before she muttered something under her breath.
You leaned forward, smiling. "She says her name is Qiqi [Last Name]."
Then you noticed your cat entered the doorway with Qiqi muttering also about her
You turned back to Scaramouche. "And she says this is our cat, Xue."
"Hmm, thank you for telling me." Scaramouche glanced at her.
Qiqi nodded silently before walking off back to her own room.
You chuckled slightly and turned back to the indigo-haired boy. "Sorry about that. She’s very nervous towards strangers. Nowadays, she loves the house so much, she doesn’t even go to school anymore."
"So she doesn’t know about me?" He asked.
"That’s because she doesn’t watch much TV. For Qiqi, distancing herself from the internet subsided her symptoms from Adolescence Syndrome. That’s why I threw my smartphone into the ocean."
He stared at you, looking back down on his lap before muttering. "So you’re saying my case bears similarity to this?"
"I mean, you’re reacting to the atmosphere at school perfectly. So to avoid making the situation any worse, it’s better for you to return to show business."
Scaramouche raised an eyebrow, staring at you in slight confusion. "Why’s that?"
"If you stand out a lot on TV, everyone else won’t leave you alone, even if you play the role of the atmosphere. Besides, you seem to want to return yourself."
"When did I ever say such a thing?"
"Well, that depends on you. I think you should do what you want. You have the skill and experience and even a manager who eagerly awaits your --"
"She has nothing to do with this." He scoffed, standing up. "Mind your business."
He grabbed his bag, leaving your bedroom with you trailing behind him. "I'm going home."
As he was about to walk out of the door of your apartment, you waved slightly at him with a blank look. "Bye, Scara."
The boy stared at you before giving you a slight glare which made you confused as he left.
'...I think I said something I shouldn't have said. Sorry.' You sighed, going back to your own room.
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'And ever since then, Scaramouche hasn't shown up at school.'
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"Hey, Albedo, do you know why Scaramouche Raiden said he was going on hiatus?" You turned to him who was just drinking.
"To the public, I think it was to focus on her studies." He muttered at your question.
You and Albedo worked together as waiters in the same part time job after school at a small restaurant that wasn't too far away from your high school.
Your friend worked here as to earn a little bit of extra money while you were doing the job to provide for yourself and Qiqi.
And currently, you two were on a break until the manager came in, looking for you specifically. "[Last Name], the news anchor is here again."
You looked at him in slight confusion but went out of the break room before you realized and remember who the manager was referring to.
You approached her with your notepad in hand. "Welcome."
She beamed, smiling. "Hi, [Name]! It's nice to meet you."
"You too, Charlotte. Do you want anything to order?"
"Hmm, I'll take a small chocolate cake."
"Got it." As you wrote her order down, the pink haired girl looked up before saying.
"Hey, [Name]?"
You gazed up at her. "Yes?"
"I apologize for some of the member of the Steambird's persistence in regard to your incident of your scar." She sighed. "I understand of wanting to get scoop like me but I wouldn't dare if that person isn't comfortable at all."
"Thank you, Charlotte. It's no problem at all." You smiled slightly before it turned to a frown as you look up at her. "Hey, Charlotte? Would you know the reason why Scaramouche Raiden went on a hiatus?"
Charlotte eyes widen slightly before laughing. "Well, I might know some info that isn't released to the public."
You looked up at her, curiously.
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"Hey, [Name]? I heard you've taken a interest in Raiden-senpai lately. What's up with that?" A girl with green hair spoke curiously as she mixed the cup of coffee. "I thought you wouldn't get over him."
You laughed slightly with a sigh. "Why is that Kaeya, Albedo, and you also think like that?"
Sucrose smiled, sliding over a bottle. "Here, add sugar if you would like."
"Is that safe?" You raise an eyebrow.
"It’s probably sugar inside. I mean, it’s white." She then focused back on her beaker. "So what did you want to ask me?"
You hummed. "Hmm, Sucrose… Do you think it's possible that people can suddenly stop seeing others?"
"Is something wrong with your vision? I think an optometrist is a better choice."
"That's not it. I mean not seeing someone who's right there, like an invisible person."
"What will you use it for?"
"Nothing. I'm not into scat."
Sucrose hummed, looking down as she stirs her coffee. "If you’re referring to Adolescence Syndrome, you know I'm really against that concept."
"Right? It's not logical at all." You nodded. "That's why I want a logical explanation from you. For instance, I’m sitting right in front of you, Sucrose. Is it logically possible for me to become invisible to you?"
She stared before replying. "Yes, if I were engrossed in something or just spacing out. The human brain can filter out things you don't want to see, too."
"That’s true. But if it isn’t something like that…"
"There is also the observation theory."
"Observation theory?"
Sucrose sat up straight, looking at you. "The theory that the existence of something is confirmed only when it is observed."
"Surely you’ve at least heard about the cat in the box, right?"
"Hm?" You gasped slightly. "Oh right, that was..."
She muttered. "… Schrodinger’s Cat."
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'When Scara was still available acting, he certainly did exist. And he was observed by everyone around him.'
As you exited the train after coming back from school, you stopped by and went over to the same small stall that was selling different kinds of food and treats.
You stopped in front of it. "Excuse me? One dark chocolate bun, please."
"Okay, coming up." The cashier nodded, going over to prepare for it.
As you watched her, you asked curiously. "Hey, do you know of an actor named Scaramouche Raiden?"
She looked up, confused. "Hm? Who?"
"Y'know, the child actor who got became famous in that morning drama."
"Ah, sorry, I don't know of an actor by that name."
You hid the slight disappointment as you shook your head. "Oh, it's okay." You smiled, quickly paying before swiftly leaving the train station.
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'The fact that people no longer remember him means not only that people cannot see him but also that his existence in itself…'
As you gasped at that thought, you picked up your walking pace to quickly rush back to your apartment complex.
Your mind was thinking of possibilities that you might end up...
When you went to the floor, you panted, and your eyes widen in surprise as you saw someone you didn't expect.
Scaramouche looked up, hugging his knees to his chest as he sat by the door of your apartment. He frowned, slightly glaring. "Took you long enough."
You sighed in relief before you smirked slightly, approaching him. "Did you want to see me that bad?"
He rolled his eyes. "Not at all." Then his stomach growled causing him to clutch his stomach, looking away.
"You’re starving, huh?"
"Shut up, you suck."
"I'm more or less aware. Did you not eat anything?" You slid down to the floor beside him, sitting down in the same position.
His expression turned grim as he muttered. "...I can't buy anything. Over the past two weeks, I've become invisible to more and more people. No one in the train station can see me anymore."
"Hmm, luckily, I came prepared." You smiled, handing him the bag that contained the dark chocolate bun treat. "You want this?"
Scaramouche reluctantly took it from you before glancing at you. You gave him a soft smile in which he looked away, but you can tell there was slight gratitude in his eyes as he opens the bag and opens the bun to take a bite, finally starting to fill up a bit of his hunger.
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'May 6th. I met a wild hat guy.'
'This was the beginning. This is how we met. There’s no way I can forget.'
'You must remember, even if you forget.'
I'm counting on you, future me.'
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─ episode one: the famous actor "scaramouche"
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