romantic comedy - ( prologue )

[mandytl]

Location: Light Music Clubroom.

Adonis: ~ .... ♪

Koga: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ !

 

Koga: .... aww right! This is the best high ever! We're workin' up a helluva sweat even though it's midwinter! Gyahahah! ☆
 

Koga: We keep this up, and at the next S1... at "StarFes", UNDEAD'll have it in the bag!
 

Koga: Though we keep standin' out each and every freakin' time, it's not enough for first, feels like?
 

Koga: Even though we're the damn strongest, guys from Trickstar, fine, and even Ryuuseitai keep buttin' in!
 

Koga: All the built-up stress's 'bout to make me explode!
 

Koga: But this time UNDEAD's gonna be in the spotlight at StarFes!
 

Koga: We're gonna stand out even harder than Santa-san with our bodies splattered in their blood from head-to-toe!
 

Adonis: Oogami. I'm saying this just in case you weren't aware, but Santa Claus's suit isn't dyed red with blood.
 

Koga: I know that! Don't go countering me when I'm not bein' stupid. And since when were we some kinda manzai comedy duo?!
 

Adonis: Fufu. If I can joke around, then that must mean I still have room to improve.
 

Adonis: Still, UNDEAD's productive power lately is fairly high. That means your earlier statements may not just be a pipe dream.
 

Koga: Right~? You feel it too, don'tcha Adonis? We're totally in the zone lately!
 

Koga: Let's keep up the momentum and ride it all the way until Christmas. Rock'n Roll ☆
 

Adonis: Rock'n'roll.... ♪
 

Koga: Hahah. You're weirdly into it today. Usually you're just standin' there all quiet like a Jizo statue, y'know?
 

Adonis: Jizo statue? I'm just fond of Christmas.
 

Adonis: In my country and even my hometown it's celebrated on a much larger scale. Though unlike in Japan, it was also the time when we gave out our New Year's gifts.
 

Adonis: It was flashy and busy, but I enjoyed it. And since we were set to get our gifts on Christmas Eve, even my terrifying sisters were cheerful...
 

Adonis: Since they were kind to me then, Christmas has always been a wonderful, peaceful memory for me.
 

Adonis: That's why I think it'd be good if Christmas this year were more of the same.

Koga: Hahah. Business is always boomin' for idols during the holidays. If it weren't for StarFes, we'd have plans to have a shootout with someone else.
 

Koga: And that doesn't sound too peaceful, right?
 

Adonis: Right. So we ought to work hard in order for this to be a "great memory".
 

Kaoru: Ciao~ ♪
 

Adonis: .... hm? You finally appeared, Hakaze-senpai.
 

Kaoru: Yep. Ahahah, you guys are like, ridiculously excited again. Did something good happen?
 

Koga: Ah -- hey, you damn playboy! You're freakin' late again! Do somethin' about that absent motivation of yours already! Are ya tryin' to bring down our excitement or somethin'?!
 

Kaoru: No, no. I made sure to let someone know I'd be late today. You didn't hear anything from Sakuma-san?
 

Koga: From that damn vampire~? I don't know what's up with him today, but seems like it's the first time in a while that he's feelin' sick... 
 

Koga: He went straight to sleep in that coffin when he came in the clubroom.
 

Koga: Now that ya mention it, maybe he did mumble somethin' like "Kaoru-kun will be late".
 

Kaoru: Ahahah. Hearing that he's "asleep in the coffin" isn't even a shock now, huh. Though most just need one look to see that it's totally weird.
 

Adonis: Yes. It surprised me at first, but now I'm fairly used to it.
 

Kaoru: I don't know how I feel about that. Leaving Yumenosaki Academy after being absorbed in the middle of what's considered common sense here is, well... it sounds like things'll be tough after graduation.
 

Adonis: That's true. Graduation... we still have a long ways to go. It's hard for me to even picture.

Kaoru: Ahahah. And that's how it should be for you two. I'm a little jealous.
 

Rei: ............. 
 

Koga: Whoa, what the?! Damn vampire! Don't go jumpin' outta your coffin without saying somethin'! My bad. Did ya wake up 'cause we were makin' a ton of noise nearby?
 

Rei: Kukuku. You're not at all in the wrong. There's no need to lower your head and apologize.
 

Rei: If the noise were truly that intolerable, I would've been fine with simply removing myself from the clubroom at the beginning only to go on home.
 

Kaoru: You sure you're feeling okay, Sakuma-san? Those dark circles under your eyes are seriously making you look like a real vampire. Like, you actually look pretty sickly? 

Kaoru: Just don't go giving me a cold or anything. I've got a whole bunch of plans coming up around Christmas.
 

Adonis: Hmm. Is that so, Hakaze-senpai? You were late again today... but since December is also known as "Shiwasu" ( ¹ ) in this country, I suppose that's a given.
 

Kaoru: No, no. Christmas is like this country's holy day for lovers, if you "get my drift". ♪

Adonis: ? What does that mean? Do you know, Oogami?
 

Koga: I do, but I wish I freakin' didn't... ugh. Are ya in heat all year long or somethin'? Is it mating season, you bastard?
 

Kaoru: Hehe. There's no day off when it comes to love, you see~. ♪
 

Adonis: .... ? I'm not following. Do you understand what they're talking about, Sakuma-senpai?
 

Rei: Indeed. .... Kaoru-kun, set your belongings aside and come here. We need to talk.
 

Kaoru: Hm? What? Spare me the lecture, okay~. You were fully aware of the kinda guy I was when you invited me to join, right?
 

Rei: Enough. .... quit fooling around and take a seat, you good-for-nothing.
 

Kaoru: Good-for-nothing... ? Eh~? What's up? It's not like you to get this serious. Did I do something wrong?
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¹ Adonis is referring to a pretty old term for the month, 師走. It was known as a busy month due to the fact that even monks were forced to hurry about to carry out their work.