mandytl | love comedy - ( epilogue 2 )

Location: StarFes Stage (Second Half - Ra*bits)

Nazuna: Hmph. Itsuki does what he wants. Apparently he's been thinking about making Ra*bits a costume for a while now.

... trying to make himself look cool, most likely.

Hajime: Nii-chan!

Nazuna: Hm? What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost... Sorry it took so long to rejoin you guys.

A thread snapped when they were about to hand over my completed uniform at the end and Itsuki collapsed, so...

I helped carry him to the infirmary with Kagehira and Tomo-chan who came to get me.

Hajime: Oh, yes. I was worried about Tomoya-kun too... since it was taking so long for him to return.

I thought maybe you'd really changed your mind after helping Valkyrie.

That maybe we'd never see each other again...

I gradually started to picture terrible things like, "maybe Tomoya-kun's desperately trying to convince you to reconsider".

Nazuna: Right. Sorry for being late.

But I promised, right? That I'd come back to you no matter what.

I made up my mind about this instead... and they — Valkyrie doesn't need me anymore.

It felt like I was being too pushy, anyway. Itsuki dragged himself all the way to the stage. They didn't really need me to stand in and take his place.

Hajime: Nii-chan... Nii-chan's indispensable to Ra*bits.

Nazuna: I know. And thanks, everyone... for letting me have my way.

I have nothing to regret now. From now on I can do my absolute best as a member of Ra*bits~. ♪

... that's only if you're willing to forgive me, of course.

Mitsuru: Like I saaaaid, this isn't about forgiveness! Quit making me repeat myself! That's what everyone's always preaching at me, right?

Enough about that! Let's think about lots and lotsa stuff that's way more fun! Smile, smile! You'll make Santa-san worry if you look sad!

Eheheh. ♪ It's Christmas day, after all. I bet the real Santa-san's making his way home after finishin' up the job!

Tomoya: Hm? Mitsuru... It almost sounds like you still believe in Santa Cla—

Nnhgh?!

Hajime: You can't, Tomoya-kun! I'll punish a bad boy who ruins the dreams of children!

Nazuna: Ahahah... let's quit joking around and get up on stage so we can greet the audience.

Ra*bits is going first in the second half, right?

Mitsuru: Yep! Heheh~. We're number one. ♪

Hajime: Fufu. It sounds like you're trying to make us look better.

We won with just enough to make it into the second half... I'm not proud of going first if it's just according to the rules.

Nazuna: Why? Be proud of yourself. Making it into the second half's an honor no matter the placement. You guys worked really hard... and I wanna hug you plenty for it.

But right now our top priority's singing and looking cute while dancing for our fans! Let's go, Ra*bits! Follow my lead!

No, actually — let's go in holding hands, side-by-side! ♪

Mitsuru: Okay, Nii-chan! Let's gogogo~! Dash!

Tomoya: Hey, wait! If you run ahead on your own while we're holding hands we'll totally fall over!

Hajime: Fufu. Then we just need to do our best to keep up with Mitsuru-kun... ♪

Mitsuru: "Goal! I win first place in walkin' side-by-side! ☆"

"Merry Christmas everybody! Sorry to keep you waiting! First up tonight is Ra*bits!"

"Wahahah! Did you miss us?"

"We feel the same way! We worked super hard in the first half... just so we could sing in front of everybody!"

Nazuna: "Yep. We really did our best... ♪"

Mitsuru: "Look, look! It's what you've been waitin' for since the first half. Nii-chan's here at last!"

"Ra*bits won't lose to Santa-san in cuteness when the four of us are together!"

Tomoya: "Uh, it's not like Santa Claus's selling factor is his cuteness or anything."

Mitsuru: "That's sooo average! Can't you say something more fun, Tomo-chan?"

Tomoya: "Don't say average! Damn. Just. Give me some more time, okay?!"

"Hokuto-senpai's jokes are getting pretty awesome lately so I thought I'd follow in his footsteps and study gags a little!"

Nazuna: "Okay, guys. Don't go off topic. Well, it got the audience laughing so it's fine this time."

"Ladies and gentlemen. I pray you'll be able to enjoy yourself this Christmas with those very smiles. That's why I'm singing from the heart too."

"That goes double for those who I caused trouble for toda—"

Mitsuru: "Leave that for later! It's nice you have stuff you really wanna say, but right now I wanna sing and dance!"

"Hey, hey! That's okay, right? I can barely wait~. ☆"

Nazuna: ".... hmm. I guess so. It's not like I was trying to be a killjoy."

Tomoya: "That's right. Nobody's wishing for a White Christmas like that, anyway."

".... ☆ (smug look)."

Mitsuru: "What's with that weird face, Tomo-chan... ?"

Hajime: "U-uhm.... ? It seems we've started rambling, so I think I'm going to cut the banter here and introduce our first song!"

"Once again, welcome to the Starlight Festival everyone!"

"You must be exhausted after the long and bloodthirsty battle of the first half!"

"So watch our unit closely and feel healed! We're happy to welcome you wholeheartedly and provide lots of warmth~.♪"

"Merry Christmas! Please have a wonderful night together with us... ♪"