Chapter Text
1: Problems
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Tsukasa yawned and opened his sleepy eyes. ‘Morning already?’ He thought while turning his head around so it faced the clock inside his room. The digital clock showed 4 numbers. 07:01. ‘Ah, i should go and get ready for school. He quickly stood up from his bed and changed the clothes he currently was wearing to his usual school uniform and went to stand in front of his huge mirror. As always, he ‘smiled’ into the mirror and made one of those “star poses” to himself, before walking down the stairs.
“HELLO MY DEAR SISTER!” Tsukasa said while greeting Saki.
“Hey Onii-chan!” Saki smiled.
“I made pancakes for us, you want some?”
Tsukasa saw the pancakes that were on the table.
“Why thank you Saki! I highly appreciate these pancakes and it will be a pleasure to eat then!” Tsukasa put some toppings on the pancakes and started to eat them. They tasted really good, as always!
“Well then, I better leave now for school! Bye bye Onii-chan!!” Saki left the house heading for school, leaving Tsukasa. ‘I better get ready to leave for school too,” he thought.
————————— • school • —————————
“HELLO NENE AND RUI!” Tsukasa yelled while walking up to his two friends. Both of them turned around and greeted Tsukasa.
“Hello Tsukasa,” Nene answered.
“Hey Tsu!” Rui said, smiling.
They spent a few minutes talking, after hearing the bell ring.
“I guess it’s time for class! See you all after!!” Tsukasa yelled while the separated. Rui and Nene said goodbye to Tsukasa and each other too, and went in different directions.
—————— —- • lunch break • -— ——————
‘Ah! Finally, the bell rings!’ Tsukasa thought. Some hours had passed, and it was time for lunch. After grabbing his stuff, walking towards his locker and putting all his stuff inside, he walked to the cafeteria where he was supposed to meet Nene, Rui and Emu.
“HELLO TSUKASA-KUN!!! WONDERHOY!!” Emu yelled with a high-pitched voice, making Nene jump in surprise.
“Keep it down a bit, there are other people here Emu..” she said, even though she was sure that Emu wouldn’t hear her.
“Well then, shall we get a table?” Tsukasa asked the others. They all agreed and found a table not too far away from them that was completely empty. They started talking about their new show that the four people were planning.
“So Rui-kun, you texted me last night that you had finished the script for our next show, right?” Tsukasa asked Rui, his best friend.
“Fufu~, yes that’s true. In fact, I have the script here with me. Do you three want to take a look?” The two girls and the boy all said yes, and the purple haired boy took out 4 booklets. Inside them was a few papers filled with lines. Rui have one booklet to each member. When Tsukasa received it, he instantly opened it and started to read.
“OOOO!!! THIS SHOW WILL BE SOOO WONDERHOY!! WAHAHA!!” Emu said loudly.
“It seems interesting,” Nene said, still reading.
“Indeed!!” Tsukasa said, also reading this script.
“I’m glad you three like it,” Rui smiled. Right then the bell rang once again. All the four members sighed.
“See you guys at the stage!” Emu said while running away from them in an incredibly high speed.
‘How is she able to run so fast?..’ Tsukasa thought while shaking his head.
—————— —- • after school• -— ——————
Tsukasa was walking towards the wonder stage. He had already looked through the script twice. The play seemed to be about a knight that was going to save a kingdom, some problems occurred along the way to the kingdom, but in the end, he found some help and managed to save it after all.
Tsukasa had arrived. All the other members were already there. ‘I guess I’m last,’ he thought.
“Hey Tsu,~” Rui said with a smug face as always.
“Hello Rui!” Tsukasa smiled. “So, are we starting now?”
“Mhm,” Rui answered.
Emu smiled. “YAY!”
“Okay, so let’s start going through the script once or twice, and then we’ll play out the show. Let’s have the script with us these first times, but try to look at it as little as possible,” Rui informed. The other three nodded, and they began reading the script for themself.
There was part of the script were the knight (that Tsukasa was playing) fell down the horse he was riding, breaking his arm. ‘I’ll have to make it seem like I actually am in real pain there.. still, I have to be careful not to overreact.. but that’s nothing a star can’t handle!’ Tsukasa thought for himself while reading through the script a second time, trying to memorise everything.
“Are you guys finished?” Nene asked. Tsukasa looked up and nodded to Nene.
“I’m finished,” Rui said.
“Me tooo!!!!” Emu replied to Nene’s question.
“Then let’s start!” Rui smiled.
•••
<“Huh? Artax, stop- gah!.. ouch.. my head hurts.. but my arm hurts even more.. it can’t be.. that i’ve broken it? No, no that ca-“>
“Let’s stop” Rui said, interrupting Tsukasa.
“Eh?” Tsukasa asked. “Did something happen?”
Rui shaked his head.
“No, it’s just that, could you redo those lines? And this time, try and put more emotion into it. It doesn’t really sound like you are in pain when you yell ‘gah’,. And also, after that second line, it no longer seems like you are in pain, could you try to change that when redoing it?” Rui explained. Tsukasa nodded.
“Of course! Ahem..”
<“HUH? Artax, STOP- GAH!.. ouch.. my he-“>
“Wait, stop again,” Rui stopped Tsukasa once again. Tsukasa wondered what he failed to do correctly this time.
“This time, you put a little too much emotion into it.” Rui looked at the clock around his wrist. “Tomorrow, let’s redo all of this, shall we? And Tsukasa, i believe you’ll find a way to make it sound more realistic and to become one with the role as always?~”
“Yes, of course! A star like me will always find a way!” Tsukasa grinned.
“Should we call it a day then?” Nene wondered.
“SURE! SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW!!! WONDERHOYY!!!” Emu yelled, going backstage to grab her stuff, Nene, Tsukasa and Rui not to far behind. They all said goodbye to each other and walked towards their homes.
home.
Tsukasa walked around in his room. He had read the script 10 times, practised the lines he had struggled with, including all the other once’s about 13 times, but it still didn’t feel right. “What should I do?…” he muttered. “Rui expects me to have found a way by tomorrow..” He then remembered when he played Rio for a play in the Pheonix Stage not long ago. To get into the role, he had to watch a performance by his idol, yes, but he also made him go without food for 3 days, as that was something Rio did. ‘What if I do something similar here?’ He thought. ‘What if I hurt my arm in some way? Nothing serious, just a little, so I can experience a small amount of pain. Surely that will help?’ Tsukasa thought on how he should do it.
‘I can’t risk “tripping” on something, because the chances of me actually “hurting” my arm are low.. i can’t break my arm, because then the others would obviously not let me perform.. then- yes!’ Tsukasa had got a brilliant idea. “Of course! HAHA! Why didn’t I think of that first?” Tsukasa said.
‘I’ll create a small little cut in my arm before every training! Nothing much, just a small one! I’ll use the excuse on me having to fill my water bottle in the water crane and lock the bathroom behind me. I’ll keep the thing in cut with and a few bandages inside the bottle so they won’t see that I have them with me. Then, I’ll make a small wound, not big, but big enough for it to hurt a little. I’ll then but a bandage on, not tight, but just so it doesn’t bleed through on my clothes. If I focus on the pain during that scene, then I’ll be more in character, right?..’ Tsukasa though. ‘It has to work.’