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In a basement lies a drumset, keyboard, two microphones and guitar. Expo Markers hit a white board, creating that god awful squeaky sound on it as doodles are drawn on the board.
“Ok, first show tonight..how we feeling?! I don’t know about you guys but I’m frickin’ ecstatic.” Amane exclaimed as he jumped out of excitement.
Tsukasa raised his hand while eating out a bag of lays chips. “You don’t have to raise your hand Tsukasa, this isn’t your biology class.” Amane rolled his eyes. “I’m just as happy as you are! I’d be happier if I was allowed to swap instruments..” Tsukasa grumbled under his breath.
“You’re not stealing my drumset Tsukasa!” Mitsuba yelled at Tsukasa suddenly. “I didn’t do percussion for 4 years for nothing!” Tsukasa yelled back. Nene swooped between them and pushed them away from each other. “Come on guys, stop fighting! We got a show tonight can you guys believe it?” Nene said in a calm tone. “Nene I swear to god I’ll-“ Mitsuba had gotten cut off. “Put your headphones back on.” Nene patted Mitsubas shoulder and turned to one final person in that basement.
“How do you feel about it Kou?” She asked tilting her head. Kou got up from his seat with a smile on his face. “It’s gonna be great! This is our first show ever, we’ll get to show people what DeathCamp is all about! By the way, which song are we peforming?” Kou turned his head to everyone else. Mitsuba took off his headphones and popped his gum. “Cherrybomb.” Hanako nodded jumped to Kous head and patted it. “You know the where Mitsuba and Nene yell at the beginning with their killer vocals.”
Tsukasa giggled. “You know, you and Kou yell through the whole song! It’s funny.” Hanako snapped to add on to that. “With the addition of Me and Kous vocals, Your killer guitar riffs, Nenes cool keyboard clicking and Mitsubas drum patting, DeathCamp is going to rock the night away!” Hanako yelled and put his hand out, gesturing for the rest of them to put their hands on top of his. “Go..DeathCamp!” They yelled out.
That evening Kou was in his dorm putting on his clothes for the show but had this weird urge to nap all the sudden. He had about 30 minutes and thought about it but never went through with it. After those 30 minutes he went on the bus and saw Mitsuba listening to music on the bus. Kou went up to the boy and tapped his shoulder.
“This seat taken..?” Kou whispered as Mitsuba squinting and clicked something on his headphones. “I didn’t hear a word you said.” Kou sighed. “Can I sit here?” Kou said as he sat next to Mitsuba. The silence was awkward, Mitsuba was listening to his music as Kou was playing a game on his phone until Mitsuba tapped Kou’s shoulder. “I hope the crowd likes our music, you know? That they don’t think we suck..that would bite.” Mitsuba looks to the dirty bus floor for a moment before looking at Kou again. “I don’t know how you do it anyway..stay so positive even in times when a situation could end negatively.” Mitsuba twiddling with his thumbs.
Kou stared at Mitsuba with a hopeful look in his eyes. “Because looking at the negative side of things makes the situation less fun! Cheer up, you’ve always been so negative.” Kou smiled at Mitsuba. Kou was telling the truth though, Mitsuba was more of a realist guy since they met. Mitsuba stared and slowly blushed “I hate you and your stupid smile..” Mitsuba turned away and covered his face from Kou. Before they knew it, They had arrived at their final stop. They got off and walked into the place they were performing at.
As they went inside they noticed the amount of people and Mitsuba looked at Kou and whispered. “Oh I’m Kou and I’m uber positive blah blah blah!” Kou elbowed Mitsuba. Someone led them to the back and everyone was already there. Amane stood up and got into Kou’s face. “What took you two so long!?” Amane said in a mad joking manner. “They were probably kissing or something! Haha!” Tsukasa dropped his phone out his hand as he laughed at himself. Nene stared at him. “Wrap it up Tsukasa. I’m glad you two showed up though! It wouldn’t be DeathCamp without you two, it would just be..Death.” Nene giggled but that joke made Tsukasa laugh louder. “Bahahaha!! Death!” Tsukasa said rolling on the floor. Everyone stared at him till he stopped.
Tsukasa cleared his throat and stood up and dusted himself. “Anywho..Lets give this crowd a taste of DeathCamp!” Tsukasa yelled out as the others cheered. “That’s the spirit! Let’s go gang!” Mitsuba and Nene walked out as Mitsuba grabbed his drumsticks and Nene grabbed her gloves. From inside the room the boys heard Mitsubas signature 3 taps on the drums. Nene hit 4 keys on her keyboard as she looked at Mitsuba. “We are DeathCamp and We are here to make you sweat and jump and stuff!” Mitsuba and Nene yelled as the boys walked out the room. Tsukasa started strumming the guitar and Kou and Amane grabbed their mics. “We really wrote this song just so we could perform it.” Kou said into the mic. Mitsuba stopped hitting the drum for the beatdrop and went on point as soon as he could.
Everything was great, it was so hype and loud. The crowd seemed happy. At the refrain, Mitsuba and Nene started singing along with Kou and Amane until Kou noticed someone who looked similar to Mitsuba staring at him throughout the crowd. They had a mischievous look on their face as if they were planning something. The song had ended and the crowd cheered, someone even threw a potato on the stage. The group waved goodbye to the crowd and went back to the room they were in before.
“That was awesome oh my god!” Nene squealed and jumped. “You’re just saying that because you probably saw a hot guy in the crowd..speaking of which, You did amazing Yashiro!” Amane giggled as Nene rolled her eyes. Everyone seemed happy and excited but Kou noticed Mitsuba sitting on the couch in the room so he walked over. “Looks like I was right to be positive! The crowd loved us guy.” Kou sat next to Mitsuba and smiled. “Yeah whatever Positive Polly..” Mitsuba turned away from Kou.
Kou looked at everyone else. “Did you guys see that creepy guy in the crowd?” Everyone looked at Kou and thought about it and shook their heads. “Nene probably saw him though heh..” Mitsuba laughed to himself. “I will slap you Sousuke!” Mitsuba went up to her and closed her lips with his hand. “You sound single.” Mitsuba said as he snickered. “But what are you talking about Kou?” Mitsuba tilted his head. “Yeah like I wasn’t really looking at the crowd I was thinking about myself mostly.” Tsukasa stretched his arms. “But he looked..exactly like Mitsuba, I’m not playing. He looked like he was scheming.” Kou said. Everyone looked at him like he was crazy as Mitsuba squinted. “The hell you saying Kou? You know, if I end up getting my identity stolen I’m blaming you for not reporting it.” Mitsuba walked up to Kou and poked him in the chest harshly. “Well we can all agree we didn’t see this guy right?” Nene rubbed her mouth as everyone else nodded.
After a few minutes they had left the place but Kou went and asked the crowd if they had seen the figure but no knew what he was talking about. He hadn’t seen the person the rest of that night. Mitsuba and Kou rode a different bus home so the bus ride was quiet. Kou got back to his room and showered immediately before plopping into his bed. He texted his friends that weren’t able to come to the show and said goodnight to his bands groupchat and after that he drifted into sleep.
Kou then woke up in bed at random but for some reason the room looked lighter in the dark. He shook it off and tried to go back to sleep but then he heard knocking but he noticed that the knocks sounded like Mitsubas 3 drum taps.
Knock, Knock, Knock.
Kou jumped because he knew that no one else lived with him in his dorm. He knew to stay quiet and hid under his covers until he heard a voice. He could quite understand what the person was saying but he knew it sounded like Mitsuba. He peaked his head out until he heard the door creak open. The figure had a black t-shirt on with flannel red pajama pants but thats all Kou could see. He heard the person go to the bed and yank at the covers. The guy smiled with his teeth and he started talking again.
The guy looked alot like Mitsuba but he has neck length pink hair with black ends, black eyes that have a pink hue with a white stripe in the middle. He usually wears bed attire that’s a long black tshirt and flannel red pajama pants. He stared him down on the bed as his pointy teeth showed.
“Hello Kou.”