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Today’s the day. Kou thinks as he looks in the mirror, ruffling his hair, "Today I’m going to show Mitsuba my singing skills and prove I’m not bad!"
Kou quickly grabs his leather jacket as he exits the bathroom and quickly double-checks himself in the mirror before running down the stairs.
“BYE TERU-NII, FOOD IS ON THE COUNTERTOP! DO NOT TOUCH THE STOVE!” Kou yells, tying his shoelaces. Kou glances down at his watch and notices how he only has ten minutes to get to the karaoke place. He finishes tying his shoelaces and heads out the door, not waiting to hear his brother’s response. He gets on his bike and bikes to the karaoke place, arriving two minutes late.
He locks his bike up and heads into the karaoke place, looking for the long pink hair he’s been waiting to see for the whole day. As Kou looks around the place, he feels a presence behind him, and he looks to see Natsuhiko.
“Natsuhiko-senpai!” Kou exclaims, happy to see him. “Is Mistuba with you?” He looks around Natsuhiko to see if Mitsuba is behind him.
"Nah, kid, he’s with everyone else in the karaoke room. My lady sent me out here to get you.” Natsuhiko ends with a sigh, a lovestruck expression on his face as he thinks of his lady.
“Anyways,” he clears his throat, “are you ready to prove your love to Mitsuba?” Natsuhiko teases Kou, bumping Kou with his elbow. Kou blushes as he remembers the plan that he and Natsuhiko made a couple weeks ago when Kou reached out to him to ask for advice with Mitsuba.
“I have never been more ready!” Kou yells, receiving a few odd looks from the workers as his fist is raised to the air.
“All right, kid, follow me.” Natsuhiko chuckles, gesturing to Kou to follow him with his hand as he turns away from him. Kou quickly follows him like a stray puppy that found his new owner.
A few minutes later, they reached the karaoke room, the song clearly audible from outside. Kou opens the door to see Tsukasa singing a song in English and everyone chatting with each other. Kou spots Mitsuba happily talking to Nene, who is squished between him and Amane. Kou quickly heads over to Mitsuba while Natsuhiko sprints to Sakura.
“Mitsuba!” Kou says happily, sitting next to him with a big smile on his face. He notices that Mitsuba has a slight blush on his face but decides not to comment on it.
“You're late, Hella-Lame,” says Mitsuba grumpily, pouting with his arms crossed. “You shouldn’t keep a cute boy like me waiting, dummy.”
“Sorry, sorry; I got caught up making dinner.”
“Whatever, are you ready for our bet? The one where whoever gets a lower score has to follow the request of the winner?”
“Hell yeah! Rest assured I’ll win!”
“As if! I think you’re just lying about being good at singing!”
“Nuh uh! You’ll see, and when I win, you have to fulfill the request!” grins Kou, knowing already what he wants. Mitsuba blushes at Kou’s words, bringing his hand up to cover his face.
“Shut up, you perv…” mutters Mitsuba.
“NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-GNARLY (GNARLY)
NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-GNARLY
I’M THE SHIT, I’M THE SHIT.
NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-GNARLY (GNARLY)
NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-GNARLY
I’M THE SHIT, I’M THE SHIT.
EVERYTHING’S GNARLY,” Tsukasa interrupts, finishing the song he was singing, yelling the last verse.
“Who wants to go next?” Tsukasa yells, screeching into the mic. Kou jumps at the opportunity.
“I’ll go next!” Kou shouts back, looking at Mitsuba with a mischievous grin. Tsukasa hands the mic to Kou before jumping on Amane, asking repeatedly, “Did I do well? Did I do good?”
Kou looks through the songs before finding the one he wants. He clears his throat and starts to sing.
“どうでもいいような夜だけど 夜だけど
響めき 煌めきと君も
まだ止まった 刻む針も
入り浸った散らかる部屋も 散らかる部屋も
変わらないね 思い出しては
二人 歳を重ねてた ah
また止まった 落とす針を
よく流した 聞き飽きるほど
変わらないね 変わらないで
いられたのは 君だけか ah
無駄話で はぐらかして
触れた先を ためらうように
足踏みして ズレた針を余所に
揃い始めてた 息が
どうでもいいような 夜だけど
響めき 煌めきと君も "踊ろう"
どうでもいいような 夜だけど
Ah 二人刻もう
Tu-tu-lu-tu-lu
透き通った 白い肌も
その笑った 無邪気な顔も
変わらないね 変わらないで
いられるのは 今だけか ah ah ah
見つめるほどに
溢れる メモリー
浮つく心に コーヒーを
乱れた髪(ヘア)に 掠れたメロディー
混ざりあってよう もう一度
どうでもいいような 夜だけど
ときめき 色めきと君も "踊ろう"
どうでもいいような 夜だけど
Ah 二人刻もう
Tu-tu-lu-tu-lu
夜は長い おぼつかない
今にも止まりそうな ミュージック
君といたい 溺れてたい
明日がこなくたって もういいの
どうでもいいような 夜だけど
響めき 煌めきと君も "踊ろう"
どうでもいいような 夜だけど ah
Ah 愛して
どうでもいいから 僕だけを
ふらつき よろめきながらも "踊ろう"
どうでもいいような 夜だけど
Ah 二人刻もう”. Kou sings clearly and upbeatly, capturing the song's mood perfectly. He finishes it with a score of 98. Kou bows down as everyone else claps and looks smugly at Mitsuba. He puts the mic down and heads over to Mitsuba.
“How’d I do?”
“You were above average, dummy.”
“I think my score begs to differ.”
“Whatever, I've got this in the bag.” Mitsuba stands up quickly and walks away from Kou and to the mic and picks it up and puts on the song.
Mitsuba waits for the beat and starts to sing.
“ 질척한 어둠 웅크린 모습
고개를 저어도 늘 같은 자리
닿지 않는 너, 나 홀로 상상해
빛이 나는 너, 옆에 선 나
So black, black as it can be
다가가면 갈수록 깊어지는 dark sea
Like a black, black sorrow
A story of such woe
이 이야기의 끝에는 피로 물든
시린 자리와 텅 빈 공기뿐
너의 눈길이 닿는 곳에, 네 손끝이 스칠 곳에
하염없이 너만을 기다리고
검은 어둠 속 붉은빛
모래시계를 돌려 긴 시간을 너와
So black, black as it can be
다가가면 갈수록 깊어지는 dark sea
Like a black, black sorrow
A story of such woe
이 이야기의 끝에는 피로 물든
시린 자리와 텅 빈
Such black, black sorrow
그리고 너
언제나 나에겐 너 black sorrow
나에겐 너 black sorrow
나에겐 너 black sorrow.” Mitsuba sings the song with longing and passion and with all the right notes hit. Mitsuba manages to get a score of 100. Everyone claps, and Tsukasa jumps on Mitsuba’s shoulders, excited he got a 100. Mitsuba looks even more smug than Kou did. Kou, however, was so busy admiring how amazing Mitsuba looked singing that he forgot about the bet, and when Mitsuba went to sit back next to him, he talked about how good he was. Mistuba just drank in all the praise, a slight blush on his cheeks.
As everyone else was singing, Kou remembered the bet and wondered what possible request Mitsuba would ask him. Maybe he would make Kou grovel at his feet and praise him, or maybe he would have Kou do all his chores. The possibilities were endless. Kou spent the rest of the time thinking about what the request could be or blushing when Mitsuba would lay his head on his shoulder.
As the karaoke session was ending and everyone was getting ready to leave. Mitsuba grabbed Kou’s arm and asked, “Can you wait for me?” Kou could only nod at the moment.
Kou was waiting outside the karaoke place when Mitsuba finally appeared. He seemed nervous and was blushing slightly, which got Kou worried.
“Is everything okay, Mitsuba?” asks Kou, nervously.
“Yeah, Traffic-Safety-Earring boy, I just wanted to make the request right now.”
“Now? Okay…” Kou gulps, blushing. What could he possibly want?
“Close your eyes,” mutters Mitsuba. Kou complies, his brain still racking through every possibility.
Mitsuba proceeds to put his arms around Kou's neck—unless this is just an alternate way for Mitsuba to choke Kou to death (not that he would mind dying by Mitsuba's hand, but that's an issue for another reality)—and Kou must be imagining things, because he can feel Mitsuba's breath over his lips—and his blood rushing is the only sound he can hear until—
"Can I kiss you?" comes stumbling through Mitsuba's mouth, and Kou has barely let out a yes when—
He felt lips on his own, and Kou instinctively brought a hand to Mitsuba’s cheek, lowering himself to make the kiss deeper.
Kou gently nibbles at Mitsuba’s lips, asking for permission to enter, and Mitsuba’s mouth opens without hesitation as Kou explores every inch of it. He can feel Mitsuba’s hands tightening on his jacket as he grips Mitsuba’s face. Soon, they break apart, panting, out of breath. Mitsuba brings his hand to cover his mouth, his whole face bright red as he yells, “YOU PERV, WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?”
Kou’s mouth drops as he yells back, “YOU’RE THE ONE WHO KISSED ME FIRST!”
“BUT YOU WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO MOVE!”
“HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW? YOU NEVER CLARIFIED!” They both pant, still out of breath from the kiss they had.
“Whatever,” mumbles Mitsuba, blushing. “You owe me a proper confession.”
“Wh-What?!” gasps Kou, also blushing. “You knew?!”
“It was pretty obvious, dummy; you weren’t even sneaky about it,” grumbles Mitsuba, still a little unhappy.
“So wait, does that mean you—”
“Yes, Hella-Lame, I like you too,” interrupts Mitsuba, blushing again. Kou, meanwhile, is the happiest person at that moment—I mean, seriously, what are the chances that he gets to hear his crush's beautiful voice, kiss said crush, and have said crush also like him back?
He hugs Mitsuba immediately and whispers in his ear, “Tomorrow I’ll confess properly, just you and me." Mitsuba's face turns even redder at those words, pushing away Kou, who has the most derpy grin in history on his face.
“Shut up.” Mitsuba turns away, his ears noticeably red. “I guess I’ll see you tomorrow then, Kou-kun.” Mitsuba immediately ran off after saying that, leaving Kou alone to process those words.
He called me by my first name. MY FIRST NAME! Kou jumps up and down at that as he starts his way back home, already planning out what the two are going to do tomorrow.