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Ah , nothing is better than a successful show , am I right?
It's just feels like hitting all the notes perfect in a rhythm game and seeing the "ALL PERFECT" text end of the song.
It feels wonderful.
Seeing the smiling faces of the audience, hearing all that clapping, some of the audience throwing bouquets at the stage And again, seeing everyone smile.
Nene looked at her left; Rui.
His eyes were shining like they never did before. He sure looked like he could pass out from exhaustion but he couldn't be happier.
Nene looked at her right; Emu and Tsukasa. Emu was beaming with happiness. No one in the whole wide world could resist that beaming un-world-like smile of hers.
And Tsukasa...
Oh , Tsukasa.
The boy that'll make sunflowers jealous because the sun only shined for him.
Tsukasa was on the edge of shedding tears of happiness.
All that practice, all that suffering finally paid off.
Nothing could describe how happy he was.
He was so happy that he could burst into tears any moment!
Oh , but he he better not because Saki was in the audience with rest of the Leo/need.
Not only Leo/need was there.
Vbs and MMJ was in the audience as well.
Akiyama and their friend group was also there despite the fact that they didn't know the WxS members at all.
Hell , even their parents were there!
Why the shock?
Because it's a rare sign to see Tsukasa's parents around.
Oh , Tsukasa.
That beautiful star descended from the sky that never stopped shinning since he landed.
Alright, alright.I know he can't hear you right now but you don't wanna stroke his ego , right Nene?
You don't want him to know him to know what your thoughts on him right?
Because that's quite embarrassing, no?
You wouldn't want anyone to know what you think about that obnoxious, egoist , idiot don't you?
You're embarrassed of him.
He deserves someone who is not ashamed of him.
He does not need you in any way or angle.
He's talented, passionate and determent and way better than you.
In the other hand , you're just a nervous wreck who is ashamed of someone who is clearly better than you.
Oh , how Shameful of you Nene-
"WONDERHOYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Emu's cheerful, bubbly voice echoed in the back stage- oh yeah they're at the back stage now!
Apparently, Nene forget they were walking towards the back stage after they bowed at the audience while she was overthinking.
"That was a wonderful show! Everyone in the audience was smiling ear to ear! They looked so happy! hehehe!"
Emu was hopping around with joy and she was too happy to stop soon!
Nene chuckled at Emu's hopping.She looked like a little, happy , pink bunny!
Than suddenly Rui's hand was Infront of Nene.
He opened his palm- a cough drop.
"Here , take it. Your throat must be sore after all that singing"
"A-ah , thank you"
Nene took the cought drop from Rui's hand and pop it in her mouth.
It tasted like- Grapefruit.
Rui definitely knew what Nene liked...maybe he knew too much...she might need to exacute him at some point...
Rui turned at Tsukasa who still hasn't said anything. Wich is quite odd for him.
"Is everything alright, Tsukasa-kun? It's not really usual to see you quite"
Everyone turned to Tsukasa who is aperently chugging water like a man spend 6 months on a desert.
"Oh- sorry , I was just too thirsty to think about anything else but water."
Yeah , that's actually very reasonable.
He was the main character and sang 4 solo songs.
It is reasonable for him to be that thirsty.
After chugging down another bottle of water, Tsukasa whipped his mouth and finally said something about the show.
" That was... Amazing! Could be the best show we done so far! That was...I really can't find any words to describe it but that was really good! The script was brilliant, Rui! Emu did a excellent job at playing the bubbly pufferfish! And Nene's singing- it still rings in my ears! It was breath taking! I literally couldn't breathe! I almost forgot my lines! It was ethereal! It was-"
"Sooooo WONDERHOY!"
"YEAH!"
Emu and Tsukasa was laughing very joyously now , after Tsukasa's speech of how he liked the show and glazing his troupe.
Well...it seems like he liked Nene's singing.
Was it really that good?
Nah he's probably overating it...
...God , why did Nene's face suddenly felt so warm? Was she blushing?
Oh , no
Oh, no no no no no no NO!
Hope Rui wouldn't realize-
"Oya? Looks like Tsukasa-kun liked your performance, Nene~"
Oh , you little-
"... shut up"
Look at that stupid smirk. He's definitely enjoying this
"Fufufu~"
Here it is! The 'fufufu~' laugh! He just can't laugh like a normal person! It's always that creepy laugh!
"If you're interested in Tsukasa-kun , I could prepare a...'situation' for you guys"
" What kind of 'situation'?.."
"That's for me to know and you to guess!"
"....you can be really annoying sometimes..."
" I prefer the word 'liking suprises'. But if you're to embarrassed to get into the situations I'll create, I could just add a video recording ability to Robo-Nene"
"...you added fire balls but no video recording?"
"I never thought you'll need it."
Yes...yes she shouldn't need it.
What kind of person would be embarrassed to be in a 'situation'?
Well , Rui's going to make that situation, so-
No! No matter who prepares it , you shouldn't be embarrassed of it!
"...maybe we could try some of those 'situations' of yours..."
"That's the spirit!"
"But you should add video recording ability to Robo-Nene anyway. that's important."
"Ah, don't worry that was just an excuse to give Robo-Nene platypus features"
"Give Robo-Nene...what?"
"Let's change to our casual clothes shall we? We been in our stage outfits for a long time"
Wow ,changing the subject? What a trick... don't do it Infront of a pope , Rui. You'll get accused with witch craft (sarcastic)
Whatever, They needed to change sooner or later anyway so it wasn't a big deal. In fact; Nene was glad that she finally get to change.
Her outfit was the most complicated and uncomfortable to wear along all.
Respect to the designer but why did they had to make a costume that's such a pain in the ass to wear for 3 and a half hours? That's basically a torture method!
But all the suffering ended when you finally step in the changing room
Ah , sweet, sweet Alabama– CHANGING ROOM! I meant chancing room...
Do you happen to know what is at least good at as seeing everyone smile after the show?
It's chancing into your casual outfits after the show.
Changing into your comfortable clothes after wearing those itchy costumes is just feels like you died during the show and went to heaven!
Ahh, now all Nene had to do is just change into her normal outfit, buy a Grapefruit jelo , go home and play video games till late at night and everythings going to be fine.
Nene's parents are going to drop Nene and Rui , Emu will go home with her siblings and Tsukasa will go home with Saki and his parents.
None of them needs to walk!
How great is that?!
After everyone finally changed back to their casual outfits, sitting on chairs and whatever they found empty to sit on , talking about their next show before everyone heading their way to home.
Seriously, these guys should consider breathing for a moment.
You just got out of a show!
What kind of crazy person would think about their next show right after they finished their current one?!
But you know what they say; There's no people like show people–
"What , do you think , Nene?"
Tsukasa asked , looking at Nene.
Oh , shoot.
Nene wasn't paying attention.
What she's suppose to say now–
"I think Nene-chan should be Snow White!"
Emu.
God , bless her soul she just saved a life
"I also think Nene should be Snow White but she been getting a lot of princess roles lately"
Tsukasa was right , Nene was getting a lot of princess roles lately.
For example: today. In today's show she was the elegant seahorse princess.
In the last months show she was the Princess of the Opera.
She should try another role
"I think she could be the Prince Charming"
"Prince Charming?!"
Everyone looked Rui.
Prince Charming?
Ain't Tsukasa was going to be Prince Charming?
That's so sudden–
"Oh! If Nene becomes Prince Charming, than are you going to be the Snow White, Rui-kun?"
Now Rui's going to be Snow White?
What the What?
"Well , I rather be the hunter that sent to kill Snow White"
"Ohh , but I wanted to be the hunter :( "
"Oya? Then maybe I should be the Witch. Right, Emu-kun?~"
"Uwaaaahgg!! Thank you Rui-kun!!!"
Emu jumped on Rui to hug him.
Good thing he catched her or he would be dead by now.
At least the roles were chosen.
Emu is the hunter, Rui is the witch , Nene is Prince Charming and Tsukasa is...
"Wait...AM I SNOW WHITE?!"
"Yes , I think you'll play the role of Snow White just perfect, Tsukasa-kun"
"No! No way I'm being Snow White!"
"Oh , but Tsukasa-kun that's a big step towards the stardom. Are you giving up on the thing you dreamed of for years? And I had a script you'd really like in my mind..."
Rui did that fake sobbing thing of his.
Tsukasa was already convinced when Rui mentioned stardom but after Rui mentioned the script he was more curious than convinced.
"Of course I'm not giving up! Who do you think I am?!... what do you have in mind for script anyway?"
"I'm glad you asked. Our Main character, Snow White is the witches step daughter. Snow White's blood related mother died in child birth and her father is a foolish king who is just trying to make his new wife happy. So when the Witch didn't wanted to see snow White's face ever again , the king had no choice but exile Snow White. One day , the Witch asked the cursed mirror; 'mirror, mirror, on the wall , who is the fairest of them all?' the mirror replys ' it's you , your Majesty'. That for words stroked the Witches ego , so the witch kept asking the mirror everyday 'miror, mirror, on the wall,who is the fairest of them all?' and the mirror always answered 'it's you , your Majesty ' till Snow White's 18'th birthday. The witch asked the mirror once more 'miror mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all?' Expecting the usual respond but she never heard it. 'It's Snow White, your Majesty. Snow White is the fairest–' the Witch didn't let the it finish the sentence, she broke the cursed mirror. The witch was furious, she immediately sent her most trusted hunter to kill Snow White and put her heart in a tiny box. In the other hand Snow White had no idea what was going on until the hunter came to kill her. She ran fast as she can but in the she fell into a rabbit hole. It was deep , so deep that she kept falling for hours. When she stopped falling, she blacked out. When she woke up there was 7 gnomes around her , each one of them had different personalities. Snow White looked around, she was in a twisted version of her world. She wanted to get out , the gnomes guided her but unfortunately she got poisoned in her journey. Then Prince Charming found her and immediately fall in love with her , he kissed her corpse on the lips. That kiss turned Snow White back to life. She woke up and when she saw Prince Charming, she also fall in love in the first sign. They got out from the rabbit hole together and went to the castle the Witch and The king lives. When they arrived , the King was so relieved to see his daughter again but he was also pissed at the Witch. The King prepared a wedding for Snow White and Prince Charming and put the Witch in hot iron shoes in their wedding and made her tap dance till she died. The end!"
...
What in the actual fucking hell was that???
"...so it's basically something between Snow White and Alice in wonderland?"
"Partially, yes. I like to call it Snow White in wonderland"
Wow , Snow White in wonderland? Damn , so creative Rui. Where do you get those names from??? ( Another Sarcasm)
"I think it's a very wonderhoy script, Rui-kun!"
Of course Emu liked the script.
She loves Rui's ideas.
Who can blame her though? Rui's ideas are creative.Everyone in Wonderlands x Showtime likes Rui's ideas and they make shows everyone in the audience enjoy with them.
"Thank you , Emu-kun. I appreciate it."
"It's nothing! You're welcome!"
Ah...you know , Nene loves these weirdos a lot.
They might do stupid things all the time but they're her friends.
"Oni-chan! Are you ready? We're heading out!"
A voice belonged to none of the four.
Saki.
"Oh! Coming! Sorry guys I have to go. See you all in 3 days!"
"Bye bye, Tsukasa-kun!"
"Farewell, Tsukasa-kun~"
"See you next time..."
And there he goes , with his precious little sister and that wide , stupid smile on his face
"Well , sis should be waiting for me outside. I wouldn't want to make her wait longer. Bye bye, you guys! See you next time!"
"Farewell, Emu-kun~"
"See you next time, Emu"
Another one left , two to go.
Well , Rui and Nene had nothing to do there anymore so they also left.
Nene's mother was waiting for them outside, in the car.
They got in the car , say hi to Mrs. Kusanagi and their 21 minutes of car ride to home has started.
Nene was too tired to take a peak at her phone.
She leaned on the window, closed her eyes and she was about to fall in the sweet slumber– Rui poked her.
Nene turned at Rui , clearly annoyed.
"Nene , look at this"
He showed her a image of 4 platypuses.
2 of them looked like they were kissing
And the other two looked like they were watching them.
And they looked so happy for God knows what reason.
"... that's pretty cool"
Rui turned back the way he was sitting before (I'm running out of ways to describe)
Now Nene could go back to what she was about to do
Sleep
Nene leaned to the window, closed her eyes– wait , why did the car stoped?
Did they already arrived–
Oh my god!
She couldn't even sleep once!
Curse you Rui!
Everyone stepped out of the car.
Rui's house literally was the next door so it didn't matter if they droped him earlier or later
And Nene finally stepped in her home.
Ah , what a day am I right?
Nene feels like she forgot something but it's probably not that important if you forget it.
Nene go upstairs, to her room
Immediately lied on her bed because why not? She was tired after all.
Who wouldn't be?
Knock knock!
Was that knocking just came from the window?
.... what the heck....
Knock knock knock!
Uhhhggg... should she open the window?
She probably shouldn't, right?
Knock. Knock. Knock...
....
Nene got out of her bed , walking through the window...
Alright... she'll open it!..in count of 3...
1...
2...
And...
!
"Oh. Hi Rui."
...it was Rui...
God damnit! It was Rui!
What did he even wanted in this hour!
Why was he wasn't in the garage anyway?!
"Hi , Nene. I wanted give you this."
Rui extended his hand towards Nene, leaning out of the window...damn he was leaning a bit too much , he could lose his balance , fall and break his neck.
Rui put something in Nene's hand.
And when he took his hand , the thing in Nene's hand was– ( 'the shape goes in to a press shape that presses shape into a press shape' ahh sentence)
It was Grapefruit jelo.
Oh , yeah! That was the thing Nene forgot.
But how did Rui know...Gosh she really needs to exacute him doesn't she?
"Oh, thanks"
"You're welcome. By the way , can I borrow a electrical outlet? "
...a what?
"...a electrical outlet? No i– what are you even going to do with electrical outlet?"
"You'll see tomorrow~ so are you going to give me one? I need at least 5 of them but 1 is also okay."
Why would somebody even need 5 electrical outlets?!?!?!???!?!?!?!
"No...I'm not going to give you any electrical outlets , Rui"
Rui got back inside , doing that fake sobbing thingy
"How unfortunate...then I should ask for some from Emu-kun, she'll definitely give me some."
"What are you even going to do with 5 electrical outlets?–"
"Well , than it's a farewell~ good night, Nene" and he closed his window
"...good night?" Nene closed her window as well.
Well...that was...out of the ordinary
But now all Nene had to do was lie down on her bed and maybe scroll through her phone.
She placed the Grapefruit jelo on her desk , lied on her bed , garbed her phone–
Ding!
A notification.
I swear to God, if it's Rui again–
Oh.
It's Tsukasa.
Tsukasa: Hey , Nene!
Hope am not interrupting anything.
I was thinking that we could go somewhere to practice our roles in our next show since you and I are playing another couple once more.
Wow , that was un expected.
Just the two of them, in somewhere, running lines.
So...
...it was basically a date...
... right?
Nene closed her phone in a blink of an eye.
She looked at her ceiling , nothing new on there.
She touched her face, warm. Burning, actually.
And Nene opened her phone again.
Nene: that's a good idea.
How did you come up with it?
Tsukasa: I was just talking with Rui and he said it could be a good idea to offer you something like this.
Oh, so that's the situation Rui's preparing...was it that hard to just say it?
Tsukasa: so , do you have anywhere in mind?
Hmmm...
Well , a park wouldn't be bad or the sekai because they were going to practice.
Going to one of their house was an option to.
And if we're going to be dreamy , then a sylvan wouldn't be bad or a coast...
Ding!
Another notification.
This one is from Rui
Rui: hey.
When Tsukasa asks you 'where you wanna go'.
Could you say 'the cafe in the middle of the city center'?
Nene: but there's no cafes in the middle of the city center
Rui: don't worry about that.
Trust me.
Alright...I'm not sure if it's a good idea to trust Rui , but Let's just do whatever he says.
Nene come back to her conversation with Tsukasa
Nene: I think the cafe middle in the city center could be nice.
Tsukasa: but there is no cafes in the middle of the city center.
Nene: there's one.
Trust me.
Tsukasa: okay?
8 AM then?
Nene: lest make it 10
Tsukasa: alright! 10 Am!
Be there!
Nene: I will
Good night Tsukasa
Tsukasa: sweet dreams, Nene!
And Nene closed her phone once more.
Tomorrow.
She was going on a date– ahem! I mean "practice session" with the guy she likes to a place that she didn't even know if it exists.
All she could do was pray that Rui was right and there was an actual cafe and not some fake building that got build by night with out any premission or screw and Emu and Rui was the only employees of the cafe so they can watch what Nene and Tsukasa were doing....
Yeah , definitely not the second one...
.... probably...
....