Banri Settsu/How Wonderfully Picaresque

High School Boys' After-School Time

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	(Huh? The person standing over there is......)
	Banri-kun?
Banri	Huh, it's the Director. Going shopping?
Izumi	Yeah. Are you meeting up with someone, Banri-kun?
Banri	I've got a little something on with Tenma. Still, he's late......
	Ah, speak of the devil.
	ーーOi, you're late. Just how much do you plan on making me wai ーー huuh?
Izumi	(Hm?)
Banri	......*sigh* It can't be helped. It's your treat next time. ......Yeah, see ya.
	......Honestly.
Izumi	Did Tenma-kun say he couldn't come?
Banri	Yeah, apparently he's helping out with some school event and it's running late.
Izumi	I see......that's tough. Tenma-kun has a surprisingly strong sense of responsibility regarding that sort of thing.
Banri	............
Izumi	......What on earth are you looking at me like that for?
Banri	Director-chan, you're free, right. Hang with me for a bit.
Izumi	No, I'm in the middle of shopping at the moment ーー.
Banri	It's fine, it's fine.
Izumi	Hold on, Banri-kun ーー!
	You want to hang out at......karaoke!?
Banri	Yeah. I'd planned on coming with Tenma.
Izumi	Karaoke with the two of you seems like it'd be pretty amazing......But I get the feeling it's been a while since I've done karaoke.
Banri	You've built up a fair bit of stress too, right. You can let it out here.
Izumi	No, I'm not really ーー!
Banri	This is totally the best way to de-stress~.
	Ahh, I'm seriously refreshed.
Izumi	Amazing......! You're good at singing, Banri-kun.
Banri	Of course. Here, you pick a song too.
Izumi	Eh!? It's hard to sing after you!
Banri	Don't worry about it. Here, hurry up and choose.
Izumi	Hmm, what should I go for......I'm stuck.
Banri	Ah, didn't you say you liked this song before? You can sing it, can't you?
Izumi	Ah, that's right! You have a good memory.
	Banri; We talked about it just before. If you can sing it hurry up and queue it.
	Eh!? Already!? I-I'm nervous......
Banri	Oi oi, it's just karaoke, you know?
Izumi	I don't have very much opportunity to sing in front of people, see. Besides, it's been a while since I last went to karaoke......
Banri	I said it's fine. C'mon, the song's starting.

Izumi	Ahh~! I feel refreshed! It's been a while since I sang this loudly!
Banri	What were you acting like that before singing for.
Izumi	I guess I really had built up stress.
Banri	That's different from what you were saying before.
Izumi	Huh, your phone's ringing.
Banri	It's from Tenma. ーーHello?
	Huh? You're done? That was fast......Yeah, I'm with the Director at karaoke at the moment, so you come too.
	Yeah yeah. We're waiting, so you'd better hurry here.
Izumi	Is Tenma-kun coming?
Banri	Yeah, he said he just finished. When Tenma comes......we can do 'that'.
Izumi	'That'......?
Banri	You join in too, 'kay.
Izumi	(Somehow, I've got a bad feeling about this......)
Tenma	Director! Do it seriously!
Izumi	I-I am!
Banri	I told you, your timing's off~.
Tenma	Are you looking down on the tambourine?
Izumi	I'm doing it properly, though......!
Banri	Next, Tenma and I are gonna sing harmony ーー.
Tenma	And you play the tambourine at the same time!
Izumi	ーー!
Tenma	That's it!
Banri	Your timing was spot on just then.
Izumi	I-I finally did it! With this, I'm free of the tambourine ーー.
Tenma	Stupid, don't be satisfied with your current condition!
Izumi	Eh!?
Tenma	Snap your wrist more. Adapt the rhythm and the strength you hit with to the melody.
Izumi	I have to master that too!?
Tenma	Of course. Director, you're singing with us next. Match our tone.
Izumi	G-Got it......!
Banri	Don't forget the tambourine either! La la la~♪ We'll eat it all up~♪
Tenma	La la la sakura~, plum~, peach~, I wanna~ I wanna eat 'em all~♪
Banri	Wanna eat~♪ We will eat them~♪ Full of nutrients~♪ Woooooooh~!
Tenma	Yummy~♪ Delicious~♪ This is happiness~♪ Hm hm hm~♪ Woooooooh~!
Banri	Come on, Director!
Izumi	Y-Yes!
	(High school boys have a fearsome energy at karaoke......!)
Banri	Man, today was fun. I feel refreshed.
Tenma	Your tambourine skills improved too, Director.
Izumi	I-I'm tired......
Banri	What should we do next? Darts, yeah?
Tenma	We haven't been for a while, so that might be good.
Izumi	And now darts!? Aren't we going home!?
Banri	There's no way we'd be done here.
Tenma	Come on, Director, you come too.
Izumi	I'm not going with you anymore!

Krhs