Citron/MANKAI Glitter

To Taurus: Citron

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	Oh, it’s almost Citron’s birthday. Did you guys decide on what you’re gonna do?
Tsuzuru	Yes’su.
Citron	We’re gonna go do karaoke!
Tsuzuru	sigh We said we could go anywhere, but he seemed insistent on karaoke.
	Well it’s Citron’s birthday after all, and we did agree we would go wherever he wants.
Citron	I’ve been wanting to go back to karaoke with the rest of spring troupe for a while now.
Izumi	I am sure you guys will still have a great time at karaoke in your own party room.
Citron	I want you to come along too!
Izumi	But you said you wanted to go with Spring Troupe and I am not in Spring Troupe..
	(Citron literally just contradicted what he just said two seconds ago, is this right?)
	Are you sure I won’t be intruding?
Citron	No way!
Tsuzuru	If the birthday boy invited you then of course it’s fine.
Izumi	Alrighty then I’ll tag along.
Citron	I’m really looking forward to karaoke! SO EGGCITING YEAH!
Izumi	(Huh, Itaru just messaged me on LIME.)
Itaru Chigasaki I got something to ask you, please come to my room.
Izumi	(Something to ask me..?)
Izumi	Hey Itaru, you here?
Itaru	Hey director, thanks for coming.
Sakuya	Sorry for the message so late at night.
Izumi	It’s alright.. Hey, what are you all doing here at this hour?
Tsuzuru	We’ve been thinking about giving Citron a little surprise for his birthday.
Izumi	Ohhh, I think Citron will love that.
Masumi	And we wanted to ask if you could help us.
Izumi	You want me to help?!
Chikage	Citron is rather perceptive so we thought having more people involved in the surprise would increase our chances of success since the burden wouldn’t only be on one person.
Izumi	I see. So that’s what this is all about.. I will do whatever I can to help!
Sakuya	That’s great! Thank you so much!
Itaru	Alrighty then, so this is the signal. Counting on you, director.
Izumi	I-I’ll do my best!
Tsuzuru	We’ll do our best to distract him so don’t worry too much.
Masumi	We won’t be exposed, I’ll give you the remote in time.
Izumi	(I’m nervous about pulling this off..)
Citron	I am so excited to sing Karaoke with you guys! Let’s sing our hearts out until we lose our voices!
Sakuya	EHH!? No no, let’s not lose our voices!
Chikage	Yes, let’s not strain our voices too much.
Izumi	(Ahh.. Almost time for the surprise to start, I’m super nervous..)
Tsuzuru	How about we order our food first?
Citron	I want try Russian Roulette Takoyaki!
Itaru	I’ll take some pizza.
Tsuzuru	Why do I suddenly feel a wave of deja vu..
Izumi	Russian Roulette Takoyaki.. Uhh yea I really don’t want to be the unlucky one who gets the ball filled with wasabi.
Masumi	Let’s try and find the wasabi one first and Chikage can eat it.
Chikage	Bring it.
Itaru	That’s Mr. Supa Hot Fire for you.
Citron	Noooo noo, that defeats the purpose of Russian Roulette Takoyaki!
Tsuzuru	.. Alright, placed the order.
Sakuya	Please pick a song, Citron!
Citron	Okay! I wanna sing this one first!
	♪~ ♪~
Izumi	(This is a Zahran song. It sounds so lovely with a hint of mystery.)
Sakuya	Wow Citron, you sound like a pro!
Staff	Excuse me, thank you for waiting here is your food.
Citron	Oh! The Russian Roulette Takoyaki is here!
Tsuzuru	And the rest of our food and drinks too.
Sakuya	But wait, Citron! How can we tell which drinks are whose?
Citron	Oh, is it Sakuya quiz time!? This one here um.. I don’t remember who ordered it!
Itaru	I am the only one who got cola so I don’t remember what anyone else got.. Feels bad man.
Citron	Just kidding!
Izumi	..
Tsuzuru	So the plan is going to be like this..
Chikage	First, Citron and Sakuya are going to chat a little whilst I take the remote and change the channel.
Masumi	Next, I will stealthily take the remote from Chikage and pass it to the director.
Sakuya	And when Itaru gives the signal, you will press the play button.
Izumi	(It’s gonna start soon..)
Chikage	..
	Masumi.
Masumi	Roger that.
	Director.
Izumi	Y-Yeah.
Itaru	Alrighty, let’s cheers!
Izumi	(That’s the signal!)
Citron	!

Spring Troupe	Happy birthday~♪ Happy birthday~♪
	~♪~♪
	HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Citron	Thank you everyone for singing. I’m so happy, what a surprise! I will never forget this!
Izumi	(A success, wow I’m so glad!)
Itaru	SHOUT! RUN! FIGHT! For the person I love the most, let’s burn it up!
Citron	I love this song!
Tsuzuru	Itaru seems really into it.
Masumi	From now until forever~ I promise to keep loving you and only you. Foreverrr love, I love youuuuu~~~
Sakuya	Hey Masumi, stop staring at the director.
Chikage	Nah, he’s right on brand.
Izumi	Uhuhu..
Citron	Next song is your pick, director!
CHOICE 1: Umm, I’ll pass. [+] Izumi Umm, I’ll pass. Citron Don’t say that! Izumi I’m having fun just listening to everyone else sing.. Citron But we’ll have even more fun if you sing! Come on, singing will help release tender men. Tsuzuru I think you mean “tension”. Don’t try and make things difficult.. Izumi Well it is Citron’s birthday so he should be the one singing a lot.
CHOICE 2: Alright, then I’ll choose! [+] Izumi Alright, then I’ll choose! Citron What song will it be? Izumi That’s a good question.. Hmm, how about this one? Citron I looove that song! Izumi Oh, really? Then how about you sing? Citron Only me? — Wait I got an idea!
Citron	How about we sing together?
Masumi	I will sing with you.
Citron	A trio!
Masumi	Just me and the director.
Citron	Hey that means I won’t be singing!
Tsuzuru	Masumi. Today is Citron’s birthday. It’s not your private date with the director so cut it out.
Chikage	Yeah, you can ask the director to sing with you on your birthday, okay?
Masumi	!
	.. Alright. I will do that.
Itaru	That’s like a year away..
Tsuzuru	To the ends of the earrthhh ~Together with you~~~ Wondering together everywherreee~~
Citron	… Ehh not too bad! Tsuzuru’s song choice is pretty dull no matter how long I listen~
Tsuzuru	If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all’ssu! How many times do I have to tell you?
Citron	Next up is me! Watch and learn from the master, Tsuzuru!
Tsuzuru	Yeah yeah, I’m paying attention.
Masumi	Wait, isn’t this the first song he sang?
Chikage	It is.
Citron	And I’m gonna sing it two more times!
Izumi	(Citron must really love this song to keep singing it over and over again.)
Sakuya	It looks like our time is almost up.
Citron	Oh, but I still wanna sing more!
Masumi	That same song?
Itaru	By the way, we brought this along with us.
Citron	Ohh, that’s an armillary sphere!
Izumi	Did you decide what you are gonna wish for?
Citron	Of course!
	I wish on my constellation Taurus.. I wanna have a Citron Recital!
Citron	Mmm mumu.. G-Good morning.. dayo.
Sakuya	You’re awake, Citron, hurry and get changed! We gotta go!
Citron	Where are we going at this hour?
Sakuya	Don’t you remember? We have a performance today!
Citron	Perfor..mance?
	Huh, wait this is the Citron Recital I wished for! Imma get ready supa fast!

Izumi	Finally, we’re here!
Sakuya	Sorry we’re late, manager!
Citron	The director is our manager?!
Masumi	Finally.
Chikage	We were worried you guys wouldn’t make it in time.
Citron	Wait, are you guys all here to watch my recital?
Tsuzuru	What recital?
Itaru	We’re performing together as Spring Troupe today.
Citron	Wait, so this isn’t my recital?!
Chikage	Did you think this was a solo performance or something?
Masumi	We don’t do solos.
Citron	Wait, was this all just a set up?
Masumi	It’s not a set up.
Izumi	It’s almost time for the performance to start! Do you best everyone.
Sakuya	Let’s give our best performance!
Chikage	Alright.
Tsuzuru	Looking forward to it.
Citron	(Even though this isn’t going to be a solo recital, I’m excited to perform with everyone. I’m going to do my best on stage with the rest of my troupe!)
Izumi	Here’s the mic. Sakuya.
Sakuya	Thank you so much!
Izumi	Alrighty, everybody break a leg!
Citron	Wait, why is Sakuya the only one with a mic?!
Tsuzuru	Don’t you remember, we all just pass one mic around.
Chikage	We only need one mic since we sing one at a time.
Citron	This is pretty different from what I imagined..
Izumi	Everyone’s waiting, hurry to the stage!
Sakuya	We’re off!
Sakuya	Thank you everyone for coming! We hope you enjoy the show!
Citron	(Why can I sing this song I have never heard..? This is pretty weird..
	What’s weirder is everyone seems to have their own solo part, but why is no one passing the mic to me!?
	I’m gonna try and sneakily ask Itaru!)
	Itaru, I wanna sing, pass the mic to me.
Itaru	but you don’t have a solo part.
Citron	W-What!? I DON’T HAVE A SOLO PART!?
	I wanna sing! Come on, gimme the mic!
Itaru	H-Hey st-!
Citron	HUH!?
Sakuya	Oh, you’re awake, Citron! Good morning!
Citron	Good morning...
	(Wait, that was all just.. A dream?)
Sakuya	Hey, Citron.. I was wondering if you could sing me that song you sang at Karaoke?
Citron	Huh, what’s with this sudden request?
Sakuya	It’s just that ever since I heard you sing it over and over at Karaoke, I just can’t get it out of my head.
	It’s such a good song, I really wanna hear it again.
Citron	Sakuyaaa~! Of course~~~ I’ll sing it just for you. Sit back and enjoy Citron Recital Time!!

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