Hisoka Mikage/Scarlet Mirror

Backstage Stories

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Homare	I’ve come back home!
	…
	…What a rare sight. There is no one here.
Hisoka	Zzz…
Homare	Oh…? Hisoka-kun?
	Oh dear, he is sleeping in this kind of place once again.
	Come on. Wake up, please… hm?
	Ah! T-This book is…!
Hisoka	Ngh…
	…
	…?
Tsumugi	Tenma-kun, could you solve it?
	We’ll finish today’s study session with that question. Do your best.
Tenma	I’ll solve it… just a bit more…
Taichi	Tsumugi-sensei! What do I have to do here!?
Tsumugi	Ah, for that one—
Hisoka	…
Homare	So you’re finally awake, Hisoka-kun.
Izumi	Good morning, Hisoka-san.
Hisoka	I feel like… I was sleeping here.
Homare	Indeed you were… But I asked Tasuku-kun to carry you to our room since the student group had a study session here.
Hisoka	…I didn’t notice.
Izumi	Hisoka-kun must have been soundly asleep.
Omi	Everyone, dinner is almost ready.
Izumi	Thanks, Omi-kun. I’ll help you set the table.
Tsumugi	We’ll leave it here then. Good job, you two.
Tenma	Somehow, we finished the assignment…
Taichi	Using my brain made me hungry!
Hisoka	…I also feel hungry after sleeping. Arisu, marshmallow.
Homare	Dear… they said we will have dinner now.The marshmallows are postponed until we finish eating.
Hisoka	…Stingy.
Homare	And who are you calling stingy!
	…Aah, right. This book was forgotten here.
Hisoka	…ah, “Holmes”.
Homare	It was dropped next to the sleeping you. I see you gave it a proper read!
Taichi	Whoa! That’s a really thick book!
Hisoka	It’s perfectly thick to serve as a pillow when I get sleepy.
Homare	So you use it like that!?
Hisoka	…it’s a joke.
Izumi	Come on. Hisoka-san is reading it to prepare for the next play, right?
Hisoka	Mhm.
Tenma	Many actors have played Holmes incredibly well. But I think Hisoka-san can do it well too.
Homare	I look forward to that moment.
Hisoka	…I’ll do my best.

Hisoka	… (trying to not sleep)
	…doze off.
	…! (wakes up)
Tasuku	He has been for dozing off for a while.
Tsumugi	Ahaha… still, Hisoka-kun is doing his best, don’t you think?
Azuma	I agree. He’s progressing pretty well with his reading.
Tsumugi	His bookmark also went farther than before.
Homare	I bought him bookmarks with cat figures so he can enjoy his reading.
Azuma	Fufu. That’s nice of you, Homare.
Kumon	I’m going my best with my reading too!
Homare	Yes, that’s remarkable.
Kumon	Earlier, I read a story where a wax doll just like Holmes appeared—
	Speaking of, Kazu-san made a doll just like himself before~!
Hisoka	…really?
Kumon	Uh-huh! It was for his role study in our ninja play. The art of cloning~!
Tasuku	Can you call that cloning?
Kumon	It was banned because everyone freaked out with it, tho…
	I wonder where is that doll now~
Azuma	Maybe at school? I heard it was an assignment.
Hisoka	A wax doll…
	…
Homare	Oh, Hisoka-kun. Why are you alone in a place like this?
Hisoka?	…
Homare	…Don’t tell me you fell asleep standing up.
	What a skill you have to fall asleep in strange places.
Hisoka?	…
Homare	…Hisoka-kun?
	Reply to me, at least. It’s making me nervous not seeing you blink either.
Hisoka?	…
Homare	Could it be that your time has stopped…!
Izumi	Homare-san? What happens?
Homare	Director-kun! Hisoka-kun is not moving an inch…!
Izumi	Isn’t he just sleeping as always? Hisoka-san, please wake up…
Hisoka?	…
Izumi	Eh!? No way… Hisoka-sa~n!
Hisoka?	…
Izumi	He is not reacting at all…
Homare	This is a serious problem…!
Hisoka	Arisu and Director.
Izumi	!?
Homare	There are two of him!?
Kazunari	Ye~y! Were you two surprised by it!?
Izumi	Kazunari-kun!?
Kazunari	I made it since Hiso-hiso asked me to. My masterpiece: Hiso-hiso doll!
Izumi	Doll…? Wait, the same happened a while ago…
Kazunari	Yeah! The wax doll from the shinobi play. I had lots of fun making it that even became a way to rest!
Hisoka	It’s part of my role study.
Izumi	This is getting out of hand…
Homare	And it’s bad for the heart. It must be banned!
Kazunari	Eh~!? Yet again, my wax doll is banned… vibes down~!

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