Itaru Chigasaki/Premonition of Blooming

Advanced Hikikomori

Backstage Stories

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Itaru	Muku, next is right.
Muku	L-Like this?
Banri	Just do it.
Itaru	Right, right. Start from left.
Muku	Alright.
Banri	Wha-! That’s hoarding!
Muku	Ah, Director-san!
Itaru	Director-san, welcome back.
Izumi	I’m back.
Banri	Director-chan, GJ. Okay, one more match.
Itaru	Fine, I think it’s going to be our win again.
Banri	Nope, I’m going to win next.
Izumi	(Gaming again, huh... They sure really like it. Today they even involve Muku-kun along.)
Banri	Anyway, Itaru-san, isn’t it almost the time?
Itaru	Ah, you’re right... If this goes on, I just want to be one with the sofa.
Banri	You incredibly don’t want to go, huh.
Izumi	Is anything going on?
Banri	It’s the company’s social gathering.
Muku	What do you do at a social gathering?
Itaru	Basically it’s a drinking party. After that, we probably go bowling, and I feel like we played bingo game once too.
Banri	That sounds a lot of fun, though.
Itaru	No no, I have to fret over my boss, it’s bothersome in various ways.
Banri	Hee, how troublesome.
Itaru	There’s a limit to me being monotonous.
Izumi	Social gathering, huh... Now that you mentioned it, I never have any impressions that Itaru-san would participate in a company event.
Itaru	I was always dodging it with some reasons. But the people around me started to get noisy, so I have to participate soon.
	I’ll go back quickly, though.
Banri	You seriously don’t want to go, huh.
Izumi	If you hate it that much, don’t you have any choices not to go?
Itaru	If I don’t drink moderately, my privacy is going to be wastefully probed.
Izumi	Private... Is that how you spend your holiday?
Itaru	That’s right.
Banri	On the other hand, what do you think you should do?
Muku	If it’s Itaru-san, he’d do something like horse-riding! He gives out feelings like an adult man, he’s so cool just like a prince..
Itaru	Seriously. It’s exactly like what you’re thinking.
Banri	No way in hell.
Itaru	It’s troublesome, but I guess it’s time to get ready—
Muku	Being an adult is difficult, huh...
Izumi	It’s rare to find a person who can turn the on-off switch until this far.
Banri	Well, please don’t worry. I’ll gather stones to strengthen my power for Itaru-san. There’s a limited quest tonight.
Itaru	Banri, be careful on your way home tomorrow.
Banri	Oh, scary.
Itaru	Alrighty, then. Can’t keep throwing tantrums forever, I’m gonna change my clothes.
Izumi	That’s right, I have to get ready too.
Muku	Director-san, do you have business to do too?
Izumi	Yeah, I’m going to help my acquaintance’s theatre company. So I won’t be back till night.
Muku	I see, good work then.
Banri	Fuu~hn. Then, today’s cooking duty is on Tsuzuru or Omi, huh. Either way, I’d finally be free from curry.
Izumi	I’m not hearing anything! I don’t make it that much, though?
Banri	You’ve made enough!
Muku	I-I like Director-san’s curry!
Izumi	Thank you, Muku-kun!
	I found an arranged recipe for Keema Curry that Muku-kun said delicious last week! I’ll make it sometime!
Banri	Be careful, Muku. If you’re too curious about Director-chan’s curry, she will take you to the curry planet!
Muku	Ehh?! Curry planet?! Ah, but Yuki-kun called Director-san a curry alien...!
Izumi	That’s just a nickname! Although, if a curry planet does exist, I’d definitely want to go there
Itaru	You want to go there, huh...
Izumi	(It’s gotten pretty late, huh. But I only have to go home now...)
	(? It’s so noisy there. There’s a big crowd—)
Itaru	...
Izumi	(Huh, Itaru-san? I see. That gathering must be Itaru-san’s company colleagues.)
Itaru	...!
	Dire... Izumi!
Izumi	...Eh?

Itaru	Dire... Izumi!
Izumi	Eh?
	(W-Why did he call me by my name?)
Itaru’s Colleague A	Hmm? Chigasaki, your acquaintance?
Itaru’s Colleague B	Calling by first name, huh, I wonder what kind of relationship it is~
Itaru’s Colleague C	Don’t tell me, it’s Chigasaki-san’s...
Izumi	E-err...
	(S-Somehow I’m being stared at. Especially from the girls team’s gaze...!)
Itaru	Sorry. It’s my little sister.
Izumi	(Little sister!?)
Itaru	...
Izumi	(Uh... Itaru’s gaze is painful... Can’t be helped, I have to cooperate)
	Good evening. My older brother is always indebted to you.
Itaru’s Colleague A	Chigasaki, so you have a little sister! You two don’t look alike much.
Itaru	Is that so? We’re pretty close, though.
Itaru’s Colleague C	I was surprised~ I thought she was Chigasaki-san’s lover.
Itaru	Ahaha, we often get mistaken.
Itaru’s Colleague B	Hey, little sister-san, what does Chigasaki-san usually do on his day off? He never told me about his private life at all.
Izumi	Eh?! Err, let me see, I guess reading...? Ah, we sometimes go out shopping!
Itaru’s Colleague B	Hee, going shopping with your sister, you’re a good brother.
Itaru	Haha, anything for my cute little sister
Izumi	Ahaha...
Itaru	With that said, I’m going to send her back home. Please excuse me.
Itaru’s Colleague C	Even though I want to go to the second party with Chigasaki-san...
Itaru’s Colleague A	It’s too bad, but can’t be helped...
Itaru’s Colleague B	Good work today. See you at the office.
Itaru	Good work. Let’s go, Izumi.
Izumi	O-Okay.
	...Sigh. I was so nervous... Itaru-san, you should’ve known that I’m weak at acting, right?!
Itaru	Sorry, sorry. But it’s not weird at all. Really, you’ve helped me.
Izumi	Geez... Why did you say that out of nowhere anyway?
Itaru	I had to go to the second party so I couldn’t go home. When I was troubled, you appeared exactly just in time.
Izumi	Ah, I see.
	From what I saw, you looked like you enjoyed it, though... Do you really not want to participate that much?
Itaru	If possible. My social game’s LP is leaking.
	...Well, it’s not only that, though.
Izumi	...Eh?
	(It’s not because of game, there’s another reason...?)
Itaru	More importantly, I’ve never had a little sister before. It’s a kind of new experience for me to introduce a little sister.
CHOICE 1: Next time, I’ll take older sister role. [+] Izumi If that so, then the next time something like this happens, I’ll take the older sister role. Itaru No, older sister is... Hmm, I already have a real older sister so it’s enough. Izumi Itaru-san, so you have an older sister. Itaru Yeah, a strong one. Izumi (Perhaps, he couldn’t compete with his older sister...)
CHOICE 2: Next time, I’ll take the girlfriend role [+] Izumi If that so, then the next time something like this happens, shall I take the girlfriend role? Just kidding… Itaru Hmm, if Director-san is okay with it then why not. Next time I’ll say that, so shall we hold hands from now on? Izumi I-It was just a joke! Itaru What, it’s just a joke? That’s too bad.
Itaru	Alright, let’s go home, my cute little sister who has saved me from going to the second party.
Izumi	Wait, since when did I become Itaru-san’s little sister?
Itaru	Haha, you’re right. Sorry, sorry. You’re our reliable and gentle Director-san, right.
Izumi	...!
	(H-he patted my head...)
Itaru	Ahh, I want to quickly go home and lazing around while playing my games.
Izumi	I don’t mind but before you become troublesome, please take a bath.
Itaru	You’re right. I’ve eaten dinner but I’ve yet to take a bath...
	As I thought, I want a machine that will automatically get me into the bath...
Izumi	I can’t imagine how that line came from a person who’s been talking refreshingly earlier.
	(But, as I thought, this Itaru-san is just how Itaru-san should be)

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