Sakyo Furuichi/Last Planet

Just Like Those Childhood Years

Backstage Stories

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Misumi	I'm back-!
Izumi	Welcome bac--...What happened to you!?
Kumon	Sumi-san, you're covered in sand!
Kazunari	You’re right! Sumi, are you okay!?
Misumi	I was playing with the cats in the park when a group of boys who were playing in the sandbox invited me to make mud dumplings with them~
	Look! I made a triangle dumpling~!
Kazunari	What the--- it's shining!
Kumon	It almost looks like it's painted with gold!
Izumi	You brought it all the way here!?
Misumi	Yup! It's so pretty. I want to show it to everyone!
Kumon	That's rad--! I wanna make it too!
Kazunari	It's super solid~!
Izumi	(I’ve never seen a triangular mud dumpling before but.... As expected of Misumi-kun, the quality is high.)
Misumi	I played on swings and slides too. It was so much fun!
Izumi	In the past, it was so common to play in the park, but you don't get many opportunities to do that when you become an adult.
Sakyo	.....Oi.
Kazunari	Ah, Frooch-san!
Sakyo	The entrance is covered with sand... Who among you punks did this?
Misumi	It's me! I'm sorry~!
Sakyo	Geez... Clean it up properly.
Misumi	Ye-s.
Kumon	Ah, I'll help you!
Kazunari	We'll finish faster if everyone works together!
Misumi	Thank you~!
Sakyo	For crying out loud... What in the world did he get into for him to be covered in sand like that?
Izumi	It seems like he was playing with the kids in the park. He said he played with other playground equipment too. He might've gotten the sand from those.
Sakyo	.....I forget Ikaruga is a fully grown adult sometimes.
Izumi	Ahaha... I feel the same.
	... Ah, look at the time!
	I have to get ready.
Sakyo	Is something up?
Izumi	I promised to go drinking with my friends today.
Sakyo	.....Don't stay out too late.
Izumi	I know, I know!
	(It's been a long time since I went to a drinking party. I'm looking forward to it.)

Friend A	It's so late already~!
Friend B	But it was fun!
Friend A	I'll be in touch!
Izumi	Stay safe on your way home!
	(Fuu... I ended up drinking too much.)
	(It's late already....)
	*LIME Notification*
Sakyo Furuichi Where are you?
Izumi	(He told me not to stay out too late...
	It's hard to reply...)
	(I'm on my way back now so I'll just apologize when I get to the dorm later.)
	.....There's really no one else walking around this late.
	(Ah, it's the park.)
	(Come to think of it, Misumi-kun said he was playing in the park earlier...)
	*flashback*
Misumi	I played on swings and slides too~
	It was so much fun~.
	* end of flashback*
Izumi	In the past, it was so common to play in the park, but you don't get many opportunities to do that when you become an adult.
	(No children would come to the park at this hour...
	I guess this much wouldn't hurt...)
	It's only natural there wouldn't be any child here this late, but it’s basically a no-man's-land right now...
	(The swing is so nostalgic.)
	(When I was a kid, I used to compete with my friends to see who could swing higher.)
	The wind feels nice...
Sakyo	.....Oi, what are you doing here?
Izumi	!?
	Sakyo-san? Why are you...
Sakyo	You... Did you not read my message?
Izumi	(Speaking of....)
	I'm sorry I left it on seen.
Sakyo	It shouldn’t take you forever to reply to a single message, should it?
Izumi	I have no comeback to that.
Sakyo	Don't you know how dangerous it is to hang out in the park late at night? Weirdos aren’t the only ones lurking around...
	For heaven's sake... You blah blah blah...
Izumi	...Fufu.
Sakyo	....What's so funny?
Izumi	Sakyo-san, you're like a father.
Sakyo	.....You don't seem to be sorry at all.
Izumi	I-I'm just kidding!
	.....Perhaps you came here looking for me?
	I'm sorry for making you worry.
Sakyo	Try to be careful next time.
	That aside, why are you playing in such a place?
Izumi	I remembered Misumi-kun's story earlier...
	For some reason, I felt like playing a little...
Sakyo	....We already have our hands full with Ikaruga forgetting he's an adult.
Izumi	Ahaha, right?
Sakyo	I'll pick you up next time.
Izumi	Eh, but if Sakyo-san comes to pick me up, everyone will be surprised!
Sakyo	What do you mean?
Izumi	I mean, literally!
Sakyo	...Haa, whatever.
	Don't go around in places like this. Let's go back now.
Izumi	Would you like to play on the swing with me?
	It feels great.
Sakyo	I'd rather not.
Izumi	Eh? Then how about the slide?
	The jungle gym?
Sakyo	Geez...
	You haven't changed a bit.
	You used to pester me to push you on the swing in the past,
	but when I did, you started crying because you were scared--.
	You liked the jungle gym, you liked the slides. I was led around by you.
Izumi	Please don't bring up stories from the past!
Sakyo	Let's go back then.
	You wouldn't want to hear any more of those stories, do you?

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