After the Barbeque

Backstage Stories

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Taichi	Classes are finished! Time to relax~!
Friend	Nice~... I still got five left today.
Taichi	Wow, that’s so many! Good luck!
Friend	Thank you. Oh and good work.
Taichi	Good work~!
Tsuzuru	...
Taichi	...Oh!

Taichi	There you are, Tsuzuru-kun! Are you heading home now!?
Tsuzuru	Whoa!? ...Oh, it’s Taichi.
Taichi	Hehe, good work! So heading home?
Tsuzuru	Yeah, how about you?
Taichi	Yep! Let’s go home together~!
Tsuzuru	Alright.
Taichi	By the way, I was so surprised by the training camp offer!
	Ad-libbing a new drama and having a training camp on an island, it’s all super duper exciting!
Tsuzuru	Can’t wait honestly...
Taichi	Same! And the barbeque too!
Tsuzuru	Oh, that’s right.
	...Ah.
Taichi	What’s wrong?
Tsuzuru	I was thinking of heading to a bookstore...
Taichi	In that case, I’ll come with! I wanted to grab a magazine anyway.
Tsuzuru	Then, let’s go.
Taichi	Yeah!


Tsuzuru	Thanks for coming with me, Taichi.
Taichi	‘Course, and I was able to buy the magazine I wanted too!
	What’d Tsuzuru-kun buy?
Tsuzuru	Some psychology books. I want to use them as a reference.
	I’m done for today, we can head home now, if you’d like.
Taichi	Yeah~ ...Ah!
Tsuzuru	Taichi?
Taichi	I just remembered there’s this place close by that I wanted to check out!


Tsuzuru	I haven’t been to a place like this in a while...What were you planning on buying?
Taichi	Uhh, it should’ve been stocked on the shelves today—
	Ah, there!
Tsuzuru	...A capsule toy?
Taichi	There’s a new Akapoyo-kun keychain that just came out! I want to get a rare Akapoyo-kun~!
	What’s it gonna be, what’s it gonna be~...
	Yay! A rare Akapoyo-kun! And it only took one pull~!
Tsuzuru	Hee, that’s a relief.
Taichi	My love for Akapoyo-kun delivered!
	Then, since we’re here, let’s take more of a look around!
	...Hm?


Taichi	Tsuzuru-kun, look look!

Tsuzuru	Hm? Water guns...?
Taichi	They’re huge and cool, aren’t they!? I wanna get one~!
Tsuzuru	Hold on, what are you even gonna do with one.
Taichi	I got it! I’ll bring them to the training camp!
	Along with the barbeque, it’ll be a nice way to loosen up~!
Tsuzuru	You’re not gonna make me play right?
Taichi	We’ll all play together, the more people there are the better. There’s so many to choose from...
	This one! I’ll get this one!
Tsuzuru	Are you even listening!? Jeez...

Izumi	Thank you for the meal!
Azami	It was good.
Tenma	I ate a lot.

Homare	Perhaps since we’re outdoors, we feel we can eat more.

Tasuku	For now, let’s rest and clean—

Taichi	Guys~! Time for some fun!
Tenma	Fun?

Tsuzuru	Oh man...
Taichi	Tada! Water guns!
Izumi	Where did you get those!?
Taichi	I wanna feel like a kid again and I’m gonna have so much fun~!
Azami	Are you serious.
Homare	Fumu...My only worry is getting my clothes wet.

Chikage	Isn’t it alright to bask in this once in a while?
Tasuku	You gotta be kidding me.
Tenma	I’ll do my best to win.
Taichi	Let the water gun battle begin~!

Taichi	(Gotta hide somewhere and wait to strike! Where can I hide...)
	Oh, found you!
Homare	Gyaaa! I’m drenched!
Izumi	S-so cold...!
Azami	Where are you hiding...!?
Taichi	(Fufufu, nowhere. Gotta time this right...)
Chikage	...Taichi.
Taichi	!?
Chikage	—Try again next time.
Taichi	—Ah!

Azami	Ah, I’m back.
Taichi	They got you~. ...Not everyone got soaked!
Tasuku	I think it’s pretty clear why.
Homare	Only Chikage-kun is dry!
Taichi	No way, Chikage-san got everyone!?
Tenma	Yeah. I was the second person out.
Izumi	Absolutely brutal...
Chikage	Well, I had to get everyone out before you guys got me.
Taichi	So, Chikage-san is the only winner~!
Tsuzuru	As expected...