Tasuku Takato/Run Past! Stage

Heated Shooting Game

Backstage Stories

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Kazunari	Are you going out, Director-chan?
Izumi	Yep. I have a meeting for work.
	*door opens*
Tasuku	…
Tsumugi	Hm? Are you heading out as well, Tasuku?
Tasuku	…As well?
Kazunari	Director-chan has a meeting too~.
Tasuku	I see. I’m taking my motorcycle out, so would you like to hitch a ride if the place is nearby?
Izumi	I’m grateful for the offer… but I haven’t gotten enough exercise lately, so that’s been on my mind.
	It’s fine. I was planning to walk all the way to the meeting site in the neighbouring city today.
Tasuku	That’s admirable.
	Let me know whenever you feel like exercising.
	I’ll accompany you.
Izumi	Thanks, I appreciate it.
	…I’ll ask you when I’ve prepared myself.
Tasuku	Do you need to prepare to exercise?
Izumi	It’s probably going to end up really intense if I exercise with you!
Kazunari	She’s not wrong! Personal trainer Tax sounds tough, alright.
Tsumugi	He has a point.
Izumi	I’ll ask you when I feel confident I can keep up with you, Tasuku-san.
Tasuku	…It’s not going to be anything extreme, so don’t worry about that.
Kazunari	Mmm…
Izumi	(Kazunari-kun’s laser focused on his phone…)
	Did something interesting catch your eye?
Kazunari	Ah, Director-chan.
	I’m making plans to go to a sports centre for the first time in a while.
	I’ve let the other members know too.
	Btw, here are the members I’ve gathered so far.
	If your schedule works, then why don’t you join us?
	I’m sure you’ll be able to get some exercise in at the sports centre, right!
Izumi	That’s true… getting to do some casual exercise would be nice!
Kazunari	Cool, no take backsies!
Tsumugi	We’re home.
Kazunari	Tsumutsumu and Tax, welcome back~!
Izumi	Were you two out?
Tsumugi	I asked Tasuku to bring out the car since I was going to buy some gardening goods.
	But I bought way more than I expected…
Tasuku	No kidding.
Tsumugi	Sorry for making you come along with me.
	But that was a great help. Thanks.
Kazunari	A car, huh~…
	…Hey, hey, hey. I have a favour to ask you too, Tax!
Tasuku	…No.
Kazunari	Why!?
Tasuku	I have a bad feeling about this.
Kazunari	Aw, don’t say that!
Tsumugi	Those two get along, don’t they?
Izumi	Ahaha… you can say that.

Kumon	It’s been a while since I’ve been to a sports centre. I can’t wait~!
Taichi	Let’s let loose and have fun~!
Muku	Where should we start?
Kazunari	What should we do indeed~!
Izumi	Fufu. Everyone’s in high spirits!
Tasuku	They sure are.
Izumi	Thanks for taking out the car for us, Tasuku-san.
Tasuku	More accurately, I was half-forced to come here by Miyoshi.
	I mean, it’s fine since I didn’t have any plans anyways.
Izumi	I could’ve driven too though.
	How about we switch on the way back?
Tasuku	…No, I’d rather not.
Izumi	Wait, why!?
Taichi	WOAH!
Izumi	That voice is… Taichi-kun?
Tasuku	He got on the rodeo machine before we realized it.
Muku	You can do it, Taichi-kun!
Kumon	Just a little longer!
Kazunari	Taicchan, hold on tight~!
Izumi	Ahaha, everyone’s having a blast.
Tasuku	Looks like it.
Taichi	*Sigh*… it’s finally over…
	My legs are all wobbly...!
Kumon	Who’s gonna go next!?
Kazunari	How about Tax?
Tasuku	No thanks.
Kazunari	Don’t say that—we came all the way here!
Tasuku	Absolutely not.
Muku	Um, what about that over there for Tasuku-san to try?
Izumi	The punching machine?
Kumon	Good idea!
Taichi	I want you to show us the results of your daily muscle training!
Tasuku	…Well, that’s better than the rodeo machine.
Kumon	You were seriously awesome, Tasuku-san!
Muku	As expected…!
Taichi	I thought it was gonna break!
Izumi	He looked so cool!
Kazunari	We’ve got a good number of people here today, so I’d like to play a game where all of us can play against each other!
	I’m sure Tax would win by a landslide for the punching machine. Same goes for the kicking target game…
	Ah, what do you think about that basketball shooting game over there?
	I bet we could hold a fair match with that!
Taichi	I’m down!
Kazunari	If that’s what we’re going with, then let’s pair off into 3 teams and face off!
	And how about the losing team has to play a punishment game?
Muku	That sounds interesting to me!
Kumon	Having a punishment game gets you fired up!
Taichi	I’m so excited!
Kazunari	Everyone’s participating, alright! Naturally, that means Director-chan and Tax too!
Tasuku	…*Sigh*.

Kazunari	…And so, the pairs we’ve settled on are me and Taicchan, Kumopi and Mukkun, and Tax and Director-chan!
Kumon	By the way, what are we gonna do for the punishment game?
Taichi	A party trick, maybe?
Tasuku	Oi.
Izumi	That’s asking for a lot…!
Kumon	Wouldn’t something like buying juice for the rest of us be acceptable!?
Muku	I think that works!
Kazunari	Alright, let’s start the match with the first three players.
	I guess I’ll head up first~.
Taichi	Knock ‘em dead, Kazu-kun~!
Muku	What should we do, Kyu-chan?
Kumon	You can go first, Muku!
Izumi	Alright, I’ll go first.
Tasuku	Sure.
Taichi	Are all of you ready~?
	We’ll begin at the same time… and start!
Tasuku	…Sakisaka got a pretty high score.
Kumon	But there’s not much difference between the points of the other two teams. What a great match!
Taichi	Way to go, Director-sensei~!
Kazunari	Okay, the second teams are up next!
	On your marks! Start!
Tasuku	—!
	*shoots*
Izumi	Amazing, Tasuku-san!
Taichi	HA!
	*shoots*
Kumon	GO!
	*shoots*
Taichi	It hard to gauge the distance!
Kumon	I’m throwing too hard~!
Tasuku	Just keep shooting.
	That’s the surefire way to win.
Taichi	Got it!
Kumon	Take that!
	*shoots*
Taichi	Ha!
	*shoots*
Kumon	Awesome!
Taichi	I’m feeling it!
Kumon	Let’s keep this up and keep scoring~!
Izumi	Let’s see, cola and orange juice and…
	Wait, what else was there again?
Tasuku	Here, I got it. It’s cocoa.
Izumi	Ah, thank you.
	We might have lost the game, but it was fun, right?
Tasuku	Agreed.
Izumi	…Or rather, you didn’t intend to win, did you, Tasuku-san?
	You gave them advice in the middle of the match, and it looked like you missed your shots on purpose near the end.
Tasuku	…Well, I can’t let the students pay for our drinks, now can I?
CHOICE 1: I’ll pay too! [+] Izumi I’ll pay too! Tasuku No, don’t worry about it. It’s just juice. Izumi You and I were on the same team though. It’s not fair if you have to deal with the punishment game alone. Tasuku I don’t consider this much of a punishment game. It’d be a different story if we had to do party tricks though. Izumi Well… I guess this is more reasonable than the party tricks. Tasuku Right? So don’t worry about it, okay? Izumi …Thank you.
CHOICE 2: You’re so manly! [+] Izumi As expected of Tasuku-san… you’re so manly! Tasuku What’s with that? Well, Miyoshi is a different story though. Izumi (He says that, but I see he’s still buying Kazunari-kun’s share…) Tasuku Anyways, I’m sorry we lost even though you tried so hard. Izumi Oh no, don’t even mind it! I think it’s wonderful that you thought that way, Tasuku-san.
	It’s nice—you’re like a big brother to the members who came today.
Tasuku	I’m the younger brother in my actual family though.
	But, well, I guess this is fine once in a while too.
	Rather than saying we came to play sports today, we basically just played games the whole time.
Izumi	Now, now. I achieved my goal of moving my body!
Tasuku	Are you also prepared to exercise with me then?
Izumi	Ahh, I’ll consider that another time!
Tasuku	…You’re not going to fold either, huh?
Izumi	Ahaha, sorry, sorry.
	In any case, are you going to buy something to drink too?
Tasuku	For me, let me think… I guess I’ll get protein.
Izumi	You’re unwavering as usual… I should’ve known!

Anna