Tasuku Takato/Wondering Ride
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Wondering • Ride
Backstage Stories| TV Programme | Team A is doing a splendid job! |
| Citron | What programme are you guys watching? |
| Izumi | It’s a quiz show. It apparently seems like there’s quite a number of celebrities gathering together to take part in it. |
| Yuki | Whenever I change programmes, it always turns out to be stupid programmes like this. I really can’t settle for them. |
| Tsumugi | But, you’ll still end up watching them in the end anyway. |
| Kazunari | That’s it~! The famous entertainers of this season are all coming out one after another! |
| TV Programme | The winner is team A!! And the top prize goes to Team A’s leader! Congratulations! |
| The top prize is a high-class foreign luxury car! | |
| Citron | Oh—!? Amazing, you can even win a car!? |
| Taichi | A foreign car’s really cool!! |
| Kazunari | Seriously!? Isn’t that something to really go for!? |
| Citron | But where are they going to use such a big key on? The balance between the key and the car is strange. |
| Yuki | It’s not like that’s the real key or anything. |
| Izumi | Ahaha, that’s a gift. It’s not going to be put into practical use or anything, you can say that it’s like a trophy of sorts. |
| Taichi | Oh! Come to think of it! |
| Tsumugi | What’s wrong? |
| Taichi | Tasuku-san got a huge key too, right!? You know, the one from the award! |
| Tasuku | …… |
| Izumi | Award? |
| Tasuku | Yeah…God Theater has an event at the end of every year called God Theater Awards. |
| Taichi | And so, the MVP actor of the year will be given a car or something like that my God Theater’s manager, just like this programme! |
| Tsumugi | Come to think of it, I recently heard that it seems like they can get big TVs and the latest state-of-the-art home appliances as well. |
| Yuki | Humph, as expected of God Theater. They’re as extravagant as their sarcasm plays them to be. |
| Kazunari | So, so, that means you were chosen as the MVP actor of the year and got a luxurious car!? |
| Tasuku | No… |
| Taichi | What’s cool is actually what happened afterwards! Tasuku-san was really cool! He coolly declined the luxury car! |
| Kazunari | Eh—!? No way, what a waste!! |
| Izumi | Why did you refuse? |
| Tasuku | Even if I got myself a fancy car, it isn’t in my tastes to get one so it would only be a nuisance. |
| Kazunari | Hyu—!! You’re really handsome too! So wouldn’t that make girls for head over heels for you!? |
| Taichi | How should I say, you’re too unfriendly though you’re so handsome...Oh, but there was also that “Queen Bee” incident before then… |
| Tasuku | Oi, Nanao that’s… |
| Izumi | (Queen Bee incident?) |
| Yuki | What? |
| Tasuku | Nothing. It’s nothing important. |
| Kazunari | But I’d still fall for a luxury car in the end—! Hey, say, how about we do a MANKAI Award too!? |
| Tsumugi | Ahaha, sounds interesting. |
| Yuki | We don’t have budget in our company to hold something that. There’s also no way that money-tight yakuza would give the OK for it. |
| Citron | Then how about the MVP actor getting a hot hug from me! |
| Kazunari | Eh~ if it’s going to be a hug then how about one from the director instead… |
| Taichi | Seriously!? We can get a hot hug from the director-sensei!? |
| Izumi | I won’t! Don’t just go deciding things on your own! |
| Tsumugi | Well then, I guess we’ll change the standing positions in this scene. |
| Tasuku | Right. Also, following the accordance of the appearances… |
| Tsumugi | ! |
| Tasuku | ! |
| Izumi | Haa, haaah……Oh for crying out loud, I wonder what i forgot. |
| Tasuku | What’s wrong, director? You seem to be in quite the hurry. |
| Tsumugi | You just went out earlier too. Did you forget something? |
| Izumi | To think that I’d leave such an important thing behind. Even though that had been my main purpose, I only noticed it half-way. |
| Haa, oh, there it is. Oh no, it’s already this late! Then, I’m heading out again! | |
| Tsumugi | A-Are you alright? |
| Tasuku | Will you make it? |
| Izumi | Uu, I’ll probably make it if I caught a taxi…I think. |
| Tsumugi | …! Hey, Tasuku, isn’t this the time for the Queen Bee to shine? |
| Tasuku | …… |
| Tsumugi | I meant you did get it from the manager after all and I think that she’d make it if it’s the Queen Bee. |
| Izumi | (The Queen Bee’s named after the luxury car they were talking about back then, right?) |
| Um, exactly what’s the Queen Bee? | |
| Tasuku | Haa…It’s the name of a bike. |
| Tsumugi | I had been interested in what Taichi-kun had been talking about back then so I asked Tasuku about it. That’s when he told me about it. |
| At that time during the awards, even though he had refused the MVP’s luxury car, the manager was insistent that he made do with something. | |
| And so since the car was no good…He was awarded with the bike named “Queen Bee” in the end. | |
| Tasuku | Since I had a wagon and all, I left it back home. Though since Tsumugi had asked to see it, my brother had brought it over here yesterday. |
| Izumi | I see! |
| Tsumugi | Haha. I mean it’s the Queen Bee, isn’t it? Of course I’d be interested. |
| Your brother seemed to be really elated to see me again after such a long time when he had brought the bike over too. | |
| Tasuku | That’s because my brother had wanted to meet you too. |
| Tsumugi | Since there are 2 helmets, please send her there.You’d make it if you take a bike, right? |
| Izumi | Since there are 2 helmets, please send her there.You’d make it if you take a bike, right? |
| Tasuku | I don’t really mind but don’t complain no matter what. |
| Izumi | ? Okay. |
| Tasuku | Here. It’s this one. |
| Izumi | …!! So this is the Queen Bee. |
| (It’s too flashy with it’s yellow and black colours! How should I put it, it’s just like God Theater I guess…) | |
| Tasuku | …Do you not want to ride it after all? |
| Izumi | Not at all! I-I’ll ride it! Please do let me! |
| Tasuku | Then here’s the helmet. Hang in tight once you get on the back. |
| Izumi | Okay! |
| (I won’t say that it’s luxurious but it seems to be very conspicuous on the road…) |
| Izumi | Haa, thank god. We’ve somehow managed to make it on time. |
| The items were also safely delivered. This is all thanks to you and the Queen Bee. | |
| Tasuku | That’s great. |
| Izumi | I’m really thankful towards you. I’ll be taking the train back then… |
| Tasuku | Since I’m already here and all, I don’t mind if you ride back too. |
| Izumi | What? But I’d feel bad if you do more than this for me. |
| Tasuku | Especially so since you feel bad for it. |
| Izumi | What? |
| Tasuku | Since I’m riding the motorbike after a really long time, it feels really unsatisfactory to ride it just in the town. Let’s make a little stop. Come along with me for a drive. |
| Izumi | O-Okay! |
| Phew…The wind feels really nice and great~! | |
| Tasuku | Right? |
| Izumi | Actually, it was the first time I rode at the back of a motorcycle. So, it was a little scary at first… |
| But I came to enjoy the way my body tilted along with it whenever the bike tilted. | |
| Tasuku | Riding a bike has a totally different sense of unity compared to driving a car. |
| Izumi | That’s right! I think I’ve come to understand a little of how bike enthusiasts feel. |
| Tasuku | I see. It’s been a really long time since I last rode like this so I really enjoyed it too. |
| ……Speaking of which, it’s also the first time I’ve had a girl ride behind me. | |
| Izumi | What? That’s surprising, seeing how I heard that you’re popular. |
| Tasuku | I mean they can’t ride while wearing a skirt, can they. On that note, you’re okay because you don’t have to take extra care about it or anything. |
| Izumi | (That means he doesn’t see me as a girl huh……) |
| (But I’m kinda happy that he put it that way and that he didn’t mind.) | |
| Though God Theater is our hated rival, I guess I should thank them only for this Queen Bee. | |
| Tasuku | …Hm, that’s true. |
| About the time that I was in God Theaters too…I won’t say that all of it was great and all but it’s somewhat a kind of support for the me right now. | |
| That’s why I thought that I should ride the bike once again. | |
| It’s thanks to the Director and everyone in the MANKAI Company. | |
| Izumi | (Tasuku-san…He’s trying to accept and look at his time in God Theater in a positive light) |
| You don’t mind me riding it again too? | |
| Tasuku | Yeah. I don’t mind it if you’re alright with the Queen Bee. Didn’t you have fun gazing at the scenery as we ran through the streets? |
| Izumi | It was honestly a little embarrassing at the beginning but I somehow got used to it somewhere along the middle. |
| Tasuku | You have it pretty hard there. |
| Izumi | Right! It’s sudden but how about using it to get to the Curry Fair that’s to be held next week…! |
| Tasuku | …Wait, aren’t you using it way too much to your convenience? |
| Honestly, that’s just like you to do so. |
Ran
