Yuki Rurikawa/The Floral Prince

Role Study 【Rose】

Backstage Stories

Part 1

Yuki	The prince of the Flower Country’s adventure and search for a bride, huh?
Izumi	It seems like it’s going to be a play with Summer troupe's usual comedic aspects, but with a fairy-tale feeling.
Tenma	The characters are the main character Florence, the Floral Prince, his retainer Broto, the mysterious hunter boy Rose—.
	And also the Star Prince, Moon Prince and Sun Prince, right?
Kazunari	Prince Florence of the Flower Country is on his way to meet the princess of the East Country who’s rumoured to be an unrivaled beauty—.
	But not just Prince Florence, the princes of the other countries are also asking for the princess’s hand in marriage!
Misumi	The princess is really popular~!
Muku	But it seems the princess would be troubled if lots of people tried to court her all at once like in the story this time…
Kumon	Ummm, I guess you’d have to do a super cool proposal to beat the other princes and get the princess to choose you?
Kazunari	Ah! I have a good idea!
	Connected to role-making, how about we each try figuring out what kind of proposal we’d do if it were up to us!?
Tenma	A proposal!?
Kumon	Uwahh, that sounds super fun! I wanna do it, wanna do it!
Yuki	You’re a retainer, not a prince, you know?
Kazunari	It’s fiiine, it’s fiiine!
	Since we have the chance, do it with us, Kumopi!
Tenma	Actually, I’m kind of getting déjà vu with this flow of events…
Izumi	Ah, come to think of it, you’ve done something similar to this before, right?
Muku	Really?
Tenma	You know, Kazunari brought up the idea of doing a photoshoot for a tuxedo pamphlet at a chapel.
Kazunari	Ahh! The members in that shoot also appeared as extras in the drama Tenten was starring in, right!
Tenma	Back then, Arisu-san said, “let’s try putting on proposal etudes in anticipation for when we play grooms on stage one day”—.
	So then everyone who was there acted out an etude.
Misumi	Yeah, yeah, how nostalgic~!
Kumon	Heh~! So that happened, huh!
Izumi	The proposal etudes you two did were really wonderful.
Muku	Wahh… That sounds lovely!
Tenma	In a way, this is a chance for us to make use of that experience doing those etudes just like Arisu-san said… isn’t it?
Yuki	By the way, am I doing this too?
	Just like Kumon, I don’t play a prince either, so.
Kazunari	Oh, then Yukki’ll try coming up with a reverse proposal or something!
Yuki	That sounds hard though.
Izumi	But you also have a scene where you play the princess in the second half of the story, so I think it'll be helpful for role study.
Yuki	Well, that’s true I guess.
Kazunari	Alriiight, then everyone come up with a proper proposal by next rehearsal, ‘kay! It’s your homework!
Azuma	I tried this face mask and it really moisturized my skin.
Azami	Heh… It’s that brand’s new product, huh?
Yuki	…
Azami	Yuki-san, what’s wrong?
Yuki	Ah, my bad. I was thinking about the homework Kazunari gave us.
Azuma	Homework?
Yuki	Yeah. For our role study, we’re supposed to come up with an ideal proposal plan.
	I play the princess, so mine’s a reverse proposal.
Azami	P-proposal!?
	Stuff like that’s still too early for us, ya know!
Yuki	Yeah, yeah, I made a mistake talking to you.
Azuma	Fufu, Azami sure is cute.
	But a reverse proposal, hm…
	It’s not like a typical proposal so it’s difficult.
Yuki	Exactly…
Taichi	Hah… this is hella nice…!
Azuma	What are you talking about, puppy-kun?
Taichi	They’re songs from an album that a friend lent me today!
	One of them is a love song that was popular a little while back.
	And I’m super into it now, see~.
Azuma	Heh, a love song?
Taichi	I heard girls really relate to the lyrics of this song!
	Do you wanna have a listen too, A-chan?
Azami	I-I don't really…
Yuki	Relate, huh…
	…Hey, will you let me listen to that song for a bit?
Kazunari	Alright, let’s get our proposal unveiling party started right away!
Misumi	Wah~!
Kumon	Who will start us off!?
Yuki	…Then I’ll go first.
Kazunari	Ohh~! Yukki’s reverse proposal’s the leadoff batter!
	Good luck piko!
Yuki	…Ahem.
	“I’m… really glad that I was able to meet you.
	I want to keep walking with you from now on as well.”
	“…Hey, will you marry me?”
Tenma	…
Muku	How wonderful…!
Izumi	The mood is really great…!
Kazunari	There’s no one who would refuse that, right!
Yuki	“By the way…”
	“Since you’re going to marry me, improve your sense and always give me lots of gifts that I’ll enjoy.”
	“We’ll divide the housework, but take a little more than me, ok?
	Also… I want to go on a trip 3 times a year.”
Tenma	…
Izumi	This is turning kind of…
Yuki	“Of course you’ll keep me company shopping, carry my bags, and take me out for lunch and dinner too.”
	“You’ll learn how to cook tasty food and make home-made meals for me.
	You’ll pick me up on rainy days. And also—”
Kumon	EHH!?
Misumi	There’s tons of requests~!
Kazunari	Yukki did a sudden 180!?
Yuki	I referenced a song the dumb dog told me about.
	It seems like girls can relate to this.
	So this kind of reverse proposal is possible too, right?
Tenma	That's way too selfish no matter how you look at it!

Anna