Nocturnality/Epilogue

Nocturnality
EP: The Footsteps of Winter

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Tasuku Hey, how much longer? Tsumugi Umm… just a little bit more I think. Tasuku …*sigh* Izumi I’m sorry I’m late! —Huh? The rest aren’t here yet? Tsumugi No… Azuma-san’s counteractive skincare for the beach seems to be taking some time, and Homare-san was looking for Hisoka-kun’s stock of marshmallows. Tasuku What about Mikage? Izumi Now that you mention it, I think I saw him sleeping in the courtyard earlier… Tasuku …Geez. When will we be able to leave? Homare Now, why don’t we take off! Azuma This is exciting. Tasuku We haven’t even left and I’m already tired. Hisoka …Lack of sleep? Homare You must have been so excited that you couldn’t sleep last night! Tasuku I got tired of waiting for you guys. Homare Hm, can you change the BGM to classical music? I’m rather fond of Schumann and Fauré. Tasuku Listen when people are talking. Izumi The beach~! But it’s cold…! Homare I think I’m about to freeze…! Azuma As expected, the sea breeze is chilly at this time of the year. I think I’ll take a break inside the car. Hisoka …Let’s go home. Tasuku What the heck did we come here for!? Tsumugi But this has a charm of its own too. Homare Indeed. It evokes a desolate scene of the ocean blurred by frozen ice and snow. I feel like I can compose a rather nice poem. Izumi It might have a positive impact on your acting starting tomorrow! Azuma Well, I guess it’s perfect for Reo’s image. Tasuku Because of the sad, lonely feeling? Azuma Exactly. Izumi Nonetheless, please make sure that you don’t catch a cold. Tsumugi Why don’t we get something warm to drink? Homare Mhm… Drinking coffee at a place like this feels rather special. Tsumugi It’s good that there’s a convenience store nearby. Hisoka …It’s bitter. Homare Even though you put 4 milk and 3 sugars in? Tasuku Can you even call that coffee still? Azuma Hisoka really has a sweet tooth. Tsumugi We should’ve gotten you a caffè latte instead. Sorry. Izumi … …It sure is quiet here though. Tasuku We’re the only ones weird enough to go to the beach at this time of the year. Tsumugi I’m sure that we wouldn’t be able to relax like this during beach season since it gets so crowded. Izumi I can’t imagine the Winter Troupe driving to the beach in the middle of summer. Azuma That’s true. The last time we were here, it was on a winter night. Homare Indeed. The moon looked beautiful. Tasuku A lot of things happened since then, but in the end we still don’t know Mikage’s real identity. Homare If I remember correctly, was he not a former man of the sea? Tasuku That was just a speculation. Hisoka …I’m now Mikage Hisoka of Mankai Company. So it’s not like I need to remember my past. Azuma If Hisoka’s okay with that, then shouldn’t we leave it at that? Homare Indeed. Even if he was a man of the sea or an alien, Hisoka-kun is Hisoka-kun. Tasuku …That’s right. Izumi *sneeze* Tsumugi Should I get you something to put on? I left mine in the car. Izumi I’m sorry… Can I borrow it for a bit? Tsumugi Tasuku, car key. Tasuku Here. Hisoka …Marshmallows. Tsumugi I’ll bring them with me. Tasuku Did you already finish the ones you had earlier? Homare He stuffed them all into his coffee. Tasuku That’s not even coffee anymore. It’s coffee-flavoured marshmallows. Hisoka …Arisu, you can have it. Homare Are you telling me to eat those marshmallows soaked in coffee? Hisoka …They were your marshmallows to begin with. Homare Could you stop forcing things on me whenever it’s inconvenient for you? Good grief. If you can’t drink it, then tell us beforehand. Hisoka …It’s not like I can’t drink it. Azuma Hehe. As I thought, going to the beach with everyone is fun. Tasuku I wasn’t wrong about it being noisy. Azuma Come to think of it – the day we got our scripts, why did you choose to go to the beach? Tasuku I thought you liked the beach, Azuma-san? Azuma Do I…? Tasuku I had a feeling you’d been saying that you wanted to go to the beach, so… Azuma That’s why, you chose it specifically? Tasuku Well, I would’ve felt bad if I’d just made you practice reading the script with me. Azuma So you meant to compensate? Hehe, you’re truly a man of few words. Tasuku You don’t like the beach? Azuma No, I do… I do now. Tasuku I really don’t understand you well. Azuma …Is that so? Tasuku You asked before if we’ve truly changed. Azuma Yeah. Tasuku I couldn’t answer back then, but now I can say for certain— We’ve changed. We’ve become a proper team… even though it took us a while. Well, I don’t know if ‘team’ is the right word though. Azuma We’re people who share the same destiny, right? According to Homare. Tasuku That’s right.
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