Yuki Rurikawa/Fairy Syndrome

Knockout☆Big Brother

Backstage Stories

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Tenma	I’m back.
Taichi	Sorry for barging in!
	*sewing machine noises*
Yuki	Welcome back.
Tenma	Your sewing machine’s pretty loud.
Taichi	There sure is a lot of cloth on the floor.
Yuki	I’m making my costume right now, so don’t get in the way.
Tenma	Oh yeah, you’re entering that theme park contest, right?
Taichi	The concept’s based on the world of fairy tales, yeah? Who’re you going as, Yuki-chan?
Yuki	Gretel.
Taichi	The little sister in Hansel and Gretel!
Tenma	Isn’t that the story where the brother and sister eat a house made of candy?
Yuki	Your lack of knowledge is showing.
Tenma	That’s what they’re all like!
Taichi	But I think it’ll really suit Yuki-chan!
Yuki	I’m being careful with the costume’s design and I’m gonna put effort towards the performance to put my own spin on Gretel.
Taichi	So who’s gonna be Hansel?
Yuki	Itaru is.
Tenma	Sounds like an awfully harsh pair of siblings…
Taichi	Yuki-chan and Itaru-san have really attractive faces!
Yuki	Appearances aside, there’s no way I’d want a guy like that to be my older brother.
	But… We’re supposed to be siblings who get along, so I want to prepare for that somehow.
Taichi	When you think of siblings who get along, don’t you think of Juza-san and Kyuu-chan? Why not use them as a reference?
Yuki	Like how?
Tenma	Maybe take a bath together?
Yuki	Uh…
Tenma	What’s so bad about that? It’s not like it hasn’t happened before.
Yuki	I don’t mind when we happen to bathe with each other by chance, but I’m not gonna go out of my way to ask.
Taichi	In that case, why don’t you try living in the same room as him?!
Yuki	Absolutely not. Have you seen that room?
Tenma	…After all this rejection so far, I’m really feeling sorry for Itaru-san.
Taichi	I feel bad for him.
Tenma	Are you sure you don’t want to stay in his room for a while? To be honest, there’s something I want to ask Chikage-san about.
Yuki	Something you want to ask him about?
Taichi	You want him to look at your assignments, don’t cha?
Tenma	How did you know?!
Taichi	We go to the same university, so I can tell by looking at you.
Tenma	I-I’m busy with work right now, so it’s a little hard to keep up with my classes.
Yuki	*sighs* I guess I don’t have a choice… Alright, I’ll go.
Taichi	Good for you, Ten-chan!
Tenma	We’ll just do it for one night for now.
Taichi	Do you think he’ll clean up if you ask and say it’s for the role?
Yuki	Hopefully. I’ll ask about it too.

Yuki	(Chikage said that the room’s clean for the most part, so I guess it’s okay…)
	*knock knock*
Yuki	I’m coming in—
Itaru	Ah, welcome.
Yuki	…This is impossible.
	*door closes*
Itaru	Too late.
Yuki	I heard from Chikage that you tidied up.
Itaru	I did.
Yuki	Where?
Itaru	That’s all you have to say? Even though I poured my blood, sweat, and tears into cleaning when I heard you were coming over.
Yuki	If this is how things are after you clean, then how bad is it usually…?
Itaru	Now then, please come this way. Here’s the space that senpai always uses.
Yuki	This side is normal, I guess. Well, I’ll be doing the rough sketches for the costumes.
Itaru	‘Kay. Don’t mind me, I’ll just be playing my game like a good little boy.
Yuki	By all means.
Itaru	…Alright, it’s here!
Yuki	……
Itaru	…Hah? You gotta be shittin’ me with that noob play.
Yuki	……
Itaru	Hell yeah! The god-tier support is upon me, thanks you absolute legend!
Yuki	……
	I can’t take this anymore!
Tenma	I see… I finally get it.
Chikage	I recommend reading this book for a better understanding of—
	*door opens*
Yuki	I couldn’t do it after all.
Taichi	Huh, you only lasted an hour?!
Yuki	I can’t help it, I just couldn’t do it. Put the safety pin over there.
Taichi	But that’s way too soon!
Yuki	Just move your hands already.
Taichi	Yessir!
Tenma	So after all that, how are you gonna prepare for your role?
Yuki	I’ll be fine for the performance one way or another. More importantly, I’m focusing on making the costumes.
Tenma	……
	Now that I think about it, you were having trouble with acting all brotherly with Kazunari during the rehearsals for Sardines, right?
Yuki	……
	…Shiro and Kuro weren’t actually brothers though.
Tenma	You had a lot of trouble back then, so wouldn’t it be better to prepare for your brother-sister role too?
Yuki	Guh…
	Sardines, huh…
Tenma	That picture book takes me back. Kazunari made it to help you get out of your slump, right?
Yuki	But the level-headed Gretel is a completely different character than the sillier Shiro. I don’t think it’ll be very helpful this time.
Tenma	Really? I don’t think so.
Yuki	Huh?
Tenma	Sure, Shiro isn’t level-headed, but at the end of the play, you showed how strong he was too.
Taichi	Yeah, it was very Yuki-chan-like!
Tenma	I don’t know how level-headed Gretel is in the original tale, but I think you can do a strong, cheeky, Yuki-like little sister.
	Just do a Gretel that’s like you.
Yuki	A Gretel like me…
	I get it now. —I’ll go try something out.
Taichi	I’m super stoked to see Itaru-san and Yuki-chan as siblings~!

Izumi	Good morning.
Yuki	Morning~
Izumi	I heard a lot went on when you were practicing for Gretel last night.
Yuki	You heard about what happened in Itaru’s room? That failed so much I wanna forget about it.
	Anyways, do you wanna go out after school? I wanna go buy some materials for the costumes.
Izumi	Of course. Do you mind if I pick you up after school with the car?
Yuki	Actually, you’ll be fine assisting.
Izumi	Huh?
Itaru	Morning~
Yuki	Are you coming home late tonight, Itaru?
Itaru	Nah. I have an appointment but I’ll be going straight home, so I’ll be back around 5.
Yuki	Bring your car ‘cause there’s somewhere I wanna go after school.
Itaru	Sure. …So is this for the usual shopping or for practice?
Yuki	…Both.
Yuki	Okay, that’s about it.
Izumi	That’s a lot of stuff…!
Yuki	It's a good opportunity to grab stuff for the future and for fixing up my old costumes.
Clerk	Thank you for stopping by!
Yuki	Alrighty, here you go Itaru.
Itaru	What?
Yuki	Carry my stuff.
Itaru	No way. I’m just a poor little office worker-slash-gamer who’s only good at mental work. My arms will fall off if I carry something that heavy.
Yuki	…Please, big bro?
Itaru	Hnng.
	…One more time.
Yuki	Big bro.
Itaru	…Yes, just like that.
Yuki	Ew.
Izumi	(Itaru-san is totally weak to Yuki’s little sister act…!)
Itaru	Down and out… So this is how you’re prepping for Gretel.
Izumi	He realized how adorable his little sister is.
Itaru	Little sister…
	That reminds me, Director is supposedly my little sister too.
Yuki	What’re you talking about?
Izumi	A bunch of stuff happened, and the people at Itaru’s company think I’m his sister…
Yuki	Huh. So if I’m Itaru’s little sister right now, then that makes you—
	Big sis?
Izumi	…!
	I-I think I understand how Itaru-san feels. He’s… definitely got it down.
Itaru	Right?
Yuki	(Hmm…)
	Hey, are you guys hungry? Let’s go eat some pancakes.
Izumi	No way. If you eat too much now, then you won’t be able to eat tonight’s curry.
Yuki	I see dinner’s curry again.
Izumi	With plenty of mushrooms. We’re going home right away once we’re done shipping.
Yuki	…But I wanna eat strawberry pancakes together~
	Big sis?
Izumi	…Yuki-kun’s still growing, so he can eat pancakes and dinner!
Itaru	You fell for that too easily.
Yuki	C’mon, let’s go together. Won’t you join us too, big bro?
Itaru	Please, allow me to become your wallet.
Yuki	…Too easy.
CHOICE 1: He's powerful [+] Izumi Yuki-kun’s little sister act is too powerful…! It’s like we have to do whatever he says. Yuki Oh? So should I act like this the next time we go shopping? Izumi Huh? Yuki You have to do whatever I say, right? I’ll think long and hard about what I want. Izumi I’m no match for him at all…!
CHOICE 2: It's nice [+] Izumi It feels nice being called “big sis” since I’m an only child and all. Yuki Really? I have two older sisters so that’s honestly enough for me. Or how should I put this… I think you’re too good to be my older sister. Izumi What? Yuki I think “Director” suits you better than “older sister”. Izumi (S-should I feel happy about this…?)
Yuki	…It’s nice acting like a little sister every once in a while, I guess. I could use this for something.
Izumi	Yuki-kun has completely mastered the little sister character…
Itaru	It’s like he reclassed to his strongest class. Is this really a good thing…?
Yuki	This was good practice, right? Look forward to my take on Gretel.

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