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Just like any "normal highschooler", (Y/N) (L/N) has only one goal: to finally graduate to live his life in solitary. Having lived up until now away from the spotlight, (Y/N) wants nothing more than to spend his time alone. However, after a fatef...
So this is what a backstage looks like. Looking around the dimly-lit room, there are all sorts of wires and cases. Instrument cases, stage equipment and various wires all neatly line the left and right walls of the room, while a red curtain at the end of the room leads to, what I assume is, the actual stage.
"Hm. So, Marina wanted me to get..."
I look down at the clipboard Marina gave me.
EQUIPMENT LIST: AS-1 AS-2 AS-3
AS-4: NEEDS MAINTENANCE AS-5
Okay... It seems like the equipment here are marked with codes. Let's see. After looking around for a minute, I spot a piece of tape on a speaker labelled "AS-1".
"This must be it..." I quietly murmur to myself.
*Thud!*
I jump.
"Huh?!Who is that? Is somebody there?", I hear a voice shout from behind the curtains.
The hell?! Who was that?! Also, was that... English?
Stopping for a second, I hear the noises of shuffling.
"Hello?", I shout. "Is someone there?" I slowly begin to approach the curtain, keeping my voice down.
"S-stop! Don't enter! I'm doing something very important!" I hear the voice say. Approaching closer, I can make out the voice of a girl. I also notice her use of English words, words that I barely understand.
I put my hand on the curtain.
"I-I'm telling you! Don't open this curtain!"
*Fwoop!*
Taking my hand, I quickly pull the curtain open. On the other side...
"...huh?"
"...what?"
...Is that a...kid?
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~CiRCLE Backstage- 5 Minutes Later~
"So, you want this?" I say as I grab a small device from the top of a case.
"Yes! That's it! Marina wanted me to get that for her," the little girl answers. Stepping down from the step-stool I hand the device to her.
Looking at the short girl, I immediately notice her cat-shaped headphones. Looking down I notice her fancy-looking uniform. She looks too young for a highschooler though...
Oh well. I already got what Marina-san wanted me to get. I should get going.
"By the way," I say. "What's a kid like you doing back here? Shouldn't you be with... your parents?"
As I begin to walk away the girl angrily walks in front of me, her face annoyed.
"I told you already, I'm not a kid! I am CHU², the producer of the greatest girl's band!"
CHU²? The 'greatest girl's band'?
"Well, "CHU²",I'm (L/N) (Y/N)."
"(Y/N) (L/N)", the girl says, pronouncing my full name for some reason.
Walking past her, I go to grab the speaker with the tape labelled 'AS-4'.
"Huh? What are you doing?"
"Hm? Oh, I forgot. I'm a new staff member here at CiRCLE."
Her faces changes from annoyed to slightly intrigued as she looks at me.
"(Y/N) (L/N)... Interesting..."
"Huh?", I say, slightly confused.
"Have you gotten what you came here to do?", she asks. I nod. "Then, let's go!"
As she quickly begins to walk outside the door, I follow her. As we walk back together I look at her headphones again.
...
"By the way, CHU²," I ask.
"Hm? What?"
"What's your real name, anyway?"
"...eh?"
I never got her full name. Talking to her, it seems that 'CHU²' is just her stage name, not her actual name.
"I mean, you're actual name. Not your stage name", I explain. Her face contorts in emotion as she stays silent. Suddenly, she stops walking. Turning around, I see her face turn slightly red.
"...for some reason, I feel like I can trust you...", I hear her whisper under her breath.
"Huh?", I say, pretending not to hear.
"C-Chiyu. Chiyu Tamade."
...Chiyu Tamade. That's your name...
...
"Well then. Nice to meet you, Tamade-san. I'm (Y/N) (L/N). Let's get along from now on."
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