" 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 ☆ " // tsukasa tenma angst

ch.1 " cant he ever shut up? "

It was a tiring Monday morning for Tsukasa. He had been up all weekend trying to figure out similarities between him and a polar opposite character.

As he was walking to school, he felt his eyes drooping down and his legs weak. "No, you have to make it to school Tsukasa! Simple task!" He slapped himself in the face, gathering more speed and making it to the school.

He realized he was early and there was barely anybody there. "Ah, I'm too early.." Tsukasa sighed, sitting down on a bench.

"That's fine though, a future star will never compla-"
"Can you shut up!? It's not that hard..." Someone shouted, a tiny laugh coming from people near him.

"Embarrassing, Tsukasa. Get yourself together." He thought, bringing his legs up to his chest and quickly falling asleep in that position.

"Mmfh.." The boy woke up with a groan, feeling some things sticking on his head. He shook his head, looking at a bright sticky note with the message "shut up!" painted on with black pen.

He was left speechless as he read other ones. There were about 4 on his head, and some were placed on his bag.

The messages had things like "die!", "loser", "shut the hell up!", "annoying." written on them. The more he read, the more tears welled up in his eyes.

Tsukasa shoved the ones he could find inside his bag, but then one message stood out to him. It was the most detailed one.

"Shut up you annoying, egotistical, incompetent bitch! I don't get how people can deal with your loud mouth all the time! Jesus, they're probably sick of you." He put a hand over his mouth.

Tsukasa was in absolute shock. Is that really true? He was incompetent for not being able to contribute in practice with the troupe.. They had to replace him.

Replace him?

Was he really that easily replaceable...?

A tear rolled down his eye, and he wiped it away fast. "No.. Why are you crying? Future Stars don't cry over stupid little notes." He told himself, closing the bottle of emotions that he had opened for a second.

"Ah, is that Tsukasa?" A voice came from above the future star, and he looked up. It was Rui, and he had just gotten to school.

"What's that?" The inventor asked, seeing the detailed note in Tsukasa's hand.

"Hm? Oh- it's nothing, really!" He laughed, quickly shoving it into his bag, but it fell out of his hand before he shoved it in.

"I'll meet you inside!" He waved, running into the school to change his shoes.

Rui noticed that Tsukasa had left the "not important" thing behind, and the curious boy grabbed it.

Rui looked at the running boy, seeing a bright pink note stuck on his back. "hm.." He followed Tsukasa into the school.

As soon as Rui caught up with Tsukasa, he could read the message on his back clearly.

It said, "if stars are meant to burn out and die, i hope this one does soon!"

Rui sighed and took it off the future star's back. "Hm?" He turned around to see Rui crumpling up a pink sticky note.

"What's that?" Tsukasa pointed at the pink paper, the other boy put it into his bag and smiled.

"Its just a paper that stuck on your back. Nothing much, really." Rui lied, going to change his shoes.

As the bell rang, both boys waved their goodbyes and went into their classrooms.

Rui looked at the two notes and sighed. "Jeez.." He frowned, putting them back in his bag before anyone saw.

Meanwhile in Tsukasa's class, he read all of the notes over and over, tears welling up. "I'm not that loud, am I?" He wondered out loud, someone in the class replied "yes" to him.

The whole class broke out in laughter as the teacher told them to settle down.

Tsukasa felt sick. Sick and tired, like he was about to pass out right then and there, and that he needed to throw up.

"..Excuse me, may I go to the washroom?" He asked, crossing his fingers.
"Class just started, Tenma.."
"Please." He pleaded, the teacher sighing and letting him go.

"Thank you," He said, bringing along a few of the notes in a clenched hand as he ran off to the washroom, feeling as if he were on the verge of throwing up.

Rui saw Tsukasa running to the washroom out the classroom window, and he asked as well. Rui's teacher accepted, and he got up to follow Tsukasa.

Tsukasa was in a stall, kneeling at the toilet. His stomach ached, his chest felt like it was closing in, and his throat burned.

"God Tsukasa, you're pathetic." He told himself, trying to stand up.

"A star shouldn't give up so easily.." Tsukasa gained strength in his legs, but his vision started blurring.

He stumbled out of the stall and saw a purple haired figure standing near him.

"Rui..?" He asked, having to use a wall as support so he wouldn't pass out and fall over.

The purple haired person walked closer to him, and grabbed him. The person dragged Tsukasa into a stall and shoved his head into a toilet.

"Ha! You thought it was Rui? Stupid egotistical star. You will never become a star. All you are is an incompetent nuisance!" The person yelled at Tsukasa, who struggled to get out.

"It's all futile. It's all pointless, Tenma."

The person stopped when Tsukasa stopped struggling.

They took Tsukasa out of the toilet, and left him on the floor out of the stall.

A minute after they left, Rui came in.

"What the hell?" He froze, looking at the state of Tsukasa.

He was passed out, and his hair was soaking wet. His uniform was also a bit soaked, and he looked like a total mess on the floor.

Rui sighed, looking at a few bright papers on the floor, soaking wet.

He read a few of them and sighed. "Poor you, huh..?" The purple haired boy frowned, picking up Tsukasa and bringing him to the nurses office.

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Word count : 1069

Reminders : These are minors in this story and in game, don't be weird here or on other platforms.

Extra notes : You can take this as Ruikasa if you would like to, idrc. (it's not meant to be ruikasa) also pls read SEKAIRONPA, i worked hard on it 😢