The World Hasn't Even Started Yet ( PROJECT SEKAI )

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"Two hours went by so fast." Mizuki said, swirling the iced tea in their hand and watching the ice make clinking noises whenever they collided. "Time really does pass in the blink of an eye when you're having fun, huh~?"

"But of course. The fact we didn't even notice is a good sign, even. I'm glad everyone enjoyed themselves today." Rui agreed.

The cafe/restaurant they had chosen was not a particularly fancy or incredibly popular one. It was simply that; a cafe, and the food there was good enough for all of them, so that's where they chose to enjoy their "lunch". At the minute, they were waiting for the food to arrive.

"Seeing Akito 'wear a cat' and be nice to strangers gives me the creeps." Ena shook her head. "But, it was nice going out with some friends for a bit."

"I'm right here, you know-" Akito began complaining, before one of the waiters walked over with their food, and his sentence and tone changed completely. "-oh, thank you so much!"

"...exactly like that." Ena muttered once they left, nothing but pure disappointment in her eyes.

"Maybe for our next show we could have Shinonome-kun as one of the actors, hm~? What do you think, Tsukasa-kun?"

"Oh, huh-?" Tsukasa seemed to snap back to reality at the mention of his name, and when he looked up there was something off in his eyes, but he switched back to his normal personality so fast that Rui almost missed it. Almost. "I think having Akito-kun perform with us could be very interesting indeed! With the guidance of a director like you and a star like myself, he will be performing great shows in no time!"

"Hey! Don't forget who owes who, alright? Last I checked, you haven't directly repaid me for my help with that whatever wedding show." Akito's eyes locked with Rui's, and he could tell the other had noticed it, too. Mizuki didn't seem to, though.

Well, there goes asking our local expert in reading people... Still, I'll see if they know anything later.

"Ah, even after mine and Touya-kun's heartfelt talks, it's still a 'whatever wedding show' to you? How rude... You've truly gone and hurt my feelings, now~" Fortunately, they were both good enough at hiding things to keep their conversation going despite the fact they were concerned (even if Rui was sure Akito wouldn't admit to being worried about his loud, annoying upperclassman).

"I thought I told you that voice doesn't work on me."

"But it does on Mizuki! Right, Mizuki? Who's in the wrong here?"

The person in question took a long sip of their iced tea while maintaining eye contact with Akito, before giving him that mischievous smile that Rui knew all-too-well. "Ohhh, no~oo, It seems I've fallen trap to Rui's tricks once again~! You better apologize, otouto-kun, before he does something else!"

"Yeah, Akito, apologize." Ena sided with them, obviously finding Mizuki and Rui making fun of Akito absolutely hilarious. "Oh, but before you do, wait, I have to pull up the recorder app on my phone-"