Kessoku Kokoro | A Bocchi the Rock Fanfic

Chapter 10: Karaoke With Kita

"Do you want some smooches to repay my mooching?" 

"Why not? It's not like you're going to actually pay back anyway."

"And I love you for it."

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"AAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHH," Tokumei woke up from another nightmare. He immediately slammed his head in his own pillow. Repeatedly slamming his head in it, he begged, "Come. On. Brain. For. Get. IT."

He dreamed of Ryo of all people. Was his brain tired or something? It's true that she's pretty much the girl he's spent time with the most asides from his sister, but come on. There's no way that would actually happen right? Right? No no no. He won't end up with her. Never. EVER.

His brain is just REALLY tired. That's it. All there is to it. Nothing else. 

Maybe he should just lay off the internet. 

Or better yet, stay away from Ryo.

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Another day... another... Oh, right he's got to ask Kita to go karaoke togethe- but wouldn't that impede band practice? Wait, no that's the point. He doesn't want to go band practice! Well this technically is band practice, but-

Whatever, he's got to practice singing with Kita. That's that. 

He went to school once more. Hitori was slumping over on her desk. He tapped her on the shoulder and asked, "Hey, you alright?"

"...Yeah... y-yeah... Just tired," Hitori lied. She buried her face deeper in her desk. Well, he could understand. There's no reason for him to press any further. She did have to travel 2 hours to Starry and about 2 hours back to her house. Not to mention being part of a new band.

"I'll be busy with something else so do me a favor and keep tabs on what I need to do in the band later on okay?" He requested.

"I-uh...," Hitori nervously answered.

"Right. Uh... shoot. I'll just text them and-" He began to text Nijika on his phone. 

"No. No. I can do it," Hitori got her head up and looked at him in the eyes. There was this sort of determination in her eyes. "I-I'll m...make sure to pass your message to them."

"Alright then, I trust you," Tokumei smiled. He left his bag in the classroom and left to go to Class 5. 

Hitori was alone in the classroom once again. Not physically, but that's just how she felt. She slumped back in her desk again. In her head, she went, 'Why did I promise that? I thought the entire point was to avoid going back to band practice to avoid messing up like that again. No. No. Bocchi. You're going to be social and get better at being part of a band and you're gonna like it! Do it for your friends!'

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"Hey Sistemu-san~!" Kita waved from inside the classroom. She whispered something to her friends before leaving her classroom. She had her hands on her back before leaning forward and asking, "So I guess you were successful?"

"Yeah and uh... This is kind of sudden, but...," Tokumei realized that this was an awful idea now that he thinks about it. Then again, what's worse? Asking a girl he met a day ago out on karaoke? Or having to deal with Ryo again? Yeah he's gonna take this chance. "So uh, I've heard you're a singer and all-"

Almost as if she's read his mind, she asked, "Do you want to go karaoke together? I can invite my friends if you'd like-" She gestured to her friends, busy chatting to each other about things he could probably never understand. 

"No, no. Just the two of us. I need your opinion on my voice and all," He clarified. That and he needs to somehow convince her to join Kessoku Band and replace him. "Where do you want to go for-"