In the fire, A star burns brightly

8. Let the Show Continue!

"Are you ready to explain Rui? Tsukasa?" Nene asked. Currently, Everyone thinks Tenma Tsukasa is dead. Emu, not taking the news well has been sobbing in Nene's arms due to her thinking Tsukasa is a zombie.

"Tsukasa is a zombie!" Emu sobbed, still in Nene's arms. Tsukasa just stared at the two girls with a blank expression.

"Emu, how many times do I need to say this? He's not a zombie. He's alive." Nene whispered. Emu stopped sobbing for a minute to stare at Tsukasa, who had been sitting on Rui's couch, Rui standing besides him.

"Long story short, Tsukasa faked his death and was staying in his Sekai ever since." He explained. Emu's eyes widen. She hurriedly ran over to Tsukasa and hugged him.

'This is awkward. It was awkward before but... This feels nice' Tsukasa hugged Emu back while a soft smile formed.

"Please don't ever leave us Tsukasa! We missed you so much." Emu sobbed again. After a minute, she stood up and wiped her tears on her sleeve while Nene softly patted her back. Tsukasa slowly got up from the couch while Nene walked up to him.

"Tsukasa, You big dummy.." She said quietly into his shoulder while hugging him.

"Nene-"

"Why! We thought we lost you forever! We didn't even get to say a proper goodbye," Her voice was shaky but still stern. She ignored the tears that was running down her face to continue hugging Tsukasa. She tighter her grip. She could't risk him leaving. Not again. She missed him so much. His loud voice, his determination, His confidence. Tsukasa seem very happy, so why? He had a good life, Loving family, Good friends. Good ..fans? But that wouldn't hurt someone who is overly confident in himself. Right? It didn't matter anymore. Tsukasa was alive. He's here. Tsukasa thought otherwise. Yes, he was here. But he didn't remember why he did that. He gave himself a chance to disappear. He didn't take it. Did he not want to disappear? Was he too scare? Questions not even Tsukasa himself could answer.

Why?

He doesn't remember,

Did he want to disappear forever?

He doesn't remember,

Was he too scare to actually go through it?

He doesn't remember,

Tsukasa does know he's selfish. If he wasn't then he wouldn't have did what he did. He wouldn't have made them worry, made them sad. He knew he couldn't keep pretending all the criticism didn't affect him. He got better at acting. At least he thought so. Even after preforming with Seiryuin, He thought he got better. The audience didn't think so. After Nene and Emu came up with the idea to stream and record their performances, Tsukasa knew he had to get better. Comments filled with how Nene sounded amazing, How Emu preformed the dancing and How amazing Rui looked. What about Tsukasa? They had nothing to say about his acting. Being called average for every recorded show. Even in the real audience he can hear people say how he shouldn't be the lead. How it can be so much better with Rui, Nene, Emu or Kaito as lead. Not him. He gave it his all so why? Why didn't it show? He can never be a star that makes his sister smile, people smile. Only his troupe has the power for that. They deserve the title 'World Future Star' Not him.

"Tsukasa!" Tsukasa was so caught up in his train of thoughts that the hug Nene started turned into a group hug.