Under the Mask of a "Star"

2

"Senpai, what are you writing exactly?" Akito asked Tsukasa.

"They're just getting things off his chest by writing, lil' bro." Mizuki replied.

"Mizuki, Ena's transferring from night classes to day classes." Akito told Mizuki.

"Wait, Ena's coming to day classes?!" Tsukasa exclaimed.

Akito nodded.

"Doesn't she hate waking up early in the morning?" Tsukasa asked.

"Yeah, so it's surprising for me and dad." Akito said.

"I'm so glad at the school put us in the same class for today." Mizuki suddenly said.

"That means you have the same classes as me for the rest of the day." Tsukasa said back.

"Well, that's worse." Akito mumbled.

"It isn't worser than when I found out that your team and my sister's band are working together!" Tsukasa replied, hearing Akito's mumble.

"Kanade's still considering your team's offer." Mizuki said to Akito.

"And WonderlandxShowtime just straight up declined." Akito pointed out.

"I had no say. I was sick that day." Tsukasa said, realizing that Akito and Mizuki were staring at him.

"Let's just hope that today goes well." Mizuki commented.

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It was lunchtime now. Tsukasa was looking for Rui and Nene.

"He's loud and annoying, no offense but I can't even focus on my acting when he's around." Tsukasa heard a certain greenish gray haired girl say.

"Nene, you just gotta deal with it! At least Tsukasa's still wonderhoy and not mean!" Emu said back, defending her dear friend.

"Should we kick him out?" A certain stage director asked.

"Rui that's not wonderhoy!!" Emu replied sadly.

That was all Tsukasa needed to hear. He had tears streaming down his face. Tsukasa took off the bracelet Emu got them and left it on the floor in front of the classroom.

He ran to the bathroom. Though, he bumped into Akito and Toya on the way.

"Senpai?! Are you okay?" Akito asked.

And Toya was too stunned to asked.

Tsukasa pushed both of them out of the way and ran into the bathroom. Akito followed him.

"Toya, go eat without me today." was what he told his best friend.

"Tsukasa, what's wrong?" Akito asked, though it sounded more demanding than asking.

"N-Nothing.." Tsukasa answered, wiping his eyes with his sleeve.

"Tell me before I end up telling Mizuki." and that was all it took for Tsukasa to explain to Akito.

"Fuck them, let's go get YOU cleaned up." Akito said after.

Tsukasa only nodded his head.

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If Tsukasa thought he looked bad at school today, then fuck was he wrong. He looked worse for wear during practice. His troupe stared at him in shock.

"What the fuck is wrong with me that you guys are staring at?" Tsukasa asked.

"Uhm..." Emu was too shocked like Toya earlier to even respond.

"I'm sorry, but I'll be taking my leave if you guys are going to keep staring." Tsukasa said, turning around and walking away.