Corrupted Songs- Ruikasa

Chapter 1

Mizuki POV

Mizuki made their way through the doors of Kamiyama. Today was a rare occasion where they actually decided to show up to school. Gotta keep my attendance high enough so I don't have to take those stupid supplementary classes.

They also haven't been able to go into the Empty Sekai lately. Ena, Kanade, and Mafuyu also seem to be having this problem too. It was really worrying. Mizuki pushed those thoughts away. There was no time to be miserable about attending school when better things were happening today.

Today was the day Corrupted Songs was going to be available to buy. Unfortunately, Mizuki had missed the opportunity to see the movie in theaters. They had somehow managed to avoid most online spoilers though, so that was good.

But what's better than experiencing it yourself? Experiencing it with friends, of course! They had a lot of friends, but they seemed too busy with singing practice, making music, or after school clubs to watch with Mizuki. Ena was just lazy though.

They hadn't asked Rui yet, however. They'd just assumed he'd be too busy practicing for a show with the rest of his group. It couldn't hurt to ask though.

Rui has always been there for Mizuki. He never cared about their appearance and just accepted them for who they were, which is all Mizuki could ask for.

They made their way to the rooftop before class started, and sure enough, there he was. "Hey! Rui!"

"Mizuki! A rare sight to see you here." He answered.

"Yeah, yeah. Anyway, don't you know what day it is?"

"The day you finally confess your love to Ena?" He smirked.

"Huh? No!" Mizuki started to blush. "It's the day Corrupted Songs is available to buy."

"Ah. That movie you wanted to see. About the virtual singers?"

"Yes! That one! I'm going to pick it up and watch it tonight. You wanna join?"

"Hmm. It just so happens that today is our day off of show practice. Emu and Nene are going on some of the new rides at PXL tonight... but me and Tsukasa aren't busy."

"Just say you want to invite Tsukasa, I know what you are."

"Oh, come on. I don't like him like that." Rui replied, but his tinted pink cheeks said otherwise. "But I'll ask him later then, if you want."

"Well, Tsukasa always makes things fun! Bring him if you can. My house, two hours after school!" Mizuki yelled as they walked off to prepare for a boring school day.

Rui POV

"Tsukasa!" Rui shouted.

"RUIIIIIIII!" Tsukasa shouted twenty times louder as they met up for lunch. As loud as he is, I really like it when he does that.

"Mizuki invited us over to watch a new movie." Rui said.

"Oh! What movie?"

"Corrupted Songs. It's about the virtual singers."

"OOOOHHH." There was recognition in Tsukasa's voice. "I've heard of that one before. It looks good! I haven't seen it yet."

"You want to watch with us then?"

"Yeah!"

"Alright! Mizuki said two hours after school at their house."

"Got it! Um, Rui?"

"Yeah?"

"Can I come over to your house right after school? Then we can go to Mizuki's together."

"Oh, yeah, sure."

Soon enough, the bell rang and lunch was already over. "See you after school, Rui!"

"See you." The way he asked to come over to my house... did he seem a little nervous, or was it just my imagination? It was sort of cute though.

Wait, cute? I can't call Tsukasa cute, even if it's in my head, that's weird. Rui shook his head a little to clear his thoughts away and focused on getting back to class instead of thinking about Tsukasa.

It seemed that he was all Rui was thinking about lately. I can't possibly like him like that, right? There's no way he would like me back.

Mizuki POV

Mizuki walked into the music store, which also sells movies. In hindsight, they probably should have pre-ordered this or something because when they walked through the doors, there weren't any copies in sight. No, this can't be! I can't miss out again!

They frantically checked the shelves with no luck. "Excuse me!" They yelled to the worker at the front counter. "Do you have Corrupted Songs?"

"Were there any on the shelves? Then no." The guy said. He clearly didn't care how important this was to them. So Mizuki did the one thing they learned best from Rui. They started fake sobbing.

"But this can't be! My life is over! How could you? Not even bothering to check for me!" The worker looked afraid that Mizuki was gonna cause a bigger scene, so he gave in and went to check the back.

He came back after an excruciatingly long two minutes. "You're in luck. This is the last copy."

"Thank you! Here's the exact change!" Mizuki completely switched their attitude, and handed them the money. Then skipped out the music shop doors.

They took a quick glance behind them to see the worker looking annoyed. Well, it had to be done or I wouldn't have got this. Their mood was the happiest they'd been in a while, and they were ready to have a fun night with Rui and Tsukasa.