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The story starts with the death of Hikaru Mikado. That guy was a natural charmer, a "harem king", but had no real male friends. After he died, he became a ghost, a soul, but Koremitsu Akagi can see him. Koremitsu though, isn't really like Hikaru...
On the next day, the tickets still remained inside Koremitsu's wallet.
"Goodness, what do I do now?"
It was noon break, and he was grumbling as he arched his back while strolling around.
Though he was told to invite Aoi out, he could not approach her due to Asai's presence by the side. And ever since that garden party, Aoi had yet to reply to his cellphone messages. It would be questionable to think if she had seen his messages in the first place. Aoi had a pure yet stubborn personality; perhaps she deleted the messages without even looking.
(And I can't just leave senpai alone.)
Why did Rokujō appear? Till this point, the reason was yet to be discovered.
Honoka and Michiru cleared up their lunch boxes, and went off to the Japanese Dance Club room.
"Upperclassman Tsuyako did say that she wishes to suspend club activities for the time being, but I think that she might be a little relieved to have someone with her and chitchat with her. Oh yeah, don't be mistaken here. This isn't for your sake. I'm just doing this because I'm worried about her. I'm a fan of Upperclassman Tsuyako here. Got to cheer her up before her performance."
She spoke in a cheerful tone.
(Shikibu really is a good woman...)
The recital was to be held two days later, Saturday evening.
Both Koremitsu and Hikaru hoped that Tsuyako would revert back to her usual self.
"Hey, what do you think I should do with these tickets?"
Koremitsu asked. Hikaru too showed an unenthusiastic look as he said,
"I too am worried about Miss Aoi...but I do think we cannot leave Tsuyako alone at this time."
"That's true."
Better return these to Tōjō...just when Koremitsu wondered,
"Eh, you are?"
A rich, sweet voice could be heard from the front.
(Hm? Hikaru...wait, he's beside me.)
The overly similar voice caused Koremitsu to be instantly confused.
He lifted his head, and found a skinny bespectacled youth standing over there.
(This guy is Hikaru's older brother–)
Kazuaki Mikado!
Beside Koremitsu, Hikaru widened his eyes in shock.
Kazuaki sized up Koremitsu hesitantly as the latter stared back, and ostensibly made up his mind as he said,
"Erm...you are that person who was with Tsuyako at the Shikatanis' garden party...right? And, you even...kissed her."
The voice quality was the exact same as Hikaru's, but the tone was somewhat courteous, and his back was slouched. He was acting rather refined, and seemed to be of a good pedigree, but as Tōjō had emphasized many times, he seemed a little air-headed, ordinary in appearance, and did not seem to leave any impression besides the glasses...
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