The Ones Within: Utaite Version

Chapter 27: Character Change

Senra and Amatsuki were almost finished as they put the cream on the cake doing the last steps. They cheered as they high-fived each other and sat down to rest. "Finished! The ingredients are prepared and the cake and the scones are finished.

I wonder how the others are doing...", Amatsuki wondered as Senra stood up brushing his uniform standing up before giving Amatsuki a hand which he took.

"How about we just see? We have to help them with the costumes anyway.", Senra suggested as they stepped out of the kitchen.

They did hear the others arguing before and at some point they saw Sakata sitting with Shima and Kashitaro on either of his side but Senra decided to ignore it and Amatsuki was too busy baking to see what they were doing.

Now that they were finished they decided to go outside for a while after putting their aprons down. When they arrived they saw a literal chaos.

Sakata has his head on the desk while looking tired. You could see that the tips of his ears red. Kashitaro stood there looking satisfied.

Urata was sitting on a chair crossing his arms and his face was a s red as a tomato. Mafumafu was giggling and laughing while hitting his hand on the desk, probably laughing at Urata.

And finally Shima was arguing with Soraru.

Shima tried to convince Soraru to something in which the older responded by looking out of the window and pretending that the purple-haired male wasn't there.

The others were so focused on what they were doing that they didn't notice Senra and Amatsuki walking in. They stood there watching them before Senra cleared his throat.

"...What is happening here?", Senra asked finally deciding to speak up. Everyone stopped what they were doing to look up at Senra and Amatsuki. "Well, we were just practicing our roles for later. Me and Shima were helping the others by splitting up because that would be more efficient.

I had Urata and Mafu-san and I have to say I'm satisfied with the results.", Kashitaro said as he looked at Urata who just huffed while Mafumafu started giggling again trying to stiff his laughter. His face being as red as a tomato.

The others just looked at the three of them confused. Kashitaro shook his head amused when he saw Urata glaring at him saying that they would see that later.

"Well, we looked through the menu and luckily we can manage to make everything. Also our special dish will be a parfait.", Amatsuki said explaining all the variants of parfaits they had.

"Good for you! I had to take the two people who had more problems. Sakata at least tried and did what I told him which took a while but he improved and can play his role well enough now.

But Soraru-san! Soraru-san just say there refusing to listen to my advice or even try to smile! He just sat there in this exact chair the whole time!", Shima said pointing at Soraru who thought the wall looked more interesting than the others.

"Soraru-san... is that true?", Mafumafu asked as Soraru looked up at him. "Yeah, what about it?", Soraru asked as Mafumafu now stood in front of him. "You do understand that in order to clear this stage we have to act according to our role right?", Mafumafu asked and when Soraru didn't answer he just continued talking.

"I don't want you to get into the White Room again, Soraru-san. You're always so reckless a-and this time you were lucky but next time will be different! What if we don't get an opportunity to save you next t-time?", Mafumafu asked as tears were at the corners of his eyes.

Soraru noticed Mafumafu's voice slightly breaking and looked up. "I get it already! I'm sorry for worrying you.

You don't have to worry about me and I'll do my best to do my part to clear this stage, alright? So don't start crying now.", Soraru said as he reassured Mafumafu who sniffed but nodded.