Episode 78 – Valentine’s Day Live 5

I was sitting on the piano, completely burnt out after the concert, when I heard Mia san’s MC’s voice bringing me back to consciousness.

“How did it go, guys?”

“I love it!”
“Turn around!”
“One more time!”

“one more time, I wonder if it’s possible……. my pianist is already …..?”

Then Mia san looks at me.

Um, please don’t look at me or anyone else who stands out on stage.
It’s very conspicuous. Please, please forgive me.

“My……?”

And it was Kotoha who raised her voice of rebellion even though she was on the stage there.
Don’t get involved in such unimportant expressions. I’m not in the mood for it. I’m going to cry.

Just as these dark clouds were gathering, the staff member on the intercom sent instructions to me.

[We’re about to wrap things up, and I hope you’re heading into the finale on a good note.]

I thought the instructions were very vague, but I was sure the members here could handle it easily.
The staff must have sensed the unpleasant atmosphere and sent me instructions at the right time.
Thank you, staff san!

I was thinking …….

“Ah, then!!”

Azusa, who had taken the trouble to put a flash of her voice into the microphone, comes toward me.
Azusa, the representative of the girls who can’t read the air.

Ah, what? What is it?
Am I the only one who already has a bad feeling about this?

“Then let’s have our surprise guest make an appearance here!”

I was starting to sweat …… lazily. It was coming out of my back in a dribble and I wanted to run away.

However, Harushita san sensed Azusa’s intention earlier than that and before I knew it, my retreat was cut off.
She took my back!? Did she use some kind of shrinkage technique on me!?

Harushita san pushed me back, Azusa pulled me by the arm, and I was made to stand at the very front of the stage.
On the way to the front of the stage, Mirei pulled off the hood that I had put back on at the end of the song, and there was a crowd of people who were mysteriously excited.

I mean, I wanted to smack Shizuku san, who was laughing hysterically on the side from a while ago. No, I’m not going to hit her, though, because I’m dealing with a girl.

“Yes, I’d like to introduce our special guest, Nagishiro Rin san!”

Whooo—-!!!!! I felt like I couldn’t stand it.
With all this excitement, it would be entertaining if I were the last one to appear. …… If I were you, I’d send a message.
No, well, I just don’t want to stand here.

While my legs are shaking, Kotoha jokingly puts a microphone on me as if it were a hero interview.

“How was your first show?”
“Well, ……, well, it was fun. ……”

The voice of the audience again shouts woohoo !!!!
I guess that’s the reaction no matter what now, I know I’m going home.

But when I look behind me, I can’t turn back because Harushita san is looking at me with a nice sweat and a nice smile.
By the way, Mia san has lost her place and is sulking. It’s a hassle over there.

Seeing no way out, I gave up and turned my attention to the crowd.
Thousands, maybe more. It was a strange feeling to be standing out like this in front of that many people. I wondered if this was really the right place for me to be standing.

Then I suddenly remembered the friend I had left behind earlier and fearfully checked where I was at first. I lied to Sawamura that I was in the bathroom for a bit, but he would know that I was here. ……

Surprisingly, I could see the faces of the audience from the stage side. I’ve often heard people say that they notice when their parents or someone they know is there, and it seems to be true.
As I was looking at them from a bit of a distance, I suddenly came across the face of someone I knew.

Kasugai, san…….Kasugai san!? Oh, I see, she came today…………

I was kind of insanely embarrassed. Was it because someone I knew had found out that I was writing a song, or was it some kind of guilt for having hidden it from them?
Whatever it was, this made it awkward for me to see Kasugai san.
Oh, and Sawamura is there too, …… and if you want, he’s not surprised and is making good job marks …….

“How do you feel now?”
“I’m embarrassed to be identified by my acquaintances ……, no, I feel a great sense of accomplishment. I had a really good time.”

Watch out, I was so close to telling some personal information
And by the way, I am angry at everyone on stage, including Azusa, who put me in this situation.
That’s why Shizuku san was laughing too much.

“……So, what was the theme for this song?”

However, Kotoha’s unexpectedly serious voice asking me a question made my consciousness shift to a more serious line.
It seems that this was not a stalling exercise, but something she really wanted to ask.

So I’ll pause for a moment and give it some serious thought, and then I’ll give a response.

“Well, …… to put it simply, destroy the values of love?”
“Destroy the values of love?”

Harushita san was the one who responded to those words. She looked a little doubtful.

As expected, there is not enough explanation, so I will supplement it.

“You know, for example, in the lyrics, it’s basically said that being easily distracted is a bad thing, isn’t it?”
“Yes, that’s true.”
“Yes, that’s true, but I don’t think it’s good to have an affair or cheat on your partner. It is cheating on your partner.”

But, I continued

“For example, students. I think they are stuck in a certain mold. There’s a certain way of thinking that love has to be this way.”

It is not good to be attracted to a different person of the opposite gender immediately after being dumped, you should not fall in love with someone who has a boyfriend or girlfriend.
It is disgraceful to be dumped by confession, and great to have a boyfriend or girlfriend.

–Idols are not allowed to fall in love, and so on.

The last one clearly exists, but I vaguely thought the others had such values as well.
This was something I had felt in my school years. I know friends who have actually fallen victim to these values.

“But I think love is not such a crippling thing ……. So I wrote a song about it.”

Maybe it’s not good for me to say this, since I don’t have a good girlfriend, but I’m not sure if I’m not wrong.

“Heee, I didn’t know that. ……”

Kotoha nods in agreement.

…… huh, did I say something a little cool?　Lame, maybe lame?
I mean, it’s embarrassing to talk about my thoughts and stuff like this in front of 10,000 people! I’ll never do it again.

Was it a desire to change the serious atmosphere of the venue, or just curiosity?

“Yes, well, then!”

Then along came the usual young Mia san.
When she comes in here to claim that it’s her turn, well, I have a bad feeling about it.

Not betraying this premonition, she asked this question in a clear voice.

“so, Which of these women do you prefer?”

At that moment, the stage turned into a battlefield. The audience immediately noticed that a tingling, stinging atmosphere had been created.
But on the other hand, even though a clearly seething atmosphere filled the stage, the audience was not letting that air leak out in a single woo-woo moment.
So I was unaware of the strange tension that was dominating the battle on this stage. Hey, can someone stop this ……?

“I’m curious about that. who is it?””

Kotoha gets on board and asks the same question again.
Heartily, it seemed as if everyone except Harushita san was in the front of the room.

“Aah, umm….”

In a desperate pinch. There is nowhere to run.
In front of the public, you are forced to make a decision that makes no sense.

“How are you doing, Rin kun?”
“Senpai?”
“Rin, you know what I’m talking about, right?”
“Well, well, well. ……?”
“Come on, come on, come on♪”

My conclusion is …….

“I-I think you are all beautiful and pretty and lovely.”

It was, to get through it by saying things that were neither poisonous nor medicinal.

Needless to say, the air in the hall froze at that moment.