Track 1

Nanamegi-kun…

Nanamegi-kun, I… I must say, you have been occupying my mind for quite a long, long time now.

…

Indeed… it was during your performance at the school festival last year where I etched your beautiful yet mellow figure into the back of my mind.

(……So it wasn’t my music that she loved, but my looks instead…)

Ever since that day, I have found my gaze unconsciously drawn towards you.

Oh, Nanamegi-kun, I… I am in love with you. Would you perhaps grant me the honor of becoming your girlfriend?

…Thanks for telling me your feelings.

But sorry, I don’t feel the same way.

How…!

For starters, we’ve never even talked before.

Oh my, why… I am sure we will have ample opportunity to indulge in conversation once our courtship commences, wouldn't you agree?

Might I perhaps mention that I happen to hail from a rather esteemed pedigree of English nobility? I daresay we would find ourselves most compatible considering your own background in the art of musical expression, if you’d please…

…

What do you say to commencing a probationary period of courtship? And then, once we are better acquainted with one another…

No thanks, I’ll pass.

…!!

…*sniffle*

Uuu… But why… Even though I hold such affections for you… *sniffle*

…Hey.

I’m really sorry, but my friend will be here soon, so could you please leave?

…! ~~~Hmph!

Ah…! Sorry for… bumping in—

…She’s, gone…

Oh, Kiroku. Sorry you had to see that.

Did I, interrupt something…?

Nope, don’t worry about it.

…

Guess that’s easier said than done, huh.

…That girl would sometimes sneak in just to watch me during club showcase.

I knew she liked me, so I’d been keeping my distance from her since I don’t feel the same way… but looks like that wasn’t enough…

I, see…

I don’t, really know much, about… how confessions, or dating works, but…

Are you not, um, going to… give her, a chance?

Nope. Because I don’t like her that way.

So it’d just be a waste of both of our time if we dated.

…Is that, how it, works…?

Yup. Anyways, are you free after school today? There’s this new shop that just opened near the station. Wanna go check it out together?

Oh, sorry… I, can’t…

It’s fine. …That’s too bad, Akuta shot me down earlier too…

…

It’s been a while since I’ve walked home alone…

(This used to be normal before I joined HAMA Tours. Funny how that works now…)

…

…Oh yeah.

(He said they’re at the table in the back…)

Nanaki! Over here!

Big Bro! How was cla—?

Yo.

Huh, Murakumo-san!?

Haha, surprised?

So the friend you mentioned was Murakumo-san…

I only told Ten that my little brother was coming, but I guess it was pretty obvious who it was.

Well, there aren’t exactly that many Nanamegis involved in music.

But how did you two meet? You don’t even go to the same school.

There’s only so many places where students like us can meet. Right?

Mhm. Pretty much.

…? Like where?

A mixer.

A-A mixer…

Apparently, we were both asked to show up since there weren’t enough guys, and somehow we just hit it off.

By the way, your big bro here has been getting preeetty cozy with one of the girls he met.

Really…?

Hey now, it’s nothing like that. We’re only at the talking stage.

Besides, at the end of the day, the bass is still the only one for me.

(Wow, Big Bro can really keep things casual without getting too attached. I wish I could be like that…)

Also you’re the one to talk. Didn’t you have like three girls gunning after you?

Let’s see… It was that girl with the strong gyaru vibes, the elegant one with black hair, and that clingy one, right? How did that turn out?

I ended up hooking up with all three of them.

(They all became annoying yet convenient exes, but whatever.)

Huh…?

Nanaki. Don’t you ever grow up to be like him, okay?

Um, it's not something I can do anyway…

C’mon, I bet a lot of girls are into you.

Well… A girl I didn’t know just confessed to me today, so…

See?

Duh, like who wouldn’t? Nanaki’s a talented and thoughtful kid, there’s no way the whole school isn’t head over heels for him.

Haha, spoken like a true brocon.

But I’ve never actually been able to go out… with someone I like.

(I can’t be casual about dating the way my brother and Murakumo-san are. Besides, the possibility of Chief liking me back is literally zero…)

Sometimes I can’t help but think…

Maybe I’ll spend the rest of my life alone without ever being loved…

N-Nanaki, have you been thinking like that all this time…!? I’m sorry I didn’t notice…!

No, it’s not like that… It just sort of crossed my mind while listening to you two talk, like I bet you guys won’t have any trouble finding the right person and getting married.

Hey. No matter what happens, I’ll always be your family and your biggest fan. Right, Ten!?

Woah, don’t drag me into this.

Anyways, I think you’re overthinking it. Who says you need to have feelings to date someone?

But… how will that even work then? If our feelings aren’t mutual, isn’t the relationship doomed from the start…?

Exactly, Nanaki! Don’t listen to him!

Wow, how pure~ Whatever works for you, I guess.

Though, you should probably learn how to reject people properly if you’re getting confessed to all the time. Things can get pretty messy if you don’t.

*sigh*… Yeah, you’re right…

All I want for you is to be happy, Nanaki.

There’s no need to force it. Sometimes, things just work out on their own without you even realizing it.

Yup. Just like us.

…

(I guess the same could be said for the Noon Team and Chief too, but I think that was only just because of luck…)

(Besides, there’s one person I don’t think I’d ever click with.)