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"A live show?"
Hana and Mafuyu state kinda nervous as they both fidget with their guitars.
"Yeah. It's an event my friend is hosting. It's actually at the venue Hana and Mafuyu are part-timers at"
Haruki explains like this isn't a big deal.
Uenoyama decided to chime in
"When is it?"
"July 7th"
Kaji responds rather plainly.
"Don't you guys have finals then?"
Uenoyama tilts his head up. Trying to think if they do.
"Uhh"
He turns to Hana and Mafuyu who were both shaking their head 'no'.
"We're good"
Kaji sighs
"You really don't care about anything other than the band, do you?"
"Hmm July 7th. That'll be less then two months since Hana and Mafuyu joined the band. Do you think it's too soon?"
"Nah it'll be worth it"
Mafuyu lifts his head up.
"Wait this includes us?"
"Oh course it does. You guys are part of the band now."
Kaji taps his drum sticks at the top of his head
"A live show is way different from a studio. You'll probably crap your pants"
Hana glares at the drummer.
Earning a wink from him.
She rolls her eyes at his playful nature.
"Don't worry it feels great playing in front of a crowd"
Haruki chimes making it less tense.
"In that case Mafuyu. You better be prepared because your guitar skills aren't ready"
Uenoyama practically growls as he glares at Mafuyu.
Scaring the poor thing to death.
"Kay"
Haruki starts to scroll through his phone.
"What song should we play?"
"Hmm well all our songs are instrumental."
Haruki huffs
"It would be nice if we could come up with a song Hana and Mafuyu could sing to"
"Vocals...?"
Then something sparks in Hana and Mafuyu.
The song Uenoyama was making for them!
They both turn to him
With practically Stars in their eyes.
"Huh, what's up?" Kaji asked confused.
"Well..umm you see.."
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"Carrying these things are harder then I thought"
Hana groans trying to fix the straps as they walked to Uenoyama's class.
"It's really not that bad Hana. You'll get used to it don't worry"
She slowly nods.
Trying to find comfort in his words.
They walked up to the classroom door.
Uenoyama was knocked out like always.
His two friends were dressed in their gym clothes.
Probably trying to see if he wanted to play basketball.
The boys notice their appearance and walked up to them.
"Uenoyama is dead again. Want us to wake him?"
Mafuyu shakes his head
And Hana follows after.
"I think we should let him sleep a bit"
"Then are you two free right now? Wanna play some basket ball?"
One of Uenoyama friends ask.
Mafuyu looks over at Hana to see what she thought.
"Yeah sure"
"Alright! Let's go!"
They chime excitedly as they drag the two down to the gym.
Hana was actually kinda familiar with it.
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Uenoyama stirs in his seat.
Groaning as he slowly started to wake up.
The classroom empty except for three kids.
He cursed himself for sleeping.
He walks down the halls with his guitar case on his back.
Only half awake.
Getting closer to the gym.
"I wonder if Hana and Mafuyu left already?"
"Hana catch!"
Mafuyu passes the ball to her.
Unexpected by everyone around.
She leaps into the air.
And shoots her shot.
The ball going in with a clean swish.
"WOAH!! That was awesome!"
"Hell yeah hana!"
One of Uenoyama's friends came up and high fives her.
Mafuyu giving her a soft head rub.
She smiles her bright smile.
Causing the lump in Uenoyama's throat to get bigger.
"C-cute"
He mumbles to hisself.
She turns and spots him at the door way.
"Oh hi Uenoyama-kun!"
She waves brightly at him
"H-hey"
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"Okay, let's only add vocals to one of the songs. And we can change up a few of our songs so Mafuyu and Hana can fit in a bit"
Haruki states as he flips the meat in the grill.
Everyone's attention staring intensely at the meat.
Not caring about one word coming out of haruki's mouth.
"We've always been an instrumental band so our sound is prominent enough with just the three of us. I mean I guess we could add some lyrics to some of our other songs but.."
The tension boiling over all of them.
As well as hungers
"Well this is our first show with all five of us, and we can't fill our time slot with just the songs we have, but I think that's the for the best.... wait are you guys even listening to me?"
"THEY'RE READY!"
Uenoyama shouts as all of them start to go chow down on the tender full meat.
Dipping it in the delicious sauce.
And stuffing their faces with rice.
Haruki slumps
"Yup, you didn't listen to a word"
Mafuyu places a piece of meat in haruki's plate.
Hana was quick to give him one too.
Earning a thank you from him.
"So Ue hows the song coming?"
Kaji asks Uenoyama while he flips another piece of meat over the restaurant grill.
"Oh it should be done soon."
He states picking up his done piece of meat.
Haruki cheers
"I can't wait to hear it. Send me the file for it when it's done."
Uenoyama nods while stuffing his face with some more rice.
Haruki piles some meat on a plate and places it in-front of Hana and Mafuyu.
"Here you too. Eat up"
Hana and Mafuyu perk up at the nice gesture.
"Okay~"
The practically sing as they start to eat up the meat.
"And you need to not drink so much"
He scolds Kaji as he was chugging down some beer.
Uenoyama tings the bell
"Excuse me~ more meat please~!"
Haruki groans
"And you need to stop eating so much!"
Causing Hana to laugh.
This group was....
Interesting...
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After that, things moved forward pretty smoothly.
Hana and Mafuyu got really good at their new jobs.
The band was getting better after many practices.
And the small trio seemed to get a lot closer than they thought.
Hana started to open up a bit more to all of them.
Even going over to haruki's house for fun sleep overs.
Which he was surprisingly good at hosting.
And riding around with Kaji on his motorcycle.
Which he always managed to pretend like they were about to crash.
Scaring Hana to death.
Which she repeatedly punched him for after.
And at school.
Mafuyu, and Hana seemed to be pretty popular when it came to basketball.
Uenoyama's friends practically begging them to play on their team.
And Uenoyama always stunned at how good they were at it.
As for the song.
Uenoyama worked day and night on it.
Wanting it to be perfect for the two.
The trio even had a little group chat.
Which consisted of Mafuyu and Hana checking on Uenoyama, making sure he wasn't working himself to death.
And Hana and Mafuyu planing play dates with each other's dogs.
I guess when things go by smoothly, you keep making steady progress.
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Hana listened silently to the song on the headphones.
Uenoyama watching patiently for her reaction.
Getting more nervous by the second.
He showed Mafuyu last period and he seemed to enjoy it...
But he was most nervous about her reaction.
He didn't know why, he just did.
He clenched his hands tighter together as he waited.
Focusing on her features which were unreadable.
The sound of her taking the headphones off catching him off guard.
She sat their for a second.
Not saying anything.
"I-"
Uenoyama was quick to try and explain himself.
"If you don't-"
"I like it a lot"
She chimes.
Sweetness ran all over her face.
She was sincere about it.
Uenoyama almost drowning in it.
The bell rings shaking him back to reality.
Hana sighs and lifts up her bag.
"I have chemistry"
Uenoyama nods
"Well you better hurry then, you don't wanna be late."
She quickly nods and makes her way down the stairs and to the door.
But she's quick to turn back around.
"Thanks, a lot."
She smiles before exiting the staircase.
Once the girl was fully gone Uenoyama lays on his back.
A smile lacing his lips.
"I've never been this obsessed about anything for a long time."
He mumbles before chuckling to himself.
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Uenoyama traces his pencil along his paper as he stared back from it and at Kasai.
They were working together in art class.
Making portraits of one another.
It was silent for the most part.
Just a few glances at one another.
And the sounds of pencils on paper.
But the boiling feeling in kasai's chest just couldn't rest.
Not with this new information she has just received.
"Hey"
She silently started.
Uenoyama hums in response as he stayed concentrated on his art work.
"I wonder if Hana-San likes you."
She blatantly states.
Uenoyama is quick to look up at her.
A little shocked.
"Wait, what?. I mean......I don't think she hates me."
Kasai looks down at her paper. Unsatisfied with his answer.
"Apparently.....Mafuyu-kun was dating another boy from his middle school. Who happened to be her brother."
Uenoyama's eyes widen.
Why was she telling him this?
"Huh?"
"And on top of that, the guy...."
"Killed himself last year."
"There are rumors that Mafuyu was part of the reason he killed himself."
"Crazy thing is, Hana-San wasn't aware until the funeral day. When she was sent back to her mothers house by her father. They haven't seen each other since they were five, and that's how they were united. Through a funeral."
Uenoyama couldn't speak.
Or think properly.
"Listen Uenoyama....I think getting involved with Hana and Mafuyu might be dangerous"
The world had started to move so quickly around him, but in that moment, it came to a screeching halt.