(……)
(Where am I…?)
(—Ah, right. Today I have another day of training to become an idol. After all, I love idols.)
Fufu, there you go again with your wishy-washy way of talking.
What’s the problem with that? I said that I love idols.
Juis-kun, your face isn’t hiding anything. With a sour look like that, you’re a far cry from love.
If you’re talking about love, you should do so with a smiling face that’s absolutely brimming with joy. Otherwise you’re not very convincing.
Juis-kun, I think it’s NICE that you’re so honest about your feelings, but sooner or later the higher ups at the ZK Conglomerate are going to get upset with you.
That might be the case, Yoshihide. But the training they prepare for me is just too simple, childish, and tedious. It’s boring.
Really? It seems like you’re having plenty of fun to me.
Well, I guess you are a prodigy. It can’t be helped that you find your training so dull.
If it seemed like I was having fun, then that was just lucky. But, it’s not like I actually enjoyed the training.
Every single reply of yours is unpleasant. If that’s the case, then what exactly did you find enjoyable?
……
Doesn’t maaatter. And it’s you who’s more suitable to be the prodigy, Yoshihide.
Even though we’re in the same position, you always seem to have a great time during training. Why are we so different?
That’s obvious.
Because I love idols.
The journey towards the peak of being an idol is so fun, I just can’t help it!
Hey, Juis-kun. I wonder what sort of NICE view is waiting for us at the top.
(So that’s why you’ll happily spread your wings to soar wherever life takes you.)
(You’ll keep catching the wind under your wings and rising to new heights, even if you flap so hard it feels like they’re going to snap off.)
(The irresistible look of delight on your face.)
(Laughing from the bottom of your heart.)
(Watching from your side makes me feel just a little bit saved.)
(If I’m with you, I wonder if a day will come when I can really have fun.)
(……)
(But that day will never come.)
(Because I killed…)
(You.)
Uhhh, what’s wrong? You’re really staring at me. I don’t think there’s anything interesting to see, though.
(Ah–)
(So this is a dream.)
(It’s nothing more than a fragment of my memories that my mind conveniently decided to dig up.)
Heyyy. Juis-kun, are you really alright? You’re acting strange…?
(If this is a dream, I wonder if I’d be able to say it…)
(Even though these words will never reach you.)
Juis-kun…?
…Yoshihide, as long as you stayed an idol, that was enough for me.