Character Stories/Shigure Hakka/Chapter 4

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Chapter 4
Senri Nito	The Light Music Circle is currently recruiting members! Take these flyers for more details!
	A whole night has passed since I went to the cafeteria and talked about establishing a light music club in this academy. Nito-kun and I are currently handing out invitational flyers made by Mochizuki-kun.
Shigure Hakka	Mochizuki-kun is really good at drawing, isn’t he? This Les Paul looks so lustrous and realistic.
Yuma Mochizuki	What’s a “Les Paul?”
Shigure Hakka	It’s the guitar you drew, the Gibson Les Paul guitar.
Yuma Mochizuki	Oh, it’s just that I sometimes see Shishimaru playing that guitar in the school garden and I decided to sketch him without him knowing.
Senri Nito	You’ve gotta be kidding me! I never knew he plays instruments.
Touji Harimiya	Ahem.
Senri Nito	Hey there, Hari!
Yuma Mochizuki	Are you here to get a pamphlet again?
Shigure Hakka	If that is the case, then this is your third time receiving one.
Touji Harimiya	Is that so? I was not aware that it’s my third time coming here. Ha-ha-ha!
Senri Nito	Could it be that you wanna be popular, too?
Touji Harimiya	N-n-n-no! It is just that I started playing various instruments at a very young age but have yet to experience joining a club which specializes in music. Thus, I want to–
Senri Nito	–be popular, right?
Touji Harimiya	That is not what I intend to say!
Shigure Hakka	“Try a horse by riding him, and judge a man by living with him.” In other words, we can only fully understand things by experiencing them.
Touji Harimiya	Exactly!
Senri Nito	Anyway, if you’ll join, we have seven members in total!
Yuma Mochizuki	Huh? Does that include me?
Senri Nito	Of course!
	With this, it has been confirmed that the circle will apply for club recognition. At that moment, though, I could sense someone watching us intently while hiding himself.
Shigure Hakka	Alright. Let us have a discussion about the next steps we shall be taking.
Location Change: Practice room
Senri Nito	The first step is to assign positions, right? Also, what are we going to do about the original members?
Shigure Hakka	Since they rarely stay at school, let us disregard them for now.
Senri Nito	Okay! I’ll be the vocalist and lead guitarist then! After all, it’s the vocalist who usually becomes the most popular member~
Yuma Mochizuki	All I could play is a recorder flute…
Touji Harimiya	I would like to be the manager! After all, I can use my influence and connections to promote our band.
Shigure Hakka	Since I also have council work, I will not be able to rehearse and perform with you.
Senri Nito	Hey! No disbanding all of a sudden!
Shigure Hakka	I’m glad my work is starting to multiply even more.
	... Several days passed by in a blink of an eye. Today is the day before the club fair.
Shigure Hakka	Shishimaru-kun.
Takaomi Shishimaru	Huh? Why the hell are you here?
	He looked at me with wary eyes as he removed his headphones. Instead of attempting to make him feel at ease, my face remained expressionless and indifferent as I opened my mouth to speak.
Shigure Hakka	I noticed how you were keeping an eye on the Light Music Club.
Takaomi Shishimaru	…
Shigure Hakka	I noticed how you were watching us when we were having a casual meeting at the cafeteria, as well as when we were distributing pamphlets. Can I know why?
Takaomi Shishimaru	Tch. People who are stupidly engrossed over this whole “enjoy your high school life” shit are such eyesores.
	Shishimaru-kun was about to put his headphones back on as if to say there’s nothing more to talk about.
Shigure Hakka	Is that so? I was merely wondering whether you are interested to join the club as well…because you are a “Matagi.”
Takaomi Shishimaru	What the— How did you know?!
	A Matagi is a fan of the now disbanded but legendary Japanese band Uribos.
Shigure Hakka	Anyone who knows Uribos would think that you are probably a Matagi once they see your shirt. By the way, the Light Music Club plans to hold a performance during tomorrow’s fair but we are still lacking one band member.
Takaomi Shishimaru	…
	The very reason why I invited him on the day before the fair is so that he would not have ample time to reasonably think about his decision.
Shigure Hakka	I actually like Uribos’ debut song.
Takaomi Shishimaru	(surprised)
	Thinking that talking to him any further might merely make him stubborn and decline my invitation, I decided to leave the rooftop. I opened the door leading to the rehearsal room and was met by the sound of a flute, an instrument that can easily drain one’s strength.
Senri Nito	Yumapi~ I’m at the climax of the manga I’m reading but I can’t concentrate because of the flute sounds~
	Nito-kun was lying on the floor while being absorbed in reading a manga book. Meanwhile, Harimiya-kun was in a corner of the room.
Touji Harimiya	Hello, Hakka-senpai! I wrote something in calligraphy to express my aspirations as this club’s manager! What do you think?
Shigure Hakka	“Goal: to hold a concert at the Bundokan!”…?
Touji Harimiya	Yes! Because after The Seatles had a concert in Japan for the first time in 1966, the arena was dubbed “Rock ‘n Roll’s Eastern Palace.” And as the manager of Shinonome Academy’s Light Music Club, I, the magnificent Harimiya Touji, shall shape this band into a top tier Japanese music icon.
Senri Nito	But shouldn’t we gather members who can play instruments first before aiming to have a concert at the Bundokan? …Omg, you’ve gotta be kidding me, right? Is this character gonna die for real?! Jeez~ Both fiction and reality are not being nice to me.
Yuma Mochizuki	(plays the flute) (meaning: Cheer up, Nito.)
Touji Harimiya	Nito-kun, Mochizuki-kun! If you continue with that attitude, our Bundokan concert will become very far from reach.
	The boy on the rooftop aside, I have another trump card up my sleeve. And albeit joining at the last moment, I’m glad to see him inside this practice room.
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