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[Halloween Party Stage: Trickstar]

Leo: Everyone! Thank you for listening to our songs...! ☆

Subaru: We’re so glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for cheering us on! Next time you see us, we’ll still be shining even brighter than the stars tonight!

Mao: Please come see us again, anytime you like!

Arashi: Fufu. We loathe to part, but our turn has reached its end. ♪

Tsukasa: There are still many other idols looking forward to meeting you, so now we shall elegantly take our leave. ♪

Ritsu: Fufufu. More and more friendly little monsters will come to chill and thrill, so give them love until your eyes get heavy... ♪

Mao: Don’t you mean “have fun with them”?

Ah, no, that’s right! We love to be loved!

Leo: Wahaha! ☆ You’re all pretty close, aren’t you! But well, if we get a chance, we’ll come right back onstage too! You can look forward to that!

We’ll shout it out when we return, so please welcome us back with your smiles!

And we’ll be so happy, we’ll start singing all on our own!

Subaru: Remember to smile, okay? Now, we’ll get going...but let’s meet again. ♪

Izumi: Mhmm. Get your sweet candies ready for when you see us again, alright? ♪

Makoto: Thank you all so, so, so much~!

Ritsu: ...Phew. Alright, I’m gonna retreat. Someone carry me... I’m almost at my limit.

Mao: A-Are you okay? Honestly, why’d you play around so much while you’re still recovering...?

Ritsu: It’s too much fun not to. I’ve always liked Halloween~

Subaru: Me too! So Ritsu-senpai, did you not have any friends either?

Ritsu: What’s with the “senpai”? Well, whatever~ But yeah...back then, I didn’t have friends. ♪

Izumi: Alright, that’s enough! The next unit’s waiting to go on, so quit messing around onstage and head off!

And it’s too soon to relax! The audience can still see you, you know?!

Leo: Mm? Hey, Sena, is that guy...okay?

Izumi: Who? Wah, Yuu-kun?!

Makoto: ......

Izumi: W-What happened? Maybe he pushed himself past his limits? I mean, Yuu-kun’s always been like that.

He’d hold out until the very end, then once he finished everything perfectly he’d collapse like a doll with its strings cut!

Leo: Wahaha. Seems like he’s got no brakes? Kinda like me, I guess.

I think he just passed out for a sec, but it’ll make a big scene if we leave him onstage... Go on, help him out.

Izumi: R-Right. But he might say I’m being too overprotective again… I feel like I should leave this to someone in Trickstar, maybe?

Leo: Nah, I think anyone’d be worried here. Come on, I doubt that would be enough to make Yuu-kun mad.

Izumi: Mm? Did you say “Yuu-kun”?

Wait, Ousama-- you really have spoken to Yuu-kun before, haven’t you?

So that was you I heard talking to him just before he suddenly started acting weird!

Leo: Mm~? Oh, who knows? I certainly don’t! So, he’s called “Yuu-kun”? You really like him, huh, Sena?

Izumi: Hmph. Well, he hates me, though.

Leo: Really? I didn’t get that sense~ He never said he “hated” you even once, after all.

He reminded me of my sister... Ruka-tan once had a real short rebellious phase of her own.

Isn’t it more that “Yuu-kun” just wants to be respected as an individual?

He’d just like to be acknowledged as an equal to the Oniichan he admires.

So he stood tall, threw his chest out, and told you, “Look at me!”

Hey, how does he look to you now? Still a tiny, powerless baby who doesn’t stand out in any way?

If that’s what you think of him, of course he’d get mad.

A long time ago… I wanted to stand equal to you too. Not as a weapon and its wielder, nor as a king and his knight.

I wanted to be partners, the kind that’d bring each other to new heights.

Izumi: ......

Leo: But I almost dragged you down with me, so I distanced myself from you... Nah, that just sounds like an excuse. But are you gonna go through that a second time?

I really, truly don’t want that to happen again, ever. So go to him, Sena.

Go to that “cute kid” who shook off the hand that tried to pet him and desperately bit back.

And instead of patting his head, go shake his hand and praise him for his brave efforts.

I’ll overlook that much.

Izumi: ...Huh? What do you mean?

Leo: Nooothing, stuuupid Sena~ You dumb romcom protag! You sure suck at being loved!

Izumi: ...What was that all about? I can never understand what he’s trying to say.

But... I don’t want any of that to happen again either.

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