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When I entered those eight characters into the white blank space and pressed 'Send,' the lock finally opened.
I see...
'It's not that I particularly want to eat a Papico. I just want to buy ice cream and split the cost.'
'Oh, let's buy ice cream at the convenience store on the way home.'
'Oh, look, a bench in the twilight.'
'See you later.'
So that’s why Azuma left those words in the lyrics so deliberately back then, like some kind of foreshadowing.
'Please enter something I treasure deeply in Roman characters.'
No, but still, there's no way I could've known that was the 'thing she treasures' in one go...
A dry laugh escaped me.
Does this 'Weekday' that Azuma treasures refer to that song?
Or does it refer to weekdays themselves?
Since Azuma loves school, it’s possible she simply means weekdays in general.
As I thought about that, I looked at the screen again.
'My Lyrics'
What appeared there was the blog where Azuma, presumably under the name 'Yamatsu Rui,' had been posting her lyrics.
'Look, didn't Azuma have a site? How about choosing from there...'
'That's no good! Crap, that's right... I'll put a lock on it...'
'Are there lyrics that would be trouble if I read them?'
'Of course there are. An active high school girl is uploading poems, you know?'
I remembered Azuma hurriedly locking her blog in the cafeteria.
I see, so that site was this one.
And as I continued reading.
I was struck by those words so hard that I found it difficult to even stand up.
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My Lyrics (Songs)
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『Charm』
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Wednesday - 02:56 comments(0) - by Yuri Azuma
To Konuma.
If you are reading this, I suppose it means I am no longer by your side.
...Just kidding.
I just wanted to try saying that 'If you are reading this' line. There aren't many chances to say something like that, right?
Don't worry, I'm right here with you.
Jokes aside, by now Konuma is probably thinking,
'Why did Azuma show me the lyrics site she was hiding so desperately?'
or
'What is this text supposed to be?'
Please read this text as if it were a song titled 'Charm.'
A tactless song with too many commas.
Because Konuma is dense and lacks reading comprehension, you probably wouldn't understand unless I said it clearly like this.
I believe the most important part of a song isn't 'being technically excellent' but 'getting the message across,' so this song, which only needs to reach Konuma, has taken this form.
Enough with the excuses, let's get to the main point.
About this live performance.
If we don't pour the strongest emotions with the strongest passion into every single song, I don't think we can beat Butter.
By 'not beating them,' I don't mean failing to get votes from the judges, but rather that we would be admitting defeat to ourselves.
So, regarding each song.
'Start Line,' 'Charm,' and 'Song of Tomorrow' are songs we're performing in front of an audience for the first time, so I'm sure we can play them with incredible passion.
'Charm' is a song we made for Erina, and 'Song of Tomorrow' is the first song the four of us made together. If we can't put emotion into these, then anything else I do would be useless.
Also.
I'm confident about 'Kyousou' too. Now that the determination of the four of us has reunited, I believe we can perform it with amazing energy. The flow from 'Start Line' is perfect too.
...But, there's one song that we've become a bit too used to since the last live, right?
That's why.
I'm going to cast a charm on that remaining song so you can pour extraordinary emotion into it.
...I'm so nervous.
But I'll say it. Because I've decided to.
Hey, Konuma.
I love you, Konuma.
I love the Konuma who is usually uncool but occasionally looks cool.
I love the Konuma who was originally a loner but can work himself to the bone for others.
I love the Konuma who lacks emotional expression but can cry for someone else's sake.
I love the Konuma who understands the goodness of amane more than anyone else in the world.
And so.
Even if any of the above were missing, or even if they all disappeared someday.
I would surely still love you, Konuma.
Back in the Class 6 classroom, when you asked me to write lyrics.
In that moment, another youth—and now my only youth—began.
Since that time, my 'Weekday' started to shine more and more.
So, just once, let me use my 'Right to have you do something for me one day,' which will expire if I don't use it while we're in our second year.
Let me use the privilege of an unrequited love.
In this live performance, I want you to play 'Weekday' for me.
If this confession of mine has moved any part of your heart even a little.
If you think of me as important, even just a little bit, whether as a band member or as a friend, please pour all of those emotions into the music.
Don't say anything until the live is over. Don't let a single drop leak out; throw everything you have into the music.
Because 'Weekday' is the first song I made with you, Konuma.
To me, it is more precious than anything else.
Ah... I said it.
But now, I'm sure Konuma will play 'Weekday' with his whole soul. Right?
...I hope you do. If you give a crummy performance after this, I won't let you off easy.
Oh, and.
I really don't need an answer to this confession.
If you try to say something so obvious, I will never forgive you.
Because I've already entrusted all of these feelings to Amane.
Hey, Konuma. Thank you for meeting me.
Thank you for accepting the real me, the one who is just a poet, and not the me wearing the mask of a normie.
Thank you for scooping up the part of me I thought I had thrown away when I put on the name 'Yamatsu Rui' in middle school. Thank you for giving me life again.
Thank you so much for saying you like my lyrics.
Even if I know this is a love that will never come true, even so.
I'm truly glad that the person I fell in love with for the first time was you, Takuto Konuma.
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