Like every night, I went back to my room right after dinner. I decided to look through the library, filled with books. I looked high and low to find an interesting one and found a book with weird symbols written on the cover. Somehow I knew what it was, though. "CLANAE." That was it; just one word.
I started reading through it. It was in that language of abstract and strange symbols, but I knew what they all meant. It detailed the events of a species called Clanae, and they had long, pointy ears with spikes on the bottom, just as my own did.
There were drawings of this magic, that acted as fire does, and the Clanae and their homes. As I read through it, I came to what seemed like a chapter, about the magic. Suddenly, a small purple flame was coming out of my palm. As I stumbled back, the book dropped with a loud thud. I looked it over and turned my hand, only for it to roll across my hand, now on the back of it. I turned my hand back over and wondered if it would come from my fingers as well.
As soon as I had that thought, it went out and came up from my index finger. I played around with it a bit, controlling it and rolling it around on my hand. Then I heard the clicking of the door opening. "Icarus!" A familiar voice I recognized as Jace's yelled, "What is that?!" As I turned around to face him, I saw he had stumbled to the floor and was staring at me in horror. The fire puffed out with a bit of smoke.
"Uhh—! Well, I was reading about Clanae Magic and this just… happened!" I stammered, "I don't know, Jace!" "Wait… you can read that stuff?" Jace asked, getting up. He came over and picked up the book and flipped through the pages. "You can read this?" He pointed at one line of text. "Yeah. 'Us Clanae live thousands of years, through hundreds of Celvin lifetimes.' That's what it says."
Jace scoffed a bit and stared at the book in confusion. He then mumbled, "Wait, what are Celvin?" "I haven't gotten to read that yet." I shrugged and took the book back, slipping it onto the shelf again. "But why'd you come in here?"
"Oh. Uhh.. no reason. Just wanted to check on my good pal, yeah?" Jace chuckled a bit and playfully punched my shoulder and straightened his clothing.
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I am wondering if I should make this a different perspective like 3rd? Please give feedback
the key to not fanonizing your faves is to simply become academia-brained about it. never make a statement about a character you can’t back up with at least three references to the source material
The air is still and dull. This room has always been dull.
Or maybe Prince Alec is just bored.
Sitting upon his throne in its dedicated room, Prince Alec traces nonsensical patterns into the minimal layer of dust on the armrest. Today is the one day that he is free from overwhelming duties as the heir of the Lokary kingdom. He should be celebrated to the high heavens above. No sword lessons, no countless world-renowned tutors, and no mother badgering him about this or that.
But now Alec has to grapple with an emotion no royal should feel. Boredom, pure unadulterated boredom. A boredom so great that he thought he might turn into a puddle of nonsentient goo to escape its vices as he sunk further into his seat. With tremendous strength that a lesser man could not muster, he rolls his encumbered aquamarine eyes to the stoic figure standing to the left of Axel, then looks at the marbled ceiling.
"Hey."
"Yes, Your Highness?" The figure chirps back with robotic quickness.
"I'm bored," Alec drawls out. The figure continues looking straight ahead but responds,
"I am sorry to hear that, Your Highness. Perhaps you would like to engage in a simulation of sorts?" he inquires. Alec rises slightly from his slumped position; a flash of curiosity sweeps across his features. Suddenly, his gaze drops back onto the man standing firmly at his side, his personal guard.
Giving the head tilt of a curious puppy, Alec questions the man. "What do you have in mind?" His eyes scan over the guard's side profile. It is statuesque, every feature perfectly carved into clean angles.
"If Your Highness would like to play a game of chess or perhaps partake in an interesting book, I can go and grab it for you."
Alec thinks momentarily before nodding, a slight smirk growing on his face. Finally! Something is happening.
"Hrm. You're correct. Grab me a book, Andre." As if his name were a cue, he broke his concentrated stare from the wall ahead and examined Prince Alec.
"Of course. What book would you prefer, Your Highness?" Warm caramel-brown eyes study Alec, waiting for his response. The prince thinks momentarily, his eyes wandering slightly before locking his gaze onto Andre's again.
"Surprise me." He says, a smirk still lingering on his face. There was a tiny hint of mischievousness in his voice as he spoke.
Andre studies him for a second longer, seemingly pondering his choices, before giving a curt nod. "Of course, Your Highness. I will do my best." He turns forward and makes a beeline out of the throne room. He sits up straight on his throne again, crossing his arms as he waits for Andre to return with the book. Alec sends a smirk and unreceived eyebrow after him at the slight hesitation. That was unlike his guard. Andre typically had succinct response timing. However, his concerned eyebrow flattened as he thought about his guard, Andre, longer.
Oh, Andre, his guard Andre. A tall young man with an athletic build and muscles that laments the tale of a disciplined routine. His sepia brown skin harderned by his years of required guard school training. Long but neat, dark brunette strands framed a smooth, chiseled face. And those eyes. His eyes rivaled the expensive, deep golden honey curtains his mother, the Queen, insisted that the palace "Just so had to have!" last spring but quickly forgot as soon as a new, slightly lighter shade became the latest fad.
He often got lost in those eyes. They lured him in, and he unknowingly found himself stuck in their trap. Suddenly, the golden whirlpools were gliding towards him, and he needed to break the surface of the honey-colored goop and breathe in fresh air.
Andre stands before him, a book in hand. Prince Alec raises an eyebrow, slightly surprised that his guard has returned quickly in just three minutes. The library was at least a five-minute walk; had he run? Somehow, Alec doesn't put it past Andre. Dismissing the thought, he nods as he holds his hand out for the book.
"Thank you. Let's see what we have here, " he says as he takes the book from Andre. He briefly looks at the cover before opening it up to look at the pages. It doesn't seem like anything exciting. As if reading his mind, Andre comments, "I know it looks quite plain on the outside, but it's actually from my personal collection, which is why I returned so fast. I believe if you keep reading it, you will be quite intrigued."
A slight smirk reappears upon Alec's face as he ponders Andre's words momentarily. He looks down at the book again before lifting his head to gaze up at him again.
"What makes you think that? I haven't even looked at more than two pages yet." Alec remarks.
"I believe this is one of those times I'm inclined to say, 'Trust me.' Your Highness." A hint of a familiar and soft smile crosses Andre's softly sculpted features. There it was—a smile worth the Earth in gold—one he wanted to see every day that the heavenly beings above permitted another breath—the reason for his heart's unbearable suffering.
Putting on a farce of humoring the guard, Alec nods as he glances down at the book again. "Very well. I'll trust you this one time." He would trust him for a thousand lifetimes. Andre's smile grows ever so slightly.
Alec continues to read the book; at first, he feels it is boring and contrite. Why did Andre bring him this nap inducer? Until he happens upon one page that piques his interest. And suddenly, he cannot stop reading. Alec is wholly absorbed in the book, not registering anything around him. The story involves an action-filled thriller that starts slow but with a twist that addresses a deeper societal issue in a subverted manner. One of Alec's favorite genres. How had he not read this book before? He was right to trust Andre's intuition; the man knew him well.
As he reads the book, Alec faintly whispers the words in a few parts where the story is getting fascinating. It's almost like he's in a completely different world and wholly invested in this book. Then, the plot arrives at the cliche love confession that is necessary in each one of these books. Alec usually rolls his eyes at this plotline, but this one is different. It felt personal. It was a romance between the ruler of a small island and her right-hand man.
As he keeps reading, he occasionally glances up at Andre to see if he's there. Even though he's not even wholly paying attention to his surroundings, an air of nervous hope radiates from his body.
Was the book a deliberate choice? The couple's dynamic closely resembles their relationship—one of quiet banter and knowing smiles, a devout and quiet loyalty to the childish but firm ruler's safety. They were the same height, and both even had A-names. There was no world where this was not some sort of sign, right? Definitely not in a world with Andre, who is typically observant of the tiniest details, be it fighting techniques or literary prose.
"Is everything all right, Your Highness? Is the book to your liking?" Andre breaks his rapidly declining train of thought. Alec feels he is in a trance. He glances at Andre for a moment before nodding once more. He lets out a short exhale.
"Yeah. Actually, this book is quite… interesting." He glances down at the book but can't stop gazing back at Andre.
"Is something bothering Your Highness? Is it the book's subject matter?" Concern begins to seep across Andre's rich brown features.
Yes, it is, Alec thinks internally. But no, it couldn't be. "N-No. I'm fine," Prince Alec stammers out. He's being ridiculous. It is only a coincidence. He tries desperately to keep the conflicting thoughts from his face. However, his attempts fail as the concern spreads across his loyal guard's face.
"Your Highness, you're turning red. Are you sure you're feeling alright?" A calloused hand slowly reaches his forehead, "If I may approach..?"
Oh no, too close! "No — no. I'm fine. Why are you getting so close… to me?"
Andre's hand stops but hovers between them, watching Alec get even more flustered as he approaches him, the redness on his face growing more prominent by the second. "Because it is my duty not just to protect you, Your Highness, but also to ensure you are in good health. Should I fetch a doctor for you if you are not feeling well? Or perhaps a soup from the kitchen that should warm your soul?"
Damn, his sweet attentiveness. "N-no. I am completely fine, and I don't need a doctor, and I don't need a warm concoction either." Prince Alec assures, trying to sound stern and serious, but his flustered expression and stuttering made him sound like a kid caught in a lie.
"Well, if you're sure, Your Highness," Andre states tentatively, his knitted eyebrows portraying that he doesn't honestly believe the prince. He drops the subject and his hand and returns to his post beside the throne.
Damn that knitted brow he got whenever he worried over something. Why couldn't he stop being so damned "cute…"
"Excuse me, Your Highness? I don't mean to talk out of turn, but did you say cute?"
Oh, oops. Alec let a part of his thoughts slip through his lips. The prince stiffens up in surprise as Andre speaks, not expecting him to hear him speak. He glances at Andre, panic and embarrassment written all over Alec's face. He quickly tries to cover up the statement with a snarky yet sarcastic tone.
"What? I didn't say a single thing. You must be hearing things, that's all."
"Perhaps you are right, Your Highness." Andre's brows knit more, but he remains firmly at the prince's side.
After placing the book in his lap, the prince is lost in thought, gazing in Andre's direction but no longer paying attention to anything else around him. The embarrassment on his face hasn't gone away yet, no matter how hard he tries to wipe it away. He continues gazing in Andre's direction while still rambling quietly under his breath.
"Your Highness, I hate to keep bothering you, but if something is distressing you, please just tell me. I care about you—not just as your guard, but I believe so as a friend as well. If that is okay with you?" Andre places those caramel eyes on his body again, and his body feels it's on fire. Not from the stare, but that categorization. "A friend." Of course, it is just friendship. It always has been. The book was only a coincidence and couldn't be a confession.
But could it have been? His body continues to heat, and he can no longer stew in silence.
"Your Highness?"
"It's just… I've just been thinking of… something. It's nothing, it's just really embarrassing." As Andre's honey eyes plead with him, his heart starts to race, and his body feels covered with warm, fresh guilt.
"Please, you will never be embarrassed in my presence because I will never judge you, Your Highness. Go ahead, you can tell me."
That's it. Alec has to rip off the band-aid. He is a prince, for goodness sake. Why is he so worried about how this guard will respond? He is heir to the esteemed Lokary throne, for crying out loud. Anyone would be lucky to have him!
"I — ITHINKIHAVEFEELINGSFORYOU!" The Great Lokarian Prince blurts out. Whew! Got it off my chest, he thinks.
ADAM: That was a fast return. But I don't need hosts who don't make money at my club.
Reki: You don't understand at all, ADAM! I'm not a host to make money! It's because it's fun!
ADAM: I wondered what you would say...
Langa: Me too! That's good.
ADAM: What?
Langa: Doing it for fun is good. Reki said at the beginning, that "being a host is infinitely fun!"
Reki: Right?
ADAM: Alright! Then let's have a beef! If you guys win, I'll give you this shop.
Others: Eh?
Reki: And if you win?
ADAM: I'll get you guys... to be furniture.
Reki: Furniture!?
ADAM: Langa-kun will be a chair. He will support my ass with his whole body! And the redhead over there will be a table. I'll put a burning hot steak on an iron plate on your back, so prepare yourself.
Langa: Hosts even do that sort of thing!
Reki: We don't!
Cherry: Add me to that competition.
ADAM: What?
Cherry: If I win, you'll return to our original location.
Joe: I'd also like to take another hit at you.
Miya: So it's a battle royal? That's exciting.
Snake: Ainosuke-sama!
ADAM: Hm.... hahahaha. Then I'll take you all on! It will be good entertainment for Princess Shadow's birthday.
Shadow: Stop everyone! Don't have a battle for me!
ADAM: I'll make you regret taking me on!
Shadow: *Gasp* The boys are risking their lives for me? Ahhh.... I can't believe... ah?
ADAM: Well then, I'll start. A birthday call to celebrate Princess Shadow's birth.
ADAM: Tadashi!
Sfx: Clapping
Snake: Hai
ADAM: Birthday! Birthday! Bi-bi-bi-bi-birthday! Tonight is, the princess', birthday!
Miya: Hai
ADAM: For the miracle
Cherry: Hai
ADAM: of us having met
Joe: Hai
ADAM: love and thank you!
Everyone: Love!
ADAM: I will
Everyone: Hai
ADAM: steal your heart
Everyone: Hai
ADAM: and crush it in a hug
Everyone: Lovely!
ADAM: Let's passionately
Everyone: Love
ADAM: and fiercely
Everyone: Love
ADAM: love again!
Women: Cheering
Sfx: Fainting
Carla: From that call, 8 girls fainted.
Miya: He made them fall in love with him without even trying!
Joe: As expected of ADAM! His appeal isn't normal!
Cherry: Just what is ADAM!?
Reki: Langa! We won't lose!
Langa: Yeah. Let's go!
Sfx: Clapping
Snake: Hai
Reki: Birthday!
Langa: Birthday!
Both: Bi-bi-bi-bi-birthday!
Everyone: Hai
Reki: Tonight is,
Everyone: Hai
Langa: the princess',
Everyone: Hai
Both: birthday!
Everyone: Hai
Reki: Welcome
Everyone: Hai
Reki: to our
Everyone: Hai
Reki: SK8! Langa!
Langa: We are
Everyone: Hai
Langa: always
Everyone: Hai
Langa: waiting for you! Miya!
Miya: I love
Everyone: Hai
Miya: how you're
Everyone: Hai
Miya: never honest! Cherry!
Cherry: Don't worry
Everyone: Hai
Cherry: about anything else
Everyone: Hai
Cherry: just look at me. Joe!
Joe: Don't be
Everyone: Hai
Joe: alone
Everyone: Hai
Joe: just come here! Reki!
Reki: We're always
Everyone: Hai
Reki: waiting for you
Everyone: Hai
Reki: wherever! ADAM!
ADAM: Your smile
Everyone: S
ADAM: is always
Everyone: K
ADAM: infinite!
Everyone: 8
Women: Cheering
Shadow: Thank you for doing this for me everyone!!
ADAM: UGH!! This is insane! You added me in!?
Snake: This is!
ADAM: It's pointless! pointless! pointless! I won't accept this beef!!
Cherry: ADAM! Next, have a one on one battle with me!
Joe: Me first!
Miya: No me!
Cherry: No me first!
Everyone: Arguing
Langa: We did it! Reki!
Reki: Yeah! Being a host really is super fun!
Shadow: Tonight I'll order infinite champagne! All of you drink until your stupid!!
Everyone: Cheering
Shadow: *snore* Stop... not for me... *snore*
Miya: You're too loud, slime!
Cherry: There's money bubbling out of the champagne! Hahaha!
Joe: There's 100 girls... on my shoulders!
Langa: Everyone fell asleep, huh?
Reki: Yeah. But tonight was super fun!
Langa: Yeah, for me too! I want to do another birthday!
Reki: That's great!
Langa: Next time I'll do a birthday call for you, Reki!
ADAM: Your sales went down quite a bit while I wasn't here.
Snake: I'm sorry
Cherry: Without our number 1 here, of course our sales would fall.
ADAM: Cherry... I had hoped that you would fill the gap but you didn't meet my expectations, did you?
Cherry: What!?
ADAM: You do too many calculations as a host so I'm not really surprised. So, we need an order that exceeds 10,000,000 yen.
Cherry: Ugh...
Sfx: Ice dropping into glass
ADAM: Tonight, we're going to thoroughly pluck that pineapple woman. You guys need to work towards that.
Snake: But ADAM-sama! That's...
ADAM: Do you have any complaints for me, Tadashi?
Snake: ....No. I have no opinion.
ADAM: Then be quiet. Since you're just a dog. ...Hm? I've never seen you before.
Langa: Ah, I'm Hasegawa Langa.
Snake: Even though Snow is new he's the top in sales this month.
ADAM: What!?
Reki: Langa is?!
Miya: You're saying he passed us at some point!?
Cherry: What the hell is he?
Joe: He's already doing well.
Snake: He makes the girls want to take care of him.
ADAM: Yes. You're good! That's really good. My spring of interest is overflowing. You should be my apprentice today. I'll teach you all sorts of things.
Reki: Langa will be ADAM's apprentice!?
Miya: Even though no one has ever been ADAM's apprentice before!
Reki: Is there really that big of a gap... between Langa and I? No... it's not just Langa... I don't have an AI like Cherry... and I can't put girls on my shoulders like Joe...
ADAM: Be on the stage in 5 minutes. Don't be late.
Langa: reki... what should I do as ADAM's apprentice? Should I do what I always do?
Reki: I don't know...
Langa: Reki?
Reki: Since I've never been his apprentice before...
Langa: Wait! Reki!
Reki: You and ADAM are different from me! You insane, talented guys should go be hosts as much as you want!
Langa: Eh?
Reki: You and I... don't suit each other anymore.
Langa: ...Reki...
Snake: Wait.
Reki: Snake...
Snake: Are you really quitting?
Reki: What? Even if you try to stop me I'm already...
Snake: Then for the 12 glasses you broke and the fees for causing the customers trouble, please pay 320,000 yen.
Reki: ......I did that much?
Snake: You did.
Reki: Hehe... that's right. There's no point in stopping an awful host like me from leaving.
Snake: You should quit being a host.
Reki: Eh?
Snake: Being a host is dangerous and drunks and gangsters often cause troubles.
Rek: I know that much.
Snake: People's opinions of them are bad, they're treated the same as swindlers, and there are a lot of shops that are actually bad. It's manual labor and employees get exploited so in the end it's a dirty business.
Reki: I know that too.
Snake: Being a host is low class, and the business is exploitative. It's just a pointless occupation that uses women.
Reki: SHUT UP!!
Sfx: Punch
Reki: Being a host is fun... and cool... you slowly build a rapport with the women... and get them to come...and getting them to choose me as their favorite makes me so happy!... it's fun! ...that's right, being a host is fun!
Snake: Reki!
Reki: You don't understand at all! I'm a host... because it's fun!
Snake: Oh!
Sfx: Flash back
Young snake: How was it, Ainosuke-sama, working at a host club for the first time?
Young ADAM: Hahahaha!
Young Snake: Ainosuke-sama?
Young ADAM: Being a host is super fun!
Young Snake: Oh!
Young ADAM: Tadashi! Thank you for teaching me how to be a host!
Snake: Ah... Geez. Why are hosts all idiots? Do what you want.
Langa: *Sigh* I didn't get another job... Even though the pay was good...
Sfx: Paper flapping
Langa: Hm?
Reki: Hey! Pick that up for me!
Langa: Eh? Oh...
Sfx: Pick up
Langa: What is this?
Reki: You saved me, new kid!
Langa: Huh?
Reki: You don't remember? I'm in the same class as you, Kyan Reki!
Langa: Ohh... Sorry.
Reki: Would you like to try that?
Langa: Huh?
Reki: You were staring at it, weren't you? That leaflet.
Langa: I'm searching for a job. One with as high of pay as possible.
Reki: Then... it's decided!
Langa: But... this job is...
Everyone: Host Club SK8
Langa: Here?
Reki: Just go in!
Many: Welcome!
Langa: Eh?
Reki: Ready? S!
Miya: Suteki na (Wonderful)
Reki: K
Cherry: Kimi to (with you)
Reki: 8
Joe: Mugendai (is infinity)
(So I guess like "spending time with the wonderful you is infinity"?? It's awkward in English lol)
Many: Welcome, to the host club SK8!
Langa: A sparkling ceiling and glass walls! This is a host club?!
Reki: It's amazing isn't it? We fall in love with princesses for just a short moment of time!
Langa: Princesses? And what do you mean fall in love?
Reki: You don't know anything, do you?
Joe: You're just bad at explaining.
Langa: Why are you topless with a jacket?
Joe: So people can see my muscles, obviously! I'm Joe. If you want to work here, become my apprentice. I'll teach you through real experience.
Cherry: Don't listen to him!
Joe: Cherry!
Langa: A kimono! It's sparkly.
Reki: It's an AI equipped spangled kimono!
Cherry: That gorilla's explanations are too much about feelings, so it's hard to understand. If you're going to become an apprentice, become mine.
Joe: Shut up, you trickster four-eyes! Your explanations are too complicated! Being a host is something you should do based on feelings!
Cherry: Don't just do things through feelings! You numbskull!
Joe: Shut up you nitpicker!
Sfx: Struggling
Langa: Umm...
Miya: Geez, they're the same as always...
Langa: A kid?!
Miya: I might be younger, but I'm your senpai here! Call me Miya-niisan, okay?
Langa: Yes, niisan.
Reki: You just did it?
Miya: Then I'll teach you about being a host!
Joe: Hey! Don't just decide things on your own!
Cherry: We should decide it in order of who is most sparkly.
Joe: Don't just choose the thing you're good at, you cheater four-eyes!
Snake: You're all quite loud. What's going on?
Reki: It's the black robed snake!
Snake: Who are you?
Langa: Hasegawa Langa. I'm from Canada.
Reki: It seems he needs money! Please let him work here!
Snake: You're doing things on your own again...
Reki: Langa!
Reki: Please!
Langa: Please!
Snake: *Sigh* ...I'll decide after having seen your work.
Reki: Thank you!
Langa: You!
Reki: We did it Langa!
Langa: Yeah!
Snake: First learn about the job from your senpai, Snow.
Langa: Snow?
Snake: You're from the land of snow, so you're Snow. That's your host name. You should avoid your real name here.
Reki: I go by my real name though?
Snake: You should apprentice under Miya, Joe, Cherry in that order.
Langa: Okay.
Reki: What about my host name!?
Sfx: Door opening
Miya: Welcome! It's your first time here, isn't it, miss?
Woman: Chinen-kun!? Eh? No way! Why? It's actually Chinen-kun!
Langa: What does she mean "it's actually" him?
Reki: Miya is an idol. He's acting as a host in order to learn how to get girls to fall in love with him in a short period of time.
Langa: Hmmm!
Woman: Wah! I'm so excited! I can't believe I'm talking to Chinen-kun this close!
Miya: Here I'm just called Miya.
Woman: Ah, sorry.
Miya: Anyway, I'll be just your Miya for tonight!
Woman: Wahh!
Miya: Would you like to hug? Or maybe you would like to take a polaroid picture with me? Ah, but don't upload it to social media. It will be a se-cr-et just between us, okay?
Woman: Yes! I'll keep it a secret!
Miya: I'm thirsty... is it okay if I order a drink?
Woman: Of course!
Miya: Shine muscat 100%, The Miya Special.
Snake: Here's your Miya Special.
Reki: Things ordered off the special menu are ones that Joe makes himself.
Langa: He can even make juice!?
Miya: And for you, miss, I'll order you the cocktail I think will suit you best.
Woman: Thank you! Please!
Miya: and... we just started a new menu and...
Woman: Oh! What is it? What is it?
Langa: Wow! In no time at all, he got 7 orders!
Reki: As expected from an idol! He understands his own appeal!
Cherry: Welcome. Is it your first time in our shop?
Woman: Oh! You're so pretty! And your kimono is also wonderful!
Cherry: Thank you very much! Carla
Carla: Okay master. Based on her attire, she probably works in a violent field. She'll probably like it if you compliment her style. Though she seems very prideful, from how her makeup is done her masochistic tendency ranking is 89 points.
Reki: using the AI in that way, he's able to get an analysis of the guests to act in the best way!
Langa: AI host?
Woman: It's so rare to see a host in Japanese style clothes!
Cherry: You idiot!
Woman: eh?!
Cherry: You should use keigo with people who are older than you!
Woman: Oh... I'm sorry...
Cherry: And when you come into a store you should obviously order a drink.
Woman: Yes! Then...
Cherry: I'll choose for you. Dom Pérignon and cheese.
Snake: Here's your Dom Pérignon!
Reki: Guh! He already got a Dom Pérignon order!
Langa: Eh? Was that Snake?
Woman: But I haven't even chosen yet...
Cherry: You don't have to think. I'll decide everything for you. You just think about me, okay?
Woman: Ah! Yes! His cold gaze makes me so excited! Cherry-sama!!
Langa: Wow... even though he was that cold to her, she's happy!
Reki: It's one of the 20 precise ways to win people over that he choses using his AI assistant so it's something he can only do because he's Cherry!
Woman: Wow! Amazing!
Langa: What is that? Joe has women sitting on both his arms!?
Woman: Joe, aren't I heavy? I'm not thin...
Joe: Huh? I thought there was just a feather on my arm. Since you're so light I'm worried you'll just float off into the sky! Just keep clinging to me so you don't go anywhere!
Women: Wah! Joe!
Sfx: fainting
Langa: The girls are fainting off of his shoulders one after another and he's doing perfect catch and releases!
Reki: Once he has his eyes on them he doesn't let them get away! That's Good Cooking Muscle!
Langa: Good Cooking Muscle!
Reki: So, now that you've seen the senpai do the job... Do you think you can do it?
Langa: I don't know... but... I want to try!
Reki: !
Langa: Everyone looked like they were having fun. That's why.
Reki: Hehe... you get it don't you!? That's right! Being a host is fun! Okay! I'll teach you today! Trying to imitate Joe and the others right from the start will get you burned! We'll start by practicing greeting customers. You play the girl, okay?
Langa: Okay.
Reki: Welcome to the Host Club SK8. Princess, tell me your name.
Langa: Langa.
Reki: You're super cute, princess Langa. Your hair is smooth and your eyes are like sapphires. Is it okay that just for tonight, I call you princess?
Langa: ...Yes
Reki: Princess, if you have any worries, please talk to me about them.
Langa: I want money.
Reki: Hey.
Langa: What?
Reki: Why is the guest trying to extort the host?
Langa: You told me to tell you my worries!
Reki: I did but... ugh, fine. Let's switch. You do it next.
Langa: Okay.
Reki: First, the girls are princess. Call me that.
Langa: Princess Reki.
Reki: Kinder.
Langa: Princess Reki.
Reki: Compliment me.
Langa: You're so... energetic, Princess Reki.
Reki: Compliment me more.
Langa: You have a unique face!
Reki: That's not a compliment.
Langa: That skirt is cute.
Reki: Don't compliment me on things I'm not wearing.
Langa: Eh... I... can see... your underwear... out of your pants.
Reki: You should absolutely never say that to a customer.
Langa: Eh? I never thought being a host would be this hard...
Reki: Well, being a host requires you to use everything you've got, talking, looks, and experience in order to make the experience special for your partner. The type of experience you can provide is dependent on you! In other words, there are an infinite amount of possibilities!
Langa: Infinite!
Sfx: Stomach growling
Langa: Oh...
Reki: Oh man haha. Go order something to stop it growling.
Sfx: Door opening
Shadow: Oh, it's so busy! But that doesn't mean there isn't room for me, does it?
Snake: Welcome, Princess Shadow... but tonight he's not...
Shadow: Oh... he's not here again today?
Snake: I'm terribly sorry.
Langa: Who's that?
Reki: The highest paying customer at our shop, Princess Shadow. From flower shops to funerals, she's the eldest daughter of the family who supplies all of Okinawa with flowers. She's known as the cash cow of the host world!
Shadow: I guess it can't be helped. That's fine. Then I'll just play with the young ones before going home.
Snake: Thank you very much. In that case, there is a new person who just joined.
Shadow: Heh, that's fine. Bring him to me.
Miya: I'm his leader, Miya.
Reki: I'm an apprentice, Reki.
Langa: I'm Snow...
Shadow: You're the new kid, right?
Langa: Yes.
Reki: Do what we practiced!
Langa: Ah! Yes... you're very large, Princess Shadow.
Shadow: What does that mean?
Langa: It means your body is very large.
Shadow: That's a direct translation isn't it!? What's with this kid?
Reki: I'm sorry! He just came to Japan...
Miya: What Snow wanted to say was that you're so tall you're like a model, right? And your punkish makeup wouldn't look so good on anyone else!
Shadow: Oh, you're quite good, aren't you?
Miya: Hehe
Shadow: But I don't have any interest in children.
Miya: Eh!? Even though you're an old lady?
Shadow: I'm 24!
Reki: Princess Shadow! You're quite renowned in the flower world, aren't you, Princess? Could you tell us about it?
Shadow: Even though you're not my favorite, you want to ask about my private life?
Reki: Ugh... I'm sorry!
Langa: Ummm...
Shadow: What?
Langa: The menu...
Shadow: Ah! That's right, I haven't ordered anything, have I? Let's see, I think I'll go with some food. French fries... or maybe...
Sfx: Stomach growling
Shadow: Carbonara would be good, with a ton of cheese on top...
Sfx: Stomach growling
Shadow: Are you hungry?
Langa: Yes.
Shadow: Fine then, what do you want to eat?
Langa: Poutine
Reki: What is that?
Langa: There isn't any?
Reki: It's not like there would be!
Joe: Sorry for the wait!
Langa: Poutine!
Reki: Seriously!?
Joe: I told you, didn't I? I'm Good Cooking Muscle!
Langa: Thanks for the food!
Reki: Hey! Are there hosts who eat before the princess!?
Langa: Chew chew
Shadow: It's the first time I've seen that too.
Langa: Chew chew chew chew
Shadow: Hey you! You have sauce on your face! I'll wipe it off for you, so look over here!
Langa: Thank you.
Shadow: You have terrible manners! Talk or eat! Decide on one!
Langa: Chew chew chew
Reki: He decided to concentrate on eating!?
Miya: I can't believe it! A host who ignores the customer to eat!
Joe: But Princess Shadow seems to be having fun.
Miya: Eh?
Shadow: You're really hopeless! When I get out a cigarette, you should get out a lighter! That's just the basics!
Langa: Here.
Shadow: That's right, just squeeze this and it rattles, and then one more... Hey! This isn't a lighter, it's tabasco!!
Langa: I'm sorry.
Shadow: *scoffs* Can you even be a host like this? Geez, haha. Here, you spilled again!
Miya: You're right! Princess Shadow is taking care of him.
Cherry: He's arousing her maternal instinct. Being able to do this on his first day... it's quite scary
Reki: Langa... is that...
Reki: Just as Cherry said, after that day Langa gained more and more skills. When Princess Shadow's main interest wasn't there, she chose to go with Langa. And yet I...
Reki: *sighs*
Miya: Reki you should start selling more.
Reki: Leave me alone.
Miya: Well that's about as much of a sales force as I expect from a slime... Huh? You're not going to fight back?
Reki: I don't feel like it.
Miya: Ah.... Hmph... So boring...
Langa: Morning, Reki! ...What's wrong?
Reki: Nothing really.
Langa: It seems like there are a lot of customers here today.
Cherry: That's because ADAM is coming back.
Miya: Wasn't he at the new store in Shinjuku?
Snake: That means he's already conquered Kabukicho.
Joe: What's that? After just one month in Kabukicho?
Miya: As expected of the legendary Host King!
Langa: Umm... Who is ADAM?
Cherry: The number 1 at our club. He always gets the princess he chooses to fall in love with him. He's a man who embraces all of humanity.
Miya: ADAM has caused countless women to go bankrupt.
Joe: Before... There was a princess who loved him so much she went crazy and... she stabbed him.
Langa: EH!? He was stabbed?
Joe: Yeah. That's right... It was a night when it was raining really hard...
Woman: ADAM-sama! This is my only option left!
ADAM: Please, princess that I love, don't say that!
Woman: No! I can't take it anymore!
Sfx: Stab
ADAM: Eh... Thank you.... For loving me!
Cherry: Since he was stabbed so many times and kept coming back, everyone calls him this... "The Phoenix of Love".
Langa: I don't really understand the meaning of that though...
Joe: I don't understand either... or him at all, anymore...
Langa: ADAM... is at least an amazing host. I wonder what kind of person he is?
Snake: ADAM will be here soon. Everyone line up!
Sfx: Door opening and shoes tapping
ADAM: Love! Hug! Dream! I'm ADAM!
Women: Screaming
Shadow: ADAM! I've missed you! Geez you haven't been here at all recently! You're so awful!
ADAM: Oh! Dynamite honey! I deserve some divine punishment for making you so sad!
Shadow: You really do! I should smack you!
ADAM: That's fine. I don't care no matter what you do to me!
Shadow: ADAM, Geez!!
Sfx: Hitting sounds
ADAM: Yes! More! More!!
Langa: Wow! He isn't even moved by Princess Shadow's heavy punches! That's ADAM?!
Reki: Just watch, it's coming!
ADAM: Well... it's about that time... Love Again!
Shadow: What? Even though you just got here!? ADAM wait!!
ADAM: And then.... LOVE HUG!!!
Joe: There it is! The Love Hug!
Cherry: He pretends he's going to leave and then he does a quick spin turn, and from how his partner is running towards him, the relative velocity makes it seem like you're being hit by a truck of love.
ADAM: Hug!!
Shadow: Kyaaaaaaa!!!
ADAM: Princess Shadow, I want to keep you all to myself! Your body, your heart, and your wallet!
Shadow: Yes... I'll give them all to you.
ADAM: Today... is your birthday isn't it?
Shadow: You remembered!?
ADAM: Of course! I have to get some things ready for it so please excuse me for a moment.
Shadow: Ah! I'm looking forward to it!!
ADAM: I won't let you sleep tonight!
Shadow: WAHH!
ADAM: Tadashi, get all the hosts together in the backyard.
Towards the final chapter of the Free! series, and Nanase Haruka's story.
What will he, who has continued to love water, be able to grasp if he keeps swimming──
He's built friendships through swimming. Irreplaceable memories as he kept moving forward.
His swimming fascinates those who see it, and their hearts have been lifted up, causing many miracles to happen.
The young boy is finally a young man.
His friends who all took their own paths appear.
He carries all of their thoughts in his heart, to take on the world stage.
Nanase Haruka's question continues.
Why do I swim?
Why do I keep swimming?
He's heading toward the future of where he's been swimming to, to "a sight he's never seen before", he's taking on the challenge──.
Plot summary from news article:
The new stage that Nanase Haruka, who is aiming for the world, is going to is the former place of dreams he visited, Sydney. Haruka is taking a short break before he heads out when he happens to run into swimmers he encountered at the All Japan Tournament, and we see his fighting spirit. As they head toward the Sydney tournament, the competitors are all in high spirits. As they compete at the world level, what do they feel, what are they swimming for? Their hot battle against the water is beginning.
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