Star Sign -birth- TEAM01 - Release commemoration 🌟 Short Story
"The moon is beautiful, isn't it?"
When I smiled and said that, Ritsu, who was next to me, made a clearly exasperated face.
His thinning eyebrows became even finer. In response to the faint but definite tremor around his eyes, I couldn't help but let a smile creep across my face.
(Cute)
His unadorned expression was fresh and so cute that I couldn't help but…. What if I told him the truth? He would probably frown even more.
"Natsume Soseki?" Rui's voice gently seeps into the deep indigo night sky. Then, continuing, Yosuke and Souta say, "Too old-fashioned," and "It's fine since it's romantic." "Don't give up on wooing him, Prince," said Minato. The casual sounds drew ripples, touched someone's heart with meaning, and soaked in as I witnessed it. (Ah. That's nice.) This must be "what I wanted". That's why I wanted to be an actor.
My parents were busy with work, and I was often alone at home. I still don't know the scene of a family gathering that often appears in dramas. I only know that "it seems to exist to some extent that can be presented as a common recognition to the general public".
As long there's mininal communication, I just have to be quiet and smile vaguely. Because everyone says to me - "Kazuki-kun is a beautiful and well-behaved child". I never thought that was particularly unhappy, though. (I didn't know what to compare it to) To begin with, there was no one at home who I wanted to reach out to, and there was no word that I wished to reach me either. (There wasn't, really…. Hey, Ritsu)"
But, that's right, isn't it? It's a bit difficult to wish for something you don't know at all.
"It's scary how smoothly you can say that kind of line…" "Really? Is that so?"
I answer with a cheerful voice, and a small sigh escapes from Ritsu's thin, well-shaped lips, making me even happier.
"Hey. Did I look really cool just now?" "You sound like you've been saying that for a hundred years and it's terrifying." "Oh, you found out." "…What?" "I practiced a lot, but you found out. I wanted to confess more casually."
How much you changed my life, something like that. (You don't know, do you?) Through the screen, your bright and clear voice, your earnest passion, lifted me up and illuminated me when I was still a kid. (But, you don't have to know.)
The sound that beats in my chest. The feeling that has no name. The colors that seep into the air. The distant sparkle that is like reaching for a star that can't be reached - the shapeless longing that flickered in my heart, it's because of you.
"Ugh…a public confession, gross." "Yousuke, don't say that! …Sorry, Kazu-san. He probably doesn't mean much by it." "Hey. Either follow up or put me down, choose one." "Anyway, it's amazing that you can say that without any hesitation." "It seems like all the girls would be thrilled by that."
"I'd probably totally freak out if I were a girl, though…" "By the way, why is there not a single car passing by since a while ago, when I want to hitchhike!?" "It can't be helped, it's late at night." "Are you already exhausted from walking up the hill for five minutes?" "What? If you're going to say that, you can carry me on your back, gorilla." "Speaking of Ibara-san, he didn't show up at the site today." "Maybe he's busy with various things?" "That guy, seriously…" "I'm tired… I want to go home and take a bath!"
The sparkle of words that break in front of my eyes.
(It's fine if only I know) The common sparkle that taught me how beautiful it is. The joy, the sadness, the many feelings that it brought to me. How much it enriched my heart, my life. The longing that drove me, that brought me to this moment, to this place, it was undoubtedly you. I will never forget, for the rest of my life.
(Even if you can't love yourself as much as you want) It's okay. I will love you for that.
"…What?" "Nothing, never mind."
In the southern sky, a bright and round silver moon that erases countless stars. While listening to the glittering voice as if embracing it in the depths of my chest, the six of us walked side by side, aiming for the same place.