ACT03 How to Raise a Mood That Has Dropped?
「Mu～～～」
During break time between classes.
Mashiro was preparing for the next class at her desk, and in the seat in front of her, Akami was looking at her smartphone with a frown.
It was rare for this girl, who was always innocently cheerful and occasionally shy, to be in such a sullen mode.
「What's wrong, Akami? Your mood has completely dropped, as if you were a kitty cat who was excited but told『Wait』with your dry food right in front of you, and you've been waiting for fifteen minutes without being able to eat.」
「... Shiro-chan, what's with that specific example?」
「Acchan-senpai's second hand story.」
Imagining the face of her acquaintance from junior high school, who also attended the same high school and was one year older than her, Mashiro spoke without any delay.
Akami was apparently reminded of her as well, as she muttered『That certainly seems like something she would say...』, and with a slight wry smile on her face,
「... Well, you're not really wrong. It's due to this.」
「?『Prince Passionate 2, release postponement』...?」
On the smartphone screen she was shown, there was an illustration of five handsome men and the title of an article to that effect.
As for Prince Passionate... if she was remembering correctly, it was an otome game that was very popular not only among teens, but also among women in their twenties and thirties.
Even though Mashiro was unfamiliar with games, she'd heard rumors and enthusiasm about this work many times.
「Or rather, Akami, do you like such things?」
「It’s not that I particularly like otome games, but in the previous work of the series, my favorite artist was in charge of the CG. Moreover, the story and characters were good, and above all, the protagonist was an admirable and good girl, so I got completely addicted.」
「Hah.」
「The people in charge of the CG and story for the next work are the same as the previous work, so the quality is guaranteed, and all the voice actors are people I like, and the advance information PV that was released got me super fired up, so, I was really looking forward to it, but………… auu.」
Immediately after such enthusiastic rapid talking, Akami bowed her head in dejection.
As for Mashiro, about half of the conversation didn't even enter her head, as all she could think about was how interesting the constant changes of Akami's expression were as her excitement rose and fell, but... incidentally, her eyes stopped at a part of Akami's smartphone screen.
「…………」
On it was an illustration of a person who seemed to be one of the game's characters: a handsome man dressed as a butler who looked apologetic while still having a refreshing smile on his face.
Along with that, there was apology text for the release postponement written in a style that made it seem like the character's dialogue.
「HM……」
From what Mashiro could see, in the pre-release hype, this character seemed to be the most popular.
Judging from his features, he was older.
Tall and lean.
A polite personality and a hidden sadist. Moreover, obstinate.
While serving the protagonist, has heavy love for her... she could imagine the setting to that extent.
Right now, if there was anything Mashiro could do for her letdown kitty cat friend――it was something like this.
「... Eh, Sh-Shiro-chan? Wh-what?」
She brought her lips close to Akami's ear,
「――『Sorry for making you wait, young lady.』」
「!!!???」
The apology text she saw on the smartphone earlier,
「『However, the longer we're unable to see each other, the greater our love will burn.』」
「Sh-Sh-Sh-Shiro-chan!?」
In a voice as low as she could go, in a tone as suitable as she could imagine,
「『Once that day comes soon』... fuuu」
「Huun!?」
After sighing a little by Akami's ear,
「『I will invariably steal you away.』」
「――――」
She finished reading everything aloud.
Akami's entire body was red as her mouth opened and closed repeatedly.
Or rather, her soul had escaped from her body.
Did I overdo it...? Mashiro worried, but it looked like Akami somehow recovered, then,
「Sh-Shiro-chan... even though you don't know anything about this, why was your imitation so perfect...」
「Huh? I just somehow imagined and did it, though.」
「Both your voice and way of speaking were just like the PV...」
「Is that so.」
「I was surprised... but, thank you, Shiro-chan. My mood has risen. Besides, it, it feels like there was a bit of a benefit.」
「Is that so? Then that's good.」
For Mashiro, it was an improvisation based on her imagination, but it seemed that it was good.
As she thought, a smiling face suited Akami well.
... In that case,
「Hey, Akami. When that game goes on sale, please let me know. I've gotten a little interested.」
「Eh? What's up, Shiro-chan, so suddenly?」
「I'm thinking that whenever Akami is depressed, I can do something just like I did earlier to cheer you up immediately.」
「!」
「In order to do that, I'd like to know more about the character and perhaps master various things such as voice, way of speaking, gestures――」
「Stop!? Don't get even better at that without hesitation; are you trying to kill me!? If you perfectly imitate not only the voice but also the gestures, my body won't endure!?」
「Weh―...」
For some reason, Akami stopped her with all her power.
Mashiro was a little dejected.
☆★★★☆★★
... Sure enough, that was dangerous.
As for what's dangerous, the voice and the speaking style are bad enough, but that exquisite manner of sighing close to my ear the breathing that exemplifies that characters obstinate sadistic personality considering Shiro-chan's potential from being able to perfectly imitate that she should have sufficient aptitude so just imagining her fully capitalizing on that to attack me(the following' censored)
「Mu～～～」
During break time between classes.
Mashiro was preparing for the next class at her desk, and in the seat in front of her, Akami was looking at her smartphone with a frown.
It was rare for this girl, who was always innocently cheerful and occasionally shy, to be in such a sullen mode.
「What's wrong, Akami? Your mood has completely dropped, as if you were a kitty cat who was excited but told『Wait』with your dry food right in front of you, and you've been waiting for fifteen minutes without being able to eat.」
「... Shiro-chan, what's with that specific example?」
「Acchan-senpai's second hand story.」
Imagining the face of her acquaintance from junior high school, who also attended the same high school and was one year older than her, Mashiro spoke without any delay.
Akami was apparently reminded of her as well, as she muttered『That certainly seems like something she would say...』, and with a slight wry smile on her face,
「... Well, you're not really wrong. It's due to this.」
「?『Prince Passionate 2, release postponement』...?」
On the smartphone screen she was shown, there was an illustration of five handsome men and the title of an article to that effect.
As for Prince Passionate... if she was remembering correctly, it was an otome game that was very popular not only among teens, but also among women in their twenties and thirties.
Even though Mashiro was unfamiliar with games, she'd heard rumors and enthusiasm about this work many times.
「Or rather, Akami, do you like such things?」
「It’s not that I particularly like otome games, but in the previous work of the series, my favorite artist was in charge of the CG. Moreover, the story and characters were good, and above all, the protagonist was an admirable and good girl, so I got completely addicted.」
「Hah.」
「The people in charge of the CG and story for the next work are the same as the previous work, so the quality is guaranteed, and all the voice actors are people I like, and the advance information PV that was released got me super fired up, so, I was really looking forward to it, but………… auu.」
Immediately after such enthusiastic rapid talking, Akami bowed her head in dejection.
As for Mashiro, about half of the conversation didn't even enter her head, as all she could think about was how interesting the constant changes of Akami's expression were as her excitement rose and fell, but... incidentally, her eyes stopped at a part of Akami's smartphone screen.
「…………」
On it was an illustration of a person who seemed to be one of the game's characters: a handsome man dressed as a butler who looked apologetic while still having a refreshing smile on his face.
Along with that, there was apology text for the release postponement written in a style that made it seem like the character's dialogue.
「HM……」
From what Mashiro could see, in the pre-release hype, this character seemed to be the most popular.
Judging from his features, he was older.
Tall and lean.
A polite personality and a hidden sadist. Moreover, obstinate.
While serving the protagonist, has heavy love for her... she could imagine the setting to that extent.
Right now, if there was anything Mashiro could do for her letdown kitty cat friend――it was something like this.
「... Eh, Sh-Shiro-chan? Wh-what?」
She brought her lips close to Akami's ear,
「――『Sorry for making you wait, young lady.』」
「!!!???」
The apology text she saw on the smartphone earlier,
「『However, the longer we're unable to see each other, the greater our love will burn.』」
「Sh-Sh-Sh-Shiro-chan!?」
In a voice as low as she could go, in a tone as suitable as she could imagine,
「『Once that day comes soon』... fuuu」
「Huun!?」
After sighing a little by Akami's ear,
「『I will invariably steal you away.』」
「――――」
She finished reading everything aloud.
Akami's entire body was red as her mouth opened and closed repeatedly.
Or rather, her soul had escaped from her body.
Did I overdo it...? Mashiro worried, but it looked like Akami somehow recovered, then,
「Sh-Shiro-chan... even though you don't know anything about this, why was your imitation so perfect...」
「Huh? I just somehow imagined and did it, though.」
「Both your voice and way of speaking were just like the PV...」
「Is that so.」
「I was surprised... but, thank you, Shiro-chan. My mood has risen. Besides, it, it feels like there was a bit of a benefit.」
「Is that so? Then that's good.」
For Mashiro, it was an improvisation based on her imagination, but it seemed that it was good.
As she thought, a smiling face suited Akami well.
... In that case,
「Hey, Akami. When that game goes on sale, please let me know. I've gotten a little interested.」
「Eh? What's up, Shiro-chan, so suddenly?」
「I'm thinking that whenever Akami is depressed, I can do something just like I did earlier to cheer you up immediately.」
「!」
「In order to do that, I'd like to know more about the character and perhaps master various things such as voice, way of speaking, gestures――」
「Stop!? Don't get even better at that without hesitation; are you trying to kill me!? If you perfectly imitate not only the voice but also the gestures, my body won't endure!?」
「Weh―...」
For some reason, Akami stopped her with all her power.
Mashiro was a little dejected.
☆★★★☆★★
... Sure enough, that was dangerous.
As for what's dangerous, the voice and the speaking style are bad enough, but that exquisite manner of sighing close to my ear the breathing that exemplifies that characters obstinate sadistic personality considering Shiro-chan's potential from being able to perfectly imitate that she should have sufficient aptitude so just imagining her fully capitalizing on that to attack me(the following' censored)
Thanks for the new chapter!
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