Chapter 9 Singing Together

Ichika's POV

The Next Day

I was eating lunch together with my friends.

However, I wasn't really paying attention to anything they were saying. All I could think about was what Tsukasa had said to me yesterday.

"Ichi-Chan", I heard somebody say. "Ichi-Chan? Ichi-Chan!"

With that, I snapped out of my thoughts before looking at my friends, who were looking at me in concern.

"Are you okay, Ichika", Honami asked. "You've barely touched your food."

"Oh…", I started nervously. "Yeah. I'm fine. I'm just not really hungry."

"Ichi-Chan isn't hungry for a yakisoba bun", Saki asked in shocked.

"Okay", Shiho started. "Then something is definitely up. What is it?"

This made me very nervous.

Thankfully…a familiar face arrived just in time to save me.

"Hello everybody", she greeted. "Wonderhoy!"

"Wonderhoy", we all yelled out, and I sighed in relief.

"Ichika-Chan", Emu started. "I wanted to say thank you super duper very much for letting us use your song in our show!"

And now I was nervous again.

"Huh", Shiho started. "What song?"

"Ichika-Chan wrote a song that my troupe is gonna use in our next show", Emu revealed.

"Huh", Saki started. "You guys are gonna use one of Ichi-Chan's songs in your next show?"

"What song even is it", Shiho asked.

"I know", Emu started. "Why don't you guys come and watch our practice later today? Then you can hear Ichika-Chan's song!"

"I wanna come", Saki replied. "I wanna hear Ichi-Chan's song!"

"I wanna hear it too", Shiho added.

This was making me very nervous.

That Afternoon

We had all arrived at the Wonder Stage.

"Hi everybody", Emu greeted. "Look who I brought!"

"Gaaa", Tsukasa yelled out when he saw me. "Ichika?! What are you doing here?!

"Emu told us that you guys are gonna use one of Ichi-Chan's songs in your next show", Saki revealed.

"We wanted to hear the song", Shiho added.

"Oh", Tsukasa started. "I see."

Then…Rui said something that took me by surprise.

"Hoshino-San", he started. "May I ask you something?"

"Of course", I replied. "What is it?"

"Would you please sing the song with Tsukasa-Kun?"

"Wh…what", I asked in shock.

"Why do you want us to do that, Rui", Tsukasa asked nervously.

"Well", Rui started. "You two were the ones who wrote the song together. Therefore, you two singing the song together will give us a better understanding on how it's supposed to go."

"Wait a minute", Shiho started. "You two wrote the song together?"

"Ichi-Chan and Onii-Chan wrote a song together", Saki asked. "Why'd you two never tell me?"

Both Tsukasa and I didn't know what to say.

"We'll worry about that later", Rui stated. "Tsukasa-Kun. Hoshino-San. If you two would be kind enough to take to the stage?"

With that…Tsukasa and I walked onto the stage.

We were going to sing the song together, in front of all our friends.