Cold Comfort

Author's Note: Enjoy the story and R&R.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Shinkalion franchise.

Pairing: Established Ginga x Nagara.

Summary:

Arashiyama Ginga is worried Hatsune Miku might be the death of his singing career.


"Ginga, get down!"

"You try gettin' replaced by a computer!"

"You're overreacting!"

"It's over! My career is in the toilet! I'll never shine again!" The star had one foot almost out the window.

Nagara was tugging the tails of Ginga's vest. Despite his karate-honed muscles, Ginga was still taller and heavier than him, making it a bitch for him to keep his bitching beau/belle inside the building.

"Aniki, how about some backup! Ginga is about to kill himself!"

Shimakaze strode over, calm but bothered, lifting Ginga up under the singer's armpits and setting him back on the mat. "We're on the first floor, Nagara. You're both overreacting."

Upon remembering his brother was correct, Nagara pounded his fists on Ginga's raised elbows.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! Nagara~!"

"That was for making me look bad!"

"That was? Not throwin' myself out the window?"

Nagara socked him in the stomach from below, knocking the wind out of him. "This is for throwing yourself out the window!"

"Why were you trying to throw yourself out the window?"

"He's worried he's going to be replaced by one of those virtual idols," Nagara clarified for Shimakaze.

"A virtual idol? Like Hatsune Miku?"

"Precisely! How is a singer like me supposed to compete with something that doesn't eat, doesn't sleep, and that sings whatever song you program into 'em?"

"Her voice is based on a real person, you know?"

Ginga leaned towards Shimakaze. "P-pardon?"

"The real Hatsune Miku."

"What?" Even Nagara was baffled. "Hatsune Miku isn't a real person, Aniki!"

"She is. I heard from Ryuji-san."

"Ryuji-san is a fan of Hatsune Miku?" Nagara didn't believe it.

"Hatsune Miku was one of the Shinkalion drivers from Ryuji-san's days. She piloted the old H5."

"No way! That's supremely cool!"

"So what you're sayin' is…I'm gettin' outshined by a copy of an actual star, who's also a Shinkalion driver like me?"

This time, Nagara extended his foot and tripped Ginga before he could make it to the window.

"Gin-ga! Get a hold of yourself!"

"You aren't in danger of having what makes you special replaced by software!"

"The robots in the fight simulator can copy Nagara's moves." Shimakaze played devil's advocate.

Nagara blew up at Shimakaze for going there.

"I'm not makin' out with a Shinkalion training robot." Ginga went a different "there" altogether.