Chapter 27 – The Irregular Trio

Azusa's POV

"*yawn* Ah, man. I haven't slept that good in a long time. Miharu-senpai is just so snuggly. *giggle*"

It was currently 1:36 in the afternoon and after I had just woken up for the day, I made myself look somewhat decent before heading for the hotel café to get something to eat. It was just me. As both Mugi-senpai and Miharu-senpai wanted to bathe first.

I-I would've joined them…b-but…u-unlike those two, I'm not exactly…proud of my body.

*sigh* I'm almost 17 and I'm still flat as a freaking board. Like seriously, what the hell, life?

*SOUND OF RAIN HITTING THE ROOF*

"Geez, the rain's hitting hard out there. No doubt it's gonna delay us badly. Wonder if we'll actually get to perform at this festival. Hmm…"

*Growl*

"…Well, that will just have to wait for now. I'm so starving~."

It took me a while to find the café even with the signs pointing the way. This place is just so big that I couldn't help but to get lost a few times. I think I even ended up on the top floor at one point.

Don't ask how. I don't know, either.

But I did eventually find it. And as I walked in, thinking of what to eat from whatever they had, I saw someone I recognized sitting at one of the tables. Talking to someone else on a computer, from what it looks like.

Wonder what she's up to…

"Hey, Akari. Whatcha up to?" I asked as I walked up to my one-eyed friend.

"Oh hey, Azusa. I was just about to call you. Look who I got on video chat."

"Video chat?" I then looked at the screen to see who it was. "Oh hey, Tsukasa."

"Azusa? You're in Okinawa, too? *whine* No way!" On the screen was, oddly enough, Tsukasa. Wearing her shrine maiden outfit that we can partially see.

"We ran into each other while we were with Yui for her "special gig"." Akari said. "Apparently, they got a spot, too."

"Aw. Now not only am I gonna miss a Lyrica concert but I don't get to hang out with you guys, either. This Golden Week truly blows."

"What are you doing, anyway?" I asked.

"I had to come back home to help out with the shrine. Golden Week is one of the busiest holidays for it. Especially with this year being 10 days long."

"Wait, come back home? Where were you?"

"Don't you remember?" Akari asked me. "I told you that Tsukasa transferred to Shinohara."

…

"Oh, yeah. I remember." I said after thinking about it.

Now that I think about it...the whole thing started a fight between Tsukasa and Kagami. Hopefully, it's done and over with already...

"Anyway…you really had to go back?" Akari then asked Tsukasa. "Your sisters couldn't do it themselves?"

"You would think." Tsukasa's face turned exasperated."But when you have three older sisters…one being extremely carefree, one being hot-headed and lazy, and one being a gullible tsundere…not that much work gets done around here."

"Huh…" Akari and I gained a mildly huge sweatdrop.

"Who are you calling a gullible tsundere?" We heard a voice coming from the background.

"K-Kagami! Were you eavesdropping on my conversations AGAIN?!"

"N-No! I-I was just walking by! Who are you talking to anyway?" It was then that the owner of said voice came on screen. "Oh. Akari and Azusa."

"H-Hey, Kagami…" Our sweatdrops only grew from there.

"So, you guys are in Okinawa for Golden Week, huh? That's pretty interesting."

"So, you were listening…" Tsukasa said.

"I-I was not, okay?! Just drop it already!"

"We were here for separate reasons. But we just happen to run into each other yesterday." I explained.

"I see. Well, you two have fun. Come on, Tsukasa. Back to work."

"Huh? But I just got on break."

"Your break was 15 minutes ago! I had to come looking for you and here you are hiding behind a tree!"

"Well, can you blame me? I just wanted to chillax and enjoy chattin' with my peeps, ya dig?"

"What?"

It was at this point that Akari and I looked away from the computer screen trying to prevent ourselves from laughing hysterically. Unfortunately, though…we didn't do a good enough job for Kagami to not notice.

"Hey, you two. Quit teaching Tsukasa these weird as hell slangs."

"It's not just us." Akari said. "I mean, I got a lot of them from Sakurako."

"*sigh* Of freaking course." Kagami facepalmed.

"Y'know, you seem to be stressed out, Kagami." I said. "And I mean more than usual."

"You don't say. Well, in case Tsukasa hasn't told you…Golden Week is one of the busiest holidays for us. So many people here want to see tours and make prayers and whatnot."

"Sounds like a lot of work." Akari said.

"It is. And hopefully, I'll get it all done. Just as long as a certain blue nuisance doesn't show up randomly..."

"You mean your lover?" We all asked.

"Wh-Wh-Wha?! Sh-She is not…D-Don't get the wrong idea! It's not like I actually have feelings for Kona or anything!"

"Who the hell is Kona?" Akari and I asked.

"Tch! I-I mean…Gah! Forget it! I'm outta here!" Kagami finally left our sight with a huge blush of embarrassment on her face. Something that happens a lot.

"Basic bitch..." Tsukasa mumbled to herself.

"I-I heard that, damnit!"

"Was that really necessary?" I asked.

"Hey, it's what she gets for eavesdropping. Honestly, she should focus on her own life and stay out of mine."

"You're gonna have to make up with her eventually, you know." Akari said.

"I know, but...every time I think about it, I just get more and more angry. I love my twin sister, I really do. But I just can't deal with her character traits anymore. Or Kona-chan's. Or, really...this stereotypical anime happy-go-lily lifestyle we were forced to endure."

"We can totally agree with that last one..." Akari and I said with huge exasperated sweatdrops.

It's the main reason why I started breaking the 4th wall...

"Well, I better get back to work before Kagami gets on me again. Have fun on your trip, you guys."

"See ya, Tsukasa." Both of us said before the screen cut to the desktop wallpaper. Ending the video chat.

"Well, that was fun." I said. "Then it got mildly uncomfortable before going back to being fun."

"*giggle* Yeah, I guess." Akari said. "Oh. So, what were you doing before you came over here?"

"What was I doing? Uh…"

*Growl*

"O-Oh, yeah…I forgot that I was hungry." I whined as I held my empty stomach.

"Huh. Well, there's still a few minutes left until the lunch rush ends. Let's see if there's still some food left."

"*sigh* They better. I haven't eaten since last night."

"Last night? What did you do when you left suddenly yesterday?"

"Uh…well…"

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"It's a LONG story, Akari." Was all I said to her.

Author's Note: This is just a filler chapter. Nothing much to it. But the story will go on a break for a bit. Just to give attention to others.

Thanks for reading. Later.