Double Planet Episode 2

Double Planet
Episode 2 “ Chu-chooing a strawberry shake”
Tamaru Luka (Furuta Jun & Kanda Yota/Radio Shonan Personality)

I was a child who loved reading books.
Maybe not to the level that I liked it.
It had reached the point of complete addiction. If she had time to exchange words with someone, she was the kind of girl who prioritized reading as many words as possible. My legitimate parents were worried about me, so they sent me to the Boy Scouts. A dramatic change in environment from indoors to outdoors. This is a powerful drug that is like a gamble. Of course, at first I didn't like getting my shoes dirty with mud, but as I struggled with Mother Nature, I gradually started to not mind it and started to become more human. Naturally, I don't read many books anymore. One day, I ended up spending the night in a snowy winter mountain, and the night sky was filled with beautiful stars that I had never seen before. As I looked up, I remembered a word.

"Double Planet"

I learned this word from a book about the mysteries of planets. I remembered it because I liked the way it sounded.
A double planet is when two planets of similar size orbit each other around a common center of mass. Honestly, I had no idea what it meant. But now I can understand it a little more. I can understand revolution and rotation. I guess it's natural since I'm a high school student now.

"Luka, let's go to the clubroom."

After school, I go to the clubroom with my classmate Natsuki.
This has been my routine since I entered high school in April.
When I learned that there was an actor I liked (his name is a secret) and that he was in the drama club in high school, I decided to try acting as well. That's the motive.
I'm learning from my seniors and practicing my vocal skills. I was also made to memorize a spell-like sentence called Uirobi. When I write that, it makes you think that it's pretty harsh, but it wasn't at all. Rather, it was lukewarm. There were some club members who did nothing but imitate the teacher and burst into laughter, while others (I'm talking about me and Natsuki) were having fun chatting while eating up the sweets they had brought to school. My acting skills haven't improved, but my speaking skills have improved a lot.

Meanwhile, the third-year students retired.

In high school drama, there are drama competitions that lead to national competitions. In September, they competed in a performance centered on third-year students, but were defeated in the regional competition. It was so simple that I was taken aback. In the first place, I don't really understand why there is a competition for excellence in theater. After the team was eliminated, when they saw Yamamoto-senpai, nicknamed the Impersonation King, crying, the club members started to wonder, "What on earth are these tears...?" Yamamoto-senpai hadn't practiced at all for the competition, and even during the actual performance, he was causing trouble by improvising everything that wasn't in the script. There was no way I had any attachments to the tournament. That means I was crying. There were rumors that he actually liked Natsuki, so maybe it was some kind of appeal to her.

Well, everything was like this, so my passion for the drama club was obvious.

"There's a play I want to see...do you want to go?"

Natsuki said there was a play she wanted to see, so we decided to go see it at KAAT. After joining the drama club, I had gone to see plays performed by former students, but this was my first time going to see a commercial play.

The program seemed to be an ambitious work created by a Japanese director who adapted a masterpiece from overseas and set it in Japan. After watching it, the usually fashionable Natsuki remained silent. As I was wondering what had happened, I noticed tears welling up in my eyes.

“I started crying.”

Although she said it in a joking manner, it became even more obvious that she was crying sincerely.
I thought it was an interesting play with some moving points.
But...if you asked me if I was satisfied, I would say that I was worried about various things and wasn't satisfied.
Even though the setting is good, I feel like it could have been made more interesting.
No, no, no, no.
This may be the result of reading too many books when I was a child.
Anyway, I'm very strict about stories, and I tend to analyze them.
Of course, there was no way I could say such a thing to Natsuki, so I just said, ``That's great, isn't it?''

It was from that day.

Natsuki left the circle of chatter and began silently repeating her business. Not satisfied with just that, he caught up with a serious second-year senior to discuss emotional expression. I could not believe it. She was serious about acting.
I saw a serious look in his eyes that I had never seen before, and I started to feel a little anxious.

"What should I do..."

I decided to go home alone, leaving a desperate Natsuki behind. Not feeling like going straight home, I ran up to the second floor of a McDonald's near the north exit of Fujisawa Station. The window seat where I usually sit next to Natsuki was empty.

I scroll through my Twitter timeline while chugging a strawberry shake. Actually, I have never thought that SNS is fun. I'm just doing it because everyone else is doing it. It might be more fun to just read a book like I used to. As I was thinking about this, I was watching the stupid tweets as if by inertia, when a tweet that my friend RTed caught my eye.

[Recruiting high school students who want to appeal! “Love & MUSIC” supports high school students who want to express themselves! ]

"...A high school student who wants to express himself?"

I got curious and followed the tweets and found a radio station called Radio Shonan.
Apparently, the program ``Love & MUSIC'' on that broadcasting station had started a segment to support high school students. The personalities seem to be two old men who are involved in music and theater. I decided to try listening to the broadcast recording of the program using earphones.

"Well, I received an email from a high school student. Radio name: Subtle Blue."

"nice to meet you. My radio name is Subtle Blue, and I go to high school in Fujisawa City.
I found out about this program last month when I happened to pass by a radio station.
Kanda-san's guitar story really touched me. Actually, that day I was thinking about whether or not to buy a guitar. Maybe that's why I feel like it's fate, and I've been listening to it every week since then.
As for the guitar to buy, I decided on a beginner's one that includes an electric guitar and amplifier. I'm with Kanda-san. It will arrive soon. I'm looking forward to it. Also I will e-mail. ”

It was then that I learned of the existence of a high school boy named Subtle Blue.

"to be continued"
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