Chapter 10

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Yeah, you got it! Your body’s super limber, Hinata-kun. You just follow right along no matter how my hands move, it’s so cool ♪

That is our selling point, after all~ We can do more doll-like movements, too! Look look—TaKe Us To YoUr LeAdEr. (makes jerky motions)

Ahaha, that’s more like a robot than a doll though, ain’t it?

I know I said I never taught no one before, so I’s worried I wouldn’t be able to help y’all out.

But I guess I’s just freakin’ out for no reason. Y’all learned everything so quick, I didn’t need to explain nothing.

Nuh-uh. You may be fine and dandy with it, but we still don’t know what Yuuta-kun in the audience is gonna say?

So, Yuuta-kun? Was I able to act like a perfect little doll?

Yeah. You matched up with Kagehira-senpai’s movements so well—I swear I could see strings attached to you, like you were being pulled along.

Nailed it ♪ Yuuta-kun’s super strict when it comes to evaluations like these, y’know.

So if he said he could actually see it, then I really got this whole doll thing down pat~ ♪

Okay, passing the baton ☆

Baton passed ☆

Ooh… Y’all changed places so natural-like.

Well okie dokie then. It’s Yuuta-kun’s turn. First y’go like this, then like this …An’ now like this ♪

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(Ngah, they can even pull off the moves that Oshi-san gets onto me about. It’s pretty impressive how quick they pick things up.)

Fufun, if Aniki can do it, so can I. So I doubt I need to ask, but how’d I do?

Ahaha, you sure are full of yourself~ ♪ But you’re right; you passed with flying colors, my bro~ ♪

Good grief, how many times do I have to tell you not to hug me? I’m sweating buckets, and it’s crazy hot in here!

‘Cause your metabolism’s working hard ♪ But you know, we don’t normally sweat this much during practice. I’m drenched, too.

Oh yeah, I’ve pretty shocked before too, findin’ myself sweatin’ so much after a live.

It’s like, even when we ain’t movin’, we’re still usin’ up our stamina. Or at least that’s how Oshi-san said it.

‘Sides, ya really gotta work hard to dance along with your partner’s movements without deviatin’ in the slightest. So that’s prolly what makes you sweat so much.

Oh~ I get it. I never knew how you’d move your hands next, Kagehira-senpai.

But if I paid too much attention to that, I’d lose that doll-like quality.

You really have to go harder than I thought~

When you really think about it, you’re really amazing, Kagehira-senpai. How in the world do you manage to keep up with Itsuki-senpai’s movements so perfectly?

Ngah~ …I don’t really got an answer for ya. It’s just ‘cause I’m Oshi-san’s doll.

Instead, I’m gon’ have y’all start dancing along with some of Valkyrie’s music, ‘kay?

Super duper!

Bring it on ♪

Fufu. Y’all sure are excited.

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(Ohh. They were all bristlin’ with energy before, but as soon as the music came on they stopped dead and buckled down.)

(An’ they’re doin’ all those moves I taught ‘em. Well I’ll be—Makes ya wonder if they really are first years.)

(Naw. It’s prolly ‘cause they’re first years that they can soak up all sortsa techniques like a sponge.)

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…Huh?

(I didn’t get this feeling earlier but… something seems a li’l outta place? Am I just imaginin’ things?)

Kagehira-senpai? Did we mess up somewhere?

Naw. It was prolly just me. Don’tcha worry ‘bout it.

No, wait—Don’t just brush it off! Let us hear what you have to say!

Yeah, this is a really great chance for us to market 2wink.

And besides, Itsuki-senpai said that if we didn’t perform with any beauty, he’d kick us off the stage.

If we don’t clear the air here, there’s a real chance that we may do something during the real thing that we can’t recover from—right?

Ngah… But I really might just be seein’ things. I guess if y’all’re fine with that then I can say, though?

We don’t mind at all!

Nygah?! Y’all are in perfect sync! Y’must get along real well ♪

Well I dunno why but… When y’all go dancin’ together, Hinata-kun gets all stiff-like.

So I’m thinkin’ he’s tryin’ hard not to get in the way of Yuuta-kun’s movements.

Is he right, Aniki?

Ngh… Now that you mention it, probably. I was doing it subconsciously, so I wouldn’t have even noticed if Kagehira-senpai didn’t point it out.

Oh geez… You don’t have to fuss over me, Aniki. Just do what you want.

I can’t read your mind, but I do pretty much understand what you’re thinking. And you’re the same way.

…Okay, Yuuta-kun. Then let’s try dancing to the music again.

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Ngah, that’s it! Y’all are dancin’ so naturally! It’s downright beautiful~ ♪

Thank you!

It’s thanks to you pointing it out, Kagehira-senpai! So let us know if you pick up on anything else ♪

We’ll take anything and everything that 2wink doesn’t already have and use it to reach new heights!

So please keep working with us~ ♪