Chapter 8

Hello~!

Hmm… I see you’re right on time. Arriving too soon would be troublesome, but you still should have been here five minutes early. Take heed of that next time.

S–sorry!

Ahaha, it’s Itsuki-senpai… right? We’ve talked a few times before, but this’ll be the first time we perform in a live together.

So I’ll go ahead and introduce myself again ♪

There’s no need for that. You are the older brother—Aoi Hinata-kun. And next to you is the younger Aoi Yuuta-kun.

Huh?! Holy cow, you could tell I was the older one?!

Oh, well maybe… We do tell people to tell us apart by the colors of our headphones…

Wait no, I’m in sweats right now, so I’m not wearing my headphones…?

Hmph, as if I would use them to distinguish you two in the first place. There are many differences between you two, but the most obvious one is the length of your hair.

The length of our hair…? Yuuta-kun, did you cut your hair recently?

Nope. Haven’t cut it since we went to the barber together. So there’s no way it’s any different than yours.

H–hang on. Let’s try looking in the mirror.

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Yuuta-kun. We look like, really similar, don’t we?

Well, we are twins, so… But anyway, our hair lengths are the same, so what do you mean they’re different?

If you really need me to explain, then Yuuta-kun’s hair is two millimeters longer.

Millimeters?! Oh man, even we can’t see that~? Itsuki-senpai, just how good are your eyes?

If your vision is clouded, you will never be able to bring art into this world.

And now I’m just repeating myself, but there are many other distinctions between you. Your personality, your mannerisms—It’s child’s play to tell you two apart.

Wow… This is the first time anyone’s ever said that! It’s so exciting!

Yeah, for real. I never thought there’d be anyone who could actually figure out the differences between us. I’m seriously impressed!

Ahaha, I sure am glad we enrolled in this school~ ♪

…Speaking of which, I’m pretty sure Kagehira-senpai could tell I was me at first glance. Is that some kinda coincidence?

Ngah, not really… Y’all’re totally different, aint’cha?

Totally different?! Umm, do you have good vision like Itsuki-senpai then, and could tell us apart by our hair?

Naw, I can’t see for nothing. And I’m night-blind too, so when it’s dark I can’t see at all.

I got all sortsa trouble walkin’ around, like I bump my head or fall down an’ keep gettin’ all kinda cuts an’ bruises.

Well anyway, that don’t matter. I can’t explain none too well, but y’all two just don’t look nothing alike to me.

I do lotsa part-times on campus, an’ I’m usually out workin’ with Hinata-kun, right?

Yeah, that’s right. Now that you reminded me, I can’t think of a time when you’ve gotten me mixed up before~

But there were all those times like when you destroyed that nest without me realizing and I ended up getting pecked to death by a crow.

So it might just be that things were just too chaotic for me to really pay any attention to it.

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Yuuta-kun? Ah—Uh, wait! You’ve got it all wrong!

I just didn’t have anything to do, and thought it’d be dumb to sit around doing nothing, so I took a part-time…?

Hmph. And since 2wink never has anything to do, you’re always doing part-times, right?

‘Cause all your precious jobs are way more important than being an idol, right?

…Well, I can’t press the issue here. I’ve been taking some jobs too.

I’d like to earn some money for our next live, so if you snag a good one, let me know.

Sure thing! You’ll be the first one to know~ ♪

Speaking of, should we be paying you for our costumes and stuff, Itsuki-senpai, or…?

‘Cause you did say you were making our costumes too, right?

There’s no need for that. I’ve already received the budget from the client.

Rather, we should be able to pay you for your work. But don’t go getting your hopes up.

We’re already so grateful to be able to do this live with Valkyrie. So go ahead and use any of the money you were gonna pay us with for the costumes and the stage!

Valkyrie’s famous for spending a lot of money on their performances~ And you’re just as famous for your great quality.

So please don’t worry about us!

I’m glad that you understand. In that case, I promise that the costumes and the stage I create will not betray your expectations.

Now then. I’d rather not waste our precious time in idle chatter. Let’s start practice.