MUSIC CLUB POST

[roundandaround]

WHO: Any Music Club members, anyone who wants to join or check in
WHAT: Music Club log!
WHEN: Some night in June
WHERE: Shining Karaoke
WARNINGS: None so far

[This is a general Music Club mingle! Tag each other, have characters work on their WIPs and talk shop, make plans!]

Comments

[roundandaround]

Yeah? But that's fun! If we're working to beat each other, we'll both get better.

[itsmypower]

[...?]

You're fine with that? [Hesitation, unconvinced that he hasn't turned traitor... He fidgets in place.] You're the one who helped me initially, so—

[How to say it?]

It's like competing with sensei.

[roundandaround]

Of course! I promised Katsuki-kun, too. That we're gonna both try and get better so that one day, one of us'll sell out Blossomcrown Arena, so we gotta compete. And you're part of his unit, so I guess that kinda drags you into it, huh?

[Rinku did you JUST REALIZE that.]

[itsmypower]

[Rival's... kind... if it's Katsuki.]

I didn't- I mean, I hadn't thought, [oh... ohh—] He's that serious...

[He's tripped on "unit".]

We'll absolutely sell out. He's never broken a promise, once; so, if he's said it, he's aimed for the top. There's no two ways about it; I-

[Need to git gud...]

I need to practice.

[roundandaround]

[She's idol-adjacent enough that "unit" comes naturally to her...]

I know you can do it! You work just as hard as he does. I've seen you!

[itsmypower]

[Trusting sincerely so little, it takes a moment absorbing the plain, heart-felt and genuine warmth laid behind it. Debating if thread-worn, constant efforts might still rival Katsuki's... And still, he's masking the hopes himself that it might be true; to think the two may be equals—a natural "airhead", his perfect rival still at odds while often completely in sync—that impossible standards might pay off...

His fingers flex, conscious effort to keep conversation shallow, to keep new things buried.

He still ducks praise.]

I didn't think you'd been watching...

[The fidgeting worsens, of course.]

He's like a mountain without a peak, in a way. [Perfect, peerless, flawless Katsuki.] I'd like if... he noticed the way that you just did-

[The way he just keeps climbing!]

[roundandaround]

[Something makes the sparkles in her eyes shine brighter. Could it be that she's talked to Katsuki about his crush and is excited to see what looks like reciprocation? Nahhhhh.]

If it's the two of you, then definitely! You're both working hard, and it seems like you really get each other.

[itsmypower]

[Reciprocated... and avoided as best the boy's able, at any costs. It's still a mess, though... all of it. He chews his thoughts.]

You're always looking at things that way, though-

[The bit of cheering, the nudge towards the proverbial "bright side"; the flickering lights.]

Aren't you cheering for your "enemy" now?

[He spies the gleam, though nothing so odd as to give things away, to breach his thoughts.]

It's strange to go from friends to rivals to like this...

[roundandaround]

[Rinku giggles and shakes her head.]

I think it's normal to support your rivals. After all, you want them to do their best too, right? And I want you guys to be happy!