Muku Sakisaka/Blessings of Blooming

Pair Performance: Muku with Yuki

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	Your theme is “Codependent Twins,” Muku-kun and Yuki-kun.
	I know it’s kind of early, but here’s the plot summary and script dialogue. Can you two review these?
Muku	Yes, understood.
Yuki	Wealthy twins born to a certain noble. They have always done everything together from a young age.
	But, their family loses their social status due to the result of a certain incident. The twins parents divorce each other because of this certain matter. The two end up being separated from each other—
Muku	The lines are, “It’s because we’re being separated from one another,” and “From now on as well, we will always be together.”
	It seems like a very interesting theme…!
Yuki	Yeah. Since I’m doing this with you Muku, I think we can create something unexpected.
Izumi	I’m looking forward to your pair performance, Muku-kun and Yuki-kun!
	[Later]
Kumon	…Ok, all done!
Muku	Thanks, Kyu-chan. My body feels so much lighter now, thanks to you.
Kumon	Muku, your body’s pretty stiff. If you don’t study in moderation, then you’ll become completely stiff.
Muku	Fufu, you’re right.
	Speaking of which, have you been preparing for your pair performance, Kyu-chan?
Kumon	Of course! Right now we’re going back and forth having briefing sessions. What about you, Muku?
Muku	Same here, I’m in the middle of going over our plans with Yuki-kun.
Kumon	What was your guys’ theme again?
Muku	It’s “Codependent Twins.”
Kumon	If you’re acting as twins, then that means you’re gonna play a brother role with Yuki! Sounds like it’ll be refreshing to watch!
Muku	Yeah. I wasn’t expecting to act out a brother role, at least with this performance.
	(But when I think about it, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to act out the role of a brother very well. If I’m not able to get a better understanding of how brothers should act, then I’ll end up causing trouble for Yuki-kun.)
Kumon	Muku and Yuki as brothers, I wonder what that’ll be like~
Muku	(Codependency means that brothers get along well, it seems. Just like Kyu-chan and Ju-chan…)
Kumon	Muku, whatcha thinking about?
Muku	Kyu-chan! I have a favor to ask you—
	[Later]
Kumon	Uwa—! This is hella lit!
Juza	Don’t go around makin’ too much of a fuss.
Kumon	Eheheh, my bad my bad! Ah, Nii-chan, isn’t it that store?
Muku	Fufu, those two get along so well.
Yuki	Why the hell am I being forced to act like a stalker…
Muku	It’s ok. I made sure to get their permission.
Yuki	No, that’s not what I mean. Why do we have to watch them specifically?
Muku	We’re going to be acting out the roles of codependent twins, aren’t we? Twins are siblings too, so I thought it would be a good idea to watch Ju-chan and Kyu-chan.
Kumon	Excuse meee, one steamed pork bun and one sweet bean bun please!
Shop Owner	Please wait a moment~
Yuki	…Watching them is making me hungry.
Muku	It smells really good over there. After this, let’s get something to eat too.
	[Later]
Shop Owner	You two look very similar, are you brothers?
Kumon	Really!? YAY~!
	I said I really wanted to try the steamed pork buns from here, so Nii-chan ended up taking me to get some!
Juza	Yeah…
Shop Owner	My my, your Onii-san is so sweet.
Kumon	Yeah! I’m proud to have him as my Nii-chan! Right~!
Juza	Yeah…
Shop Owner	Fufu, you get along so well. I’ll throw in an extra pork bun for you two.
Kumon	For real!? Thanks!
Juza	Are you…sure?
Shop Owner	Of course. Make sure to share.
Kumon	Nii-chan, let’s eat these together!
Juza	Yeah.
	[Later]
Yuki	That shop owner is pretty generous.
Muku	.....
Yuki	Muku?
Muku	Kyu-chan, Ju-chan…! They get along so well that even the Shop Owner-san was able to tell…!
	Yuki-kun, we should use this as reference!
Yuki	Sure…to a doable extent though.
	[Mankai Dormitory]
Kumon	Were you able to get some sort of reference from watching us?
Muku	Of course we did! We were able to see how well you two get along when you were happily sharing and eating your steamed pork buns.
Yuki	…I feel like it wouldn’t have made a difference if we just stayed here and watched Juza and Kumon instead.
Muku	Yuki-kun? What’s wrong?
Yuki	Nothing.

Izumi	Your theme is “Codependent Twins,” right Muku-kun and Yuki-kun?
	You two can start whenever you’re ready.
Muku	Understood.
Yuki	Then, let’s start whenever you want Muku.
Muku	Ok. Inhale….exhale.
	[On Stage]
Younger Brother (Muku)	“Nii-san, listen to this. Our cousins say we’re weird.”
Older Brother (Yuki)	“They mean we get along really well, don’t they?”
Younger Brother	“Whoa…! How did you know?”
Older Brother	“That’s, something only you would know, right?”
Younger Brother	“It’s because we’re twins.”
Older Brother	“Yup.”
Younger Brother	“And it’s because we really love each other!”
Older Brother	“Exactly. Seems like you understand now.”
	“It’s because we have each other, that we know these things. We understand one another the best, and are our only friend.”
	“So there’s no reason for you to worry about what others are saying, is there?”
Younger Brother	“Yeah, you’re right! Hey, Nii-san. Let’s go horse back riding today, just the two of us!”
Older Brother	“Yeah, that’ll be nice. Let’s get a bunch of your favorite scones as well.”
	[Later]
Younger Brother	“Dad and Mom have gotten a divorce…!? Why!?”
Older Brother	“It seems like one of mom’s relatives was involved in a corrupt incident. So dad is breaking off his relations so he doesn’t suffer any damage.”
Younger Brother	“No way…! Then what’s going to happen to us?”
Older Brother	“Don’t worry, everything will be ok. It’s not like we’ve done anything wrong.”
Younger Brother	“…Yeah, yeah!”
	[Later]
Older Brother	“—Why are we being separated too!?”
Younger Brother	“That’s right, we didn’t even do anything!”
Older Brother	“We don’t have to live the luxurious life we’ve been living up until now. As long as I have my younger brother with me, that’ll be enough.”
Younger Brother	“I don’t need anything else as long as I have Nii-san with me. Please! Let us stay together!”
	“Selfish…? Us…?”
Older Brother	"…We’re the selfish ones? If anything you guys are the—"
	[Hitting sounds]
Younger Brother	“Uwaaaa!!”
Older Brother	“!? What’re you—“
Younger Brother	“panting”
	“I’m doing this because we’re being separated from each other.”
Older Brother	“…Aah, I see. I’m glad that this is the first thing you decided to do. Here, I’ll carry that for you.”
Younger Brother	“Do you, hate me now…? Sorry. I’m sorry! Please don’t hate me!”
Older Brother	“Don’t worry. I love you.”
	“So, could you give me that fire hook. I don’t want your hands to be covered with blood.”
	[More hitting]
Older Brother	“Fu—!”
	“Now we’re matching.”
Younger Brother	“Nii-san…!”
Older Brother	“From now on, we’ll be together just like we’ve always been.”
Younger Brother	“Yeah! Always always!”
Older Brother	“We have been together from the moment we were born and will be together until the moment we die.”
	[Off Stage]
Spectator A	…That was amazing.
Spectator B	It was kinda scary, but I couldn’t look away.
Izumi	(Codependent twins. Muku-kun and Yuki-kun’s acting was pretty dark, but it turned out to be a really interesting story.)
Kumon	Muku, Yuki, that was hella great! I was so moved!
Muku	Eheheh, it’s all thanks to you Kyu-chan.
Kumon	Me?
Muku	Yeah. Just like how you love Ju-chan, I made sure to keep that type of love in mind towards Yuki-kun’s Onii-chan role while I was acting.
Yuki	Can’t believe that stalking actually ended up being really useful.
Muku	Fufu. I’m glad we were able to do it.
Izumi	Good work you two! Let’s take the commemorative picture now.
Muku	Yes.
Yuki	What pose are you going to do?
Izumi	How about a pose following your role?
Yuki	That works.
Muku	Then…it has to be something like this.
	[Takes Picture]
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Izumi	…Yeah. It’s really giving off the vibe of twin counterparts.
Kumon	Did you take the picture? Lemme see, lemme see!
Izumi	Here, this is it.
Kumon	Wah~ There’s hella aura spilling out from this picture…!
Izumi	You two were perfect as codependent twins.
Kumon	Yeah! But, I really like the way you usually are~ I just really love our always smiling Muku.
Muku	Fufu, thanks. I also love that side of you, Kyu-chan.
Yuki	…These two are more like twins than anything.
Izumi	Ahaha…

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