Kamiyama High School - Rooftop
Mizuki
What are you doing up here, Rui?
Rui
I could ask you the same thing.
I'm surprised to see you here too.
I'm surprised to see you here too.
Mizuki
You sure do have a habit of avoiding my questions.
Rui
Hehe, I guess so. It's just that I don't have any particular reason for being here.
Rui
I'm just enjoying the scenery.
Rui
I'm just enjoying the scenery.
Mizuki
...
Rui
What is it?
You look a bit confused...
You look a bit confused...
Mizuki
Do I? I just remembered that you said the exact same thing the first time we met.
Rui
Oh, did I?
Mizuki
But you seem a lot different now...
Rui
Hm?
Mizuki
Anyhow, do you know where I can find someone named Tsukasa?
Mizuki
He's your friend, right?
I saw you two talking earlier and...
I saw you two talking earlier and...
Rui
Tsukasa?
Is he a friend of yours too?
Is he a friend of yours too?
Mizuki
Not quite. He's a friend of a friend, I guess.
I've been looking everywhere for him.
I've been looking everywhere for him.
Rui
I wish I could help, but I have no idea where he went. He's like a storm that blows by and is gone before you know it.
Mizuki
Yeah, he did seem like the type who can't sit still for long.
Mizuki
I saw his play earlier today. The plot, his performance, everything was just crazy! I had no clue what was going on.
Rui
Hehe, that sounds about right.
He's like that day in and day out.
He's like that day in and day out.
Mizuki
You know, Rui...
Mizuki
I saw you rehearsing earlier and you seemed to be having a ton of fun.
Rui
Ah, yes. Tsukasa, Nene and I were going over some lines for the play...
Mizuki
We used to spend a lot of time doing nothing on the rooftop back in middle school...
Mizuki
But I felt some relief when I saw you getting along with people and having fun.
Mizuki
Who's there...?
Rui
Oh, I wasn't expecting an audience in such a remote location.
Mizuki
An audience?
Mizuki
I was here first, you know.
You got a problem with that?
You got a problem with that?
Rui
Not at all.
I didn't mean to offend.
I didn't mean to offend.
Rui
Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Rui Kamishiro.
Mizuki
Kamishiro, huh?
Oh, you're that notorious third year...
Oh, you're that notorious third year...
Rui
Ah, my fame precedes me.
Will you tell me your name?
Will you tell me your name?
Mizuki
Nah.
Rui
I see. Well in any case, it would seem fate has brought us together here today. It's nice to meet you, Mizuki Akiyama.
Mizuki
Why'd you ask my name if you already knew it...?
Rui
Because I wanted you to tell me yourself of course.
Mizuki
You're pretty weird...
Rui
Hehe. Yes, I get that often.
Mizuki
Anyway, what did you come up here for?
Rui
I'm just enjoying the scenery.
Mizuki
During the School Festival? Don't have anything better to do?
Mizuki
All you can see from up here is people milling around like ants down below.
Rui
You're right. But I like the view.
You can see just how lively everything is.
You can see just how lively everything is.
Rui
Everyone's enjoying one show or another.
Mizuki
If you like that sort of thing, why aren't you down there with them?
Rui
I wish I could.
I would if I actually could...
I would if I actually could...
Mizuki
Sigh...
Mizuki
I guess we're kinda two peas in a pod...
Next Chapter: Together on the Roof