Black Bunny in Underland - Chapter Three

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Chapter: Black Bunny - Mitsuru of Amnesia 3

Writer: 西岡麻衣子 Nishioka Maiko

Season: Fall

Location: Rhythm Link Office

Mitsuru:

*sneak sneak* ...♪

Tomoya:

Oh, come on! Why are you trying to sneak out of the room in the middle of an important conversation, Mitsuru?!

Mitsuru:

Wah, busted! Uh...Tomo-chan? Could ya not grab me by the scruff of my neck? I’m no cat!

Tomoya:

It’s because you’re trying to escape!

Mitsuru:

But but but! This is sooo boring! Everyone’s standin’ around with serious faces while havin’ a serious conversation. It’s so gloomy! At this rate, you’re gonna make me all gloomy too!

At times like this, it’s better to inhale some good ‘ol fresh air and dash as fast as ya can under blue skies~!

That always makes me feel refreshed! So that’s why I wanna go and run~!

Tomoya:

Well, you can’t. Or rather, we’re talking about YOU, so the least you can do is listen closely. Why is the person directly involved trying to get away?

Mitsuru:

Mn? You’re talkin’ about me? I wish you guys wouldn’t lie to me. Nothin’ you’re talkin’ about rings a bell.

I’ve been tellin’ ya this whole time! I’m not an idol! My thing is track and field~!

I’m not gonna be fooled by these lies! Hah~!☆

Nazuna:

Huh?!

Mitsuru:

I’m not an idol—I’m an athlete! Athletes don’t sing or dance—they run!

So that’s what I’m gonna do right now! Dash, dash~!

Tomoya:

Wagh?! Wh-Whoa?! C-Come on, Mitsuru! Stop flailing around~!

Ughhh...I’ll die before letting you go! Hnngh...!

Mitsuru:

Ugggghh...! Tomo-chan, will ya just let go of me already...?!

Hajime:

I think both of you should calm down, Tomoya-kun and Mitsuru-kun. At this rate, you’ll end up stretching and damaging Mitsuru-kun’s clothes.

Mitsuru:

...I don’t want my clothes to get damaged.

Hajime:

Exactly. So could you please try to be just a little bit more patient for now?

You can’t go running outside, but I can show you ES’ training room and the garden back at our dormitory in a little bit. I’m sure you’ll come to like them both.

Mitsuru:

Really, Hajime-chan?! Wahoo, I’m lookin’ forward to it~! I’ll behave myself quietly!

Nazuna:

Mitsuru-chin...

Tomoya:

*sigh* ... All of our problems just keep piling up, but this has to be the biggest one, Nii~chan...

He's not the Mitsuru who stands on stage as an idol—he's the Mitsuru who runs on the field instead from way back then.

Hajime:

Although we’ve already explained it to him quite a few times... Mitsuru-kun just won’t believe that he’s really an idol...

Tomoya:

Or rather, it feels like he has zero intentions of becoming an idol as he is now.

Mitsuru:

I’m tellin’ ya, none of this rings a bell! Why’d I become an idol? Why’d I quit track and field?

Tomoya:

Huh? Beats me...

Hajime:

Besides, you didn’t quit track and field, Mitsuru-kun. You’re still a member of the track team at Yumenosaki—you’re always running on the sports field, full of life.

In fact, the accident that caused this whole affair happened while you were in the middle of club activities.

Mitsuru:

Hmm. But runnin’ on its own is enough fun for me. Why’d I go through the trouble of becomin’ an idol?

Nazuna:

Uhh. Didn’t you say before that it’s ‘cause no matter how fast you run, you’ll never catch up to a car, but you can reach the whole world through a song in a second?

Hajime:

Yes. That’s why even when a scout approached you about running professionally, you turned them down.

Mitsuru:

A song...?

Agh, I don’t get any of this~! Why? Why’d I change my mind?

Nazuna:

Mmm... Not sure if we can answer that for you... Why did Mitsuru-chin become an idol?

Tomoya:

Who knows? We’ve only heard bits and pieces about the reason... Mitsuru’s never been super clear about telling us up until now.

I dunno if it’s ’cause he didn’t want to say why, or if he just doesn’t know how to put it into words well enough.

None of this seems to click with Mitsuru himself, so maybe it’s not even the original reason he wanted to become an idol.

Hajime:

...

Nazuna:

Mn? What’s wrong, Hajime-chin?

Hajime:

Oh, it’s nothing! It’s just...it just hit me that even though I spend so much time with Mitsuru-kun, I still don’t know aaanything about him...

… And I just think that’s really cold and terrible.

......

Tomoya:

There’s no need to get so depressed, Hajime. We’re all in the same boat here.

Nazuna:

Yeah. I’m just about to reflect on how little I know Mitsuru-chin, despite thinking I knew him well.

So, let’s go look for who he is.

Hajime:

Huh? Go look for him...?

Nazuna:

Yeah. Let’s visit places that share a connection between us and Mitsuru-chin together to look for fragments of his memories.

It won’t be too late to decide whether we’ll perform or not at Wonderland after we’ve done whatever we can to help him, right? Tomo-chin?

Tomoya:

Yeah, you’re right. We Ra*bits have grown step by step this whole time. We're used to walking down this kind of path.

Besides, it feels weird not having Mitsuru be the one all “Yahoo, idols!” or “Yahoo, a concert!”. He's the one who always gets the most excited among us!

Hajime:

Yes, you’re right... I want to see him like that again—Mitsuru-kun, the idol who’s full of joy.

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