Their band name was Mange.
A rather disgusting name for a band, but their music had a similar feel.
The sound was electrifying, their grimey sound filled you with a sensation akin to repulsion but oddly in an awe-striking way.
I was walking by one of the practice rooms when I witnessed their performance one day.
Tanjiro on guitar, a pair of dirty blonde-haired twins one with beauty marks on opposite sides looking symmetrical with an unexpectedly focused Shirai going away at drums.
Its heavy-hitting sound was different once heard live, I felt goosebumps on my skin, I could feel the sound reverberating throughout my body, I felt dirty like I might drown in a pit of mud.
This...was their sound?
Tanjiro and the weird Shirai... as well as everyone else in their band... how extremely talented.
Before I knew it my feet were rooted to the spot and I felt a fear creeping up in my throat.
Why can't I perform this well? I play it correctly, I support the band but I feel as if I'm barely there... like something's not right... it's been so long, I can't even remember my own original sound... not that it matters. It doesn't matter since I'm just a fill in but...
"Fukuda!"
I nearly forgot where I was for a second.
I turned to see Akemi scowling at me.
"Hurry up and get your ass in here!" Seeing how annoyed she was I must've been standing here for too long.
Their practice had also ended and I could feel eyes on me from the other side.
"A-ah, sorry!"
What's the most frustrating is that I'm the only one who seems to have noticed it.
Or so I had thought.
Satoshi-san paid our group a visit that day, sitting with Hanabusa-san he listened to our practice with knitted brows.
And yet once we were finished, he gave Hanabusa-san the nod.
On our way out, Satoshi-san said to me.
"Did something happen today?"
"Eh? No..."
"I see..."
His sunglasses were a darker shade than Hagihara's making it impossible to read him. He left.
I felt fixed to the spot with fear, I wanted to run after him and ask but when I finally had it was too late.
He had already gotten into a car and was pulling away.