"What the heck!?"
Kohaku screamed.
"Friend B! Get your stinking hands off my Sango-chan!"
She rushed forwards to pounce on me
I resigned this repeat peacefully, after all I was able to experience something new. Truly this is the reason why I continue acting despite the circumstances: to experience something new is truly a bliss! I wonder what will happen-
"Kohaku. Sit."
Sango said with a sternly. Suddenly her presence emanated a pressure that seemed to crush me and Kohaku down.
I was being choked by this pressure.
However, through the warmth of Sango's hand the pressure seemed to have subsided.
Am I a dog on a lease? Or maybe I'm just on a roller coaster. In any-case, it seems like there isn't much I can do to course correct anymore. I guess I better strap in for a long haul.
Kohaku was planted on the ground firmly in a seiza with her head lowered.
"Kohaku, what were you about to do?"
"He was defiling your hand, I had to stop him!"
"Oh, you mean this hand?"
She raised our linked hands up, rousing me from my absentmindedness.
'Hey, wait! Why am I acting like a background character? In this scene I am a center figure! I am the Protagonist of this scene! I should act more like the protagonist! That's right, like Satoru… Ok, maybe not Satoru, though.'
Yet, when Sango held up our hands I couldn't speak. However! Like the brave protagonist I am, I tried my very hardest to shine!
"S-Sango-san, d-don't you think that t-this might disturb others?"
I triumphantly announced in a mouse like voice, barely audible. The cognitive dissonance was palpable, and my ears flushed red. I wanted to bury my head in the ground.
Sango turned her head to face me and clasped my hand, and said with a gentle voice
"If, that's what you really want… Then, ok."
She looked reluctant to let go of my hand, but ultimately, she let go of my hand.
Kohaku's jaw dropped.
'What is this repeat?!'
As Sango was walking towards her desk she turned around and spoke
"Remember what we promised? Tomorrow, let's eat together."
I didn't forget, so why did she mention thi-
Kohaku was on the ground, and if there was a ref they would start counting now.
I sat back in my seat and then shortly the bell rang.
Ah, time for my normally scheduled broadcast~! Dreamland here I come!
I straighten my back, look forward with my eyes open, and fall asleep facing the board of the classroom. How did I do this? Practice.
I do this as I don't have any more lines until the end of school, where I say
"See 'ya later Satoru-san!"
I naturally wave to Satoru as he pays me little heed. I make my way home. To be fair, I've heard Satoru's lines hundreds of times to the point I could probably recite it with more passion than he does it. But in the end, my character's name is not Satoru but Friend B.
It's not an actual name, but it's what everyone calls me. I wonder when Friend A will gain sentience so I can tell him all about what I've been through. According to the very nomenclature of the letter A, he should be the "Alpha", whereas I should be the "Beta". B after A but not before, right? I dunno, it hurts my brain to even speculate how I got sentience, so forget thinking about how to give it to other people.
'Man, Sango was pretty weird today though.'
I suddenly thought.
Yeah, I should probably ruminate about today's happenings and why there were a lot of mishaps within the stage today. Usually, I would only have about 20 or so lines to say: greeting Satoru, gossiping with Friend A, and saying goodbye to Satoru. But today I got to act as the main character for a moment. Everything was set up for me to be in that moment with the spotlight on me! The antagonist, the dilemma, the climax, then the resolution. It was euphoric!
I begin getting giddy thinking about my actions of today, maybe tomorrow will let me be the protagonist again.
I open the door to enter my house and think about making something new for tomorrow's lunch. I hum a light tune while I set my things down and turn to the kitchen.
'Ok! How do I cook?'
It seems like I need to take step one before continuing this thought process. But the allure of being the protagonist suddenly invigorates my limbs imbuing it with newfound energy almost as if encouraging me to make mistakes, because protagonists need to go through trials and tribulations to grow, and goddamn-it! I am the Protagonist of tomorrow! I raised my fist as if channeling my energy.
I get out every ingredient I need to make my favorite food a delectable sandwich, and also a few sides like: friend chicken, dumplings, squid sausages…
Hmm~hmm~hmm~
I sashay to and from. I mess-up, but I just pick it up and keep cooking.
What got me in such a mood? Someone finally acknowledged me, and better yet interacted with me! If that's not a reason to celebrate, then I don't know what else is! In-fact this isn't even the biggest thing I celebrated, for instance there was this time where Satoru was going to die but he didn't, because of me! The next day I celebrated, but I woke up the next day at the very beginning of the script.
I might be getting ahead of myself, but it seems that being the protagonist fills me with a strange vigor to celebrate. Mainly when I celebrate, I sing or dance. I'm not very good at it, but that doesn't stop me. If someone saw me when I celebrate, I would probably die of embarrassment.
Anyways, I don't cook so I even celebrated that small fact!
It seems that tomorrow is going to be a great day!
Perfect! Just as I was thinking about tomorrow's lunch, I finish making my lunch. Everything is going perfectly fine for me~!
La~La~La~
I pack everything up for tomorrow, and I get prepared to go to bed.
Walking toward my room, my protagonist sense goes off! Something feels off… Ah ha! The tag on my shirt was bothering my neck! Ripping it off, I climb into my bed and head to Dreamland where I will hopefully count to 1000 sheep in my dreams.
'I can't wait for tomorrow!'
I was so excited I could barely sleep, but after counting 1001 sheep I feel asleep.