===A/N: When I was watching R x R x R MV by Bae (great song), I thought of this idea of a SI being a part of Bae's high school life when they were students as well as underground music stars.
P.S. not that fluent in music so take that aspect with a grain of salt ===
(Past)
The music of random playlists on Spotify scrambled in my ears. It was a chill Friday with my Vegemite sandwich for lunch. Can't believe Josh doesn't like Vegemite despite being a full-blown Aussie, he's gonna get jumped in the future.
Oh, a new song from Yoasobi was released. Let's check it o-
"Hey! Little C! There you are!"
Dammit, the rat managed to find me.
"Little B, why are you here? And why did you drag Sarah along?" I sighed and finished my sandwich.
"We need help finding a venue tonight. The Crunchy Bar is closed tonight because Granny Edith went to Broome." Sarah sighed too. Must be a pain having to be the only female friend of the chaotic rat.
"Yeah! Got a place in mind?" Little B tried to snatch my cheese sticks, which I promptly smacked away her thieving hands, "Jerk."
"Hmm, there is a place near the scrapyard. I'll call up some contacts and see if we can get it tonight."
"The Gillba Scrapyard? But there's a lot of junkies around those parts." Sarah was worried.
"They won't be a problem." I reassured her and had to turn my focus back to the rat, "Hands off the phone!"
"Whatcha listening to? Can't believe ya pay for Spotify." Little B started to play around with my playlist, "Oh, Yoasobi released another single! Gimme the other ear."
"Okay." I passed it over, "The song is called Gunjō, translates to Blue, inspired by some sort of art manga called Blue Period."
"Damn, they made another banger," Little B bopped her little head with the music, "I can roll with this for a few weeks. Should we do a cover or remix it?"
"....Probably not, Josh wouldn't keep up with the rhythm and you definitely can't sing like that," I thought of the production but dismissed the idea. It would be too hard with just the four of us.
"Oi! I can sing perfectly fine! Sure, the Japanese parts might be hard but I'm perfect," Little B huffed proudly with her chest out and arms crossed, "Here! I'll do the 'Racing Into The Night' one.
Hmph! Shizumu you ni tokete yuk-"
I threw my last piece of cheese sticks in her mouth.
"I'll listen to your terrible Japanese when we practise. The bin is right over there."
And of course, she starts to nibble on the cheese stick.
"I dropped that stick earlier."
"....."
"Spit it out."
We locked eyes with each other as she slowly shortened the stick.
Little B ran off with the dirty cheese stick.
"Oi! Throw it away!" I chased after her as she leaped over the second-floor railing and down to the ground floor, "Mother fucker! If a teach saw that, I'd feed you to the sharks!"
"Nha-nua" The little rat chase drew attention from other students on their lunch break, laughing at the usual antics of their local music group.
"I'm making sure Granny Edith gives you jellied eel!" I pinned the brat down and yoinked the cheese stick out of her mouth.
"No!" she pouted.
"You two, to the principal's office. Now!" a teacher came to reprimand us for jumping from the second floor, only to become a victim of a flying cheese stick.
"Scatter!" I shouted as Little B and I ran off in different directions, evading pesky teachers while getting to our following classes.
"Do you reckon I can be a singer?" Little B asked me as we boredly looked at the lecturing teacher in the classroom.
"Of course," I reassured, "Why else would we make the gang?" I sneakily passed a cheese slice to her.
".....Thanks, Cobias."
"No prob, Baelz"
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(Present Time)
(Last Chorus and post-chorus)
♫ Rogue Rat Runaway
Gotta get out of this place sewashinai ya
Rogue Rat Runaway
chuuyagyakuten hanten sekai (Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta)
Rogue Rat Runaway
I won't stay in my own lane tsumaranai ya
Rogue Rat Runaway
honrou shichau oitsuite
kaze no you ni
kasumu you ni
We'll vanish into the night ♫
"Damn, that was a great song." I shouted out loud. I got up and stretched after researching various albums for two hours so far. Looking at the time, I'll probably take a nap and test three more songs before calling it a day.
…That song reminded me of a certain rat back in my high school days. Wonder what she's up to. Sarah buzzed out of town and Josh fucked off to America with a cougar. High School was quite the time, I heard school stories in the urban cities were much tamer than what I experienced. Can I even blame it on her? I reckon life would have been boring without her-
DING DONG!
…I don't remember having a delivery or any visitors scheduled for now and my territory didn't ring any alarms. An acquaintance or someone from across town? But they would have rang me up before visiting. Granny Edith? She should be still out of town. Aunt Becky or Uncle Ted? They would have hit the hay by now.
BANG BANG BANG
Someone was actually knocking on the garage shutters! Only a few people knew I lingered around the garage instead of inside the main house. I slowly walked to the shutters and opened a holo screen onto my left hand for any cameras and-
"Oi! How long are you gonna take for the shutters?!" A squeaky voice shouted from the other side of the metal rollers.
Ah, I recognise that voice. Never thought I would see her again, confirmed by the camera screens.
"Imma take my damn time!" I shouted over as I approached the doors, "Thought you forgot this bloody dump after moving to Melbourne."
"I did not!"
I opened the shutters, light flooded the garage with a short shadow of the ratty brat.
A pouty face filled her ratty face. Red, white and black hair rampages on her fuzzy head, a comfy oversized hoodie to warm up the cold afternoon and a little black suitcase. Her eyes were just as colourful as when I first met her.
"I'm back!" she sprung forward and gave a big hug like a koala.
"I'm back, Cobias."
"Welcome back, Baelz."