gyaxa | Butterfly Dream — Dreaming Chrysalis 1

Season: Winter

Izumi: ~...♪

♪~♪~♪

Ritsu: Un, deux, trois ♪ Ahn, doo, twah~…♪

Izumi: Um, hello? Why don’t you actually practice instead of just clapping along like a weirdo?

I don’t care if you want to lie down or whatever. Ugh, you’re sooo annoying!

Ritsu: And there’s today’s “sooo annoying”.

This is your 17th one this month. You’ve been saying it a lot less recently. You doing okay, Secchan?

Izumi: So that’s what you were writing down… You obviously have nothing better to do, so just start practicing already.

C’mon, get outta the kotatsu! Do you want to get all moldy?

Ritsu: You can be such a mom sometimes… It’s cold enough to cause a mass extinction in here. There’s no chance any mold’s gonna grow.

Izumi: Well maybe you’ll warm up if you start moving already! C’mon, get up! You’re such a handful!

Ritsu: Ugh… It’s been a while since Knights has had a break, so personally, I don’t think I should be forced to practice.

Breaks are for resting. You sure are hardworking, Secchan.

If you push yourself too hard, you’ll end up collapsing sooner or later. There’s no point in one person rushing ahead, so let’s all move at the same pace, ‘kay?

… Juust kidding. That’s not really something a member of Knights would say, huh?

Izumi: Hmph. Well recently, that kind of gung ho attitude has been more our style.

I couldn't stand to be held back by deadweights, so the rest of you should follow my lead and put in more effort, got it?

Ritsu: But I have been working hard recently. You should be praising me, y’know.

See, that’s what you’re lacking. C’mon, be a little sweeter ♪

Izumi: Hah? It’s because you’re all so soft on each other that I have to whip the rest of you into shape!

Whatever. I’ll just disregard the slackers… I’ve been doing that for a long time.

Anyway, I wanna practice, so can you stop bothering me with your nonsense?

Ritsu: Yeah yeah, sorry for bothering you~ Feel free to practice~?

(Geez. That part of Secchan is basically a disease…)

(Well, it is what it is. It’s been ingrained in him for so long, so there’s no quick and easy way to change it.)

(Still… Ever since His Majesty returned, we’ve started branching out, so we’ve gotten a lot more busy.)

(Secchan’s gonna wear himself thin at this rate… so I wanna help him get the rest he needs.)

(That ridiculous plan “those guys” put together might be a good chance for Secchan to get a breather…?)

Izumi: … Huh? Isn’t it kinda noisy outside? Are those… footsteps, maybe?

Ritsu: (Ooh, are they finally here?)

(I sneakily set the device up under the kotatsu, so I’m all set over here~)

(Fuhaha~♪ My perfect time-killing plan, Operation “Butterfly Dream”... starts now!)

Makoto: P-Pardon my intrusion! Are any of you present, gentlemen of Knights?!

Izumi: Ah, Yuukun! What’s wrong? Did you come to visit your big bro?!

Makoto: ……

Izumi: Uh, hello? Did you hear me?

Ah… right, you don’t like it when I treat you like that, don’t you? Sorry, I’m not really good at adjusting to things like that on the fly, see?

Makoto: … I’m well aware. However, I’d appreciate it if you’d put your money where your mouth is.

Really, even though you’re so terribly strict when it comes to me…

Izumi: Huh, “so terribly strict”...? Can you knock that off? You sound just like our fake-ass overly polite brat.¹

I told you before, didn’t I? There’s no need to be so polite when we’re off the clock, Yuu-kun~♪

Makoto: O ho, “fake and overly polite”? So that’s how you view me, Sena-senpai?

I’m merely trying to show the proper respect to you as your underclassman.

Ritsu: (Woah… he’s a natural. I guess he doesn’t need any pointers from me.)

(But he won’t be all that convincing by himself… I better prepare a couple good lines for the “other guy” too.)

(I gotta send him some pointers through the device in his ear. Ah, I’m such a busy little bee…♪)

Tsukasa: … Um. Ah… *ahem*

Izumi: Huh, Kasa-kun…? Didn’t we tell you we have off today? Are you here for some solo practice?

Tsukasa: Ahaha… You were right, he does act totally different. He’s so unfriendly when it comes to other people…

This is kinda interesting, actually.

Izumi: Huh? Why are you talking like that, Kasa-kun? Since when did you use words like “totally”?¹

Tsukasa: Geez… you haven’t gotten the hint already, Izumi-san?

Izumi: “Izumi-san”? We are not that close, are we? Watch the way you speak to people, brat.

Tsukasa: Right back at ya. Hm~, I get what Suou-kun was getting at now. I can see how this would get on your nerves.

Fawning over me and then turning around and snapping at everyone else—

Izumi: Uh… huh? “Suou-kun”? Aren’t you Suou-kun, Kasa-kun?

Makoto: That’s exactly right. I’m Suou-kun, not “Kasa-kun”. I’d appreciate it if you would make a habit out of calling me that from now on.

In any case, you seem to be rather confused, so allow me to explain the situation. Of course, I doubt you’ll be quick to believe me—

It appears that I, Tsukasa Suou, have switched bodies with Makoto Yuuki-senpai.

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1. Izumi is actually commenting on them using each other's first person pronouns in these lines.

Makoto typically uses 僕 (boku), which comes off as youthful and boyish.
Tsukasa typically uses 私 (watashi), a pronoun commonly used in formal settings that can sound stiff when used by a young boy.↑

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