Kenta took a deep breath as he closed his eyes. He emptied the chaotic feelings in his chest and pushed the many thoughts out of his mind. He wasn’t sure what else to do with them. He only knew they couldn’t be in the way.
“What is it, Kenta?” the troupe leader, Hayashi Niko asked. “Are you feeling nervous?”
He opened his eyes and smiled brightly. “Of course not! I just need to focus to beat Sakkun’s sorry ass.”
“You’re the one supposed to lose the sword fight, senpai,” Sakkun smirked as she stood next to him.
“I can beat you anytime. Don’t be cocky just ‘cause you got your first leading role, Sakkun.”
“And this is, what? Your tenth? Why do you need to take a deep breath to calm down after this long? For a rehearsal, at that.”
“Isn’t it my fifteenth?”
“Same difference.”
Ken looked
