[sfx: dishes clinking, Nayuta eating]
Nayuta: Mm? ... mm! What is this? It's really good!
Kanata: ... Shrimp and chili egg bowl. It's a new item he hasn't put on the menu yet.
Nayuta: ... well, ~*the fluffy eggs and the tender shrimp make this new item seriously good*~. Thanks, Kanata.
Kanata: Yeah.
Nayuta: Ah... ... [sigh] What're you still pissed about? C'mon, you're going to get permanent wrinkles between your eyebrows like that.
Kanata: Shuddup.
Nayuta: Hey, don't take it out on me. Here, I'll give you a bite, so stop being so grumpy.
Kanata: I don't need it.
Nayuta: Just try it, it's really good.
Kanata: I already said--
Nayuta: Here.
Kanata: ...
Nayuta: Open your mouth.
Kanata: [reluctantly opening his mouth]
Nayuta: Hmph. ... well?
Kanata: ... s'good.
Nayuta: Right? And your mood improved a little.
Kanata: ... that's completely unrelated. ... goddammit, that rat bastard is pissing me off again. What the hell is he on with this team match bullshit? They're probably just backpedalling because they're scared of losing.
Nayuta: So are we dropping out?
Kanata: I didn't say we're dropping out! ... the Paradox Live is supposed to be where we put our lives on the line to reach the top as rappers. So bullshit about "companions" and "cooperation" is completely irrelevant. This is why I fucking hate rich kids. I really wanted to punch that smug look off his face this time.
Nayuta: Pfft. So did you?
Kanata: No, but I wanted to.
Nayuta: Mmm... So you're not going to make a decision without asking me, right?
Kanata: What do you mean by that?
Nayuta: Well, speaking just for myself, I just want to stand with you together in that venue again, Kanata. I'm happy with just that much.
Kanata: ...
Nayuta: C'mon, don't make that face. I feel the same way as you do. I'm not interested in just sitting around and twiddle my thumbs, and I'm not interested in getting buddy-buddy with anyone, either. All I'm interested in is taking back what's been taken from us.
Kanata: Then--
Nayuta: So, let's show all those half-hearted losers who the real kings are.
Kanata: ...
Nayuta: I don't give a fuck what team we're on, it's still a matter of going hard in the 1-on-1 battles. So! All we've got to do is the same as we've always done. Right?
Kanata: Yeah...
Nayuta: So it'll be a cakewalk. We'll just win by a landslide and let the hard numbers prove who actually deserves to be at the top.
Kanata: --! Nayuta...
Nayuta: We'll win. But of course, that's a given, right? So this time, let's just focus on how we're going to win.
Kanata: How we're going to win, huh? ... got it, Nayuta. It doesn't matter who's on our team or our enemies; we'll show all of them hell. We'll make them feel real despair with our sound as cozmez.
Nayuta: Right? As long as we're together...
Kanata and Nayuta: We're unbeatable. ... [laughing]
Nayuta: ... ah!!
Kanata: What's up?
Nayuta: My chili-shrimp egg bowl got cold.
Kanata: That's because you didn't eat it fast enough.
Nayuta: Eh?
Kanata: Why don't you just put it in the microwave?
Nayuta: No way, then the eggs will get all rubbery.
Kanata: That's just the price you have to pay, then.
[sfx: Dishes clinking]
Nayuta: ... it's still good cold, actually.
Kanata: Well, there you go.
Nayuta: You wanna have some, Kanata?
Kanata: It's fine, you can eat it yourself. I'm gonna work on getting this track sorted out.
Nayuta: Ah... mm?
Kanata: We're going to be cooking up something new, too. I'm not about to halfass it just because it's just for the Opening Show. I'm gonna go all in on making them tremble.
Nayuta: Aye-aye.
[sfx: computer mouse clicking]
Kanata: Huh? The hell is this?
Nayuta: [laughs] When'd you record "some weird humming"?
Kanata: No idea.
Nayuta: [laughs] You keep a record of this?
Kanata: Hold on just a second... hmph! [shifting]
Nayuta: --?
Kanata: Let's take a listen to something you hummed. This was from the other night, when you got up out of bed, right?
Nayuta: Eh?
Kanata: It's around here somewhere... aha! Found it.
Nayuta: Wait! Time out! Time out!
[sfx: mouse clicking]
[sfx: recording of Nayuta humming the melody to We gotta go, interspersed with the real Nayuta making ineffectual attempts to stop the playback and sighing]
Nayuta: ... I mean, it's not bad, right...?
Kanata: I mean, yeah...