Part 2

A magazine, photoshoot…where you’re, a delinquent…upperclassman?

Yeah. It’s for a fancy gravure project where they take pictures while we act out students at a school called a “Gymnasium.”

I see…

(...I’m glad it wasn’t anything serious.)

My managir explained that it’s like a really retro school, so I thought, “Okay, I’ll aim for a ‘retro delinquent’!” but…

I’m kinda worried if I’ve got it right. I heard it’s supposed to have an aesthetic and fleeting atmosphere…

Anyway, I just don’t wanna do a half-assed job.

……

I think…the setting, of a manga I borrowed…from Toi-kun before, was a Gymnasium…

Really!? Tell me more about that manga…!

Um…

Was there a d-delinquent…!?

Yes… Toi-kun’s favorite had, a bit of a…delinquent vibe…

For real!? What kinda guy is he?

If I remember…he was the, kind to stare off... into the distance...

Stare off into the distance...?

Oh… I’ll try, to draw it. My tools…are in, my bag…

You can draw it!? You’re the best, Kisuke! That helps a ton…!

(If I remember right, it was an elegant plaid uniform… And the scene where the upperclassman character was looking out at the scenery from the window left a big impression.)

—Something, like…this.

! This is completely different from what I looked up before. The hair and uniform are more subdued, and it definitely has a fleeting feel to it.

And…he has an aura that keeps people at a distance, like a lone wolf. But he still looks classy…

Hmmm, I see, I see.

(...His concentration is amazing. Getting all of that just from this drawing is…)

Alright, I think I’ve pretty much got it!

Huh, already…?

It’s ‘cause your drawing is so good! It made it easy to get the image down.

……!

Also, I think, he did this pose…a lot, too…

Draping the uniform jacket over one shoulder… I do that one pretty often for photoshoots.

—Like this, right?

! That’s, it… I think, it looks…really good.

Now that I, think about it…you look just, like him, Nishizono-san. …Like Toi-kun’s, favorite character.

Really? Then maybe this kinda thing could work too.

Leaning against the windowsill and crossing my arms like this—

Wow…

(Amazing, this looks like a page straight out of the manga. Nishizono-san expresses himself like a true artist when he’s modeling…)

(...So cool.)

I just bought the new volume of “Gymnasium Romanesque”~♪ Time to relax with a cup of tea and—

! Welcome back, Toi.

….Wait, WHAAAAAAAT!?!?

W-W-W-W-Why!? Why is Cain-senpai from “Gym-Roma” here…!?

……Huah. *Thud*.

Toi-kun…!

Toi, are you okay!?

Cain-senpai…your visuals…are too good…

Cain-senpai, wait…did he, mistake him…?

…You’re amazing, Nishizono-san. You really, are…a true artist.

Forget that! Hurry and go get help!

! R-Right.

OPEN YOUR EYES, TOI! TOOOIIII———!!!