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If there is one thing the students of Kamiyama all agree on, it's that the duo of weirdos in the 2nd year are always up to something. Today was not an exception. 

They saw one of them, Rui, walking in the hallway with a small drone flying next to him and decided it would be much better to go back to their preparations for the cultural festival. However, a student just walking with a flying drone next to him isn't something you can easily ignore, so some students would still have a look out of pure curiosity to know what he would do next. That's when he stopped in his tracks and the drone moved right in front of his face. Rui then pressed a button and a small mirror came out of the drone. A mirror.

As the students wondered what he was doing, a loud voice could be heard from the end of the hallway. It was Tsukasa, the loud one of the duo.

"Rui!"

"Oh my, Tsukasa-kun, what got you in such hurry?"

"Check out this cool sword my class made! I'm going to look so cool when I swing it during our class play! Ha ha ha!!"

Rui looked at Tsukasa proudly showcasing his sword and had a flash of genius. If we could call it that.

"Perfect timing, Tsukasa-kun. Could you lend me your sword?"

"What do you want from my sword?!" Tsukasa hid the sword behind himself as if to protect it from whatever Rui had in mind.

"I'm not going to do anything weird to your precious sword, don't worry. I just need it for a moment."

"If you say so…"

Tsukasa then grumpily handed over the sword to Rui, who pressed another button on his drone and a red pen came out of it. He took the pen, and after putting the sword's blade right next to his eye, used the pen to apply a perfect line of red eyeliner. Once he was done, he gave the sword back to Tsukasa, thanked him for the help, and left.

Tsukasa stared at Rui's back, then his sword, then at Rui's back again, then at his sword again, and lastly turned around to return to his class, still staring at his sword. A few students were holding onto each other not to burst into laughter.

The students of Kamiyama aren't the only ones that have to deal with Tsukasa's and Rui's antics though. This time it was Saki's turn. As she was watching TV in the living room, she heard the door open and her brother announcing that he was back from school. She turned her back to greet him.

"Saki!!! I have a question for you!!" He then moved to the sofa where she was sitting and sat next to her.

"Sure thing! What do you need to know?"

"Do girls use swords to apply makeup?" Saki blinked once, then twice, then thrice.

"Uh… Not as far as I know?" She wasn't sure herself. The grandmas at the hospital never told her about the correlation between swords… and makeup?

Tsukasa rested his chin on his fist and seemed to be lost in thoughts. That lasted only a few seconds though.

"I see! So it's a boys' thing! Well, we love swords, so it makes sense we would use them to apply makeup as well! Thank you Saki!!"

"You're… You're welcome?"

Tsukasa then got up and moved to his room, leaving a very confused Saki behind. She picked up her phone and sent a message to the Leo/need groupchat saying "I think my brother is going to poke his eyes out.", then chuckled when Shiho replied with "He still hasn't?".

Lastly, we will quickly skip to a performance day at the Wonder Stage. A little bit more than an hour was left before the members of Wonderlands x Showtime would be performing in front of their audience, and they were getting ready behind the scenes. A very energetic Emu waved her hand at Rui.

"Rui-kun!! Rui-kun!! Can you do the brush brush thing on my cheeks again?" The brush brush thing referred to applying a layer of blush. It wasn't the blush itself that she liked, but more the sensation of the brush on her cheeks. Rui knew that, so he would entertain her by brushing her cheeks a few times with a clean brush.

"Alright, sit over there and I will apply the blush." He then took a small controller from his pocket, pressed a button, and Tsukasa saw the infamous makeup drone show up from a corner of the room. That's when his brain did 2+2. It was the makeup drone! Rui was going to apply makeup to Emu! (He wasn't, but Tsukasa didn't know that)

Tsukasa looked at the stage props scattered around until he finally found what he was searching for. The best friend of a boy applying makeup! A sword!! He took the sword and without a second thought handed it over to Rui, who wasn't sure what was going on. Nene and Emu were giving Tsukasa looks of confusion as well.

"Thank you for the sword… but why?"

"Don't you need it to apply makeup? Like you did back at school!"

"Oh…."

Rui bit the inside of his cheek so as not to laugh at Tsukasa's misunderstanding.

"Tsukasa-kun, you're so very stu-... interesting. I'm very glad to be friends with you. Thank you for the sword." 

Rui then gave the sword to Tsukasa and turned to brush Emu as if nothing had happened. Tsukasa was more confused than the first time.