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─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

"i know it's bad!"

momoe sighed, looking at the girl in front of her. mizuki although wasn't the worst drummer she has seen today, still didn't fit the standards her band made.

ah, yes. the band.

see, after graduating, her and a couple of her friends decided to make a band together, since they had a shared passion for music.

ai, her dear friend from first grade, was the assigned rhythm guitarist. she was great with the instrument, of course, but she always said riffs and showing off weren't really her thing.

the lead guitarist on the other hand, she knew from one of the kendo club practices. she went there once or twice but left quickly, as the coach gave her a weird vibe. she took kaoru with her, who turned out to be an amazing guitarist. that landed him the lead guitarist role.

momoe by herself took care of the bassist role, seeing as she always thought the instrument was the coolest one. unofficially, she was the leader, who forced all the members to come together and create the band.

officially, the leader was rika, their charming vocalist. while she was the one who sang the most, sometimes momoe or other members would take some backing vocals, just to give it a cooler feeling.

another precious member, neiru, was the pianist. she was the only one of them who actually went to music school. she was just as great as you'd expect.

but what is a band without a drummer? well, they had a drummer, haruka. a couple... unfortunate conflicts forced her to leave the band just couple days before, leaving the squad missing a member.

in the band, everyone liked and respected one another. usually. haruka was the one nobody, except momoe, could get along with. so, no one was really upset with the fact that it was her who left the group. what was the real problem- they didn't have a drummer anymore.

most of the songs they covered and wrote required them to have the drums playing, at least some beat to keep everything clean. they tried some rehearsals without the drummer but... that didn't end well.

so, momoe took it upon herself to find the missing member. from posts on social media, official statements on their site, contacting some places they played at... nobody was good enough. maybe haruka was hard to work with for some, but she was really good at what she did.

and she just dismissed the last person that came to audition.

just when momoe thought all hope was lost, she heard a small notification sound from her phone.

"message request from: y/n🧚‍♀️ (local.birdie)" it showed, with the little blue bird from the twitter app. she unlocked her phone, clicking on the new notification.

➪                           𝘆/𝗻🧚‍♀️ ⋮≡

𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹.𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗲
hey, you guys still looking for the drummer?

𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗼_𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹
yeah. you'd like to audition?

𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹.𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗲
yes, if possible. when could i come?

𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗼_𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹
in like 20 minutes? we're
closing soon but if you manage
to come to acca's before 9
then we can see

𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹.𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗲
sure, i'll be there!

momoe smiled, looking up from her phone.

maybe there still was some hope.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───