Coffin Dilemma - Rei Sakuma Idol Story
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Nmm…
…(tossing and turning)
(Sigh)
Hmm~♪ Hmm~♪ Hmhmhm~♪
This little box fits perfectly in my hands♪
I can’t believe I finally got my hands on this rare limited-edition cheesecake from that store. My timing was always so bad, I could never get it. But today’s my lucky day!
I'm going back to my room now so I can brew a delicious tea….. And enjoy a blissful time savoring this thing♪
I’m home—
Uwaaaaah?! What the?!
There’s a coffin in the middle of my room!? What? What's happening? That’s super scary!
Ehhh... I was feeling so happy just a moment ago. Now I feel like I’ve encountered a bad omen outta nowhere…
…Uhh, what should I do about this…?
I looked around, but found nothing weird. No matter how you look at it, it's just a normal coffin
Well, when you think about it, finding a coffin in the middle of your bedroom is already weird enough
Right…! Nothing will change if I just keep staring at it. It's scary alright, but I’ll suck it up and take a peep insidee…
Maybe is just someone trying to make a tasteless jo—
…
...?!?!?1
I’m home
Uwaaaaaah… Sniffs… Hic
Eh? Shiratori-kun, why are you crying? What happened?
Uwaaah… Tenshouin-senpai… Guh… S-Sakuma-senpai… Sakuma-senpai… He diiieeeddd!
By saying Sakuma-senpai you mean Sakuma-kun? I’m sure there must be a misunderstanding
I can imagine someone as weak as me dying, but you can't kill someone like Sakuma-kun even if you try to
But it’s true! I saw with my own eyes. He was lying down with a peaceful face inside that coffin… Sobs
…Now that you mention it, this thing should be in Yumenosaki. Why is it in our room?
Hm?
It's been quite noisy here for a while. Could you please tone it down?
Kyaaaaah?! A zombie?! Please, Sakuma-senpai, let go of your resentment and transcend peacefully~!2
Have you calmed down now, Shiratori-kun?
Yeah… I’d never imagine you’d be sleeping in a coffin… Sorry for making such a ruckus
Good grief. It doesn’t come as a surprise that someone like Shiratori-kun would misunderstand the situation. I hope you finally understand that this habit of yours is neither normal nor acceptable, Sakuma-kun
Oh dear. I seem to have given you a hard time, Shiratori-kun. I sincerely apologize for causing you such a fright
First of all, you’ve been properly sleeping in a bed since you came to the dorms. So why did you resort to your coffin again?
Truth be told... I’ve been having trouble falling asleep as of late. Waking up in the morning has been quite the challenge, as well
You’ve been having trouble to sleep…?
Indeed. I’ve been doing my utmost to resist sleeping in my coffin when we live in a shared environment, you see?
It’s not like I can bring it to work either, so I'm trying to get used to sleeping in a bed every day
No matter where I go, it's always beds, beds, beds… When they tell you to rest, it’s always go to bed… This thing that brings comfort to people do nothing but stress me out~
I want to feel that tender embrace again… That nostalgic feeling of being entombed… Sigh
Poor Sakuma-Senpai…
Don’t fall for such a thing, Shiratori-kun
Don’t you feel guilty deceiving your young and naïve junior?
Eh. Why would you say that, Tenshouin-kun…?
No use pretending to be all cute and innocent. It doesn’t work on me in the slightest. In any case, of course you’d only see beds wherever you go
By the way, where did this coffin even come from? Last I saw it, I recall it being in the Light Music Club room at the academy
The staff at the agency noticed how exhausted I was, so they went to the lengths of bringing it here for me. They told me to at least have a short rest
Oh dear, so even the staff at the agency noticed…
Sigh… Alright, you already took your nap, right?
This dorm is a shared space, so please don’t keep troublesome things in it, okay? You must put this back to where it came from immediately
How blunt of you. Not even a shred of sympathy, huh?
If this coffin is still here the next time I come into this room, I'll get rid of it myself using whatever means it takes
You’re such a devil of man?!
“—Therefore, the demonic Tenshouin-kun ordered me to bring the coffin back to the Light Music Club, which I have left alongside this letter. From Rei Sakuma”...?
Don’t bring this shit back when I’ve just cleared up the room, ya damn vampire bastard!
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Translation Notes
- ↑ It doesn’t outright say anything in the original text, but having this gives off the same vibe as Aira’s Live 2D for this scene.
- ↑ So the thing that Aira is most likely talking about is something similar to the next stage of life (similar to Nirvana or Heaven). It’s when someone has reached enough enlightenment/spiritual awareness to be able to depart from the cycle of life (aka Earth/no longer needing to reincarnate) to reach the Heavens and become a Buddha there. Aira’s basically saying “rest in peace” in a Buddhist way, you can read about it here.