Clean Up Crew [Yanagi & Shin]

Another day of classes, another day of practice. Which for Yanagi meant another day of sitting off to the side while painting a piece of scenery. It was exactly where she wanted to be. The girl couldn't bring her self to get on a stage in front of just the rest of the club. Having the eyes of so many people on her made her too nervous to speak. She was happy to stay off to the side doing her own thing to help the production while others worked on their acting.

By the time practice was over for the day Yanagi was content with having painted a nice brick wall. The paper mache used even gave it some good texture instead of just being a painted piece of wood. While others talked to each other, Yanagi slowly checked the painting supplies and wiped up a tiny bit that had fallen on the floor. Her shirt had a few grey spots on it, but that was why she wore a shirt she didn't care about over her other clothing. The spots of paint on her hands could wait until she was done cleaning the rest of the room as well. Yanagi smiled as she was able to let her hair out of the ponytail after an hour of risking paint getting in it.

As the upperclassmen left, only a few were left to clean up the hall for the evening. When the head of the production part of the club left Yanagi bowed without saying anything. She then carefully leaned the piece she painted against a wall so the remaining wet paint didn't get on anything as the room was cleaned up. While the small stage in the room was already clean a few of the other production tools had to be cleaned up. The purple-haired girl was quick to pack things away without saying anything to the others still in the room. Looking around the room she made note of the various things that needed to be done to get the room back in order.

The first order of business was the costume closet. Cleaning the painting supplies could wait. Yanagi wanted to make sure none of the delicate costumes were hung up in ways that would cause wrinkles or even worse, left on the floor. The teen poked her head into the costume closet to see how the actors and actresses left their costumes all over the place, not expecting anyone to still be in there.

Another day of play practice concluded. Shin always found it fun, getting to pretend and be someone else. Acting came naturally to him, it was easy to immerse himself in a role and become a different person. Mostly just cause he was so bored as himself. Mundane and dull was everyday life. Theater served as probably the most fun distraction the young teen could have. Though, it only killed a few hours before it came to an end, and here he was, at the end of play practice.

The elder students took their leave, saddling the younger years with clean up. Though most people just picked up after themselves and rushed out quickly, a sort of "not it" to cleaning excessive mess. Shin was in no hurry to go home however, not to an empty and dreary house anyway. So, he stuck around to clean up. Putting props where they went, and heading to the costume closet to pick up any mess left by the others, as well as change into his uniform again.

Stepping into the closet he saw a bit of a mess scattered throughout. With a sigh, he shut the door behind him. Some people barely managed to even hang their outfits, so they slipped and fell to the floor. Well, he figured he should hand up his own costume first before the others. While he began to change out of his outfit, his mind wandered. He realized, he had a tendency to get lonely easily. Realizing this, since he assumed he was the only one who stayed behind to clean. Leaving his funny looking outfit on the floor he began to dress back into his own clothes with a soft sigh. He paused there with his shirt in his hands. He didn't know why he felt so bothered all the time, so sad when he was alone in his mind.

Then the doorknob began to turn and he freaked out, being shirtless still. "W-wah?! Wait wait don't come in!" He scrambled to get his head through the right hole before who ever was entering could see him in his indecency. Once clothed, he looked upon the other person left behind to see a girl, who he recognized. She was part of the club, and Shin seen her around before. But he never spoke to her, and did not actually recall her name. "O-oh, are you cleaning up also?" he asked, assuming the girl was not here to try on the outfits in secret.

Shin's warning came too late for Yanagi to stop the door from opening. Her hands shot up to her eyes just in case, a blush on her cheeks. As she stood there with the door opening she tried to apologize. "SorryIdidn'trealizesomeonewasinthere!" The words spilled out of Yanagi's mouth as the door opened fully. After a few seconds and Shin speaking Yanagi lowered her hands. She was relieved to see the person she accidentally intruded on was clothed.

"Yeah..." Yanagi responded meekly to the question. She recognized the guy in the closet from previous times at the club. Like almost everyone else in the club, Yanagi knew of him but never talked to him. The girl stepped further inside of the costume storage room and took a better look around. It was a mess as she expected, though Yanagi noticed Shin was careful with his costume.

With a bow, the purple-haired teen introduced herself. If the two of them were going to get to cleaning it was in her best interested. "I am Yanagi Takatora, I believe we're both first years though in separate classes." It wouldn't have made much of a difference if they were in the same class. Yanagi then stood there with her hands gripping on the hem of her shirt, unsure of what to say. Her eyes lingered to the floor where a ruffled shirt lay crumbled up. The teen bent down and grabbed the shirt.

"We should get back to cleaning." Yanagi said quietly as she began to straighten the shirt out. With so many things to fix in the room, it was best to get started quickly. While fixing the shirt Yanagi would glance up at Shun every few seconds to see what he was doing. Even if he was doing nothing she wouldn't say anything.

Least she covered up her eyes. She seemed just as embarrassed to walk in on him as he was embarrassed to be walked in on, so at the very least she was not a perv. "Ah, n-no biggie." He told. He managed to preserve his decency before she came in, so no harm no foul he figured. Though when he asked for her reason in even being here, she confirmed it was because she was indeed cleaning and not just trying on the costumes when no one was around. Well, that was good at least. It'd be awkward if it was the second one.

She bowed her head and introduced herself. She was a first year the same as Shin? Ah but not in the same class, maybe that explained why he never noticed her. Shin nodded and gave his own bow. "Shin Hida. Nice to meet ya." He gave her a small wink as he began to hang up his clothes. Not flirtatious in nature, more so just habit for the short boy. But it did make him realize something. For whatever reason, he did not feel like hitting on this girl.

She wasn't ugly or anything, granted not exactly pretty to Shin either but her appearance did not cause offense. But for whatever reason, she just did not kick up that spark in him that caused him to run his mouth about love and romance, he couldn't put his finger on it, but it was a strange feeling to him. Dismissing the thoughts for now, he went back to helping her clean up the costume room, picking up discarded pants and coats and finding hangers for them to fit into.

"Ah, so um. Yanagi." they were the same age he assumed, so he spoke to her as equals in hopes it wouldn't be awkward, figured calling her Ms. would actually be more awkward than not. "How long have you been in the club? Do you usually stay behind to clean?" he asked, though he was actually wondering how he just never noticed her before. He must have seen her, it'd be impossible to not have. But, he just kind of did not remember at the time. Surely they have never spoken before at the least.