𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡'𝗦 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬! ━━━━ mao isara (on hold)

4. light (trickstar)

ᡣ𐭩 . ghost au | angst

Mao Isara felt light. Like a singular feather, or like a lonely speck of dust that never settles from the current in the mote that it is in.

He looks around, seeing that he is upstage with the rest of Trickstar, in a massive dome-like building he's never seen before. His friends were holding a microphone each, wearing new uniforms that he's never seen before.

Did Anzu make them? He couldn't remember at all.

He glances down at himself, seeing that what he wore didn't match the rest of Trickstar. He was wearing Yumenosaki's school uniform. His blazer, though, seemed somewhat burned at the edges. Did that happen during science when doing a group project? Again, nothing came to mind for Mao.

He looks back up at Trickstar again, seeing Subaru stumble further than where he originally stood. The sounds of a sniffle came from him.

Mao's eyes widen. Was Subaru crying? Why weren't Hokuto or Makoto following his lead to comfort him?

...Why can't he even move to comfort Subaru, either for that moment?

The orange haired boy then takes in a shaky yet deep breath, his head cast down a small bit as he talked into the microphone to the whole audience.

"We just want to say... thank you for coming to this performance. Us three know that what we just performed is different from our other songs, but it was needed. We wanted to perform this song for someone special. For our best friend Sal- I mean... Mao Isara. It was only just last week that we got the news that Mao got into an accident and passed away." His voice breaks at the end.

Mao was confused.

"So, Mao, if you're up there, I hope you watched Trickstar's performance and enjoyed it! We love you, you know?"

What was the other going on about? Mao was right there, standing next to Makoto on the right. He's alive damn it.

He then hears a few shudders, and hiccups come from the left of him. Glancing over, Mao sees Makoto full-on crying, being held gently by Hokuto, who dares for his tears to not fall.

He moves his position to stand in front of the duo, going to place his hand on Makoto's shoulder, but his hand instead goes through the blond boy.

He shudders at the feeling.

Mao then stumbles towards Subaru, trying to call out to him, waving his hand in front of the other. No word was answered back.

He felt fear crawling through his thoughts.

"You're now a true shining star, Sally."