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shiemori · 3 years ago

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Mc, coming to the stage:

5k Followers Special

In which (Y/n) performs 'Never Gonna Give You Up' at the Mostro Lounge.

What started out as a joke to rickroll the entire school turns into a chaotic dispute of who is never gonna give up (Y/n).

"Are you sure about this, Azul? The last time I performed a song here, your tables and chairs were being thrown around left and right."

A soft sigh escaped your lips at the memory of your last performance that had ended in screaming and chaos. Miraculously, no one had been hurt, only the lounge's furniture had been destroyed at worst. You, however, had gained tons of new fans that longingly looked forward to the next time you would perform on stage — and that day was today.

You couldn't deny that you were nervous with how things had evolved last time — but, the humble owner of this fine establishment was there to soothe your woes.

Azul stood in the door frame with his arms crossed. "Of course I'm sure, dear. Despite the damage to the furniture, I still raked in tons of Madol," he exclaimed and clapped his hands together in delight. His eyes shone brightly as they drifted down to his hands, where his fingers had already started counting today's income.

You shot him a little smile. "Alright, if you say so."

"You'll be expected on stage in a few minutes," Azul announced while closing the door. "Don't let your faithful fans wait!" The sound of the door falling into its hinges caused you to jump in your seat. Your heartbeat accelerating, you suddenly found it hard to breathe.

The sensation of soft fur brushing against your bare knuckles snapped you out of your state of dizziness. Raising your head, you found Grim's bright blue eyes staring into your own. The smile returned to your face, only to morph into a scowl of disgust when he stuffed his face with the tuna dose he held in his other paw. "Don't be nervous! Just work your magic like you did last time," he exclaimed, his voice muffled since he continued chomping down onto the tuna. However, his eyes glistened in slight worry. "And as for the choice of song, you sure about it? I looked at the lyrics..."

Your eyes lit up at his question. "Yeah!" The anxiety you had felt just a few minutes earlier disappeared and made place for pride and excitement. You straightened your back and mischievously explained, "I've always wanted to rickroll the whole school, and this is the perfect opportunity to do so." Your palms had grown warm from the way you were rubbing your hands.

Grim tilted his head to the side, a perplexed look on his face. He spent a few minutes just staring at you like that, meanwhile trying to make sense of what you had just said — but he eventually just shrugged and went back to scarfing down his food. "I don't get it..." he muttered and waved you off. "Anyway, it's time for you to head out onto the stage now, henchhuman! You can buy more tuna for me with the money Azul pays you for this!" To emphasise his words, he took another bite and began to grin.

You wagged your finger at him. "Don't talk with a full mouth, Grim."

"Whatever." The cat monster simply rolled his eyes and ushered you towards the door. You nervously stumbled over your own feet until he had pushed you out of the room and closed the door behind you. "Good luck out there!" he yelled through the door, accompanied by the sound of his tuna doses hitting one another.

You exhaled in amusement before making your way through the winding corridor that would lead you straight to the stage. No lone soul passed you on your way there, everyone apparently already seated at their designated tables or busy with working the stage equipment. It was only once you arrived on the dark stage that you encountered Floyd, who excitedly handed you a microphone before being called away by Jade.

Your eyes watched him disappear into the darkness that shrouded the stage. The thick curtains in front of you dampened the murmurs and whispers from the other side, but those immediately disappeared when the announcer's booming voice — it was Jade again — exclaimed, "I present to you: (Y/n), Prefect of Ramshackle, with 'Never Gonna Give You Up'!"

The music began playing, and the curtains were drawn to the sides of the stage to reveal your shadowy figure on the stage. As the melody grew louder, the lights turned on — almost blinding you and causing you to jerk back as you ventured down the stairs. But, you remained steady as you descended step by step until you found yourself situated in front of the ocean of tables.

Your mischievous eyes fell on the nearest table to you that hosted prominent members and friends of the Heartslabyul dorm. Without wasting another beat, you sauntered over to them and draped yourself over one of your best friends — Ace. "We're no strangers to love~" you sang, as a reference to his tale of his ex-girlfriend, and ruffled his hair playfully. Loud laughter escaped his lips at the gesture, and he even playfully pinched your side when you removed yourself from him again, which earned him an angry glare from you.

Your next victim sat right next to him — another red-head with panic written all over his face. Riddle's body was quite stiff as you appeared in front of him and booped his nose. "You know the rules and so do I!" you continued, snickering when his jaw fell down and his face turned even redder than his hair. His face was contorted into an expression of embarrassment and anger, and he looked like he was about to scream — but no tone came from his throat. He watched you silently as you moved on smoothly.

Your eyes fell to another guest at the table — good old Trey. A chuckle escaped your lips while you stared at him boldly. He looked a little bit overwhelmed but seemed to manage it better than Riddle when your lips curled up into a grin. "A full commitment's what I'm thinking of~" you sang and shot him a wink. An entertained smile appeared on his lips, and he returned the wink playfully.

All the while, you had noticed how Cater had been filming you again, just like last time. "You wouldn't get this from anybody else!" you belted out his way before blowing him a kiss. He zoomed in on you excitedly, laughing to himself when you waved your hands at him before disappearing from his sight. A grin on his face, he promptly stopped the recording and went on to add tags in order to post it.

You had already moved on to the next table, where you found another member of your first-year friend group — Jack. He had been sitting there with a slouched back and had been staring into his glass of water. However, his ears perked up when he noticed your footsteps growing louder. Instinctively, he turned around and eyed you warily, waiting for your next move. "I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling~" you sang softly, making it look like you were whispering into his ears. His cheeks grew warm, and he sat there, frozen. "Gotta make you understand..." Before he could snap out of it, you had already moved onto your next target.

You jumped in front of Jamil and took his hand into yours. "Never gonna give you up!" you chimed and swung your joined hands back and forth playfully. The vice dorm leader curled up into himself and desperately wanted to pull his hand back, but he seemed paralysed in fear. Much to his luck, you soon moved on.

"Never gonna let you down~" you sang and pointed at Vil, who looked at you with a quirked eyebrow. As you moved past him, he quickly fixed your hair by pushing down a rebellious strand that had fallen out of its place. When you whipped around to shoot him a confused look, he simply rolled his eyes and waved you off.

You shrugged and went on to ruffle Ruggie's hair. "Never gonna run around and desert you!" you continued, your smile softening when he eagerly closed his eyes and began grinning sheepishly. However, that dopey grin soon turned into a frown when you removed your hand and traipsied away.

"Never gonna make you cry~" you cooed while bending down in front of Epel to pinch his cheeks. A howl of protests escaped his throat, but he was held back from jumping at you due to the angry glare that Vil shot him. A little cackle escaped your lips as you turned your back to the adorable boy.

A sudden shiver ran down your back upon sensing a pair of eyes trained at you. You whipped around to find none other than the Diasomnia dorm leader sending you a small smile that harboured a tinge of amusement. A chuckle escaping your lips, you reciprocated his smile and bowed playfully. "Never gonna say goodbye," you sang his way, to which Malleus replied with a satisfied hum.

Your attention drifted to someone else — a student who was wildly waving his hands around in the air to catch your attention. You recognised him as Kalim, whose excitement even Jamil's scolding couldn't tame. "Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you~" Your eyes closed in delight, you patted Kalim's head, who in return let out delighted laughter.

A little bit of an instrumental phase followed afterwards, allowing you to prance over to the very first table. There, you had just spotted a small grey creature flitting around until it had taken a seat between Ace and Deuce. Grim sat nestled in his chair, nibbling away on his tuna without paying you any attention at all. You sought to correct that by grabbing one of his paws and pulling him to his feet. "We've known each other for so long," you continued and swung his paw left and right in amusement. The cat monster, however, simply shot you a glare and silently demanded for you to let him go. Eventually, you relented and left him in peace again.

In just a split second, you had found your next victim. He sat right next to Malleus, focused and serious as ever; it was none other than the brave knight Sebek that you intended to torment. There was no need to touch him — just making eye-contact and shooting him a wink was enough to catch him off-guard. "Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it~" you threw his way, causing him to shoot to his feet and valiantly deny your accusations. It took both Silver and Lilia to calm him down as you cackled away.

Not allowing Sebek to calm down, you shot Lilia another wink. "Inside we both know what's been going on," you continued, and he retorted by comically blowing a kiss your way. The gesture drew a chuckle from your lips as you moved on.

Your eyes were drawn to the strange flashing that came from the very back of the hall. Your curiosity piqued, you passed a few tables until you found the source of the light flashes. Soon, you discovered that the source of it was Idia — and in person, might I add — who was nervously playing some sort of game on his phone. He seemed uncomfortable with how much he was shaking in the presence of the other students, and it only worsened when he noticed your figure looming over him. "We know the game," you sang teasingly, your eyes trained on his flickering screen. "We're gonna play it!" Idia was as pale as a ghost, even after you were long gone.

"And if you ask me how I'm feeling..." You giggled and batted your eyelashes right at Deuce, who simply furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. His eyes wandered the area since he couldn't tell if you meant him or someone else. "Don't tell me you're too blind to see~" Everyone at his table seemed to be holding back laughter as his confusion grew by the second.

At the Diasomnia table nearby, you noticed that Silver had somehow managed to fall asleep despite the loud music blaring through the speakers. An amused grin decorated your face as you snuck closer, only to grab him by his shoulders and shake him awake. "Never gonna give you up!" you belted out, causing him to almost topple over and crash with his head onto the table. "Never gonna let you down~" When he had come to his senses again, you were long gone.

You shot Floyd a careful smile, afraid to come closer after the last time where he had almost refused to let you go again. "Never gonna run around and desert you!" A disappointed whine escaped his lips when you simply strutted past him and right towards Idia's table in the back.

You wanted to make sure the Ignihyde dorm leader was still alive with how flustered he had looked earlier. However, much to your confusion, you only found Ortho and a floating tablet at the table — no trace of Idia whatsoever. Only on second glance did you notice the tufts of blue fire peeking out from beneath the table. You shook your head in amusement before shooting Ortho a little smile. "Never gonna make you cry," you sang his way, causing him to laugh and nod gratefully. The gesture caused him to cease any attempts of pulling his brother out from beneath the table.

"Never gonna say goodbye~!" You shot Azul a mischievous smile and snatched his fedora away. He eyed you in amusement as you put it onto your head and tipped it playfully. "Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you..." you continued and returned his hat to him. Azul jumped in horror upon comprehending the lyrics, and his cheeks grew red in embarrassment. Perhaps he felt called out for his shady side-hobby of roping people into contracts.

"Never gonna give," you sang and wiggled your eyebrows at Leona. A growl from his side was enough for you to cackle in amusement before you changed your course again. "Never gonna give—"

Your eyes met bright green ones — those of a certain hunter whose eyes followed you like those of a predator. Much to his delight, your gaze never wavered, resulting in a staring contest between the two of you. "I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling..." you cooed and blew a kiss his way. The gesture was enough for him to lose the staring contest as he shot up and eagerly caught the kiss you sent him. A dramatic sigh escaping his lips, he clutched his heart happily.

Your exchange had been eyed by his neighbour, whose heterochromatic eyes were wandering back and forth between the two of you. "Gotta make you understand—" Jade's lips curled up into a grin upon noticing that your attention lay on him. The intensity of his stare almost threw you off-course— in fear you would forget the lyrics for real, you hurried away and back onto the stage.

There, you clutched the microphone with both of your hands as you put your very last drops of energy into your singing. "Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down— Never gonna run around and desert you!" By then, the tables and their inhabitants had blurred into one big mass, and every face seemed like the next. The adrenaline rushing through your veins caused you to belt out, "Never gonna make you cry~ Never gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you—!" The music stopped, and the very last note seemed to echo through the hall in a siren-like way before everything went silent. Your chest heaved up and down, and you felt dizziness and exhaustion crashing down upon you at once.

The strange silence was soon interrupted by the announcer. "That was Prefect (Y/n) with 'Never Gonna Give You up'! What a stunning performance." Defeaning applause and roars followed his smooth and calm voice.

You basked in the limelight, a bright smile printed onto your face. "Thank you!" However, your face soon morphed into an expression of mischief and amusement as you cried out, "But you all just got rickrolled!" As their applause stopped all out of a sudden, apparently by the growing confusion in the masses, your laughter grew louder and louder. You were genuinely proud of your work — especially since nobody seemed to have noticed.

Yet, in an unexpected turn of events, nobody laughed along with you — no, you only received silence as your laughter slowly died down. The last awkward echo of your laughter rang out, and silence was all that remained. Your eyes roamed the faces of spectators in confusion, and you noticed that everyone in the room was staring at you with wide eyes.

"I'm never gonna give you up, (Y/n)!" someone yelled, being the first one to break the silence.

That exclamation was followed by a series of gasps and murmurs, even screams of protest. "Hey— no!" another one from the other end of the hall piped up angrily. "I am never gonna give (Y/n) up, idiot!"

By then, the whole hall had erupted into aggressive bickering. "What do you mean—" it came from multiple corners of the Mostro Lounge, and you could already hear a chair being flung at a wall.

You exhaled in dread as you helplessly watched the chaos unfurl. "I... just wanted to rickroll you all..." you cried out and buried your face in your hands. "Why does this always happen...?"

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