"Hey, guys!"
The members of Kessoku Band, Hitori Gotoh (Bocchi), Nijika Ijichi, Ryo Yamada, and Kita Ikuyo were practicing their instruments inside of STARRY, the club that they had worked at part time. Kita seemingly had something she wanted to propose.
"Hm? What is it, Kita-chan?" Nijika raised a brow, smiling.
"Well, I was thinking, since Christmas is coming up--"
Oh no. Bocchi began to think to herself. Christmas. Holidays. Socializing. Gift giving. Parties. EXTROVERTS.
"--we should go to this karaoke place and have a fun night there singing Christmas songs!"
"I can't." Ryo interjected suddenly, her voice as dull as ever. "If I sang, my voice would cause everyone to start crying uncontrollably for thirty minutes."
"Because of how shrill it is?" Nijika joked.
"The only reason I'm not the lead singer because I wanted Kita-chan to have her spotlight."
Kita gasped, cupping her hands in front of her mouth. "Ryo-senpai...is complimenting me...! I'm gonna die and go to Nirvana!"
"Hey, you know she's totally joking, right??" Nijika giggled, before looking over at Bocchi--
"Oh my goodness, Bocchi-chan is frothing at the mouth!"
Indeed, Bocchi was currently laying on the floor, literally foaming at the mouth and convulsing like a worm being exposed to the dry, crisp air after spending the entire day holed up in its moist tunnels--which wasn't too far off a comparison when it came to Bocchi.
"Did a squirrel bite her on the way to STARRY?" Ryo suggests with a relaxed tone, earning a squeal of distress from Kita.
"N-now is not the time for your jokes, Ryo-senpai! Bocchi needs medical attention...!"
"Christmas...gift giving...mistletoe...karaoke...extrovert..."
"She's POSSESSED!" Kita cried out, her yellow side ponytail and ahoge whipping around. "Take her to a priest, or a shrine! She's muttering some kind of spell!"
"Bocchi the Shrine Maiden..." Ryo said thoughtfully. "...this seems like typical Bocchi."
"What about any of this is typical!?" Kita shrieked.
"No, no, it's actually pretty typically for Bocchi-chan."
"You too, Nijika-senpai?!"
In the end, the four girls ended up going to the karaoke bar sometime during their Winter Break, and were currently standing outside, where the bright neon light shone down on their faces.
"... we're in a frosty hell, looking up at heaven." Ryo commented lamely.
"Oh, be serious." Nijika sighed, before clapping her hands. "Thanks again for bringing us out here, Kita-chan!"
"Thank you...!" Bocchi nodded fervently.
"It's no problem! After all, spending time with the band is the best part of being in one, after all!"
KIT-AURAAAAAA~
"GAAAAAH!!!"
The other three girls collectively fell at Kita's feet. "Her extroverted aura...it's even stronger...during the holiday season...!" Bocchi weakly tried to cover her gaze, but it was no use; Kita's bright eyes shone like golden stars.
"An archangel sent from Heaven...the neon sign must be reflecting the aura off of her dozens of times over..." Ryo groaned quietly.
"You mean her inhibitors have been removed?!" Nijika wailed.
After that whole bit, though, everyone enters karaoke bar and grill and find a booth, with Nijika putting some yen into the karaoke machine as Bocchi laid flat on the seats.
"Huh...?" Nijika looks up, before gasping. "Mistletoe?!" She casts a glance to her side, where Ryo stood. "I wonder if Ryo-senpai notices...oh Ryo-senpaiiii-"
Ryo had climbed up and taken the mistletoe down and started to CHEW ON IT.
"I don't have money for food." She said lamely.
"Ryo-san, spit that out!" Nijika frantically smacked Ryo on the back, eventually causing the blue haired unisex looking girl to cough up green leaves.
Meanwhile, back to Bocchi...
She has slipped off undetected! She went over to the bathroom, threw up in the toilet, and walked back out. "I'm gonna die here..."
She paused, looking over.
Someone else was also coming out a bathroom. Oh no. A similar situation. That means they had to talk about it.
Bocchi throws herself in a trashcan.
"I don't exist I don't exist I don't-"