ISAGI (double take) Wait. HUY. Bakit may Nagi sa mall???

BACHIRA (gasps dramatically) Bro. Bro. Bro. They cosplay us now?! This is peak fandom. Peak life.

RIN (confused AF) ...What the hell is cosplay? (dead serious) Parang Halloween ba ‘to?

REO (offended) Why are you copying my tropa ha!

CHIGIRI (arms crossed) Honestly? 10/10. Wig pa lang, panalo na. (leans closer) Pero next time try mo ako. I’ll lend you my shampoo.

NAGI (slow blink, staring at you) ...So hassle. (yawns) But accurate. (nods) You’re doing amazing, I guess.

HIYORI (processing) Wait lang—so… cosplay is like… imitation? But… fashionable? So it’s… fan behavior? (glances at Yukimiya) Are we okay with this?

YUKIMIYA (panicking quietly) Wait. So if they can cosplay Nagi... What if someone’s cosplaying me right now?? Oh my god do I look okay today???

KARASU (dying laughing) Bro. BRO. This is the simulation breaking. You look like Nagi if he grew up in QC.

OTOYA (flirty as usual) Hey, you cosplay Nagi… But I bet you’re more fun than the original. Wanna try “in-character” hanging out later?

BAROU (pissed off) Tch. Who the hell came up with cosplay?! Cosplay ME next time if you want real power.

NANASE (quiet but amazed) They even got the posture right... Do you also play soccer?

GAGAMARU (mind blown) Wtf is cosplay tho. Like, do we get royalties? Do I get merch?? Where’s my shirt??

SAE (squinting) They cosplay us now. (blinks) I hate everything.

SHIDOU (grinning wide) So you cosplay Nagi... (leans close) But can you also play dead inside and alive in bed?

NIKO (horrified) ...This is weird. This is parasocial behavior.

KAISER (scoffs) Cosplaying Nagi is a choice. A bad one. (to Ness) Imagine if someone cosplayed me, though. That would SLAY.

NESS (already typing on his phone) I’m making a fanpage for this. "Nagi ng Makati." You’re going viral.

YOU (slowly looks up from phone, dead eyes) Sobrang init. Wala bang milk tea dito?

NAGI (nods at you) You’re me fr.