Done Contraction or colloquial phrase?

[scrubb]

Context: One member of a band who had been out of sorts due to a breakup has rededicated himself to his work as a musician, vowing to leave his breakup in the past. His bandmembers are glad to have their friend back in top form. To which he responds (Shiina is the main songwriter)

シーナ君ヤスまもっち。今までごめん。これからは仕事一筋だから...

Now, what the heck does ヤスまもっち mean? Is it a contraction of some fixed phrase? A colloquialism? It's typed out the way it appears in the text.

Thanks in advance!

-S

 

[WinningDays]

What are the names of the other band members? One could have yasu in their name and the other could be Mamoru or something... I've never heard of yasumamocchi either, so that's the only thing I can think of...

 

[cmertb]

Hmm, yasuku suman mochiron? Just a wild guess...

If you find the answer elsewhere, please post it here too. If it's slang, I'm curious.

 

[mikkih]

ヤスまもっち is not a normal phrase or a slang. もっち　can be just the goofy suffix that the character uses. ヤスま　Yasuma part is probably 休む　yasumu　（to rest/to take a break）.もっち motchi part　probably does not mean anything.... just like all the suffix seen in Tamagotchi (the egg shaped electric toy) characters' names and speeches. This is my best guess without reading the original text.

 

[scrubb]

What are the names of the other band members? One could have yasu in their name and the other could be Mamoru or something... I've never heard of yasumamocchi either, so that's the only thing I can think of...

None of the other band members have been named yet. However, it is written as three lines in vertical text. You might be on to something here. っち is an affectionate suffix for names. Unfortunately, since they don't use any (helpful) punctuation, I still can't be sure. =( Maybe their names are mentioned in a later chapter...I'll try reading ahead and see if that yields anything.

 

[Asian Cait Sith]

「まもっち」is a slang for 「守る（まもる）」
So I believe it means;

休みを守ってくれてありがとう。
Thank you for keeping things in order while I was gone.


Without reading the original source, I cant say for sure though.