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After several complications, Rurino has joined the School Idol Club. She dreams of performing with her childhood friend, Fujishima Megumi, but Megumi has vanished from the club.
You’re so cool, Megu-chan! You’re so good at dancing! Just like a grown-up!
Hehe~, right, riiight?☆ I only did a little practice at home, you know~☆
Huh!? You’re a genius, Megu-chan!
…I actually practiced for three whole days though...
Huh? Didja say something?
Oh, nothing! It’s nothing!
Alright, now it’s your turn, Ruri-chan. I’m gonna teach you reaaaal good now. It’ll be a million times cuter if we dance together!
We’re gonna captivate the whole world, right!?
Exactly!
Yaaay!
Huh!? You’re changing schools, Ruri-chan!?
…Yeah.
I don’t want this… I don’t want to leave you, Megu-chan…
I want to be with you forever…
Ruri-chan…
Three days ‘til the performance…
This time for sure, Megu-chan. We’ll captivate the whole world…
I’ve practiced my singing and dancing really hard, and I’ve been doing lots of stamina training!
All that’s left is to get up on stage and work very, very hard… but…
Haah… Will I be okay…? If my battery dies during the performance, then…
Oh, that’s it. ‘kay, bye…
R-Ruri-chan…!?
It’d be a total disaster! Super bad!
But there’s nothing I could do about it!
Maybe I should install some solar panels on myself! Rain, rain, goooo… away!
What are you doing, Ruri-chan?
M-Making weather charms…
Okay… Well, I guess it makes sense that you’d want good weather when you perform.
Y-Yeah… Oh, wait, what are you doing here, Megu-chan?
Could it be that you feel like coming back to the club!?
Noooope! Just here to return the notebook I borrowed from Kozue~.
Huh. I guess you’re still not good at studying...
It’s only when it’s for school! I just can’t seem to score well on tests.
And that’s why they enrolled you into Hasunosora, huh~
Yeah! Just when my showbiz career was popping off, too!
They told me to get a proper education and shipped me off to this dorm! I thought my life was so over!
Megu-chan, can you spell “anemone”?
You think I’m stupid? Of course I can… A- N-... Y-...… Whatever, it’s too hard!
Ahaha!
Your performance is coming up pretty soon, right?
Yeah! You’re gonna come watch, right, Megu-chan?
I guess…
But are you gonna be okay?
Huh, what do you mean? Ah, well, I guess I made it seem like I wasn’t ready yet back at the training camp, but still!
I’ve been working on it! And also, Kozue-senpai and Tsuzuri-senpai have been super nice! It was honestly surprising how nice they are!
Nah, that’s not what I mean. I’m talking about how fast you tire out when you’re with other people.
W-Well, I…
So I was just wondering if you’d actually be able to perform in front of all those people.
L-Listen! I got a lot of buffs during my time abroad! I’m waaay stronger than I was back then!
Really now~. But if there’s a chance you might mess up, wouldn’t it be better to get some more practice in?
No problem!
My special, marvelous performance will definitely make you feel much better, Megu-chan!
About that… If you’re really doing this performance for my sake, don’t.
Huh? Why?
I’m glad you feel that way, and I really am looking forward to seeing you perform, but…
I’m sorry to say this, but I doubt I’d be able to return to the stage even after that.
Why would you say something like that!? It’ll be fine! I’ll be giving it my all!
There are things that even hard work can’t achieve…
Even back when I stopped contacting you, I did whatever I could to try to come back.
I tried and tried, but in the end, nothing ended up working.
I tried going to performances from school idols I liked. I tried helping Kozue and Tsuzuri. I tried doing physical therapy.
But nothing changed.
At this point, I doubt even seeing you perform would…
Are… Are you saying all that because you’re worried I might run out of battery during the performance…?
No. I just don’t want you to waste your effort on nothing.
But we won’t know if it’ll be a waste until we try! Why are you acting this way!?
Is it because you don’t like school idols anymore!?
Again, no!
I just want you to be a school idol for yourself, not for me.
I’m sure you’ll have so much fun if you do, so…
But I want to be a school idol with you!
You’re so annoying! Fine, I’ll just go out and say it, then!
I’m tired of being a school idol! I started doing it just to kill time!
There, are you happy now!? Is that what you wanted!?
You’re lying! I mean, you sounded so happy on the phone…
This time for sure, we’ll be able to captivate the whole world as school idols!
C’mon, Ruri-chan! Hurry and come to Hasunosora, already–
Stupid Megu-chan! No matter what you tell me, I’m not giving up!
Not until… not until the two of us are school idols together!
Stupid!
…Ruri-chan…
You’re the stupid one… Why… Why are you doing this much, just for me…?
Did… something happen?
Ruri sprinted out of the room just now… Megu?
Huh? O-Oh, no, it was nothing!
W-We just had a little bit of an argument, but everything’s all… okay…
Oh, those shoes.
Hm?
So you still have them in here, huh.
They’ve been collecting dust for a year now, so you probably should’ve just thrown them away.
…But you haven’t given up on becoming a school idol yet.
We thought you’d come back someday.
Yeah… yeah.
Kozue… Tsuzuri… I… I’m so frustrated…
Ruri-chan said all those things to me, but…
Whenever I close my eyes, I’m back under those spotlights, and I can’t move…
I tried to dance so many times, but I just couldn’t.
Even though you two were always there for me, it still didn’t work…
And then I’d ruin the performance, and you’d have to try really hard to cover for me…
And I know that I should’ve just quit, that I should’ve given up…
All because of these… these worthless…!
Megumi, you shouldn’t hit your legs like that–
Especially now that they’re better…
But!
But… I’m always so frustrated…
Why…? Why can’t I dance on stage anymore…? What… should I even do…?
Is there really... no other option for me…?
…Megu-chan… I’m gonna do my best.