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Before she graduates, the second-year students, Kozue, Tsuzuri, and Megumi, decide to make Sachi, to whom they owe a great deal of gratitude, a song that will “make her cry her eyes out!” (according to Megumi)
Phew, we finally made it.
K… Ke…
Ke?
This is just Kenrokuen, isn’t it!?
What are you talking about, Kaho? Kenrokuen is 11 hectares big. That’s about 100,000 square meters. There’s no way my house could be that big.
H-Huh…?
Besides, if we’re talking about size, isn’t yours bigger than mine, Kaho?
Yeah, but mine’s basically all mountains!
If we had more time, I would have liked to put on a recital to welcome you, but seeing as we’re here to focus on work, I’ll have to put that on hold for next time.
A recital…!?
U-Um… next time, should I come in a formal dress…!?
Oh my, that would be quite cute. But it’s alright. I have as many dresses as you want from when I was in middle school for you to use.
As many as I want…! You really are something else, Kozue-senpai…!
In any case, this is the music room. …Oh? What’s wrong, Kaho?
I-It’s nothing… It’s just that even after dropping off my bags in the guest room, we still had to walk a whole lot… Looks like you get tons of training even at home, huh, Kozue-senpai…!?
I wouldn’t say so… Er… shall we rest a little?
Nope! We came here to work, so let’s get onto it right away! We’re only here until tomorrow afternoon, after all!
Alright. Actually, I’ve already come up with the theme for this song.
Wow! Nice job, Kozue-senpai!
But all I have is the general idea of it. We still have to fill in all the details.
That’s the hardest part. I’m sure you understand that though, right, Kaho?
Hehehe! It’s already been a year since I joined the School Idol Club, you know!
And recently I helped Megumi-senpai with that too!
That’s right. That was quite a wonderful song as well.
Now then, let’s get to work, shall we? Let’s start with the melody line.
Yeah! Let’s do this!
Oh my… It’s already this late.
Oh… I guess we were a little too focused, huh? But we made a ton of progress!
Very true. At this pace, we may even be finished by tomorrow. You’ve been very helpful… hmhm.
Kozue-senpai?
Oh, nothing. It’s just that you helped me with lyrics previously, and this time you’re helping with songwriting. You’ve become quite dependable of late, Kaho.
That makes me very happy.
Hmmm~! Saying stuff like that… I’ll get so happy I might just explode~!
Hmhm. Alright, let’s go have dinner.
When I mentioned having my very important junior as a guest, my mother offered to cook for us herself, despite usually having our chef do it for her.
Alright! …Wait, your mom!?
Yes, that’s right…?
When I’m dressed like this!?
I-I thought you looked cute…?
And this is from when I was in the fourth grade. It’s from a ballet recital.
A-Aww~! You looked so cute, Kozue-senpai~! Can I take a picture!?
…I get the feeling you’re planning on showing it to other people, so no.
Aw… Alright, I understand… I’ll just have to burn it into my memory…
Oh, come on…
In any case, Mother can really be quite troublesome… To think she’d let something like that slip…
It was really fun hearing stories from when you were a kid, Kozue-senpai!
I was really worried at first… but it turns out your mom is actually super nice! I can totally see where you get it from, Kozue-senpai!
I wonder. She seemed to be in a very good mood after meeting you, though, Kaho. She actually follows your streams, you know.
Oh, really!?
But, actually… There are very few pictures from that time with me smiling.
You’re right… You look kinda serious in these, huh!
I suppose… before enrolling at Hasunosora, I’d built walls around my heart.
Oh… really?
Yes. I was too serious, and very stubborn.
Back then, I believed that if I didn’t handle things for myself, I could never arrive at the true meaning of music.
Rather than having no interest in others… I suppose it was more that I had no space to.
I focused solely on reaching my goals. The feelings of everyone around me could come afterwards.
But you’re not like that at all now! You always stand up for me and my feelings.
I suppose so. And the one who taught me that must have been… Sachi-senpai, when we were in the School Idol Club together.
When we were together in a subunit, we would make songs while exchanging our opinions.
That process created something new that succeeded my preconceptions and took shape on a truly wonderful stage.
Experiencing something so vivid for the first time had a profound effect on me.
One after another, new colors would be born into my world… It was very exciting, chasing a dream, along with everything that came of that.
I finally understood that this is what a school idol is.
Therefore, although I understand my own personal limits, I no longer feel hopeless about them.
Because now I understand that so long as our hearts are connected, the world is our oyster.
Yeah!
I’m very happy you joined me here, Kaho. I owe a lot to Sachi-senpai, so much that I could never hope to reciprocate.
So at the very least, I hope to make an incredible song for her.
Ehehe… A song to thank Sachi-senpai… We’ve gotta make it a really good one!
! Yes, of course. And now that that’s decided, we should rest and recover for tomorrow.
Um, about that, Kozue-senpai…
What is it?
Walking down the completely silent hallway back to the guest room sounds really lonely… Since we’re here, could we sleep together!?
Mhmhm…
Of course not. The bed’s far too narrow.
Aw, man…!
So I would have said, before enrolling at Hasunosora. Of course you can. I could seldom refuse a favor from my adorable junior.
Yay! Thanks for softening up Kozue-senpai, Sachi-senpai~~!
Hmhmhm~