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Seeing Kaho and Kozue wholeheartedly perform at their event has inspired Sayaka, but Tsuzuri, who was watching alongside her, has been acting somewhat strangely…?
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Tsuzuri:
…
Sayaka:
Kaho-saaaan! Otomune-senpaaaai!
Sayaka:
Wow! Hehe, I didn't even notice that I started cheering there!
Sayaka:
So this is what people mean when they say they're cheering their hearts out…
Sayaka:
Kaho-saaaan! Otomune-senpaaaai! That was really pretty~!
Kaho:
Let's have fun, everyone~!
Sayaka:
Of course! Let's have fun!
Sayaka:
Wait, there's no way they could hear me all the way up there. Silly me…
Sayaka:
But live performances really are amazing.
Sayaka:
I just have to keep giving it my all, then.
Kozue:
Thank you very much, everyone!
Tsuzuri:
Kozu… You've really gotten used to it, huh? To being a school idol…
Sayaka:
Did you say something just now, Yugiri-senpai?
Tsuzuri:
Nothing…
–Your dancing is truly breathtaking. Yet, you are Yugiri Tsuzuri, and you are not a school idol.
Tsuzuri:
It's nothing. Look, it's their last song for today.
Sayaka:
…?
Sayaka:
Okay! Kaho-saaan! Good luck!
Sayaka:
Ah…! That was so fun…!
Sayaka:
Live performances are really nice. I think I get where Kaho-san was coming from now.
Tsuzuri:
Yeah, it was really fun. It was… a very good performance.
Sayaka:
Agreed!
If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have learned about school idols… I'm very grateful to you, Senpai.
Tsuzuri:
Oh, okay. If you think so, that's good.
Sayaka:
Yeah!
Sayaka:
I really… really want to improve, as soon as I can. I'll just have to keep doing my best…
Tsuzuri:
…Are you nervous, Saya?
Sayaka:
Huh!?
Sayaka:
I suppose… you might be right.
Until she enrolled here at Hasunosora, Kaho-san had never performed in front of others before, yet she's still managed to perform this wonderfully…
I think that's so impressive, but there's a part of me that's jealous of her.
Sayaka:
But regardless, I was never very confident in myself. So um, I'll keep working on it, Yugiri-senpai.
Tsuzuri:
Huh? Yeah, you've been working hard, Saya.
Sayaka:
Y-yes. I have. Wait, why are we talking in circles…? Ahaha…
Sayaka:
H-hey, Yugiri-senpai! Um, what do you want for lunch tomorrow?
Tsuzuri:
That was a fast change of subject.
Sayaka:
D-don't worry about it! Come on, answer the question already!
Tsuzuri:
O-okay. Well… No matter what you cook, you always make it taste good, Saya…
Sayaka:
You say that as if I'm your food…
Tsuzuri:
But you told me that you could make anything, Saya…
Sayaka:
Fine. I'm making you grass tomorrow, then.
Tsuzuri:
I don't want grass, though… Too bitter… Alright, then, oden.
Sayaka:
Why do you say that as if you've actually eaten grass before… B-but soup, huh…? I-I'm not sure I have the ingredients for that, so maybe next time…
Tsuzuri:
…I'm sorry for always causing you trouble.
Sayaka:
No, no! I was the one that said that I could make you anything!
Tsuzuri:
Not that. You've been making me lunch all this time.
Sayaka:
What's gotten into you? This is the first time you've said something like that.
Tsuzuri:
Oh, really… I guess I haven't properly thanked you all this time…
Sayaka:
Y-you've always been polite and thanked me whenever I gave you the boxed lunches!
And besides, I decided on my own to make you lunch. I just wasn't expecting a sudden apology from you.
Tsuzuri:
Without you, I probably would be skipping lunch a lot.
Sayaka:
Well… that's true. That's why I decided to start making you lunch, after all.
Tsuzuri:
Without you, I probably wouldn't wake up, either.
Sayaka:
I mean, sure. That's just another way of saying you oversleep, though.
Tsuzuri:
…How were things like without you, I wonder…
Sayaka:
I wonder… Like you said, I wasn't there, so I wouldn't know…
Tsuzuri:
I'll do my best to wake up on my own tomorrow.
Kozue:
Oh?
Kozue:
Good morning, Murano-san. You seem very tired this morning…
Sayaka:
Ah, good morning, Otomune-senpai. I'm okay. I just had to wake a very heavy sleeper up…
Kozue:
…And she seemed so motivated last night, too. She even said that she'd do her best to wake up on her own this morning…
Sayaka:
I appreciate the sentiment, at least.
Kozue:
I feel sorry for you.
Sayaka:
You do!?
Kozue:
Apologies for Tsuzuri. That girl has quite the poor disposition, doesn't she?
Sayaka:
Well…
Sayaka:
I-I didn't think you thought the same thing, Otomune-senpai…
Kozue:
Hmhm, well, I did spend a full year with her, you know… Anyway, being her partner must be challenging, isn't it?
Sayaka:
No, I wouldn't say so.
I just… Being able to watch Yugiri-senpai more would let me study her performance more, so I decided I would do anything for that.
…Being her partner provides me the biggest opportunity to do so.
Kozue:
True. Tsuzuri's performance has a bewitching aura to it… It's so captivating, almost as if you couldn't reach her level with just hard work alone…
Sayaka:
Otomune-senpai?
Kozue:
Ah, I'm sorry. Good luck, Murano-san. I've always fully supported you, since Tsuzuri invited you to the same stage that day.
Kozue:
Of course, if there's anything bothering you, let me know whenever, okay?
Sayaka:
Y-yes… Thank you…
Kozue:
Things may be difficult from here on, but I fully empathize with your struggles.
Sayaka:
Ahaha… It'll be fine! I'm doing this because I wanted this, after all!
Kozue:
Please don't be discouraged, Murano-san.
Sayaka:
Oh, come on! You slept all day during class this time!?
And now you need to stay behind for make-up work!? And even after I gave you lunch, you still forgot to eat and passed out!?
And after that, you woke up with an otter on your stomach so you couldn't move!?
Sayaka:
I'm already used to being in the second-year hallway! I don't even think it's uncommon for me to be here anymore!
Sayaka:
At this point, it's almost more embarrassing…
Sayaka:
Hm? What's going on over there…? Ah.
Tsuzuri:
––♪
Tsuzuri:
…Phew. Thank you. Um, I should be going…
Tsuzuri:
…Alright, I'll do one more. I don't have much time…
Sachi:
Alright, alright, you're blocking up the hallway~. This surprise show is over~.
Tsuzuri:
Ah.
Sachi:
Listen, you've got somewhere to go, yeah? Go on, get over there.
Tsuzuri:
Oh, yeah. Thanks.
Sachi:
Don't mention it. Alright, then, all of you! If you wanna get mad at someone, get mad at me!
Tsuzuri:
…Oh, Saya.
Sayaka:
Oh… Yugiri-senpai… Um… that was an amazing performance?
Tsuzuri:
Thanks. I'm happy to hear it… Hm? You aren't mad, are you, Saya…?
Sayaka:
Your dancing is incredible, Senpai. I was completely entranced by it.
Oh, that was Kaho-san and Otomune-senpai's song, wasn't it? I could really feel the parts where you adjusted the dance to suit you more.
Tsuzuri:
…Oh, right. Come to think of it, that was that song, huh…
Sayaka:
What do you mean, 'come to think of it'? I don't get you sometimes. But thanks to your performance, I'm feeling more motivated! …Huh?
Sayaka:
Wait, what was I doing here again?
Tsuzuri:
Oh no.
Sayaka:
Oh, that's right! What time did you think we were supposed to meet, Senpai!? Our practice time is going to keep getting cut short unless you pay more attention to the time!
Tsuzuri:
So you were mad!