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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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Kaho-saaaan! Otomune-senpaaaai!
Wow! Hehe, I didn't even notice that I started cheering there!
So this is what people mean when they say they're cheering their hearts out…
Kaho-saaaan! Otomune-senpaaaai! That was really pretty~!
Let's have fun, everyone~!
Of course! Let's have fun!
Wait, there's no way they could hear me all the way up there. Silly me…
But live performances really are amazing.
I just have to keep giving it my all, then.
Thank you very much, everyone!
Kozu… You've really gotten used to it, huh? To being a school idol…
Did you say something just now, Yugiri-senpai?
Nothing…
–Your dancing is truly breathtaking. Yet, you are Yugiri Tsuzuri, and you are not a school idol.
It's nothing. Look, it's their last song for today.
…?
Okay! Kaho-saaan! Good luck!
Ah…! That was so fun…!
Live performances are really nice. I think I get where Kaho-san was coming from now.
Yeah, it was really fun. It was… a very good performance.
Agreed!
If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have learned about school idols… I'm very grateful to you, Senpai.
Oh, okay. If you think so, that's good.
Yeah!
I really… really want to improve, as soon as I can. I'll just have to keep doing my best…
…Are you nervous, Saya?
Huh!?
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.
But regardless, I was never very confident in myself. So um, I'll keep working on it, Yugiri-senpai.
Huh? Yeah, you've been working hard, Saya.
Y-yes. I have. Wait, why are we talking in circles…? Ahaha…
H-hey, Yugiri-senpai! Um, what do you want for lunch tomorrow?
That was a fast change of subject.
D-don't worry about it! Come on, answer the question already!
O-okay. Well… No matter what you cook, you always make it taste good, Saya…
You say that as if I'm your food…
But you told me that you could make anything, Saya…
Fine. I'm making you grass tomorrow, then.
I don't want grass, though… Too bitter… Alright, then, oden.
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…
…I'm sorry for always causing you trouble.
No, no! I was the one that said that I could make you anything!
Not that. You've been making me lunch all this time.
What's gotten into you? This is the first time you've said something like that.
Oh, really… I guess I haven't properly thanked you all this time…
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.
Without you, I probably would be skipping lunch a lot.
Well… that's true. That's why I decided to start making you lunch, after all.
Without you, I probably wouldn't wake up, either.
I mean, sure. That's just another way of saying you oversleep, though.
…How were things like without you, I wonder…
I wonder… Like you said, I wasn't there, so I wouldn't know…
I'll do my best to wake up on my own tomorrow.
Oh?
Good morning, Murano-san. You seem very tired this morning…
Ah, good morning, Otomune-senpai. I'm okay. I just had to wake a very heavy sleeper up…
…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…
I appreciate the sentiment, at least.
I feel sorry for you.
You do!?
Apologies for Tsuzuri. That girl has quite the poor disposition, doesn't she?
Well…
I-I didn't think you thought the same thing, Otomune-senpai…
Hmhm, well, I did spend a full year with her, you know… Anyway, being her partner must be challenging, isn't it?
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.
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…
Otomune-senpai?
Ah, I'm sorry. Good luck, Murano-san. I've always fully supported you, since Tsuzuri invited you to the same stage that day.
Of course, if there's anything bothering you, let me know whenever, okay?
Y-yes… Thank you…
Things may be difficult from here on, but I fully empathize with your struggles.
Ahaha… It'll be fine! I'm doing this because I wanted this, after all!
Please don't be discouraged, Murano-san.
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!?
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!
At this point, it's almost more embarrassing…
Hm? What's going on over there…? Ah.
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…Phew. Thank you. Um, I should be going…
…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~.
Ah.
Sachi:
Listen, you've got somewhere to go, yeah? Go on, get over there.
Oh, yeah. Thanks.
Sachi:
Don't mention it. Alright, then, all of you! If you wanna get mad at someone, get mad at me!
…Oh, Saya.
Oh… Yugiri-senpai… Um… that was an amazing performance?
Thanks. I'm happy to hear it… Hm? You aren't mad, are you, Saya…?
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.
…Oh, right. Come to think of it, that was that song, huh…
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?
Wait, what was I doing here again?
Oh no.
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!
So you were mad!