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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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Oh, hi, Sayaka-chan! Hi, Tsuzuri-senpai!
Oh, hello, Kaho-san.
Where's Kozu?
Well you see, she said she had something come up kinda out of nowhere.
So, Tsuzuri-senpai, could you watch over me today?
Me?
S-so that's a no, then…
I'm asking you too, Yugiri-senpai. I couldn't bear seeing Kaho-san all alone.
No, wait… I think I should be the one asking here.
Would you join us, Kaho?
Wow, yay! Thank you very much!!
Thank you, Yugiri-senpai.
I actually wanted to see how you do yours, Kaho, so this is good.
Huh!? Are you… talking about how I practice!?
Yeah… I really want to see that.
I-I'm kinda getting nervous now…! Alright, let's give it our all today!
Are you ready?
Kaho and Sayaka :
Yes!
Um, before we start, I'd like to apologize to Kaho. I can't do what Kozu can, so I hope that's alright with you.
No, no, don't worry about it~. I'll just go along with how you two usually practice.
W-well… It's pretty unique, so let's do our best.
Unique…? No problem! I can handle anything! Bring it on!
Alright, then… First, edamame.
E-edamame…
You're so flexible, Sayaka-chan!
I mean, I was a figure skater, after all…
A-alright, my turn now… E-edamame!
B-by the way, Sayaka-chan, what is edamame supposed to mean…
Um, Yugiri-senpai has a pretty peculiar way of speaking…
Okay, next… soramame.
They're stretches.
No way, no way, no way, I couldn't do that!
Um, excuse me, Yugiri-senpai. Since Kaho-san's just started improving her flexibility…
Then, just do soramame as far as you can.
Eek!
One, two, three, four! One, two, three, four!
Yay.
Really nice!! Your dancing was so clean, Tsuzuri-senpai!!
You think so? Thanks.
…
Saya?
Oh, nothing. I was just wondering, why were you doing their choreography, Yugiri-senpai?
Oh, that's right!
But I think I could learn a lot from that! Thank you!
Oh, right. Yeah. I just found myself dancing.
Yugiri-senpai…?
Hey, Kaho.
Yes?
If it's alright with you, could you dance for us? The same one from your last performance. It was really good.
Me? Um, o-okay! I, Hinoshita Kaho, will dance with everything I've got!
Yes, please.
Uh, is something the matter? You've been acting strangely recently…
Sorry, Saya.
…Senpai?
…
…I refuse.
Are you serious about that?
Huh!? Isn't that just such a waste…!?
Good morning. Um, is something going on?
I-it's just…
Good morning, Murano-san.
At yesterday's club presidents meeting, the School Idol Club was approached about a performance. They want us to perform at the upcoming school tour.
Oh, that sounds wonderful.
Since Kaho-san and I most recently performed, I thought it would be a good idea for you and Tsuzuri to perform this time.
Do you really refuse to perform, Tsuzuri? You know that many people are looking forward to seeing your performance, right?
My performance…
I'm sure now. I refuse.
No way…
…
…Yugiri-senpai.
I'll go practice on my own.
…I'm sorry, Saya.
Huh, wait, Sayaka-chan!?
…
…Kaho-san, would you go practice together with Murano-san?
Huh?
O-okay!
Now then, Tsuzuri. What's your aim here?
…I can't get it out.
I can't get you and Kaho out of my head. Your performance is seared into my memory… and it hurts.
On that day… You two were school idols.
…Was our performance that good?
It was amazing.
You two were so in sync that anyone seeing the performance would know you were in the same subunit.
You weren't perfect, but that was what made it perfect. Your subunit created art… And you two truly were school idols.
I see. I'm honored to hear that.
That means… you still think of yourself as a failure of a school idol, then?
…Not exactly. It's more like I've never been fit to be one.
I'm just… always going to be Yugiri Tsuzuri.
…But…
You invited Murano-san to watch your performance, didn't you?
I think I was just grateful to her.
Seeing how hard Saya worked was so much more beautiful to me… And yet she'd keep complimenting my performances.
Then why do you need to refuse to perform?
Murano-san is a very hard worker, and she looks up to you… So much so that she even takes care of you.
She works so hard to perform with you. What do you do for her?
Yeah… That's the point…
Saya always asks me for what I need, but I can never properly tell her.
But she works so hard to match up with me… It's just like…
Just like you, from last year.
…Tsuzuri.
I'm sorry.
That isn't something to apologize for, but we both decided we would never talk about last year, didn't we?
Um…
This is all the more reason not to.
Because of the way you're acting right now, she won't be able to perform either, despite how hard she's working. And yet, she didn't complain about it, and she went off to practice on her own…
I'm sure she thinks that the reason she can't is because she's not good enough to.
No, that isn't what I–
Tsuzuri, what you're bad at isn't explaining yourself. It's conveying your emotions and understanding other people's.
…Kozu?
Even now, I've been working really hard to build a relationship of mutual respect with Kaho-san.
If… If you think that Murano-san is similar to how I was last year, doesn't that mean… you should change from how you were last year as well?
At the very least, I wanted to understand how you feel a little more. After all, you also want something from me, don't you?
If you believe that Kaho-san and I are wonderful school idols, then I'm sure you can be a wonderful school idol, too.
So, what do you want for Murano-san?
I… That's…
It seems I've been too pushy, then. But, if there's something that you want now, you should say it.
Even if it ends up sounding clumsy.
I'm sure that Murano-san doesn't know you very well yet. After all, you probably don't know much about her, either, don't you?
…
You aren't perfect like the people around you say you are.
Kozu… I… I…!