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While Sayaka has found satisfaction in being a school idol, she has yet to address her figure skating problems. However, with a tournament coming this weekend…
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I can't believe we're meeting here, even though she pledged never to come back…
Tsukasa:
Sayakaaaa~
Sis! …Long time no see.
Tsukasa:
It really has been, huh~? Congrats on the tournament! Great job!
…Thank you.
Did you… watch my performance?
Tsukasa:
Yeah, I did~. Hehe… you've become such a beautiful performer, Sayaka~
Thanks… I… I worked so hard. I worked so hard, just like I promised I would…
Tsukasa:
You sure did~
…I know you did. Sayaka… Thank you.
Tsukasa:
I'm sorry for making you feel bad because of how discouraged I was.
…When you promised you'd work hard for my sake, too, I couldn't have imagined how wonderful you would grow up to be.
It makes me so happy.
Ah… yeah… yeah!
Tsukasa:
…But thanks to all that's happened, I feel much better now… Enough to even come back here.
…To be honest, it really surprised me that you were willing to come here.
Tsukasa:
Right~? But you know, I found something amazing that really helped me. Wanna know what it was?
Huh… I mean, it's not like I'm not interested, but you tend to make things like this a bigger deal than they really are…
Tsukasa:
Why so mean!?
Because whenever you say things like that, it usually just turns out you found a video online that you learned something from…
Tsukasa:
Bzzt! Wrong! So mean~
Hello, everyone! Thank you all so much for coming today!
Yeah. We hope you watch us to the very end.
…Huh?
Tsukasa:
Hehe~
…You knew about that?
Tsukasa:
I happened to find it one day. But… you really look like you're having fun, huh, Sayaka?
…
Tsukasa:
I'm sure that place is why you've become so beautiful, Sayaka…
I felt that right away, and that made me feel so much better!
Sis…
You're right. Right now, I'm a school idol.
I've met so many wonderful people because of it… I truly believe I'm only the way I am now because of the School Idol Club.
Tsukasa:
Yeah. …Actually, that's what I came here to talk with you about, Sayaka.
Huh?
Tsukasa:
If… If you're working so hard at figure skating for my sake, then you don't have to keep forcing yourself to work so hard, okay?
Tsukasa:
When I realized I couldn't jump properly anymore, I was so frustrated that I thought I would never come back here…
But as you can see, I'm feeling good enough to be here!
Tsukasa:
Just by looking at you perform, I can see how much you enjoy being a school idol.
…And thanks to your work as a school idol, I'm back to my old self again! I feel like I can keep doing my best!
W-Wait…! That wasn't why I–
Tsukasa:
I know that. I want to see you figure skate too, you know?
…Alright, I get it.
Tsukasa:
Come on, don't be annoyed with me~
I'm not. …I'm just saying that I'm not overworking myself.
Tsukasa:
…Thinking like that is how I got injured, you know.
…Now, that's just unfair.
Tsukasa:
I'm sorry, okay? But that's all I had to say.
If sometime in the future you're at a loss to figure out where to go… you don't have to worry about me.
It's not like I don't know what I want to do. I feel really satisfied right now. And besides, you should look after yourself more before you worry so much about others.
Tsukasa:
Oh… Okay. I understand. You've gotten so strong, Sayaka! It's like you're a completely different person now…
Is that supposed to be a compliment?
Tsukasa:
Of course.
Tsukasa:
…Hey, Sayaka…
Yes?
Tsukasa:
I know I said that was all I had to say, but… I guess I should actually say the other thing I came here to say.
Huh? What is it?
Tsukasa:
It's just… you cared so much about how I felt that you said that you would do my share of practice, too…
When I was feeling alone and discouraged, I thought about a lot of things… Like how you looked so hurt when you weren't getting the results you wanted, and how I couldn't say something to help you feel better…
Stop it.
Tsukasa:
Sorry, sorry, I'll stop talking about that. You just want me to get to the point already, don't you?
…I think it's time for me to properly retire.
Since I got injured, I've completely shut myself away and gone completely silent, after all.
Tsukasa:
And I figured, when I announce I'll be retiring… I should have one last ice show!
Ice show…! Will you be skating, Sis?
Tsukasa:
No. I mean, I'll have everyone that helped me perform to send me off. The people that helped teach me, for example, or the friends that helped keep me going.
…And, I thought… If you're okay with it, maybe you could–
I'll do it.
Tsukasa:
…Really?
Of course I will. And I want to do this. I won't be overworking myself to do it, either.
Tsukasa:
Thanks, Sayaka!
Come on, Sis, you're squeezing too hard…
Tsukasa:
Hehe, sorry… I just felt so full of love there~.
I don't get what you mean.
Tsukasa:
…Sorry. It was really hard for me to get myself to just say it already…
I mean, asking you to join my ice show right after I told you not to overexert yourself?
Oh, come on, already… I told you, you're worrying yourself too much.
I've only come this far in figure skating because I always had you there. It's only right for me to help send you off.
Tsukasa:
…Thanks. Really, I mean it.
Yeah.
Tsukasa:
Oh…
Tsukasa:
Oh, shoot. I really have to go soon!
Huh…? Wait, you really came here just to talk to me!?
Tsukasa:
Hah-ha! This is the only way I could properly express myself! Alright, I have to go now!
See you soon, Sayaka!
…Yeah, I'll see you soon too.
…Hm… I still don't know how to feel about that.
But now I have another reason to keep working hard.