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To promote their performance at the Nadeshiko Festival, Kaho and Sayaka are tasked by the seniors to write an article for the Newspaper Club. The pair diligently work to meet their expectations, but…
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Sayaka-chan! I heard that Kozue-senpai and Tsuzuri-senpai were both amazing even right after they enrolled here!
I heard about that! Things like how Otomune-senpai had the highest grade in her gym class last year…
She was even chosen to be the class president. Everyone seemed really proud of her when they were talking about her.
Yeah, yeah! And I heard that Tsuzuri-senpai fell asleep during the entrance ceremony and had to be carried back to class.
But ever since then, people started talking about how pretty she is!
It seems like the two were very popular from the moment they became school idols, and people were quite excited they would be performing at the Nadeshiko Festival.
They stood out very much among the first-years.
Yeah, I heard some people went to performances just because they were in the School Idol Club.
I even heard that Kozue-senpai would always be leading Tsuzuri-senpai to their performance venues.
It seems that even last year they would go to Omicho Market to work when they had free time, and meeting the two of them there was basically a dream come true.
So they were super popular…!
Alright! Let's keep asking around for a bit more stuff like this!
There's no shortage of stories about those two, so I'm sure we'll be able to find lots of things in no time!
Phew, it looks like we've more or less heard everything.
Good work! Wow, the second-years sure are really cool, though…
They really are. I even found out that a lot of people came to watch their summer performance. From what I hear, Otomune-senpai looked really pretty in her swimsuit.
It seems that Tsuzuri-senpai was the most proud of her, too. The two have a wonderful relationship.
Right? I thought the story of how Tsuzuri-senpai ended up being surrounded by a lot of people while on volunteer cleanup duty and doing an impromptu performance there was amazing.
Even though Kozue-senpai was really flustered at first, by the end it was almost like she was handling a venue!
Oh, by the way… it looks like Tsuzuri-senpai started performing a lot last winter.
And Kozue-senpai started helping out lots of other clubs last winter, and people started noticing how reliable she was from there!
I found out a lot about last winter. Here's a picture of Tsuzuri-senpai performing in the snow.
Oh, me too! I found this picture of Kozue-senpai performing last winter! She's right next to a snowman!
Oh, you're right! So cute…
…?
Kaho-san?
Ah, sorry! Something seems off… huh?
…I just realized something.
What is it?
Didn't it feel like they were always together at the start of the year?
…Now that you mention it…
Well, maybe they were just performing solo, or maybe they were in different subunits…
Wait, when were they assigned to their subunits…?
…I'm not sure… But I guess it would be around last fall. From what I can tell, it looks like they've always been performing solo since then?
Hm…
Oh, hi, Kozue-senpai! Welcome back!
Thank you. I'm sorry for being so late.
Did you have a rough time at your meeting?
It was very difficult. As I expected, people really wanted to reserve a slot to use the stage… It was a real battle in there.
B-Battle…!?
Have you made any progress on that request I mentioned, Kaho-san?
Oh, yeah! Sayaka-chan and I did lots of… research for the article!
Oh, my, now aren't you responsible? I'm looking forward to it.
Now then, since we're starting late today, why don't we take it easy after our warm-up exercises?
Sure!
Though, it isn't good to end the day having only done a little practice… Why don't we hold a pre-Nadeshiko Festival livestream?
Oh, so we'll be streaming our practice today!
Yes, I think we should. I'm sure everyone that regularly supports our livestreams would be quite excited to watch it.
Oh, and be sure to emphasize that Cerise Bouquet will be performing on stage at the festival.
Oh, right… There was a chance we didn't get a slot, huh…?
The club presidents' meeting was practically a war for time slots to use the stage, after all.
A-And these are the spoils of your victory…!
Hmhm. all the more reason to proudly announce it. Now… so I press this, and then…
A-Ah! Let me handle it! Go ahead and feel free to start warming up!
It's okay, I can handle starting the livestream…
I-I just think it'd be better if a first-year streamed this! Don't you think so too!?
…I suppose you can do it, then.
Alright, starting… now!
Phew. …That will be all for today's livestreamed rehearsal.
Cerise Bouquet will be performing at the upcoming Hasunosora Girls' High School Nadeshiko Festival, so we humbly request your support.
Hope you'll be watching! It'll be an amazing performance! I'll be sure to really give it my all, both as Kozue-senpai's junior, and as a first-year!
Okay, I'm gonna turn the stream off now! Bye, everyone~!
…Huh?
Comment:
I wonder if Tsuzuri-chan and Kozue-chan will ever perform together again…
…
Kaho-san? Have you ended the livestream? Or did… did it break…?
Phones don't break that easily!
No, it's not that… I just read an interesting comment.
Comment?
You performed together with Tsuzuri-senpai last year, right?
Ah…
I read a comment from someone who was wondering if you'd ever perform together again.
And I was thinking, I'd really like to see you two perform together too…
Sorry to disappoint, then.
What?
I'm sorry, but I'll have to disappoint the person who sent that comment.
Um… so, you won't…?
No, I won't. The two of us will never perform together again.
What…? But… but why?
Well, I have you now, Kaho-san.
I feel like I can really give it my all to improve as a school idol when I'm with you. So let's do our best, okay, Kaho-san?
A-Ah! Um… y-yeah!
I see… So that's what happened.
Yeah… But I do want to work hard together with Kozue-senpai!
It's just… well… I was a little curious about what she said earlier…
…Same here.
Huh?
Earlier, I talked a little with Tsuzuri-senpai. We were talking about what to write for the article, and the topic of things that happened last year came up…
O-Oh… Did she tell you anything?
She dodged the question.
…
But Tsuzuri-senpai isn't very good at hiding things, so at the very least, I could tell that it was a bit of a sore subject…
So she doesn't want to talk about it, huh… You know, I think it might be the same with Kozue-senpai.
She… she seemed really sad about it. How about you? Did you notice anything with Otomune-senpai?
…I thought so too. Yeah… she also seemed sad about it.
Do you think… they're fighting?
Huh!?
No… I…!
Kaho-san?
I don't want that!
U-Um!? Kaho-san!?
Don't you agree, Sayaka-chan!?
I mean… of course I don't want them to be fighting. I wouldn't want to imagine that the two of them actually hate each other.
Right!?
But… hm… Asking them directly would be a bad idea, huh…?
…And even setting Tsuzuri-senpai aside, Otomune-senpai would probably refuse to answer and ask us why we were looking into it.
…Y-You're right! I can already imagine her looking straight at me while saying that! You really understand Kozue-senpai, huh, Sayaka-chan?
Huh…? I-I guess so…
Yeah, so… why don't we try casually asking them what they think of each other?
Ask them indirectly, huh… Alright, let's give it a try!
Yeah! We might just be imagining it!