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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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…You're both here?
Ah… Kozue…senpai…
Tsuzuri-senpai… what are you doing here…?
…
You don't have to look so worried. You came here to look into the events of last year for the article, didn't you?
Uh… um, y-yeah!
See? You haven't done anything wrong, so please relax.
Thank…you. Um, so did the two of you come here to look for us?
No. That… wasn't our intention.
…But still, it seems we were too late.
Or maybe… did you realize too late that there might've been something still here?
I noticed that people may end up coming here. I did intend on hiding some of these things before then, though.
You weren't gonna throw them away?
…No, I was not. They serve as a cautionary tale.
U-Um, excuse me! This… uh… You won last year's regional Love Live! tournament, didn't you?
…Kaho-san.
Yeah…?
Would you give that to me?
O-Okay…
Hmph… This was my mistake, then. …Yes, we ended up withdrawing from nationals.
Kozue-senpai…?
Are you gonna tell them?
These two did nothing wrong. They were only here to work on something for the club.
Hiding this was our responsibility, so it's only right for us to tell them exactly what happened rather than leave this uncomfortable atmosphere to simmer. Wouldn't you agree?
…Yeah.
Around this time last year, there were more members in the club. Aside from me and Tsuzuri, there was one other first-year student, as well as a second-year student.
!
Could it be… the student council president?
…Correct. She… retired from the club.
And not long after we three remaining members decided to try our best to continue, the other member suffered an injury.
Oh…
And so… only Tsuzuri and I performed at the Love Live! regional tournament.
But we couldn't stay in sync with each other.
Thus, we decided to withdraw from the national tournament.
We'd won the regional tournament, but even though we would be able to continue onward…
We knew that we wouldn't be happy if we went on in the state we were in. I… couldn't stand next to her.
Ah…
We decided that we wouldn't perform together anymore. But to be clear, that isn't a problem.
Now, Tsuzuri has Murano-san, and I have Kaho-san, after all.
I apologize for causing all these misconceptions. But, I don't think there's any need to worry.
So… let's shelve this discussion here.
Kozue-senpai…
Please don't look at me that way. The two of us are fine with this. Right, Tsuzuri?
…Yeah.
Now then, why don't you go on ahead? I have some reorganizing to do here.
…Why did I do that…?
Kaho-san…
I couldn't say anything… Even though I know Kozue-senpai was forcing herself to say those things…
…You're right. They both were…
I said I would do anything to help… but when the time came, I just made them feel bad.
…
…
I even said that we might be able to do something… But I was really just an idiot sticking my nose somewhere it doesn't belong.
N-No, I don't think that's right.
…
I'm sure that you weren't just being nosy. I understood exactly how you felt before we went to the school warehouse.
And I also wanted to see if there was something we could–
Sayaka-chan…
Are you alright with this, Sayaka-chan…?
No, of course I'm not. I didn't want to see them looking like that.
Then why…?
But I also don't want to see you looking like this. That's just as important to me.
…But you can't see how I look right now.
Then I want to see that smile of yours, Kaho-san. Just as much as I want to see our seniors smiling.
I value those things very much. That's why I went to the warehouse with you.
…
They looked like they were having fun in that picture, weren't they?
…Yeah.
And we don't want them to look so upset. That's what we were trying so hard to accomplish, right?
…Yeah. You're right.
Then you weren't wrong for feeling that way!
I mean, it's just like… look, if we wrote that article with what we understood then, we wouldn't have been able to make something good, right?
…The article…
…Right…
Kaho-san?
Right… That's right! I remember now! We were trying so hard because we wanted everyone to know how amazing our seniors are!
And how I feel about them hasn't changed! Kozue-senpai and Tsuzuri-senpai are still the best seniors ever!
No, now that I know what I know, that feeling is even stronger!
I think so, too. Your feelings aren't wrong, Kaho-san.
Wait, have you realized something?
Yeah. Listen to this, Sayaka-chan!
The two of us have gone out and done so much research on them, so even though we know that the seniors are so amazing, we also know that there's something making them really sad…
Thinking back on it, I must've been really upset learning about it.
Me too. That's why we decided to see if there was something we could do.
Yeah, we did look for something we could do. Something that only we could do.
And yet, I couldn't say anything to Kozue-senpai earlier. I couldn't tell her to smile like she did then, or that she's come this far.
I couldn't even object, even a little.
…Do you think you could make that objection now?
Yeah! I know I can! I know that together, we can find a way to make them smile!
I know that both of them weren't able to do that, and even though we decided that we'd give it our best, we couldn't do it either.
But we still haven't tried doing it together, with all four of us!
Kaho-san…
I see…
…You're right!
Whether it be off the stage or on, we're more than just pairs!
Yeah!
Alright, let's do that! We might be in our pajamas right now, but once we get dressed, we should head straight to them!
Kaho-san… It's almost time for lights-out…
Huh!? But…
I guess we'll just have to go in our pajamas then.
…Yeah!
Ahaha!
Kaho-san, what are you doing here at a time like this… and in your sleepwear!?
Kozue-senpai! I wanted to continue our talk from earlier!
From earlier…?
I said that we should drop that topic.
…Kaho-san, I appreciate your kindness, but at the moment I am in no need of it.
No! You definitely need it!
Hold on, you're being too loud… Okay, fine, if you want to talk about this, then we can just do it tomorrow–
You said it yourself, didn't you, Kozue-senpai!?
That Tsuzuri-senpai has Sayaka-chan, and you have me!
That means that you need me now, Kozue-senpai!
Kaho-san, what are you–?
The School Idol Club is a very important place to me.
And we've worked so hard to introduce our very charming seniors to everyone!
…
Sayaka-chan and I are here to support you! We've been working very hard to do that!
I'm happy to hear how you feel. But again, that's just how you feel. That doesn't just mean there's something you can–
There is!
…
The School Idol Club isn't just you and Tsuzuri-senpai!
There's four of us! Sayaka-chan and I are in it now! So!
Let's perform as a full group of four! Together at the Nadeshiko Festival!