Chapter 1

It’s lunch time, Hiiro-kun! Whatcha gonna eat today?

I think… Today, the same as yesterday, I feel like having the omurice lunch special.

You know you can just say “too,” right? But doesn’t anything else on the menu look good at all?

Yes, everything looks delicious, but…

There’s demi-glace, cream, tomato, and even Japanese-style. If you enjoy a variety of sauces, you’ll never get bored of eating omurice every day.

…?

Hinata-kun? You’ve stopped responding, and you look confused. Did I say something strange?

Oh nah, I definitely think you can enjoy it if you keep shaking things up—Wait, not important.

Look over there. Anzu-san’s sitting on the couch.

She is. It looks like she’s looking through some documents and taking notes while eating her sandwich.

But it isn’t very healthful to do both of those at once.

Yeah, for sure~ I feel bad interrupting her while she’s concentrating, but I wanna know what she’s doing. Wanna call out to her?

Maybe she’ll let us sit with her too. That’d be lucky ♪

Heyyy~ Anzu-san~!

…Sorry sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you. But we were super curious—what’s all that work you’re doing in the middle of lunch?

Hm, you’re filling out quite a lot of paperwork. Does all of it have to do with your work, Anzu-san?

Huh? We can look if we’re so interested? Then don’t mind if I do—

Oh, right. And can we sit with you too? We were looking for a seat anyway~ ♪

…Fufu, thank you. It’ll be a lively mealtime with you around, Anzu-san.

We should finish ordering before we sit down though. Do you want seconds? or a drink or something maybe?

…Nothing? And what do you mean by inviting him over? There’s someone looking for a seat at the entrance to the terrace?

Oh, Shinobu-kun’s over by the entrance looking around. I bet he’s looking for a seat, just like you said.

Fufu, then let’s add him to our little party! It’ll make lunch even more fun ♪ Wait just a sec, I’ll bring him over!

Whew, I’m glad you two invited me over~

I thank thee, Anzu-dono ♪ I’ll have to thank thee somehow for this…!

Anzu-san said she felt bad about hogging the couch, so she’s grateful enough that we came along ♪

But we should take a seat before it gets too crowded, or it’ll be hard to move around later…

Oops, I almost put my food on your papers.

I’ve been wondering about it, but you’ve got a great deal of paperwork. And looking at it now, it looks like there are eggs? in the photographs there…?

They’re very gaudy… or rather, they’re very unique colors for eggs. I’m having a hard time believing they’re real.

Oh, are those Easter eggs maybe? Wait, does that mean you’re planning something for Easter?

…Hmm, hm. Easter Night, the event that was held last year, has been rebranded as Easter Fes…?¹

Easter Night! Oh man, I remember that. It wasn’t a great time for us though, so we couldn’t perform.

But I did do the egg hunt with Yuuta-kun~ We split up to look for them, and it ended up being lots of fun.

So is this Easter Night thing gonna be the same kinda deal? Or is that what you’re thinking about right now?

…Hm, I see. There are many words I’m unfamiliar with, though, so I’m a little confused.

Idols from ES are being asked to perform this year, due to the idols of Yumenosaki having participated in the event last year… is what I’m understanding from your explanation, Anzu-san.

Yes, I’m glad I understood ♪

And I also understand that you’re in the midst of putting together a plan for what will become this Easter Fes!

However, we’re only halfway through March; there’s still over half a month before Easter. That’s quite a long time for an event.

So if that’s the case, it must be very difficult to plan…

Mm?

…… (looking at the couch to see what’s going on)

…Kagehira-senpai is staring at us like he wants to join in.

Kagehira-senpai~? You need something? Or are you looking for a seat, too…?

Ngah, you saw me…!

Sorry ‘bout that. I hear Easter an’ couldn’t help but listen in. I got some good memories of it too.

Ooh, right. You were in the Easter Night live too, weren’t you?

Sure was. So I got a li’l curious thinkin’ there’d be another Easter live this spring.

A live…? It’s more that ES idols have been asked to make an appearance. Has it been decided which unit will do that?

—Really! A shuffle unit will be formed for this?

For real~? Kinda makes it feel all special, huh. So who all’s gonna be in Easter Fes?

…Anzu-san, Anzu-san. Can I suggest just one little thing?

If you haven’t decided on the members yet, why don’t we form a shuffle unit with everyone here?

You want to—

Form a shuffle unit—

—With us?

Well, ‘cause we’re all hear listening to Anzu-san talk now, right? And this Easter Fes sounds like fun.

Now that I’ve got our producer in front of me, I’ve gotta promote myself ♪

So, how about it? Can we be your shuffle unit for Easter Fes?

—Anzu-san is nodding. So that means…

That thou hast decided that we will be the shuffle unit that appears in Easter Fes…?!

Ngaaah~? Ya didn’t waste any time makin’ that call…!

But I am mighty happy I get to do something for Easter again. You sure it’s fine with just us though?

…Since he said that, you want a little more oomph in this unit? That makes sense—Based on your notes, this looks like a really flashy and showy event.

If we wanna make things exciting, it’d be reassuring to have someone on our team who can really make things go off with a bang. Like—

Someone who brought in a tree with a helicopter on the night of the Christmas party and surprised everyone with presents, maybe?²

Hinata-kun, thou art giving away the answer by saying that.

Ahaha, did you figure it out?

Yeah, I wanna add that guy to our shuffle unit.

If we have Hibiki-senpai with us, I’m sure we can ring in the most fun and exciting spring ever… ♪