Chapter 1

Seriously, I never thought there’d be so much overlap between Yuuta-kun’s and my vision for our personalized outfits…

You were surprised too, right? I totally thought we came up with our ideas separately, but except for the color they’re almost the exact same outfit!

But that also means Yuuta-kun and me can basically read each other’s minds! Just goes to show how well we get each other~ ♪

…Kidding~ I’m gonna have to rethink this whole thing from scratch, so this isn’t the time to drag my feet.

All this means is that we didn’t fully grasp the whole “individuality and uniqueness” thing that we wanted to express with our personalized outfits.

Now that we’ve thought things through, we obviously want to make our fans happy…

And Yuuta-kun and I want to make outfits that when we put them on we can turn to each other and say, “That fits you perfectly!”

Which is why I came to you for advice, Anzu-san! I’m sure Yuuta-kun is working hard on his too right about now!

I bet he’s pretty excited to make a costume that’s different from his Aniki’s. So I’ve gotta hype myself up and throw myself into this too!

These costumes are supposed to be personalized for us, right? It’s not a costume for our unit, it’s just for me…

So it’s gotta have this big impact that just screams “Aoi Hinata” from one glance…?

(Mm~ It’s harder than I thought it would be to think of something that has “me” vibes. Maybe something bright and flashy and kinda out there?)

(No way, that’s just 2wink’s intro on our official site. There’s gotta be more to my image that I’ve built up until now.)

(…I just know there is. But it feels like everything I’m picturing right now is less me and more 2wink…?)

Oh, sorry, Anzu-san. You took the time to come meet me, but I’m just sitting here thinking to myself—

In place of Anzu-san, I offer you my greetings! I am your Hibiki Wataru… ☆

Uh… Huh?! Hibiki-senpai?!

What are you doing here? Wait actually, isn’t that where Anzu-san was sitting just now?! Where’d she go…?

She’s still right by you, Hinata-kun. If you will, please take a look over your shoulder.

Over my shoulder…?

Wahaha, you thought it was Anzu, but it was me all along! Uchuu~ ☆

Waah?! Now it’s Tsukinaga-senpai?!

…Oh, now that I’m getting a closer look, I see Anzu-san in the seat across from you. She looks kinda surprised that she was suddenly teleported, though…

You both provided me with such wonderful reactions~ ♪ I thought it would be far too boring to simply call out to you, so I added in just a dash of surprise. It seems to have paid off quite splendidly.

That was just a dash of surprise? I wonder what’d happen if I added so much that the whole flavor changed, huh? I’m getting excited just thinking about it… ♪

It’s cool that you’re here and surprising me and stuff, but why are you here at COCHI?

Wataru picked me back up when I collapsed from starvation! I got so into the song I was writing that I hadn’t eaten anything for a while.

I brought His Majesty to this café to find something to eat, and then who should I stumble upon but Anzu-san and Hinata-kun!

I wanted to know what you guys were talking about~ It’s about your personalized outfit, right?

Oh! If you’re having trouble, why not talk to me and Wataru about it?

Talk to you guys about my personalized outfit…?

Ummm. I mean, I think you’re both super cool, so I appreciate the offer.

But why would you want to? It’s not like I’m a kouhai in your unit or office or circle or anything…

Wouldn’t you like to know?

Yeah. Anzu looks kinda interested too…

Right, Anzu-san?

…Ohh, Anzu’s nodding her head along with Hinata’s words.

Ngh~ To be honest there’s no real reason. We just wanted to try helping our kouhai with his personalized outfit!

…Really now.

A little birdie told me that most of the people who have been struggling with their personalized outfits have, with the exception of Anzu, consulted with their unitmates, their dear friends, and even their trusted senpais about it.

But tragically, no one has come to seek our advice~

Even when Tomoya-kun was having trouble, it felt as though I were merely interfering with his process.

It kinda felt like I was helping Mittsu out, but when I really thought about it, all he did was ask me about superstars~

And I only got to see the designs for Suo~ and Naru’s outfits once they were done. Well, they both looked great in them, so I’m glad ♪

Hmmm… So basically, it’s what you said before: You guys just wanna help one of your kouhais with their personalized outfit.

It does feel kiiinda weird that I’m the kouhai you picked, but… Sure, whatever!

Please help me with my personalized outfit, guys!

Did you hear that, Wataru? Hinata wants us to help him out ♪

Fufufu, then allow us to drive away all your worries with a flourish… ☆

…Hm? Is something wrong, Anzu-san?

Is this fine with me? I mean, yeah, of course it is. I don’t really get the chance to ask Hibiki-senpai or Tsukinaga-senpai for help that often, y’know?

They’re the ones who came up to me, so I think that means it’s fine for me to just go for it.

And it’s an opportunity to get closer to my senpais and close the distance between us… ♪