Chapter 1

Hello~! Aoi Hinata from 2wink comin’ right at you!

Excuse us. Aoi Yuuta’s here too… ♪

Wow, good to see you guys are so full of energy. But you do know you don’t have to introduce yourselves every time you come in, right?

But it’s easier to tell who’s Hinata and who’s Yuuta when we give our names, isn’t it? It’s all part of the 2wink strategy.

But if we switch places, people can still mix us up. So it can also be a vital weakness I guess?

…But that doesn’t matter. Aniki, hurry up and give them the proposal.

Right right! Here you go, a proposal for an S3! C’mon, check this baby out~!

Yeah, sure, I’ll take it. We’ll look over it after our meeting.

Meeting? Does that have something to do with why Isara-senpai and Anzu-san look like they ate something funny?

Now I’m getting curious~ If the meeting’s that important, are we getting in your way?

Well~ It’s not like you two are completely uninvolved, so I don’t think you’re really in the way. Right, Anzu? Isara-senpai?

I kept talking with Anzu ‘cause I thought you were handling things, but then you went and dumped it all on me anyway…

But Tori’s right, yeah. We’re talking about Chocolat Fes right now.

Chocolat Fes? You’re already talking about plans for next year?

We sure are. Remember how last year’s Chocolat Fes was crazy and hectic?

So the goal here is to make sure the one this year will be smooth sailing, based on the problems Anzu saw.

2wink is planning on performing at Chocolat Fes too, right? So let’s talk about it.

Actually, we’ve run into a problem that might make hosting it like before way harder. That’s why we brought in Anzu and we were talking about how the school should handle the situation.

Umm, you guys said it like it was no big deal, but that sounds kiiiinda serious…?

It’s just that it’ll be hard to host it the same way we always have. I think if we do everything we can, we can still make it happen. So here’s what’s happening…

Civil unrest in a tropical country, a sharp drop in cocoa imports… I get that manufacturers are in some kind of trouble.

But Tenshouin-senpai’s working on a fix, right? I feel like he’s gonna do something about it.

I wanna solve the whole mess, too. But even Eichi-sama has limits to what he can do.

We also have an obligation to the manufacturer on top of that. This is something that can’t be solved with money or power, so my bet is that it’ll take a while to sift through.

It’s possible it won’t even be settled by the time Chocolat Fes rolls around.

That’s why we were talking with Anzu. If we are able to get the chocolate without any problems, we’d like to give it to the newer units.

We can’t exactly go up to all these units who’ve never even been in Chocolat Fes and say “good luck finding sweets to give out!”

Mm, yeah. If this had been any ordinary year, there’d be plenty of sweets.

I think it’s a good decision. Otherwise, the new units would be all out of sorts from the abnormal situation of not having them.

But what about the not-new units?

…We’re still thinking about it. That’s why Tori said it’s not like you guys don’t have anything to do with this—

I think we want to see the powerhouse units in the school take the initiative in procuring sweets and planning for Chocolat Fes.

Procuring sweets and planning for Chocolat Fes…?

Wait, and planning?!

We could get everyone in the production department to help out with the planning and sweets preparation.

But there’s only so many people in the production department.

Besides, you guys aren’t new to this. You’re used to making your own plans, right? Look, just like this one… ♪

Geh—The proposal we just submitted is being held hostage…!

Hey c’mon, don’t be mean just ‘cause you two are in the same class, okay~? We’re in the student council, so we’re supposed to be asking this as a favor from a powerhouse unit.

…But that’s how it is. We don’t know how things will turn out, but it’d help a lot if you could just be prepared for anything.

You got it~ ♪ There’s still plenty of time before Chocolat Fes, though, so I think we can just chip away at it over time.

SS is at the end of the year though, remember? Everyone’s gonna be super busy, so I’m sure lots of things will happen…

I feel like February will be here before we know it.

Fufu, you’re thinking the same thing as Hime-kun, Anzu? If we end up being as busy as you are, then time is probably gonna fly right by…

It’ll start getting colder from here on out, you know. Make sure you take good care of yourself and don’t get sick.

I heard there’s the possibility of having another Chocolat Fes at ES, too. When I add that to the pile, I feel like my brain is gonna explode.

So I guess my top priority is figuring out what’s best for the school. I can only hope that Chocolat Fes can go off without a hitch.

So that the students of Yumenosaki, and by extension our idols, can all have a happy Valentine’s Day… ♪