Chapter 6

Yuuta-kuuun?

(Urghh… Looks like he’s not in the practice room? He wasn’t in the lesson room, either, so where did he go?)

(Maybe he’s already gone home. But he did say he was gonna do some lessons, so he’s probably still at school?)

(Yuuta-kun, I’m here now. I won’t run away anymore, so please let me apologize to you.)

Anikiii!

Whoa?! You scared me! Wait, Yuuta-kun? Wh–whatcha doin’ here?!

Could it be… we really can use telepathy?!

HaHa~ ♪ Sora followed your color to find you, Hina-chan!

Oh, Sora-kun, and even Anzu-san. So it really wasn’t telepathy~

Geez, I’ve been looking everywhere for you.

Actually, why are you even here?

Umm, I was searching for you. You said you were gonna do some lessons, so I was thinking you’d be either here or in the lesson room…

But if… if you’re not doing any lessons, then can we step outside for a sec?

……

……

(Ungh… The conversation broke off. I’ll just give Yuuta-kun the tickets and apologize for running away.)

(It sounds so simple, but I can’t even figure out the best way to break the ice…)

Aniki.

Let’s go to the museum together.

Huh—The museum?!

Yeah. I’m sure you’re surprised, since I kinda came out of left field with this one. But I have a good reason for inviting you.

So a bunch of things happened, and now we’re performing a joint live with Valkyrie. I didn’t even talk to you about it before deciding on it, but—Do you have any problems with it?

What? No way! I’d jump at the chance to perform with Valkyrie!

Wait, is this the same museum that’s having a reopening? The one these tickets are for?

Yeah, that’s the one, but… why do you have these?

Well, after we broke off—I mean, after I ran away from you. I’d decided to apologize to you so I went back to the fountain, and Hime-kun and Fushimi-senpai were there.

So we started talking, and Hime-kun gave me these tickets, saying I could use them to make up with you.

Hmm… So you really did feel bad running away.

Yeah. Sorry, Yuuta-kun. I feel like crap for pulling a verbal hit-and-run.

So you can interrogate me all you want, like why I did what I did.

…It’s fine. Well no, to tell you the truth, it’s not fine at all.

But now’s not the time to get in a fight over it. I don’t want to drag Valkyrie down because of our issues.

So I’m not gonna ask what you were hiding. But can you promise me you won’t run away like that again?

Yuuta-kun… Thanks. I really do have a kind brother ♪

Whoa?! Hang on? You’re really gonna try hugging me just as we’re making up? Talk about self-serving.

It’s just ‘cause I’m so happy we’ve made up! Squeeze squeeze~ ☆

HiHi~ ♪ Hina-chan’s and Yuu-chan’s colors have returned to normal! Sora’s relieved~ ♪

Ahaha… Sorry we made you worry, Sora-kun. And I’m sure you’re just as relieved we’ve made up, Anzu-san.

Hey, you said we were doing a live with Valkyrie, right? Did you make that happen, Yuuta-kun?

Yeah, I asked them if they’d let us join in.

And surprisingly, Itsuki-senpai acknowledged us and agreed.

But under the condition that we’ll be kicked off stage if our performance isn’t beautiful.

He’s totally right though, so we’re just gonna have to work ourselves to death from here on out!

Ohh… You’re completely fired up~ Onii-chan isn’t gonna lose to you though, Yuuta-kun ♪

Well, how ‘bout it? We’ve got a free practice room—You wanna have at it?

It’s gonna be a joint live, so we shouldn’t go practicing all on our own. Should we invite Valkyrie?

Oh well, that’s the thing. Valkyrie wants to think about the stage direction and performance first.

They said they wanted to get out some costume designs before the end of the day, so it’ll just be us for now.

Goooot it. What’re you gonna do, Sora-kun? If you want, you can watch us practice?

Sure! Sora wants to see you both in action!

What about you, Anzu-san? They might want your help with the costumes. Are you going back to the handicrafts club room?

Oh, you’re gonna be producing for us? Awesome! Then I’m looking forward to it ♪