Chapter 1

Round one! A meeting about Tetsu-kun’s personalized outfit~!

Y–yay~?

All right, I’m getting pumped up!

I don’t really get what’s going on, but I’m happy to be here!

Hinata-kun, I’m not gonna be able to follow if you come at me so suddenly. What’s going on?

Huh~? Exactly what I said! We’re all having a meeting to talk about your personalized outfit, Tetsu-kun!

Well yeah, I can guess that much! But like c’mon, gimme some more details at least.

…I, Aoi Hinata, saw Anzu-san while she was on her way somewhere and found out she was on her way to talk to you about your personalized outfit, so I decided to go with her.

And when Mitsuru and I saw them on their way to the dojo, we somehow got sucked into their little group.

And then, the four of us found you and Hiiro-kun here at the dojo cleaning up after practice. Since all of us just so happened to be gathered here, it was announced that we’d be holding a meeting to discuss this important matter—

Okay, I get how it happened, but did you really need to give me a play-by-play…?

Nice ad-libbing, Tomo-chan!

Hey Hinata, can you not send me signals without any warning? That freaked me out.

So just now, that was ad-libbing? Another new thing I learned!

Jeez, this whole convo’s all over the place! So basically, you guys came with Anego to talk about my personalized outfit, right?

Right on the money! Looks like Anzu-san’s all raring to take notes too, so why don’t we get right down to business?

Is there anything you’re particularly hoping for, Tetora? Like what you like in an outfit, what you’d wanna wear, stuff like that.

Um, hmm~ A cool-looking outfit’d be pretty sick, but I can’t really think up any particulars…

Huhh, but it’s a total waste to not have any ideas for your super-special personalized outfit!

I was totally lost at first too. But I just let all my thoughts out and she made me the perfectest outfit for a superstar like me ☆

I know just saying I want a cool outfit isn’t gonna help like, at all… But honestly, I have full faith in Anego here.

As long as you can make an outfit that fits the bill, I feel like it’s gonna be great.

Ohoho, now that you said that, Anzu-san’s getting all fired up ♪ But at the same time, it kinda looks like that stressed her out a bit?

Hm. I suppose Anzu-san wants to hear more of your opinions, Buchou.

…You’re right. It’s not like I’m trying to cause any trouble for you, Anego. I’ll think a little more about it.

I really went through it too, so it’s not my place to say—But I do think it’s good to just think about how you want it to look and like, what’s important to you.

(What’s important to me… I was asked the same kinda thing right before Motor Show too.)

(I couldn’t give an answer right away back then either… But after a while I got something pretty solid for once.)

…Uhh, hang on a sec. I’m trying to figure out how to put it into words.

Some ideas that Anego can use… Something that can help her make a costume…?

Hey~ Tetora~? You’re looking kinda scary there.

Right, right! Tetsu-chan, this is supposed to be your outfit! But you just keep going on about Nee~chan.

I’m sure you’ll look very cool in anything you wear, Buchou. Is that why this is so hard for you?

Ahaha… I wish I had those kindsa problems.

Aha, I know! In times like these, you’ve gotta buckle down and focus! C’mon Tetsu-kun, I’ll sit next to you and we can meditate together!

…Everyone already left before the sun went down so like, why’re you still here, Hinata-kun?

I’m the one who called the meeting here at the dojo so like, why wouldn’t I see your meditation through? Ossu!¹

Why are you roleplaying as me—Maybe don’t do that?

…?

—Hey Hinata-kun, can you wait here for a sec?

Yeah, no sweat, but…?

(Oh, there’s a first year outside the dojo. I didn’t even realize they were here.)

(Is he giving them advice maybe? The first year keeps nodding their head while Tetsu-kun talks.)

(…Oh, now they’re bowing to him too. Are they done with the conversation? They’re walking away—They look so refreshed now…)

Sorry about that.

Nah, it’s fine. Was that a first year?

Yup yup. They wanted to talk to me about something.

Ooh~ What a good senpai you are~

They had such a nice smile as they were leaving. Is it ‘cause of the advice you gave them?

I didn’t say anything that great. They were just worried about what to write to a friend, that’s all.

Buuut, if they came all the way out here just to ask you for advice, that means they think you’re a super-reliable senpai, right?

I’d be really glad if they did. Just having kouhais is enough to keep me pumped up!

I’m still learning the ropes, but I wanna help people if they’ll let me. I wanna put my best foot forward whenever I can.

There’ve been plenty of times when I was a pathetic mess in front of them, but if they can still say that they love me, then…

I wanna keep growing and get even better, for their sake~

……

H–hang on, don’t get all quiet on me.

No, it’s just… I don’t have any kouhais who’re close to me, so this is kinda refreshing. You’ve become a really dependable guy, Tetsu-kun ♪

Nah, not even close. I’m still hitting the grind every single day.

…All right, I’mma lock up the dojo pretty soon. Let’s head home, Hinata-kun.

Okie do~ke ♪