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That Night

Miku...

RaikaMi~ku~! What's up? Still lost in the moment?

MikuOh... Yeah, maybe I am.

RaikaFor moments like this... here! Let's all share some ice cream to celebrate!

MikuYeah. Then let me call everyone—

RaikaEveryone~~!! Gather on the veranda~~!! Let's eat Pockin'ice~~~~!!

MikuHey, shh...! You'll bother the neighbors...!

RaikaOh, sorry!

ChieriChieri has brought Yomogi and Shizuku here! How's that? Do you want to praise me now?

RaikaOh, as expected of Cherie! So reliable~

ChieriHehe, as a token of your gratitude, you could skip the Pockin and just give Chieri a whole one!

ShizukuWhat's... Pockin?

YomogiUm... There's this commoner's ice cream that you break in half to eat...

RaikaOh, Shizuku, this is your first time with Pockin'ice! Then wanna try the grape one with me?

ShizukuYeah, I'd like to try.

ChieriChieri will have a whole orange one!

YomogiMiku-san, I'll break it! Since I got to choose the flavor!

YomogiHngh...!! At least... I gotta be able to... this much...!

MikuYomogi-san, may I?

MikuHere you go♪

YomogiUgh~~ Sorry for the trouble caused by my useless arms that can't even break a commoner's ice cream...

MikuIt's fine, just let people who can do it handle it~

RaikaHere... You eat the ice cream from this crack!

ShizukuThis... you don't use a spoon for it?

ChieriYou don't need that. Just bite right into it, and it pops out.

ShizukuJust bite into it... *Munch*...

ShizukuMm...! Mmm...!!

YomogiShizuku-san's eyes are all round...! S-So cute...!

RaikaSo~~cute~~~~!! Delicious? Is it delicious?

ShizukuMy taste buds and brain are trembling...! It's so much sweeter than regular grapes...!

ChieriHehe, isn't it good that you learned how to eat it from Chieri?

ShizukuYeah. As expected of union leader Cherie...!

MikuHehe, Shizuku-chan would have a lot of firsts from now on.

RaikaThat's right! Next time... maybe we could have her do a little errand!

MikuWhen you teach her something, make sure to explain it properly from beginning to end, okay?

RaikaHuh, why only me?

MikuWashing machine.

RaikaOh... I'm sorry~

Raika、MikuAhaha. Hehe.

RaikaOh, right! I've got good news for everyone~!

MikuNews?

RaikaHehehe...♪ Actually, I came up with a name for our band!

ChieriThat sly grin on her face... Chieri has a bad feeling about this!

ShizukuI thought our name was "family."

RaikaThat's right. But we need a band name too!

RaikaI wrote it properly on hanshi paper! It should be in my pocket...

ChieriYou don't need to take it out! The band name will be "The Chieri Union and the Happy Subordinates"!

RaikaNo personal names allowed! Ah, found it♪

RaikaIt fits us so perfectly that you're all gonna fall off your seats~! Get ready, the name is—

Raika"Ikka Dumb Rock!"

Everyone...

ChieriA band name this lame? Absolutely not!!

RaikaHuh!?

ChieriSeeing kanji and English all jumbled together just makes my skin crawl!

ShizukuSo this spelling can also be read as "Danran"... I had no idea.

RaikaOh... That's not quite what I had in mind...!

RaikaMiku, you think this is cool, right!? Right!?

MikuI think this is cool~♪

RaikaAh~~ That's the proof that you are thinking otherwise!

YomogiI... I think it's not that bad though...

RaikaHuh!? Yomogi, what'd you say!?

YomogiUm... Uh...

Everyone...

YomogiI-I-I'm sorry!! I just couldn't work up the courage after all...

ChieriIt's fine, Yomogi! If something's cheesy, you can just say it's cheesy!

YomogiUgh~ That's not what I mean...!

RaikaC'mon~ Why are you doing this to me...! I thought it fit us so perfectly...!

Miku...

Raika(After a good live, Granny and others would drink every drop of sake they had out in this yard and make a huge ruckus.)

Raika(We've got Pockin'ice instead. From here on, we'll be sharing thousands and thousands of them together.)

Raika(As long as I have this family, my life is...)

The Next Morning

ChieriPlease wait!! Chieri will never allow that!!

RaikaCherie, what happened!? You look angry...

Yomogi、Shizuku...

ChieriChieri is not backing down from here.

Miku...

RaikaMiku, that big luggage... What's that?

Miku*Sigh*...

MikuSorry for all the commotion. I'm moving out of this dorm today.

RaikaHuh...

MikuI'm going to become an idol. I'll live in a dedicated dorm, so my communal living here is over.

MikuThank you so much for everything up to now♪

RaikaY-You wanted to be an idol...? You never said that...

MikuTo you all? I can't say it~

ChieriYou've been joking around since earlier...! What happened to the Miku from yesterday...!?

YomogiTh-That's right...! You were kind to me, and we laughed together...!

RaikaMiku, you had a lot of fun, right...!? And...

RaikaYou've always been thinking about our family...!!

Miku...

MikuYou're saying, until yesterday, "we were family," right?

MikuThat's all just in your head.

EveryoneHuh...

MikuIf we eat together, and play in a band, we are family?

MikuHow convenient. So easy, just like playing house.

RaikaPlaying house...

MikuWe're just strangers, after all. We just happened to end up living in the same dorm.

MikuAnd yet, you're saying "We're family~!" And you put your arms around each other, laughing without a care.

MikuEvery time something happens, it's "because we're family," and I get dragged into your little make-believe family... I'm sick of it.

MikuEating breakfast together, playing in a band... I hated the life here, all of it!

Raika...

ChieriRaika!! Why are you being quiet!!

RaikaHuh...

ChieriRaika, you're the one who started the "family"!! You should say something back!!

RaikaI... I know. But...

Raika...

MikuAs I said. You and I are complete opposites.

MikuIf only I didn't have a "family," I could be happy.

Raika...

MikuFarewell.

Everyone...

Miku...

Miku(It's nothing, just what I've always been thinking.)

Miku(If they hadn't tried so hard to hold me back, I wasn't going to say any of this.)

Miku...

MikuI need to move on...