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Location: Reception Room

Niki: Morisawa-kun, I tried incorporating that French place we went to yesterday into my date plan— what do ya think~?

I think that the best way to get to the heart is to go through the stomach, so!

Plus, since I’m trying to go through a girl’s stomach here, I tried decreasing the amount of meals by considering quality over quantity!

Chiaki: Ooh. It looks like with lunch, the coffee shop, and dinner, you’re having three meals, but I feel like that’s still better than the previous plan you had!

After all, it’s pretty hard to do an eating tour on a date.

If I dared to offer you some advice, your plan to go to the cafe that’s famous for those king-size parfaits would be enough to —Actually, nevermind, I feel like that’d just make her stomach hurt, wouldn’t it?

Save the parfait for another time; for this magazine feature, I recommend just going to a normal coffee shop!

Niki: Hmm. So no on the parfaits? Now that I think about it, those are pretty heavy on the stomach…

Well, then I’ll try changing this cafe for a place with tasty coffee ♪

Chiaki: Yeah! That’s the spirit, Shiina!

Natsume: (Fufu. It seems as if everything is going excellenTLY. As expecTED, everyone has opened their hearts to each other after what happened yesterdAY—or rathER— )

(We’ve managED to show some cooperation as colleaguES.)

…Oh mY. So you’ve decided to join us as weLL. Hello theRE, little kitten~♪

HmM. Your external meeting ended earLY, so you came to check on how we were doiNG? Thank yOU, but do be sure not to push yourseLF.

This is the first time there’s been an interdepartmental project at ES, after aLL. Between exchanging information outside your department, provisioning the budget, and finding a company sponsor and suCH, I’ve heard that there are all sorts of things to take care oF.

HmM? You’re relieved that there’s a bit of a pleasant atmosphere here…?

I believe that’s thanks to Hakaze-senPAI, since he has been thinking earnestLY about the project for uS.

MhM. It seems as if he’s giving Mitsuru-kun advice on his date plan right nOW. He truly is the person to rely oN when it comes to these kinds of thiNGS.

Kaoru: Hey. You’re not spreading rumors about me, are you, Sakasaki-kun?

Natsume: NoPE, not at aLL~♪

Kaoru: Hold it. There’s some kind of subtle hidden meaning there, isn’t there? Am I making too much out of this?

Oh, Anzu-chan. Are you interested in me and Mitsuru-kun’s date plan? To be honest with you, we just ran into a little bit of trouble with it.

Mitsuru: Hmm... This is way too hard for me, Producer!

I filled the magazine with stuff that seems like it’ll make the people reading it happy… Like, looking at clothes, going to coffee shops, and stuff like that, but…

Ughh~ That stuff seems like it’d be kinda stuffy and so not me.

When I talked to Shiina-senpai, too, he was like, “Did someone else write this?”

Kaoru: But if you put all your good points in your date plan, there’ll be a bias there for sports. It’s hard to keep a balance there.

It is more date-like than the stuff you had before, but on the other hand, it’s like there’s less of your personality in there.

We got rid of the fact that before, just playing at the park ate up half the day, but...

It’d be nice if we could just make it a little more suitable, wouldn’t it?

Mitsuru-kun, you’ve got such a lively personality, so getting rid of all that just to make yourself perfectly compatible with the readers of a women’s magazine would be just as bad.

Mitsuru: Producer… Pretty please give me some advice, like a big sis would!

What kinda stuff could I do with you to make you happy?

“I’m sure I could have fun with anything”? Uu, that makes me happy, but I can’t use that…

Kaoru: I’ll try to think up another good plan by myself. That way, you can focus on tuning up the interdepartmental project without worrying about it too much, Anzu-chan ♪

You’re looking at me like you wanna say sorry for leaving everything up to us, huh. Don’t worry about it — I’ll work really hard to make everyone’s date plan great.

Mitsuru: Mrmm…! Please help me, Hakaze-senpai!

Natsume: FuFU. If by any chance you run out of ideas, we can work together as weLL.

Things are running smoother on my eND, plus, Hakaze-senPAI, wouldn’t your ideas have a feeling of maturity to thEM?

Kaoru: Ahaha. So I’ve been told ♪ Either way, you’re a big help, Sakasaki-kun~

Mitsuru-kun, if you aren’t satisfied with my advice, we could always try bringing in another viewpoint.

After all, here in “Date Plan Idea Squad”, we’ve got idols with a great variety of personalities all gathered together.

We’ve gotta let Anzu-chan focus on her work as a producer, so let’s try putting all of our strength together and overcoming this.

Mitsuru: Mhm! I’ll tackle this problem with all my might! I wanna show Nee-cha… Producer, I mean… how much I’ve grown as a second year~!

Kaoru: Right, Mitsuru-kun, you’re a guy too, huh. As your senior, I feel like I should brace myself for this too.

I wish I could solve your problems just like that, and show just how much I’ve grown, but... Well, I’ll think this through a bit more.

TL Notes

1: In Japanese, “Date Plan Idea Squad” is read the same as “we want to think of a date plan”. It’s a very cheesy pun, which is why Kaoru originally thought it was a lame name.

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