Date Plan: Assembly - 3

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 Location: Starmony Hall Kitchen

 <The next day>

Hajime: Everyone, I made some tea~♪

Mitsuru: Ooh. You want me to carry it for you, Hajime-chan?

Hajime: Oh, you don’t need to do that~. I’m going to take care of everything to do with the tea, after all ♪ 

Mitsuru: Hmph. I’m the one who called everyone here, so I want you to let me help out, yanno~?

‘Specially since Nii-chan has college to deal with too, so I’m sorry it’s so outta nowhere… I’m just that worried over this…

Nazuna: It’s fine, totally fine. Don’t sweat it. Summer break is looong for college students, so my schedule’s surprisingly lenient ♪ 

Mitsuru: Here ya go. I brought you Hajime-chan’s special-made tea.

Tomoya: Thanks. Man, Mitsuru, once you set your mind to something, you do it right away. That kind of thing’s amazing, almost enviable, you know?

Mitsuru: Uu. I’m all embarrassed being smothered with compliments like that…

But that’s exactly the kinda stuff I wanna hear! Stuff about my charm points, or my personality! That’s the kinda stuff that a member of Ra*bits would know about me!

Nazuna: You want us to tell you your charm points…? Could it be that you’re worried about the direction your work is taking?

Seems like these days, you’re gaining a lot of groupies1 too… It’s great to have more fans and all, but when your usual environment changes, you start getting a lot of concerns, huh?

Mitsuru: Ughhh. That makes my head hurt just thinking about it.

But what’s worrying me even more than that is that I haven’t settled on a date plan!

Tomoya: A date plan?

Mitsuru: Mhm. I talked about it before; it’s that job that Nee-cha… that the producer requested me for.

Hakaze-senpai messaged me late last night on Wholehands. He said that it might be a good idea to ask for help from some friends...

So, I want all of you to help me!

Tomoya: Oh, I see. So you hurried to ask us because we all know you so well?

Hajime: Ahaha. You’ve certainly been very troubled by something lately. That was because of ES’s interdepartmental project, wasn’t it?

Mitsuru: Mhm. It’s a job that I was asked to do, so I tried thinking up a date plan as hard as I could ‘til my head felt like it was gonna explode, but…

Hakaze-senpai told me, “Turn to your unitmates for help, then your charm points might start to come out some more~”.

So. I want you to tell me all about what my charm points are!

Tomoya: I understand what’s going on. Well, we’ll tell you about all your charm points that no one else would know but us, and then you can go ahead and make good use of them.

Hajime: Fufu. Let’s have a nice, relaxing conversation while enjoying some tea ♪

Nazuna: Yeah, let’s do that. We’ve all known each other for a long time, so we’ve got lots to think about when it comes to you, Mitsuru-chin~☆ 

Like, for example, when we did that live at the amusement park last year, you had lots of fun while we were at it. If you’re at a theme park like that, you’ll be able to get through the whole date without getting bored, won’t you?

Hajime: Ah, that’s a good point. Your boundless energy and cheerfulness are your charm points, so going along with you on your way home from school and other things like that, seem  like they’d be fun too ♪ 

Tomoya: Yeah, an after-school type date might not be bad either.

It’s kinda hard to ask a girl out on your day off, so if you do it when you’re on your way home with everyone, you can probably just have fun without worrying too much about it.

Plus, it seems like after-school type dates are even getting popular among people who’ve already graduated.

While you’re thinking up your date plan, how about all of us, Nii-chan included, try going to the amusement park in our Yumenosaki Academy school uniforms? ♪ 

Nazuna: M-me included…? Wearing my school uniform after I’ve already graduated would feel weird...

I mean, I’ve worn uniforms for jobs before, but it’d be embarrassing to wear one in my day to day life.

Tomoya: C’mon, don’t say that. Do it to help Mitsuru out, okay? I mean, it’s been a long time since you’ve felt the feelings of a high school student, so try to feel them again...♪ 

Nazuna: Hmm. It feels more like you’re making me do it, but oh well.

Mitsuru-chin, if it’ll really be helpful for your job, do you wanna try going to the amusement park together?

Mitsuru: Ooh. If you gave me a demonstration, that’d be super helpful!

I’m not good at thinking up all this stuff… Plus, I thought of an amusement park plan before, but I didn’t really know what to do, so.

Ehehe. Putting our heads together like this really helps a lot!

Sora: HaHa~ Mitsu-chan and everyone else are all making such nice colors~♪ Sora wants to join in on the conversation too!

Tsumugi: Sora-kun, after our lunch meeting is finished, how about we try and call out to them?

We’re all fellow idols, so we have to greet each other, don’t we?

We’ve been interacting more and more with other idols at ES, especially through circles lately.

Natsume: That’s trUE. I’ve been talking more with Hajime-kun and Tomoya-kuN, and it feels as if the relationship between us has intensified rather quickLY.

Sora: HiHi~ Everyone always makes such lively colors during circle activities~☆ Sora, too, is enjoying himself thoroughly!

By the way, what’s the “date plan” that everyone is talking about~? Is it something that has to stay secret?

Natsume: Ah, speaking of whiCH, you must not have heard yet, SoRA. The job that I received was to think of a date plAN…

Tsumugi: Fufu. Natsume-kun, your date plan was also very charming ♪

Natsume: Hold oN. Why do you know what’s in my date plAN?

Tsumugi: Weeell, I am more or less NewDi’s vice president. And so, I see the reports about the interdepartmental project.

“Twelve o’ clock: I’ll cast my spell on you with a romantic nighttime view.”...It was a very lovely plan ♪

Natsume: What do you think you’re doing.

Tsumugi: Ow, that hurts!? Please don’t just turn straight to hitting me. It genuinely does kind of hurt, you know!

Natsume: Ugh. I can never be too carefUL… If you plan on stalking my each individual moVE, I’ll never trust you ever agaIN.

Tsumugi: Eeh? Please don’t say such forlorn things~ We’re companions from the same unit, are we not?

Natsume: Don’t change the subjeCT. You using your authority as vice-president to dig around as you please through my work has nothing to do with whether or not we’re in the same unIT.

Sorry about that, SoRA. This mophead just keeps saying weird thiNGS.

Sora: No worries! If Shisho wants to keep his job a secret for now, then Sora will look forward to its official unveiling ☆

Shisho’s magic is something to be treasured, after all!

We haven’t been able to work together as Switch lately, and so Sora is lonely, but… He will wait in anticipation for Shisho’s challenge to complete!

Natsume: SorRY, SoRA.

We’ve been in the planning stage for quite some tiME, and so I don’t have much spare time, buT— 

Let me make the interdepartmental project a succeSS, and then I guarantee that I’ll spread the word of Switch to many more peopLE.

Sora: Got it! Sora will wait until all three of us can do lots of new jobs!

Natsume: There, theRE. What a good boy you are, SoRA...☆ 

Be that as it maY, I was concerned about Hakaze-senpai for a moment, but at this rate I doubt that there’s anything to fret over.

He gave some advice to Mitsuru-kun via Wholehands for exampLE, and as a result, everything seems to be headed in a good directiON.

Although I was worried at one point about what exactly would happEN— Hakaze-senpai has shown himself to be worthy of his positiON ♪ 

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TL Notes:

1: The word Nazuna uses here is okkake, which are essentially the Japanese equivalent to Korean fansite masters. They’re like a mix between fans and paparazzi.

Proofread by 310mc and Amagiiz.