Part 1
Mizuki's Room
Mafuyu
<Huh...? From my very first arrangement?>
Kanade
<Yes. After hearing it, all these different ideas started popping into my head.>
Kanade
<It even drove me towards composing an entirely new song in just one day.>
Mafuyu
<I had no idea...>
Mizuki
<Interesting...>
Mizuki
(So that's how they met...)
Mizuki
(A part of me knew that we were all the “same” when I first joined this group...)
Mizuki
(But they must've been dealing with an unbearable amount of pain this whole time.)
Kanade
<Oh, however... I collapsed and lost consciousness before I could actually upload that song.>
Mizuki
(I knew it. There was no way she was living a healthy life back then... Hm?!)
Kanade
<Luckily, the housekeepers that my grandma asked to come over saw that I was in trouble and...>
Mizuki
<Hold up! Time out!!>
Kanade
<Hm? Is something wrong?>
Mizuki
<What isn't wrong with what you just said?!>
Ena
<Yeah, K, you said you collapsed and lost consciousness...!>
Kanade
<Yes, I did.
By the time I woke up, I was in the hospital.>
By the time I woke up, I was in the hospital.>
Mizuki
<What do you mean, “Yes, I did”...?>
Mizuki
<I've been worried that you'd get sick one day eating nothing but instant noodles... But it has already happened.>
Mafuyu
<No better than fasting, to be honest.>
Kanade
<I've been more careful lately.
I know that instant noodles alone aren't enough, so I make sure to take vitamin drinks and eat nutrient-rich foods now.>
I know that instant noodles alone aren't enough, so I make sure to take vitamin drinks and eat nutrient-rich foods now.>
Kanade
<On top of that, having a housekeeper clean and cook delicious food for me has been an enormous help.>
Mizuki
<That's right. You two had already met by then.>
Kanade
<Yes, I initially met her while she was still just observing, but she was the one who discovered that I was in trouble...>
Mizuki
<That means she's the one who saved you, right?>
Kanade
<Yes. My grandma even said that there must be some meaning in us meeting.>
Ena
<Hold on, Yuki, doesn't that girl go to your school?>
Mafuyu
<Yes, she does.>
Mizuki
<Wait, really?>
Ena
<You don't remember?>
Mafuyu
A girl from my club that I talk to often told me her friend works as domestic help.
Ena
Wait, what? You talk to people at school?
What's she like?
What's she like?
Mafuyu
I don't know how to describe her... Her name's Shizuku Hinomori, and she's a famous idol, but I don't really know about the things she does outside school.
Ena
Hold on a sec!
Shizuku Hinomori who used to be the front girl of Cheerful * Days?!
Shizuku Hinomori who used to be the front girl of Cheerful * Days?!
Mizuki
Oh yeah, she quit that group, no?
I had no idea she was in the same school as Mafuyu. Nice!
I had no idea she was in the same school as Mafuyu. Nice!
Mizuki
<Oh, now I remember...>
Mizuki
<That means you knew about Kanade's housekeeper too, right, Yuki?>
Mafuyu
<Yes, but only because Hinomori was already acquainted with her.>
Mizuki
<But then, you finally met her through one of her bandmates!>
Kanade
<That was also because Ms. Mochizuki suggested that we meet.>
Kanade
<She's such a kind, thoughtful and gentle person.>
Mizuki
<I'm glad...
I'd like to meet her someday.>
I'd like to meet her someday.>
Mizuki
<Because then, I'll be able to ask her in person!>
Ena
<Ask what?>
Mizuki
<Nothing other than, “Please, keep an eye on Kanade for us!”>
Ena
<Okay...?>
Mizuki
<Haha. Hey, let's be honest. K's eating right because of her.>
Mizuki
<Anyway, we've been on this tangent long enough. Tell us more about what happened after you two met, K, Yuki!>
Ena
<Yeah, what happened after you collapsed?!>
Kanade
<Um... They ran tests to check for abnormalities, put me on an IV and sent me home afterward...>
Ena
<What?! That's it?!>
Kanade
<Yes, and after I got home...>