Thanks for coming along to buy art supplies with me, Mizuki.

You're welcome♪

(I'm glad she asked me to join her...
All I could think about was what happened when I was by myself.)

...

(Easy, Mizuki... You're here to take your mind off things, so no thinking about that right now!)

Oh, that reminds me...

When I invited you, didn't you say that there were some shops you wanted to check out?

Yeah, there are! I was hoping to go around to them after you got everything you needed.

Okay. So, where did you have in mind?

That apparel shop at the mall we went to a while back! Remember? You bought that really cute blouse there.

Oh, that place...
Do they have some new stuff?

Yeah, there's that...

But some anime-inspired stuff from this show I really like is also supposed to go on sale today♪

Anime-inspired stuff?
Like character costumes?

No, original outfits based on this one character! You won't believe how cute it is!

I see...

Your face is telling me, “You say it's cute, but you only think that because you like this show, right?”

But I'm not joking when I say it's super cute!

Okay, I get it. Also, what was that just now? Were you trying to impersonate me?

Pretty good, right♪

Huh? In what way?

Haha! Anyway, let's head over!

Oh, here! Found it!
It's this one-piece!

This? It is really cute, and you could wear it on a regular basis too.

See? How many times did I say before that it's super cute?

However, as a fan of this character...
Check this out!

This little bit is what makes it special!
And it's totally obvious if you're her fan.

Is that what you meant before?

Yup.
So, mind if I go try it on?

Be my guest. I'll keep looking through this rack.

Okay, be right back...

Oh...!

Huh? Mizuki? Aren't the fitting rooms over that way?

This dress is so nice...

Yeah, the little frills on the sleeve are subtle but really cute... At the same time...

It's pretty casual-looking.
You don't normally wear stuff like this, do you?

Yeah, but imagine if Kanade wore it?

*Gasp*
It'd look perfect on her!

Right?! And if you take this with these pants! Ta-daa! It's totally Mafuyu!

Yeah, it is!
But I'm not sure if she'd ever wear something like this...

Haha. True...

This reminds me of when the four of us went shopping together that one time...

Yeah, when we went to see that movie!

We looked for outfits that we thought would look good on Kanade and Mafuyu, and begged them to try them on!

Yeah, that was really fun.
I hope we get another chance to hang out like that again.

Same...
They'll probably say no, but wanna try asking them anyway?

Yeah...
Especially since it might help Mafuyu take her mind off things.

Oh, actually... If push comes to shove, I could ask her to model for another painting.

Yikes...
Some friend you are.

Excuse me? I've been such a good friend to her!

Hehe.
Haha!