(I'm glad I got off work early today.)

(Now I can go home and listen to the new CD I just bought.)

(Then I'll practice until it's time for dinner, and...)

Huh...?

Doesn't Saki work over at that cafe?

(And I'm seeing some familiar faces in the window...)

Huh...?

What are those three doing there together?

(From what I can see, they're not studying together or anything. They have a bunch of books and magazines laid out on their table...)

(I don't know what's going on, but if they see me, it's going to be a whole thing. I'll just pass by quickly...)

Oh...

(They saw me.)

So, what are you guys doing with all these books and magazines?

Oh, I'm glad you asked!

We were just in the middle of planning the Tenma-Hinomori Leaf-Viewing Reattempt!

Reattempt? Oh, you mean our day trip.

Yes, Saki said she could join in after her shift ended and asked us to meet here...

So, the three of us have decided to plan our trip together.

I see...

By the way, what do you guys have in mind at the moment?

We're still brainstorming, but here are our notes!

Let's see...

“Leaf-viewing followed by river rafting, lunch and a foot bath. Visit the art museum, have tea at a trendy cafe, visit the local shrine, climb a mountain and go fruit picking.”

Doesn't it all sound like so much fun?

Yeah, but... It's not going to be possible to do all these things in one day. Each of these places are pretty far apart, too, so that's gonna be a lot of time spent in transit...

Yes, I had a feeling...
I was hoping that we could fit in a few extra activities with efficient enough routing.

Haha. We sorta couldn't help ourselves. We just kept finding all these great things to do...

Just take this magazine, for instance.
It gives all these recommendations and goes into so much detail.

Wait, Tsukasa, check this out!
The rope bridge on this map looks really fun! It apparently creaks and wobbles like crazy!

Oh, look at that!
And based on its height, it likely offers a spectacular view.

Then, let's add it to the list.

(This is bad. If I let these three handle everything, they won't have anything decided by the day of...)

(I have no choice.)

If you guys just keep adding to that list, then you're not gonna get anything done.

You won't be able to come up with a real plan if you keep cramming in more and more activities.

Urgh... Fair point...!

You already have plenty on this list, so it's time to start narrowing down which are our most viable options.

Why don't we begin by coming up with the goal for this trip?

The goal...?

Our primary goal is to see the leaves, right?
So, we should begin by picking where we're going to do that.

Then, we can start looking at other places to visit and activities to do. Wouldn't that help smooth out this process?

Yes, that's excellent...!

Oh, then...
How about we go leaf-viewing on this mountain?

Look! It even says that now's the best time to see them!

Yes, and it's close enough that we can travel there and back by train.

Oh, there's even a historical village nearby with old buildings and cafes, as well as a vineyard where we can pick our own grapes!

Fall is all about bountiful harvests!
We must take this opportunity to go fruit picking, no?

A historical village and fruit picking...

We can visit both using a bus.
Why don't we add them to the list?

Whoa...!
Our itinerary's coming together so fast!

Thank you for doing this, Shii. We really appreciate it.

Alright, let's use this momentum to keep hammering out the details of our trip!

Yeah!

Okay! Does this itinerary look good to you?

Yes, let's just check over our route one last time.

After arriving at the station, we'll explore the historical village. We'll take a quick break at this cafe and then go fruit picking.

Finally, we'll go leaf-viewing.

Wow...!
We'll really get to do all the things we wanted in one day!

I'm excited to the max about this trip right now!

Yes, I'm looking forward to this trip as well! I know! Why don't we practice picking grapes at home?!

Wait, practice picking grapes...?

Thank you again, Shii.
Thanks to you, I think we're in for a very fun trip now.

It's fine. Honestly, I was worried about what would happen if I left you three to your own devices...

(Despite them saying that they'd take care of all the planning, I ended up doing most of the work.)

(Still...)

(I can live with that.)

(It's not often that we get to take trips like this together, so I should try to enjoy myself when we go.)