The night of the 15th
School SEKAI

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Shiho

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Alright, this should be enough for today.
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Miku

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Nice work, everyone.
You're all doing moon viewing tonight, yes?
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Saki

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Yeah!
I promised Tsukasa that we'd have dango together♪
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Saki

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My mom even said that she's gonna whip up some food for us! I'm so excited!
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Honami

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I can see why since your mother's such an amazing cook. She really went all out for our Doll Festival party too.
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Saki

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Hehe♪
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MEIKO

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But you're no slouch yourself, Honami.
What's on the menu for tonight?
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Honami

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Th-Thank you...!
I'll be making dango and some dishes to go along with a traditional moon viewing.
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Ichika

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Wow, your moon viewings sound much more interesting than what I've planned. Maybe I should consider doing a little more...
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Rin

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Hm? Are you not gonna make anything, Ichi?
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Ichika

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Yes, I'll be making dango at home, but mostly plan on just having a relaxing evening.
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Luka

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But that sounds lovely as well.
Enjoying the moon just the way you like seems perfect, no?
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Saki

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Yeah, you're right!
You should spend the evening the way you like, Ichi.
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Shiho

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...
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Ichika

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Is something the matter, Shiho...?
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Shiho

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No, it's nothing...
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Shiho

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...

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Luka

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Oh, Shiho? You're still here?
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Miku

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Aren't you doing a moon viewing with your sister?
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Shiho

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Yeah, we are...
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Miku

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Is something wrong? Did something happen?
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Shiho

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No, nothing like that.
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Shiho

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I was just thinking about my sister is all...
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Miku

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You were?
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Shiho

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I may've mentioned this before, but she's a bit of an airhead...
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Miku

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Yes, I remember.
She's prone to getting lost, right?
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Shiho

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Yeah. On top of that, she's terrible with electronics, has a habit of doing this sort of thousand-yard stare and can be incredibly childish at times...
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Shiho

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But I saw her working really hard on something yesterday and made a realization...
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Shiho

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Ever since we were little, she's always been there for me.

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Shiho

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Whenever I felt sad or lonely, she was there to ask if anything was wrong...
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Shiho

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She was there to comfort me without me actually realizing what she was trying to do.
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Shiho

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I said that she's childish, but me not understanding what she was doing for me sort of makes me think that I'm the child...
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Miku

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Hehe. You love her very much, don't you?
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Shiho

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That sounds a little too strong...
But I do think she's an incredible person.
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Miku

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You do?
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Shiho

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Yeah... She's an idol, but she's also a true professional.
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Shiho

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I know she's gone through some rough patches throughout her career, but she's never not smiling when I'm with her...
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Shiho

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She's doing everything in her power to make sure she's able to spread hope to her fans.
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Shiho

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That's why I think she's so amazing.
She's peerless in that regard.
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Luka

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She sounds like a wonderful person...
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Shiho

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Then something crossed my mind yesterday. Maybe she's so clingy with me because it's her way of comforting me now.
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Shiho

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I really don't like it when she does that to me when we're in public since we're both high schoolers...
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Shiho

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But it may just be her way of expressing how she feels about me, you know...?
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Shiho

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Which is why I want to do something for her since I really haven't as far as I can tell.
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Luka

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Shiho...
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Miku

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...
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Miku

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I think you've done quite a lot for her already.
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Shiho

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Huh...?
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Miku

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You've faced your own share of hurdles as well and managed to overcome them, right, Shiho?
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Miku

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Isn't it fair to say that your sister received some encouragement after seeing you accomplish that just as you did when you saw her working so hard?
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Shiho

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What makes you think that...?
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Miku

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Well, it's just this feeling I have based on having gotten to know you.
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Shiho

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Really? Just a feeling?
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Shiho

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But I get what you're trying to say, so thanks, Miku...
Miyamasuzaka
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Shiho

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Phew...
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Shiho

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So Shizuku's encouraged by what I do, huh...?
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Shiho

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There's no way for me to know that for sure right now.
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Shiho

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(But I sort of hope that's true...)
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Shiho

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Oh, her group's doing a stream today too, I think...
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Shiho

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A special moon viewing stream.
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Shiho

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(I still haven't taken the time to watch one of their streams yet either...)
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Shiho

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Maybe I should take a look...
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