Alright, this should be enough for today.

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

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

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

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

Hehe♪

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

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

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

Hm? Are you not gonna make anything, Ichi?

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

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

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

...

Is something the matter, Shiho...?

No, it's nothing...

...

Oh, Shiho? You're still here?

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

Yeah, we are...

Is something wrong? Did something happen?

No, nothing like that.

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

You were?

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

You do?

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

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

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

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

She sounds like a wonderful person...

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

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

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

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

Shiho...

...

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

Huh...?

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

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?

What makes you think that...?

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

Really? Just a feeling?

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

Phew...

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

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

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

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

A special moon viewing stream.

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

Maybe I should take a look...