1. "Is now okay?"
2. "Mei, you know how I said there was something I wanted to talk to you about earlier?"
5. "Go ahead."
1. "So, I was thinking..."
2. "I'd like to meet up with arata sometime to chat."
3. "Would that be okay with you?"
4. "I don't have any problem with that, personally..."
5. "......"
6. "......?"
1. "Sure, I can do that!"
2. "What it is you'd like to discuss with him?"
3. "Could you at least tell me"
4. "Although..."
5. "You were talking about how you and Arata were gonna be working together as partners"
6. "And all that?"
7. "So, like..."
8. "You know how, the other day,"
9. "So, this isn't like, your fault or anything,"
10. "But lately..."
1. "That was just... I don't know, I..."
2. "I'm really sorry about the other day!"
3. "Speaking of which,"
4. "......"
5. "I've had this weird, murky feeling in my chest that I just haven't been able to shake..."
6. "Please continue."
7. "You don't need to worry about that."
8. "I was thinking about where that murky feeling was coming from, and..."
9. "So anyway,"
10. "...okay."
1. "I realized that the reason I've been feeling so uneasy"
2. "Is because I don't know anything about arata yet!"
3. "If I can talk with him more and become friends with him,"
4. "Then I should be able to stop being so pointlessly worried all the time,"
5. "And I might even be able to help you out with your work more, too!"
1. "If talking with arata would help put your mind at ease,"
2. "...I would rather you not feel"
3. "Then I also think that sounds like a worthwhile endeavor."
4. "...as though you need to concern yourself with supporting my work, but..."
5. "......"
6. "Thank you so much!"
1. "......"
2. "Um..."
3. "After I've already gotten your permission, but..."
4. "I know it's a little unfair of me to ask this"
5. "?"
1. "Do you..."
2. "...not feel uneasy at all about me meeting with arata?"
3. "Y-yeah..."
4. "So that's why you felt the need to clear this with me first."
5. "...I see."
6. "So I do not believe I have any cause for concern."
7. "Allow me to apply your reasoning to my own perspective."
8. "I know both you and arata well,"
1. "Ah!"
2. "!"
3. Blank...
4. "Would it be all right to consider this matter resolved, then?"
5. "Yep ♪"
6. "Ahaha!"
7. "Ohhhhh, yeah! That makes sense!"
8. "Hahh..."
1. "In that case, maybe I'll go ahead and get some studying done in the meantime!"
2. "I need to concentrate on my work now,"
3. "So could I ask you to keep the noise to a minimum for a while?"
4. "Sure, no prob!"
1. "Alright!"
2. "Arata and I are gonna be total besties by the time today is over!"
4. "PERFECT! LOOKS LIKE I GOT HERE TEN MINUTES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE."
5. "I'M SO ON TOP OF THINGS TODAY! THIS IS GONNA BE A BREEZE ♥"
1. "Woah, you're here early!"
2. "I even left earlier than I needed to to make sure I wasn't late."
3. "What's up?"
4. "Oh, hey!"
5. "I guess that works out perfectly, then!"
6. "Sounds good to me!"
7. "Why don't we go find somewhere where we can talk first?"
8. "Alright! What's the plan?"
9. He's huge...
1. "Hm? Sure."
2. "Oh, right. Mind if I say something first?"
3. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?"
4. "Oh, that? Don't worry, it was no problem at all!"
5. "I just wanted to thank you for getting me in touch with mei the other day."
6. "It was a huge help..."
7. "...mm."
8. "Ah, alright then!"
9. "I should be the one thanking you for taking the time to meet me like this."
1. "Oh, yeah?"
2. "To put it simply, I came here today"
3. "Because I wanted to get to know you better."
4. "Um..."
5. "Also..."
6. "This is gonna sound like a pretty weird question to ask, but..."
1. "Huh?"
2. "Are you just, like, a normal high schooler?"
3. "......"
4. "Sorry, I just mean like,"
5. "Do you do a lot of work for your school like mei does? Or anything like that?"
6. "Gotcha, gotcha. Ohh, that's what you meant!"
1. "Well, perhaps a young person like you"
2. "would have a chance at understanding her way of thinking."
3. "The heretical witch."
4. "Huh...?"
5. "That's the name"
6. "The members of the board of directors"
7. "have been using to refer to that girl amongst themselves."
8. "..."
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1. "......"
2. "Any of the things that were actually important... He wouldn't tell me"
3. "What about you, yuzu? Do you help out with mei's work at all?"
4. When it comes to mei's work, I'm just as...
5. I think I kind of understand how he feels.
6. "Still..."
7. "Honestly, it feels more like I'm getting in her way than anything else..."
8. "A-ahh..."
9. "Nah, I basically haven't done anything either."
1. "I'm gonna keep on working to improve myself"
2. "Until I'm dependable enough to help mei support aihara academy together!"
3. "In that case..."
1. "I'm not gonna let myself fall behind! I'm gonna keep improving right along with you and become the pillar of support that akamine academy needs!"
2. "Yeah, it totally is!"
3. "Anyway, this cake is actually insane, right?!"
4. "Oh, okay! Well, actually..."
5. "Hmm..."
6. "Mei made an announcement at a schoolwide assembly about the school festival thing, but that's about it."
7. "Oh yeah yuzu, have you heard about the thing that's going on between our two schools yet?"
1. "...also, keep this between us, but..."
2. "Ohh, interesting."
3. "By working together in a way that lets them make up for each other's shortcomings,"
4. "It seems like the overall plan is to give both academies' notoriety a boost"
5. "I think a big part of the reason we're doing this collaboration"
6. "Is because we need aihara academy's help to try and remedy that."
7. "Our school is kind of struggling to stay afloat right now."
8. "That'd be a big win for everyone involved, right?"
9. "If we can get both our schools' names out there"
10. "And see an increase in both our enrollments as a result,"
11. "Ohhh,"
12. "So that's why we're doing a joint school festival!"
1. "There's no reason not to do everything we can to make this academy festival a success!"
2. "Yeah!"
3. "Woohoo!"
4. "Alllright! We're gonna knock this thing right out of the park!"
