Xue
Haah, Hikari says she absolutely can't make it to work today because of her schedule. After making me work during homeroom and everything...!
Xue
Well, I'll forgive her since she got about half the work done today...
Xue
Geez, where is she and what is she doing?
Xue
I'm home.
Lilja
Welcome back, Xue.
Koyomi
Welcome back, Xue-san.
Xue
Koyomi-san!? W-Why are you at the dorm?
Xue
I was working today, so there's no hot pot!
Koyomi
I don't always come just for that...
Koyomi
Today Hikari-san invited me for dance practice.
Xue
D-Dance? Koyomi-san? With Hikari?
Ramona
Oh, Xue. You're back. Welcome home.
Hikari
Ah! Xue! Welcome back. You're early.
Xue
H-Hey, Hikari. What's this about dancing with Koyomi-san?
Hikari
The volunteer performance for the cultural festival I told you about before! The three of us-me, Ramo-san, and Koyomi-san-let's dancing!
Xue
So these guys are the members!?
Xue
I can understand Germany, but how did you convince Koyomi-san...
Ramona
Both Koyomi and I enjoyed playing Ongeki with Hikari before.
Ramona
And I persuaded Koyomi to join us!
Koyomi
Haah...that's one way of putting it. Don't think I agree to all your requests so easily.
Ramona
But in the end, you agreed to participate, and here you are at practice.
Koyomi
That's...well...
Hikari
I asked Iroha-san to help!
Hikari
I asked her how I should ask you, and she said:
Hikari
"I'll tell Koyomi-san she should participate too!"
Xue
Hmm? So you gave in to your little sister's plea?
Koyomi
I-I couldn't help it!
Koyomi
When she said, "I think this character's costume would look great on my sister!"
Koyomi
And looked at me with those sparkling eyes, how could I refuse...
Lilja
"Costume"? So Koyomi is cosplaying too?
Koyomi
W-Well...yes...that's how things turned out...
Koyomi
Iroha-san said it would be more fun to fully embody the character, and that she wanted to see her sister in costume...
Xue
You really spoil your sister...if you didn't want to do it, you could still back out now.
Hikari
But she's practicing with us and discussing costumes with Iroha-san! Koyomi-san is so kind!
Ramona
That's right. Even though she said, "I only have experience with Japanese dance..." she seems to have studied and memorised the choreography properly.
Koyomi
I just want to do things properly once I commit!
Koyomi
Besides, it happened to be during a period when I don't have stage rehearsals...
Lilja
Hmm.
Lilja
Koyomi, are you having fun?
Koyomi
...
Xue
No answer is an answer, I guess.
Xue
Still, you're really doing it. You're not even getting paid, right?
Xue
I would have expected Koyomi-san to say something like, "If I have time to dance, I'd rather use it for rehearsing".
Hikari
That's the magic of cultural festivals! It's a youth memory! Plus, all the Ongeki songs are so fun that you just want to dance!
Xue
Yeah, yeah, you'd dance to any song, or even to your own humming.
Hikari
That's...not entirely untrue, but.
Hikari
The songs really are great, and I want you to hear them too, Xue!
Xue
Huh...?
Hikari
A CD! I'll lend it to you! You don't have any music subscriptions, right?
Hikari
Alright then, Xue, let's go to my room!
Xue
What!? Hey, wait, Hikari! Don't pull my arm! Ouch, okay, okay, I'll walk normally!
Lilja
They're gone.
Ramona
Hehe, it's good to see Hikari and Xue getting along so well.
Ramona
And Koyomi too. Thank you again for participating. Is it not too much for you?
Koyomi
...No, not particularly.
Koyomi
I've never really done things like this before, so it's a bit refreshing.
Ramona
That's good.
Ramona
Let's enjoy ourselves until the performance.
Classmate A
Is this much cardboard enough? I'll bring the paint from the club room later.
Classmate B
Since we're going for dreamy kawaii, shouldn't we decorate with unicorns or something?
Hikari
That's a great idea! Maybe we could cut and paste some cardboard? Xue, do we still have thick paper?
Xue
I bought extra, so we still have some. Here, don't waste it.
Hikari
Okay! Thanks!
Xue
Haah. What was that about the committee member being the site supervisor and having to participate?
Xue
I divided everyone into production teams to be efficient, but they're just playing around with their friends.
Xue
I wonder if we'll finish in time. Wouldn't it be faster if I just did it myself?
Xue
If we don't finish because they were fooling around, it's not my problem.
Hikari
Hey, hey, Xue! Look at this! Ta da!
Hikari
Heart shaped balloons for the photo spot! I got them in five colors!
Xue
Yes, yes, very cute, very cute.
Xue
Geez, wasting the budget like that.
Hikari
It's not a waste if it's cute! Let's put these on the blackboard nicely the day before!
Hikari
Wait, where did I put the tape?
Festival Committee Member
Sorry to interrupt again, is Yonaguni-san here?
Festival Committee Member
It's time for the committee meeting...
Hikari
Huh!? Oh! You're right! Sorry! I'll be right there! Xue, can you take care of the rest!?
Xue
Huh!? Hey, you-