Lilja
You were here today.
Hatsumi
Of course. I've been looking forward to this time.
Lilja
Really? I thought you'd be absorbed in something else. ...Seems like you have a lovely flower garden.
Hatsumi
I've heard. You apparently entered my Eden before. How did you find it?
Lilja
I understood well that you can't resist beautiful things.
Hatsumi
Well, yeah. I collected flowers of all colors. Even if you joined, you wouldn't be buried among them.
Lilja
......
Hatsumi
Have you changed your mind about joining my bouquet?
Lilja
...You lose interest in flowers once you add them to your bouquet, don't you? In fact, you seemed to be admiring different flowers.
Hatsumi
Hehe, to think I'd be envied by the most beautiful flower in the galaxy. I must be a lucky person.
Lilja
Words alone won't satisfy me. This face is a face that seeks something. Try to guess what.
Hatsumi
My, even your lips pursed in dissatisfaction are beautiful.
Lilja
Hmm... so that's how you always dodge. Is that your trick?
Hatsumi
Don't glare at me like that. I may actually be more shy than you think.
Staff
Sorry for the wait. I've brought your order.
Hatsumi
Consider this as my apology. I ordered something I thought you'd like.
Lilja
Drinks and sweets... You're well-prepared. Seems like you're quite used to this.
Hatsumi
Pleasing guests is an actor's true calling. I'm just struggling to fulfill that wish.
Lilja
...Am I merely one spectator in the play called Renjakuno Hatsumi?
Hatsumi
Who knows... but it might be interesting to forcibly pull a spectator up onto the stage called life.
Lilja
Hehe. That's so like you.
Hatsumi
Now, while exchanging words like this isn't bad, the pâtissière who made this dessert would be sad if we kept that up.
Hatsumi
Let's toast soon.
Lilja
...This is non-alcoholic? You don't drink alcohol.
Hatsumi
Today I want to get drunk on you. Besides, this is a drink named after a certain famous actor.
Hatsumi
I also want to become an actor who leaves their name on a cocktail someday... I chose this today with that feeling.
Lilja
That's how it is—on days you can't get drunk on me, you get drunk on yourself.
Hatsumi
Haha, harsh. They say beautiful flowers have thorns.
Lilja
I think you feel the thorns because you're lying. Are you hiding something?
Hatsumi
It might be to hide my embarrassment. Like not wanting to show you my unsightly drunken state.
Lilja
...You don't seem like the type to hide embarrassment.
Hatsumi
I told you earlier, I'm actually shy. ...No, sorry. There is a proper reason.
Hatsumi
I was planning to take you home later. I'm the designated driver. It was a boring reason, so I just deflected.
Lilja
I see, then that's good. So you haven't damaged your liver.
Hatsumi
You're worried about me.
Lilja
Yeah. I need you to stay alive until I'm old enough to drink.
Hatsumi
Heh, sounds like it'll be a long few years. I'm worried I might get tired of waiting and wither away.
Lilja
...That goes both ways.
Hatsumi
Oops, you're right.
Hatsumi
It's an overused phrase in this country, but let me give you the words you were seeking earlier.
Hatsumi
To your eyes.
Lilja
Cheers.