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Himari
Alright... Is that everything?
Tsugumi
Yup! Thanks for your help, Himari-chan! I really appreciate it!
Tsugumi
I can't believe my mom just decided to make gingerbread houses in her cooking class now... and then she made me go out and buy everything for her...
Himari
Fufu. I'm sure you'll get a lot of applications this time too.
Tsugumi
I hope so~...
Himari
When we were getting all the candy decorations, I kept thinking "Ran would love this color!" or "This is so Moca!"
Tsugumi
Ah! I was doing the same thing!
Himari
Fufu, I guess that's what you get with childhood friends! Hey, do you remember when we made our own gingerbread house a long time ago?
Tsugumi
Of course I do! We all have such different tastes, so that house's design was really something.
Himari
It was! Tomoe demanded that we make it cool-looking, while I wanted to make a cute princess castle!
Himari
We eventually divvied up the walls, so half of our gingerbread house looked like a pink fairy tale cottage, and the other half was all black and cool-looking, like Tomoe wanted.
Tsugumi
Ahaha! I remember that. For the roof's design, didn't Moca-chan tell us to do whatever we wanted after she won rock, paper, scissors?
Himari
She did~! So it turned into an even bigger mess~... You know, reminiscing like this kinda makes me want to make a gingerbread house again~.
Tsugumi
I've got it! We need a sample for our class anyway, so why don't we make it ourselves?!
Himari
Can we?! I'd love to!
Himari
Alright, we're all set! So what kind of gingerbread house should we make? Does something cute and colorful sound good?
Tsugumi
Sure! It's a sample, so it's better if it stands out.
Himari
Okay~! We'll make the most adorable gingerbread house the world has ever seen~♪
Himari
And then... We add some mini macarons to the roof... There!
Tsugumi
Wow...! It's so colorful now! That looks great, Himari-chan!
Tsugumi
If you use this piping tip, you can make flowers with the cream. Do you want to give it a try?
Himari
That's so precious~! Then I'll use this pink cream and... There♪
Himari
I'll add another line of cream here to make it look like ribbons... Ah, then we can put these candies on top~.
Tsugumi
Yeah, our gingerbread house is getting cuter and cuter!
The Two
It... is... finished~!
Himari
Tsugu and Himari's Special Gingerbread House is complete~! Available now, only at Hazawa Coffee~!
Himari
Yup... No matter which way you look at it, it's adorable! We did a pretty good job, don't you think?
Tsugumi
Yeah! The base color may be pink, but all the candies and macarons make it really colorful. This is the perfect sample~!
Himari
Ehehe~♪ Our hard work paid off~! Now we just have to do the garden.
Himari
Ah, wait! Let's take this opportunity~...
Himari
To send everyone pictures! "Tsugu and I made this! Isn't it amazing?!" ... There.
Tsugumi
Ah, how about we get their opinions on what to do next? "What kind of garden should we make?"
Himari
Ah, everyone's replying! Let's see...
Ran
"That house has Himari written all over it."
Himari
What?! Ran, what does that mean~?!
Tsugumi
I-I'm sure she's just saying it's cute!
Moca
"You should make it look more like a bakery~."
Himari
Of course she wants something related to bread~.
Tsugumi
Fufu...!
Tomoe
"Looks good! This is just my opinion, but I think you should add some sharp colors like red and black to give it that extra wow factor!"
Himari
Fufu...! They just want us to make it fit their personal tastes~♪
Tsugumi
They really haven't changed.
Himari
No kidding. Jeez~!
Transcript
Tsugumi
Ah, BanG Dreamer-san, good afternoon!
Tsugumi
Thanks for all your help the other day. Are you here to do some shopping?
Tsugumi
Me? I just happened to be in the area, so I thought I'd look around. That's when I found this.
Tsugumi
Yeah, a mini piano! It's so small and cute, but the sound it makes is so beautiful.
Tsugumi
Seeing this instrument brings back a lot of memories...
Tsugumi
When I was little, I got a mini piano from Santa one year. I used to play with it a lot.
Tsugumi
Sometimes I'd get a little too into it, and my parents would get upset...
Tsugumi
I had just started learning the piano around that time, so I'd practice all the new songs I learned.
Tsugumi
Huh? Now that I think about it, if we include the keyboard, I've been playing the piano for almost ten years...
Tsugumi
What? No way, you can't say I'm a v-veteran...! I've still got a long ways to go before I can call myself that. I need to work harder...!
Tsugumi
Besides, it's thanks to my bandmates that I can keep playing the keyboard like this.
Tsugumi
Why was I practicing the piano before we formed Afterglow?
Tsugumi
Hm~, well obviously I liked learning the piano... But something tells me that's not the only reason...
Tsugumi
Ah, maybe... Just maybe, I knew it would come in handy in the future?
Tsugumi
I suppose that's only something I can say now, but if I hadn't kept practicing the piano, I wouldn't be who I am today.
Tsugumi
... The members of Afterglow and I have been together for so long. We even played together as kids! Perhaps all those times we hung out have influenced our present.
Tsugumi
That's why I can't help but wonder if the past me knew somewhere deep down that playing the piano would keep us all together...
Tsugumi
... You know, now that I think about it, that doesn't make much sense, even to me... Ehehe...
Tsugumi
In any case, the past me worked really hard so that I could become who I am today!
Tsugumi
And maybe that's why I kept practicing the piano! At least, that's my theory... How does that sound?
Tsugumi
... You like the way I think? I'm so glad to hear you feel that way...!
Tsugumi
My past self, my friends in the past... and my friends today are all related to one another.
Tsugumi
Time is a lot like the sky, in that it goes on forever, so I'm sure our past and present are connected...
Tsugumi
You know, now I'm really glad I kept practicing the piano!
Tsugumi
... Although, lately I've been so concentrated on my keyboard, I hardly ever play the piano anymore...
Tsugumi
Once I get home, I'm going to give the piano a shot! I could even break out one of those songs I used to practice all the time!
Tsugumi
... Alright, I better get home then! Watch out, piano, here I come~!