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Arisa
A birthday cake and handmade sweets... You went all out for my birthday again this year.
Kasumi
But wait! There's one more special present from all of us! We'll bring it out right now, so just sit tight!
Arisa
What? There's more? ... Whoa, whoa, what's the deal? Why'd you all suddenly bring balloons over...?
Rimi
Arisa-chan, thank you for everything you do.
Saaya
Don't go pushing yourself too hard, Arisa.
Kasumi
Arisa, let's be friends forever and ever~!
Arisa
H-hang on a sec. Are these...
Kasumi
Yeah! They're messages from us to you!
Rimi
We talked it over and thought you might like it if we gave you balloons with messages written on them.
Saaya
We don't really get the chance to tell you stuff like this outright, after all. So we thought this might be nice. What do you think? Did our messages get through to you?
Arisa
Y-you guys...
Tae
Here, Arisa. Let's always stay close.
Arisa
O-O-Tae... Wait, is that a rabbit?! W-well... I'll gladly accept it...
Saaya
Come on, Arisa. I'll take a commemorative photo, so smile, smile. Yeah, just like that! Okay, here I go~. Say cheeseāŖ
Transcript
Rinko
Thank you for your hard work, Ichigaya-san... I'm glad that we finished our student council duties early...
Arisa
Yeah. Now it looks like I'll only be slightly late to band practice.
Arisa
The other day, we took a day off of practice so the others could throw me a birthday party, so we'll have to buckle down again.
Rinko
Speaking of which, how was your birthday? You spent it with everyone from Poppin'Party, right...?
Arisa
Ah, yeah. We celebrated it together. And they even got me these without me knowing about it...
Rinko
Wow... What lovely balloons... So the others got those for you...?
Arisa
Yes. After we'd done all our celebrating, they told me they had a special present for me.
Arisa
It might be hard to see in the picture, but each balloon had a message written on it.
Rinko
I see... So that is why there are four of them...
Rinko
Each balloon has its own shape and color, so I can feel the sentiments of each person...
Arisa
Just looking at this rabbit-shaped one... It's like you can tell it's from O-Tae.
Rinko
Fufu, that's true... I'm glad you had such a fun birthday. You seemed to enjoy yourself as you talked about it...
Arisa
I-I did? ... Well, I am grateful to them for doing something like this for me.
Arisa
By the way, these balloons are still floating around in my basement. I hope they last as long as possible~...
Rinko
Fufu, just picturing them floating around... makes it seem like a concert venue...
Arisa
Ahahaha, you've got a point. I bet Kasumi will say the same thing when she comes by today.
Arisa
Ah, I have to get going to practice soon... Rinko-senpai, thank you for listening.
Rinko
Of course. Thank you for sharing such a lovely story and picture with me... Let's both do our best for the rest of the day.
Arisa
Yeah!