Part 2

Guess I’ll start mapping out ideas for our next show while I wait—

HEEEEEY! RUI-KUUUUUUUN!

Emu-kun and..... Azusawa-kun?

Hello, Kamishiro-san.

Oh, hello. What a surprise running into you here, Azusawa-kun.

Ehehe! We ran into each other on the way here~♪ And Kohane-chan’s actually waiting for Akito-kun and the others here too!

That’s quite the coincidence. We’re meeting up here as well before we all head to Morinomiya Music Academy for our lessons.

Yes. Emu-chan told me all about it!

Getting to take lessons at Morinomiya Music Academy…... that’s really amazing.

We only got this opportunity thanks to Emu-kun’s brothers.

Ehehe~

Oh, yeah! Kohane-chan, you should totally show that to Rui-kun too ☆

Yeah, of course! Hang on a second...… Where’s my phone…...

.......Oh? What is it?

Hehe. This.

Oh, are these pictures from the Christmas show?

Yep! They’ve got this super twinkly, shimmering vibe that's sooo pretty, right?!

Yeah. The snow on the slopes and the glow of the lanterns...… It all feels so magical.

The blur effect is applied just right. I can’t believe this was taken with just a smartphone…....

I’m pretty good at taking these kinds of photos!

But this isn’t the only one I wanted to show you..… Can you take a look at this one too?

This is.....

...…Shiraishi-kun, Shinonome-kun, Aoyagi-kun..… They're all smiling so brightly.

Yes!

When I turned to tell An-chan and the others, "That was amazing!" during the show, they were all smiling!

Hehe, I couldn’t help but snap a pic.

Oh, and this one too—

After the show, we took a group photo with everyone who joined the lantern making activity!

Their smiles are just as sparkly as the lanterns!

Yeah....

(I made sure to keep an eye on the audience’s reactions during the show, but…...)

(Getting to see everyone’s smiles again like this feels all the more special.)

…...Thank you, Azusawa-kun. You’ve shown me something really special.

Thanks to this, I think I’ll be able to power through the intense training at Morinomiya.

Oh no, I should be thanking you! I got to experience lantern-making, watch an amazing show, and connect with so many people—

This Christmas is one I’ll never forget!

Fufu, that’s the best compliment we could've asked for.

Yep~☆

…...Doing shows in different places always reinforces how much we rely on each other and the support of those around us.

Just like with our night show at Phoenix Wonderland!

I feel like I can relate to what Kamishiro-san is talking about.

There are some things you can only experience when you’re together with your friends and the people rooting for you.

.......This really runs deep. Both for shows, and for music.

Yes.

I want to keep working hard so I can experience even more beautiful things with An-chan and everyone!

We can't afford to stay still either. We’ve got to keep growing and improving our skills as well.

Yep yep ☆ And then we’ll spread tons and tooons of smiles!