| Yuki | Director, pass me the ketchup. |
| Izumi | Here you go. |
| Yuki | Thanks. |
| *DOOR OPENS* |
| Chikage | Morning. |
| Itaru | Morn’...... |
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| Muku | Good morning! |
| Yuki | Morning— Hang on. Mister Sham Elite there is just basically asleep, isn’t he? |
| Izumi | More than that, Itaru-san’s in… Quite the position. |
| Tsuzuru | Being carried almost like he’s baggage… |
| Chikage | Well. I suppose he’s definitely being a real-and-true baggage right now, isn’t he? |
| Itaru | I won’t let out a snore first thing in the morning… (Sleeptalk) |
| Izumi | Erm… So, your suits this time seem to be different from the usual. Oh! Aren’t this the ones you wore for the photoshoot of your company introduction page? |
| Chikage | Indeed. Today’s the day of our company’s founding anniversary party. |
| Thanks to that introduction page, we were labeled as part of the party execution committee and served as crowd catchers. |
| I do wonder whose fault that is. |
| Itaru | (snore)... (snore)... |
| Izumi | (He’s faking it, isn’t he…) |
| Yuki | So that explains why you’re dragging him like this in the morning. You’d usually just leave him for dead any other day. |
| Tsuzuru | It’s quite the unordinary pattern, but not the most surprising, I guess. |
| Azami | I’m going to ask you guys this once. Today’s an important event, right? So what the hell was Itaru-san doing to get those awful bags under his eyes? |
| Chikage | Since he won’t be able to use his smartphone for his own satisfaction the whole day today, he figured use the time to play games instead— the time being, practically all night. |
| Itaru | Snitched me just like that… |
| Tsuzuru | Aaand that right there is the ordinary pattern. |
| Azami | I figured as much…. No helping it. Give me one minute. Sit there and I’ll fix you up. |
| Itaru | … Please and thank you. |
| *DOOR OPENS* |
| Tasuku | Chigasaki, Utsuki. Are we going? |
| Chikage | Ah, sorry. Could you wait for us a little while longer? |
| Izumi | So Tasuku-san’s the one dropping you two off? |
| Tasuku | I was asked to last night, yeah. |
| Do you need me to pick you up later too? |
| Chikage | We’re not sure how long we’re going to take, so we’ll just take a taxi. |
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| Itaru | Ugh, would’ve been much better if we had Tasuku drop us off in front of the company building… |
| Chikage | We’re almost there anyway, so don’t start complaining. You might as well wake yourself up with a little walking, you know. |
| Itaru | Brrr… So cold… So sleepy... Sooo wanna go home….. |
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| Chikage | We haven’t even stepped a foot into the company. Good grief. Azami went through the trouble of bringing out your Princely Aura (LOL) for you; don’t waste his efforts. |
| Itaru | That (LOL) was unnecessary. |
| Coworker A | Ah! If it isn’t Chigasaki-san and Utsuki-san! Good morning! |
| Coworker B | Good morning~! |
| Itaru & Chikage | …Morning. |
| Coworker A | It must be a lucky morning for me to meet you two this early! It’s rare to see you here at this hour. |
| Itaru | Just felt like changing the pace a little. The morning air feels refreshing, doesn’t it? |
| Chikage | Besides, this avenue’s looking lovely with the leaves in these colors. |
| Coworker C | It sure is! It puts me in such a good mood~ |
| Coworker A | Anyway, we’ll see you again later at the office! |
| *FOOTSTEPS WALKING AWAY* |
| Itaru | …… |
| Chikage | …As always, your demeanor switch-up is amazingly fast. |
| Itaru | And I’d like you to take those words and say them in front of a mirror. |
| Chikage | Then we’re even. |
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| Chikage | ≪ Thank you very much for taking the time to attend today’s event. ≫ |
| Glière | ≪ I’ll be entrusting you for the next project. Everyone from my home country will be expecting a lot. ≫ |
| Chikage | ≪ We’re much honored. ≫ |
| Glière | ≪ I did want to have my grandchild with me today, but they have lessons to attend to. They wanted me to send you their greetings as well. ≫ |
| Itaru | ≪ I’m sure that your grandchild has grown up quite commendably since we last saw them as well. ≫ |
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| Chikage | (The party’s finally wrapping up, and without a hitch too. All that’s left to do is report back to the office, and that would clear up all the assignments for today.) |
| *LIME NOTIF* |
Itaru Chigasaki gonna go ahead and go back to the office |
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| Chikage | (Only picks up the pace when it’s time to go home, huh…) |
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| Itaru | ——YES! Quest cleared! Now I finally have the new skill in my hands…. |
| *DOOR OPENS* |
| Chikage | I figured as much. |
| Itaru | Huh. I’m amazed you knew where to find me. |
| Chikage | I know enough to figure out that you’ll only hurry when it comes to games. |
| And I know enough to figure out that after sending that text about going back to the office, you’d impatiently run straight back here just to start gaming. It wasn’t that hard to guess. |
| Itaru | Congratulations, Senpai. You’re a bonafide, N1 passer of the Chigasaki Itaru Proficiency Test. |
| Chikage | I'd like to relinquish my certification, thank you very much. |
| Itaru | Well, in that case. Have this instead. |
| Chikage | Beer? |
| Itaru | Figured we could have a little wrap-up party of our own, so I took a trip to the convenience store. Got some steamed buns too. |
| Chikage | Again with the buns….. |
| Itaru | The ever-standard pizza bun for me, and this cheese curry bun for you. Unfortunately, though, they’ve already gotten pretty cold. |
| Chikage | When curry goes cold, that’s when you learn if its true strength will show itself. Didn’t you know? |
| Itaru | Geh, are you sure you don’t have Director-san talking behind you? |
| Chikage | Don’t say that like she’s a walking ghost. |
| … In any case, I’ll dig in. Cheers. |
| Itaru | Cheers. |
| …… |
| … This is, I don’t know, almost poignant you could say. |
| Chikage | What is? |
| Itaru | Years ago, I didn’t know any better. And frankly speaking, I couldn’t get comfortable with you at all. As superficial as your words were… |
| Chikage | You could be a little less frank. |
| Itaru | But to think we’d be standing here eating steamed buns and drinking beer together. Not to mention being in the same theatre company, the same troupe. On top of all that, even roommates—— |
| Unbelievable, I’d say. |
| Chikage | Indeed it is. |
| Itaru | (This emergency exit staircase. Room 103. Both of them were supposed to be my castles of peace, for me and me alone. And yet…) |
| Chikage | … You’ll never know what life throws at you, huh. |
| Itaru | You said it. |
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| Izumi | (It’s already this late. I should probably get ready for bed.) |
| (Speaking of, Itaru-san and Chikage-san haven’t come back yet… They must still be in the middle of their wrap-up party—) |
| *DOOR OPENS* |
| Izumi | (Ah, speak of the devil…) |
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| Izumi | Welcome home— Wait, Itaru-san!? What happened? |
| Chikage | Fell asleep after a little drinking, that’s all. |
| Izumi | …Is that so. It’s almost like you guys came back the same way you left. |
| Chikage | On top of being sleep-deprived, he filled his empty stomach with beer, if that explains everything. |
| Izumi | Should I call someone over to help? |
| Chikage | … I’ll be fine. As reluctant as I am to doing the chore, I’ve gotten used to carrying home a sleeping bag of lump. |
| Izumi | Fufu… I see. |
| Chikage | Well then, I’ll play my senpai role properly and move this guy back to his room. Good night. |
| Izumi | Have a good night, Chikage-san, Itaru-san. |
| (... Thank you for all your hard work today, too.) |
