Season: Winter

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[Field]

Mitsuru: Uhyah?!

Leo: What’s wrong! What happened?!

Mitsuru: My phone buzzed. Is someone calling, maybe~? It’s buzzing a lot again.

Let’s see… Hm? It’s from Nii~chan.

Hey Nee~chan, sorry it’s still before the shoot, but can I answer this?

Okay, I’ll finish it up quick! Thanks! Hello~?

What’s up, Nii~chan? There’s no Ra*bits practice today. Snow? Oh, you called me ‘cause it started snowing?

You’re really thinking about me, Nii~chan. Everyone is! I’m so, so happy~♪

Yeah, I’m at school. I’m gonna be doing a commercial, heh!♪

Wawa, are you okay?! I heard a big noise like ga-shunk! Are you hurt, Nii~chan?

You’re fine, you were just so surprised you knocked over the partition in the practice room…?

Hmph! Why’re you in the practice room? Are you hiding some secret training from us?

Nii~chan, Ra*bits isn’t complete without you!

I don’t want you to go ahead all by yourself. We can support you too, Nii~chan.

I don’t want you to work too hard all alone! I want you to believe in us, too!

Huh? You weren’t practicing, just getting something you forgot?

Mngh~ then say that sooner! Hm? I kept talking without giving you a chance?

Then it’s my fault. Sorry, Nii~chan.

Ehehe, now we made up~… Ah? I didn’t tell you the details of the commercial? Ahh, Nee~chan was the one who invited me!

I know. I can’t agree to work on my own.

But Nee~chan said it wasn’t work for Ra*bits, but for me… There’re lots of other people here too.

Oh! How about you be in the commercial too, Nii~chan?

It’s fine, I also joined in just now.

You’re already at school, anyway, and it’s at the field, so just come over here!

Nee~chan. Nii~chan’s gonna join, so go get an outfit for him.

What? You already did?! You finished up while I was on the phone with Nii~chan?

Ahaha. Now Nii~chan can’t run away even if he wanted to~♪

Oh, no, I didn’t ask him if he’s joining. He just said he was coming over here right away.

Maybe he got mad ‘cause I took this job by myself…?

Nazuna: Gasp, wheeze…! M-Mitsuru-chin…

Mitsuru: Nii~chan?! Are you okay? You sound like a dying animal! Want some water? There’s lots of snow here, so it’ll melt if you just put it in your mouth!

Nazuna: I’m not a little kid, okay? I’m not gonna eat snow…

Wait, snow?! No, it’s snowing, but there’s no way there’d already be this much on the ground.

Mitsuru: They made it snow with, uh… a snow machine? The commercial’s about playing in the snow, so it would’ve been hard without it, y’know?

Nazuna: Oh, I see now. You said there were a lot of other people here… Is everyone here gonna be in the ad?

Leo: Yeah. You’re gonna be in it too, right, Nazu? Anzu got an outfit for you, too, after all. Why not play around like a kid every once in a while?

You’re a third year too, Nazu, but it’s not like you’re an adult already.

Nazuna: Leo-chin… Well, I’ve done a “bad Nii~chan” before, but never a “kid Nii~chan”.

Hajime-chin and Tomo-chin are with their families right now, so it’ll just be me and Mitsuru-chin.

Let’s hear all about their thoughts on this later♪

How many years had it been since I played in the snow? Nii~chan might wanna act like a kid sometimes too~ nishishi☆

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