"So that's how it is. In short, for the future of our band, my big brother told to have a proper talk with everyone again!"
On a day off a week later, Chihaya Anon spoke to her fellow band mbers.
"So, today, every single one of us is going to state our goals for the next stage and our plans for the band's future!"
"...It's certainly important for us all to sit down and talk properly. But you should have told us this before inviting us over so we could be a little ntally prepared, don't you think?"
Shiina Taki looked at Anon, completely exasperated.
"Suddenly calling people over to your house and then suddenly hitting us with such a profound question, it'd be a miracle if anyone could answer it!"
"Then just think about it for a little longer. It's a day off today, so nobody should have plans."
"Who says? I was supposed to go to the fabric factory with Tetsuya, but you suddenly said this morning that you had sothing important and that I had to stay."
Nagasaki Soyo looked at Anon helplessly.
"Next ti you have sothing this important to discuss, please give everyone a little more advance notice."
"You say that, but you still stayed, didn't you, Soyo?"
Anon scratched her head with a sheepish grin.
"I've learned my lesson this ti. I won't do it again."
"Honestly... Well then, everyone can just think here for a little while longer. I'll go get us so drinks... Rana."
"Hm?"
"Don't touch the draft papers on the coffee table."
"Oh..."
Kana Rana obediently retracted the little hand that was just about to reach for the design sketches.
anwhile, having given her instructions, Soyo walked into the kitchen with incredibly natural steps. The sounds of daily life—the fridge opening, glasses clinking—caused everyone present to look at each other in bewildernt.
"...She's acting completely like the mistress of the house."
Taki couldn't help but comnt.
"Isn't she fitting in a little too well? Has she already married into the Chihaya family without us knowing?"
"Well... Soyo kind of has that aura about her, you know?"
Anon, long used to this, said with a normal expression.
"That's not the point. Let's figure out the band stuff first! Co on, Taki, you're up first!"
"Huh? Why first?"
Taki couldn't help but frown.
"Didn't I just say I can't answer right away?"
"Eh? Because you've always seed pretty straightforward, Taki, so I thought it'd be easier for you to answer this question."
"I told you, it's not that simple! Before, I could have just fudged it by saying 'major debut,' but now we've basically got one foot in the door, right? I haven't had any ti to think about what cos after!"
Taki crossed her arms, a hesitant look on her face.
"But... well, if I really have to say if I have any other goals, I guess it would be to further improve the band's skills, and then one day, perform on a stage like the K-Arena on our own rit..."
A glint of fighting spirit flashed in Taki's eyes.
"As a way to prove sothing to myself."
"Ooh, not bad!"
Anon couldn't help but applaud her answer.
"It's proper and safe. Choosing you to go first was a wise move after all!"
"I can't tell if you're praising or insulting ..."
Taki sighed, then imdiately looked at Takamatsu Tomori, who had been in deep thought since the beginning.
"What about you, Tomori? Is there anything you want to do after our major debut?"
"I..."
Tomori hesitated for a mont before answering weakly.
"For , it's enough just to be with everyone forever... If I have to pick a goal, um, I guess it would be to beco an amazing person like Ai."
"Eh, eh?! Tomori... you want to be like Hoshino Ai..."
Taki was shocked at first, then she couldn't help but briefly imagine Tomori becoming an idol, standing in the spotlight...
...
"I guess... it's not impossible?"
"No, I don't an literally beco Ai! I just want to be as confident as her..."
Tomori quickly shook her head in denial.
"As a vocalist, I also want to have the kind of courage she has, to bravely express her feelings even when all eyes are on her."
"So, you want to beco braver than you are now while remaining a mber of the band, is that right, Tomori?"
Anon summarized.
Tomori nodded shyly, then returned to her previous posture, quietly waiting for the others to answer.
At the sa ti, Soyo had returned to the living room, holding a tray.
"There's black tea and juice, everyone can choose what they want to drink... and here are so tea cakes I bought earlier. Please, help yourselves."
"Really, she's totally the lady of the house..."
This ti, even Anon couldn't help but make the comnt.
Soyo shot her a glare.
"Between the two of us, who has the surna 'Chihaya'?"
"Hehe, I do."
"Then stop talking nonsense."
Soyo said as she sat back down in her original spot.
"Also, I heard your answers just now. So, I'll talk about my plans next... For , I also intend to take our band to the next level."
Soyo said with a calm expression.
"But unlike Taki, who's focused on the music, I'm more interested in developing the band's actual comrcial value... Um, you can just think of it as wanting to act as the band's manager after our major debut."
"That's so realistic, I can't believe a high school student is saying it..."
Anon couldn't help but grimace in amazent.
"Soyo, you've really gotten more and more mature since you moved into my house."
"Is that a bad thing? Every band needs soone like that."
Faced with Anon's comnt, Soyo's expression didn't change.
"Otherwise, if we really left a hot-headed person like you in charge, we'd be ruined sooner or later."
"You don't have to be so harsh... but you're not wrong. I am a hot-headed person. All my goals might just be a whim, and all my decisions could be reversed halfway through, but even so, I have one fundantal goal that will never, ever change—"
At this, she looked pointedly at Rana and announced in an incredibly serious tone.
"I... want to be the girl in our band that my brother likes the most!"
"...Huh?" x4.
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