Happy Spring - Chapter 4

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Happy Spring Ch. 4

Location: Library 

Mitsuru:

Dash, dash, dash! ☆

Tsumugi:

Goodness, Mitsuru-kun?! You gave me quite a scare! Have you come here to borrow a book?

Mitsuru:

You got it! Why’re you lookin’ at me like a deer caught in a lighthouse, Ao-chan-senpai?

Tsumugi:

A deer caught in a... Ah, you mean a deer caught in headlights.

 

I’m afraid I was so caught off-guard seeing you here that you startled me a little, Mitsuru-kun.

 

A while back I asked you to drop by the library whenever you had some time to spare, but I believe you told me that you didn’t particularly enjoy reading?

Mitsuru:

Yeah! Readin’ books makes me all sleepy, so I don’t really like it!

 

Lookin’ at all that text wears me out, so I start driftin’ off before I know it! And whenever I nap too much durin’ the day, I can't ever fall asleep at night!

Tsumugi:

I see. Reading a lot of text can certainly be exhausting if one isn’t used to it.

 

In that case, how would you find a book with large, easy-to-read text? We have several books like that, so I’d be happy to recommend a few. ♪

Mitsuru:

For real? You sure are nice Ao-chan-senpai! ♪

 

Wait, no—that’s not even why I came here! I came to look for a book I could use as reference to make our costumes!

Tsumugi:

Costumes? Will you be making costumes for Ra*bits, Mitsuru-kun?

Mitsuru:

Nah. I suck at sewin’. I’ve tried it out durin’ home ec class, but all of my stitches came out all wonky!

Tsumugi:

Hmm, if you’re looking for books on costume-making, they’re over on this shelf here, but it’s not as if you’ll be making the costume yourself?

 

Do you think you could give me a little more information?

                         

If you’re determined to find one book in particular, if you could tell me the reasoning behind your thought process, I believe I can find something that would suit your purpose.

Mitsuru:

Mm well, Ra*bits are gonna be performin’ someplace far away! So the transfer Nee-chan said she’d make our costumes for us, but...

 

When she asked me what kinda costume I had in mind, my brain went blank!

 

I thought about it for a while, but still nothin’ came to mind!

 

So I went to ask Tomo-chan and Hajime-chan; they told me if I went to the library and found a book on costume making, I might be able to come up with an idea!

 

Both Tomo-chan and Hajime-chan have club stuff on today though, so neither of them could come with me...

 

Ao-chan-senpai, was that enough explainin’?

 

I’m not great with explainin’ things, so I dunno if that made any sense or not.

Tsumugi:

That’s quite alright. After listening to what you have to say, I’ve more or less gotten the picture.

 

Whenever I make costumes for Switch, I always bear in mind the theme of the performance we’ll be putting on.

 

Switch took part in an event outside of school grounds called Easter Night a little while back.

 

Therefore, I decided to design our costumes based on the symbol of Easter—the Easter bunny.

 

So I think if you could come up with a symbol or motif for the transfer student to base the costumes on, that would do.

 

I believe you said you’d be performing somewhere far away? May I ask where? It might be a good idea to look into what motifs are associated with your destination in order to come up with an idea.

Mitsuru:

Sure—we’re headin’ way up north! They were sayin’ somethin’ about a peach!

Tsumugi:

Ah, if you’re headed up north this time of year you’ll be just in time to see the peach blossoms. Hmm, hold on just a moment.

Tsumugi:

I just finished organizing everything, so I believe the guidebook should be right over... Ah, here it is.

 

When one mentions peach blossoms up north, isn’t this the most well-known place that comes to mind?

Mitsuru:

Wow, that looks so pretty! ♪

Mitsuru:

Hm... Where have I seen this flower before? Agh, I know I’ve seen it somewhere!

 

...I got it! I saw a bunch of these flowers near the runnin’ track durin’ the first race I ever lost!

Tsumugi:

Goodness, you’ve lost a race before, Mitsuru-kun?

Mitsuru:

...? Why’re you so shocked, Ao-chan-senpai?

Tsumugi:

Ah, I’ve heard from Sora-kun that you’re rather quick on your feet, Mitsuru-kun. And I’ve also heard from Narukami-kun that you’re the ace of the track team.

 

So I’m rather surprised to hear you’ve actually lost a race before.

Mitsuru:

Yeah, I lose sometimes. But that was the first time I ever lost a track event—it didn't even hit me that I'd lost 'till after.

 

My palms got all hot and sweaty and I felt all this frustration wellin’ up inside of me. That’s when it finally sunk in that I’d lost.

 

So after that day I ran and ran and ran some more! ‘Cause the more I run, the stronger I grow!

 

And thanks to all that runnin’, I won the next track event I took part in! That felt amazin’!

 

I’ve won loads of races before but that was the first time I ever felt that happy about it!

 

When I talked to the guy I beat, he was real frustrated about this bein’ the first race he’d ever lost... I told him about how it was the same for me!

 

We both promised each other that we’d win our next race against each other before splittin’ ways, but I ended up losin’ against him the next time we faced off.

 

That sucked! So that’s why I’ve got to dash and dash and dash some more—to grow as strong as I possibly can!

 

Now the both of us have got one win and one loss under our belt, and we’re neck and neck—he turned out to be a great rival, that guy! ♪