Link! Like!: Episode 11 ~ Part 1
Having overcome the injury from her past, Megumi has returned to the School Idol Club. Determined to make a fresh start, she heads alone to the club room with a “certain secret plan” in mind…
Ena:
Oh, it’s Fujishima-senpai!
Hm~?
Biwako:
Wow~! That last performance was amazing!
Ahaha, thanks~♪
Shiina:
Are you going to practice now? Good luck!
Yeah, leave it to me! ♪ This month’s performance is gonna get everyone hyped up too!
Hm~… It’s good to be back. After all, I’m cute, cool, and completely perfect☆
…It really was for the best that I came back to being a school idol. …I’m really happy.
But, but, but! This isn’t the time to get complacent. I’ve gotta keep working at it!
And to do that! Hehehe… I bet everyone would be surprised when I bring this up~.
Morning, everyone!
Huh? Is it just you, Kozue?
Good morning, Megumi.
Oh, could that be for our next performance?
Yes. Now that we have all three subunits, I thought it would be a perfect time to increase the scale of our performances.
I’ve received permission for our club to use a venue in the city.
Ooh, very nice!
It seems we’ll all have to undergo special training again.
I’m glad that you became the club president, Kozue.
Huh?
It’s like, you’re just the right person for it. I don’t think I could do it. I’m just not that kind of girl.
Even if you wouldn’t do things the way I do, I still think you’d make an excellent club president, Megumi. That is, if our positions were reversed.
… I-It’s alright, we don’t need to talk about those kinds of what-if scenarios! A-Anyway, the others still aren’t here, huh~! They’re awfully late, huh~?
I-I’m sorry to keep you waiting!
Ah, morning.
Good morning. Did something happen?
No. It’s just…
There was this nice cloud.
…You too, Sayaka-san?
It was quite nice and warm outside, so I thought I’d sit on that bench with her, and things just… Ah, but it was very fluffy, to be fair!
It looked softer than a marshmallow.
Oh, for sure!
I see…
Oh, come on, you two…
Sorry I’m late!
Were you looking at the cloud too, Kaho-san?
Huh? Cloud? Anyway, today’s the day the school store gets that new book in stock!
I figured I’d read it at home later, but before I realized it, I’d already finished it!
It was a really good one this time, too!
Okay… I’m glad to hear it.
You shouldn’t be stalling before practice–
Oh, and about Rurino-san…
Ruri-chan?
Her battery’s dead, so she said she’d come to practice “someday”…
……I see.
Fine, I’ll go and grab her–!!
Ugh, finally! Come on!
Myaa… You worry too much, Megu-nyan~…
You all need to get real! You’re getting soft… What, are you already getting senioritis!? You’re softer than a soufflé!
I like soufflés.
Oh, me too… Sometimes I’d get them on the way home from skating practice.
Ooh, that sounds nice! Kozue-senpai, we should go get some one of these–
Hey! That’s enough talking about sweets!
Now that we’ve formed our three subunits, isn’t it the time to really work on perfecting our fundamentals!?
If we show off our perfect dancing, singing, and performing, we’ll be able to captivate the hearts of each of our supporters!
It’s okay, Megu-chan. I’m always here for you.
Yeah… Wait, no!
Guh… These people cannot be real. I’m gonna have to start running a tight ship here…
…But this club has gotten this far with these members.
It’d be one thing if it were Kozue, the club president, but for someone who joined halfway through like me to start bossing people around…
Megumi’s right, everyone.
Kozue~!
All of us need to focus up and discipline ourselves. Especially… you, Kaho-san.
Huh–? Y-Yes?
Tell her, Kozue! Tell her!
So um, if you’re going to be late, let us know. I’d worry if something happened to you.
U-Understood!
Wait, huh!? That’s it!?
Huh?
Isn’t there something else you should be saying!?
But Kaho-san’s been doing much better compared to when she first joined. She really gives it her best in morning practice now…
The occasional digression shouldn’t hurt.
Senpai…!
But only in moderation. If you do it again, I will scold you.
Kaaay!
Even Kozue is getting soft… She sounds like a grandma with her favorite grandchild… Looks like I’ll have to be the one to say it then!
Alright, listen up, everyone! Since it’s gotten this far— We’re going to help out at a hot spring inn!
“Hot spring inn”?
I received this message the other day.
“Esteemed members of the Hasunosora Girls’ High School School Idol Club, would you be interested in assisting our establishment to bolster our public relations?”
We’ve only helped out at markets and festival stalls so far… Is it really okay for us to do something this big?
Naturally, we’d need to secure permission from the school as well, although…
Prior to becoming the School Idol Club, the Performing Arts Club emphasized the importance of volunteer work in revitalizing the town and local community.
I don’t think there should be any problems.
And also, they’ll let us stay three days and two nights, and we get to have a mini performance!
We get to perform before our performance in the city!?
Exactly! So anyway, that means we’ll be helping out at the hot spring inn sometime soon! Actually, I already told them we’d do it!
Without telling us...
Wait, this is the day before our performance in the city, isn’t it…?
That’s the Megu-chan I know and love! Skirting the line between selfishness and selflessness!
Yeah! Huh? Whatever!
We can get more experience on stage, and we can do our best to deliver the best performance to everyone!
…Very well. Let’s put it in our schedule.
Hehehe. It worked…! That’ll be the end of this buddy-buddy club…!
Now, it’s time for me to activate everyone’s competitive spirits…!