*DAY THREE*
*CHEMISTRY LAB - YUIGAOKA GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL - HARAJUKU - TOKYO*
Another thing I neglected to mention, Mei has a best friend who also joined Liella! soon after she did.
I'm curious to see if she's any more socially inept than Mei is.
Hopefully, this documentation should go a lot smoother than the last.
I entered the chemistry lab to see a blue-haired girl in a lab coat pouring many different substances into test tubes.
AKI: "Hello, it's your turn for the Liella! promotional campaign."
SHIKI: "..."
Brilliant...
AKI: "So, uh, let's get started. Please, tell me about yourself."
SHIKI: "..."
AKI: "Sorry, I should have introduced myself first. My name is Akihiko Suzuki, nice to meet you."
SHIKI: "My name is Shiki Wakana. That's all."
AKI: "That's all? I can't write an article from that. That's way too short!"
SHIKI: "Huh? T-That's too short?"
AKI: "Yeah. I can't write an article about you from your name alone!"
SHIKI: "You need more data about me?"
AKI: "Sure, tell me anything. What you like, for example."
SHIKI: "What I like?"
AKI: "What do you like?"
SHIKI: "Mei."
AKI: "She told me you were friends, so I knew that already. What else do you like?"
SHIKI: "Mei."
AKI: "Seriously?"
SHIKI: "And stag beetles and butterflies. That's about it."
AKI: "That's it?"
SHIKI: "That's all. The end."
AKI: *Sigh* "You're really not making my job easy for me."
SHIKI: "H-Huh? Still not enough?"
AKI: "Tell me anything. What are you good at?"
SHIKI: "What I'm good at? Nothing in particular."
AKI: "Well, there's gotta be something you're good at. What about all these experiments?"
SHIKI: "Mei always says that I'm good at inventing and experimenting."
AKI: "That sounds nice."
SHIKI: "After all, I'm also in the Science Club."
AKI: "Interesting. Tell me about this Science Club you're a part of."
SHIKI: "Being alone there is totally different from our rowdy School Idol Club."
AKI: "I can imagine. Scientists are always so focused on their tasks. Probably because they're one slip away from an explosion."
SHIKI: "...?"
AKI: "That's my attempt at humor failed. So, Shiki. What do you think of the Yuigaoka School Idol Club?"
SHIKI: "I thought I wouldn't like being surrounded by so much noise."
AKI: "You remind me of someone I know."
SHIKI: "Hm?"
AKI: "A member of my School Idol Club at Nijigasaki isn't a fan of everyone getting rowdy. You'd get along."
SHIKI: "..."
AKI: "Okay, great."
SHIKI: "But singing together with everyone, reveling in the crowd's cheering..."
AKI: "Hm?"
SHIKI: "Maybe it's not as bad as I thought..."
AKI: "That's one of the joys of being a school idol. Anyway, I won't force you to share your life's story. I should have enough data to write an article.
It was great meeting you, Shiki Wakana."
I turned away to exit the chemistry lab, but I was stopped by a hand on my shoulder.
AKI: "Huh?"
SHIKI: "I-If you'd like, come and see me on stage, sometime."
I looked at her and smiled.
AKI: "Of course."
SHIKI: "?!"
AKI: "I'd love to."
SHIKI: "..."