AKI: "Great job, Nozomi! Even to this day, people are praising the Joint Solo Live Show!"
NOZOMI: "I'm happy to hear that! Everyone's solo performances were really wonderful, so I hope the people who came to watch them enjoyed themselves as well."
AKI: "I got responses saying how they enjoyed your fortune-telling aspect to your performance."
NOZOMI: "The outcome of the reading was that everyone who saw the show would be blessed with happiness. *Giggle* My fortunes are pretty accurate, huh?"
AKI: "Yeah! It was such a happiness-filled time! Everyone heard that fortune and it made their expectations soar even higher. And then you totally met those expectations through your singing and dancing."
NOZOMI: *Giggle* "That's laying on the compliments a bit thick, don't you think? I really did have a lot of fun, though. I've got your support to thank for it."
AKI: "Come on, it was all you."
NOZOMI: "But there's a part of me that's surprised as well."
AKI: "Surpised by what?"
NOZOMI: "By the fact that so many people enjoyed my solo debut. I'm surprised that they enjoyed a performance featuring just me alone, without the rest of μ's on stage."
AKI: "Really?"
NOZOMI: "Yup! I love working together with everyone in μ's, so I thought of myself as being in more of a support role.
At first, I didn't know what to do with myself on stage without everyone else. Didn't you think it was unexpected of me to do one?"
AKI: "Not at all."
NOZOMI: "What? Why?"
AKI: "Because you shine, even when you perform at μ's live shows. Your performances are also so captivating, whether you're part of μ's or on your own."
NOZOMI: "Is that really true?
I must've been such a burden on you, since I wasn't really motivated at the beginning."
AKI: "Not at all! I'm glad you enjoyed your solo debut."
NOZOMI: "I feel like I've discovered a new side of me thanks to you. I wanna attempt something else new next time."
AKI: "Really?! What should we tackle next?"
NOZOMI: "I don't exactly know what this 'Something new' is just yet, though. I wish I was just overflowing with different ideas about things I want to do..."
AKI: "Nozomi... I'm sure that there are still things you want to do!"
NOZOMI: "But I don't even have the slightest idea yet."
AKI: "Well, for now, how about we stick to what you do love? I mean, I used to think that fortune telling was a sham, but maybe there is something to it?"
NOZOMI: "Looks like the non-believer has come around!"
AKI: "Hey, I didn't say I fully believed in it yet."
NOZOMI: "How about a reading?"
AKI: "Sure, do I have to give you my palm again?"
NOZOMI: "No, this'll be a tarot reading."
AKI: "The card thing? Sure, go ahead."
I watched as Nozomi carefully shuffled her deck and placed six cards on the table.
NOZOMI: "These six cards will help to give you an insight into your near future, Akihiko."
AKI: "I'm sure they will."
Nozomi turned the first card over.
NOZOMI: "The Chariot, upright. Often representing control, willpower, success and determination."
AKI: "Wow, looks like we're off to a great start."
NOZOMI: "Second. The Wheel Of Fortune, reversed. Representing bad luck."
AKI: "Success and then bad luck? Doesn't add up to me."
NOZOMI: "The Fool, reversed. Representing holding back."
AKI: "I don't think I'm holding anything back."
NOZOMI: "But it can also represent recklessness and risk taking."
AKI: "Oh."
NOZOMI: "The Hermit, reversed. Loneliness, isolation and withdrawl."
AKI: "I have the school idol club and I'm friends with all of you in μ's and Aqours. I don't think I'd ever feel isolated."
NOZOMI: "Strength, reversed. Self-doubt, low energy, raw emotion. But it can also represent inner strength."
AKI: "A lot of reversed cards, sure this isn't a joke?"
NOZOMI: "The cards are never a joke. And the final card is... Death, upright."
AKI: "I'm gonna die?!"
NOZOMI: "D-Don't worry, the card of death doesn't always mean an ending. But it can also represent change and transformations. As well as the transition into something new."
AKI: "I see... Thanks Nozomi, I'll be sure to watch out. Let me write this down..."