Takashima/Sekka birthday 2020 - 2

They won't fade out - 2

[Beach]

Sek: ...We've got our birthdays soon, you see.

Tak: Ah, I knew it'd be about that.

Sek: Yep. We need to figure out how to deal with that already. We managed to get through last year with a reverse party...

Tak: But I don't think the same trick is going to work this year!

Sek: Yeah, that. Honestly, being at the center of a celebration still feels embarrassing.

Sek: My selling points are being cool-headed and stoic, so that makes my back a little itchy.

Tak: Since we go all-out on celebrations, both giving and receiving ends!

Sek: I don't dislike that, and I celebrate others at full force... But I'm weak when I'm on the receiving end.

Sek: Besides, there's the theory about balance of happiness, right? That in life, happiness and misfortune are evenly balanced.

Tak: So if it leaned too far towards one side, it'd make you kind of anxious?

Sek: Maybe. So I think I'd prefer it if we could have a quiet kind of celebration.

Tak: Hmm... Should we put a letter in the shoe locker? "Please celebrate quietly".

Sek: They don't even put love letters in shoe lockers these days! Denied.

Tak: I got denied! So what would you do, Secchan?

Sek: Let's see... Pretend to be sick and play hooky?

Sek: Ah, sorry. Forget I said that. Because they'd definitely visit and it would be something.

Sek: Well, Yuuna, I'm asking you since I can't come up with any decent ideas.

Tak: I see. Ah, I just thought about this...

Sek: Hm?

Tak: If you're bad at that stuff, then why don't you just become good at it?

Sek: Hm... Hm? Wait, I don't think we were talking about becoming good?

Tak: You'll be fine! I'm sure you'll be good at it with some practice! So let's practice together!