YuYuYui - Nogi Wakaba no shou - 4E

The charm of someone dear - 1

[Marugame castle front]

Hin: Good morning, Chikage-san.

Chi: ...Uesato-san.

Hin: Yuuna-san isn't with you today, I see.

Chi: And you're not with Nogi-san...

Hin: Fufu, we were both curious about a similar thing.

Chi: Because you two... are always together.

Hin: And I would like to stay together if possible, but Wakaba-chan has some business she needs to attend to...

Hin: What about Yuuna-san?

Chi: She left the classroom right after class ended...

Hin: Is that so? Perhaps Wakaba-chan and Yuuna-san are together.

Hin: She did mention helping with a new training method.

Chi: That reminds me, she seemed to be wondering if there was a way to become much stronger yesterday...

Chi: Takashima-san is truly... doing her best.

Hin: So she is. Wakaba-chan also tends to work hard to a fault, which worries me.

Hin: Because of it, I want to be of help to her. To you and everyone else as well of course.

Chi: Same... By defeating as many Vertexes as possible, I want to prevent Takashima-san from exerting herself too much...

Hin/Chi: ...

Hin: You do care a lot about Yuuna-san.

Chi: Yes...

Chi: Being with her... soothes my heart. I'm not sure if at peace would be the right way to describe it.

Hin: Yuuna-san indeed has a strange charm that cheers up the people around her.

Hin: Although this feeling of security, Wakaba-chan is far from lacking in that department.

Hin: Even when it's painful, as long as Wakaba-chan is here, it'll be fine. ...Is how she makes me feel.

Chi: This line... I could say the same about Takashima-san.

Hin: Mumu... I cannot be defeated.

Chi: Mmrh...


The charm of someone dear - 2

[Cafeteria]

Chi: Takashima-san... Looks at me a lot...

Chi: Even in battle, she looks at me... And gives me advice later.

Chi: She does her best...

Chi: Besides... The first time we fought Vertexes, she gave terrified me the courage...

Chi: She took my hand, and fought alongside me...

Hin: What a wonderful story.

Hin: But I see it as boasting about your relationship!

Chi: B-Boasting...? T-... That's not how it is.

Hin: In this case, I have a lot of similar stories with Wakaba-chan.

Chi: I'll pass... I see enough of those in person.

Hin: Oh no, I will recount it! Wakaba-chan-

Chi: When eating udon, Takashima-san's face is... adorable.

Hin: How can you state something as obvious as girls being cute when eating udon?

Chi: Kh, I didn't think about that... But Takashima-san has a lot of other good points.

Chi: It's so obvious I didn't even mention it yet but, she's a little bit of an airhead... I mean pure. She is heartwarming.

Wak: Wakaba-chan is an airhead as well. Rather, the gap with her normal self is very destructive!

Chi/Hin: ...

Hin: ...You're holding on well, Chikage-san.

Chi: So are you...

Hin: But I'm not done yet!

Chi: Same...!


The charm of someone dear - 3

[Cafeteria]

Hin: In elementary school, Wakaba-chan was so serious, she was troubled by her difficulty fitting in with others...

Hin: Every morning in front of the mirror, she would practice smiling, or chatting with her classmates!

Chi: N-Nogi-san did... I wasn't expecting that...

Hin: When I clean her ears, she relaxes so much she becomes drowsy!

Chi: I-I'd like to see that...

Chi: And by the way, this isn't an argument about their good points, but just revealing things about them...

Hin: Mh, right... I might have gotten carried away a little too much.

Tak: Gun-chaan! Hina-chaan!

Wak: What are you two doing?

Chi: ...Temporary ceasefire.

Hin: We will resume at a later date.

Wak: What are you talking about? I thought I heard my name...

Tak: Mine too!

Chi: It wasn't anything important...

Hin: Yes, pay it no mind... although you must be curious.

Hin: We were arguing about Wakaba-chan and Yuuna-san's good points.

Wak/Tak/Chi: Eh!?

Chi: Uesato-san...

Wak: ...I would have liked not knowing this.

Tak: Yeah. I'm curious but also embarrassed...

Hin: I had a feeling they would understand.

Chi: Jeez... Would you not scare me like that.