The Two's Moratorium

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>!!!

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>Ah...

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>I've gone and done it...

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>Nicocchi<3 Wanna go on a date?

>Huh!? What are you saying after suddenly showing up first thing in the morning on a day off!?
>It's already 10am, so get changed and let's go!!
>No... wait! I'm not dressed to go out yet!
>What gives~ You're so hopeless~ Guess I'll have to help you get cha-
>Wait, stop! Alright!!!
>Alright, already!!!!

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>Geez... What the heck is up with you...? You're way too pushy.

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>I guess! Now~ Let's play~

>Nozomi...

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>Don't tell me...
>I will tell you~

>This is today's main spot~
>Main...? This is the school, isn't it...

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>Come on, let's go~
>Hey...!!

>Go...? Alumni with no business can't just enter, can they!?

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>Nozo...
>Don't worry~ Don't worry~!
>Eh? Wait a minute...

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>This classroom... People rarely come here, so it's the best spot.

>Hmmm...

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>So?
>Eh?

>Something happened, didn't it...?

>You called this a date... but you just wanted to come to the school, didn't you?

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>...This morning.

>I accidentally put on my school uniform...

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>Hah... Were you half-asleep or something?

>Half-asleep... Maybe so...
>I guess I haven't woken up from my dream yet...

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>You...
>That's cos... It was so dazzling...
>Everyone was...
>And yet...

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>The classrooms.
>The uniforms.
>Just a short while ago, they were just natural things...
>Like it was all a dream...

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>Not one bit of it was a dream.
>This right now is reality.
>Those everydays were also reality.

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>Even if you come to a standstill,
>we can't return to those days at Otonokizaka,
>nor can we go back to performing as u's.

>Nozomi... Surely you understand
>that dawdling around in a place like this
>isn't going to accomplish anything?

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>Still, I'm surprised.

>I didn't think you'd share these complaints... with anyone besides Eli.

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>I can't... tell Elichi...
>If I did, I'm sure I would cry.

>Hmm. Well...
>You look like you're just about to cry even now, though.

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>At times like these, the most refreshing thing is to just cry.

>Eh... I don't want to...
>Stop it... If I cry... I'll have no choice but to accept it...
>You need to accept it.

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>Nico...cchi?

>This morning,
>I did the exact same thing you did.

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>Ah...

>Training in the morning together.
>Performing lives and spending time with everyone until after school.

>I don't want to accept that those everydays will never come again either.

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>But I have to accept it, don't I?
>The words I said to Nozomi
>were also words meant for myself.


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>In the end, there's no point in me crying, is there?

>No...
>This is fine.

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>!?

>W-Wait!! I thought you said people don't come around here!?
>Huh~~ That's strange~


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>Geez, Honoka... Why did you leave your important notes in the reference room?
>We're busy preparing for the next semester, y'know...

>Are you listening to me, Honoka?
>...Honoka?

>Is something the matter?

>No...

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>Nothing at all.
>Let's go!