Sisters, All Alone Together

Hatsumi
Excuse me, I’ll sit next to you.

Ruby
Pigi! Y-Yeah, okay!

Hatsumi
What's up? You're with some unfamiliar faces today, Koyomi.

Hatsumi
If you're going to hold a fun tea party with such beautiful girls, you should have at least said something to me.

Dia
B-Beautiful girls!?

Koyomi
It’s me that should be saying ‘what’s up’, Hatsumi-san. Isn't it bad manners to just sit down wherever you like?

Hatsumi
Hey, hey, don't be so uptight. I was here to think about the script for the next stage, but I can't come up with a good idea.

Koyomi
(I was panicking...I'm glad I was able to avoid being questioned about Iroha-san. ...I'm grateful to Hatsumi-san for appearing like a storm...)

Hatsumi
I'm Renjakuno Hatsumi. I run the theatre company Eden.

Hatsumi
Who are you two? I don't think there's any way I wouldn't know such beautiful girls...

Dia
...I'm Kurosawa Dia. I'm a school idol in Aqours at a high school in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Ruby
...Um, I'm Kurosawa Ruby. I'm active in Aqours with my Onee-chan.

Hatsumi
You're sisters! It's true, your kind eyes are exactly alike.

Hatsumi
How did you two end up in Akihabara? Are you Koyomi's theatre friends?

Dia
No, we met Koyomi-san by chance at the station, and we've just come from seeing a play by Gekidan Denki.

Hatsumi
Oh, ‘Arabian Nights’! It seems to be quite popular. Personally, I think Denki's ‘Alice’ was wonderful.

Hatsumi
So you two came to Akihabara to see a play?

Dia
Yes. We're going sightseeing, but we're also going on a short trip to Tokyo together.

Koyomi
A short trip together? You two are close sisters, aren't you?

Hatsumi
You and Iroha are close, too.

Koyomi
No, we've never thought about going on a trip together...

Ruby
What? You're not close?

Koyomi
No, it's not that we don't get along well...

Hatsumi
It's true that I don't often see Koyomi and Iroha doing things together. A little trip every once in a while would be fine, right?

Koyomi
F-For what purpose!? First of all, a trip just for the two of us sisters...

Koyomi
(If I'm left alone with Iroha-san the whole time, I'll end up as a mess!)

Koyomi
(...But you're not the type of person who would understand that, are you?)

Dia
There's no need to get so defensive. Why don't you just ask her to go with you?

Koyomi
W-Why are you talking about me and Iroha-san going on a trip? I never said anything about having problems with our relationship as sisters, did I!?

Hatsumi
Even if you're not troubled, don't sisters go on trips together? Is there something wrong with that?

Koyomi
Gosh... Are you an enemy or an ally...?

Ruby
I'm sure your sister would be happy to go on a trip with her Onee-chan.

Koyomi
I don't know about that...

Daiya
I'm sure it'll be a wonderful memory.

Koyomi
Ku...

Koyomi
...Yeah...I understand... I guess I should just make the suggestion...

Yoshiko
'Thank you for the tickets. I was asked to send my impressions after the show, so here they are.'

Yoshiko
'I can't really put it into words, but it was really good. I had a lot of fun, and I was surprised at how good the acting, dancing and singing were.'

Iroha
Ah, it's from Yoshiko-chan! Hehe, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Iroha
Um... reply, reply.

Iroha
'Thank you! Hearing that fromthe School Idol Yoshiko-chan gives me confidence!

Yoshiko
'What, you knew? That I'm Tsushima Yoshiko from Aqours?

Iroha
'I'm sorry for not telling you, but I thought it was your private time... You're Yoshiko-chan from Aqours, who won the Love Live!’

Iroha
'I'm sorry it took me so long to say this, but I'm cheering for Aqours! I'm so happy that Yoshiko-chan, who is also an artist, has praised me!’

Yoshiko
'Thank you too. It was nice to see Iroha's performance. Speaking of which, about the present you was looking for for your Nee-san at the shop...

Iroha
'Why not give her an experience or a gift of time instead of a material gift?’ I see, that's probably true...isn't it?

Iroha
But if I gave Nee-san a ticket to see Denki-hime, like Yoshiko-chan did, I'm sure she'd end up watching it as an actor herself...

Iroha
Besides, it would feel a bit strange for me to give her a ticket to a play...

Iroha
Hmm...

Iroha
? Yoshiko-chan again. Well... 'Even if it's not a play, like a movie or a trip...'

Iroha
Well, a trip to somewhere nearby might be possible. If it's somewhere we don't know, even if we're together, we won't stand out.

Iroha
Let me think for a moment...

Koyomi
...Iroha-san, can I have a moment?

Iroha
Nee-san!? Y-Yes, alright!

Koyomi
Excuse me. Actually, I have a little proposal...

Iroha
Yes...

Iroha
(A proposal from Nee-san...? And she came all the way to my room, looking so troubled...)

Iroha
(What on earth could it be...?)

Koyomi
Well, um...

Koyomi
Would you like to go on a trip together...?

Iroha
Eh?

Koyomi
No, I'm sorry, what am I saying...? Please forget about this conversation!

Iroha
No, no, Nee-san, the other way, the other way around!

Koyomi
What do you mean by the other way around...?

Iroha
Please let me go on a trip with you, Nee-san!