Midareta Futari no Midasare Gohan ch9

Hey, everyone!
Thank you so much for coming to Flora's live performance today!
We're gonna give it our all til the very end so watch over us, okay!?

Oi!
Wah~
It's like a festival...
Oi!
Here's one for you too, Miss Landlady!
Oi!

You wave it around to show your support!
Ooh...!

Do your best!
Do you best~!
Oi
Oi
Is she a first-timer?
How cute~♪

Today, the pair are at a surprising place?

Ah~ That was fun!

Thank you for inviting me!
I-It was nothing!

I just happened to have two tickets.
If you liked it, I could take you again...
Wah~
Ah!

Those girls from earlier came out again!
Wah~ Wah~
Yeah.
Flora has a thing where they see everyone off at the end.

Is that so~
W-Well then, let's be off...

Ah! You're the girl who was waving her penlight a lot!
Good evening!
!!

That's a cute sailor uniform~!
Did you come here alone?
No, I'm with that lady in the mask...
~Ng!

Let's be off, Miss Landlady!
Eh?
We should talk together.
Someone like me shouldn't be talking with them!

Please don't push me so hard, Hikami-san.

Eh?
Hikami...?

Come to think of it,
how long have you been supporting those girls?

W-Well...
technically before their debut, I guess?
That long ago!?

I didn't know you like idols, Hikami-san.
I wouldn't say I like them. It's more like...
Hmm~

Found you!!

I knew it...
Hah
Hah
You're Hikami Runa-chan, aren't you!?
Hah...
Eh!?

The girl who was dancing earlier!
Wah!!
Do you remember me!?

I'm your former colleague, Usaki Madoka!
I-I-I-I'm not Hikami Runa...
Eh?
You are Hikami Runa-san, though?

I knew it...!

Eh?

I'm not letting you go!!
Fgh!?

Please, don't go home yet!
Isn't that Madoka from Flora?
What's she doing here?
Alright! Just go get changed already!

Um.
You said you were colleages earlier...?

We were idol research students under the same agency!
Hikami-san is an idol!?
Eh?
Right?<3
Hah...
I quit midway, though...

Runa-chan quit without saying a word...
Ah
There was a lot going on...!

I've been
waiting all this time for you, Runa-chan.
Eh?

I believed that if I worked hard enough, you'd come see me again.
At long last... we meet again...
Madoka-chan...

Sorry... for slipping out midway.
I wasn't ready to face you all...
Aah!
So that's why you wanted to leave early.

There's something I wanted to say to you
if I ever saw you again...
Wh-What is it?

Hey, um...

What were you eating during your breaks!?

...Heh?

My breaks...?
Those white round things about this big!
You'd eat them during mini-lives and dance training camps, right!?

I tried to ask you but you kept running away.
It's been bugging me for years!
Hm...?
H-Hold on a second.
Is that why you wanted to see me so badly?

Yep.
Seriously?

Way to ruin the moment...
Hey, what were those tasty-looking things!?
I'm curious too!

Th-They're nothing that special or anything.
You can make them easily...

Then please make them right now!
I wanna eat them too!!
Eeh!?

The studio's nearby!
It's got a kitchen, so you can make them there, right!?
No, really, it's nothing special.

I'll go on ahead and get everything ready!
You go buy the ingredients, Runa-chan!
Later!!
I'll come help!
Wha-

I'm looking forward to it~
Yeah<3
This is way too sudden...

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It's been seven years, huh...
I used to come here every day.

Ah! You're finally here!
Hurry up, Hikami-san!
Wah!

What did you buy!?
Show me, show me!
W-Wait a second!

It's this...

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Eh...? Mochi!?
See?
Told you it was nothing special, didn't I?

But why?
What I saw was way smaller than this!?
Doweh~
W-Well, that's cos I cut them up into 1cm thick cubes...

Line them up on a baking sheet
and heat them in the microwave for three minutes.

Do that and...
!

you get some simple okaki!
This is it!
They smell like senbei crackers~

But you sometimes ate colorful ones too, didn't you, Runa-chan!?
What were those about!?
Ah, that's...

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because I used these.

Do it easily in a frying pan!
For two people x two servings
Just fry!
Garlic Rice

!?

What's that?
This is called "seasoning".
It adds flavor to things simply by mixing them in.

We put this inside a bag along with the mochi...

and shake!
Ooh!
Oh yeah! I've done that before!!

There.
Chinese-style sweet and salty chicken flavor!
It's just like what I saw...!

I can finally eat them~!
Alright!
I wanna shake them too!

Okay, I'll make the okaki,
so could you two handle the seasoning?
Okay~!

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...There.

Consommé

Done!
Don't you think we've made a little too much?
Hau~<3
I can't believe I get to eat all of this<3

My long-cherished dream has finally come true...
D-Don't get your hopes up too high, okay?

Well then...

Sweet and salty chicken

let's dig in...!

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Hafu...!?
It's freshly baked and yummy~!?

With all of that powder,
Mm~<3
the intense flavor is irresistable...!

The apricot kelp tea has such a calming flavor...
You look so refined, Ichika-chan~!
Looks yummy~<3

Apricot

Geez~
I can't believe you hid something so tasty from me, Runa-chan~!
S-Sorry.
I didn't think you'd like it that much...

Maybe if back then,
Have something sweet.
It's cocoa~
I had just spoken to Madoka-chan instead of running away...

maybe things would've been different.
Hikami-san!

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It's even tastier if you pour a lot on it!

Seasoning - Curry Powder - Sweet

GYAAAH!!

Geez~ Learn some restraint, will ya!?
Go on! Eat up!

How is it?
Even if you ask me that...
It does taste nostalgic, though...

But well,
I think it tastes a little better than back then?
!

Maybe it's cos we're eating together~
Just a little, huh?
Maybe we should've bought extra?
Not what I meant!

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Hah~...
It vanished in an instant...

There's still some mochi left!
Then let's have more of the ones we found delicious!

What was your favorite flavor, Runa-chan?
Eh?
M-Mine is...

My absolute favorite isn't here,
but I can't exactly feed "that" to an idol...
There's another delicious flavor to be had!?

Teach us...
Urk.

A-Alright.
Soy sauce...
Huh?
That's surprisingly simple.

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...and mayonnaise.

B-But it's high in calories!
I figured there was no way I could make an idol eat that...

Runa-chan!

We have some!!

Soy sauce

Eh!?

We can use all the flavorings in the kitchen studio as we want!
B-But it's mayonnaise on mochi, y'know!?

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Don't worry!

I moved around a lot during that performance!
Aah!

Here!
!!

It's your favorite, right, Runa-chan?
Let's eat them together!
Here!

Eating this together
was unthinkable back then.

But now...

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Mmmm...!

~!
The combination of the fragrant soy sauce and the acidic mayonnaise
is like an explosion of happiness...!

It's crunchy and sticky...!
To think mayonnaise and mochi could go so well together~!

Runa-chan, this is so delicious, it makes me wanna dance~!
Yum♪　Yum♪
Mmph hmm hmmph hmph

Maybe
if I eat these while dancing, the calories will become zero!?
Hah
Madoka-chan...

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Of... course<3
Alright~!!

Dance the night away~

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Hah... Hah...
Hafuu...
I think I understand why you looked so happy eating these, Runa-chan...<3

I'm gonna tell everyone that it was mochi you were eating~
Eeh?
No, don't!!

Everyone's gonna be disgusted...
Don't worry about that~

Everyone was soothed by you, Runa-chan!
Eh?

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Do you remember
our midsummer training camp...?
Geez~ I can't do it!

I'm so tired that I don't have any appetite...
Hah...
Me neither...

I wonder if someone will eat this for me...
!

Mmm~...!

Dewishush...

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Mm
Mm
Hah~...

This is starting to look really good now...
Same here...!

Thanks to you, Runa-chan,
we were able to enjoy eating our meals too...
Brings back memories...
Is that so!?

I gave everyone energy...
I love watching you eat too, Hikami-san.
Eating your food fills me with energy too!

Eh~!? You've eaten Runa-chan's food before, Ichika-chan!?
I eat it all the time.
I'm so jealous~!

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Then let's eat at our place next time.
Alright!
Should I call everyone else too!?
No, I don't need that many!

In fact, you should just become a member, Ichika-chan.
We're having auditions for new members<3
Say what!?

If it's singing and dancing you wanna know, me and Runa-chan can teach you♪
Hikami-san too!?
N-No way! I don't dance anymore!

But not being able to eat is a little~...
Then how about aiming to become a foodie idol?
Geez~
What're you gonna do if she actually gets in~!?

A nostalgic flavor with a nostalgic friend puts you in a plump and happy mood.

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