Juza Hyodo/Gargoyle Palette

Made by Juza

Backstage Stories

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Tenma	… So it’s White Day soon.
Tsuzuru	It’s already that time huh. I still need to think of a returning gift for Director.
Taichi	Has Juza-san chosen something to give to Director-sensei yet?
Juza	…
Tsuzuru	Nothing yet huh…
Tenma	Me neither honestly.
Juza	Well… I thought for a bit, but I still don’t know what’s good.
	Last year, I gave her my favorite sweets, but that probably won’t work out this year…
	My worries are stopping me from choosing something.
Tsuzuru	That’s a serious look on you. Juza’s really in a slump.
Taichi	Hmm, Juza-san’s so into this! Even if you were to give her your favorite this year too, wouldn’t it be different?
Juza	My favorite…
Tenma	Speaking of, you’ve been eating the school cafeteria’s chiffon cake a lot.
Tsuzuru	Ahh, chiffon cake wouldn’t be too bad. If it’s not too sweet, I think Director would enjoy it.
Taichi	Good thing there’s a lot of shops that sell them then!
Juza	True… Might be worth it then.
Tsuzuru	Oh yeah. Speaking of chiffon cake—.
	See this. There’s a store that opened near the university.
Taichi	A cake shop?
Tsuzuru	It has a focus on chiffon cake. I was curious and the other day, Miyoshi sent me a link…
	I didn’t end up going, but maybe Juza could use it?
Tenma	Hee… It’s a small establishment and these pictures make me want to get the cakes.
Taichi	Are you gonna go, Juza-san?
Juza	Chiffon cake shop…
Tsuzuru	Here, I’ll send you the link.
Juza	Thanks. I’ll stop by on the way home.
Juza	Here’s the address… Closed?
Sign	“Hours irregular due to circumstances. Please come by later.”
Juza	…
Juza	(I didn’t think the store would be closed…)
	(I don’t have a back up plan, what am I gonna do?)
	… Haa.
Omi	Your face says there’s something wrong, Juza.
Juza	Omi-san. You see…

Omi	So that’s what happened. Then, would you like to make one now?
Juza	Eh?
Omi	The students are having a study session with Tsumugi-san, so I was thinking about making dessert.
	It won’t taste the same as a shop with it as its specialty, but since you like my recipe, it wouldn’t hurt to give it a shot.
	Of course, we’ll make it together. But you can give it to Director, alright?
Juza	… ‘kay. I’ll do my best.
Omi	Okay. Let’s start right now then.
Omi	Oh, it baked pretty well. We’ll let it cool down for now and that’s it.
Juza	…
Omi	Haha, you wanna eat some already.
Juza	Mhm, can’t wait.
Omi	Alright, it should be good now. Let’s remove the mold and cut it.
Juza	…
	… nom.
	Delicious…
Omi	Ah Juza, that’s…
Juza	… I’ve been watching it cool and I couldn’t wait anymore. Sorry.
Omi	That’s not it, it’s just… The part you ate just now, I was planning to save it for Director…
Juza	!?
Omi	But it was because that was the side that was baked the best. It’s okay though, I can cut up a different piece for her, don’t feel too bad.
Juza	…
Kazunari	I’m home… Huh, Hyodoru, what’s wrong!? You don’t look too hot!
Omi	The chiffon cake shop that Juza wanted to go to was closed…
	So I suggested we make it instead and other things happened too.
Kazunari	Hm? That store, you mean this one?
Juza	…! Kazunari-san, why do you have a box from that store…!?
Kazunari	I happened to be passing by and they were open ♪
	I’ve been telling Tsuzuru to buy one, but he never listened~. Boo…
Juza	What…!? I’ll head over now—
Kazunari	Wa, wait wait!
	You made this for Director-chan, right Hyodoru? Then, she’d be happy to receive this!
Juza	But… only the misshapen part is left.
Omi	But I’m sure Director would be glad to receive it since you’ve worked hard making it.
Juza	… True.
Kazunari	Ah! How about cutting the one from the store too and give Director both so she can compare them!?
Juza	… Sounds good.
Kazunari	We came home at the same time, but Director-chan should be in her room.
Juza	I’ll head over then.
Kazunari	Hyodoru looked so worried, but he’ll be fine.
Omi	Haha, yeah. I’m sure he’ll be smiling when he gets back.

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