Sakuya Sakuma/Memory Mileage

Heart's Pretzel

Backstage Stories

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This translation is reproduced with permission. You can read the original by Kean here.

Sakuya	Waah… This place is good too… What should I do?
Izumi	(Ah, Sakuya-kun is looking at the guidebook again.)
	Sakuya-kun, how’s it going? Are there any places you’re interested in visiting?
Sakuya	Ah, Director! Well, I’m interested in all the places, so it’s really hard to decide.
	For me, this is my first time going on an overseas trip. Even by just looking through the guidebook, I’m having so much fun that I get so engrossed.
Izumi	I see, so it’s your first time going overseas, Sakuya-kun!
Sakuya	Yes! That’s why I’m really looking forward to it, but I’m also a little nervous.
	It’s also the first time everyone in the company is going out together.
Izumi	You’re right. In the dorms, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter troupe are separated, after all.
Sakuya	That’s why I’m also really, really looking forward to going out with everyone…! I’m already feeling so excited right now…!
	For everyone to board the plane and go overseas, watch plays by other countries, and go sightseeing, this is truly…!
Izumi	(Sakuya-kun, his eyes are sparkling…! He’s really looking forward to this.)
Sakuya	Ah, I-I’m sorry! I got all excited on my own…!
Izumi	No, while watching you, I’m also getting more and more excited about the trip.
	By the way, what kinds of places are you checking out in the guidebook?
Sakuya	Ah, um, we have limited time, but there are many different places I want to visit.
Izumi	Wow, that’s a lot of tags?!
Sakuya	I was pasting them on the places I was interested in but before I knew it, I’d pasted them on almost the entire page…
	If it’s okay with you, would you like to look through the guidebook with me, Director?
Izumi	Yeah, I would love to! Let’s see~…
	Ah—, it’s really difficult to choose, huh. I’m interested in this place here, but this looks good too. The food looks delicious too…!
Sakuya	I know, right…! I’m really looking forward to the meals, too.
Izumi	…Ah, pretzels! That’s nice~, I want to try eating genuine pretzels like those made in shops like this.
Sakuya	You’re right, that looks delicious…! This shop seems to be rather well known.
	I know, Director, how about we head there to eat them while sightseeing?
Izumi	Eh, are you sure?
Sakuya	Yes! Since I definitely want to try eating them too.
Izumi	Waah, I want to go! Let’s go, let’s go!
Sakuya	Well then, we’ll go together during our free time! Fufu, the things to look forward to have increased yet again!
Izumi	Yeah! It’s a promise.

This translation is reproduced with permission. You can read the original by Kean here.

Sakuya	Um, the pretzel shop is… According to the map, it seems like it’s this way, Director!
Izumi	Right, let's go!
Izumi	…Ah, I guess it’s here?
Sakuya	Waah, you’re right! That’s a really long queue…!
Izumi	That’s true…! But that’s proof that it’s a popular place. Let’s hurry and queue up.
Sakuya	Yes!
	Even though we’re still far away from the shop, the customers who’ve bought their pretzels are walking past us, so it smells really good!
Izumi	You’re right~, what a fragrant smell, it’s the best…!
Sakuya	Director, what flavors are you going to try? I took a glance at the menu just now, and there are around four different kinds.
Izumi	We’ve come all the way here, so I’m going to buy one of each kind! Then we can share them.
Sakuya	Waah, that sounds good♪
Izumi	I wonder if the rest of them are sightseeing on their own?
Sakuya	Juuza-kun and Muku-kun said they’d be going around eating sweets! Who knows, the two of them may even be queuing up somewhere just like the two of us.
Izumi	Ahaha, that’s right!
Sakuya	Haah, taking the time to look around us like this, the feeling the buildings here give off really is different from those in Japan, and I’m really walking through a different country——.
	It makes me think that we truly are overseas.
	Also, I’m lining up with you at one of the well-known confectionary shops in this country… I’m soaking up the unique atmosphere overseas, as well as the smell of the pretzels.
	Ah—, this is so fun it feels like a dream! I’m so overwhelmed…!
Izumi	(Sakuya-kun looks like he’s really enjoying himself…! I can also feel that he’s really absorbing many things from this country.)
	(I’m sure that he’ll make the best use of a new experience like this in his acting. Something like that would be great.)
Sakuya	It’s great that we managed to buy them without any trouble♪
Izumi	Yeah! Well then, let’s hurry and… Let’s eat!
Sakuya	Let's eat!
Izumi	…! This is really delicious…!!
Sakuya	Uwaah…! It’s truly delicious! It was just made so it’s really fragrant…!
Izumi	Now I understand why there was a queue! Aah~, it’d be great if we could eat this in Japan, too.
Sakuya	Ah, if it’s okay with you, shall we take a photo where we’re eating as a souvenir?
	Kazunari-san taught me this. He said that delicious memories can even be captured in photographs!
Izumi	Ah, that’s great, let’s do it!
Sakuya	Yes! Um, I’m not very good at taking photos of myself like Kazunari-san is…
	Something like this, I guess? …Well then, Director, here, cheese!
Izumi	I wonder if you got the photo?
Sakuya	Yes! I’ll send this photo to you later.
Izumi	Yeah, thanks!
Sakuya	…? Ah! Look, Director!
	Here! The way we held our pretzels is just nice, so if you look at it this way, they form a heart!
Izumi	Wah, you’re right! It looks like the two of us are holding a heart. Ahaha, how cute.
Sakuya	It really does…! I’ll treasure this photo. It’s become a wonderful memory for me!
Izumi	Mm, me too!

Kean