Sakuya Sakuma/The Sun That Brings Good Fortune

Wishes Made on a Fluff

Backstage Stories

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Sakuya	Alright… Is this fertilizer good, Tsumugi-san?
Tsuzuru	I’ve got the soil.
Tsumugi	Thanks. Put it in the cart.
Sakuya	There’s so many kinds of flower seedlings, it’s hard to pick just one!
Tsumugi	You’ll want to plant these ones and those ones.
Sakuya	What do we plant next?
Tsumugi	I think I’ll go with this Celosia. It looks nice in this free space.
Sakuya	Wah, It looks autumn-like.
Tsumugi	It’s interesting because it looks a lot like yarn.
	It’s also called Cockscomb because it looks like a chicken’s crest.
Sakuya	It really does look like a chicken’s crest!
Tsuzuru	This flower over here is pretty too.
Tsumugi	Asters are another popular flower for autumn flower beds. When I have more room in my flower beds, I’ll plant some.
Sakuya	Autumn flower beds… I’m looking forward to seeing how they’ll look!
	Tsumugi-san, can I pull all this out?
Tsumugi	Yep. The flowers are all done, so it’s okay to pull them out.
Sakuya	Got it.
	Huh…?
	Tsumugi-san, this is…
Tsumugi	It’s a dandelion.
Sakuya	I know!
Tsuzuru	I guess dandelions bloom even when it’s not spring.
Sakuya	I thought they only bloomed in spring too.
Tsumugi	It’s true that dandelions are usually thought of as a spring flower, but some types bloom all year round.
	Even in the middle of winter, you can look in sunny spots and find dandelions blooming.
Sakuya	Dandelions are a resilient flower, aren’t they?
Tsumugi	This is one that unknowingly bloomed from the seeds that I brought in.
Tsuzuru	But it seems like it’s already dying.
Tsumugi	The flowers are done, so it’s almost ready for the fluff.
	It’s also a weed, so it’s okay to pull it out.
Sakuya	…
Tsumugi	…Or since it’s already here, we could wait until it becomes fluffy, if you want?
Sakuya	Really?
Tsumugi	Mhm. Fortunately, it’s growing out of the way at the edge of the flower bed.
Sakuya	Thank you so much!
Citron	Sakuya~ I’m going to take a bath.
Sakuya	Ah, okay! I’m coming now.
Citron	Are you looking at the dandelion again today?
Sakuya	Please look, here it is!
Citron	Oh! The flower is coming off and it’s turning into fluff!
Sakuya	It turns into fluff like that.
	I’ve never looked at dandelions this closely before, it’s kinda refreshing to see them like this.
Citron	It is so cute and fluffy, like cotton candy!
Sakuya	I hope it turns out to be a wonderful fluff.

Sakuya	I’m back.
Izumi	Welcome back. You’re going to have to wait a bit for dinner.
Sakuya	Do you need help with anything?
Masumi	It’s fine, I’ve got it.
Izumi	You just finished your part-time job, Sakuya-kun. It’s okay to take it easy.
Sakuya	Thank you very much.
Tsumugi	Ah, Sakuya-kun! Can you come here for a sec?
Sakuya	…?
Tsumugi	Tsuzuru-kun, Sakuya-kun, come over here.
Tsuzuru	It finally happened!
Sakuya	Tsuzuru-kun… What is it?
Tsumugi	Look at the flowerbed.
Sakuya	...Ah! The dandelion became fluffy!
	But, there’s only half of it…
Tsumugi	It seems like it was blown away by the wind.
Tsuzuru	The wind was strong today at practice.
Sakuya	It’s sad that I didn’t get to see the round fluff, but it couldn’t be helped…
Tsumugi	If you want, why not blow the rest of it off, Sakuya-kun?
Tsuzuru	That reminds me, I used to do a dandelion wish when I was little.
Sakuya	Wish?
Tsuzuru	If you can blow all the dandelion fluff off in one breath, your wish will come true.
Tsumugi	It is also used for love fortune-telling in Europe.
Sakuya	Ooh…
	(Dandelions are a familiar flower, but there’s so much about them that I didn’t know.)
	Umm… It’s a little too soon for love fortune-telling for me, so I want Tsuzuru-kun to teach me how to make the wish.
	I think it’ll fly far from here.
Tsuzuru	Mhm. It doesn’t really matter where the seeds fall from here.
Tsumugi	Do you have an idea for a wish?
Sakuya	...Yes!
	*Blowing sound*
Tsuzuru	Oh, there’s a good breeze blowing now!
Sakuya	(Please fly far away… There...)
Tsuzuru	I’m glad it all flew away nicely.
Sakuya	Yes. It was very nice!
Tsumugi	By the way, what did you wish for?
Sakuya	Umm…
	That we’d have napolitan for dinner.
Tsumugi	Eh!?
Tsuzuru	Isn’t that too modest of a wish?
Tsumugi	And napolitan isn’t that unusual of a dinner either…
	You should’ve been a little bit greedier…
Sakuya	Ahaha. But there was only half the fluff left.
Tsuzuru	You’re too humble…
Tsumugi	But that’s Sakuya-kun for you.
Sakuya	--Ah, it smells nice.
Tsumugi	Huh, could this smell be…?
	*Notification sound*
Izumi We’re almost out of ketchup so can anyone buy some~?
KAZUNARI MIYOSHI☆ Yuppers ☆ I’ll get some cuz I’m at the convenience store right now ♪ Anything else~?
Sakuya	This could be…!
Tsuzuru	You can’t throw out the possibility of it being omurice yet.
Tsumugi	Let’s go see if it’s the result of the magic.
Sakuya	Yes!
	--We’re back!

Juju