Tsumugi Tsukioka/An Angel Who Knew Love

A Letter From Her

Backstage Stories

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Manager	Oh~! This accessory was over there, huh!
	I made another mistake~.
Guy	…
Manager	This box goes here…
	Hah~ so busy, busy…
Guy	(Is he organizing the storage room again?
	I would like to lend a hand, but…)
	Hm?
Manager	Ah, Guy-san.
	What’s the matter?
Guy	It seems something fell.
Manager	A bunch of envelopes?
	Did they fall from the boxes?
Guy	None of them seem to have a name written on them.
Manager	Well, it can’t be helped. Let’s just try opening one of them.
	…!
	T-this is—!!
Guy	What’s wrong?
	Did you figure out whose it is?
Manager	Ah, no!
	B-but it’s an extremely private thing, so!
	…I’ll keep this for the time being!
Guy	…?
	My apologies, I’m late.
Tasuku	No, you made it just in time.
Tsumugi	We were just sharing the schedule too, so no worries.
Azuma	You weren’t in our room so I thought you left first.
Guy	Ahh, actually, on my way here…
	*notification sound*
Manager I picked a letter up inside the dorm. The sender seems to be a woman. If you happen to know about it, please contact me discretely
Tenma Sumeragi A letter? Is it a fan letter or something?
Manager No, rather than a fan letter… It’s an extremely private item, so please understand!
Sakyo Furuichi What the hell does that mean?
Manager Please understand!!!
KAZUNARI MIYOSHI☆ Wait, IS IT A LOVE LETTER!?
taichi nanao EHH! I wanna know who it’s for!
Muku I hope you find the owner quickly for the sake of the girl who sent it too…!
Manager I forgot to send the pic of the envelope! Here it is~!
Guy	That’s the envelope I picked up earlier.
Azuma	So the one who grabbed it wasn’t the Manager, but Guy, hm?
Tsumugi	Huh? I feel like I’ve seen that envelope before…
Hisoka	…The letter from Angels.
Tasuku	Oh, it is.
Homare	Why, that! How nostalgic!
Guy	The letter from Angels?
Tsumugi	Umm, this happened when we were just starting out, but—.

	*flashback starts*
Izumi	Tsumugi-san, can you take a look at the props?
Tsumugi	Are these the letters that Michael and them are going to exchange?
Izumi	Yep. I tried preparing envelopes with some patterns on them…
Tsumugi	I think this floral envelope looks feminine and easy to recognize.
Izumi	Alright, then how about we use this one for the letter from the girl?
Tsumugi	And this simple, plain envelope seems like it would be good for Michael.
Izumi	What do you think about the size?
Tsumugi	I think envelopes on the smaller side would be easier to handle…
	But if it’s hard to see from the audience, then let’s reconsider.
Izumi	Got it. What should we do about the content of the letters?
	The audience won’t be able to see, so I think we can get away with using blank pages, but…
Tsumugi	…
	Um, is it alright if I’m the one who writes Michael’s letter?
	I’ll ask Tsuzuru-kun to double-check the contents too.
Izumi	Of course, go for it.
	But in that case, it’d be nice to get someone else to write the girl’s letter, right?
Tsumugi	That’s true.
	Who should we ask…
Izumi	Then I’ll be the one—is what I want to say, but I’m not confident…
Homare	Why, then it’s my turn to shine, isn’t it!
Izumi	Homare-san!?
Homare	As a poet and writer, there is no one more qualified than I. I shall write her letter out with breathtaking words!
Tasuku	Is it really a good idea to leave it to Arisugawa?
Hisoka	…I bet Arisu’s letter’s going to be so extra.
Homare	Oh? In that case—.
	Let us hold an audition to see whose letter is the most worthy between the three of us here!
Azuma	So then, we’ll start the audition for the girl’s letter.
	In addition to us, we’ve asked Tsuzuru-kun to be a special judge.
Tsuzuru	I got dragged into this…
Tsumugi	We’re counting on you, Tsuzuru-kun.
Azuma	Alright, we’ll start with Tasuku first.
Tasuku	…*Sigh*.
	“I am very grateful for your letter.
	Thanks to you, my health has recovered tremendously.”
Homare	That is—how should I put it?
	It sounds just like a standard phrase with no emotion at all.
Tasuku	…
Izumi	Now, now.
	Then please go next, Homare-san.
Homare	Umu!
	“Ahh, I think about you every day, day and night. My heart leaps and my body dances. Let’s step passionately—"
Tasuku	It’d be strange if a sick person danced.
Tsuzuru	Yeah, right. It comes on a bit too strong considering Philip and her will get married later.
Tsumugi	I feel like she needs to sound a little more fragile.
Homare	Umu, is that so?
Azuma	Then last up is Hisoka.
Hisoka	Got it.
	“Thanks for the letter.
	Thanks to that, I am able to eat marshmallows now.”
Izumi	“Marshmallows” are totally Hisoka-san, huh…
Hisoka	I was more conscious of the fragility.
	Marshmallows melt and disappear in the blink of an eye…
Tsuzuru	No, that’s not what “fragile” means!
Tasuku	So all three of us are no-go's in the end?
	What should we do now?
Tsumugi	If it’s perhaps alright with you, Tsuzuru-kun…
Tsuzuru	If you’re fine with me, then please let me write it.
	*flashback ends*
Tsumugi	…In the end, Tsuzuru-kun and I exchanged letters as Michael and the girl, and we ended up using those as props in the real show.
Guy	Oh, is that so?
	If it’s a letter I haven’t used, then it’s no wonder I didn’t know about it.
Hisoka	…The LIME’s still going crazy.
Azuma	Fufu, it looks like Tsuzuru forgot about it as well.
Tasuku	Isn’t it better to hurry up and tell them the truth?
Tsumugi	Right!
	Umm…
Tsumugi Tsukioka That’s ours.
Tenma Sumeragi What do you mean ‘ours’!?
Muku Could this be a love triangle…!?
taichi nanao It’s a mature relationship…!
Azami That kinda relationship’s totally unacceptable!
Hisoka	…That caused an even bigger uproar.
Homare	They’re going out of control!
Tsumugi	I was in a hurry, so I tried to be as concise as possible…
Tasuku	That’s way too concise no matter how you look at it, you know?

Anna