Tsumugi Tsukioka/Wishing You a Romantic Trip
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Train Trip for Two
Backstage Stories| Kazunari | If it’s this station, then there’ll probs be fewer transfers if you go from here. |
| Tsumugi | I see, I see. |
| Izumi | (Kazunari-kun and Tsumugi-san? This talk about transfers—could they mean a train or something?) |
| Are you going somewhere? | |
| Tsumugi | Yes. I got a ticket for a local show from an acquaintance. So I’d like to go watch it, but it’s a bit far from here. |
| I mean, I say it’s a local performance, but it takes 2 hours by train to get there. | |
| Kazunari | Here’s a pic of the hall—isn’t it legit? |
| It looks, like, twice as big as our theatre. | |
| Izumi | Woah, it does! |
| You can tell it’s a huge hall just from the pictures. | |
| Kazunari | ‘Cept the location seems inconvenient to get to, and it takes another, like, 30 min by bus from the nearest station. |
| Tsumugi | But the longer the distance is to travel, the higher your expectations are for the play, right? |
| Izumi | I get what you mean. |
| Even that feeling of restlessness… is also fun, right? | |
| Kazunari | This way’s the short way, but if you happen to have time, Tsumu-tsumu, then you might wanna take that route. It’ll be more roundabout though. |
| Tsumugi | Hm? Why’s that? |
| Izumi | Ah, this is… the train that travels through the famous flower fields, right? |
| Kazunari | Bingo! You knew about it, huh~. |
| Izumi | I hear them say “they're in full bloom!” on TV from time to time. |
| So I got a little curious about it too. | |
| Kazunari | I think it'd be fun to look at the flower fields from the train window, right! |
| I bet it’d be supes photogenic if you snapped some phone pics~. | |
| Tsumugi | That sounds great. I might be able to go there without much trouble if I leave the dorm a little earlier. |
| I’ll make a note. | |
| Izumi | It must be so beautiful~. |
| Tsumugi | … |
| Hey… would you like to come with me, Director? | |
| Izumi | Ehh? Are you sure? |
| Tsumugi | As long as it’s fine with you. They still have tickets available, so that acquaintance told me I was free to let them know if I wanted any more. |
| I think I can get another one if I ask now. | |
| Izumi | Really!? |
| Alright then… I’ll take your word for it. | |
| Tsumugi | Of course. |
| Izumi | Thank you very much! |
| Kazunari | How nice~! I would’ve loved to go too~. |
| Tsumugi | Kazu-kun’s schedule didn’t work out, huh? But you helped me figure out how to get there, so I’ll buy you something as a souvenir. |
| Kazunari | For realsies? |
| Thanks, Tsumu-tsumu~! I'll look forward to it! |
| Tsumugi | Here you go. This your ticket, Director. |
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| Izumi | Thank you very much. |
| But why did you go out of your way to buy us train tickets? | |
| Tsumugi | Actually, Kazu-kun told me about this… |
| But apparently, they’re selling 1-day, unlimited ride passes for this section of the track right now. | |
| We can’t do it today, but when we have time, I think it would be fun to visit various different stations. | |
| Izumi | Oh, that’s true. |
| You could make as many stops as you want with an unlimited day pass. | |
| Tsumugi | Right. And besides, it's nice to buy a ticket like this once in a while to feel like you're travelling, right? |
| Alright, shall we head off then? | |
| Izumi | (Tsumugi-san seems pretty upbeat, huh?) |
| (Maybe he was looking forward to riding the train?) | |
| Tsumugi | Travelling by train is nice and relaxing, isn’t it? |
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| Izumi | Yeah. Riding a train might be the only way you can take your time to admire the scenery. |
| Tsumugi | It feels different from gazing out a car window, right? |
| Izumi | I guess that's because the windows here are wider…? |
| Tsumugi | Yeah, that might be why the scenery feels so close. |
| Izumi | It’s been a while since I’ve taken a long-distance train ride like this, but it’s fun, just like a trip. |
| Thank you very much for inviting me. | |
| Tsumugi | Same here, I’m happy that you came with me. |
| Izumi | Ah, aren’t the flower fields coming up soon? |
| Tsumugi | Oh, you’re right. That area over there is a different colour than the rest of the surroundings. |
| Izumi | Wow, they're in full bloom and super pretty! |
| Tsumugi | Let’s take a picture and send it to Kazu-kun. |
| *click* | |
| …Um, it’s blurry and I couldn’t get a good shot. | |
| Izumi | Well I took a video, so how about we send that to Kazunari-kun? |
| Tsumugi | A video…! I see, that way… |
| Thank you very much, please do. | |
| Izumi | It only lasted a moment, but it was beautiful, right! |
| Tsumugi | Yes! It was worth the detour. |
| I’m tempted to get off the train for a stopover… but I’ll save that for next time. | |
| Ah, it’ll be our stop soon. | |
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CHOICE 1: I’m looking forward to the play. [+]
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CHOICE 2: The train ride was over before we knew it. [+]
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| Tsumugi | Ah, it looks like we’ve arrived. Do you have your ticket? |
| Izumi | Yep, I’ve made sure I got it! |
| (I can’t wait to see what kind of play it’ll be…) | |
| Hah~, that was so interesting…! | |
| Tsumugi | It was worth coming all the way here to watch it, right? |
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| Izumi | The contents of the play were, of course, amazing. But the stage set was elaborate and impressive too! |
| Tsumugi | Their staging was great. |
| I wish we could also pull that off back home… | |
| Izumi | Well, it might be possible to devise something that can be done with our theatre’s size! |
| I'll see if I can come up with a way to incorporate it. | |
| Tsumugi | It really is motivating watching the plays of other theatre companies. |
| It's given me lots of different ideas I’d love to try out. | |
| Izumi | Let’s discuss them with everyone once we get back to the dorm. |
| Tsumugi | Right, and before I forget—. |
| *ding dong, ding dong* | |
| Izumi | …Ah. T-the train left!? |
| Tsumugi | Ahaha… we were too busy chatting, huh? |
| Shall we take the next train? | |
| Izumi | (We accidentally got carried away…) |
| Tsumugi | Oh, it’s surprisingly crowded. |
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| Izumi | Yeah, right. Maybe it’s because this is a different route from when we came. |
| Tsumugi | That’s true, but it’s almost rush hour, so… |
| Izumi | It sucks that we missed the earlier train, huh… |
| I’m really sorry about that. | |
| Tsumugi | Oh, no, I was also too excited talking with you… |
| So I apologize as well. | |
| …Ah. …Um, you can take my seat here if you’d like. | |
| Elderly person | Ahh… excuse me. Thank you. |
| Tsumugi | Not at all. |
| Izumi | Tsumugi-san, I’m alright, so you can sit instead. |
| Tsumugi | Oh, no, I’m fine just standing. |
| Izumi | Are you sure? |
| Tsumugi | Yes. Please keep sitting, Director. |
| Izumi | (It's been a long trip, so Tsumugi-san must be tired too...) |
| Tsumugi | The train cleared out after we passed a big station, huh? |
| Izumi | It was tough since it was a bit crowded. |
| Tsumugi | But I don’t think it was that bad compared to the packed trains Itaru-kun always complains about. |
| Izumi | Yeah, sometimes on the days Itaru-san takes the train to work, he comes home looking like his soul left his body. |
| Ah, Tsumugi-san, this seat here is free now. | |
| Tsumugi | Alright, then please excuse me… |
| Izumi | The time just flew by on our way there, probably because of our anticipation. But it feels longer on the way back since we’re all tuckered out, huh? |
| Tsumugi | Yeah. But it kind of feels like we just took a short vacation, so I like this feeling too. |
| Izumi | (He’s right, it does feel like we’re on the way home from a trip.) |
| (It’s like a mixture of lingering fun and pleasant exhaustion…) | |
| *Yawn*… getting rocked by the train like this makes you kind of sleepy, huh? | |
| Tsumugi | … |
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| Izumi | Tsumugi-san? |
| Tsumugi | …Zzz, zzz. |
| Izumi | (Tsumugi-san fell asleep…) |
| (So he really was tired after all.) | |
| (There’s still a while before we get off, so I’ll just leave him be.) | |
| Hm… | |
| (Where are we…?) | |
| *ding dong, ding dong* | |
| (Eh… Veludo Station… as in our stop!?) | |
| W-we overslept…! | |
| T-Tsumugi-san—. | |
| Tsumugi | Zzz, zzz… |
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| Izumi | (Tsumugi-san’s still asleep…) |
| (I feel kind of bad about waking him up since he’s sleeping so peacefully…) | |
| Ah, oh well… | |
| (We’ve already missed our stop anyways…) | |
| (Plus, it might not be too bad getting swayed along with the train a little longer like this.) | |
| *Yaaawn*… | |
| (I’m feeling sleepy again…) | |
| Tasuku | …So that’s the reason you ended up calling me? |
| Tsumugi | Sorry, Tasuku… |
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| Izumi | I never thought we’d keep sleeping until the last stop… |
| Tasuku | Good grief, you two… I’m not a free taxi, you know? |
| Tsumugi | Now, now. By the way, the play we watched today was incredibly interesting. |
| I heard they’re going to perform it again at a different location next time, so you should go too, Tasuku. | |
| I’ll pay for your ticket as an apology for today. | |
| Izumi | I’ll also cover half. |
| Tasuku | …Well, if you put it that way. |
| Tsumugi | Let’s all go together, Director. |
| …By train again. | |
| Izumi | Sure! I'm looking forward to it. |
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