Kumon Hyodo/Floral Note

Hyodo Brothers' Valentine

Backstage Stories

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Kumon	Ah, Director, you were here!
	Nii-chan and I are going back home today so we won’t need dinner!
Izumi	Got it.
	But you guys are going back so suddenly—did something happen?
Kumon	Nope, our mom made some Valentine’s sweets so she said she wants us to go pick them up!
Izumi	Oh, that’s how it is.
Juza	Let’s get going, Kumon.
Kumon	Ah, wait for me, Nii-chan!
Izumi	Have a nice trip, and stay safe.
Juza	Yeah.
Kumon	We’re offff!
	I’m glad mom and dad both seem like they’re doing well as always!
Juza	The food also tasted good as usual.
Kumon	Yeah, yeah!
	I was happy we had braised pork~!
	Even so…
	I never thought there'd be this many sweets.
Juza	There were more than I thought.
Kumon	We were told to eat them together with everyone from the Theatre troupe, but it seems possible for each person to have 3 each, right?
Juza	Even then, there might be extras.
	Well, I’ll eat any leftovers.
Kumon	Sounds good!
	Then let’s hand them out right away when we get back!
	We’re home!
Juza	Hey.
Izumi	Welcome back.
	You two sure have a lot of bags…!
Kumon	Hehe, all of these are our mom’s handmade sweets!
Izumi	Ehh, your mom made all of them!?
	That’s amazing…
Kumon	Yeah, I was surprised too!
	Ok, here, I’m giving 3 to Director too.
Izumi	Thank you.
	But is it alright if I take this many?
Kumon	We have so many we’ll probably have extras, so it’s fine!
Izumi	In that case, I’ll go ahead and take them.
	They all look so tasty…!
Juza	This pastry is real good.
Izumi	Oh, I see.
	I can’t wait to eat it!
	(Afterwards, I’ll give their parents’ home a call to thank them.)
Kumon	Alright, we’re gonna distribute these to everyone else too.
	Starting from room 101 first! Let’s go, Nii-chan!
Juza	Right.
	*knock, knock*
Sakuya	Come in!
Kumon	Good evening, Sakuya-san, Citron-san.
	…Ah, Guy-san is here too!
Citron	Welcome!
Guy	The two of you came together; is something the matter?
Kumon	We’re here to hand out Valentine’s sweets!
Guy	A Valentine’s day gift to us from the two of you…?
Juza	No, they’re from our mom.
	If you’d like, please eat them.
Citron	Ohh, thank you!
	I’m so happy!
Sakuya	Thank you, I’ll take them too!
	Handmade sweets always taste really good, so I’m looking forward to eating them this time too.
Guy	That’s true, they look delicious this time around as well.
	I will take them gratefully.
Kumon	By the way, what were you three talking about?
Sakuya	We were talking about fishing and Valentine’s day in Zafra.
Kumon	Valentine’s day in Zafra?
	Is it different from Japan?

Citron	Valentine’s day in Zafra is a day where men give women chocolates to express their love or gratitude!
Juza	You give reverse chocolate in Zafra, huh?
Guy	We have a custom to give flowers along with the chocolate.
Kumon	Wow! Men giving flowers for Valentine’s day sounds so cool!
Sakuya	I’d love to do that too.
Juza	Kumon, we should get goin’ to the other rooms too.
Kumon	Oh right!
	Thanks for telling me about Valentine’s day in Zafra! Sorry for interrupting!
Juza	With this, we went around to all the rooms, right?
Kumon	The rest are all ours! I got the ones for Sumi-san and I, so nii-chan, you take the rest.
Juza	Got it.
Kumon	…By the way, nii-chan.
Juza	What’s up?
Kumon	I’ve been thinking this the whole time since I heard about Valentine’s in Zafra—.
	But shouldn’t we give some sorta present to mom for Valentine’s day?
Juza	…Yeah, true.
	I think mom’ll be happy.
Kumon	Right!
Juza	How ‘bout we go buy something tomorrow?
Kumon	Yeah!
	I wonder what would be good for a Valentine’s present for mom?
	I definitely wanna give the flowers that Guy-san told us about as a present!
Juza	Yeah, right.
Kumon	Ah! How about a handkerchief?
Juza	A handkerchief, huh…?
	That ain’t bad but doesn’t that feel like a Mother’s Day thing?
Kumon	You’re right, it does have that kinda image!
Juza	…Since she always makes tasty food and snacks for us, somethin’ that she can use during those times might work.
Kumon	Something you can use while doing housework that also feels like a gift… AH!
	I got it! How does hand cream sound!?
	I mean, they say your hands get rough when you wash things.
Juza	I think that’ll be nice.
	In that case, let’s try askin’ Azami which kind is good.
Kumon	Ah, good idea!
Kumon Azami, I wanna give hand cream as a present to my mom, so lemme know if you have any you recommend!
Azami Then I’d go for moisturizing hand balm. Even though it has high moisturizing power, it’s not sticky
Kumon	Here’s the answer!
	Nii-chan, he said moisturizing hand balm!
Juza	That’s Azami for ya.
	‘Kay, let’s go buy it right away.
Kumon	Yeah!
Juza & Kumon	………
Juza	So, where do they sell those…?
Kumon	If we’re talking hand cream, there’s probably some at the drug store but if it's the one Azami recommends, they might have some in the basement of a department store or a specialty shop…!?
	Crap, I gotta get him to tell us the place they sell it!
	I'll LIME Azami one more time~!

Anna