| Homare | Grandmother, the tea is almost—— |
| Oh, I’m sorry! I dropped your watch. |
| ...What do I do? I seem to have broken it. |
| Homare’s Grandmother | Let me see. |
| It seems fine. There are no scratches or cracks. |
| Homare | But this watch doesn’t have the correct time. |
| Homare’s Grandmother | That watch has always been that way, ever since Sakae-san passed away. |
| Homare | Ever since grandfather passed away? Why hasn’t it been repaired? |
| Homare’s Grandmother | Sakae-san had always repaired that watch. Since he is gone now, it can no longer be repaired. |
| Homare | Then how about replacing it? There is no point in having a broken watch. |
| Homare’s Grandmother | ... |
| Homare | Grandmother? |
| Homare’s Grandmother | You are also the same as that watch. |
| Homare | Huh? |
| Homare’s Grandmother | —— |
| Homare | Ah, grandmother, this watch is—— |
| Homare’s Grandmother | I no longer need it. I shall give it to you. |
| Homare | Grandmother... |
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| Homare | ... |
| (Even now, I still can’t forget grandmother’s hurt expression from that time...) |
| (Surely grandmother wanted to say that I’m no different from that broken, mechanical watch...) |
| (It’s similar to when my girlfriend called me a cyborg — that I’m like a machine that doesn’t understand people’s feelings...) |
| (People always leave me. I’m just like that watch grandmother had thrown away.) |
| (I end up hurting people without understanding their feelings — I truly have been a defective product ever since I was born.) |
| (What must someone like myself do in order to understand Sagishima’s feelings...?) |
| (Things had somehow worked out during our debut performance because I had the truthful magnifying glass, but that won’t do this time...) |
| *sigh*... |
| Misumi | Triangle, triangle~! Heave-ho~! |
| Hisoka | ...Heave-ho.[1] |
| Homare | Gya——! |
| Misumi | Ah, so~rry! |
| Hisoka | ...Arisu is sleeping. |
| Homare | I fell because Misumi-kun toppled me over! |
| Misumi | It’s dangerous if you stand here~ |
| Hisoka | Because this is a passageway. |
| Homare | The balcony is not an entryway! |
| *door opens* |
| Tsumugi | Oh, there you are. The meeting is about to start soon. |
| Homare | Good grief. What if I had strained my back? |
| Misumi | A creaky freaky triangle~[2] |
| Homare | Hm, that is quite a nice phrase. |
| Hisoka | ... |
| Tsumugi | What’s wrong? Let’s go, Hisoka-kun. |
| Hisoka | ... |
| |
| Izumi | ... |
| (Homare-san oozes elegance when he moves during the rehearsal. His relaxed, graceful movements are just like a butler’s.) |
| Homare | How was that? |
| Izumi | I think it’s great that you were carrying yourself like a butler. |
| You weren’t overdoing it like before, but this time you may have seemed too robotic — or should I say too indifferent. |
| Homare | Hm... How difficult. It won’t do if I’m filled with too much emotion, and no good either if I’m too robotic... |
| Izumi | (Homare-san is testing things through trial and error in his own way.) |
| We still have time, so let’s tune it bit by bit as we go. |
| Homare | Mhm. |
| Izumi | (What I’m more worried about is...) |
| Homare | Hisoka-kun, it’s your line next. |
| Hisoka | —— |
| ...Sorry. |
| Izumi | (How unusual of Hisoka-san to be moving awkwardly.) |
| (Or rather, it feels more like the focus he had on his role as Shiki has transferred to something else.) |
| Is there something you’re having trouble with? |
| Hisoka | ...I want to change where we’re positioned. |
| Izumi | Where you’re positioned? |
| Hisoka | This way is better. I can’t relax when there’s someone behind me. |
| Homare | You’re going behind me, Hisoka-kun? |
| Izumi | Err, it looks a little weird that way. |
| Tasuku | If the butler Sagishima isn’t standing one step behind Shiki, their master and servant relationship will be hard to grasp. |
| Tsumugi | It can work depending on the scenario, but it feels out of place if that’s how it looks in a normal situation. |
| Azuma | It’s not often that a butler walks in front of the master. |
| Izumi | Hisoka-san, is it very uncomfortable for you to stand in front? |
| Hisoka | ...Fine, I’ll work hard to get used to it. |
| Homare | Well then, from here forth I shall stand behind you everyday until you are accustomed to it. |
| Hisoka | ...That’s annoying. |
| Homare | What...!? |
| Izumi | (I wonder if being bothered by someone standing behind him is related to his past in some way...) |
| (There seems to be some circumstances surrounding it so it’s a bit awkward to ask him directly...) |
| (We’ll think of something if it’s absolutely impossible for him.) |
