| Azuma | I’m back. |
| Guy | Welcome back. |
| It seems sleeping with Winter Troupe worked. You look to be in good shape. |
| Azuma | It’s all thanks to you. Sorry for being a bother. |
| Guy | No, I’m sure nobody thought you were being a bother. |
| Azuma | Anyways, how did everything turn out for you, Guy? Did you decide on a name for the bar? |
| Guy | Ah… I have a couple in mind, but none of them really speak to me. |
| Azuma | The four character idiom dictionary’s full of sticky notes. |
| I might be the same as Guy. I’m not having nightmares anymore thanks to everyone, and I’m looking to the future. |
| As for the plot, I’ve found a nice person to sell it to, and there shouldn’t be anything to hesitate about, but I can’t make up my mind. |
| Fufu, we’re old enough to know better, but we’re acting like lost children. |
| Guy | You’re right. |
| Azuma | The lead and co-lead can’t be like this, can they. We have to get our act together. |
| Guy | Come to think of it, I’ll be sleeping with you tonight. |
| The only other person I’ve slept with is Citronia, when we were younger - I wonder if I’ll be able to do a good job. |
| Azuma | Yesterday I just had a read through with the theater nerds. Tonight, I want to have a nice cocktail before bed. |
| Guy | That’s perfect. I’d like you to try out a new cocktail at the bar. |
| Azuma | A bartender that sleeps with people, huh. How fun. |
| Guy | Do you need a different name for when you sleep with people? |
| Azuma | Homare had quite the fancy name when it was his turn. |
| Guy | As expected of him. |
| What was your name when you slept with people? Though it’s a little late now, I’d like to ask why you chose it. |
| Azuma | Name, huh… I didn’t really have a different one. |
| I told Tsumugi and Tasuku yesterday, but I slept with people to have them save me from my loneliness. |
| So if I were to name myself using that four character idiom dictionary… “Waiting impatiently”, maybe? |
| Guy | So to wait eagerly for something. |
| Azuma | Mhm, that’s basically it. |
| Guy | …I was always thinking about giving to customers through the bar. It didn’t occur to me that I could want something from it myself.[1] |
| Azuma | Fufu, have I given you a hint? |
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| Izumi | The flyers are done, so I’ll leave it to you. |
| Salesperson | Then I’ll leave them here. Please do your best. |
| Izumi | Thank you so much! |
| (Mhm, the flyers look great this time, too. Kazunari-kun’s designs are always appealing and stand out.) |
| (Rehearsal is mostly going well, too… Thanks to everyone in Winter Troupe, Azuma-san’s acting for the last scene’s gotten a lot better.) |
| (Even so, I feel like the back and forth between Azuma-san and Guy-san can improve.) |
| (Should I be satisfied with how rehearsal is going and aim to improve during the show…) |
| (But if there’s a trigger of some sort…) |
| Syu | What are ya’ doing, pulling such funny faces. |
| Izumi | Oh, Syu-san. Are you shopping? |
| Syu | I came to deliver the flyers for the show. |
| Izumi | You go out of your way to do it yourself, Syu-san? |
| Syu | I’ve always been partial to this place. I was planning to have a drink here, so I decided to deliver them while I was at it. |
| Izumi | Ah, then how about we pray for the successes of our shows and have a drink? |
| Syu | Hah… you just want to ask me about your dad, don’t cha’. Just one drink, then. |
| Izumi | Alright! |
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| Guy | (There aren’t too many customers today, so I will probably be able to close early. I should think of a name for the bar…) |
| Izumi | Good evening, Guy-san. |
| Syu | Excuse me. |
| Guy | Welcome. |
| Syu | …What are those notes? |
| Izumi | Ah, were you thinking of a name for the bar? |
| Syu | You’re thinking of that now, huh. With that long string of kanji, the atmosphere of the bar’ll be ruined. |
| Guy | Citronia lent me a four character idiom dictionary. I picked some out of there. |
| Syu | Aren’t four character idioms a bit too old-fashioned for this bar? |
| Azuma | Oya, what a rare customer. |
| Syu | As expected of a store run by the new troupe. If I’m here, someone will catch me. |
| Izumi | (Everyone here’s such an adult… I feel like I shouldn’t be here…) |
| Azuma | Come to think of it, I’m looking for someone in need of a plot right now, but are you interested, Syu-san? |
| Syu | Plot? What is it, all of a sudden? |
| Azuma | It’s not in the city, but since you tour out there often I thought you would have a good way to use it. |
| Plus, you probably have a lot of spare money. |
| Izumi | (Throwing a sales pitch with no hesitation… as expected of Azuma-san…) |
| Syu | Not interested, but I’ll listen to what you have to say about it while we drink. |
| Azuma | It was the plot my house was built on, and even though I inherited it, I don’t know how to use it. And it’s tasteless to just make it a parking lot… |
| Syu | It’s something your parents left you, isn’t it? Are you fine with letting it go so easily? |
| Azuma | I didn’t mean to do so easily… Maybe I’m just heartless. |
| Syu | Let’s see. Well, even if it’s something your parents left you, the one who decides what happens is you. |
| I left my home once, and lived a life without theater. |
| But I joined MANKAI Company, then left it… And I ended up keeping my family’s troupe going as the second generation. |
| Azuma | Why? |
| Syu | …Because it was still there. |
| Izumi | Still there? |
| Syu | I thought the old troupe didn’t have anything I wanted or should do, and that there wasn’t a place for me anymore. |
| But when I returned after having my brother cry and cling to me, I found something worth inheriting. |
| Azuma | That means— |
| Syu | I promised to only have one drink. Thanks. |
| Azuma | …….. |
| Syu | “Journey of life.” |
| Azuma | Eh? |
| Syu | Life is a journey. Even if you go past a path thinking there’s nothing there, if you turn around, most of the time something will remain. |
| Even what you think is an empty lot might have something left. |
| Azuma | —. |
| Guy | —. |
| Syu | See ya’. |
| Guy | …Thank you. We look forward to seeing you again. |
