Mao-kun, Chika.
Chapter 7: Now and Then
Got any snacks?
Yeah.
And it's well done!
Aren't the two of you in any clubs at school?
It's been the "go home club" for us since middle school.
We're too busy having fun!
Oh dear, kids today are so...
Aren't they?
Club physical activities are really important.
I don't want to hear that from you two.
Weren't you the same as us?
Us? Well, actually we were
in the girl's volleyball club back in middle school.
We were active girls!
Got it!
Here!
No way we'd fall for a simple-minded joke like that!
I've had enough already.
It wasn't a joke, I was serious.
She was.
Crunch
Their positions were setter and libero.
Crunch
I find it hard to believe you two were in a sports club.
You really weren't joking?
Of course not! We were passionate about it!
That's right...
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Young Chiko-chan back then
Mako-rin, what should we do?
It's time for club activities again!
Calm down, Shinmoto.
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Young Mako-chan back then
If we think about it calmly, we'll figure out a way to skip.
We can't pretend to be sick again, they're already on to us.
That's true.
It might be better if we were injured just enough
that we can't play volleyball today.
Injured?
We both get injured, yet the injuries aren't too severe...
...and we have to be able to explain how it happened to the teachers.
Sorry, we had a fight and hurt each other.
But we've managed to mend our friendship.
We did that kind of thing a lot back then.
Are you for real?
That rebellious teenage stage.
Teenagers are actually kind of scary.
Anyway, you'll regret it later on if you stay so laid-back
and continue being in the "go home club."
Indeed.
Being in a sports club will help you be more at ease in society later.
And you won't get to be a popular senpai if you aren't in one.
The world isn't as easy as you think it is.
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Start honing your ability to fit in with society now.
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You can't just believe everything will work out somehow.
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Totally unconvincing.
We're out of snacks.
Chika, go get more!
Mao-kun, make us tea.
Learning wisdom through the faults of their worthless sisters.
How cute!
Wow, the two of you look like dolls!
We looked really similar back then.
Was I really that much of a crybaby?
What are you looking at?
Oh that! It's cute, huh?
Yeah.
That was from the play Alice in Wonderland.
Really?
Since you like it, let me give that picture to you.
Mao! Mao!
Is something wrong?
What've you been staring at all day?
Oh. It's a photo.
What? A photo?
Lemme see!
Woah! This is...
So it was this, you should have told me to start with.
Well, you see...
You really like me a lot, don't you?
Huh?
You've been staring at this picture of me as a kid,
and it was from the play where I cross-dressed as Alice too.
I can't blame you though, I was cute wasn't I?
Maruoka.
What?
You can have this.
I don't want something gross, thank you!
It's not.
Huh? What gives? What's going on?
Similar siblings bring about a disaster.
kitto dare mo ga naritai
I'd really like to be someone different
watashi ni nara ma ii ka wa
If I had one wish, that's what I'd pick
tsukamanai hoshikage no
Thanks to this falling star
kotoba de yume wo miru
I can see it happen in my dreams
demo hontou wa dare mo ga
But back in reality,
naritai mono ni nareru
we get used to who we really are
dakara watashi ashita mo made
That's why I always
watashi wo ikerunodesu
live my life to its fullest