*Hum*

Dia, I finished organizing the documents like you asked me to. Can you check to see that I did it right?

Of course. Please show them to me.

[Fade in/out.]

This looks good, and these are…good too. Everything is in perfect order. Thank you very much. You've been a huge help.

You're very welcome. I'm glad I could be of service. It must be tough doing student council work every single day, huh.

*Giggle* That's what makes it worth doing. Thanks to that, I'm living every day to its fullest. Recently, I've felt especially good about the work I'm doing.

Is that so? Now that you mention it, you do seem to be in a really good mood today. You were even humming to yourself earlier.

I-I was?! I didn't even notice. I apologize for appearing so overenthusiastic…

*Laugh* It's fine. It's much better than having you work in a bad mood. But, that being said, what's got you feeling so chipper lately?

Umm… Well, it's nothing big, but…

I've just had more opportunities to speak with students than I used to, that's all. That's uplifted me a fair amount.

You weren't able to talk to them much before now?

That's right… Before, people were scared of me, or I guess they thought I was stubborn, so not many people talked to me.

I wasn't very proactive when it came to speaking to others either. Sure, I did greet people in the morning and talk about student council affairs, but that was it.

I see. I guess I can see that, now that you mention it…

Huh? You thought I was scary too?!

N-No, that's not what I meant! It's just that, before we became friends like this, I thought you might be too cool for me.

I can't believe that's how you saw me…

After meeting you in person and talking with you so much, I now know how nice of a person you really are.

Maybe the Uranohoshi students felt the same way I did before, but now, I guess something made them change their minds?

That would be thanks to Aqours and everything that we've done. It seems seeing me dance onstage made them want to talk to me.

I get that. Seeing someone you find hard to approach because she's too cool, singing happily with a smile on her face… You can't help but find that contrast endearing!

E-Endearing? I don't know about that, but it does seem the difference between people's first impressions of me and reality was enough for them to show interest in me.

This has allowed me to gradually start talking to all kinds of people, and now everyone feels free to talk to me. I even received some feedback from the last live show today.

Yeah? That's great!

Thank you. I feel like I am able to enjoy conversations far more than I used to. I would love to speak with more and more people.