It's been sooo long, Hanamaru! I'm so glad we got to meet up! We're gonna have a blast today at the sports rec park!

Yeah! I'm also glad we get to meet up, zura. Good to see you and Eli are doing as well as ever.

Thank you! You and Mari look as chipper as ever too!

Actually, the whole gang was supposed to come…like Kayo-chin, Maki, and Honoka too. But something came up, so they couldn't make it.

Ooh, I see. Chika and the others in Aqours had plans and couldn't come either, zura.

What a bummer… But I get to hang out with you and Mari, and that's good enough for me! We'll just have to have enough fun to make up for all the lost company!

Yeah! Although…I'm not that good at P.E. type stuff. I'm actually kind of worried it might not be fun for me…

It's okay! You can come to me with any questions you've got! No need to worry. Though uh, this is my first time going to one of these, too.

*Giggle* Then as fellow newbies, we'll have to help each other out! I think you'll probably be helping me out more, though, since you're actually athletic.

We don't know that yet! I mess up at sporty stuff sometimes too.

There's the time I was chasing after a soccer ball and toppled over into some bushes, or the time I got my foot caught on a hurdle and fell flat on my face…

What?! You've tripped up that badly too? I guess it's true that even Homer nods, zura.

Who's Homer?

Wait, then that means I might get to see a whole new side to Rin today… Doesn't it, zura?!

What? Don't tell me you're looking forward to that! N-Nooo! I don't want you watching me mess up!

Ooh! Ah, I'm sorry, zura! I just started thinking about getting to see a whole new side of you…and got a bit overexcited.

Hanamaru, I never expected you to be so devious!

I-I-I-I'm not! If you did mess up in any way, I'd pretend I never saw it and come save you, zura! I definitely wouldn't look.

Really?

Just leave it to me, zura!

Hmm… Yeah, you wouldn't lie about that. I'll be counting on you to help me when the time comes, Hanamaru!

Rin, Hanamaru! What are you two doing? We're going to leave you behind!

Okay! Let's go, Hanamaru!

Okay!

I might…take the teeniest, tiniest peek, though… So forgive me, Rin.