🎶春日の響きと記憶の音 — Chapter 178

🌸✨ In this alternate universe, Mio and みお are twin sisters, set in a unified world where the virtual singers of Crypton Future Media, Team TWINDRILL, INTERNET Co., Ltd., and the characters of Project SEKAI: Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku coexist. 🌙🎶 💜💗💜💗💜 Story 💗💜💗💜💗 Chocolate Bananas and Afternoon Laughter After a brief wait, KAITO looked around and saw that everyone had settled into their seats. He smiled and spoke. “Then, shall we begin?” Rin had been unable to wait for much longer and immediately raised the chocolate banana in her hand. “Let’s eat!” Teto also followed energetically. “Let’s eat! Texture team, charge!” “It’s just eating,” Len said calmly. Even though he said that, he still lowered his head and took a bite of the chocolate banana in his hand. Miku carefully took a bite, and a gentle smile immediately appeared on her face. “Mm… It’s delicious.” MEIKO also took a bite, a faint smile resting on her lips. “Eating slowly while sitting down really is more comfortable.” KAITO tasted his own snack while nodding seriously. Len glanced at him. “Are you about to review it again?” KAITO smiled. “I haven’t said anything yet.” Mio watched everyone’s lively reactions and also lowered her head to take a bite of her chocolate banana. The sweetness slowly spread in her mouth, simple yet comforting. “Mm… It really is delicious,” Mio said softly. みお also carefully took a bite, her eyes brightening slightly. Rin immediately smiled at her. “みお’s reaction is so cute!” みお’s cheeks flushed faintly. “It’s just… really delicious.” Everyone’s laughter gently spread through the seating area. Just then, Luka noticed that Gakupo was still sitting quietly beside them, without a chocolate banana of his own in his hand. Remembering that she had promised to let him try a small bite earlier, she held out the chocolate banana in her hand slightly. “Do you want to try a little?” Gakupo looked at her and nodded slightly. “Then, excuse me.” He accepted the chocolate banana. At first, it seemed as though he only meant to bring it closer, but in the middle of the motion, his hand accidentally stopped in front of Luka. It looked as if he were about to feed her. Luka froze slightly, and a faint red immediately colored her cheeks. “…Did you point it in the wrong direction?” Gakupo also paused, the tips of his ears quietly turning red. “My apologies.” He was just about to pull his hand back when Miku blinked innocently. “Huh? Is Gakupo going to feed Luka?” The air fell briefly silent. Rin and Teto’s eyes lit up almost at the same time, but MEIKO merely looked at them with a smile, and the two of them immediately lowered their heads obediently and continued eating. Luka grew even more embarrassed. “That’s not what this is…” Gakupo looked at the chocolate banana in his hand, then back at Luka, his tone still serious. “Since it has already been offered this way… if you do not mind, then the first bite should be yours.” Luka was silent for a few seconds before lightly averting her gaze. “…Just one bite.” She lowered her head slightly and took a small bite from Gakupo’s hand. Gakupo’s hand remained steady the entire time, though he seemed unusually stiff. When Luka lifted her head, there was still a faint blush on her face. “That’s enough.” “Mm.” Gakupo answered quietly. Only then did he turn it toward himself and take a small bite, before handing the chocolate banana back to Luka. The table fell quiet for a moment. Rin lowered her head and bit into her own chocolate banana, though her shoulders were trembling slightly. Teto also turned her gaze to the side, but the corners of her mouth would not stay down. Mio pretended to focus on the treat in her hand, though a gentle smile was hidden in her eyes. みお lightly pressed her lips together, as if trying hard to hold back her laughter. Miku blinked, seemingly not fully understanding why everyone had suddenly gone quiet, but seeing that everyone was smiling, she smiled innocently too. MEIKO watched the scene without saying anything, and she did not deliberately break the atmosphere. She simply wore a gentle, slightly helpless smile as she slowly took another bite of the chocolate banana in her hand. KAITO also smiled softly, as if choosing to tuck this little incident quietly away in his heart. Len looked around at everyone and, in the end, merely lowered his head calmly and continued eating without saying anything more. No one teased them aloud. No one deliberately pointed out what had just happened. Everyone simply held the chocolate bananas in their hands, secretly smiling as they continued eating as if nothing had happened. The sunlight after the rain slanted into the seating area, reflecting off the different-colored chocolate coatings and making the quiet smiles flowing around the table seem even softer. The sweetness slowly spread in their mouths, while the lively noise of the school festival continued not far away. KAITO looked at everyone and spoke in a gentle voice. “Still, sitting together like this, chatting and eating, really does feel like a school festival.” Mio nodded lightly. “Yeah. When everyone is together, even an ordinary snack feels special.” みお also looked at the chocolate banana in her hand and said softly, “Today… is really fun.” Hearing that, Miku smiled happily too. “Mm! And when everyone eats together, it feels even more delicious.” Rin immediately nodded. “Exactly! This is what a school festival is all about!” Teto also raised the chocolate banana in her hand and said with full energy, “Sweets, a seating area, and everyone chatting together! That’s the perfect combination!” Len looked at her calmly. “You look like you’ve completely recovered your energy.” Teto smiled and puffed out her chest. “Because it’s delicious!” Everyone laughed again. And that brief little incident was quietly tucked into the laughter of the afternoon by everyone’s shared understanding. It was never spoken aloud, yet it gently became one of the warmest little memories of that day.