Kansai Shizuha tilted her head. "Hm? Then you should go too."
"Yes!"
Filled with a mixture of determination, anticipation, and excitement, Inui Shinju hummed a little tune as she walked out of the room.
"Is going to the bathroom really something to be that happy about?" Kitagawa Marin looked confused.
"No idea~"
"But the weather's pretty nice today! It's cloudy, but if the timing is right, we can still get that gloomy atmosphere!"
"Yeah, it rained a few days ago, so it's great that it won't rain again so soon."
"By the way~ Chuchu-sama!"
"What is it?"
"C-can we take a picture together?" Kitagawa Marin rarely looked flustered. She nervously turned her face away, not daring to look at her. "Is that okay?"
"...I don't mind. Do as you like."
"Really!? Yay! I love you~"
Using an overhead angle through the phone camera, she captured both of them in the frame, one standing and one sitting.
Staring at the photo, Kitagawa Marin was so moved that she teared up. Her voice choked as she said, "I'm s-so grateful! I can't take it~~ Can I post this?"
"You can, but your makeup's going to come off if you keep this up."
"..."
As they chatted, fifteen minutes passed without them realizing it.
"By the way, Shinju's taking forever."
"Yeah. Sakurakoji-kun changing clothes is one thing... Whoa! That post from earlier has so many likes and reposts! It's the most I've ever gotten! Chuchu-sama really is amazing!"
"Isn't it because you only ever post pictures of food? What are those things you occasionally post where you pile all kinds of toppings onto fried rice?"
"That's food I made, you know?"
"...You're kidding, right? Then what was that from the night before last?"
"That was the dinner Sakurakoji-kun specially brought when he delivered