Cats and the Camellia Train - Chapter 13

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Location: Camellia Train Live Stage

Arashi: Everyone~, we brought you some hot drinks ♪

Nazuna: We got a lot of different kinds, so choose the one you like~

Leo: Ah, how thoughtful! It’s so cold I thought I was gonna freeze, you saved me~ ♪

Sora: HaHa~♪ Thank you very much! When someone’s generous, you thank them!

Yuuta: Harukawa-kun, you said before that you’re fine with sweet things, right?

Sora: Yes! But, why do you ask?

Yuuta: There was only sweet red-bean soup left, but I’m not good with sweet stuff like this… I was wondering if you’d trade me for yours, Harukawa-kun.

Sora: That’s fine by Sora, but mine’s sweet, too~. Look, look, it’s caramel coffee ♪

Arashi: Oh my, so Yuuta-chan doesn’t like sweet things. If you’re okay with my black coffee, I’ll trade with you?

Yuuta: That’d be great, but can I really have it?

Arashi: Of course. Lately, I’ve been feeling rather plump so I try to abstain from sweet stuff, so I went for the black coffee, but I couldn’t drink it…

If we trade, it’ll be a good deal for both of us ♪

But you know, it really is cold. Even if the drink warms you up, your body still cools down immediately after.

Geez, the cold is the enemy of all maidens~. Anzu-chan, you be careful, too.

Oh my, what’s that? A hand warmer…?

Aah, so you want to say that you’re fine since you’ve got hand warmers. There, there, good girl~ ♪

Sora: …….?

Ah, it started to snow~♪ Everyone, please look at the sky!

Arashi: Oh my, you’re right. It’s no wonder it’s so cold. The Camellia Train Live is outside the shop, so if it snows too much, it might get canceled.

Well, judging from the snow’s movement, it looks like it’ll stop soon. If only it would’ve stayed like this until the live show is over.

Yuuta: Oh, so it’s called “Camellia Train Live”~. There was no official name written in the pamphlets, did they decide on it last minute?

Arashi: Not at all. I could call it “The promotional live for the cat café” too, but that’d be so unsophisticated, don’t you think? So I just decided to call it “Camellia Train Live” all by myself.

Look, there’s camellias growing around the stage, right? They serve as a wonderful backdrop for the stage.

Yuuta: Ah, you’re right. And now that I look closely, there are camellias drawn on the exterior of the streetcar as well. Maybe in order to match the flowers around?

Akatsuki is well-suited to perform in this live show ♪

Arashi: Ufufu, that thought didn’t even cross my mind when I asked for Souma-chan’s help. But looking at it now, it really suits Akatsuki perfectly.

The outfits and such were provided by the clients, so we didn’t even know what they were going to look like until today…

Before I came over here, I went behind the stage to give a cheer of encouragement to Souma-chan and the others.

The outfits suited Akatsuki so well, you might just think they were made for them ♪

Yuuta: Aah, so the outfits weren’t prepared by Kiryuu-senpai this time. ...Anzu-san? Why are you looking disappointed?

Arashi: It’s Anzu-chan we’re talking about, so she probably wanted to be the one to make the outfits.

In any case, I was wondering why everything from the outfits to the stage and even the details matched Akatsuki so well.

It seems like the cats of “Hana” like Japanese style music. I asked the store manager, so there’s no mistake about it.

And certainly, whenever I went there to play with the cats, it was playing. Taking that into account, it’s only natural they’d do the live show in Japanese style too.

Yuuta: Now that you say it, in the cat café inside the streetcar they were playing Japanese style music, too. So that was in order to relax the cats, huh.

...Oh, just as Narukami-senpai said, the snow has stopped. In that case the live show can start as planned ♪

Nazuna: Yeah. It’s about time for the live show to start. Everyone be quiet, okay~?

Leo: Wahaha, Keito~! Do your best, do your best, I’m cheering you on!

Nazuna: Uuu, just as I said that he’s gotten noisy… Well, I guess cheers of encouragement are fine. At our usual lives, there’s no restrictions for cheers and applause after all.

Leo: Yup, yup, if you wanna shut up and quietly appreciate the arts, go to a museum! It’s an idol live show, so we should make a lot of noise and have fun ♪

Arashi: It’s as you say. Let’s thoroughly watch Akatsuki’s live show ♪