2ECONDS TO STΔRLIVHT: Forever My Diamond/Story/Chapter 2
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It's the end of another school day, and Sera thinks to herself about the common misconception that the final year of middle school is the easiest, concluding that the people who think so likely weren't taking very difficult electives; lamenting the exhausting nature of each day among homework and finals, she moves to thoughts of her break after it's done.
Sera daydreams about the new Heather Valentine novel she picked up, pre-emptively becoming defensive over having a romance novel: "Her works are bestsellers for a reason..."
She thinks about putting in more time into piano practice and writing music, all in all making for a productive break - as well as playing some new indie games with Grace, the part Sera looks forward to the most.
She realises she may be getting ahead of herself, and grounds herself in the present, a few more weeks before graduation, in a routine she admits she won't miss - however, she feels something seems off...
Sera's phone starts buzzing - a new message on LUNE, from Akira:
Akira
Hey Sera!
Doing anything after school today?
Sera
hm not exactly
Akira
Okay great
Sera
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She puts her phone away, wondering if there were pre-existing plans with Akira that she'd forgotten, and why Akira didn't just decide to tell her there and then, especially if it's something important; Sera comments on Akira's nature as a very upfront person who often asks people for thoughts, and on him being both fun to plan things with, and a huge help as vice president of the music club, and the first friend she and Grace made in middle school.
Her thoughts turn to Grace, but before they can continue, Sera is interrupted by a very fake throat clearing sound from someone standing behind her in the corridor: Hinamori, rumourmonger, burn book keeper and president of the unnerving popular school tabloid. She corrects Sera with her first name - Yoko - and asks to continue their "interview":
I did? I can't recall.
Sera notes this as a bluff, and that the interview about the music club had only been promised to Yoko to get her to go away at the Senior Festival, something that Yoko as a "true reporter" corroborates. Sera tells her to write some proper articles for once rather than gossip, though Yoko insists it's an interview with the star of the Music Club about their performance at the festival.
Sera relents, and Yoko asks her first question, a whisper in her ear - a blunt "are you dating akira":
That's none of your business!
Yoko takes note of Sera's "defensive" reaction: "Where there's smoke, there's fire..." and moves to the next question.
He's just a friend!
//2
...Let's not answer this question.
//3
Can't we just do this some other time?
//2
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