Let's see... I'm at school all day tomorrow, so I should make sure that I have all the right textbooks ready.

(But I've finished doing all my homework, so I can just do my stretches and...)

A message...?

Oh, from An...

<Hey, Haruka! You free to talk right now?>

About what...?

<Yeah, sure.>

Oh, that must be her...

<Sorry, Haruka, I know it's late.>

<No, that's okay.

So, what did you want to talk about?>

<Valentine's Day.

I heard about how you helped Kohane.>

<Including how you taught Toya how to put on makeup and how to pose for a photo shoot.>

<Oh, that?>

<I decided to help her a little after she told me what she was doing for you.>

<A little?

You guys placed in the top ten for that contest, right?>

<I don't deserve all the credit.>

<Aoyagi and Kohane both did an amazing job...>

<Not only that, he was able to do basically all the things I told him about posing in one try.>

<He even started to take my advice towards the end and used it to come up with his own poses.>

<Yeah, Toya mentioned that!

He said he was so happy when you praised him!>

<Hehe. He was?>

<Oh, what about Kohane?

Tell me more about her!>

<Hmm... I could...

But she's probably already told you everything, right?>

<Yeah, but I wanna hear your side of the story. Quit holding out on me.>

<Okay, relax.>

<So, she was definitely the most motivated out of all of us. She did everything she could to take the best pictures she could of Aoyagi.>

<And her attention to detail was remarkable. She made all these fine adjustments between each shot.>

<Hehe. I can see it already.>

<I'd seen signs of it before, but Kohane's more of a perfectionist than I realized.>

<I know, right?!

Especially when it comes to photography and singing!>

<She becomes good at whatever she loves doing, you know?>

<Yeah, I see.

Also...>

<I think that's all I have to tell you.

Satisfied?>

<Super duper satisfied! Thanks, Haruka!>

<You're welcome.>

<But the more you told me about them, the more they sounded like their usual selves.>

<Really...?>

<Yeah, like when we're having singing practice!>

<Toya always tries to get at the root cause of a problem and does his best to put the advice he receives into practice.>

<Kohane too. She always practices the same thing over and over again until she's completely satisfied.>

<I didn't know that...>

<Uh oh...

We've been talking for two hours!>

<Wow, you're right. Time really flew by...>

<Wanna stop here?>

<Probably should.>

<Again, thanks for what you did!

Those chocolates you guys got me were so good!>

<Again, you're welcome.>

<Anyway, night!

Let's talk again soon!>

<Night, An.>

(I wasn't expecting her to call me like this, but I guess she was just that happy.)

And it ended up being pretty fun, so I'm glad I decided to help.