Hey, Li'l Bro! Oh, Toya, you're here too♪

Pretty rare of you. I didn't know you were at school today.

I need to keep my attendance up.

I was apparently right on the line, so I had to be a good student and...

What part of you is a good student...?

We were just about to have lunch.

Did you already buy something, Akiyama?

Yeah, I got some sandwiches at the convenience store on my way over!

Hey, mind if I join you guys?

Stay if you like.

I mean, that's why you're here, right?

Hehe. Yup.

Anyway, let's eat♪

Let's eat.

Hey, I heard something about you working at a cafe...

Yeah, just for a day!

Did Ena tell you?

Yeah, it sounded pretty rough.

You had to deal with a TV shoot and big group at the same time, right?

We did! The cafe's longtime veteran couldn't make it that day, so Airi asked me to fill in.

Didn't that require quite a bit of courage? You'd never worked in food service before, right?

Yeah, it did. But I needed the money because there was this asset that I really wanted to get.

Also, I don't like tooting my own horn, but I am pretty good at decorating stuff.

Actually, wanna see the Mount Everest strawberry parfait I worked on?

Mount Everest?

Check it out! What do you think? The fruits and dollops of whipped cream look perfect, don't they?

Yes, you did a good job of creating a nice balance.

Yeah, it looks pretty, but this thing looks enormous.

Haha! They actually used this one during the shoot... I think for the close-up!

That's remarkable.

Does that mean you were also interviewed, Akiyama?

Me? No, they didn't interview me.

You should've seen the film crew. They were all like, “They've got some real cuties working here! Get your cameras on them!”

No, they didn't.

They were there for the cafe, not its workers.

Haha! You got me...

I mean, I feel like it'd be a huge pain if I got famous for some weird reason. I'd much rather have MMJ hog the spotlight!

Oh, there's the bell.

Yes, we should start heading back to our classrooms.

Yeah. Anyway, I'm glad we could chat! Thanks for letting me have lunch with you guys!

Sure thing.

Now, before I head back to my own classroom...

Li'l Bro, can I borrow your math textbook♪

What...? This was your plan all along? Not lunch?

Can't you just ask whoever's sitting next to you?

That'd make it harder for them to absorb what's going on in class. Isn't that unfair to them?

So, Li'l Bro, please!

My class is apparently a little ahead, so I'll jot down the answers and notes to all the problems for you in return.

Alright, it's yours.

Woohoo!

I heard that, Akito.

You need to do those problems yourself. Otherwise you won't—

I'm not gonna cheat or anything.

I'm just being a nice person by doing a nice thing for a friend. That's all.

Exactly♪

Thanks for letting me borrow this!