🩷💙 Rei's Forgotten Item

Hello, everyone! It's Aine♪

Today's story happened right after practice, when everyone was getting ready to head home.

On one of the studio tables, I spotted something familiar.

A black mug.

A simple design.

And a pair of headphones next to it.

🩷 Aine: "Huh?"

🩷 Aine: "This belongs to Rei-chan, right?"

It definitely looked like hers.

I mean, there were headphones.

It was black.

And somehow it just felt very Rei-like.

💙 Rei: "...Ah."

A voice came from behind me.

🩷 Aine: "Rei-chan!"

💙 Rei: "I forgot it."

🩷 Aine: "You forget things!?"

💙 Rei: "I'm human."

Well...

That was true.

But it still felt surprising.

🩷 Aine: "Here, your mug."

💙 Rei: "Thanks."

As she took it back, I couldn't help asking a question.

🩷 Aine: "Do you really like this mug?"

💙 Rei: "Yeah."

🩷 Aine: "Is it your favorite?"

💙 Rei: "Yeah."

🩷 Aine: "How many of the same one do you have?"

💙 Rei: "..."

🩷 Aine: "Eh?"

💙 Rei: "Probably four."

🩷 Aine: "FOUR!?"

That was way more than I expected.

Apparently, they all look almost identical too.

I wonder how she tells them apart.

Then I noticed something.

Rei's bag was slightly open.

And something was peeking out.

Round ears.

Fluffy fur.

And...

Headphones.

🩷 Aine: "...Rei-chan."

💙 Rei: "What?"

🩷 Aine: "What's that?"

💙 Rei: "What?"

🩷 Aine: "It's sticking out of your bag."

💙 Rei: "..."

Rei quietly looked down.

Then quietly closed the bag.

🩷 Aine: "I saw it, you know."

💙 Rei: "You didn't."

🩷 Aine: "That headphone-wearing bear."

💙 Rei: "You didn't."

🩷 Aine: "You said that twice!"

I definitely saw it.

And honestly?

It was really cute.

💙 Rei: "...It's music-related merchandise."

🩷 Aine: "It's a plushie, right?"

💙 Rei: "Music-related merchandise."

🩷 Aine: "It's a plushie."

💙 Rei: "..."

At that moment—

🩵 Ruka: "What are you two doing?"

🧡 Hinata: "Ooh! Something fun happening?"

💜 Shizuku: "My, my~?"

Uh-oh.

Everyone had arrived.

💙 Rei: "Aine."

🩷 Aine: "Yes?"

💙 Rei: "I'd appreciate it if you kept quiet about this."

🩷 Aine: "That might be impossible."

💙 Rei: "I see."

She gave up surprisingly fast.

And somehow, that made it even funnier.

Just before we left—

💙 Rei: "Aine."

🩷 Aine: "Hmm?"

💙 Rei: "Don't write about this in your blog."

🩷 Aine: "Ehehe♪"

💙 Rei: "..."

Looking at Rei's face at that moment,

I think she'd already accepted her fate.

But honestly...

I was happy to discover a different side of cool Rei-chan.

Maybe I found another one of her secrets♪

To Be Continued...

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