"Um, you should have some snacks…"
At that moment, Taki's older sister walked in from outside carrying snacks and milk.
However, when she saw the two by the table—so close they were practically about to embrace, completely unaware of her arrival—her expression couldn't help but change.
"Taki-chan and Mr. Kamijou…"
Just earlier, she had been worrying that her little sister's high emotional intelligence and eloquence might make Kamijou Mutsuki not like her.
Yet in just this short moment, they were already about to hug?
Who would've thought—Taki was this bold?
"They're just composing,"
Anon's words sounded less like an explanation to Taki's sister and more like she was trying to convince herself.
"That's right, that's all it is!"
After all, with Taki's personality, how could she possibly have that kind of feeling toward Kamijou Mutsuki?
Impossible. Absolutely impossible!
"Composing, huh…"
Hearing this, Taki's sister revealed a somewhat meaningful smile, her gaze sweeping across the girls in the room.
"Even if I don't really understand what you're all doing, you must be tired after so long, right?"
She set down the tray with snacks and milk.
"Have something to eat and take a break!"
Seeing this, Anon quickly thanked her and took the tray.
Having completed her task, Taki's sister didn't stay any longer and turned to leave. However, recalling what she had just seen, she couldn't help but sigh softly in her heart.
Her silly little sister seemed to have quite a lot of competition.
And every single one of them was a rare beauty, both in temperament and appearance—top-tier.
Aside from having a slightly better figure, Taki didn't seem to have any particular advantage.
How could she help her silly little sister stand out among so many beautiful girls?
For example… sisters?
As if thinking of something, Taki's sister quickly shook her head, her cheeks flushing red.
As the older sister, she shouldn't meddle too much. At least from what she had just seen, Taki actually had a huge advantage!
Inside the room, even with Kamijou Mutsuki's help, composing a complete and excellent piece was ultimately not something simple.
After the girls had finished the snacks and milk for quite a while, and "cat" had even eaten an extra parfait bought by the driver, the song was finally completed.
"Rikki…"
However, after Taki finally finished composing, what she saw was Anon looking at her with a slightly complicated expression.
Why was she looking at her like that?
Could it be that something was wrong?
The girl felt puzzled, an inexplicable unease rising within her—she didn't even bother correcting Anon's way of addressing her.
"So this is Taki-chan's composition?"
Soyo quickly took the score Taki had written, steering the topic back to the new song.
"It's absolutely amazing—like heavenly music~"
Wait, you can tell it's heavenly just by looking at sheet music?
And why does that line sound so familiar?
Anon complained inwardly, but didn't dwell on the ambiguous atmosphere between Taki and someone earlier, instead joining "cat" and the others as they gathered around.
"It's finally done…"
"So this is our new song?"
"It's really amazing!"
Seeing the song fully completed, the girls finally relaxed, their expressions filled with excitement as they began discussing it.
Even "cat," for once, wasn't drifting outside the band.
Without a doubt, this was a new song that belonged to all of them!
"Speaking of which, the name of the new song…"
At that moment, Anon suddenly brought up a key question.
"What does Mutsuki think?"
However, Tomori tossed the question to Kamijou Mutsuki.
"This is our song…"
Clearly, the "our" in Tomori's words included a certain someone.
With the expression on the girl's face at that moment, there was an indescribable sense of ambiguity.
At the very least, when Taki saw this, she couldn't help but frown, feeling a subtle discomfort in her heart.
Just what kind of spell had this guy cast on Tomori?
And this scumbag—he really was way too good at attracting girls, wasn't he?
"…Since it's a poem,"
Facing Tomori's question, Kamijou Mutsuki fell silent for a moment before speaking with a soft smile.
"Then let's call it… Utakotoba!"
In fact, although this song still retained many traces of the original Utakotoba, its overall structure was also very similar.
The tone of the two songs was completely the same as well.
However, Tomori didn't have those original experiences, and with a different state of mind, it was only natural that she couldn't write exactly the same lyrics.
Even so, Kamijou Mutsuki still chose this name.
Though the content was different, the meaning remained the same.
This was a new "poem," a Utakotoba that belonged to them now! And if you added the version from the anime later, wouldn't that be double the happiness?
"Utakotoba…"
Hearing the name, the girls all felt something special.
It was as if this song was meant to have this name all along.
"That's right, Utakotoba…"
Tomori, in particular, was completely on the same wavelength, nodding vigorously.
"…This is everyone's 'poem'!"
"When you put it that way, Tomori…"
Anon scratched her slightly flushed cheek.
"…it makes us feel kind of embarrassed."
With that, the girls' task for the day was finally completed successfully.
Anon even collapsed onto the cushion, like a pink salted fish.
"Finally done, I'm so tired~"
Even though they hadn't done any physical labor, the intense mental effort had left them exhausted deep down.
Although this new song was mainly completed by Tomori, Taki, and Kamijou Mutsuki, the others' contributions, though small, were already the best they could give.
The girls lay there, all feeling like they didn't want to move for the time being.
On top of that, it was already close to midnight, so Taki simply suggested that everyone stay over at her place for the night.
After thinking it over, none of the girls refused.
Of course, they still needed to inform their families.
When Mutsumi learned that Kamijou Mutsuki would be staying at Taki's house tonight, she couldn't help but frown.
However, after finding out that everyone else would be there too, her expression gradually relaxed.
After all, with so many people around, nothing could really happen… right?
After that, they had dinner together. Although it was already quite late, thanks to Anon and the others' efforts, the meal was fairly plentiful.
What followed needed little explanation, but when it came time to sleep, the girls ran into a problem.
Taki's house didn't have as many rooms as Kamijou Mutsuki's.
And since it was a rare full-group sleepover for MyGO!!!!!, the girls simply decided to clear a large space in the living room, lay out futons, and sleep together.
Just like in the anime…
Anon, in particular, seemed quite excited about it.
However, there was one issue now.
Who would sleep with Kamijou Mutsuki?
Although he was also part of the band, there was still a difference between boys and girls.
"Mutsuki,"
Very quickly, Tomori gave her answer.
"Can you sleep with me tonight?"
The little penguin hugged her pillow, acting spoiled in Kamijou Mutsuki's arms.
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