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Kirihara Akaya stared at the TV set from the store window perplexedly, shaking his head as a sense of nostalgia and acute sorrow overcame him.

"Bakaya?" Marui walked over, blowing his trademark apple bubblegum. "Whatcha looking at?"

Akaya shook his head, looking confused. "No-nothing. I just – I dunno. It's nothing, Marui-sempai. Let's go; we're behind."

With that, he pulled on the shorter (and older) boy behind him, running after the rest of their team.

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