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"Wow! Is this for real?" Yume asked, staring at Laura's house.

"Of course!" Laura said.

"But... it's like the size of a castle!"

"My family tree is full of great musicians, starting from thousands of years ago. Of course it's big."

"Meh," Ako said. "It's about the size of my house."

"We came here to practice," Mahiru said. "Why are we staring at her house?"

"Because it's huge!" Yume said, stretching her arms out. "Just look at it!"

"Can we just practice now?"

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"Wow!" Yume looked around the house. "A grand piano!"

"Of course," Laura said. "My mom is a famous pianist. Obviously we'd have a good piano. She needs to practice. Okay, the practice room is this way."

She gestured towards a large door.

Yume gently pushed open the door.

"Wow! It's like the size of a gym!"

"Yume, please stop 'wowing' everything so loudly," Ako said, waving her hand. "My eardrums are starting to hurt."

"Let's just practice," Mahiru suggested.

Laura turned on the radio.

"Wow!" Yume yelled. "It's so-" She covered her mouth. "Sorry, Ako."

"C'mon, the music's starting," Mahiru said.

The girls got into format - Yume and Laura in the front, and Ako and Mahiru in the back - and began to sing and dance along with the music.

(Please refer to Episode 37 for the format- it's the Christmas self-produced show.)

Taiyou ga warratteiru kara hora

Tori mo kusa mo utau yo merodii...

(I'm not writing the whole song.)

"All right!" Yume yelled afterwards. "Almost perfect!"

"What do you mean, almost? That was perfect!" Ako said.

"We don't have our coords yet!" Yume said.

"You're right!" Ako realized. "We need to-"

"We can design them tomorrow at school!" Yume said. "For now... slumber party!"

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"Laura, your room is so big!" Yume said, staring at all the empty space.

"This way, we can all fit nicely, though," she replied. "I'll go get some mattresses and blankets."

Laura left the room.

"Didn't we come to practice?" Mahiru asked.

"I figured, since we're here, might as well have a sleepover!" Yume cheered.

"What's with your logic?" Mahiru groaned, having that giant bead of sweat and those blue lines anime characters have on their face in this situation.

"I wonder if Laura is okay carrying three mattresses and blankets," Ako realized.

"Aikatsu!" Laura yelled, throwing three stacked queen sized mattresses and folded blankets into the room.

"I guess so..." Ako said.

"Time to sleep!" Laura said. "Into the bathroom to brush your teeth and all!"

"Laura, it's only eight o'clock," Ako said.

"'The early bird gets the worm,'" Laura replied. "And 'early to bed, early to rise.'"

Nevertheless, the girls stayed up until midnight, chatting the time away.

(I wonder what Laura thought...)

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