"Good work today, everyone. Let's call it a day."
Miki Kashiwagi handed out today's rehearsal pay to the five girls one by one. It wasn't much—just a modest 7,500 yen—but being teenagers who had earned the money with their own hands, their eyes were filled with the satisfaction of self-actualization and earned value.
Sakiko, however, was still a bit unhappy. Ryo had actually bought her extra-spicy takoyaki earlier, and her mouth was still numb.
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