Miyuki spots Aika!

Miyuki blinked the sleep out of her eyes, and stretched in bed. “Another day, another adventure!“ she said to noone as she jumped out of bed as energetically as she could. Running to the bathroom, she quickly brushed her teeth, sprinted down the stairs, grabbing her apron and the keys, then yelled behind herself as she shut the front door behind her.

"I’m off now, I’ll be back later!”

Noone replied. Of course noone replied. Her father was dead, and her mother was in a coma in hospital. But Miyuki felt that if she didn’t at least keep up her past pattern once in a while, she’d become overwhelmed by loneliness.

Running to her lemonade stand just outside of her garden, she spotted someone walking down the road who she had never seen before in this neighbourhood. And Miyuki knew everyone in this neighbourhood, as she had been living in this part of Akibastar since she had been born.

I wonder who that is? she thought, then spotted the heart shaped pattern on the girl’s hair. Ah! Of course! The auditions for the 78th generation kenkyuusei! She must be one of the auditionees! I know, I’ll go say hi!

“Hey!” she called out to the girl, then ran to catch up with her, jogging in place beside her. Miyuki was the type who always had to be moving, because she had uncontainable energy. “Hi! I’m Takahashi Miyuki, one of the hopefuls for the 78th generation kenkyuusei for 0048! From the look of you, you’re one too, am I right? Nice to meet you! Hope we get to be members together!”