PPC a la Chii - Track 11

Wakayama - Shirahama Beach

1

Chihiro

Mom…!

Chihiro’s Mom

What? Did you start already?

Kaede

(Chihiro-kun’s mom…!?)

Um, nice to meet you. I’m the Chief of HAMA Tours, the company Chihiro-kun works for…

Chihiro’s Mom

Mitsuki. If you’re going to invite me to something, you wait for me to arrive. You’re so ungrateful.

Kaede

(S-She ignored me!)

Tao

She’s even more intense than I heard.

Mitsuki

Aren’t you the one who showed up late? Stop causing a scene in front of everyone that got here before you.

Chihiro’s Mom

You’re wearing too much makeup, and isn’t that dress a bit too childish for you?

Mitsuki

Ha. Still making fun of the way I look the way you used to? Don’t you have anything new?

Towa

Mitsuki-san, c-calm down…

Nayuki

Please wait… Everyone, let’s discuss this first⁠—

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Chihiro

Ta-daaaa~! Welcome tooooo Wakayama! I’m a panda-daaa!

Mitsuki & Chihiro’s Mom

……

Chihiro

Whaddya think? These are PandaGlasses~ I’m going aaaaaall out, panda style! Grrrrr… Raaaaawwwwr!

Momoka

Chi-chaaan, those moves are so silly! And your voice is so weird too!

Towa

Chiinii, you look good~!

Kaede

(Huh, his mother and sister stopped arguing…?)

Chihiro’s Mom

Ha. No matter how many times I see you, you’re still a dummy. There’s no way pandas sound like that.

Chihiro

Mom. Your seat’s over there, next to mine!

Chihiro’s Mom

You used to goof around like that allll the time when you were little. I bet you don’t even remember that, Chihiro.

Chihiro

Ehehe…

Chihiro’s Mom

Mitsuki, hurry up and start over.

Mitsuki

You’re so selfish…!

Kaede

Ah, let’s start over from the entrance, then!

(Nice assist, Chihiro-kun! You managed to keep the situation from escalating…!)

Wedding bells chime.

Chihiro

(Thank God… Looks like everything is going according to plan.)

Nayuki

Well then. Dear bride and groom…

Do you promise to, errr… share your hypes, your wins, your cutieful day to day…

And spend every day happy for the rest of your lives?

Mistuki & Oda

I do.

Nayuki

Urk…

Then, you may huggie-huggie to seal the vows.

Mitsuki

……

Oda

……

Chihiro

(My shy big sis is actually giving someone a hug…! I gotta…!)

Camera shutters.

Mitsuki

Wh?! Chihiro! You did that on purpose!

Chihiro

We got a toooon of good pics ♪ We can start the photoshoot now!

Timeskip

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Kaede

I’m glad you were able to take a lot of nice pictures, Chihiro-kun!

Chihiro

Yeah ♪ I posted a bunch of pics on dazzle and a lot of people left likes… I told the fans to keep an eye out for more, so the hype is so real!

Mitsuki

Why are you wearing those shoes? Is that why you were late?

Chihiro’s Mom

You’re so picky. I’m leaving. Don’t bother calling me for such a waste of time again.

Chihiro

M-Mom…

(She ignored her and left…)

Mitsuki

Mom!

Chihiro !

Chihiro

……!

Chihiro’s Mom

What?

Chihiro

(Oh, Mom heard her and turned around.)

Mitsuki

I’m going to be happy with this man! There’s no way I’ll end up unhappy.

Chihiro’s Mom

Oh really? Suit yourself.

Kaede

(What an intense exchange… Is Chihiro-kun alright?)

Chihiro

My big sis is so cooooool…

I wanna be like her.

Kaede

…! I bet!

(I’m glad. He doesn’t seem to be taking this as hard as I thought.)

Chihiro

……

Thank you, Chiefy. I got the photo album from Tao.

Kaede

…! Yeah, I’d heard that he gave it to you. Did it… encourage you at least a little?

Chihiro

Yeah. So that’s what it feels like to have your own photo album… When I was little, I didn’t have many pics of me taken…

So, I was reeeeaaal happy.

Kaede

I see… I’m glad, then.

Chihiro

As a thank you, I’ll be putting a lot of Big Love into the weekly cassette report for you, Chiefy!

Kaede

Really? I’ll be looking forward to it!

4

Kuguri

(Sighs)… I’m so tired from being out in the sun all day.

Nyuszi. If my pale skin turns all red, then I’ll make you take responsibility for it.

Chihiro

Thanks for showing up and giving us a hand with the photoshoot, Kugurin! Also, just use that super strong sunscreen Chii gave you the other day and you’ll be juuuust fine!

Kuguri

Ufufu. Those glasses really do make you look like a panda. They really suit you, silly little nyuszi.

Chihiro

It’s a good thing I ended up buying them. If I didn’t, a huge fight would’ve gone down between my sis and my mom…

Kuguri

……

Come to think of it, I just remembered something. Should I tell you, nyuszi?

Chihiro

……?

Kuguri

I heard that the mother panda that was so well known for being really good at taking care of her cubs was actually abandoned as a cub herself, and was raised by zookeepers.

Chihiro

……!

Kuguri

To think that the mother that dyes her cubs such a bright pink was once a pure white cub herself… Ironic, isn’t it?

Chihiro

Yeah…

Thanks for telling me that, Kugurin.

Kuguri

I’ll be leaving now.

Chihiro

(I get it now… Even if I was a white panda growing up, I can still turn pink on my own when I grow up.)

(I can turn into a real pink panda too, right?)

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Kinari

Chihiro. I’ve compiled the photo data and sent it to your device. Could you look at them?

Chihiro

……!

Super Speedy Kinyari strikes again! Lemme see~!

Kinari

Chihiro…

Chihiro

Hm? What is it, Kinyari?

Kinari

In this family photo, your mother is smiling.

Chihiro

Huh…? No way… Are you FR?

Kinari

As a self-proclaimed smile expert, I can state with 99.989% certainty that the corners of her mouth are lifted.

Chihiro

I… guess she is.

She really is.

My mom was probably smiling. It should be fine to think of it that way!

Kinari

……?

Chihiro

Doesn’t matter who makes it happen… if I go full pink panda on my own, then that’s the ultimate power move!

Kinari

I don’t quite understand, but… you always have the “total GAL mindset”, Chihiro.