W-What are you saying, Yashiko!?

Meibu-sensei only ever works alone! She never needed an assistant!

You're being rude!

Really?

You know a lot.

Since you have the talent and aim to be pro,

then rather than becoming an assistant to someone like me,

I think it's better to win the award

At least, that's what I think.

That's good too, but...

You won't change your mind about that no matter what?

Eh?

I was praising her though...

Do you want Tsubomi-chan to be my assistant that bad, Yashiko-chan?

It's just... when she was looking at your notebook earlier, Sensei...

Tsubomi's eyes...

They were sparkling with real excitement.

Seeing her like that, it made me really happy too...

She must really look up to you.

She's been kinda down lately, you see...