Outer space - 1

[A couple minutes later, at the CosPro office inside the ES Building…]

Mika: I’m so sorry, I’m real late to work today—

Ibara: —Mr. Kagehira, congratulations!

Hinata & Yuuta: Congrats~!

Mika: C- “Congrats” …!? Uu, don’t go “congratulations” too much to me right now. I feel frightened rememberin’ the nightmare I had this mornin’… Actually, what’s all the hubbub? You’re poppin’ party poppers, so I guess it’s some party of sorts…?

Yuuta: Ahaha, what kind of nightmare did you have to have to turn "congratulations" into a trauma? But anyhow, this celebration is for you, Kagehira-senpai, who will be launched into "space"!

Hinata: Gosh, I can't believe you're going to space, Kagehira-senpai! I really feel like you've become some distant existence, now both mentally AND physically! ♪

Mika: Space?! And don't tell me there's a rocket out there too...?!

Rinne: Oi oi, you half asleep or somethin'? Need another one o'these to be popped to wake ya up? Poor Niki and Merumeru couldn't make it to work today, so I'll be celebratin' in their stead! Gyahaha! ♪

Nagisa: ...I'll pop one in Hiyori-kun's stead. It'd be lonely to leave him out.

Mika: ... ...Ohhh, I get it now. I'm still dreamin', aren't I.

Jun: Excuse me? What do you mean "still dreaming", Kagehira-san?

Mika: Nfufu, I said that this is all a dream! Hey, Jun-kun. Mind pinchin' my cheek fer me?

Jun: ... (pinches Mika's cheek)

Mika: Ah-ow ow ow?! How come my sense of pain's still here in this dream?!

Jun: Mind comin' back to your senses soon? If it hurts, that means it's not a dream, you know~?