The summer festival on vacations

The sunlight reflected on high buildings, glaring on light blue windows, making people squint their eyes. The breeze did not cool the heat, but gave a pleasant feeling to everyone who was lucky to sense it. Two humans with blond hair were walking down on the street, their clothes let you know they were from the same school. Children were lucky: when summer comes, vacation time comes too, with free time, and also a question — what to do during so much free time. — «Hey, onii-chan, do you understand, today was the last day of school!» — a girl shouted with excitement. Her eyes were sparkling from happiness. — «Now we can finally rest!» A young man, who was walking nearby, sighed quietly. He didn’t mind focusing only on his own stuff, without the need to worry about homework. The girl was willing to make her always quiet and not so emotional brother speak more, so she took more initiative: — «How are you planning to spend this time?» The boy thought for a second, recalling all options he had, making the list in his head. — «I am planning to continue to work with the director, and I was thinking about getting close with the troupe Lalalai.» He was looking thoughtfully at the trees, planted in a row. Maintaining dialogue, he remembered about her sister’s idol’s group’s success. — «Ruby, are you going to have any concerts this season? The summer is a good time for this when a part of your fans are on their summer vacation too.» — «Ah? The concerts?» The girl looked confused for a moment, did not expect such a question, and stood in a thinking position, bringing up an index finger to her lips. — «Mh, indeed», — she said leisurely. — «Ah, I know what we’re going to do this summer!» Ruby’s eyes started to spark even brighter than the sun when she announced it. — «We’ll sing summer songs! And they will be brand new ones!» She was so inspired by this idea so she spun around in one place, splashing out energy. — «Be careful not to fall because of these spinning movements.» — «I practice a lot, Aqua!» — she replied reproachfully, stopping for a second. — «And I’m not going to fall just after one spin. We danced a lot too, and there were many more times when you really have had a risk of falling, so this is just nothing.» Ruby crossed her arms over her chest, showing her confidence in what she just said. — «You don’t need to worry about me so much, big brother!» — she teased him for showing way too much care about everything, and then they continued to walk. Ruby wondered what their new songs would be about, Aqua replied to her notes with a quiet sigh, sometimes sharing ideas for their group. Indeed, he should talk about this with their manager.

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There were three of them — the members of the new B—Komachi group — and they lively discussed their plans for this summer break. — «Mem-Cho, Kana-chan, my brother gave me a fantastic idea! We can organize a concert for a summer festival!» Ruby, fired by the idea of the second performance of their group, wanted to discuss a plan with her friends. Her mind was already filled with new dances and rhymes of new songs, and the main theme was pretty obvious — the summer, although the details need to be discussed yet. — «We surely need to actively post something on social networks, these are the key to the popularity nowadays», — Mem-Cho started talking first, thinking about another part of the plan. — «People love diversity stuff, we can also post our preparation photos for this festival aside from the festival photos themselves?» — «We need to figure out what exactly we will bring to the festival. Kana, what do you think about this?» Arima, thinking about Mem-Cho's phrase, put the bottle of juice on the nightstand. After a second's pause, she decided to make her own suggestion. — «What if we do something of our own? I mean, truly our own. Like drawings of nature or our portraits.» Seeing the girls' thoughtful faces, she continued: — «I mean, making things with your own hands is very popular right now, so we could try it too», — Kana babbled, pushing her idea. Ruby, having understood her words, exclaimed: — «Wow, how did you come up with this?! The fans will definitely like it, they will be delighted!» The girl clapped her hands, slightly jumped in place, seizing on this idea, she stood up to take a notepad and a pencil. However, after being ready to write something down, she took on a thoughtful look. — «But what exactly should we draw? The Tokyo TV tower? And if it's nature, should we take pictures from the Internet or settle in a park?» — «It's just a pity I can't draw», — Mem-Cho added, spreading her hands. — «I think the very fact of your participation will be important here, Mem», — Kana supported her friend. — «I think we should find a picturesque park somewhere nearby. When did you say this festival will be? And since we decided to participate in it, we can't take old songs, they are not suitable for this», — the girl noted, crossing her arms. — «Yes, we will definitely come up with them! Now that we have all the time, we can literally sit here for days!» — Ruby happily declared. The band members actively discussed the idea for their group that Aqua had thrown at them, thinking up how they could surprise their fans.

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— «Summer festival, you say?» — the young woman with light brown hair tore herself away from the monitor, looking questioningly at the blond. — «Yes», — the boy nodded. — «This will raise the band's popularity, and at the same time their rating among the others.» In a separate room, where Miyako's manager worked, she was currently discussing with Aquamarine the possibility of the band's participation in the nearest summer festival, which was taking place in one of the parks. — «We could arrange a merch sale in the park and hold a small concert there.» — «But for this we need some newer songs, don't you think?» The woman leaned back in her chair, turning over the proposal in her head. — «I can organize a place for them, but will the girls have time to prepare?» — looking questioningly at the teenager, she suddenly continued, — «I have an idea of ​​where exactly they can draw inspiration from.» Miyako rose from her chair in order to go into the room where the discussion was boiling. — «We should add more floral ornaments there!» —came from one of the twins. — «The luminescence will look amazing in the evening!» —and the blogger knows how to take memorable photos. — «Have you thought at least a little bit about the details?» —And Kana has always been the most pragmatic of them all. Two people stopped at the door, watching the fast-paced discussion, clearly about the topic of jewelry. Noticing the arrivals, the girls looked back, smiled as a sign of greeting and willingness to listen. Saito began the conversation with a familiar phrase, in case they should wait: — «I hope we haven’t disturbed you too much?» — «What do you mean, of course not!» The first and fastest, of course, was Ruby, followed by the others: — «No way, Saito-san», —the girls said in chorus. — «In that case», —she began, walking up to the sofa and leaning on it, the manager offered them her idea. — «What do you think about a trip to the sea? Live a week near nature, sunbathe on the beach and», — she listed, moving her hand along the horizon, — «gain inspiration for your summer festival?» With a quiet cough, Aqua intercepted her initiative to reveal her cards faster than the girls would start asking questions. «They weren’t listening to our conversation the way I listen to other people’s conversations» — «Saito-san says he can organize your participation in the summer festival. And the photos in nature will help develop your accounts.» Hearing what exactly they were offered, the girls’ eyes lit up with delight, and all three let out joyful squeals. — «Of course we agree!» — «I want to swim in the sea!» — «When are we going?» Each of them started to share their thoughts loudly. — «They definitely agree», — Miyako noted with a smile.

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The whole company settled down next to the manager, who was currently looking through the available options for booking a country house. There weren't many offers, but they needed to be filtered by some filters — at least by distance from Tokyo, we didn't want to spend a lot of time on the road. — «Oh, how about this one!» — Mem-Cho pointed to one of the proposed options. — «I think the house is too small if we're planning on going with five of us», — Miyako noted. — «And the price is a bit high for that», — Kana added sadly. — «It's not about the price, it's about us all being able to sleep at home instead of outside», — Aqua noted. — «You can sleep outside too!» — Ruby retorted. — «If we go hiking!» — «Going hiking is a voluntary decision, and we should be able to choose. What if it rains, Ruby?» — Saito was distracted, turning to the girl. — «We can't book a house and then think about where everyone will find a place to sleep.» Ruby sighed and continued to stare at the monitor, hoping to see a suitable option, until one house finally caught their attention: with a blue roof, a marked beach down the mountain, and lots of flowers in the garden. — «What do you think about this one?!» — Arima was the first to mention it. — «Interesting. It's two-storied, there's definitely enough space for everyone», — Aquamarine noted the important part. Mem-Cho immediately became inspired, noting the beauty of the garden: — «And there are so many flowers! We can take enough photos for a year ahead!» Looking at each other, everyone realized: this is what they were looking for. A suitable option for everything: the sea, a break from the city noise, and finding inspiration in nature. Just what a young band needs for the next performance with completely new songs. — «Then we'll take it.»