By the time we left the studio,
the sky had already started to brighten a little.
The long night
was finally coming to an end.
The neon lights.
The ferris wheel.
The music that kept replaying over and over.
The heat from that place
still lingered in our bodies just a little.
🧡 Hinata
"…Sleepy."
Hinata-chan walked beside us
half asleep.
Just a little while ago,
she had been overflowing with energy.
But then—
🧡 Hinata
"Somehow…
I wanna do this again."
Those words sounded
surprisingly honest.
🩵 Ruka
Even on the way home,
Ruka-chan kept looking through her phone.
The photos she took.
The neon reflections.
Slightly blurry behind-the-scenes shots.
🩵 Ruka
"These are definitely
the kind of photos you look back on later."
She laughed softly as she said it.
💜 Shizuku
Shizuku-chan quietly looked up at the morning sky.
💜 Shizuku
"…When the night ends,
it feels a little lonely somehow."
Nobody answered right away.
Probably because
everyone felt the same thing.
🎧 Rei
Rei-chan stayed quiet until the very end.
But even while walking,
she was still checking audio through one earbud.
I think,
in her mind already,
she was thinking about what comes next.
🩷 Aine
Aine-chan rubbed her sleepy eyes
and gave a small laugh.
🩷 Aine
"…I'm definitely sleeping
as soon as I get home…"
Her eyes were still
a little red that night.
But somehow,
she looked genuinely happy.
And then—
🩵 Ruka
Ruka-chan quietly moved closer to Rei-chan.
In a voice so small
nobody else could hear—
🩵 Ruka
"…Hey."
🎧 Rei
"?"
🩵 Ruka
"In the Midnight PV…"
"The glasses you suddenly started wearing halfway through—
what was that about?"
For just a second,
Rei-chan looked a little troubled.
But then—
🎧 Rei
"…Nothing."
That was all she said,
before immediately looking forward again
and continuing to walk.
🩵 Ruka
"…Yeah.
There's definitely something there."
Ruka-chan laughed quietly.
But Rei-chan
never explained it until the very end.
🌃 Mashiro
Looking back now,
I think—
"Midnight Carousel"
was exactly that kind of night.
A few mistakes.
A few laughs.
Pushing ourselves a little too hard.
And still,
nobody wanted to go home.
I think
that's how the song was born.
That night—
was the beginning of MixPalette 🌃
End.