🩷💙 Rei's Coffee Notebook

Hello, everyone! It's Aine♪

I arrived at the studio a little earlier than usual before practice today.

And there she was.

💙 Rei: "..."

Sitting in her usual seat.

Wearing her usual headphones.

With her usual black mug.

And...

She was writing something.

🩷 Aine: "Good morning!"

💙 Rei: "Morning."

🩷 Aine: "What are you doing?"

💙 Rei: "Recording."

🩷 Aine: "Recording what?"

Curious, I peeked over at the notebook on her desk.

It was completely filled with writing.

🩷 Aine: "What's this!?"

💙 Rei: "A coffee notebook."

🩷 Aine: "A coffee notebook!?"

I couldn't help raising my voice.

Inside were notes like:

"Bitterness: ★★★★☆"

"Aroma: ★★★★★"

"Acidity: ★★☆☆☆"

"Aftertaste: ★★★★☆"

The pages were packed with detailed observations.

🩷 Aine: "You actually write all this down!?"

💙 Rei: "I do."

🩷 Aine: "Why!?"

💙 Rei: "Because I'll forget."

That was fair.

But still...

🩷 Aine: "How many different coffees have you tried?"

💙 Rei: "I don't remember."

🩷 Aine: "Then doesn't that make the notebook pointless!?"

💙 Rei: "No."

The answer came instantly.

I turned another page.

Coffee.

Another page.

More coffee.

The entire notebook was coffee.

Nothing but coffee.

🩷 Aine: "Rei-chan..."

💙 Rei: "What?"

🩷 Aine: "Which notebook is this?"

💙 Rei: "The seventh one."

🩷 Aine: "THE SEVENTH ONE!?"

I nearly jumped out of my chair.

Seven notebooks.

Seven entire notebooks.

Not music notebooks.

Coffee notebooks.

Just then—

🩵 Ruka: "Morning!"

🧡 Hinata: "Good morning!"

💜 Shizuku: "Good morning~"

Everyone arrived.

🩷 Aine: "Listen to this!"

🧡 Hinata: "What happened?"

🩷 Aine: "Rei-chan is on her seventh coffee notebook!"

🧡 Hinata: "WHAT!?"

🩵 Ruka: "Seriously!?"

💜 Shizuku: "My, my~"

💙 Rei: "..."

Everyone stared at Rei.

A brief silence filled the room.

Then—

🧡 Hinata: "Wait, not a music notebook?"

💙 Rei: "Coffee."

🩵 Ruka: "You're serious?"

💙 Rei: "Very."

💜 Shizuku: "You really do love coffee, don't you~?"

💙 Rei: "Maybe."

For just a moment.

A very small moment.

Rei looked a little happy.

And I don't think I imagined it.

But...

If she ever starts notebook number eight,

I'll make sure to report it♪

To Be Continued...

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