Aftermath (Saekano: How To Raise A Boring Girlfriend)

Episode 9

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop" - Confucius

Masaru looked at the list that Zac had gave him in his house.

"Astriel...Bickerhead...Oliver...Kenneth...Genni...Heather...Madeline."

He looked at the name Madeline, "Why didn't Ms Chen tell me she was part of Hongyang Gang before? That's strange."

Someone then knocked on his door. He opened it and saw Megumi and Tomoya.

"Hello, Masaru-san." Megumi smiled, "We came to visit you."

"Come on in." Masaru opened the door to let the two in, "You're cooking today, Megumi?"

"Yeah." Megumi replied, "The apron's still in the same spot I last placed it in, right?"

"Yeah." Masaru replied. Megumi went into the kitchen and started cooking while Tomoya sat beside Masaru.

"What's this list?" Tomoya asked curiously.

"Oh, it's the people working with me tomorrow." Masaru lied, "These are my colleagues' names."

Tomoya picked the paper up and looked at it.

"You have a colleague named Astriel?"

"Y...yeah." Masaru stuttered. He didn't want Tomoya and Megumi to know about it because he didn't want them to worry.

Aftermath

Episode 9

A few minutes later, Megumi, Tomoya and Masaru started eating.

"Do you know the singer Furuwolf, Masaru-san?" Megumi asked.

"Furuwolf? I think I've heard of her somewhere in the news years ago." Masaru tried to think of the time he heard of Ayako.

"Earlier today, me, Megumi and Michiru took a trip to Osaka and we found her." Tomoya uttered, "Who knew that she was such a bitch. She rejected us before she even heard our proposal."

"Take it easy, Tomoya." Masaru said, "You might have misunderstood her. Maybe she didn't have the energy to talk or something."

"I don't think so." Tomoya replied, "She's obviously trying to avoid us from her actions and tones."

"Why are you looking for her anyways?" Masaru asked.

"Our consumers wanted new voices on the soundtrack and a different kind of feeling to it, hence we decided to find her." Megumi explained, "Michiru was confident she'd help us. But look at it. She didn't."

"Let's stop stressing out about work, shall we?" Masaru asked, "How's life?"

"Life has been going great for the both of us." Megumi replied, "By the way, what time can we visit you tomorrow?"

"Visit me?"

"You're starting work tomorrow, so I want to pay your store a visit." Megumi smiled, "I can't miss my childhood friend's first day of work, can I?"

"And she's pulling me along." Tomoya said. All three of them laughed before Masaru told them the details.

"I'm working in Omotesando Hills in a store named G-Star RAW." He said, "You can visit me after your work, or just before nine in the night."

"Alright. Be sure to catch us in your store tomorrow." Megumi smiled at Masaru. He smiled back at her and at Tomoya.

"By the way, would you come to visit us next Wednesday?" Tomoya asked, "We got an event going on, and we would like you to come and support us."