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Author's Note: This is the revised version of the Christmas story that I had written for a booklet that was given out at one of my meet and greets—and a companion New Year's story. I wanted a very indulgently cute cover with pink as the featured color. By the way, Mr. and Mrs. Kunieda were classmates in high school—which is a fairly mundane setup that I had thought up for them.
Illustrator's Note: Since this story is based on an existing novel, I tried my best to make something very sweet and romantic. I had planned to draw something with pancakes, but I drew the whipped cream... and it was like, someone likes whipped cream a lot... (me) ...and probably really wants Ushio to make sweets for him... and so it seemed to be enough.
First published in 2014 in the doujinshi No Need For Anything Else.
Translator Note: This story takes place after Volume 1 and the side story This Little Light of Mine. You can find a reference to this title in Volume 1 Chapter 9 when Ushio tells Kei that he did a good job on TV.
Part 1: All I Need
"Come down to Asahi TV this Christmas! For 9 special days from the 18th to the 26th, there will be all sorts of special events held at the Nine Garden in front of the Asahi TV building!1 Come see the beautiful Christmas tree illumination display, try the special limited sweets that you can only find at the event, and even take pictures at the studios of your favorite shows! Have a fun time with loved ones, families, and friends!"
Starting mid-November, this commercial ran constantly on the air (especially during the daytime), and Kei couldn't help but wonder if their business department had their heads on straight. They couldn't be making money airing commercials for their own event all the time. But then again, they were mobilizing their own employees for it—it only meant a little more overtime. If they had called in outside talent, they would have to pay appearance fees.
"Excuse me, did everyone get a handout?"
The director of the Production Department held up some papers stapled together. Kei pretended to look carefully through the handouts, but sitting next to him, Tatsuki was fiddling with the paper, folding up the corners into triangles for no reason. Unlike their meetings for The News, Asou wasn't in attendance, and Tatsuki looked even more relaxed than usual. Anyway, if he was busy then he was busy.
"This year our network has decided to put on a special Christmas event. We will be collaborating with a number of famous restaurants and dessert shops—they will appear both at the event and in featured TV tie-in spots, further strengthening our TV business strategy. It will allow us to have more familiarity with our existing audience and at the same time invite new viewers who might normally prefer other stations to take another look at us. We will also have the actual sets used on the shows for display, and there will be booths where guests can get their pictures taken. In line with this, I would like to ask for the full cooperation from everyone in the announcer department. The ladies will be selling next year's calendar featuring all our women announcers, and they will also hold a meet and greet. As for our renowned hottie gentlemen announcers at Asahi TV—"
