Miyako

(All right... This should be enough for today's practice...)

Yuno

H-Heyyy...

Miyako

Sengoku-san...! You look absolutely exhausted.

Yuno

I'm completely wiped... This is why I hate going outside...

Miyako

You went out even though you had no in-person classes today?

Yuno

Yeah... The gear I wanted wasn't available online.

Yuno

I had to walk there, haul it back, and get shoved around in the crowd... Going out takes way too much out of me.

Miyako

Perhaps that's because you normally never leave the house?

Yuno

Come on, Fuji-san. You're one of us.

Yuno

Remember when we went to the beach? You were completely wiped out on the way home.

Miyako

Ah...

Yuno

You work from home too, and you barely move from your desk. People with jobs like ours tend not to get much exercise.

Miyako

That's true. I'm not athletic, and I don't particularly see the need to exercise.

Yuno

Right? Even when people say it's for your health...

Miyako

That said, I find the sight of other girls working up a healthy sweat playing sports quite beautiful.

Yuno

Huh...?

Miyako

Breathing in a steady rhythm, eyes fixed straight ahead, running with single-minded determination...

Miyako

Is she not more radiant than the sun, more refreshing than a spring breeze?

Yuno

Sorry... What are you talking about?

Miyako

Girls exercising.

Miyako

As it happens, Sengoku-san, I'm drawing a scene where a character about your height is exercising.

Yuno

Okay...

Miyako

So, would you be willing to run a marathon?

Yuno

That's where all this was going...? And why do we have to run a marathon?

Miyako

No, Sengoku-san. You would be the only one running.

Miyako

As I said, I'm drawing a girl exercising. I need reference material.

Yuno

So you want me to run for you...!?

Miyako

You get some much-needed exercise, Sengoku-san. And I get my reference material. Two birds with one stone.

Yuno

You're the only one getting anything out of this, Fuji-san...

Miyako

I'll send you the marathon route in advance.

Miyako

Let me know if you need anything, such as setting up water stations or sharing the planned shooting locations.

Miyako

If you need running clothes, the outfit I bought for reference happens to be in your size, Sengoku-san, so...

Yuno

Wait. Are you seriously trying to make this happen?

Miyako

Yes. It is mutually beneficial.

Yuno

No, you're still the only one benefiting.

Miyako

Watching you work up a healthy sweat would make excellent reference material, Sengoku-san.

Yuno

...

Yuno

(I really picked the wrong topic...)