Chieri

So you have to come by the bento shop sometime! I'll show you just how amazing Chieri is!

Yeah, we'll definitely come~! I want to try whatever you recommend, Chieri-chan.

And I want to see Chieri hard at work, too!

Chieri

Heh-heh, of course you do! The bentos will blow you away—and so will Chieri!

Raika

Heeey, Cherieee!

Chieri

Raika. What's with that stack of handouts?

Raika

A teacher asked me to pass these out for the next class.

Raika

You two are Cherie's friends, right? Thanks for always looking out for our Cherie!

Not at all...! But wait, what do you mean by "our"?

Raika

Oh, right. I'm Raika—Cherie's family.

Chieri

No, she isn't! She's Chieri's rival—and one day, she'll be Chieri's subordinate!

Oh, you live in Chieri's dorm...! Nice to meet you, Senpai!

Raika

No need to call me "Senpai." Anyway, where are you all headed?

Chieri

We have biology next, so we're changing classrooms.

Raika

The biology lab at this time of year means... You've got an experiment today, right? The one where you look at cells!

Chieri

Yes! Chieri and the others are about to use microscopes! Pretty amazing, right?

Raika

That takes me back~! I did that last year, too.

Chieri

Wha...! You got to do it before Chieri...!?

Well... wouldn't she have? She's a year ahead of us.

Raika

Ahaha, good point~! That's one sharp friend you've got, Cherie!

Chieri

Heh-heh, Chieri's friends are quick-witted! You may praise them even more!

Raika

All hail Cherie's friends—the best in Japan!

Ahaha... Thanks, I guess.

Raika

Oh, right—is Yamasen your biology teacher? The one with glasses and the bushy beard?

Oh, yes, he is. Did you have him too, Senpai?

Raika

Yeah. You'd better take the experiment suuuper seriously. He gets really mad if you're careless with the equipment!

Raika

He'll go, "What do you think you're doing?! That simply won't do!"

Hehe, wow! You sound exactly like him!

Raika

Right? I can do a few more Yamasen impressions too—

Chieri

T-That's enough!

Chieri

They're Chieri's friends! You're forbidden from becoming better friends with them than Chieri is!

Raika

Huh? I want to get to know them because they're Cherie's friends.

Raika

Cherie means a lot to me—you're family. So your friends matter to me too.

Chieri

!

Raika

Shoot, I still need to hand these out! Gotta go!

Raika

Keep being good friends with Cherie, okay~!

You've got a really nice senior living with you, Chieri-chan~

Chieri

We're not family—we're rivals! Honestly, she never gets it right, no matter how many times I correct her.

Chieri

Still... I'll let it slide just this once!