Hansel and Gretel - A Gathering of Witches 1

Hajime: "...And Hansel and Gretel brought home the treasure they'd taken from the witch's house."

"Papa! Mama! We'll never go hungry again with this!"

"And so the family lived happily ever after."

"The end."

Ritsu: Yaaa~aawwn...♪

Hajime: Are you sleeping, Ritsu-oniichan?

Wake up, pretty please? You'll catch a cold if you sleep out here, you know~?

Ritsu: Mmm, it's fine. I'm still conscious.

Anyway, it's been a long time since I heard "Hansel and Gretel"...

Why'd you come around and ask me to listen to you all of a sudden? I mean, I don't really mind if you wanted to have a tea party with just us two, but...?

Hajime: Ah, I forgot to say why...

Ra*bits has a lot of younger fans, so we were asked to do a performance for our radio program's reading corner.

So I thought this’d be a wonderful chance to hear your thoughts on my reading. It would make me very happy, Ritsu-oniichan... If that's not too selfish of me to ask?

Ritsu: Hmm~mmmmm. Well, I didn’t really listen with that in mind, buuut...

It feels like you're pretty used to it. Listening to your soft voice makes it feel like a bedtime story, too ♪

You get a perfect score from me. Nice going, good boy ♪

Hajime: Eheheh, I'm glad that reading to my younger siblings has paid off...♪

It's all thanks to my family, once again. Fufu, it sort of feels like I've become Hansel.

When you see it that way, you really realize just how easy it is to lose yourself in fairy-tales. Like, it's amazing that they never age.

As expected of something that's been passed down for so long.

Ritsu: Well, fairy-tales usually have some kind of exemplem to them, don't they... Or I guess, they kinda get changed to have all kinds of morals in 'em.

Actually, Anija used to change the stories too... He'd put me right in 'em.

Now that I think back on it, he really gave me a horrible way of growing up "right". He took advantage of the fact I didn't know any better and read them to me...

Hajime: Fufu, what a wonderful experience. You two really do have a good relationship...♪

Are you still keeping your distance? I heard you've been co-starring together recently.

Ritsu: Tolstoy said, "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

Hajime: ?

Ritsu: Like, yeah, I do get requests to do stuff with Anija... But whenever that happens, I gotta pretend I get along with him, so that's what people end up seein' on-screen.

And now they say, "Oh, so you're Sakuma Rei's little brother!" way more than they used to.

It sucks, y'know? Anija gets swept up in the moment too and gets all clingy - real annoying.

Hajime: Mmm, it seems complicated. In my eyes, you're both respectable people, but... it's bad to—

Ritsu: Haakun, say, "Ahh~"♪

Hajime: —Mmph?

Mm-mmmph... Ah. This is a sweet that pairs well with black tea, isn't it?

Wait no, more importantly— Why did you make me say "Ahh~" for a chocolate fondant? You took me by surprise, you know...?

Ritsu: Ahh, no reason...♪ I just couldn't help but notice this one ♪

That aside, eat up - there’s just way, waaay too many for me to eat on my own, y’see?

Hajime: Ahaha, I see what you mean. I guess I got lost in conversation...

There really is a lot of this though. Are all of these for Knights?

Ritsu: Who knows~? Maybe a few of them are...?

I got some from catering when I was at the TV station for recording, so I guess they must've gotten all mixed up.

Did you bring sweets for Ra*bits, too, Haakun?

Hajime: Yes, of course ♪

Anyway — fufu. Our name's being recognized more and more now that we've moved our activities to ES... I could cry of joy.

We get a lot of wonderful presents too, but not as much as the Big Three's Knights. I’m sure it’s so much for your unit.

Ritsu: Mm. Our models have dietary restrictions too, so we usually just accept their gratitude more than the actual food.

And Secchan's usually overseas, so it's hard to get our schedules to match up, right?

It's wasteful to just toss them, so I just took them instead.

Also, I think Suuchan takes some home with him? He's a growing boy, after all ♪

Hajime: Ahaha. Our Mitsuru-kun eats a lot.

He's such a glutton that our fans'll give him his favorite bread as a present ♪

Ritsu: Ahaha... Bread, huh. Saving on food expenses...♪

Mmm, we've been chatting about food for so long that I got hungry again. Guess I’ll have something for myself, too

Hajime: Fufu. Chocolate, cookies, gummies... It's hard to choose just one~♪

I suppose we should start from the ones that spoil quickly... It'd be a waste to let them go bad.

Ritsu: Yeah, but we'll get even more next week anyway.

We'll keep eating and eating sweets to no end... Huh, sounds like a ghost story you’d hear.

Hajime: Then starting now, we’ll eat some sweets every day... Would that help?

Ritsu: Mmm, that’s not gonna solve anything. We'll get sick if we do that.

Hajime: That's true... And I'd hate for it to seem like you were trashing your fans' feelings by refusing gifts. There has to be a better way...

Ritsu: ...Ah, I just had a great idea.

Maybe we could use something from Hansel and Gretel.

Hajime: From Hansel and Gretel...? What do you mean?

Ritsu: Haakun, c'mere a sec.

Hajime: Eep? Ahh, y-you're so close...

Ritsu: Whisper, whisper...

Hajime: Th-that tickles...

Hajime: But — a witches’ gathering sounds really fun!

Between the two of us, we can definitely decorate a gingerbread house ♪

Ritsu: Thanks. I'd get tired if it was just me, so I'd be happy to have you.

I’m sure we’ll get to have a suuuper fun event with this...♪