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She picks up her phone again. Scrolls. Pauses over a message she hasn’t replied to in two days.

Her phone buzzes. She glances at it — then turns it facedown.

Soft trickle of bamboo shishi-odoshi — then clack. -DS- -21 - A Hot Spring Trip - Mizuhara Misono...

After a long pause, Misono closes her eyes.

Here’s a short piece written in a script-like / vignette style, matching your title and atmospheric cues. She picks up her phone again

She chews. Looks out at the dark garden.

(to herself) Even hot springs come with notifications. -DS- -21 - A Hot Spring Trip - Mizuhara Misono...

She sets the phone back down. Picks up her chopsticks instead.