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Aquarium

AnonLook, Tomorin. There are so many penguins swimming!

AnonThey're underwater, but they almost look like they're flying through the sky, don't they?

Tomori...

Anon(I thought coming here might cheer her up, but maybe that was asking too much.)

Anon(Well... after being told something like that...)

Haneoka Girls' Academy - Classroom 1-A

AnonOh, Tomorin. We have practice today, so you're stopping by the clubroom, right?

TomoriYeah, but before that...

Anon?

TomoriI want to talk to Saki-chan.

Sakiko...

TomoriS-Saki-chan...

Sakiko...

TomoriThis notebook...

TomoriEverything I wanted to tell you... it's all in here.

TomoriSo, please take it...

SakikoNo, thank you.

SakikoI wish you well.

TomoriAh...

AnonTomorin...

Tomori...

Tomori...

AnonHere, this is for you, Tomorin.

TomoriA bandage...?

AnonYou've given me so many before. Consider it payback.

TomoriT-Thank you...

TomoriI wish I could put a bandage on my heart.

AnonYeah.

AnonYou put one on mine.

TomoriWhat...?

AnonYou comforted me before, remember? When my classmates from middle school found me...

TomoriOh... I wasn't even thinking. I just...

AnonAnd then, on the rooftop... When you said, "Let's be lost together..." That really got to me, too.

AnonAnd—

TomoriThat many times...?

AnonHey~! I'm saying something important here, so listen!

AnonThat thing you said... about being in a band for a lifetime.

AnonI'm going to try, too.

Tomori...!

AnonA lifetime sounds endless, but if we just keep stacking up one moment at a time, maybe it's not so impossible.

AnonI'm not that confident, and I might even complain sometimes... But it's okay to move forward while we're still lost, right?

TomoriYes... thank you...!

AnonHuh? A handshake?

Tomori...

AnonHehe... Haha! Tomorin, you're so cute!

AnonLet's do our best!

TomoriYeah... Thank you.

???...

AnonWhoa, I got a message from Rikki! And she sounds mad...

Tomori...

???That girl...

???Tomori-chan...?

TomoriHuh?

???We meet again.

Tomori...?

???You showed me your notebook here before, remember?

TomoriOh... you're the one who...

AnonW-Wait a second! Are you Uika from sumimi...!?

AnonAh! I'm sorry! You're off now, right?

UikaOh, I don't mind at all. I'm glad you know about sumimi.

AnonWow! You're so kind~! I absolutely love sumimi, and I'm a huge fan of yours, Uika-chan...

TomoriAno-chan, you know her?

AnonWhat! I told you before, remember? The first time we went to karaoke together!

TomoriI don't remember.

UikaTomori-chan. Did the song you wrote reach anyone?

TomoriYeah.

UikaGood. I'm glad.

Anon...? Do you two know each other?

UikaNo, we just met once, at the planetarium, right? Are you two in a band?

AnonYes! I play guitar! And Tomorin is the vocalist... Oh, if you don't mind, maybe you could follow us...!

UikaSure, I'll follow your account.

UikaSee you around.

Anon、Tomori...

AnonWhat just happened... am I dreaming...? Wait, if you knew Uika, you could've told me~!

TomoriEh... Um...

AnonOh, but you didn't even know who she was, did you? I guess that couldn't be helped then~

AnonHm? But... Uika knew your name, didn't she?

Tomori...? I don't think I told her.

Anon...? Well, whatever.

AnonWhoa, Rikki sent another message. She's so fired up~ Come on, Tomorin, let's go.

TomoriYeah...

AnonHey, Tomorin.

Tomori...?

AnonLet's keep doing this together. The band. For a long, long time.

TomoriYeah...!