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The Next Day

Classmate AThe live show yesterday was amazing! Both Tomori-chan and Anon-chan were so cool~!

AnonEhehe, thank you~ I could see all of you from the stage.

Tomori......

Anon(Tomori-chan... she's worried about what happened after yesterday's live show...)

AnonSoyo-san is kind. She'll forgive us.

Tomori......

AnonUm... I wonder why Sakiko-chan came...?

Tomori......

AnonHey, do you want to go see her?

Tomori......

AnonWell... you know! I can't stop thinking about it, either!

TomoriYeah.

AnonI wonder if she's in the classroom... Oh!

Sakiko!

TomoriS-Saki-chan...

Sakiko......

TomoriAh...

After School

RiNG Cafeteria

AnonI seriously can't get in touch with Soyo-san. Three days is kinda long... she's usually an instant texter.

Tomori......

AnonWe just need to talk to Soyo-san. Rikki, did you get in touch with her?

TakiJust leave her alone.

AnonWhat!? What are we gonna do about our next performance and stuff?

TakiThe show must go on.

AnonWhat about Soyo-san?

Taki......

TomoriWhat about Rāna-chan...?

AnonDo you think she even looks at her phone?

RirikoIf you're asking about Rāna-chan, she was here yesterday!

AnonWhat? When does Rāna-chan usually show up here anyway?

RirikoI think it's just whenever she feels like playing guitar. For that other live show, she appeared and disappeared whenever she wanted, right?

TakiWell, I have work to do.

AnonWait, Rikki! We haven't figured anything out!

TakiThere's nothing to figure out. She's the one who's angry out of nowhere.

Anon*Sigh*... Everyone just does whatever they want...

TomoriI want to apologize.

AnonWhat?

TomoriTo Soyo-chan... I don't know if apologizing is the right thing to do, but it's true that we hurt her...

TomoriEveryone's... going in different directions again... If things keep going like this, the band...

Tomori...

AnonTomori-chan...!? Where are you going...?

TomoriSoyo-chan's school.

Pedestrian Bridge

AnonSoyo-san wasn't even going to school. The girls at her school said her cold had lasted a long time, but I wonder if that's true?

Tomori......

AnonBye, I'm this way.

Tomori......

TomoriI hurt Saki-chan too...

AnonHuh?

TomoriSaki-chan's the one who brought me to a bright place... She brought everyone else, too...

TomoriWhen she started CRYCHIC... it felt so very warm...

TomoriAll of it was because Saki-chan was there...

TomoriAnd yet... "Haruhikage," when I sang it, it hurt her...

Anon......

Nagasaki's Home - Soyo's Room

Saki-chan

SoyoCould we at least meet so that I can apologize?

SoyoI was surprised, too. I didn't know things would turn out like that...

SoyoSo please let me explain properly.

SoyoWe'd finished our set and then they suddenly started playing it.

SoyoI'm sorry I couldn't stop them...

SoyoSaki-chan, you're angry, aren't you...

SoyoI think it's natural to get angry.

SoyoBut I want you to believe me. We really weren't supposed to play "Haruhikage."

SoyoI'm really sorry.

SoyoWe won't play it without permission anymore.

SoyoI'll make the other girls promise not to play it again.

SoyoSo can't we just talk a little?

Soyo......

Soyo...!!

AnonSoyo-san, are you feeling unwell? Are you okay?

Anon

Soyo......

Saki-chan

Soyo(It's not showing as read...)

Soyo......

Soyo...!

Soyo......

Tsukinomori Girls' Academy - Garden

Classmate ASoyo-chan, I'm glad you've recovered~

SoyoSorry for worrying you.

Classmate BI took notes for you while you were out!

SoyoThank you~

Mutsumi......

Soyo......

SoyoI was so surprised the other day. Suddenly seeing that you and Saki-chan came to the live show...

SoyoDid you bring her there, Mutsumi-chan?

Mutsumi......

SoyoSince Saki-chan came with you, do you think that means she's thinking about us more positively?

MutsumiIt isn't that.

SoyoMutsumi-chan, you really just say whatever it is you're thinking, don't you?

SoyoYou only do the things I don't want you to... but you never do what I ask.

MutsumiAh...

SoyoMutsumi-chan, I want you to help me. You know where Saki-chan lives, don't you? Please.

Mutsumi...

SoyoIt's your fault, Mutsumi-chan. Back then, and now too.

Mutsumi......!

RiNG Entrance

RirikoThere we go. Rāna-chan, I've sent the message.

RirikoI came to RiNG because I want to be in a band. This message is okay, right?

RānaYeah, thanks.

RirikoI was surprised when I was suddenly handed a smartphone. Rāna-chan, you should learn how to send messages too.

RānaI see.

RirikoStill, to think you'd join a band, Rāna-chan~ You've turned down invitations before.

RirikoYou seemed to be happy at your first live show, so do you like your current band?

RānaThere is an interesting woman.

RirikoDon't say "woman." You mean "girl," right?

Rāna"Girl"...

One Hour Later

AnonOh, Rāna-chan's there! Sorry to keep you waiting~

RānaI ate a matcha parfait.

AnonWhere's Soyo-san?

RānaNot here.

AnonI see... Should we wait a little?

AnonWe haven't played since the live show. If we start without Soyo-san, she might not like it. It'd be better to wait until everyone's here...

TakiIt doesn't really matter, does it? If she wants to play, then she'll show up.

AnonThat's not what I'm talking about!

TomoriYes. It'd be better if Soyo-chan were here, too...

Taki...!

Rāna......

AnonSee? Tomori-chan agrees!

TomoriAh, but... Practicing is important, too...

Rāna......

AnonHuh? Which is it?

TakiTomori?

TomoriAh... um......

RānaBoring girl.

TomoriHuh?

AnonWhat... She went home... But she's the one that called us out here...

TakiHuh...?

Tomori......

Park

SoyoAh...

Sakiko......

SoyoSaki-chan. Thank you for seeing me today.

SoyoDon't be angry with Mutsumi-chan. I said I wanted to see you and forced her to help me.

SoyoBecause I sent many messages, but there was no reply...

Sakiko、Mutsumi......

SoyoI'm sorry about that day's live show... I just really needed to meet with you and apologize...

SoyoWe really weren't planning to play Haruhikage!

SoyoThat day, we were only going to play one song... I didn't want to play it, either!

SoyoBut then they started playing it, and I had no choice...

SoyoI'm sorry. We really hurt you, didn’t we, Saki-chan...

SoyoI think it's natural for you not to forgive us. After all, we played a song that was so precious to all of us without your permission...

SoyoI'm truly, deeply sorry...!

SakikoThat's just a pretense, isn't it?

SoyoWhat?

SakikoIf this is about playing the song, then please, feel free. Do as you like with it.

Soyo! But "Haruhikage" is CRYCHIC's special—

SakikoClinging so tightly to all of this is quite unseemly. Why don't you just forget it already?

Mutsumi......

SoyoWhy? Why would you tell me to forget it? We were all such good friends, weren't we?

SoyoEvery day was fun... We were all together... It's just wrong for us all to split up like this!

SoyoWhen we're a band, our destinies are one... You're the one who said that, Saki-chan.

SakikoDestinies...

SakikoThen what is that other band?

Soyo...! You have it all wrong!

SakikoWhat do I have wrong? Your words and actions contradict each other.

Soyo...

SakikoCRYCHIC has been destroyed. It will never be revived.

Soyo...! Why...

SoyoPlease... I want to give CRYCHIC another go!

Sakiko!

SoyoI want to go back to when we all had so much fun! Tomori-chan and Taki-chan want that too...!

SoyoI asked Mutsumi-chan to join the band, and I planned to invite you, too, Saki-chan!

SakikoMutsumi. Is that true?

MutsumiI...

SoyoWhat...?

SoyoWhy...? Is it only me who thinks that way...?

SoyoBut, you were the one who started CRYCHIC, Saki-chan...

SakikoThat's why I ended it with my own hands.

SoyoIt hasn't ended!!

SoyoI... I've tried so hard all this time for CRYCHIC...!

SakikoNo one asked you to do that.

SakikoThis is my final warning. Don't involve me any further this time.

Soyo...! Wait......! Please, don't go...!

SoyoYou have it wrong! I really care about everyone... I love them!

SoyoNo... Please...!

SoyoSaki-chan, without you and the others, I...

SakikoLet go.

SoyoWhat can I do to make you come back!? If it's in my power, I'll do anything...!

Sakiko...!

SakikoWhat sort of resolve do you have as you say that?

SoyoWhat...?

SakikoYou're just a student. Can you truly take responsibility for someone else's life?

SakikoThat's how weighty the words "I will do anything" really are. Don't say things you can't follow through on.

SoyoBut I really do—

Sakiko...

SakikoAll you think about is yourself.

SoyoWhat...?

Mutsumi......