Make sure it doesn't go wrong next time

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Anon

Looking for members at a live house, huh...

Anon

I don't really want to get that serious about the band though.
I hope I can find the members in the school...

Anon

Hm... this piano sound...
From the music room?

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Sakiko

...

Anon

(She's the one playing the piano...!
It's... not a club activity, right? She's alone.)

Anon

(I mean, she's really good...)

Sakiko

Phew...

Anon

You're really good at playing the piano...!

Sakiko

...?
Are you in the wind instrument club?

Anon

Oh, nothing like that!
I just came to listen...

Anon

Um... want to be in a band with me?

Sakiko

What...?

Anon

Ah... Sorry for bringing it up so suddenly. Um, I'm a first-year. My name is Chihaya.
Ah, please call me Anon.

Anon

I'm looking for band members right now. I do guitar and vocals...
So I hope you can play the keyboard or something—

Sakiko

No. I'm sorry.
I can't meet your expectations.

Anon

No good, huh...
I thought I finally found an amazing keyboardist...

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Anon

I wonder if there's anyone who'd like to form a band with me...

Anon

Hm? The girl over there is...

Anon

(Didn't they say that she isn't in a band either?)

Anon

I guess I'll ask, just in case.

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Anon

Oh, there you are! Hey!
Um... Takamatsu-san—eek!

Anon

Ow...
My legs got tripped up...

Tomori

You tripped...?

Anon

Oh, I'm fine, don't worry.
I just scraped my palm a little...

Tomori

Bandages...!

Anon

Huh?
W-Wait... where are you rushing to!?

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Anon

Oh, there you are.
I was so surprised that you suddenly started running...
What's wrong?

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Tomori

Bandages... which would you like?

Anon

Huh? Wow. They're all bandages!?

Tomori

Yeah.

Anon

I can really use one?

Tomori

Yeah.

Anon

Really? Sorry. All of them have cute patterns~
Oh, I like this penguin one.

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Tomori

...!
It's a bearded penguin!

Anon

What? Moustache?

Tomori

It has a moustache on its head here, see?
It's in the same genus as the Adélie penguin and the gentoo penguin.
There's more in the penguin series of bandages—

Anon

Takamatsu-san, do you like penguins?

Tomori

What? I do think... they're cute...

Anon

Why do you sound so unsure?

Tomori

I was just collecting them, that's all...
I think what I like is finding them... probably.

Anon

Oh. I get that.
If I see cute pens, I buy them even though I don't need them!

Tomori

Really!?

Tomori

I have a cape penguin, a macaroni penguin,
and a king penguin, too!

Anon

W-Wait, wait, I don't need that many.

Tomori

Ah... I see...

Anon

O-Okay, I'll take them!

Anon

(Mmm, don't get depressed so quickly...)

Anon

Alright, bandage is on... that should do it!

Anon

Takamatsu-san, are you in the astronomy club?
There's a telescope, so this must be the astronomy club room, right?

Tomori

Y-Yeah...

Anon

Hm? That's a band poster.
I think it's Roselia... right?

Tomori

Apparently, the previous club leader liked them.
She wrote a lot in the notebook.

Anon

Notebook? You mean this activity log?
Let me see... "I saw the stars today. It was a la, la, la sort of starry sky."
"La, la, la"? What's that...?

Anon

...The astronomy club seems to attract a lot of dreamers,
or is it maybe quirky types?

Tomori

Want to join?
I'm the only one in the astronomy club... If you joined, it would make me really happy!

Anon

What? Ah~~ Okay, I'll think about it!

Tomori

Ah... okay, I see...

Anon

(Mmm, and she's depressed again.
Don't get depressed so quickly... Hm?)

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Anon

Oh, is this your notebook, Takamatsu-san?
You keep a diary too? Can I read it?

Tomori

Ah, that is...

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Anon

Takamatsu-san, you are in a band!

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Anon

"Haruhikage." I don't know that song.

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Anon

...

Tomori

I'm not... in a band anymore.

Anon

For real? Then, want to be in one with me?
I do guitar and vocals, so you can play anything you like aside from those!

Anon

(If I bring the class's mascot character,
we'll definitely attract attention!)

Tomori

...I won't do it.

Anon

Really?
That's okay!

Tomori

Even if I were in a band...

Tomori

It would just go wrong again, so...

Anon

...

Anon

Oh, honestly!

Anon

Tomori-chan, let's go have some fun!

Tomori

What...?

Anon

Times like this call for karaoke.
Let's go!

Tomori

Huh? What?

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Tomori

...

Anon

You've been spacing out for a while now. What's up?
Wait, is this your first time doing karaoke?

Tomori

No. I've been here before.

Anon

Okay. Then, can you sing sumimi's stuff?
I'll do Uika's parts, so you sing Mana-chan's.

Tomori

Who... are they...?

Anon

Huh? You don't know sumimi?
They're pretty popular right now, though...
They're a duo, and they're super cute~

Tomori

...

Anon

Oh, you don't know them...
Would you rather sing something you like?

Tomori

I won't sing.
I'm not good at singing...

Anon

It's okay if you're not good at it!
We came here together. If I'm the only one singing, it's a little... You know?

Tomori

...

Anon

Hmm... so, what was that song from earlier?
"Haruhikage"... hmm, I can't find it no matter how much I search.

Tomori

That's... because it's a song we wrote together as a band.

Anon

Oh, it was an original song...?
Tomori-chan, is your band like, pretty serious or something...?

Tomori

...

Anon

Hey... what did you mean when you said "it'll just fall apart again"?

Anon

Why do you think joining a band will just end up breaking it apart again?
Did your last band have a lot of drama?

Anon

Huh... could that be it?
Musical differences or something!?

Tomori

Huh?... No, I don't think so.

Tomori

It was probably... my fault...

Anon

I see.
That's rough...

Tomori

...

Anon

...But, isn't it better to just try your best so it doesn't fall apart again?

Tomori

What...?

Anon

When things go wrong, if you don't believe that you can start over...
I mean, life is long, right? You'll never make it otherwise!

Anon

Next time, you might find super amazing members,
like a miracle, right?

Anon

Ah, I can't say that I'm that person.
But I wish you'd be in my band~♪ You know?
And Tomori-chan, you have experience.

Tomori

......
Then...

Tomori

Will you be in a band with me for the rest of our lives?

Anon

Huh...? Our whole lives?
Ah... Ahaha, Tomori-chan, you're funny.

Tomori

Ah...
I-I'm sorry...!

Anon

Ah! Tomori-chan!?
Where are you going!? Wait a second...!

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Anon

Tomori-chan! Wait!

Tomori

...!

Anon

Haa... Haa...
I'm sorry for laughing...

Tomori

It's fine... I'm the one who said something weird.

Tomori

Thank you for inviting me to join your band...
But... I'm sorry.

Anon

Tomori-chan...

???

Tomori!

Tomori & Anon

!?

Taki

Tomori, are you okay!?

Taki

Who are you? What do you want with Tomori?

Anon

W-What...?
Who's this? Tomori-chan, do you know her?

Taki

I'm the one asking the questions here!

Tomori

...!

Anon

Huh, Tomori-chan!?
She ran again...!

Taki

Tomori...
Who are you to Tomori?

Anon

I'm telling you, I'm her friend—

Taki

Her friend?
But, you were chasing Tomori, weren't you?

Anon

I was only chasing her because she ran from me!
All I did was invite her to join my band.

Taki

What?
You... invited Tomori to join your band?

Anon

Huh? Yeah, I did.
And you know, there's no need to take that tone with—

Taki

You scum.

Anon

!? What!?
You're the one who came running in.

Taki

That's enough.
Don't ever get close to Tomori again.

Anon

Hey! What's with that girl!?
That was so rude!

Soyo

Did something happen? Are you all right?

Anon

Ah, um... I-It's nothing~

Soyo

Ah...