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

Anon

Ehehe, 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...)

Anon

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

Tomori

......

Anon

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

Tomori

......

Anon

Hey, do you want to go see her?

Tomori

......

Anon

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

Tomori

Yeah.

Anon

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

Sakiko

!

Tomori

S-Saki-chan...

Sakiko

......

Tomori

Ah...

Anon

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

Tomori

......

Anon

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

Taki

Just leave her alone.

Anon

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

Taki

The show must go on.

Anon

What about Soyo-san?

Taki

......

Tomori

What about Rāna-chan...?

Anon

Do you think she even looks at her phone?

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

Anon

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

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

Taki

Well, I have work to do.

Anon

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

Taki

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

Anon

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

Tomori

I want to apologize.

Anon

What?

Tomori

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

Tomori

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

Tomori

...

Anon

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

Tomori

Soyo-chan's school.

Anon

Soyo-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

......

Anon

Bye, I'm this way.

Tomori

......

Tomori

I hurt Saki-chan too...

Anon

Huh?

Tomori

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

Tomori

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

Tomori

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

Tomori

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

Anon

......

Soyo

......

Soyo

...!!

Soyo

......

Soyo

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

Soyo

......

Soyo

...!

Soyo

......

Soyo-chan, I'm glad you've recovered~

Soyo

Sorry for worrying you.

I took notes for you while you were out!

Soyo

Thank you~

Mutsumi

......

Soyo

......

Soyo

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

Soyo

Did you bring her there, Mutsumi-chan?

Mutsumi

......

Soyo

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

Mutsumi

It isn't that.

Soyo

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

Soyo

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

Mutsumi

Ah...

Soyo

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

Mutsumi

...

Soyo

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

Mutsumi

......!

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

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

Rāna

Yeah, thanks.

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

Rāna

I see.

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

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

Rāna

There is an interesting woman.

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

Rāna

"Girl"...

Anon

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

Rāna

I ate a matcha parfait.

Anon

Where's Soyo-san?

Rāna

Not here.

Anon

I see... Should we wait a little?

Anon

We 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...

Taki

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

Anon

That's not what I'm talking about!

Tomori

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

Taki

...!

Rāna

......

Anon

See? Tomori-chan agrees!

Tomori

Ah, but... Practicing is important, too...

Rāna

......

Anon

Huh? Which is it?

Taki

Tomori?

Tomori

Ah... um......

Rāna

Boring girl.

Tomori

Huh?

Anon

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

Taki

Huh...?

Tomori

......

Soyo

Ah...

Sakiko

......

Soyo

Saki-chan. Thank you for seeing me today.

Soyo

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

Soyo

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

Sakiko・Mutsumi

......

Soyo

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

Soyo

We really weren't planning to play Haruhikage!

Soyo

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

Soyo

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

Soyo

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

Soyo

I 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...

Soyo

I'm truly, deeply sorry...!

Sakiko

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

Soyo

What?

Sakiko

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

Soyo

! But "Haruhikage" is CRYCHIC's special—

Sakiko

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

Mutsumi

......

Soyo

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

Soyo

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

Soyo

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

Sakiko

Destinies...

Sakiko

Then what is that other band?

Soyo

...! You have it all wrong!

Sakiko

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

Soyo

...

Sakiko

CRYCHIC has been destroyed. It will never be revived.

Soyo

...! Why...

Soyo

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

Sakiko

!

Soyo

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

Soyo

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

Sakiko

Mutsumi. Is that true?

Mutsumi

I...

Soyo

What...?

Soyo

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

Soyo

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

Sakiko

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

Soyo

It hasn't ended!!

Soyo

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

Sakiko

No one asked you to do that.

Sakiko

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

Soyo

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

Soyo

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

Soyo

No... Please...!

Soyo

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

Sakiko

Let go.

Soyo

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

Sakiko

...!

Sakiko

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

Soyo

What...?

Sakiko

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

Sakiko

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

Soyo

But I really do—

Sakiko

...

Sakiko

All you think about is yourself.

Soyo

What...?

Mutsumi

......