Alright, let's have lunch!
Okay!
Oh, wait... Should we invite Hinomori?
No, don't bother.
You never know when she's gonna snap.
True. I remember telling her a little joke about some other girls this one time and she told me not to talk about them behind their backs.
Yeah, totally.
You're talking about Mochizuki and Hoshino, right...?
...
Wh-What is it...?
I wouldn't have lunch with any of you even if you asked...
What was that?! Who does she think she is...?!
Ugh! I know, right?!
(Just being in that classroom makes my nerves fray...)
(People who don't conform are considered outsiders and tossed aside...)
(I know I can handle those kinds of situations better, but it's just...)
What's the name of that girl who always comes to talk to Hinomori? Hoshino or something? How's she able to put up with Hinomori like that?
No idea. However, I heard that they've known each other since they were little... They're alike in a way, you know?
Oh, I think I know what you're talking about. They're both pretty blunt and don't care about what happens around them.
And they think they're so cool too.
It's like they believe they're too good for any of us...
(No, I can't just ignore them...
They have no right talking about Ichika or anyone else like that...)
You want my advice...?
(Honami...?!)
Yes...
There's something that I've been meaning to ask you, Mochizuki. Are you free right now?
Yes, I am.
Why don't we have lunch together down by the courtyard while we talk?
Th-Thank you so much...!
(Another girl from the brass band's asking her for advice. I guess it makes sense. Honami's nice and really reliable...)
...
Alright, let's... Huh?
Shiho?
(B-Busted...)
Ichika told me that you've been acting strange lately. Did something happen? You can always ask me if there's anything that's bothering you...
...
Leave me alone...
What...?
There's something I need to do...
Bye...
Shiho!
Wait...
*Sigh*
(Honami seemed completely stunned...)
(But this is how things need to be...
This way, Honami and Ichika won't have to...)
There she is! Shiho!
I-Ichika...?!
Why did you tell me to leave you alone the other day?
You haven't been reading my messages either. Have you been talking to Saki at all?
(Saki...)
...
You know exactly what I meant by what I said...
I don't have time to hang out with you or anyone else anymore.
What are you talking about...?
Can't you just explain what's going on?
There's nothing to explain, so quit following me.
If you do keep doing this, we'll never talk again...
Sh-Shiho...!
(This is fine...
This is how things need to be...)
(Ichika and Honami are both incredibly nice people. So nice that they don't care how cold I am towards them...)
(But that's also why I don't want to cause them any trouble...)
(I don't want either of them to suffer because of what I do.)
(Because Saki...)
(She'll be fine as long as she has them.)
(Saki will smile as long as those two are smiling alongside her...)
That's what matters most...
(I should be practicing playing my bass instead...)
(The more time I have to myself, the more time I can spend practicing and playing.)
(I have to practice as much as humanly possible if I really am going to become a professional bassist...)
Phew...
(It feels so muggy on the rooftop now.)
(I wish I could practice in an open classroom, but that's not gonna happen anytime soon.)
(I guess I'll just have to move to the shade.)
(Here should work.)
(Okay, one more time.
This song's pretty hard, but I should be able to play it if I take it one step at a time.)
(Good...
Just keep it up through the end and...)
Is someone playing an instrument...?