(This is a rare sight. Saki never falls asleep during class...)

It's such a pain going back and forth between our classroom and the AV room. Can't we just do everything in one place...?

(Oh, it's class A. Maybe they're switching classrooms...?)

(Shiho...?)

(Was she checking up on Saki...? But why...?)

(Phew. I'm glad our meeting ended so soon.)

(All that's left is to meet with everyone in SEKAI and... Hm?)

Honami? What are you doing standing around here?

Oh! Ichika!

...

Shiho? Is something wrong?

You seem concerned...

No, it's nothing...

Let's go.

Oh...

...?

Okay, bye.

Oh...

I'll be going now too!

Good luck at work, Ichika!

Uh, okay...

...

(Hmm...)

(Shiho is probably worried about Saki. And since Saki's also working so hard lately, Shiho must be concerned about her health...)

(And then Honami was worried about Shiho...)

(She also followed after her yesterday but I wonder if they were able to talk.)

(But I'm worried about Saki, so I should probably tell her to take care. I hope she'll feel a little better just from hearing that...)

(Oh... But I'm in charge of making the school's newspaper this week and the next, which will take up most of my lunch time.)

(Since we might not be able to talk much during our breaks, it'll probably need to wait until after school.)

(Alright, I got this!)

Good morning.

Huh? Ichika?

Hm? What brings you to my class, Shiho...?

You know this is 1-A, right?

Huh...?

Oh no...

(I went the wrong way...!!)

I, uh... It's just...!

I came to see you...!

Hehe. You're not fooling me that easily.

I did come to this class by accident, but there is something I need to talk to you about.

So if I could borrow you for a second...

So, what's up?

(This isn't how I was expecting to talk to her, but I have to get this off my chest...)

Um... It's about Saki...

Oh no...

(I guess it was bothering her too...)

(What should I do...? I want to talk to her and find a way to put her at ease...)

(But I'm not anything I say will work right now...)

(In that case, here goes nothing...!)

Shiho...!

Y-Yeah...?

I'm not sure that I'll be able to have lunch today with Saki because of student council business!

So I was wondering if you could invite her instead and have lunch together!

Huh? Is that what you wanted to ask...?

Yes!

But Saki so many other friends that she could have lunch with...

No, I think she'd be ecstatic if you invited her!

So if it's alright with you, Shiho, would you mind?

Fine, if I feel like it then...

That's perfectly okay.

Got it. See you.

Phew...

(I really just let myself go there...)

(But I'm sure she'll invite her to lunch now.)

(As long as she actually sits down and finds the time to talk to Saki, everything will turn out okay.)