Shiho! Over here!

You managed to slip out from your class meeting too, Shiho?

Yeah. Today was just schedule planning. I already wrote down when I'll be available and passed it on, so I should be okay.

Great! Next stop: Hona's class!

I wonder if Hona's gonna be okay...

I hope so. As long as she manages to make herself clear to everyone else...

To be fair, her class isn't the only one that hasn't decided on a song yet, but they definitely do need to act soon.

Yup! And we're here to give her our full support!

Support her by sneakily trying to peep into her classroom...?

Didn't you proudly reassure her during lunch that you believed she'd be able to tell them how she really felt or something like that?

But I'm still really worried about her...!

Shiho, you slipped out of your class meeting to join us here because you're worried too, right?

I'm here because I don't want the person who messaged us about meeting here to lose control of herself and end up making things worse.

Oh, come on! Just admit you're worried about her too!

Okay, okay. Wait, didn't we do something like this before?

Oh, you mean when we went to talk to Honami's friends from her class about what happened in junior high?

Shh! They're starting their discussion...!

It's not like we'll be making any progress since there are some people who just aren't motivated about it.

How about we vote again? I'm sure most of us just want to get it over with already.

Yeah, just pick something already...

Whoa... This is going south fast...

Hmm... They're totally split down the middle between people that want to give it a try and people that don't...

Yeah...

(You can do this, Hona...!)

Everyone, please settle down.

...!

Honami, you can do this...!

Give it to them straight!

Phew... She did it...

She did. And I think the rest now understand how she feels too...

Well, this is Honami we're talking about.

I knew this would be a piece of cake for her.

Oh, really? I thought I just heard a certain someone cheer her on by saying, Give it to them straight!

That was, well...

Hehe!

Now that we've taken care of that,

I'll go tell the committee what we've chosen.

Huh?

Uh oh...

Saki, Ichika and Shiho?!

What are you doing here?!

Oh, haha... No reason♪

Well, since our cover's blown...!

You're off to see the committee chairman, right?

We'll walk with you for a bit!

Wait, all of you left your own class meetings to come here because you were worried about me?

Yup. I know it sounds like we're being overbearing but...

You had so much on your plate, it was hard for us to focus on our own class discussions.

Oh, I guess we were totally eavesdropping too, huh? Haha... Sorry about that.

No, it's okay. Thank you, actually.

You were all looking out for me...

I'm grateful for your support.

But you're the one that made it work, Honami!

Yeah, it was all you!

You were so awesome back there!

You told everyone how you really felt, and got them to move in the same direction!

I don't care what anyone else says...

You're amazing and deserve all my respect!

Saki...

Yeah. Thank you!

Hehehe... But we're still recital rivals, okay?

No one other than my class is taking home the gold. Not even my precious childhood friend... Right, Ichi?

Right.

That's funny because my class is getting into it too.

This could get interesting.

Alright then, no holding back! Let's make it a serious competition!

Yeah! Our class is definitely gonna win!