Let's see... “I always have toast for breakfast, but today...”

Hm? What's this word...?

O-ni-gi... Oh, onigiri!

“I always have toast for breakfast, but today, I'm having rice balls!”

Alright, onto the next paragraph...

I'm back!!

Oh...!

Welcome home, Tsukasa!

I've been waiting for you to get back!

Hm? For me?

Ah, were you waiting so that we could have dinner together?!

No, Mom, Dad and I went ahead and ate after you said that we didn't need to wait for you.

Y-Yes, right...

I did say that...

But I decided to hold off on the jelly, because I do want to have dessert with you♪

Ah, Saki...!

That's so thoughtful!

Hehe.

Wait, no. That's not what I want to tell you about!

I ran into Toya♪

I see.

He's helping out with Shibuya Instrument Day...

Speaking of which, weren't you and Mom talking about going to that?

Yeah, but she has to hold an emergency practice session for her students because they have a competition coming up really soon.

So, I don't think we're gonna be able to go this year...

I see. I suppose her hands are tied with that competition coming up.

But there are plenty of other events like it, so we made a deal to go to one of those if we can♪

That's good! I hope you both have a good time.

Hm? Come to think of it, didn't we go to a similar event when we were little?

The one with all those orchestral instruments?

Weren't we given tickets to go because Toya's dad was going to perform in the concert? Yeah!

Yes, but neither he nor his wife were able to join us since they had to prepare for that concert. Fortunately, we got to spend a lot of time with Toya.

Yeah♪ I remember that being really fun...

Oh, also!

Remember how the three of us played that piano together?

Yes, I remember.

But we couldn't all fit onto the chair they had there, right?

Yeah! That's why you had me sit on your lap!

Ah, that's right!

As a result, I couldn't see the keys at all!

I had to ask Toya where C was since I had so much trouble finding it.

Yeah, he said, “Further right!”

But when you went too far, he shouted, “No, that's A! Go back!”

Yes, I remember that moment.

Also, didn't a lot happen after we began to play?

I recall you pressing the C key, and my thumb on top of it too.

That happened because you tried to play the part that I was gonna!

Really?

Yes, really!

You said you'd let me play half of what the right hand's supposed to.

But we had trouble dividing up everything, since we weren't very good at playing the piano back then.

True.

Still, despite our chaotic performance, Toya seemed happy to go along with our antics.

Yeah...

I remember him always being so quiet whenever he was by himself.

I get that he's always been the polite and earnest type...

But I know he had it pretty rough sometimes.

Fortunately, he smiled and laughed whenever he was with us. That always made me happy.

Same here...

Now I feel like talking to Toya.

We haven't had many chances to talk at school lately, so I might see if he'd like to have lunch sometime.

Hey, no fair! That means you get to hog him!

I know! I wanna hear more about how Shibuya Instrument Day went from him, so the three of us should go out for food sometime!

Oh, excellent idea!

In that case, we'll need to ask Toya when he'll be free to go!