(I'm glad my committee meeting ended sooner than I expected. I can take my time eating my lunch now.)
Oh...
Oh, Honami. Are you on your way back from the Cleanup Committee?
Yes. Are you just coming back from your student council meeting?
I am.
I'm guessing you haven't had your lunch yet either... Would you like to join me?
Sure. Where would you like to go?
Well, there's actually something I'd like to talk about so... How about over there?
Oh, okay. Let's go.
(Does this mean she wants to talk about...?)
Excuse us.
Ichika? Honami too?
You're here awfully early.
Oh, we're not actually here to practice. We just came to have lunch and talk a little.
I see. I can move to a different classroom if you'd like...
No, that's okay. Conversely, would you mind joining us?
It's about Saki and Shiho... I was wondering if I could get your advice...
I knew it. You were worried about them too...
A little bit...
After we all left the other day, Honami, you tried chasing after Shiho, right?
Were you able to talk much?
I was...
She's...
She's doing that because of me...
Creating our own song, practicing for our show and trying to go pro... It's all making her do this...
My dream's forcing her to push herself too hard...
I didn't know Shiho was feeling that way about all this...
Me neither, but I immediately replied by saying that she's misunderstanding what Saki's doing.
After that, I suggested that we just watch over and place our faith in her...
I see...
And we'd expect nothing less from you, Honami. Nicely done!
B-But... I just told her what was on my mind...
You didn't do just that. What you said made me feel better too.
I was actually thinking about talking to Shiho myself too.
(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...?)
I see...
And that's why you were also concerned about Shiho.
Yes, exactly. It felt like Shiho was acting really strange after that during practice here too...
But I never got a chance to sit down and chat with her because of work.
So thank you for talking to her, Honami...
You're welcome.
And I guess it's all up to Saki now...
I suppose so. But isn't there anything we can do to help with her songwriting...?
I get the feeling that she genuinely believes she has to do this all on her own.
Right. If only there were something we could do for her...
Alright, girls, time to settle down♪
I understand how you feel, but you even said so yourself, Honami. Watch over and place our faith in her.
If you really mean that, you need to believe in each other more!
Oh...
She's right. We need to start by trusting her and believing that she'll get through this.
Okay...!
(They're right. I'm sure Saki will be just fine...)