(Thanks to all of Ichika's hard work, our new song's unbelievably good.)

(This song might just be able to...)

...

(We've come up with an incredible song, so we have to put on the best performance possible.)

(In order to do that, we'll need to...)

Honami, you here?

Oh, Shiho, good morning.

Morning. I want to discuss our practice schedule from today onwards. Are you free right now?

Yes, I'd like to discuss that as well.

Mind taking a look at this?

It's a preliminary schedule based on all of our shifts for work and whatnot...

But it ended up becoming much tighter than usual...

If we want to have our new song ready in time... Okay, let's have a closer look...

...

(Yeah, this is a lot tighter than usual...)

(But it's still realistically achievable.)

Hm...?

What's with these blue circles?

Oh, those are days when we won't be able to do full run-throughs because one of us has work.

There are a few of those, but things could conceivably become a little easier if we decided to hold practice during some of these days.

That's why I was hoping to hear from everyone about their individual schedules after school today.

Okay.

Got it.

Hehe...

Shiho...?

Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to laugh like that.

No, that's okay.

But you seem really happy all of a sudden.

Oh, that's because...

You've become such a reliable person, Honami.

Huh...? Y-You think so?!

Why would I lie about something like this?

You're always looking out for us and coming up with schedules that we can actually accomplish as a band...

That's only possible if you clearly know what someone needs to work on and how much time they're going to require.

Oh, right!

I usually try to compare our previous schedules and practices to what we're doing now on top of trying new things.

So there's a lot of trial and error involved...

I see...

But your schedules are always a huge help, Honami. We wouldn't know what to do without them.

Without a schedule, just practicing a lot doesn't mean we'll be ready in time for a show.

Plus, if we believe that we won't be ready, we can always think of something to do for Hanano and her brother outside of putting on a show for them.

Of course, things won't always go as planned. Regardless, our goal's going to be to “put on the best performance possible.”

In the end, it's just so much better having a schedule and knowing how we're progressing.

So, thank you.

I really appreciate you saying that, Shiho.

Hehe...

Hm? What's up?

I've received so much praise from you this morning that I can't help but think today's going to be a wonderful day.

I get that I'm pretty hard on all of you, but I do properly compliment you guys when I think you deserve it.

Hehe. I know.

That means I should keep trying my best so you praise me like this every day.

Yeah, yeah.