*Sigh*

I'm starving! Let's eat!

Let's eat.

Mmm! These little omelets are so good!

And really fluffy♪

Also, Shiho, it feels like it's been forever since the last time the two of us had lunch together like this...!

Yeah, you're right.

You've been busy during lunch lately working on that song.

I figured you and Ichika would eat together, but I guess you guys missed lunch a couple times.

Yeah, we did!

It was so hard to stay focused during afternoon classes when that happened.

Oh, Saki, while we're on the subject.

Thank you for writing that song.

Huh? Why are you thanking me?

I felt that I needed to express it properly.

Especially after seeing you and Ichika doing your best at school and during practice.

Again, you two came up with an amazing song.

Shiho...!

Thank you so much!

Hehe. That makes me really happy!

Plus, this song seemed to give you two some trouble. I mean, you and Ichika sorta got into a fight over it, right?

Oh, yeah...

I honestly didn't know what to do when that happened.

And what I said to her...

I feel like it was really hurtful...

Really?

Yeah. Ichi and I couldn't agree on what we wanted to do. I started to feel really frustrated about how she wasn't understanding how I felt.

Which put me in a sour mood...

I see...

But I think you two fighting isn't necessarily a bad thing...

You're both serious about what you're doing, so it's only natural to bump heads sometimes.

Yeah, I get that...

But I was so sure that Ichi and I wouldn't run into any problems...

Even if we disagreed about something, I thought we'd be able to figure things out. But it just didn't go that smoothly...

I couldn't help but start wondering why she couldn't see what I was going for...

And the opposite is also true.

I had trouble understanding what Ichi wanted to do.

I was so obsessed with getting her to understand what I wanted from our song.

Saki...

But I...

I think what you two did is really cool.

Huh?

I mean, you both had messages that you wanted to get across.

Even if it meant fighting with each other, neither of you were willing to bend on that, right?

I don't see anything wrong with being adamant about how our song should turn out.

Also...

I'm sure Mr. Shindo liked what he heard because you were so set on what you wanted to make.

I mean, you really produced something amazing.

Shiho...

Yes, what you two experienced was probably a bit painful...

But knowing that you two put everything into that song makes me want to play it all the more.

Shiho...

Thanks...

(They wrote the best song they possibly could.)

(Now I need to play it in a way that does it justice...)

(That's my job moving forward.)

We need to practice playing our debut song like there's no tomorrow.

Yeah!