Good morning, Minori!

Oh, Kohane! Good morning!

Thanks again for the advice you gave me the other day.

I did like you said and talked with everyone else about what was happening.

That's great! So, how did it go?

They were really helpful!

Thanks to them, the misunderstanding my parents had also got cleared up and they're letting me carry on like normal.

Really?

That's awesome, Kohane!

Yeah! And it's all thanks to your encouragement that I was able to talk to everyone about this.

Hehe.

I'm glad I could help!

You know, if there's ever anything you need help with, please let me know! I'll do whatever I can to help!

Thanks! I'll be counting on you then!

I can't wait for today's practice...

Oh, isn't that...

Hey, Kohane! Are you heading to the park?

I am! Let's go together!

I'm so relieved that everything turned out fine.

Toya's over his problems with his dad,

and you can keep singing like usual.

I was just talking about that with a friend at school today too.

I actually told her about my parents being against me performing at live houses a little sooner than everyone else.

Oh, really?

I'm really sorry about that.

I should've come to you guys first.

I was just really scared that I might not be able to sing with you again, and I didn't want to be a bother...

And you ended up asking her first?

Yeah... I'm so sorry, An.

You're my partner and I...

Haha. Don't be such a worrywart!

Well, if you kept it a secret from me for a whole week or something, then it might start bugging me...

Hehe. It'd be impossible for me to keep quiet about it that long. You would definitely have noticed that something was eating away at me by then.

Yeah, that's true! But I'm curious...

What did your friend tell you about this?

Hehe. She told me to talk to you about it.

Also, she said not to worry about asking

because you mean so much to me...

Really...? Wow, she seems pretty cool...!

She is!

And even though that time I talked to her first...

From now on, if I have any worries concerning our group, I'll talk to you right away, An.

Hehe. You're such a good girl!

And I promise not to keep Shinonome or Aoyagi in the dark either.

They've been singing together longer than us,

so I know I can count on their advice.

Yeah. Akito's actually opened my eyes to some things too.

But if anything comes up, I'll also go to you first from now on, Kohane!

Sure!

Oh, there they are...

Hello, guys!

Hm? What's with that grin on your face?

Did something good happen?

Hehe. I'm just happy that we can keep singing together!

Huh? What's this all the sudden...?

Ah... I know how you feel, Azusawa.

Neither of us has to worry about someone being upset by our choices.

Exactly!

So let's sing our hearts out, guys!

Yeah!