Get home safe, guys.
*Nod*
See you tomorrow... No, wait. We're not having practice tomorrow, are we?
You all fought pretty hard against Taiga, right? You need to give your throats a chance to recover.
We will.
Now, if you'll excuse us.
See you later, An!
Okay! See you!
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...!
(We need to get back on our feet!)
Hey, here's your coffee.
Okay, thanks.
Are you sure you don't want tea instead?
No, I feel like coffee today.
*Sigh*
This is nice.
Oh, there she is.
Sorry for calling you so suddenly. I know you're busy.
It's okay. This is important.
Mom...?
An...
Your eyes are bloodshot...
And, did you lose your voice?
Oh...
Haha. Yeah, kinda...
So, what's up? You hardly ever come here.
You heard about Nagi, right?
...
Yeah.
Which means... Mom, you also knew?
Yes... I'm sorry about keeping quiet this whole time...
It's okay...
Dad explained why no one told me.
And what Aunt Nagi was thinking.
Because I believe in what I said.
If anyone's going to succeed us, I'm absolutely positive that An will be one of those people.
So...
So, it's okay...!
Then, did you hear about this...?
Nagi always said she wanted to be the cool big sister you could always count on and look up to.
What...?
Taiga kept laughing at her that you were more like her daughter because she was so much older than you.
But being my daughter would mean I'd have to actually be responsible for her, wouldn't it? I don't think that kind of relationship suits us.
I'm going to be more like her friend or buddy...
Ooh, or we can be a pair of sworn sisters who like to stir things up!
We both love this city and want to do everything together. We want to see what this world has to offer.
And I think that An and I will, together!
Aunt Nagi...
Still, you two are so close. I see you all the time together. You're almost like sisters.
Sisters...? That seems like a stretch considering how much older I am than her.
Oh, don't say that.
Same offer. I'll double what you get if you beat me at rock paper scissors.
I'm not falling for that again.
Hehe...
Hahaha!
...
...
An, it's okay. Just let it all out...
But...!
I... I'm not stopping...!
You've become so strong...
Have you ever heard the saying about how the tears of mourners help flowers grow in heaven?
For every mourner, a flower blooms up above for their loved one. In other words, the more mourners, the more flowers.
Nagi was supposed to rest on a great bed of flowers...
But we chose to respect her wishes.
We chose to deprive her of that...
...
So, An...
It's okay for you to cry now.
Don't feel bad about crying. You have every right to, considering just how much you loved her.
An, over here!
*Sob*
Haha!
*Sob*
*Cry*
Aunt Nagi...!
I...! I wish we could've talked more!
And stood on stage together...!
I know, dear...
I would've loved to see that as well...
*Sigh*
(Let it all out...
For me. For all of us...)
*Cry*