Hey, it's Akito and Toya!

Are you going to MEIKO's cafe?

Nah, we've got a gig tonight, so we came over to kill some time and rehearse.

Oh, I was just about to start practice too!

I know a good place. Want to come along?

Sure, why not. Where is it?

It's my special secret spot for practicing! I normally keep it to myself, but I don't mind showing you.

Fine, I'll bite.

Toya, you okay with going with Len?

Yeah, sure...

Alright!

Follow me!

By the way, isn't there something you want to tell me?

Huh? Tell you about what...?

You know, isn't there something on your mind?

Something you want to talk about?

No, not really...

Hey, stop beating around the bush and just tell us.

Oh, come on! I mean Kohane and An, obviously!

Oh, that.

You can always talk to me when you're having problems with your partners!

Oh, okay.

You wanted us to do that.

But I knew that they'd sort things out by themselves, so I wasn't really worried.

Hmm. Really?

You know, Miku said almost the exact same thing.

Really? What did she say?

“They'll sort it out between themselves.”

She pretended not to notice what was going on.

Oh?

I think that part of her is really cool.

But I'm not like that. If someone's having a rough time, I want to lend them a hand.

We're the same then...

My friends are always helping me out.

I really want to do something for them too.

Yeah, that's exactly how I feel.

I owe Akito the most, so I'm always thinking of ways to help or support him...

But he's got it all together, so I never get any opportunities to do that.

Hm...?

On one hand, it's great that he's so independent, but a little frustrating at the same time.

Hmm, I think I see what you mean...?

Toya, you really didn't know...?

I rely on you a lot.

You do...?

Sure. There were a lot of things I couldn't do before we teamed up.

When I was by myself, I just glossed over so many things and tried to just force my way over each hurdle.

But your musical talent made me realize that it wasn't good enough.

I see...

So I did help you improve in some way.

If you didn't, we wouldn't still be partners.

I noticed this about you too, Akito...

You're surprisingly frank or earnest sometimes.

What are you talking about?

I'm just speaking my mind.

Anyway, we've been walking a while.

We not there yet? How much longer is it?

Huh?

Oh no! We already passed it by!

Dude...

Get it together...

I'm really sorry! You've got a gig tonight and I ended up wasting your time... Let's backtrack a bit!

There's no rush.

We still have plenty of time.

Yeah, it's no big deal.

We can stick around a while longer.