Hello.

Oh, hey there.

Feel free to sit wherever you like.

Then, I'll sit at the counter.

The usual?

Please.

Coming right up.

It's strange seeing no other customers here at this time...

Well, a lot of events are going on at the same time today.

If anything, this is like the calm before the storm. Once they're all done, everyone's going to want to stay out and stampede over.

...

(They have that much energy...)

(That time... What was it that I was feeling...?)

(As Shiraishi said, knowing that Ken and his team would be disbanding may've had a lot to do with it...)

...

(Asking him directly seems a bit...)

Hm...?

Is there something you'd like to ask me...?

Huh...?

It's written all over your face.

Also, here's your coffee.

Thank you...

Um... Was it that obvious?

More than before.

Lately, it's become a little easier to see how you're feeling based on your facial expressions... But of all my regulars, you're still a puzzle to me.

I'm sorry...

Hahaha! Conversely, Akito and Kohane are the easiest to read.

I understand Azusawa, but I wasn't expecting to hear Akito's name.

Especially since he usually does his absolute best to bury anything he doesn't want people to know about...

And it's very difficult to see that when it actually happens.

To be fair, I've been alive a bit longer than the rest of you, so I know a thing or two when it comes to that.

I see...

Anyway, what is it that you'd like to ask? It must be bothering you very much based on how anxious you seemed just now.

Yes, well...

I'm not sure if I should ask...

Oh...? In that case...

I'll be taking care of some business, so you just talk like I'm not here. I might be willing to answer depending on what you say.

Oh...

So, I watched the DVD of RAD WEEKEND with everyone the other day...

And for some reason, I felt this strange sense of sadness in all the performers' voices as they sang...

...

I don't understand why that thought crossed my mind...

I'm sorry if this seems inappropriate...

But I'm struggling to wrap my head around what I felt and why I felt what I did that time...

You really are changing little by little, Toya. Of course, for the better...

Huh?

Until just recently, you never actively tried to express or discuss what you were feeling, right?

But you're doing your best to blaze your own trail anyway. I'm not even your parent and I feel pretty proud of you.

Thank you very much...

And to answer your question...

Everyone's going to think or feel something different when they see an event. Honestly, it's a folly to try to understand what the performers were feeling.

...

And yet, you clearly felt something even though you're still not entirely used to comprehending such emotions...

So, you should remember what you felt.

...!

I will. Thank you, Ken.