*Yawn*
Mhm... I slept great...
Wait, it's still morning...?!
I thought I went to sleep around dawn.
I was only asleep for four hours?!
*Sigh*
I'm going back to sleep...
...
No, I'm fully awake now...
I should just get up.
Now then...
Since I managed to wake up early for a change, I should practice drawing something...
(But what...?)
What if it's because your sketch has some sort of special place in Mafuyu's heart?
What...?
This lake was born out of Mafuyu's feelings.
Seeing your sketch may've had some sort of effect on her. That might be why you're seeing it floating around now.
My sketch had an effect on her...?
(My sketch had a real effect on her...)
(If I can draw something like that again...)
(That's it...!
Instead of just Mafuyu, I should try drawing everyone in N25 today.)
Where'd that video of all of us go...?
Yeah, this...! When we went to PXL together!
It turned out really well.
And the angle's perfect!
No, wait, I need to keep looking...
Oh, this one's from... The time we went on that mystery tour.
We saw those cherry blossoms together and...
They were so beautiful...
Alright...
(I'll try drawing something based on this.)
(I wonder what was going through everyone's mind that day...)
(Oh yeah, Mizuki tried to surprise us by hiding the fact that the place we were going to was supposedly haunted.)
Always trying to mess with people...
Mizuki also suggested that we take this picture together, so... Okay, I'll go with it.
...
Alright, I think Mizuki turned out pretty good.
Next is Kanade...
(How was Kanade behaving this day?)
Oh, right. She was petrified over the thought of going somewhere that was haunted.
(But Mafuyu dragged her through that tunnel believing it'd inspire her to compose more songs...)
(Also, I didn't know at the time how big a scaredy cat Kanade was.)
Next, Mafuyu.
(She disappeared for a minute when we went to that abandoned school. We tried looking for her and ended up discovering that cherry blossom tree in full bloom...)
And we talked about a bunch of stuff while standing in front of it...
(Despite everything that happened throughout the day, we all seemed to feel the same while looking at those cherry blossoms...)
(But what were we feeling? How do I describe that in words?)
(I guess a visual representation would look something like...this? No, that doesn't seem right at all...)
Ugh...
I don't know how to put that feeling into words or art!
I need to dig deeper and find a way to really express what we felt...
(Come to think of it, Mizuki seemed a bit conflicted back then.)
(Mizuki...?)
(I wonder... Is Mizuki still...?)
No, I promised that I'd wait!
For now, focus on drawing!
Alright, I've got the general composition down...
Hmm... But is this drawing really gonna have an effect on the others?
What if I did something like this...?
No, that doesn't feel right... Okay, how about...?
No, I can't figure it out...
And I feel like it's starting to lose its initial meaning...
Argh! It's so hard to illustrate how all four of us are feeling all at once!
I should start over...
...
Ena, are you asleep? I'm coming in.
Huh? Mom...?
Oh, you're awake.
You need to get ready for school or you're going to be late.
But it's still before noon... Wait, huh?
Mom, why didn't you tell me sooner?!
I tried multiple times.
Oh, were you drawing something just now? You must've been really focused on it...
Lately, you've been showing how that part of your father is also—
Huh?
Oh, nothing.
Anyway, would you like something to eat before you go?
I am hungry, but I'm gonna be late if I don't go now...
Then, take some of the rice balls I left in the kitchen.
Oh, I can have them before class! Thanks, Mom!