(A little bit more time, huh...?)

(This is a situation where you suffer more the longer you let this linger. And yet...)

(What is it that Mizuki's dealing with...?

Is it really that sensitive a matter?)

...

Hm...? There's something floating on the lake's surface.

What is this? A flower...?

No, it's an accessory shaped like a flower...

Where have I seen this before?

Also, why is it appearing here...?

Are you sure you dropped it here?

Yeah...

I for sure had it on before coming to the lake.

I also believe that we'd find it here.

Oh, KAITO...

What are you doing here...?

I'm free to go wherever I please.

More importantly, what are you all doing here?

We're helping Rin look for something...

The corsage Mizuki gave me...

I decided to wear it for the first time in a while, but then I lost it...

A corsage...

Is this it...?

Yeah...!

Thank goodness...

*Nod*

Thank you for finding it, KAITO.

It's not like I did it for her.

I just saw it floating on the surface of the lake and picked it up out of curiosity.

On the surface of the lake...?

It didn't sink?

That bothered me as well.

If this were an ordinary lake, then the corsage would invariably have sunk to the bottom.

But it floated...

Yeah.

This lake has some sort of deep connection to Mafuyu's feelings.

That also goes for the various things that appear to be at the bottom.

Right...

Oh no...!

Rin...?

The flower fell off...

So... When Rin tried to put the corsage back on, it suddenly fell off...

(Why did I just...?)

(I have a bad feeling...)

(Or am I overthinking...?)

Rin, let me see that...

If the pin attaching the flower just came loose, then I may be able to fix it.

Really...?

I'll be going now...

Wait, KAITO...!

Thank you for finding it...

Again, I didn't do it for you...

Oh...

Ugh...!

Thanking him like that proves that you're the mature one, Rin. Anyway, here you are. It should be fixed now...

...!

Thanks, MEIKO.

You're welcome.

MEIKO? What's wrong...?

Nothing...

(Mizuki...)