--Ichigaya Residence --
Kasumi: … Arisa!
Arisa: K-Kasumi…
Kasumi: Arisa… Welcome home.
Arisa: Both of you… were waiting for me here…?
Saaya: Kasumi wanted to talk to you no matter what.
Arisa: I don't really… have anything to talk about.
Kasumi: That's not true! We know that you're hiding something! Arisa… you've been troubled right? Talk to us! We'll… be of help to you!
Arisa: You're too persistent! I said it's nothing! Just leave me alone!
Kasumi: I can't leave you alone! Even if you don't have anything to talk about, I have a lot of things to say to you!
Arisa: …?
Kasumi: I'll talk about the TV show I watched yesterday, or some delicious sweets I've bought at a convenience store… Or about western clothes, or about our studies, or about our bentos… Or about Popipa!
I have a lot of things that I want to talk to you about! There are a lot of things that I want you to hear from me!
Arisa: R-Rather, what are you trying to say?! I don't understand at all!
Kasumi: I don't know either! I just want to chat with you again! I want us to talk and laugh about things more! I want us to… eat our bentos together!
Arisa: I-I don't care about that!
Kasumi: Hngggh! Arisa, your hand, give it to me!
Arisa: H-Huh?!
Kasumi: Cause I'm not good with words! So I'm sure my feelings will reach you through my hands!
Arisa: W-What are you saying?!
Kasumi: I'm sorry! This is the only thing that I can do! Arisa, your hand!
Arisa: S-Stop it! You know that I'm bad at this kind of stuff right?! T-That's why…!
Kasumi: Please reach her…! Ei… Ei…!!
Arisa: I-It hurts! Don't have to do it with that much—
Arisa: (Hm? This feeling—)
-- Park --
Arisa: … It hurts. It still feels numb… You really held it too tight…
Kasumi: I-I was too into it…
Arisa: … You're a guitarist, you should know when to hold back…
Kasumi: I'm really… sorry…
Arisa: … But that sensation was like Otae's.
Kasumi: Eh?
Arisa: When you held my hand, it felt the same as when Otae did it.
Kasumi: With Otae?
Arisa: Yeah. You wouldn't understand, huh? But, that was how it felt…
…… Um you see. Back on that day, I was summoned by the teacher, alright? That was around our lunch break…
Kasumi: Yeah. We were all talking about whether or not you would become the student council president.
Arisa: Well, at that time, I was actually being told off by the teacher…
Saaya: Being told off…? Why?
Arisa: They've said that there's a decline in my grade scores…
Kasumi: …… Eh?
Arisa: Well, it's pretty natural when you think about it. Ever since we started our band, we've always been together, right? That's why my studying time got cut shorter and shorter...
I've thought about how bad it could get if this continued, but when I'm with you girls—
It's just very fun…
Saaya: Arisa…
Arisa: So, the teacher asked me if it's hard to manage studying and practicing band at the same time.
At the moment, I was kinda annoyed, so I declared to the teacher…
… That I'd show them that I can manage them both. That if my grades for these coming tests are lower than 480 points for all 5 subjects, then I'll quit the band…
Saaya: 4-480 points?! Isn't that too much even for you?
Arisa: … But if I didn't say that, it would have been less persuasive, right? That's why afterwards, I was so into studying that I would mess up my sleep schedule…
Saaya: Come to think of it, you did look tired… So that's what this is all about.
Arisa: I guess high school's studies are drastically different from middle school, since I need to get more serious about it.
Kasumi: …… Why? Why didn't you tell us such an important thing?
Arisa: … It's so uncool, right? Because of my stubbornness, I've dragged everyone into this…
And also… The me who does my best and studies hard late into the night… That's a side of me that I didn't really want to show you girls…
Kasumi: Arisa… That's not right, Arisa! We've always seen you doing your best! We're always looking at your best efforts!
Arisa is always doing her best, giving her full effort—practicing with her keyboard, yeah?
Arisa: …?!
Saaya: … Yeah, that's right. We know that you've been doing your best with your practices.
Arisa: … Haha, I see… I never needed to hide it, huh… What the hell, I was dead set on hiding it… that's so uncool…
… And because of that, it cornered me. Not to mention it irritated me and then I made Rimi…
Arisa: I'm the worst… What was I doing…! I was so uncool…
Arisa: …… Popipa is better off without someone like me—
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