Part 1
Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy
Honami
(I'm glad my committee meeting ended sooner than I expected. I can take my time eating my lunch now.)
Honami
Oh...
Ichika
Oh, Honami. Are you on your way back from the Cleanup Committee?
Honami
Yes. Are you just coming back from your student council meeting?
Ichika
I am.
Ichika
I'm guessing you haven't had your lunch yet either... Would you like to join me?
Honami
Sure. Where would you like to go?
Ichika
Well, there's actually something I'd like to talk about so... How about over there?
Honami
Oh, okay. Let's go.
Honami
(Does this mean she wants to talk about...?)
School SEKAI
Honami
Excuse us.
MEIKO
Ichika? Honami too?
You're here awfully early.
You're here awfully early.
Ichika
Oh, we're not actually here to practice. We just came to have lunch and talk a little.
MEIKO
I see. I can move to a different classroom if you'd like...
Ichika
No, that's okay. Conversely, would you mind joining us?
Ichika
It's about Saki and Shiho... I was wondering if I could get your advice...
Honami
I knew it. You were worried about them too...
Ichika
A little bit...
Ichika
After we all left the other day, Honami, you tried chasing after Shiho, right?
Ichika
Were you able to talk much?
Honami
I was...
Shiho
She's...
Shiho
She's doing that because of me...
Shiho
Creating our own song, practicing for our show and trying to go pro... It's all making her do this...
Shiho
My dream's forcing her to push herself too hard...
Ichika
I didn't know Shiho was feeling that way about all this...
Honami
Me neither, but I immediately replied by saying that she's misunderstanding what Saki's doing.
Honami
After that, I suggested that we just watch over and place our faith in her...
Ichika
I see...
MEIKO
And we'd expect nothing less from you, Honami. Nicely done!
Honami
B-But... I just told her what was on my mind...
Ichika
You didn't do just that. What you said made me feel better too.
Ichika
I was actually thinking about talking to Shiho myself too.
Ichika
(This is a rare sight. Saki never falls asleep during class...)
Student's Voice
It's such a pain going back and forth between our classroom and the AV room. Can't we just do everything in one place...?
Ichika
(Oh, it's class A. Maybe they're switching classrooms...?)
Ichika
(Shiho...?)
Ichika
(Was she checking up on Saki...? But why...?)
Honami
I see...
MEIKO
And that's why you were also concerned about Shiho.
Ichika
Yes, exactly. It felt like Shiho was acting really strange after that during practice here too...
Ichika
But I never got a chance to sit down and chat with her because of work.
Ichika
So thank you for talking to her, Honami...
Honami
You're welcome.
Ichika
And I guess it's all up to Saki now...
Honami
I suppose so. But isn't there anything we can do to help with her songwriting...?
Honami
I get the feeling that she genuinely believes she has to do this all on her own.
Ichika
Right. If only there were something we could do for her...
MEIKO
Alright, girls, time to settle down♪
MEIKO
I understand how you feel, but you even said so yourself, Honami. Watch over and place our faith in her.
MEIKO
If you really mean that, you need to believe in each other more!
Honami
Oh...
Ichika
She's right. We need to start by trusting her and believing that she'll get through this.
Honami
Okay...!
Honami
(They're right. I'm sure Saki will be just fine...)