Alright, you're all free to go.
Please get home safe, everyone.

*Sigh*
They assigned us way too much homework today.

I know, right?
I'm thinking about ditching club...

...

(I need to tell Dad the next time he comes over...)

(About what happened that night...)

(He's waiting for me to tell him.
He's waiting for me to come home.)

(But...)

...

Do you have club today, Mafuyu? I forget. If not, wanna work on these homework assignments together?

I know what you're up to.
You just want to copy her answers!

Huh? N-No, I dunno what you're talking about...

Oh, that's naughty.
It's important that you do your own homework.

Yeah, I know!
But let's still do these together! I'll make sure that my eyes don't wander!

Hmm... Then...

Oh...

(A message? From who..?)

Hey, Mafuyu!
Had a busy day?

What are you doing here...?

I figured it was about time for your school to get out. So, I thought we could walk home together.

But you don't go to this school...

C'mon, who cares about the details?

So, how about it? Wanna walk with me?

You came all this way, so I suppose it'd be rude to say no...

Haha. You're always so nice.
Anyway, let's go!

So, I decided to make some ribbons out of the rolls of fabric I bought at that shop for Rin and the others! And they turned out really cute!

Really?

Yeah! I wanna make you one too, so let me know which fabric you'd like me to use! They're honestly all really adorable♪

You can choose since I probably won't have much of an opinion.

Alright, in that case, you and Miku are gonna have a matching pair. I'm sure she'll really like that!

I'll let you know when I've drawn my design, so stay tuned♪

Okay.

Come to think of it, you took a day off from working yesterday. How are you feeling? Better...?

*Nod*
I feel much more at ease now...

Really? That's good to hear...

(But you don't just get over something like this...)

Sorry. The thing is, Miku and the others told me about why you took yesterday off...

You want to tell your dad about what happened that night, but you're afraid to, right...?

Oh...

You came all this way to ask me that...?

Yeah. I know I'm being pretty nosy, but I wanted to talk to you about it...

Are you still afraid...?

...

Yes...

I want to tell him about what happened that night. I want to tell him how I really feel...

But...

I know...

You're afraid that he won't understand...

Especially since he's someone really important to you.

The thought of possibly being rejected after telling him everything is just so terrifying...

Which makes you think, why bother telling him at all?

...

That's probably why I became stuck for so long too.

But I'm starting to think that...

There are more people who will accept me for who I am than I realized.

What...?

Now, I have a feeling that there'll be more people that'll say, “Thanks for telling me,” and, “No matter what, I'm on your side,” after breaking some big news to them...

That's how I feel now...

...

I know you're scared.
Shaking that fear off isn't easy.

But...

If you believe that there is even the slightest chance that your dad will understand... Then I think you two should talk...

I...

Ack, it's starting to rain! Talk about bad timing...

I didn't bring an umbrella, so let's head home before we get drenched...!

You're that way, right, Mafuyu?
Will you be okay on your own?

*Nod*

Mizuki...

Hm?

Thank you...

Haha. No problem.

Anyway, see you on Nightcord!

(I'm such a hypocrite...)

(I told Mafuyu to do the very thing that I can't...)

(But...)

On my side, huh...?