Hey, white carnations!
I always see red or pink ones, but these white ones are really pretty too!

Do you like carnations, Kanade?

Oh, uh... Not me...
My mom did...

She always kept some around the house, and I bring her these every time I go visit her grave.

I see...

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...

No, it's okay.
I'm sorry for asking without really thinking it through first.

But flowers are great, aren't they?
They have this therapeutic quality to them...

It'd be great to even see a whole field of them. One with lavenders and sunflowers... It'd be so beautiful...!

A field of flowers...

I vaguely remember my dad taking us to see one a long time ago.

Really? Like a field of carnations...?

Yes. It was fairly close by too, I think. I remember being surprised by how you could see something like that in the city.

Yeah, that is pretty surprising!

But I remember having so much fun then... The weather was nice and everyone was laughing...

Hey, Kanade. Wanna try finding that flower field together?

Huh?

It's somewhere around here, right?
There's only a few places in the city where something like that could be, so I'm sure we'll find it pretty quick!

But it's still raining... Are you sure?

Yeah, totally!
I've got my favorite rainboots on too, so it'd be nice to get a little more mileage on them!

Thanks, Mizuki...

Then let's start with... Miyamasuzaka Park. That's been there forever, and it's huge!

Okay. Let's try there.

Man... We've checked out every park around here, but nothing...

Yeah...

Maybe I'm confusing it with somewhere else. It might not actually be in the city like I said.

I'm so sorry for making you do this. Especially considering the weather...

Don't worry about that, Kanade!

Let's just keep looking, alright?
It could still be on the other side of the station, you know?

No it's okay. Let's stop for now.
Thank you for doing this.

Kanade...

Sorry I couldn't help you find it...

But maybe some other time we can...

...

(But when...?)

(Will I still be friends with her when that time comes...?)

Mizuki...?

Uh... N-Nothing. It's nothing.
Something was bugging me is all.

But you're heading back to the station, right? We can use this park as a shortcut to get there.

Okay.

This rain really isn't letting up, huh? All we've been getting lately is bad weather too...

But you might even think of a good song when it's finally sunny again, so I wouldn't fret too much, Kanade.

And whenever you feel like hanging out again, you know who to call!

Right, I'll keep that in mind.

It was nice doing something like this for a change.

Really? That's great!

To tell you the truth, I went to visit my dad today...

Your dad?

Yes.

Ever since he had his breakdown, his memory's become jumbled. He talked about the time before I was born today...

He seemed so happy too...

Then it reminded me of how I took away his happiness. I felt so awful afterwards...

Kanade...

That was when I thought that I have to compose a song that can save Mafuyu as soon as I can.

I convinced myself that I had no right to be there unless I did that first...

But I feel much better after you took me around to visit all these other places, Mizuki...

So thank you.

Don't mention it...

(Kanade...)

(She thinks what happened to her dad is all her fault and is making songs like this as some sort of punishment.)

(I want to tell her that it's not her fault and she doesn't have to do this...)

(But I doubt that'll make her stop. It probably doesn't matter who tells her.)

(So at the very least...)

Um, Kanade...?

Hm?

You keep saying that you haven't been able to save anyone yet.

But I can say for sure that you saved me. At least, the old me.

Huh...?

Since I was little, I thought that living life was way too hard and really didn't like it.

Then, around junior high, I convinced myself that everything would be better if I just disappeared.

But that was when I heard one of your songs.

I felt that I'd found someone that was just like me.

I felt like trying a little harder after hearing it.

Mizuki...

Oh...

Hey, it's letting up!
You think it'll stop soon?

It looks like it.
Everyone else is starting to put away their umbrellas.

Yay!
All this rain's really been such a drag...

Speaking of which, there's actually one more spot that I want to show you. Wanna check it out since it's finally stopped raining?

One more spot...?

Sure, I'd like to see it.
What's it like?

That's a secret! Well, not really. You can't actually hide a place like this...

It's that place with the fountain that's just nearby. It has all these little flowerbeds and looks so pretty♪

Look, you can sort of see it now!

There? Huh? Wait...

Those flowerbeds. Could it be...?