Someday, From the Depths of Despair - 3: From the Depths of Despair

Kanade's Room

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(Okay, it's all mastered.
I think I'll upload it now...)

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(After that, I'll need to start working on the next one. I wrote some sheet music for it yesterday but...)

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*Sigh*
Another call...?

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(The phone's been ringing nonstop lately despite me completely ignoring it... I guess I should see who it is...)

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Hello...?

Kanade's Grandmother

<Kanade, there you are!>

Kanade's Grandmother

<I'm glad you picked up. I've been trying to get a hold of you for a while now and was worried that something might've happened to you...>

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I'm okay, really...
Also, did something happen?

Kanade's Grandmother

<I'm concerned about your well being since you're living all by yourself now...>

Kanade's Grandmother

<Ideally, we'd be living together, but I'm so sorry... The doctors want to keep me at the hospital for observation...>

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(Grandma's not feeling well again...)

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I'll be fine, honest...
For now, you should just focus on staying healthy.

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So please, don't worry about me.
I'm okay.

Kanade's Grandmother

<Again, Kanade... I'm so sorry...>

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If that's everything, I'd like to go now. There are things that I need to take care of...

Kanade's Grandmother

<Oh, there's actually one more thing...>

Kanade's Grandmother

<I'll be asking a housekeeper to start going over to your place sometime soon.>

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A housekeeper?

Kanade's Grandmother

<Yes.
It has to do with you deciding to enroll in a correspondence school starting this spring.>

Kanade's Grandmother

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I don't need a housekeeper.

Kanade's Grandmother

<What?>

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I've been doing fine on my own.

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Besides... I have to keep composing...

Kanade's Grandmother

<Kanade...>

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If anything happens, I'll let you know...

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So bye.

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Ugh...

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For dinner... I guess this jelly should be enough. I haven't been getting that hungry lately anyway...

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More importantly, I need to work on my next song...

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One month later

Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy JHS - Courtyard

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Classmate A

Mafuyu! Look this way!

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Huh...?

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Wait, hey...!
You really shouldn't surprise people by taking pictures of them like that.

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Haha. It's our graduation, so lighten up a little. I was just taking something commemorate this day!

Classmate B

You say that, but you realize that most of us are gonna see each other next year when we move up to the high school here, right?

Classmate A

True.
Not many are gonna be joining us either, so I guess nothing's really going to change...

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Hehe. That may very well be.

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At the same time, I'm glad that we still get to be together.

Classmate A

M-Mafuyu...!!
You're such a good girl! There, there!

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Okay, you can stop doing that now.

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But I'm looking forward to enjoying high school with you two.

Classmate B

Me too!

Classmate A

Let's make high school really count, Mafuyu. Oh, we should take a picture to celebrate this moment!

Miyamasuzaka

Classmate B

Bye, Mafuyu!
See you when the new term starts!

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Bye. See you then.

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...

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Nothing's going to change, huh...?

Asahina Household - Living Room

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Mom, I'm home.

Mafuyu's Mother

Welcome home, Mafuyu.

Mafuyu's Mother

That was a lovely graduation ceremony. I was incredibly moved by the speech you gave today.

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You were...? Hehe. Thank you.
I'm glad I practiced it so much.

Mafuyu's Mother

Also, let's celebrate by getting you something you want. Is there anything that you'd like?

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Anything I'd like...?

Mafuyu's Mother

A fountain pen, a book, you name it...! You can have whatever you like!

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Really? Thank you so much!
But I can't decide...

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I'll need some time to think about it...

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Mafuyu's Room

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What do I want...?

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As far as I know, nothing.

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(And nothing's going to change moving forward...?)

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(I have to keep wandering in the dark not knowing what I want or what's supposed to be fun?)

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(Even when I become a high schooler, go to university and beyond...?)

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...

The next day

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That's all for my cram school assignments...

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What's next...?

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Hm...? A message?

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Classmate A

<Hey, I found a really amazing song! You should totally listen to it!>

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<Whoa, it's like these lyrics know who I am...>

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A song...?

Classmate A

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It's that good...?

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(I suppose I should listen to what my friends recommend me...)

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(Gentle lyrics and a bright melody...
Is that what makes a song “good”...?)

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I'll just say...
<Yes, it's a wonderful song.>

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...

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Hm? This site's recommending me this other video. It looks like another song, but something seems different...

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(Even if I did listen to it, I wouldn't feel anything...)

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...!

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(Wh-What's going on...?)

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(It's like someone's squeezing my heart.)

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(This song... What's it doing to me...?)

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...

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Mafuyu's Mother's Voice

Mafuyu, dinner.

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Oh...
I'll be right there, mom.

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It's dark already...?
I spent that much time listening to that song?

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(The more I listen to it, the more it sucks me in...)

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(So much pain and suffering...
And yet, I can't not listen to it.)

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(Nothing I saw or heard ever made me feel this way... Why this? Why now...?)

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(Also...
Who made this song...?)

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(Their name is...)

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K...

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