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

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

*Sigh*
Another call...?

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

Hello...?

<Kanade, there you are!>

<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...>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A housekeeper?

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

<The goal is to have someone cook and clean for you since you may not have time to take care of housework while dealing with your studies despite not having to physically be at school.>

I don't need a housekeeper.

<What?>

I've been doing fine on my own.

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

<Kanade...>

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

So bye.

Ugh...

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

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

Mafuyu! Look this way!

Huh...?

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

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

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?

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

Hehe. That may very well be.

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

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

Okay, you can stop doing that now.

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

Me too!

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

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

Bye. See you then.

...

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

Mom, I'm home.

Welcome home, Mafuyu.

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

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

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

Anything I'd like...?

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

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

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

What do I want...?

As far as I know, nothing.

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

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

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

...

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

What's next...?

Hm...? A message?

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

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

A song...?

<Listen to it, Mafuyu!
You're not gonna believe how good it is!>

It's that good...?

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

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

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

...

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

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

...!

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

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

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

...

Mafuyu, dinner.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Their name is...)

K...