(No, there's no weight to this...)

(And I can make this phrase sound more impactful...)

(Why did they go with this sound here...? It sounds so muddy...)

(Is it to make this particular part stand out...?)

(Okay, this chord works well as a replacement...)

(But it needs to sound sharper...
I have to keep refining it...)

(Such a sharp and piercing sound...)

(But it's shaking me to my core...)

(I still don't understand why...)

(What if I altered the bass here and slowed it down a little? That might make it sound more complete...)

It's done...

(I copied most of that song, but changed the parts that I thought needed changing...)

I suppose this just makes it my arrangement of the same song...

(I think I'm starting to get a better idea of what this person felt as they made this...)

(Which mean they must be suffering a great deal.)

(Like they're at the depths of despair...)

(But...)

That still doesn't tell me what I want to know...

(What was it that I felt?
Why did my chest feel like it was about to burst into flames?)

(What am I supposed to do next?)

...

(It happened again.)

(I was sure that this would lead me to an answer, but it ended up being a dead end.)

(No matter how hard I try...)

Hello there.
You've been studying since morning even though it's your day off. Very admirable of you.

I made your favorite today. Stew.

Oh, that smells nice...

Thanks, mom.
I'll help set the table.

Also, Mafuyu, have you decided what you want for your graduation gift?

Hehe. The new term started before you came to a decision, so we can splurge a little by also celebrating you entering high school.

Oh...

I'm so sorry. I'm actually still thinking about it, but don't really know what to get.

Even after I said you could get anything you want. At the same time, I understand that you want it to be something meaningful.

Incidentally, I borrowed a catalog from a friend just in case you needed some ideas.

For example, a wristwatch.
How does that sound if you're still undecided?

A wristwatch...?

Yes. You're in high school now, so you'll be busier than ever, correct?

Which is why I thought this would be nice since you'll need to use your time wisely and efficiently.

...

Oh, how about this design?

Isn't it gorgeous...?
It'd be perfect for a young lady such as yourself and you could keep wearing it after becoming a doctor.

Thank you...
I don't know what to say.

Alright, I'll go with your suggestion. A wristwatch it is.

Hehe. Wonderful.
I'll order it right away.

Okay, I appreciate it.

...

Even after I become a doctor...

(Hearing that just makes a certain part of me grow cold and stale...)

(It has the opposite effect of that song...)

(Despite it having such a harsh and frigid tone, it has this...)

(I want to hear it again...)

(Oh... They uploaded a new song?)

...

(The music this person makes feel so cold and painful. I can physically feel their despair.)

(It's like... I understand them...)

(This person desperately wants to disappear... But doesn't at the same time...)

I don't want to either...

My arrangement of that song still needs to be mastered and encoded before I upload it...

(Look at me. What am I doing...?)

(No matter how hard I try, I know that I'm only going to be disappointed. Why am I doing this at all?)

(This person...
Are they really having that profound an effect on me?)

(But why...?)

Oh, I need to give myself a name...

It won't let me use just blank spaces...

Hm...?

It's snowing outside...
But it's spring...

...

Snow... It feel so quiet and empty...

“Yuki” it is...

(That makes twenty songs...)

(Next...)

(I can start working on my next song while it finishes uploading this one...)

...!

Ow... What's going on...?

(I've been getting so many headaches lately...)

(On top of that, my hands and feet keep falling asleep, and I can't concentrate if my ears keep ringing like this...)

(Maybe I should rest...)

(No... There's no time for that...
I can't stop... I won't stop...)

(I'll just take some more headache medicine...)

(Hm...?
A new comment...?)

It's just a URL.
Where does this link go? Another song...?

This person's name is... “Yuki”?
I've never heard of them...

They took my song and made their own arrangement...?

...

(Wh-What is this...?)

(It's so poorly made...
But astoundingly clear...)

(It's pure despair... Wait, no...
It's like they're in world that's devoid of anything.)

(This song has a very unique sound to it too...)

(Oh, interesting...
The chorus sounds completely different when it's arranged like this...)

(They made it so the effects they put in really shine through and give the listener an opportunity to have all these different images pop into their head...)

(This is incredible...
It's even helping me get a better idea of what I should do for my next song...)

I need to get started on it...

I have to put everything I have into these songs...

Finished...

(It sounds a little different from what I've been composing up to this point...)

(But I hope this casts some light on that world...)

(Yuki, was it...?)

Maybe with this person, I'll be able to do more...

...?

H-Huh...?

(Everything's so blurry...
And I'm sweating profusely...)

(Water... I need water...)

I need... Water...

Oh...

(I feel so... Weak...)