The end...
That's the story of my life in junior high.

(She saw...)

(Shiho was watching us the entire time from the rooftop...)

(While we could do nothing for her...)

...

Shiho...

Like I said before...
The point of me doing this wasn't to make you all feel this way.

But...!

It's proof that we didn't understand what you were going through back then...

If only we'd taken the time to actually sit down and talk with you, like we did with Saki...

You wouldn't have had to go through what you did...!

That's not true, Hona!

I was the one who did the least out of all of us...

Again, don't beat yourselves up over this. The moral of my story is that...

That you're glad you didn't give up, right...?

Huh?

Yeah...

Back then, I just couldn't give up.

I'd convinced myself that we couldn't really be friends anymore, but deep down, I was hoping that we could.

As a result, I had to suffer for it.
I was so afraid that I'd end up creating more problems instead of solving them. However...

I endured, and I was rewarded with Ichika and Saki getting our band back together. I'm here today because I didn't give up...

So I'm really glad that I held on to my music, and more importantly, all of you...

Shiho...

Hehe...

I'm glad music... No, I'm glad you found a way back to your friends, Shiho.

Thanks...

I'm super duper happy that we managed to get our band back together too, Shiho...!

Yes, so am I...!!
*Sob*

S-Stop it, you two...
I'm getting all teary-eyed just listening.

I-It's too hard for me not to...
*Sob*

Hehe...
You should see what you all look like in the mirror.

I-It's your fault!!

Hehe.

Still, do you know what happened to your friend from the rooftop? Takagi, was it?

Sadly, I don't...
We were really only friends when we were up there...

She didn't tell me which class she was in either.

I see...

We should thank her if we do ever run into her! After all, she's the one who told you not to give up, right?

I agree.
Do you think she's still playing her guitar...?

Who knows?
She might've moved on to something else by now.

That's true too...

But you two became connected through music, so I'm sure you're still tied together somehow...

We're tied together through music...?

Yes, I'm sure of it.

Hehe. You could be right.
Thanks, Miku.

I hope we run into each other again someday.

Whew!
I'm stuffed!

Your story sort of had the effect of turning this entire day into an afterparty, Shiho.

In place of discussing what to do for our next show. But I guess that can wait until tomorrow.

Right. You can leave the scheduling to me!

Hehe. Thanks.

Hm...?
Is somebody doing a street performance?

Yeah, I hear it too!
I think it's a girl singing!

While playing an acoustic guitar.

An acoustic...?

Oh...

It's...