Sigh...

(I thought I could sing in front of an audience without any problems, but I couldn't have been more wrong...)

(I missed my part and ruined everything because of that...)

(I was so sure that I'd be okay because my friends were there with me...)

(But it's my fault for becoming too relaxed and thinking I could just rely on An if something went wrong.)

(H-Have I been relying on her too much...?)

Kohane!

An...

I, um...

Listen, I owe you an apology.
What I said earlier about covering for you...

No, please don't... There's no need for you to apologize.

Like I said, it's all my own fault. This wouldn't have happened if I just kept up with you guys...

No, Kohane...! It's not that you weren't...
I caused all of this by not treating you like...

Like...

An, I promise to do better next time...

The event is almost over...
We should go back inside for the results.

Kohane...

And the winner is... EVER!

Their unbelievable performance and energy just trumped everyone else's!

The last time we did this with RUST was awesome too, but today was phenomenal!

Everyone knew EVER would win right from the start.

Let's invite the winners onto the stage...!

...

It's all over so quickly...

Yeah, it really is...

We have to talk about what happened today and make sure it never does again.

Yeah...

Are you spacing out, An?
Did you hear what I just said?

Yeah, that we need to talk about what happened today.

Man, this is gonna be a long one...

Huh?

Let's hold off on it today. We can talk tomorrow during practice.

Huh? Oh, okay.

Later.

Um, bye...

See you tomorrow...

I guess, I'll leave too then...

Kohane, I didn't finish what I was saying earlier...

Thank you for today, An.
We can talk tomorrow... Bye.

Ah...

...

Vivid BAD SQUAD just talked big and crashed hard!

Yeah. I don't see them ever getting anywhere near what RAD WEEKEND was.

I guess.

Anyway, I'm glad I got to see EVER live. They were unreal! They blurred the line between the stage and the audience, and got everyone involved!

...

Sigh...

(I... I feel awful...)

Hm? An?

Haruka...?

Were you doing a performance today too?

Yeah, we were in an event today.

It's rare to see you this down though. The last time you were like this was when Sports Day got canceled when we were kids.

Haha, is that something to say to a childhood friend in need? Besides, I get sad like anyone else sometimes.

Uh...

So, what's wrong? Are you sick or something...?

No, it's nothing like that!
Just...

It's because of something that happened today...