(My head... I'm having trouble focusing... But I need to find the others...)

Where are they...?

(There they are...)

(Hm? What's going on...?
They're acting a little different than usual...)

It's okay.
Don't be scared... Let's be friends!

You know that's just gonna scare him more, right?

What are you all doing...?

Oh, Mafuyu.

Hehe. Well, you may just want to see for yourself.

...

So...
Do you think you can say hello?

I'll try...

Huh...?

Um...
So... Uh...

I-It's nice to meet you...

Nice to meet you, Len!

O-Okay...

Hmm... He really doesn't want to come out from behind Miku...

Maybe he's shy... Or just embarrassed...

A mix of both from what I can tell.

So, there's another...

Yeah, exactly!
I came over to SEKAI to take a break from what I was doing and saw Len here!

I felt like I had to tell all of you immediately, so I sent out messages in a hurry.

I mean, you could've just told us that instead of saying, “There's something I need to tell everyone.”

Okay, sorry!

But it's nice to see more faces in SEKAI!

I agree...
But Len still doesn't seem very comfortable here...

I spoke with him a little before you all came here, but he's still a bit nervous it seems...

And yet, he's sticking close to you, Miku...

Probably because Miku's the one who found him and brought him over to where we were...

I see...

Hehe. Don't be afraid to open up to us a little more, okay?

U-Um...

Luka.
You're scaring Len.

Oh? He seems quite afraid of you too, Rin.

Huh...?

That's not true, is it...?

Now you're just putting words in his mouth...

Haha...
Let's get to know Len by taking it slow.

Right...

...

(I feel a little better now...)

(But...)

...

Mafuyu?

What's wrong...?
You look like you're in pain.

Did something happen...?

No, nothing happened...

You know we're all worried because your face says otherwise, right?

Why don't you just tell us in your own words?

My own words...

My practice exam...

I have to keep studying for it, but...

My mom found my synthesizer...

Your synthesizer...?

Wait, Mafuyu...
Is that true...?

Yes...

Yikes...
Her of all people...

Slow down. Don't jump ahead like that. Why is it a bad thing that Mafuyu's mom found her synthesizer...?

Oh, it's not that it's a bad thing, but it could get kinda ugly...

Hang on...
Have you not told her about us making music?

No...
Because I think all she wants me to do is study.

She even tried to get rid of the synthesizer in my room once already...

What...?!

You're kidding, right? Who goes that far to make their kid study?!

Luckily, I was able to save it from the junk removers that time...

But you said your mom found it back in your room. Does that mean...?

Yes...

She said she's going to hold onto it, which probably means she's going to toss it at some point...

Mafuyu...

That's horrible. She's taking your stuff away even though you haven't done anything wrong...

...

Um, Mafuyu, mind telling us a little more about your mom...?

...

I doubt you'll find it all that interesting...

Yeah, there's that.
And I get that talking to someone else about your own family isn't easy.

So, you don't have to tell us if you don't want to.

All I'm saying is that if it'll take a load off your mind, we'd be more than happy to hear what you have to say.

Hear what I have to say...?

Okay...