Good job today. You must be tired after meeting so many people all day.

Not at all. I'm the one who asked you to bring me along, so I have to be okay. Honestly, I was just nervous to meet the people who've been cheering for me this whole time.

Ahaha. I think your fans were more on edge than you were.

We all were, definitely. But I'm really so glad I could talk to them. Actually, something occurred to me over the course of the conversation. Can I tell you about it?

[Fade in/out.]

What was it?

Well, it's just…I was thinking I have to change too.

Hmm? What do you mean?

Well, I just kinda feel like…I need to have more confidence in myself.

I realized that today when I met my fans. They all have so much faith in me.

But you know, up until now, I haven't had all that much faith in myself. I just couldn't understand why they'd be fans of someone like me.

Oh, Ayumu.

I mean, I did want them to like me, of course! I'd been going up on stage to tell everyone, “This is who I am. Please look at me and watch over me.”

But I wonder if maybe I was going about it all wrong.

Right…

No matter what I think of myself, my fans say they like me how I am.

I need to stop questioning why they like me. It's rude to all the people who support me each day.

I think so too. It's really sad to see someone you like and admire put themselves down.

Mm-hmm. I'm just a normal girl, and there's really nothing that stands out about me. But there are so many people who like me anyway. It's really amazing!

I want to learn to like myself the way they do too. I want to have the confidence to say, “Yeah, I am pretty great, huh?”

It's a shame you didn't tell that to all your fans. I bet they would've loved to hear it!

I wanted to tell you first.

Also! I want to tell them how I feel at my live show! I'm sure they'll pick up on it!

Then we've gotta make a song that conveys that!

Yeah!

Here I'd been wondering how you could make your fans happy when the answer was staring us right in the face all this time.

We should use your words. No bells or whistles, just your honest feelings laid bare.

Wait, you want ME to write the lyrics?! I-I don't know about that… Do you really think I can?

Well, then I'll give it a whirl! And I'll let everyone know just how I feel!