Good luck, you two!

Hold up! Okay, I get it! Stop pushing me! Wh-Whooooooa!

Eeeeek! My feet are sliding all over the place! Wh-What do I do?!

Kasumin! Straighten up your back!

Nope, nope, nope, nope, and nope! I'll fall if I move a muscle! I'll fall if I… GAH!

Kasumi! Are you okay?!

Aaaaaah!

Huh? M-Maki?! You're gonna crash into the wall if you keep going! Stop!

I-I can't… I can't move my feet right… Ack!

Makiiiiii!

Oh my gosh! Can't either of you skate?!

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Owwww, my nose is throbbing…

It's a little red, but I don't think you've broken it.

Maki, can you really not skate?

I-It's not that I can't… Ow!

Your foot? Does your foot hurt, Maki? Oh dear, let me have a look.

Ah…

Hmm? There's a band-aid on the back of your ankle. Did you get a sore from your shoes?

A shoe sore… So that is why you could not move your feet. Then why did you decide to come along today?

I already told you, because Rin wanted to come. When she realized nobody else could come, she was about to bail on it herself. She looked so sad…

I couldn't help but want to go with her after seeing her face. I also wanted to go skating with Rin as well, so…

You had me in mind the whole time, Maki? Thanks! I love you! I'm sorry I forced you onto the ice just now…

It's okay, really. I should be sorry for not saying anything about my shoe sore.

So that's why. Does that mean Kasumi was forcing herself to push through some kind of injury as well?

No, I believe she just genuinely cannot skate. Am I correct?

*Whine* Yeah, you're right! I've never skated before in my life! I didn't think it'd be this hard to just stand on the ice let alone skate!

Then you should've been honest about it! Nobody would've laughed, you know?

It's not about being laughed at! It's about my pride as the super-cute school idol, Kasumin!

Hmm… That means we're left with Mari, Rin, Setsuna, and me for the final round.

No. I would like to find a way for Maki and Kasumi to participate, somehow.

But Maki's injured and Kasumi can't skate properly yet.

I know! But… But we made a decision for everyone here to participate! I want to skate to the very end with every single one of you!

The skating rink of youth only shines once it's paved with the hopes of everyone who skates across it! That is what they said in the anime!

The anime, huh? I knew that line was too good to just get plucked out of the air!

There must be some way… Oh, I know! I have the perfect idea!