*Sigh*…

I made some bread rolls. I put a bunch of strawberry jam on this one, so eat up!

I put rolled eggs in my lunch today. You should try some, I know you'll like it!

I have tickets to a play. Would you like to come?

I found the absolute perfect spot to take a nap. Let's take a nap together!

For a limited time only, this nap comes with Kanata's special fluffy body pillow!

Like, outside? The weather report said it was going to rain later.

Wait, it did? We can always go to the nurse's office.

Where were you going to sleep?

Thanks everyone, but sorry. I have some stuff to catch up on, so I have to go.

W-Wait…

[Fade in/out.]

There she goes.

Nothing's changed today.

Yeah… Not since the day of the tenth contest.

She looked kind of pale. Has she not been sleeping?

She doesn't have much of an appetite, either. I went to her house this morning so we could go to school, but she'd barely touched her breakfast.

Wait, really? She has to eat or she'll faint.

I understand the feeling though. You realize how large the gap between you and your opponent is, and your will is crushed even before competing.

Ai, do you have to be so blunt about it?

She's right though. She didn't have the courage to even stand on the same stage as them. The result of that contest is taking a toll on her.

[Fade in/out.]

(What was wrong with it?)

(I had a lot of confidence in the quality of that song, but I just knew that had I played it that day, it wouldn't have the same lasting impression as Maki's.)

(What's so different about Maki and me? No, about μ's and us? What is it they have that we don't?)

We're always thinking of how we can shine in our own way.

(Is this the shine Chika and the rest were talking about? Can μ's make such beautiful music because they found their own way to shine?)

I don't know. I just don't know.

[Fade in/out.]

Whoa, this place is crowded! Are all these people here to see the event?

If this event is so popular, why didn't you have it in your sights, Setsuna?!

I overlooked it because it wasn't a school idol only event. Sorry.

μ's is on the list in the event pamphlet. I think they're performing in the middle of the event.

There's something called the Healing Music Club. I bet I could sleep to that.

Please don't fall asleep during the event, Kanata. If you do, we're the ones who'll have to take care of you!

(There really are a lot of people here. I can't believe we didn't know about this. We need to research future events more thoroughly.)

Keep daydreaming and you'll get left behind!

Sorry, Karin.

I know! Let's have as much fun as we can while we're here!

We'll keep a sharp eye on μ's performance, too!

You're very positive, Ai.

Let's watch a bunch of performances and learn what we can from them!

Good idea. I'll be watching closely, for our future.

Guys, the event is about to start!

[Fade in/out.]

This is so fun! Listening to all this different music is amazing!

The singing, the performance, they're all so good. Incredible.

That high school band before was pretty good, don't you think?

Huh? O-Oh, yeah…

(μ's is finally up next. It could have been us up there.)

Hello everyone! We're μ's!

!

μ's!

We're very happy to be up here on this stage today!

We would like to thank all of you for coming by singing our hearts out!

May our shining thoughts reach hearts and ears everywhere!

…!!

[Fade in/out.]

Whew, μ's was amazing!

That was way above my expectations. My heart was so in tune with them!

Their expressions, movements, it all had so much life. Just watching them made me want to jump around.

Shouldn't expect anything less from a top tier school idol group.

The whole venue was about them as soon as their song started.

(It was exactly the same. Exactly the same as I had imagined when Maki played that song.)

(It was truly a song made specifically for μ's. Not for anyone else. Just a pure song made to make its singers shine.)

(The right song for the singers and the right singers for the song. When you have both of those, it has to be perfect.)

To think we competed against a group like them.

Yeah, μ's is really something. I love them. They make me want to listen to them forever.

(But I wanted to win. I wanted to win and see everyone from Nijigasaki up on stage!)