Location:
school path

After a hectic week I was able to start fresh. Last night I was so exhausted both emotionally and physically to the point I was knocked out right after I talked to my dad. 

With the whole Kokoro thing running through my mind I thought I'd let things be for now till I can find the time to reconnect. 

Sayo: Good morning L/N-San. 

I looked up and noticed Hikawa also waiting with me to cross the street. I guess my was all deep in my own head that I barely noticed her. 

Y/N: Oh, Hey… 

Sayo:  You sound exhausted. I'm guessing you had a long day at work yesterday?

Y/N: Among other things, yes. 

Sayo: What's that supposed to mean? 

Y/N: Nothing, I just had to deal with a lot yesterday. 

I couldn't tell her about my run-in with the 
Tsurumaki Group so I decided to keep it at that. 

Sayo: Care to share what's going on in your mind? 

Y/N: Oh? So the Ice Queen has a heart after all? That's a shocker. 

I said taking a jab at her. 

Sayo: I'm just trying to be a good colleague. That's all. 

She said trying to keep a cool head. In reality I can tell she was embarrassed. 

Y/N: Sounds to me like you want to be more than just colleagues. 

Sayo: You can assume what you want L/N-San but just know that I meant what i said about being a good colleague. 

Y/N: Sure, let's just assume youre trying to be a colleague, if you want to be my friend all you have go do is ask and even then id have to think about it. 

Sayo: Oh please, who would be friends with someone as insensitive as you? 

Y/N: Lets see, there's Toyama, Ushigome, Yamabuki, Ichigaya, Shirokane, and lets not forget, Udagawa, Imai, Yamato, and Your sister, they seem to get a long with me. 

Sayo just stayed silent as she was at a lost for words. 

Y/N: But all jokes aside. I pretty much was running around town and now I'm stuck helping pastel palettes with their world idol fest concert coming up. 

Sayo: Ah is that so. 

Along the way to school I explained the full details to her about what happened yesterday during work and how I had so much stuff to fix, fully meeting pastel palettes and how I had to coordinate with them for their concert. She did not say a word but rather just let me rant as she just listened to me attentively. 

We got to school and we started our morning meeting as usual. After that the first bell rang and we broke off for homeroom. While walking to my homeroom I noticed Shirasagi walking by. She looks too the side and gives me a small wave. 

Y/N: Hey Shirasagi. 

Chisato: Hey L/N-San, Hey listen, I just want to apologize if we caused you any trouble the other day. I know you were busy yesterday but the girls really couldn't help themselves. 

Y/N: Dont worry about it. Besides, I had the time to spare anyways. They didn't really cause me any trouble at all. 

I said to reassure her that everything was alright. 

Chisato: I still felt bad though. 

Y/N: If anything, call it an opportunity, for the time being we'll be working together, well…i'll be working with Yamato mostly, but thats not the point. The point is, it was a good time to know me and who you're working with. 

Chisato: I look forward to working with you then. 

She said while giving me a bow. Chisato seems like a refine young lady, very polite and very mature much like Hikawa. 

Y/N: Well, if you need me, ill be around. 

I said before I continued on towards homeroom. 

Homeroom was as lively as ever. As usual everyone chatted amongst themselves before homeroom actually started. However, something I did notice is that Yamabuki and Ushigome looked a bit depressed. I tried to ask them what was wrong but just before I could do that the teacher walked in and we began homeroom. 

Soon after homeroom our next period started, and then the next period. I couldn't really focus in class because of the whole Tsurumaki ordeal that's been eating me up. 

Timeskip: lunch 

Finally the lunch bell rang. Those last few periods felt like it lasted for an eternity. I stood up from my desk but just before i could pack up everything Yamabuki approached me. 

Saya: Hey Y/N, You joining us for lunch today? 

Y/N: Don't I usually? 

Saya: Great! I hope you're hungry because I packed an extra bento! 

She said as she gave her usual warm smile. 

Y/N: Dude you're god! I am stupid hungry! 

Bless this girls heart T o T !!!!

Saya: Great! Well we'll meet you there. 

Saaya said as she went on ahead. 

I finished packing all of my stuff and soon followed. While walking down the hall there was a certain blond haired girl doing… front flips…it was kokoro!  she stops right in front of me and looks me dead in the eye with a big smile on her face. I couldn't help but look away. 

Kokoro: Heya Y/N-Kun 

Y/N: Koko- i mean Tsurumaki, Hi… 

Kokoro: Hmmmm? 

Kokoro said as she tilts her head in confusion and got closer to my face. I swear to god this girl does not know the meaning of personal space! 

Y/N: Do you need something? 

Kokoro: No. I just wanted to know why you're not smiling? Today is a great day after all! 

She said very cheerfully. 

Y/N: Ehehe I got no reason to smile right now. No offense. 

Kokoro: But there's a lot of reasons to smile though! 

Y/N: I guess. 

Kokoro then got even closer to my face to the point where are forheads were touching. I couldnt help but suddenly jerk back at the sudden close contact. 

Y/N: Dude what are you doing? 

Kokoro: Hmmm. I dunno why. But I feel like ive seen you somewhere. 

This girl… 

Y/N: Do you not remember the night at Galaxy? 

Kokoro: Of course I remember! That was one of the funnest nights ive ever had! But im talking before that. Have we met before…? 

Y/N: No… We haven't 

Why did i just lie? 

Kokoro: Hmmm? Oh Well! But still I do feel like I know you from somewhere. OH! MAYBE WE WERE FRIENDS IN ANOTHER LIFE! 

Y/N: =-= 

This girl… i thought to myself. 

Y/N: you could say that…

Kokoro: Well whatever, see ya around! 

With that interaction out of the way, she storms off to god knows where. In that moment i failed to tell her the truth. I guess in my heart i'm not ready to bring this revelation to light. Not yet atleast

We had a picnic for lunch as always but it was a bit weird. It wasn't just both saya and rimi being all quiet but kasumi too. Shes usually super chipper this time around but I can tell their spirits were shot for some reason. I stayed quiet along with them, after this weekend i too felt heavy hearted

School went on as usual. when I stepped into  homeroom this morning I was greeted by both Saya and Rimi. However,  I couldn't help but sense a second voice coming from those two. When they greated me they tried to act like their normal selves but I can already tell that they were hiding something, that they were not okay. 

After classes were finished for the day I got a text from Rinko saying that our office was closed for the day due to building maintenance which ment that all student council work would be postponed for the time being. Geez i thought to myself. Knowing that were missing a day of work i can tell were going to be backed up on paperwork. 

After school
Location:
Somewhere around Waseda

I had some time to kill before my shift at CiRCLE so i decided why not take the time to walk around the local area. While walking around the local area I put in my headphones to keep me from reflecting on what happened this weekend. Whilst walking around I decided to hit a few local stands I ended getting some takoyaki and some boba. After a while of walking around town I noticed a big hill across the bridge. I crossed the bridge and made my way towards the hill. On the hill was a steep set of stairs. I began to walk up those stairs, like most japanese stairs it was steep.

After a few minutes I finally made it up the hill. I took off my headphones and began to walk slowly towards the edge and looked over it. There, I was met with a beautiful sight of the town. I sat on the edge with my legs hanging down off  the cliff edge. As I sat there I enjoyed the beautiful breathtaking scene of the town, enjoying the peace and quiet as the gentle breeze brushed through my hair.

I sat down and began to let the peace and quiet settle in as my mind began to drift off as I overlooked the town, at first my mind went blank thinking of nothing at all and enjoying the view and all the surrounding natural ambient sounds like the breeze hitting the leaves, and the river below me. Minutes later I began to reflect on all the people I've met over the past week. Albeit they are all girls but who cares, they were different from the normal people I was usually surrounded with. It was a nice change of pace. A change of pace that I needed. 

But after reflecting, things soon started to take a dark turn. I started thinking about the kendo fight with the captain and the brawl with the Tsurumaki security team. When I thought about it, I started to sink deeper and deeper into my past darkness. I began to think about my time as an assassin, the death of my masters, and all the brutal things ive endured for the sake of the world… 

As I was sinking in my own hell I heard an alarm coming from my phone which snapped me back to reality. I looked at my phone while hyperventilating, and noticed it was my alarm notifying me that I have work in the next 20 minutes.

I put my phone away still hyperventilating and also feeling nervous and stressed out and honestly… it scared me. I never realized how dangerous it was to be left to my own thoughts...

I began to make my hike down the hill and made my way towards CiRCLE, I wasnt far from work so I should reach my workplace in the next 15 minutes or so. Walking down the hill, I couldnt help but dwell on those negative emotions that ive burried down.

To me, this was still all new and I couldn't understand why i'm acting like this as it was never like this before when I was in the order. Usually whenever I was alone like this in the order i never really think about my actions or what was going on. High places were always my places to go whenever I need a peace of mind or just need to clear my head. I would usually enjoy the sights and feel at peace after but no… not this time. 

This time around…I felt attack… as if being alone was dangerous to my own self. I never would have imagined that being left alone to my own thoughts would be dangerous. Why is that? Is it because i'm not in the order? Is it because of the new environment I'm in? And why am I so self-conscious about this? I couldn't understand at all why I'm like this… 

A few minutes later. 

I arrived at CiRCLE, Marina was manning the front desk. On my way in I waved her a hello and went inside the locker room to put down my stuff and put on my usual work cloths. After finishing changing cloths I met with Marina out in the front to get my daily tasking for the day. 

Y/N: Alrighty Marina Whats on the Menu for tonight? 

Marina: Ah Y/N-Kun? I see youre ready to work. 

Y/N: You know it, so whats up? 

Marina: Well, were not looking for any bookings for the rest of this afternoon, we did have some bands here and there this morning, don't worry about the cleaning i already handled that myself, I just need you to make sure that the sound equipment is good to go for next time. 

Y/N: Got it! 

Marina: Also with the list of equipment that Maya-Chan requested, please go through and make sure to do maintenance on those, that ways it's all good for world Idol fest.  Don't worry about the backroom equipment from last time, prioritize the list first and when you have time then you can go and do the backroom work.

Y/N: Thats it?

Marina: yes, that's all. How was school by the way? 

Y/N: Oh same as usual, I didn't really  have anything going on since the student council room was out of commission so my ass got lucky with avoiding student council work. 

Marina: Oh student council work is not that bad. It's better than doing manual labour. 

Y/N: Its admin hell…I would rather be doing bitch work than sitting down and pushing paper all day… 

Marina: Well… now that you mention it… doing paperwork isnt fun at all… 

Y/N: Right? Anyways im gonna do my thing now. 

Marina: Right… let me know if you need anything. 

After the exchange I began doing the usual, going to the rooms one by ons and checking the various sound equipment to make sure they were optimal for next time usage. Thankfully, none of the bands broke anything so it saved me time from doing a full repair.

Next I went downstairs with the list of stuff for world idol fest. I started by going down the list and pulling them out of the closet. One by one i did a full head count of what is needed and ten started my inspections from the top of the list down. 

Two hour later. 

After finishing my inspections and checks, Marina came down the stairs. 

Marina: Hey Y/N can you do me a favor?

She asked. 

Y/N: Yes? 

I said while turning around to face her 

Marina: I got some stuff to deal with in the next town over, I wont be gone for too long, can you man up in the front while im gone? 

Y/N: Sure. 

Marina: Thank you! Ill be back in a couple hours. 

Marina then runs upstairs and I soon follow. Before I could walk up the stairs I realized something. While marina is away ill be alone with nothing to do up in the front… thinking back on what happened before I came to work, i realized if im left alone in complete slince with only just my thoughts im probably going to be attacked. I looked at the closet and then a light bulb appeared over my head. 

I took the most broken AMP from the closet and brought upstairs at the front along with some tools and cleaning stuff and also a little stool. I figured since I was going to be left alone I figured why not man up the front as keep myself occupied. For extra messure I plopped in my headphones and began to listen to music. 

While working on the AMP, I began to open it up, clean it piece by piece and also separate broken parts. While putting away the broken parts behind me, I noticed a familar blond figure walking through the door. it was non other than Shirasagi. I took of my headphones and greeted her. 

Y/N: Shirasagi-san

Chisato: L-L/N-Kun?? What are you doing here? 

She said with a surprised face. 

Y/N: Uhhhhh… I work here? 

I said with an eyebrow raised to that surprised statement. 

Chisato: O-Oh…right I forgot. Sorry. 

Y/N:...right… So what brings you here today. 

Chisato: Oh, Umm… I was wondering if i can book a room for practice. 

Y/N: I see. 

I pulled out the reservation log,  and there were no reservations for this afternoon. 

Y/N: You're in luck, there are no bookings for the rest of this afternoon. 

Chisato: That's good. 

Y/N: Yeah I can get you in whenever you're ready, since the rest of pastel Palettes aren't here yet, im able to push the time so that I  can…

Chisato: That won't be necessary! 

She said, interrupting me mid sentence. 

Y/N: Oh…? And why is that? 

Chisato: Umm you see… im just here for solo practice. 

Y/N: Ah I see, that would explain why you're practicing here and not in your own studio. But why practice solo instead of with the rest of the girls? You girls have a show coming up soon. 

Chisato: I would very much not like to talk about it… 

Y/N: Did you girls get into a fight or something? 

Chisato: Nonono! Its nothing like that! Now will you please book me right now for a room. 

 Without prying into it anymore, I began the booking process and assigned her a room.

Y/N: Alright, you're all set! if you need anything just let me know. 

Chisato: Thank you. 

I looked at her as she walked down the room and entered her practice room. I find it quite odd for her to be here. She looked as if something was bothering her. Either way it wasnt my business so I went back to doing my own thing. 

30 minutes later. 

I finished troubleshooting the amp and found various parts needing to be replaced. I took off my headphones and made my way back down to the closet downstairs. While walking I passed by chisatos room. I heard sounds of frustrations and anguish coming from the room. I took a peak out of curiosity and saw that she looked very frustrated. I knocked on the door and then entered the room. 

Y/N: Hey, Shirasagi-San you good? 

Chisato: Im good… 

Y/N: Well okay, I couldnt help but hear your frustration when I walked by, it sounded pretty serious, i just came in to check in but if you're all right then ill be… 

Chisato: Wait… 

Y/N: Hmmm? 

Chisato: Umm… before you go… I was wondering if you could give me some advice… 

I walked in the room and grabbed a stool and sat right in front of chisato. 

Y/N: What is it? 

Chisato: Let's say your friend wanted to work on something really really badly but you yourself wouldn't want to do it. What would you do? 

Y/N: Easy, walk away, if its something I dont want to do then im not gonna do it simple as that. 

I said straightforward. 

Chisato: Okay…let me rephrase the question now, what if it's something your friend really really wants to do together with you but you know you can't do it. 

Y/N: Well…I cant really say because that really depends on what were doing and the situation were in. 

Chisato:... okay… now what if its something you both want to do but you lack the necessary skill to do it so you play it off by changing the subject but your friend gets the feeling of that… 

Y/N: Okay Shirasagi, What's going on and you're literally asking me a million questions.

Chisato then paused for a moment to think about it. It looks like she was hesitant to say but eventually. 

Chisato: Okay fine ill tell you, a few days ago, Aya suggested that we do Yurai Yurai Ring Dong Dance and she's very adamant on doing that. And well i dont want to do it for reasons I would rather not talk about but lately she's been pushy about it…and ive been trying my best to change the subject or change it to some other song but now im thinking it was a bad idea. 

Y/N: Okay… go on… 

Chisato: Well you know Aya…

Y/N: Other than that she comes off as the type to have a very low-self esteem but other than that dont really know her. 

Chisato: Well you're right about one thing…because of this I can tell Aya has been developing this negative connotation that I don't want to perform the song because she's not good enough but in reality… 

Y/N: You're not the one who's not good to perform the song, which is why you're here. 

Chisato: exactly! I really want to perform the song for Ayas sake but I just can't do it…at least right now… 

Y/N: But why hide this from Aya? If lack of skill is what you're so concerned about then why hide it? Yall are a band! You guys should be working together on this issue. 

Chisato:... 

Chisato just stayed silent trying to figure out her next choices of words. She knows that i'm right. 

Chisato: Well, when you've been put on a pedestal for so long, people tend to have this view that you are able to perform under any circumstances. But in reality, most people don't know how much work you actually put in just to perform. 

Chisato said as she looks down and grips her bass tightly 

Y/N: Ah I get it now… 

Chisato then perks her head up and snaps her eyes right at me. 

Y/N: In other words, you have this bar set up high just for you, and its not even the expectations that you set for own yourself but rather its the high expectations of others. 

Chisato: Yes… and that goes for Aya as well. Unlike Hina who can pick up anything in an instant I myself have to put in the work and effort. But, people don't look at that side of me… 

Y/N: I see… being constantly in the spotlight must be rough, with all these expectations set forth on you, you must feel trapped. 

Chisato: I dont want to waste peoples time… 

Y/N: And so you chose to suffer in silence… 

Chisato: Yeah… 

Y/N: and im assuming that Aya and the others
Also happen to have this high expectation on you?

Chisato: Oh yeah! Especially Aya-chan

Y/N: Well if that's the case then i'm happy to help you. 

Chisato was surprised with me lending her a helping hand. 

Chisato: Wait what? Really? that quick?

Y/N: I mean I don't see why not. Even though I highly recommend you come clean to your bandmates i'm willing to help you out just to manage expectations. 

Chisato seemed elated for my assistance, though she didn't show it. I can tell just by looking at her eyes. 

Y/N: Now, part of the song do you struggle with exactly? 

Without giving her any thoughts of reconsidering I chose to jump straight at it. 

Chisato: The thing about Yurai Yurai, is that its a duet between me and Aya. There's some parts of the song where she and I sing together. 

Y/N: Oh okay, your problem is singing and playing your bass? 

Chisato: L/N-San… you are very intuitive… 

Y/N: Am I wrong? 

I said rhetorically,

Chisato: No… you're right on the dot… 

Y/N: Oh yeah no, that's a tough one. Singing and playing your instrument is like developing hand independence on piano. 

Chisato: Then what should I do? 

Y/N: Easy, like Piano you gotta learn your right hand part before you can learn your left hand part or vice versa, and then once you feel comfortable on both parts you put it all together. It'll be rocky at first combining both parts but with enough practice itll become second nature to use both hands. 

Chisato: L/N, this isn't the piano. Unlike the piano im actually using both my hands and my own singing. Its hard for me to actually listen to the sound of my own voice and play my bass at the same time. 

Y/N: Youre right. 

Chisato: Then how do you expect me to do both?! 

Y/N: In your case what you need to do is learn the bass part first then the singing part first. That's why I compared it to playing the piano. 

Chisato: But that still doesn't answer my question. 

Y/N: In order for you to play your bass and sing at the same time you need to master the bass part to the point where you can play it by muscle. Because if your problem is listening to both your own singing and playing the bass, the best possible solution would be to tune out the sound of your bass so that you can hear yourself singing. 

Chisato was very confused with what i said. I guess it hasnt clicked in her head just yet. 

Y/N: its better if i show you. 

I walked out of the room to grab a bass from the other room. I went back inside and plugged it in to the amp. 

Y/N: Imma play a song for you just so you can see what the end results looks like. This songs called feel good inc. 

After finishing the song Chisato was in awe. She couldn't believe that both rapping, singing and playing the bass was possible. 

Chisato: How did you do that? 

Y/N: I told you, you need to master your instrument to the point where you can just play by muscle and then sing. I've practiced this song so accurately to the point where I don't even have to look at the bass nor listen to it. I just know where to place my fingers and what sound it'll make and then just sing. Because if you practice like this right? You don't necessarily have to listen to your own bass because your muscles would already know what sound your bass will make based on where your fingers are. So rather than listening to both your singing and your bass, you gotta feel your bass and finger placement and then sing. 

Chisato paused as she began to process what i explained to her. 

Chisato: So in order for me to sing and play the bass i need to first master the bass part. 

Y/N: To a point where you can play instinctivly yes! 

Chisato: But where should i start? And how should i go about it?

Y/N: Well, the obvious thing is keep practicing yurai yurai, once you get comfortable with how it sounds practice it some more but without looking at your hands. 

Chisato: Without looking…? 

Chisato said with a look of uncertainty 

Y/N: Trust me it sounds hard but youd be surpised how easy it actually gets over time. You just gotta keep playing till yurai gets stuck in your muscles. 

Chisato: Okay… ill do my best. But do you think that its realistic to get this down before world idol fest? 

Y/N: Well, as long as you put in your reps and sets with the song you can make it. But it all depends on you. I cant tell you forsure that youll make it or not. I know its something you dont want to hear but the reality of it all is how bad you really want it. 

Chisato paused again to think about my words. Looking at her face it seemed like my words hit her deep. 

Chisato: L/N-san… if its okay… will you please help me out with this? 

Y/N: So i take it you want it? 

Chisato: Yes! For Aya and the rest of pastel Palettes! Theyre relying on me to do this! I cant fail now! 

Y/N: Very well then so be it. Lets get started. 

For an hour straight it she kept playing yurai yurai over and over again. It became so repetitive to the point where i think even i can play the song…AND THE CRAZY PART IS IM NOT EVEN PLAYING THE BASS RIGHT NOW! As she kept playing yurai yurai i kept pointing out little mistakes that way she would get better. Chisato was a good sport and took my criticism well. 

Hour later 

Y/N: How do you feel about the song so far? 

Chisato: I think i got it down somewhat to a teeth. 

Y/N: Great now heres the next kicker. 

Chisato: hmm? What is it? 

Y/N: I want you to play yurai yurai again, but dont look at your bass! 

Chisato was exasperated at the sudden challenge i threw at her. 

Chisato: Come again?! 

Y/N: You heard me, dont look at your bass 

Chisato: so should i close my eyes or…? 

Y/N: If you have to sure 

Chisato paused and thought about it for a second. It looked like she was in doubt but turned to determination 

Chisato: okay ill try. 

She then started playing yurai yurai again this time she tried closing her eyes. She played the first few notes on clearly but started to turn sour. She flinched at the sudden sour note and it broke her concentration.

Chisato: Eep! 

Y/N: try again.

I said trying to egg her on.

She closed her eyes and tried again. Same as before she got the beginning right however midway through it started to turn sour again. 

Chisato: Ahh man! 

Y/N: Again! 

Chisato sighed in frustrationed and got back to it again. But this time she was too tilted that she got the notes sour in the beginning. She noticed the sour notes and fliched but still kept going. As she played on it got worst and worst till finally. 

Chisato: Dang it this is so hard! 

She exclaimed in frustration. 

Y/N: Of course why wouldnt it not be. After all this is something new you're doing. 

Chisato started to feel down after the constant failure. 

To me seeing Shirasagi fail and feel very anguished proves that she really wants this. Knowing this, I need to motivate her to keep going. 

Y/N: hey dont give up. You're gonna have your birth pains but youll get it eventually just keep trying. 

Chisato: I know but still even though thats the case i cant help but feel frustrated…i dunno if i have it in me to this. 

Y/N: Oh don't say that. Think about it like this, if you know you can't do it then that's plenty of reason why you should do it. 

Chisato:... that doesn't make sense at all L/N-San… what makes it worst is that you just said you wouldnt do things that you can't do!

Chisato said very bluntly.

Y/N: True I did say that but it depends really but thats not the point! the point is that this is  something that poses a challenge to you. Most people in life are very quick to stick with what they are comfortable with rather than expanding out from what they know. Facing challenges is a good thing. Yes it's painful, and yes it's frustrating especially if it's the one thing you can't do. But the moment you face those challenges, then you have nothing to lose, just stuff to gain, and that's plenty enough reason.

Chisato: But what if I fail? 

Y/N: don't think about failing because you will always fail. 

Chisato: Well that's very Motivating… 

Y/N: oh very! 

I said as i chuckled 

Chisato: This is serious! Aya and the others are counting on me for this! First you're telling me that doing things I can't do should give me plenty of reason to do it anyways and then you tell me that I'm going to fail! I can't tell if you're being serious about this or not. 

Chisato said in a fit of anger. She then puts the bass down and gets up from her chair. 

Chisato: Asking for your help was a big mistake! 

She said as tears started flowing. It looks like I hit her right where it hurts. 

Thinking about it now I may have been a hit the nail on that one.

Feeling frustrated chisato made her way to the door but before she could exit

Y/N: Shirasagi Wait! 

I said while I grabbed her hand. 

Chisato: Let go of me! 

She said as she pulled her hand away. 

Y/N: Shirasagi listen to me for a sec, I didn't mean for it to sound like that alright? 

Chisato turns around and looks at me with an upset expression 

Y/N:  Like I said before this is something you're not familiar with so of course you're gonna fail and it's okay. 

Chisato: Is it really okay though…

Chisato said as she wiped her tears and let out a few sniffles

Y/N: of course! And also It's good to keep track and learn from where you fail. Failure is what makes us learn, it's the motivator that keeps pushing us forward, to be better. You can try this a hundred times and fail a hundred times. And that's okay because eventually you'll get where you need to be. The moment that you give up is when you truly fail. 

Chisato: Oh please Even i'm not that dumb to fail a hundred times 

Y/N: I know you're not… but some people are… 

We then both let out a laugh. Thankfully I was able to cheer her up a bit and make her day. 

Chisato: Anyways I think I'm going to practice at home. It's getting a little late. 

Y/N: Yeah and I gotta get back to work too. I don't want Marina to think that I slacked off from my work. 

Chisato: I'm sorry if I took too much of your time.

Y/N: Don't be. You can make it up by practicing and getting better at your bass. 

As chisato packed up her bass i went ahead and cleaned the room and reset it as if chisato was the only one in here. We left the room and made our way to the lobby. 

Chisato: Hey… I just wanted to say thank you. 

Y/N: For? 

Chisato: Well… for taking the time to help me out. We barely know each other but i felt like you went out of your way to really help me out, even when you didn't have to. I really appreciated it. 

Y/N: It's fine shirasagi. 

Chisato: Well ill be off. Now ill see you at school. 

Y/N: Later. 

We both waved each other off as Chisato walked out the building. 

I took a big sigh and began to continue with my work. 

After working hours

Marina: Thank you for your hard work today Y/N-Kun. 

Y/N: Yeah! See you next time! 

I said as I walked out of CiRCLE. 

Another day of work finished! I said to myself. 

So far it was just the usual stuff at work today. The only unique thing that happened was seeing Chisato and helping her out. I'm glad I was able to help her out. I popped in my headphones and continued my walk thinking of nothing and enjoying the music. Im glad that she came over seeing as that she kept me away from my own thoughts.

END. 

Location
Shirasagi residents
Chisato POV 

I sat on my bed practicing Yurai Yurai on my bass. I tried playing it without looking at my base but to no avail i still haven't gotten it down. 

Chisato: Damnit! 

I paused for a second to compose myself. I've been practicing for the past 30 minutes and so far I have yet to get this down. But just before I could throw in the towel I looked at my bass. Looking at my bass, I couldn't help but reflect on what Y/N said. 

Chisato: *sigh* dont give up chisato! The moment I give up is when i truely fail. 

With determination, I picked up my bass and began playing. I cannot give up! And i will not give up! Even if it takes me a hundred tries I will do this! For Aya! And for myself! 

END!