*THE NEXT DAY*
*SCHOOL IDOL CLUBROOM - NIJIGASAKI HIGH SCHOOL - ODAIBA - TOKYO*
*P.O.V SWITCH - AYUMU*
They're all here...
That's good.
AYUMU: "They replaced the window?"
KANATA: "Apparently the Student Council ordered it."
SETSUNA: "They work fast. Even when President Shioriko is away."
AYUMU: "......"
AI: "Ayu-pyon. You holding up okay?"
AYUMU: "Not really..."
KASUMI: "Neither am I. Shizuko doesn't look too great, either."
SHIZUKU: "..."
MIA: "Who could've known that Babyboy was an asshole all along?"
AYUMU: "...What?"
MIA: "He threw our trophy out of the window, disrespected us all, resigned, and left!
Who the hell does he think he is?!"
AYUMU: "How dare you."
MIA: "Huh?"
AYUMU: "Remember that you're only a member of this Club because Aki forgave you."
LANZHU: "Ayumu?!"
MIA: "Really? You're going to go there?! Go ahead, disrespect us all. You'll be no better than him!"
AYUMU: "I..."
LANZHU: "That's enough. Lanzhu's heard enough from you two. Even if the Captain isn't here, we're still the School Idol Club!
It's time that Commander Lanzhu really took-"
MIA: "You don't get it, either."
LANZHU: "Huh?"
MIA: "After what happened with the School Idol Clique, I don't want to see the same happen to this Club."
RINA: "Mia, please calm down."
MIA: "Sorry, Rina. But I'm not going to let him insult us like that."
KANATA: "It hurt. I'm not happy, either."
AI: "Maybe he's been holding this all back for a while?"
SETSUNA: "But for how long?"
KARIN: "He's held a grudge since the School Idol Clique formed, but maybe it goes back even further than that?"
KASUMI: "Senpai secretly...hated us all this time?"
AYUMU: "He doesn't hate any of us!"
KASUMI: "R-Really?"
AYUMU: "Do you even hear yourselves? This is Aki we're talking about! Do you really think that he'd actually hate us?!"
MIA: "Definitely not, he really let us know exactly how much he appreciated us yesterday."
SHIZUKU: "If he hates any of us, it's probably me. I'm sorry I-"
KASUMI: "Seriously, Shizuko?!"
SHIZUKU: "It's true, isn't it? If I didn't declare my love for Valentin then-"
KASUMI: "Those are your feelings. He doesn't have the right to hurt them like that!"
RINA: "Yes. Aki-senpai was wrong to do that to you."
SHIZUKU: "Even so... If I didn't say it, then would he have stayed?"
AYUMU: "..."
SETSUNA: "You can't blame yourself for this, Shizuku. The Club hasn't been on the best terms with communication lately. That's everyone's fault, including his."
KANATA: "So, this was inevitably going to happen?"
SETSUNA: "I don't know..."
LANZHU: "If only Lanzhu stayed-"
MIA: "Are you going to tell us how you should've stayed in Hong Kong and never discovered school idols in the first place?"
LANZHU: "If Lanzhu didn't fly to Japan, then the School Idol Club would have-"
MIA: "Like hell you're to blame for this! You didn't have a choice when your Mom forced you to drag me here."
AI: "It's no use juggling the blame like this, it's only going to make us feel worse than we already are.
Plus, Emma-chi doesn't look so good..."
EMMA: "..."
KARIN: "I've never seen her like this. She hit Akihiko yesterday, and I don't think she's willing to forgive him that easily."
AI: "What about you?"
KARIN: "Huh?"
AI: "He said that he's still hurt after we joined the Clique. What do you think?"
KARIN: "I'll give him that for a reason, it's definitely something I wish I could take back.
Or at least done differently..."
LANZHU: "See? It's all because of Lanzhu and the Clique!"
MIA: "Keep telling yourself that, all while he's the one who turned his back on us."
RINA: "He was scary... Just like when he-"
MIA: "Huh?"
RINA: "A bully grabbed me. But Aki-senpai beat him up."
SETSUNA: "Kuroda..."
RINA: "Yes."
AI: "That guy? Ugh, just hearing his name makes me want to hurl."
SETSUNA: "S-School idols don't do that!"
RINA: "Aki-senpai was...ruthless. If I hadn't stopped him, then I don't think he would have stopped."
AYUMU: "He's always been that way."