With You, I Can Sing For Tomorrow ch5-1: Begin Again (Part 1)

The pair's song is finally complete♪ All that's left is to sing it at the culture festival, but...!?

I-It's finished!

Let's give it a quick runthrough.
O-Okay.

Geh

I really flubbed there.
Don't worry about it. One more time.

Ugh... One more time.

One more time!

Now now! Just take it easy!
A lot of people struggle with those high notes.

I'll finish it up for you!
Is this gonna be okay...?

Sorry, Yuzuki~

You got the flu!?

I'm really sorry, given there's only a week left and all~
And thanks for paying me a visit~

Wh-What do I do?
I need to do something.

Karaoke

3 hours with one drink minimum, right~?

[tn: A system in some karaoke establishments in which customers are required to order at least one drink separately from the room fee.]

Will you be by yourself?
E-Erm...
It's my first time going to karaoke by myself.

Kyahaha

Ema...

Awkward...
Yes! By myself!

Scratch that, mister. It'll be the two of us instead.

It's been a while since we last spoke, huh?

Y-Yeah... Sorry about that.
Why are you apologising?
So where's Hinata-chan? Shimizu-san and the others said you were in a band together.
Well, she has the flu right now,
so I figured I'd practice on my own.

That's why you're doing karaoke?
Heh~ This might be the first time I've actually seen you sing something, Yuzuki.
Well, go ahead.
...

I'm not sure my voice is coming out~
I'm getting really worried.

Hi-... Terada-san said she liked my voice,
but I've never heard anyone else say they liked my voice to my face.

I mean, I've got a high-pitched voice, right?
Yeah. It's cute.

...But when people say things like that to me,
they often hide some weird images behind it,
like my voice is "erotic" or "childish".
I'm not sure I can take them seriously.

I see~ Hinata-chan's pretty cruel too.

Opening your eyes like that without thinking of the consequences,
even though she's about to go back overseas herself.

...Eh?
Eh? Y'know, overseas.

Did you not hear about that? I thought you were having a fight about that.

I didn't hear anything.
Not that it really matters.
...I'm not really friends with Terada-san or anything.
That so?
Yeah.
But...

Shall I join your practice?

Eh?
I wanna hear you sing for real, Yuzuki.
What song are you singing?

An original.
Terada-san composed it and I wrote the lyrics...
You did? That's surprising.
I thought the same thing too.
But for some reason,

the things I want to say but can't,
I feel like I can say in a song.

That's pretty amazing. Kinda cool.

Do your best.

Thanks.
Hearing that from Ema as well

p10

kinda helps a little.

I should be able to practice the day after tomorrow.
It'll be the eve of the culture festival, though.

Can you speak well?
How about you?
I've been practising with Ema these past few days, so I should be able to manage.

Come to think of it...

Is it true you're going overseas?

p11

No no, why should I even care?

It's like I'm dependant on her or something.

I'll be fine even without her around.

Yuzuki-chan, sorry to be so sudden, but you need to see this.
Shimizu-san...? What is it?

Warning