Rock in Soul ch15-1

A memory that cannot be forgotten, a past that cannot be changed.

The train will be arriving shortly.
Please stand behind the yellow line.
Come on, Eri. Hurry it up~!

B-But...

Senpai's gonna get on the train if you don't hurry, y'know?
A-Alright...!

Um...! Akitsuki-senpai!

What's happening with the school festival live!?

I'll be stepping in until Haru gets back.

Tamaki-chan!

Accompaniment, if you would.
Phew~

That's Tamaki?
She's a really good singer!
Is this what they meant by new version?
But y'know...

that voice sounds awfully familiar...

Awfully familiar? ...There's no way you could mistake it for anything else.
That voice I've heard countless times
is right next to me...!

Muwa!

Kh...! There's a lot I wanna ask, but now's not the time...

Come back quickly, Haru!

Phew... Calm down.
It's okay... I'll make do even without Aki.

First, review the lyrics!

I'll do what I can...
even without Aki...

That singing voice just now... It can't be...

Is that... you over there? Senpai...?

I can't see you... I can't hear you, Senpai...
I can't hear anything...!

...I had a vague hunch...

When Baiki-san brought in that guitar that day,
I had a feeling that was the case...

Senpai... I...

Sorry, Eri.

No...! I'm the one who should apologise...!

I've wanted to apologise to you for so long...!
So many years have passed since then that I've wanted to apologise...!

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If only I hadn't called out to you back then!
If I had just saw you off instead of making you take the next train!

You wouldn't have gotten involved in that derailing accident!

I'm...!
I'm the one who killed you, Akitsuki-senpai...!

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There were so many times I thought about chasing after you, Senpai!
But I couldn't go through with it...!

I'm a coward... so I couldn't do it...
I wanted to be strong and cool like you, Senpai...!
If I knew that was going to happen, I should've just watched from afar instead of speaking to you!

I should've never fallen in love with you!

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Thank you, Eri.

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You kept me in your thoughts all this time
and protected the light music club.

Thank you.

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Anju-san! Where have you been!?
Sorry~ Something came up.

More importantly, could you go check up on Haru in the waiting room?
She doesn't know what's happening here.

...?
Alright.

Hey~ Haru~? Something happen?
Ah, Anju-chan!
Chan...

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Listen! I think I've got it!

Up until now, I thought I should try to play without borrowing Aki's power.

But I was wrong.
If I'm in trouble, everyone's there to help. We're a band because we're all performing together.
What's wrong with you? Are you seriously okay?

Erm... In other words,

I wanna perform with Aki!
Where is she right now!?

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Fu

I wouldn't worry about that.
Those two should be back soon enough.

Alright, I'll get the spare practice amp ready!
Let's all do it together!

Yeah!

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Sorry, Eri. Looks like you've been suffering for a pretty long time.

Back then, I was meeting up with Anju,
so I would've taken the next train either way.

You did nothing wrong, Eri,
so stop blaming yourself.

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Uu...uu...
Uwaaaahn!
There there.

Hey wait, isn't the live show happening right now? Should you be doing this?

That's right! Akitsuki-senpai!
Could you help us!?

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Baiki-san's in trouble right now!
She's fetching a spare guitar, so please play with her!

...No, I...
She said she'd perform by herself, so...

So it's fine if it's not Baiki-san, right?

Heh...?

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I'm running out of tunes here...!
Where are you, Haru...!?

Hey, what happened with Haru?
She's not back yet.

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So cool...
Who's that...?
Sorry for the wait.

Haru!

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Aki!

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