Whispering You a Love Song ch65: Brushing It Off, Practice and Discord.

Today
Himari
We've got studio practice from 1am today~
Shiho
Thanks

Hah...

I'm heading off.

How did it come to this...!?

Momoka.

Er.
...Erm.
Um.

Good morning,
Hajime-chan.

...
G-
Good morning...

Pretty chilly today, isn't it?
Y-
Yeah...

Hey,
um.

I'm sorry
about the other day...!

Um...
I've been
meaning to apologise...

It's fine.

I'm sorry too
for rushing on home without you.
N-
No,
don't be...

I've given it a lot of thought,
but back then I was...

Okay!

That's enough of that topic!

Let's go back to normal,
okay?

M-
Momoka...?

Ah.
Hima-chan's here.

Okay.

Let's get things started.

Chishiro-san's got a separate meeting, so she probably won't be able to join us remotely today.
She said we should go see her next weekend for an in-person practice session.

Got it.
Well then,
let's do this.

Haji?
!
Ah.
Sorry.

Okay,
let's begin.

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Something's wrong.
Our rhythm isn't matching up at all...!

Am I off-beat?
No.
Not a chance...
...Which can only mean...

Okay.
Stop! Stop!

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We're not in sync at all.
What gives?

It's not me who's off-beat, is it?

Feeling nervous about performing in front of a huge crowd?
Try to get a grip.

Come on.
Once more from the top.

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Hrm~
It's even weirder now.

It doesn't feel like Haji would be that off her game.

So the problem
probably lies

with Momo.

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Momo's off-beat
and Haji's forcing herself to follow up,
resulting in everything become off-beat, I guess.

Momo.

Are you okay?
You feeling alright?

Y-
Yeah.
Why do you ask?
Of course I'm fine.

...That's
fine, I guess.

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...That being said,
we really aren't syncing well today.

Let's take a 15 minutes break.
In the meantime, let's rest up a bit
and warm up our bodies.

I'll go buy us some drinks.

Hima.

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Hey.
How should I put it.

Momo seems
pretty off today.
Have you noticed anything?

Is...
that so?

I don't think I really get it...
Oh please!
Something's definitely weird!

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Could it have been
something weird that I did...?

Something that you did...
Shiho-senpai...?

I don't think it was when you at yakiniku...
You usually eat a lot.
You also send LIMEs once in a while.
But there's nothing weird about that...

Hmm~

Hmm~
Something weird...

Ah.
Maybe it's when you were talking
...about Aki-senpai?

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Eh?
Wait.
That's definitely it.

I acted so merrily talking about that with Momo...
You're right.
That was so not cool of me...

But I'm always talking about Yori-senpai...
Cute underclassmen gushing about their loved ones get a free pass!
I'm sure of it!!
Eeh...?

What do I do?

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Maybe I should apologise...?
Eh?

Uuh...
I'm not so sure...
that you should.

I'm sorry for carelessly talking about how I've got a girlfriend without thinking about your situation, Momo!!!

...
That would be pretty insensitive.
Let's not.
Yeah.

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Shiho?
Y-
Yes!?

15 minutes have passed.
A-
Aah!
Sorry.
Let's resume practice.

Thank goodness.
It's a lot better now...!

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Guess it was just nerves after all.
There was nothing to worry ab-...

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M-
Momo...?

...
Ah.

M-
Momoka-senpai!?
What's wrong!?

Are you okay?

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S-...
Sorry.
I'm sorry.

Momo...
...Erm.
Shiho-chan.

I guess
I'm not
doing so well... after all.

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Do you mind...
if I go home for today...?

...Yeah.
...Sure.

...I'm really
sorry.

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See!?
I told you there was something weird about Momo today!

Did something happen...?
It's gotta be cos I said something weird...!
It's me.

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Heh?

It's all
my fault.

Hajime-senpai...?
...

Hey.
What happened...?

I usually make it a habit not poke my nose into things,
but when it gets to this point, you can't say it's unrelated to the band...

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The truth is...

S-
So that's what happened...

I tried to apologise this morning,
but...
I don't think she really accepted it.

I'm sorry I got the band
caught up in it too.
I-
It's fine!
I'm sure you were just thinking about Momoka-senpai!

Wait.

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H-
Hold on a second!
Wasn't there something more important she just dropped there!?

Haji is in love with Momo!?
That's news to me!?

Wait.
Why are you taking this so well, Hima!?

Well, even if you tell me that,
it's just like "yeah, that checks out", right?
Like I would understand that!!

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Look.
Haji.
Could you give me a break here?

I don't wanna see that day where we break up over some romantic squabble...
...Seriously.
Yeah.
Sorry.

Sorry doesn't cut it...!

stare~

...
What is it...?

Well...
How should I put it.
Shiho-senpai.

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You're not exactly one to talk, are you~?

Recollections of this and that

I-
I guess not.
I don't really have the right
to blame you, Haji.

...That being said,

the main performance isn't gonna wait,
and we've got a in-person session with Chishiro-san next weekend.

We need to get things sorted out before then...
...Yeah.
But
how what am I supposed to do...?

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Hima!
Y-
Yes!?

You
meet up with Momo for club activities, right?
You go get her to talk to you.

But will she even tell me...?
You're probably easier for her to talk to than we are.

At any rate,
we won't have any clue how to resolve this
unless we hear from her, right?

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Yes!
You're right!
I'll give it a try!!

Haji.
Since it's come to this, you'd better be honest with me for once too.

Are you free later today?

Shiho.
I'm really sorry
for all the trouble.
Enough of that.
No need for apologies.

So, where are we talking...?
A café of something?
No.

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Here!

Hot Spring Yu

If we're gonna have a heart-to-heart,
we need to relax our bodies and minds,
right?

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