Note : I'm so sorry. Update will be extremely slow as my interest and love for this anime has...depleted. I'm extremely sorry and I hope you will enjoy this chapter. Dear readers, thank you for waiting.

Masato's acceptance as the lead made everyone happy, and it only made him relieved.

He heard someone singing, a girl's voice, and he could never mistake it for anybody else's. He smiled and walked faster, his smile turning into a very wide one.

"Why is a man playing a woman's role?"

"There isn't any woman around here, so I'm doing it."

"But there's Haruka, right?"

"What?"

Just a few words could not describe his relief when Masato declined, saying that he didn't want to cause her any trouble. The idea of someone else other than himself hugging her, let it be for a job or whatever, he was not okay with that. Although, he felt kind of bad, he wanted Masato to get the lead role, but he wasn't willing to allow that.

He rushed to the practice room and saw her, Nanami, playing the piano passionately with her graceful fingers.

As she saw him came in, she stopped playing and stood up.

"Syo-kun!" She greeted happily. "What are you doing here?"

Smiling nervously, he scratched the back of his head and said, "I was walking around and then I heard you singing…so I came."

With that said, his stomach gave a low growl and there was a tint of pink on his face. Nanami just giggled. "Do you want to have lunch together?"

He nodded excitedly, with that smile on his face, and said, "Of course!"

The waiter came and took their empty plates, to be replaced by their desserts. Syo had a slice of chocolate cake, while Nanami had a slice of strawberry cheesecake.

As Syo took a bite of his cake, he looked away for a little before looking back at Nanami, again. Since that day, since the day he saved here, he had always wanted to thank her. It was because of her he could make that jump. It was always because of her.

"Nanami, do you remember that time when…erm, how do I say this?" He looked around as if trying to find the right words. "That… That night when you came to pass me my bag and you nearly fell?"

She said, "Oh, that night. What about it, Syo-kun?"

"I," he paused as he took a deep breath. "I wanted to say thank you, for helping me make that jump."

"Thank you? I should be the one thanking you. You saved me! If you didn't, who knew what could have happened to me," she said while putting her fork down.

"Nanami," he said as he took her hands in his. He looked her in the eyes and leaned slightly towards her.

Her eyes widened at his sudden actions. She felt her heart beat faster. The beating echoed in her brain and a question wandered around.

Could it be…? Does he remember?

"Thank you," he finally said.

She releases a breath she didn't know she was holding in and felt her heart's pumping behavious go back to normal. If she wasn't in front of Syo right now, she'd scoff.

What was I even expecting?

She gave a small smile and said, "Thank you, too."

She smiled when she thought back to that day. "Everyone looked so cute at the bazaar! Where did you get the costumes from?"

"Natsuki made them the night before. Then, on the day, he forced us all to finish our work quickly and asked us to wear the costumes," he said with his eyes slightly narrowed.

"Natsuki-san really like cute stuffs, huh?"

Syo sighed and shook his head, remembering all the times when Natsuki would force him to wear something. "I can't say it's a good thing."

They walked silently to the studio in town, where Syo was going to do his recording. Nanami decided to tag along, seeing as she wanted to walk around town.

"So you're going to go around town alone?" Syo asked as they stopped a few shops away from the studio.

She hummed excitedly with a smile, and her smile was not helping in reducing his worries. Just thinking of the last time when she was lost and, thankfully – he could not believe he was feeling that way – saw Satsuki, which led him to her.

He gave an uncertain smile. "Are you sure you're going to be okay?"

"Of course! I don't get lost that easily," she said.

He couldn't help but laugh.

Apparently you do.

He had to think of a way to at least get someone to go with her. With her personality, all kinds of trouble changed from impossible to possible. He looked inside the studio and saw people but none he knew of.

Damn.

Even if he wanted to accompany her, she'd have to wait for his recording session to end, and it would take hours. He looked at his phone, 3:00 P.M. He paced back and forth for a while, with his fist covering his mouth.

Suddenly, he stopped and looked at her. "Nanami, I'm going to go in for a while. I'll be back real quick, okay? Stay here and don't move."

She tilted her head to the side curiously and replied, "Sure."

Syo rushed in, and when the staff saw him they immediately said, "Ah, Kurusu-san, we're ready when you are."

Syo looked away slightly and wore a sorry face. "Ah, actually, a thing just came up..." He clapped his hands together and put it in front of him while saying, "I'm sorry! I can't do the recording today!"

The staff looked at him and said, "Ah, its okay. Since you're the last of the day to do the recording, if you really can't, then I guess we'll be dismissing from work early."

Syo put his hands down slowly. "So, I'm not making any trouble?"

The staff smiled and shook his head. "Not at all, Kurusu-san. I'm sure everyone would like a rest after so much work this morning."

"Thank you so much!" He ran out and saw Nanami looking at the sky, both her hands holding her bag. "Nanami!"

She turned to look at him. He said, "I'll go with you."

She asked curiously, "Around town? Then what about your recording?"

Syo looked away for a moment. "Ah, they were really busy this morning and now they're tired so... I thought that maybe they could take a rest." He gave an uncertain smile.

Nanami smiled as well and said, "Oh, so that's it. I was worried you wanted to cancel your recording session." She didn't notice how he tensed up for a moment. "If you did that, your reputation will be affected."

He rubbed the back of his head and started to walk away from the studio. "Well, let's decide where to go! Where do you want to go?"

She smiled and walked right next to him. "There's a festival just around here."

"Ah! I know where it is! It's the one where ice sculptures are made and then on display, right?"

"Yes!" She said excitedly.

"I wanted to go there tonight, after my recording session. I go there every year." He looked at her excited face. "Let's go there during the night. It looks the best at that time."

"Sure!"