We play until afternoon evolves into night, and by the end of the day the song actually sounds pretty good.
As good as it can sound with only drum and bass.
For once, Ritsu and I are actually walking together back to the dorms; usually she is staying behind to get extra practice.
We stayed longer than usual today though.
I wonder if going grocery shopping in the town will ever be more than just a faint dream.
We say our goodbyes before going to each of our rooms.
I jot down some words for a science homework due tomorrow before calling it a day and falling into bed.
Even with my newfound positivity, I get easier fatigued than before.
It’s to be expected, you can’t get a heart attack and spend half a year in hospital and not be affected.
I just wish it became better soon.
I fall asleep about 9PM, it feels pathetic.
 
A new day rises.
I do my morning routine before heading off to class, where I’m greeted by the seemingly always upbeat Misha.
M: Good morning Hicchan!
H: What do you want?
M: Aww, don’t be like that, I’m only trying to be your friend.
Misha looks mock-offended, I wonder if her words are Shizune’s or her own.
M: But~! I’d like to remember you and Tainaka that you have to find more members to be an actual club, and the time is ticking, wahaha!
I knew it.
H: I know, I don’t have the memory of a goldfish.
H: And it’s actually going really well, we got a new member yesterday.
M: That’s great! It’d be so cool if we had a school band!
What? I thought the whole “hurry or else you’ll be disbanded” thing was a way to make me join the council.
Then again, not even Shizune and Misha can be stupid enough to believe I’d join them if they stopped my club.
M: Who joined?
H: Hanako actually.
M: Ikezawa?
It’s a little weird that Misha calls all her classmates except Shizune and me by last name, especially considering how quickly she began calling me Hicchan.
It’s probably something she has picked up from Shizune, except the Hicchan part, I can’t really imagine her calling me that.
M: Is she a music person, I’d never guess! Wahaha
M: good luck Hicchan!
H: thanks, I guess.
I think maybe I have to reevaluate my stand on the Shizune/Misha entity.
Then again, I can’t see Shizune being as enthusiastic about the band as Misha apparently is.
For more than the obvious reason.
Morning classes pass by as usual; I think I’m getting the hang of the routine.
It’s nice, being back in action.
 
R: Lunch?
Ritsu is standing by my desk with two lunchboxes in her hands, I won’t mind if she makes making me lunch a regular thing, as even her plain rice is miles better than anything the cafeteria has to offer.
H: yes please, where?
R: I was thinking about eating with Hanako, since she is one of us now.
H: I think she has already escaped the classroom.
R: She can’t have gotten far, let’s find her!
Ritsu takes off before I get a chance to protest, so I end up chasing after her into the hallway.
The moment I get into the hallway, Hanako is disappearing up the stairs, and Ritsu has stopped to let me catch her.
H: Do you really think eating with her is a good idea when she obviously makes an effort to escape the class?
R: yes.
I don’t get to protest more, as Ritsu has already gone off again, this time, I choose to follow at a more relaxed speed, I shouldn’t overexert myself with my condition and all.
When I get to the next floor, Ritsu is knocking on what I guess is the door that Hanako went into.
The voice calling from the other side does not belong to her, however.
L: Hello?
Ritsu doesn’t wait for an invitation, and is already opening the door before answering.
R: Mind if we join you for lunch?