By evening, the morning clouds had descended into a drizzle, casting a chilly, desolate veil over Tokyo.
With a guitar in hand, Uesugi Sakura glanced outside the window, sensing the icy touch of the rain washing over everything.
"I've practiced alone all afternoon, how about trying to play together?"
"Rika, I don't think I can do it at all~" Kitagawa Sakisa pinched the bright violin made of spruce wood with her left hand, standing in front of the open instrument case.
The black dress covered the knees of her long socks, with two dark red bows on the hem.
"Didn't you say there was no problem when you first arrived?"
"That was then, and now is now. The sheet music is really hard."
Although Kyujuu Rika had learned piano since elementary school, she had also studied some violin, understanding that Sakisa's intonation during practice was quite good.
She lifted her hands off the piano keys, sighing as she said:
"I think you just want to slack off."
