The school festival is coming up. Posters and flyers everywhere. Students buzzing with energy.

Tomo runs up with a flyer in hand, excited.

Tomo:
“Guess what! We’re doing a ‘Youth Memories’ theme this year!”

Yuuji (flat):
“Ah. Nostalgia bait.”

Tomo:
“Exactly. Time to pretend our trauma’s cute!”

Kanae walks beside Haruka. They’re quiet at first, but the tension builds. Haruka finally speaks.

Haruka:
“Do you... regret not telling him?”

Kanae (pauses):
“…Do you?”

Haruka (whispers):
“Every day.”

A bit later, the group is planning their class event. Tomo suggests a haunted house. Haruka and Yuuji suggest something calmer.

Kanae looks distant.

Tomo:
“Orrr we could just trap Yuuji in a box until he learns what emotion is!”

Yuuji:
“I’m already trapped. It’s called friendship.”

Sad turn. Kanae is alone in the classroom afterward. She touches the edge of her desk—there’s a carved memory from years ago.

It reads: “Y + K = always rain, always smile.”

Kanae (thinking):
“I wrote this… the day he stopped smiling.”

Twist moment: Tomo walks in quietly. Sees her tracing the carving. He doesn’t say anything for a moment. Then—

Tomo (softly):
“You love him too, don’t you?”

Kanae (eyes widen):
“…Too?”

Tomo walks past her slowly, heading to the window.

Tomo (smiles sadly):
“Yeah. But I’m the one who tells the jokes, remember?”