Recently, your close friend, Minori Kushieda, had been really busy, or so she said. Christmas was just around the corner, and she had been avoiding you, always saying she had work or practice. She had even refused to come to the Christmas party.

Having received word from Taiga that Minori was on her way to the party, even though it ended already, you waited at the school gate for her arrival. As you were, you heard her voice call out to you from your right.

“Hey… You’re here?”