The Guy Who Messed Up Is Gradually Doing His Best

Um, what should I do? Oshii-san and Yokoshimana-san apologized, but since I wasn’t there at the scene, I said I didn’t mind and forgave them. However, they still seem to be worried, looking down with their shoulders slumped.

So, the awkward atmosphere lingered.

“Well then, can you be the one to sing first next?”

It was Kumiyaji-san’s turn next, but she looked like she was having trouble singing while the performance was still paused, so I called out to her.

“Uh, um, yeah. Thank you.”

I thought that since I was the one who apologized, it might make a difference if I showed everyone that I didn’t mind.

Since we all worked so hard for the cultural festival, I want everyone to enjoy the after-party.

I immediately played the anime song “Everywhere.”

This is the opening theme song for a school anime featuring twin sisters as heroines who aim for the national high school softball championship, with their childhood friend supporting them as the hero, intertwining softball and romance.

This song was easy to remember because there was a similar song in my past life, so it was one of the candidates for songs to sing live.

♪〜

I really like it because the tempo is great and it’s easy to sing. I sang with all my heart because I wanted to get everyone hyped up.

——Huh? This song…

I realized this while singing. This song has quite a sad lyric. It was a song depicting the feelings of a girl in love. It felt like she was trying hard to get the boy to notice her.

In the case of the kids who sang before me, everyone around them used hand claps, tambourines, maracas, and the like to liven up the atmosphere in time with the rhythm of the song, but now there are no kids like that.

This might be bad, did I pick the wrong song? When I thought that,

U, uuu… sniff…

Everyone is pressing or rubbing their eyes and sniffing.

Oh no, what should I do? When I glanced sideways at the teacher, she was also holding a handkerchief to her eyes. No, this is bad. Once I finish singing, it might get even quieter. I was prepared for that, but…

Clap clap…

As soon as I finished singing, everyone applauded.

“Taketo-kun, you were really great.”

“Just as I thought, it’s good.”

“I might want to hear it one more time.”

“Yeah, I really like Taketo-kun’s singing voice.”

It’s the Tsukune. Tsukune started clapping right away, so everyone else joined in.

“Everyone, thank you.”

After that, the atmosphere gradually improved, and we ended up singing together for about two hours. In the end, we decided to finish by singing “I Don’t Want to Lose,” a song by the female rock band “Mode” from back in the day. However, since there were only four microphones, we grouped together in pairs of eight to sing.

I was a bit confused because everyone was sticking so close to me, but since there were eight of us, we had to get close for the mic to pick up our voices. Still, it was fun.

“Taketo-kun, here.”

“Thank you.”

What Tsukune handed over to me as I was leaving was a music CD with a new original song. Apparently, this time, the song was composed by Saori. Speaking of which, all four of them can write and compose songs, right? That’s amazing.

“Um, well, I’ll send the lyrics later via MAIN.”

“You’re a lifesaver, Saori. Thank you.”

“Y-yeah.”

I express my gratitude, Saori’s face instantly turns red, and she smiles happily.

“Oh, and… did you tell everyone about this too?”

I thought that I might have to explain the bracelet to everyone as the teacher did, but no one asked me about it.

There was a kid who kept glancing over, so it shouldn’t have been possible that they didn’t notice.

So I thought that Saori and Kanako might have informed everyone in advance, but…

“It’s okay. I explained everything properly to everyone.”

Nanako is giving a thumbs up. That means Nanako must have explained everything to everyone. Thank you.

“I explained everything properly in the group chat, so you don’t have to worry about anything, Taketo-kun.”

Huh, for Sachiko to say something like that too…