"Can't stop staring at those ocean eyes." I sing, thinking of his small little fingers, how delicate they were. "Burning cities and napalm skies, fifteen flares inside those ocean eyes, your ocean eyes." I sing, having sung it so many times when I was crying or hurting, I could always sing it now, because when I would sing it, Nen would just stare at me and smile. "No fair, you really know how to make me cry when you give me those ocean eyes, I'm scared, I've never fallen from quite this high, falling into your ocean eyes. Those ocean eyes." I sing softly, remembering it was his favorite part, no matter how much he fussed or cried, he'd always fall silent when I sang it. I fall silent, tears streaming down my face as I look up at Aima, my lip trembling. "What if he finds out? What am I going to say? What am I going to do?" I choke out, and Aima falls to her knees, scooping me into a tight hug. "I don't know, Kimiko, but… but it'll be okay! I just know it, okay. You've got plenty of people to protect you, okay?" Aima says, though I shake my head furiously. "I don't care about me! I just… I just want…" I say, though Daichi suddenly grabs me, pulling me to face him.

"Suzuki-chan! You might not care about what happens to you, but all of us, everyone from the volleyball team, the people in this room and your family all care for you and want to all see you happy and healthy!" Daichi says and I quickly shove his hands away. "You think I don't know that! But, I'm the reason we're stuck! I'm the reason they're all in danger, I'm at fault! If I could have, I would've run away! I would've spared them from all this! But… they need me…" I yell, though Aima grabs me, slapping me and making me yelp. "Kimiko Suzuki! It is not your fault! It was never your fault, it was his! It was always his, always has been and always will be, but you're the survivor! Don't be the victim, cowering and scared! You need to be the survivor!" Aima yells at me, my lip trembling as my cheek stings. "What would your mom think? Huh? What would Akira think? What would Nen think? They watched you stretch your wings, they're so happy to see you breath again, Kimiko! They're all waiting for you on a bated breath, ready for you to spread your wings, to live again! Don't you want to show Nen that you can fly?" Aima says, shaking me furiously, though I let out a frustrated scream.

"I want to! I do, I really want to! But I'm scared! I don't want to fall again!" I scream, sobbing uncontrollably as Aima's face turns red. "I know you're scared, Kimiko, I do! But are you really going to live in fear your whole life? You're not living, Kimiko, you're just not dying! How are you going to show Akira to live if you don't get in the air! How are you going to show your mom that she doesn't have to worry if you don't take the first step! How are you going to be there for Nen if you don't show him you can overcome anything! You're just… you're biding your time, setting him off like you're afraid of him! Like he's a mistake." Aima screams at me, though I scramble up and tackle Aima. "Don't you ever, EVER call him a mistake!" I scream at her, and she fights me, growling low. "Then get your shit together and be there for him already! All of us are waiting with a net, so what's stopping you, hah? Use that anger, use it to show HIM that he didn't take your wings! Show him that you can fly and that he can never reach you again! Stop acting like you're in a cage!" Aima says, wrestling me onto my back, though Daichi grabs her off of me, pulling her back. She shoves him back, taking a deep breath and looking at me.