"Onii-chan, what are you thinking about?" Raiha asked, finding her brother pacing around the front of their house after returning home from the second day of the festival. The young tutor was muttering something to himself, his eyes shut as his feet tapped against the pavement.
"...What should I do?" He asked himself. "What is the best way to go about this?"
"Go about what?" A third person approached the two siblings, her hair held back by a clip."Don't tell me, I think I've got it! It's about them, isn't it?" Takebayashi said smugly, waving hello to the two of them. "Hi, Raiha-chan. You've grown up a lot!"
"Takebayashi! What are you doing here?" Fuutarou asked. "And yes, it's about them."
"Let's see, I'll see how this ends through the power of divination." Their visitor shut her eyes, waving her hands around like a crazy person before she opened her mouth with a somber expression. "Oh no..."
"What happened?"
"The choice, it would break them all apart. They'll all leave each other, and they'll never see each other again!" Takebayashi prophesized, her mouth trembling with every word she said. She was about to go into more detail when a hand grabbed her shoulder.
"Takebayashi, come on, don't mess with him too much," Mutsumi said, dragging her friend away. "And, Fuutarou-san, just do what you want to do. I'll understand, and I'm sure that my sister would too. I'll see you tomorrow." The two of them walked down the street to go about their business for the day.
"Onii-chan. I'm sure that they're waiting for your answer." Raiha said, tugging at his shirt as she entered their home. Fuutarou stayed outside a bit longer, mulling over Mutsumi's words before he finally settled his unrest.
"You're crazy." Takebayashi's voice was the first thing Mutsumi heard in the morning of the following day. Mutsumi was making herself a sandwich for breakfast, waking up before anyone else in order to prepare herself for her plan. "You know, this might backfire on you! Is this even legal? What if you get arrested?"
"Relax. I'll be fine." Mutsumi placed a fried egg on top of some bacon, leaving the sandwich open as she moved her plate to the table. "If anyone should be worried, it should be that piece of shit." She said, closing the sandwich with a slice of bread before cutting it in half.
"Even so, this is absolutely nuts! Either his past gets exposed, or you get branded as some slanderous stalker! Mutsumi, are you listening to me? Hello?"
"What? I can't hear you..." Mutsumi too a piece of bacon up to the mic of her phone, crumbling it in her hands. "You're breaking up... I'm going through a tunnel, Bye!"
A/N: So the festival arc spanned 2 volumes, oops.