After their meeting at the docks, the third and fourth sisters made their way to a train station, finding that the trains were stopped due to the weather. Having no way to return home for the foreseeable future, the two of them took shelter in a nearby karaoke place, getting a room for themselves just as Ichika called their phones. Miku pulled hers out, walking out to get a better signal as she started talking to the eldest sister. "Yeah, we won't be able to make it home for a while." She said as Ichika asked if the two of them were safe. "We'll be fine. We're at a karaoke place right now, so we'll just stay until morning." Miku said, reassuring her sister of their safety before she hung up and rejoined Yotsuba inside the building.

"What did she say?" The fourth sister asked, holding cups in her hand while standing in front of a drink dispenser.

"They were just worried about us, wondering if we got caught in the storm," Miku answered as the other people in the karaoke place looked at the two of them curiously; it's not every day that people see two identical siblings.

"M-Miku, do you want something to drink?" Yotsuba asked, unable to stand the awkward silence that suddenly popped up because of the other customers' comments. She extended one of the cups at the machine, filling it up with juice as Miku looked from over her shoulder.

"I'll have what you're having." With that, the second cup was filled with juice as well. The two of them entered one of the rooms, the large screen eagerly waiting for them to pick a song. After settling down in their seats, Yotsuba tried to fill the silence again. The air around them was tense, nearly electric with tension as the events of the final day of the festival was still fresh in their minds.

"It's the first time in a long time that it's just been the two of us at a place like this, right?" She asked, watching as her sister winced at the excessive sweetness in the juice that she got for herself. Sighing at her sister's antics, Yotsuba finally said what's been on her mind ever since she came across Miku a few hours ago. "Give up, Miku. There's no way you can be me." She said bluntly, crossing her legs and furrowing her brows at her sister.

"Fine..." Miku said, removing the ribbon that served as her rudimentary disguise.

"I know you're mad, but please stop." She asked, slightly raising her voice at her sister. Then there was silence again, the two of them staring each other down. The third sister wavered first, looking down as she contemplated her actions. Looking back on it, she hated that she pulled through with it; it was low and desperate. "If it makes you feel better, then we haven't officially started dating yet."

"Now you're just causing him trouble," Miku said, crossing her arms as she scowled at her younger sister. Then she relaxed her body, leaning back in her seat as she flashed Yotsuba a smile. "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. Just go and date him." She said, tilting her head while grinning sweetly. But Yotsuba didn't believe her.

"That's a lie, right?" She asked, to which Miku scoffed.

"When did you get so sharp?" Miku said, offhandedly confirming her sister's suspicions. The third sister quipped, silently sorting out her own feelings as the tension continued to build. It wasn't Yotsuba's fault that she got picked, it fair, yet why can't she just control her feelings? "Why aren't you dating him?" She hoped that finding out answers to her questions would help her calm down. "Don't you have feelings for him too?"

Yotsuba paused, shutting her eyes as she thought of a way to verbalize her emotions. "Don't me wrong, Miku. I love him, and I always have loved him, but..." She paused, looking her right in the eyes. "Everyone's feelings for him..."

"Yotsuba..." Miku muttered, watching as Yotsuba's irritation and anger faded away.

"I just can't ignore them too. That's why I want us all to put this behind us!" She took a few steps toward the third sister. "Because you five are precious to me. So, I want you to forgive me. I can't let him go, my heart won't let me, but please!" Taking her sister's hands in her own, Yotsuba leaned her head against Miku's shoulder. "I want to help you deal with the pain... I can't stop you if you want to keep staying mad at me, but know that I'll take everyone into consideration as I take the next step."

"Yotsuba, these feelings, this pain that I'm feeling right now is unbearable. That's just how serious I was about him." Miku said, unsure of what to do. "So... I won't be helping you. This is something you have to do on your own. Think of me abstaining as me putting up one last fight."

"I kinda expected that... And I still don't really know what Nino feels about this." Yotsuba let go, returning to her seat.

"Well, her throwing a fit is par for the course." Miku joked at the second sister's expense. The two of them started to relax after they vented their frustrations, picking songs to sing while waiting for the morning to come.

"Still, it's something I have to think of a way to overcome, somehow," Yotsuba said, queueing up her song and coincidentally deciding on the same one as Miku. "Ah... we did something really sextuplet like..." She joked as Miku picked up the microphone. The look in the third sister's eyes said what she wanted without any words escaping from her mouth. Silently agreeing to a contest, the two of them sang the same song until the sun rose up the next day, allowing them to return home. With their emotions sorted out, at least for now, things were slowly returning back to the way it was; nothing will ever be the same, but this came close.

"Wow... is it just me, or is the sun brighter today than it was yesterday?" Miku asked, her voice hoarse from all the abuse it had that night.

"The trains should be running now, right?" Yotsuba's wasn't any better, sounding like their grandfather does. "Ah, our voices... I guess they'll make fun of us once they hear it." Even after clearing their throats, their voices still sounded like dying animals.

"What will you do? Not go home?" Miku asked as their phones simultaneously pinged with a message. It was from Mutsumi, and it was a recording.

"Wow... is it just me, or-" The recording spoke in Miku's rough voice, spooking the two girls and making them look frantically for the sixth sister.

"How did she get-"

"Check your ribbon." Mutsumi texted, urging the two to examine the ribbon that was on Yotsuba's head. Sure enough, one of Mutsumi's microphones was hidden near the knot.

"I bet they're waiting for us..." Miku started walking home, Yotsuba following closely behind. On the trek back to the apartment, Miku's mind continued to dwell on everything that's happened so far. To think that all of this happened, her meeting Fuutarou, her gaining back her confidence, her finding her dream and walking down the path to pursue it; they were all because they decided to go to this school. It wasn't anything that she's want to tell her, though. She reached into her pocket, pulling out the ribbon she used as a disguise, chucking it into the sea as the wind carried it away.

"Welcome home." Mutsumi greeted the two of them once they arrived, being the only one sitting at the table. The sixth sister smiled at Yotsuba, proud and happy with the way she handled that situation. Offering her sisters some of her food, she called them over to the table as she placed a pair of goggles on the table.

"I think I'll go to sleep. I'm tired." Miku declined the invitation, drowsy from staying awake singing all night. Shutting the door to her room, the third sister left Mutsumi and Yotsuba to their own devices.

"Good job there, sis. I'm surprised that you didn't argue any longer that you did." Mutsumi said, having heard everything that happened in the karaoke place because of her microphone. "Nino's going to be a problem though, she looked pissed when she came home last night."

"What was she like?" Yotsuba asked, taking the seat opposite of Mutsumi. The sixth sister pulled up a lightbulb, a metal frame, and some fabric that would be used to hide internals.

"Stomping around, clenched fists, I think I even heard her scream into her pillow in her room," Mutsumi said, chuckling to herself; Yotsuba wondered if she was serious or just poking fun at their sister. "Good luck."

"What's that for?" Yotsuba changed the topic, pointing toward the thing in Mutsumi's hands. The sixth sister reached into the frame, screwing in the bulb before covering it up with the fabric. She then reached down and pulled up some thin wires; even Yotsuba had trouble seeing them. Attaching them to various points into her creation, she somehow managed to pull it off of the table without it falling back down. It looked as if it was floating in the air.

"It's for one of the shoots I have with Ichika-nee. A horror film she's in is about to come out and I want to get some themed pictures." Mutsumi said. "And Tsubaki-chan wanted to see how I work, so I have to show off a bit." Her cheeks turned slightly red as she adjusted the fabric.

"Show off, why?" Yotsuba tilted her head, taking note of Mutsumi's little fidgets and expression. They seemed familiar somehow.

"It's not every day that someone watches me work. I want to look my best." The sixth sister smiled, installing a battery into the device. It was a lantern that looked like a small ghost. Mutsumi walked over to the edge of the table, placing it under the table and revealing five others that she'd made earlier.

"Do you like Tsubaki-chan?" Yotsuba asked, stunning the sixth sister. Her body locked up, the shock of the question taking its toll on Mutsumi's brain.

"No, she's just a friend..." Mutsumi frantically shook her arms in denial, but stopped as she put her hand to her face. "I think..."

A/N: Shorter chapter this time. Much of this chapter was awkward back and forth between the two of them. Since this Yotsuba is a lot more proactive, those moments wouldn't happen.