"Where should we go?" Mary asked.
"We can go to my room," Momo suggested.
"... up...!"
"Wait, do you guys hear that?" Ayano asked.
The girls stood silently to listen.
"Nope, what did you hear?" Hiyori asked.
"C'mon, let's just go to Momo's room. I'd rather not go back and have Haruka ask us that question again," Takane said.
They walked ahead and entered Momo's room while Ayano stayed for a while.
I'm pretty sure that was Haruka...!
"Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP!"
I knew it! What's going on down there...
Ayano walked silently to the stairs and watched what was going on. She saw the boys murmuring something but couldn't quite hear and something caught her eye.
The boys were gathered around a piece of paper, but she couldn't tell what was written on it.
...! No way! Is that...?! Ayano quickly took off her muffler and ... It's not here...! Then that means...! M-Maybe it's in my shirt!
Ayano began to pat her clothes.
"A-Are you sure?" Seto asked Haruka worriedly.
"Y-Yeah..." Haruka faked a smile.
Seto's eyes glowed red. I don't like doing this but, this really worries me!
He meant to read his mind but another thought caught his attention.
'...! No way! Is that...?!' he knew that voice anywhere. '... It's not here...! Then that means...! M-Maybe it's in my shirt!'
Seto quickly picked up the paper and stuffed it into his pocket.
"Seto? What are you doing?" Kano asked.
He put a finger against his lips and pointed behind him.
The others looked to the stairs to see Ayano patting her clothes.
No... it's not here either...! Then they do...! she looked back to see nothing in the middle of their circle.
What?! But...!
Kano caught her which was the last thing she needed.
"Oh! Ayano-nee!" Kano smiled.
"K-Kano!" Ayano faked a smile, and waved, "I decided to check on you guys! So... how are you doing?"
"Just talkin'!" Kano said.
"'K-Kay!" Ayano awkwardly laughed then walked away from the stairs. M-Maybe I was just imagining that and left it at Shintaro's room... I'll search later... but... she paused in the same place before.
...
The boys sighed in relief when they couldn't hear footsteps anymore.
"Thanks, Kano," Seto said.
"Ugh, you know that I don't like to deceive Ayano-nee," Kano said, "Why did you want to hide it anyway?"
"I... I just don't want to skip to conclusions and none of us are even sure what's going on, you know?" Seto said.
"That's true, if we just asked Ayano a bunch of questions then she would definitely panic," Haruka said.
"Then now what, we can't even solve what heck that letter means!" Hibiya grumbled.
"Try thinking it in a different way!" Seto suggested while laying the paper out again.
They sat there, staring at the paper.
"Oh!" everyone turned to Haruka.
"Could it be '7332726372723473'?"