*Hiiragi had been content with syh being a three man band. They had a drummer, a vocalist, guitarist, and himself as the bassist. And then Yuki died. And Uenoyama couldn't be their permanent guitarist. Hirragi doesn't blame him, of course. Plus, he couldn't do that to Mafuyu.

But, nonetheless, they were down a guitarist. He and Shizumi had multiple conversations regarding the fact. Do we need a guitarist? Could we get by without? And for awhile, they had to get by without. They didn't know anyone, couldn't find anyone to step in to fill the shoes left behind.

Part of Hiiragi didn't want someone else to step in--Uenoyama had been temporary, Hiiragi knew that. From the moment he asked to the moment Uenoyama left, Hiiragi knew he was temporary. He wasn't Yuki's replacement, he was more of a...substitute. Putting someone else in Yuki's shoes felt wrong. But, at the same time, Hiiragi knows they need someone. They need a guitarist.

He just wasn't sure who.

Until now. As he and Shizumi stand outside the practice room they rented, waiting for whoever had it before them to finish up. Hiiragi is trying to look through the small window of the door and that's when he knows. Them. The one playing the electric guitar like he's never heard and seemingly without a band of their own.