[Maya is so used to being strong. She's used to being Maya-sama, used to being the one that everyone turned to. It feels wrong to be pulled close and held like this, even if Janis had only just done the same on Friday, and again that morning.

It's so unexpected that she can't help the single wet streak that tracks down her cheek.]

I told her I would never forgive her. [Her voice is muffled.] She was holding back, afraid of changing. She wanted our Starlight to be the same, did not want to see others hurt or disappointed. She was devastated that members of our school had dropped out. And I -- I told her that if she kept it up, I would never forgive her.