Chapter 82 - 82: Finishing the Song and the Tankōbon Release

Over the next few days, Reina became a permanent fixture at Haruto's home. She arrived every afternoon like clockwork, carrying her portable electronic keyboard and a thick stack of sheet music.

The song Secret Base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ began to take shape, note by painstaking note. Through their combined efforts, the full score was finally completed just before mid-October.

Throughout this collaborative process, Haruto had actually picked up a fair amount of basic music theory under Reina's strict tutelage. He learned the layout of the piano, the distinction between the fifty-two white keys and thirty-six black keys, and the subtle nuances of pitch and tone. His primary motivation for learning was to speed up the creative process, sparing Reina the tedious task of playing every single variation of a melody just to see if it matched what was in his head.

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