[ Maki waits patiently, waits to hear just how stuck up she is, what type of monster she really is to Nico. But nothing comes. Nothing until she hears Nico speak up, but not quite as accusingly as she expected. She wouldn't want to admit it herself, but Maki feels relieved. ]

So do you think we can just start over? And try to be friends this time?

[ She doesn't look at Nico right away, needing to look at anything else in order to ask such an embarrassing thing. ]

It would be nice to have someone who likes singing, that I could practice with..