U-ummm...Sanae-san?

What is it, 9th-place Aya-san?

Urk! That was direct.

Umm, well.

Look, no matter what the results of a popularity poll are...

The fact that there are people who love you doesn't change, right?

There's nothing to get down about.

.... Yeah, you're right.

But if you'd placed 10th, we'd have been next to each other.

Oh, so that's the problem. Is that all?

Wait, whaaaaaat!?

Wh-what's wrong?

Oh, no, it's just, um, well...is it okay to be happy about that?