It was decided that Ritsuka and the rest of his band were going to do a live show. Haruki and Akihiko were at a bar drinking, talking about Ritsuka and Mafuyu. Since Akihiko had ridden his motorcycle into town, he asks to spend the night at Haruki’s place and Haruki thinks back on the first time they met. That was right around the time Haruki’s old band had disbanded and he had first encountered Ritsuka, who had just entered his third year of middle school...
After that, things moved 
forward pretty smoothly.
.بعد ذلك مرّت الأمور بطريقة سلسة
Und dann ging alles
ohne jegliche Verzögerung seinen Weg.
Después de eso,
todo progresó sin contratiempos.
Después de eso,
todo progresó sin contratiempos.
Les semaines suivantes,
In seguito
Depois daquilo, as coisas
continuaram como sempre.
После этого... дела и дальше
шли своим чередом.