A few days later
Production Office
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Staff Member
Yes, thank you for coming.
We're almost ready to begin fitting you, so please have a seat and wait here.
We're almost ready to begin fitting you, so please have a seat and wait here.
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Shizuku
You were so incredible during that audition. I promise to do everything I can in order to keep up with you.
Shizuku
But I'd like to have a better understanding of your thought process, since we're going to be working together.
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Yu
I have to keep going above and beyond.
My presence has to be powerful enough to blow others away.
My presence has to be powerful enough to blow others away.
One hour later
Fitting Area
Stylists
Actually, I'm sorry...
I need to quickly go ask about which accessories we'll be using, so would you mind waiting here for a bit? Call it a short break.
I need to quickly go ask about which accessories we'll be using, so would you mind waiting here for a bit? Call it a short break.
Shizuku
(Which means I need to begin strengthening my resolve in preparation for our shoot...)
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Director
I don't know...
Our client has every right to make this request, but as things stand, the balance just isn't there...
Our client has every right to make this request, but as things stand, the balance just isn't there...
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Shizuku
(But I don't blame them for feeling that way. It's true, compared to her, I leave a lot to be desired in skill and in mindset...)
Oikawa
Yeah, it was me.
We didn't stand to gain much since she doesn't belong to an agency, but I wanted to see that aura again.
We didn't stand to gain much since she doesn't belong to an agency, but I wanted to see that aura again.
Oikawa
You wouldn't believe how dazzling she was back then. She was just like Hagiyama. No, even more brilliant...
Oikawa
She told me herself.
When I asked her why a fifteen-year-old girl like her had such a driven look about her.
When I asked her why a fifteen-year-old girl like her had such a driven look about her.
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Director
Really...? Well, I guess anyone would feel that way if they were the lead of a group like Cheerful * Days.
Director
True...
That being said, if we don't see some improvement, then things aren't going to go well.
That being said, if we don't see some improvement, then things aren't going to go well.
Oikawa
Right...
If things don't immediately go well, then we'll have to redo the storyboards with Hagiyama as the sole focus.
If things don't immediately go well, then we'll have to redo the storyboards with Hagiyama as the sole focus.
Oikawa
It's a real shame, thinking about that brilliance. But at the end of the day, business is business.
Shizuku
(Mr. Oikawa asked me to audition because he was so impressed by the way I was back then...)
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Shizuku
(Because if I fail here, then he and the others will likely never ask me to work with them ever again.)
Shizuku
(Not only will that affect my future, it may even jeopardize the future of MORE MORE JUMP!)
Shizuku
(I accepted this audition looking to lift everyone up. If I were to drag them down instead... No, I won't let that happen.)
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