Sprout*Waning Hermitage - Friday
Izumi: Eh? Kuma-kun isn’t here? — Ah, right, he’s got a photoshoot outside today.
Then I’ll go back to my own dorm, I really do hope Kagehira-senpai recovers in the morning.
Izumi: Ah, Hajime-kun—then I’ll go back to my room as well. Itsuki, what about you? You leaving too?
Shu: No. Since Sakuma isn’t here, I’ll take care of Kagehira for a while before I go back.
You can go, it’s really fine. I’ll take care of the rest. Really, my sincerest apologies for making you both worry about him.
Shu: …What’s with that expression?
Izumi: I didn’t know you knew how to say nice things like that~ That’s my first time hearing it, not bad.
Shu: Your smirk is disgusting. Are you sneering at me? Alright, off you go now.
Izumi: Hah? This is what I get for praising you for once? So~annoying!
Shu: …Does that even count as praise?
Izumi: Whatever, see ya. Come along now, Hajime-kun.
Hajime: Ah, goodbye then. Itsuki-senpai, Kagehira-senpai.
(He wasn’t carrying anything around, that means it has to be somewhere in this room.)
—Hm? Ah, he put it on his bedside table.
(That’s good. It’d be a far more difficult search if he brought it to school.)
(Hm. But she certainly looks like an ordinary doll, nothing looks different from when I saw her in Paris.)
An unchanging beauty. You could already tell how much technique was used in the making, craftsmanship seeps from every corner and detail.
(But, no… I still can’t see what’s special about her. Is “that kind” of thing even possible?)
(—Either way, I can’t just leave Kagehira like this. He wouldn’t want to trouble the people around him more.)
(We have to try every single option.)
Did you choose to take Kagehira away from me out of loneliness… Or, were you perhaps attracted to his gentle kindness?
I’ll never know your thoughts or your motivations behind this, still, it’s about time you let him go.
He’s noisy, impetuous, and recently he has developed the habit of arrogantly complaining to me. Yet, he’d almost start crying right away, how embarrassing.
However, he’s growing steadily like this, step by step. I don’t want him to disappear, not like this.
Kagehira is on a journey of self-discovery, learning how to be “Kagehira.”
So even if you have spent time together, you’re not of the same world. Even if you can stay together, a doll and a human can never go forward in the same world.
You live in a world of eternal perfection. To be frank, I am quite envious of you. You never have to lose anything, and you’ll never wither. That’s what an ideal world looks like in the Valkyrie philosophy. You can say that it’s what every artist dreams of, too.
Yet, humans are ever-changing. As soon as we’re born, we are bound by this law. That’s why we walk this earth with all our different colors. You can not predict change, and we live in a permanent anticipation of what’s to come. But that isn’t sad at all, humans grow and learn from change.
Because I only have this one limited life, I—we can’t trap our hearts in pursuit of eternity. So we put our whole hearts into the continunity of art.
That must be what your creator was thinking, too. You are a poor child as well, aren’t you? Only learning what holding on meant when through being abandoned. You must be very lonely, and you must be in so much pain. I understand how you feel.
Shu: Please, let your heart be at ease.
Because Kagehira has never given up on anything. No matter what may fall from his arms, he’ll always pick them up again and give them unconditional love, even if his arms are broken themselves. He’s that kind of person.
So, rest assured. You don’t have to capture Kagehira. You don’t have to cling on to him. Because Kagehira himself will always hold you tight, and he’ll never let go.
I’m right, aren’t I? So, Kagehira, please come home to me soon.
Mika: —Uwaaaaaah?! Super close up of a huge Oshi-san?!
Ngah~ As pretty as Oshi-san is, ya scare me when ya get so close like this…
—Hm? Eh? Oshi-san, why d'ya come to my room? ‘N why do ya have such a scary expression?
Shu: Seriously, you…! Must you be talking so much the second you wake up!
Mika: Eh?! Oshi-san, ya came to my room, why are ya mad at me?!
Shu: By the looks of things, does this mean you are fine now?
Mika: ? What d'ya mean fine? I dunno what you are talking about at all
Shu: That’s why I said you were noisy, I might have to sew your mouth shut at this rate!
Mika: Eh? Oshi-san, ya asked me if I was fine first?! Ya are unreasonable…
Shu: Hmph. Just don’t think too hard for the day and get some good rest. I’ll slowly tell you what happened today later.
Thank heavens we still have time…
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