☆ Be honest Shiori, what do you really think of your friends?
They’re great! The words stopped before they were formed. What do you really think? Shiori bit her lip. “They’re...nice.” Starting was easy enough. “They’re both really talented and it’s great. They’re friendly and they’re always there for me. They’re so much better than I am.” Stop. “Rin’s art is amazing and I can’t draw at all! Kei’s writing...They’re great.” Shiori wanted to stop there. It’d be great if she could have stopped there. “I like them a lot but it’s hard sometimes. Rin and Kei are just so skilled and I’m just not. It’s tiring to always be the sidekick. They’re friendly and nice and I envy them. I get jealous whenever Kei talks about his works or Rin creates another selling masterpiece. It’s...it’s horrible. They deserve so much better than me. I just, I just want to be like them sometimes, you know? I want to have something. But I can’t. I don’t have anything.”














