Daikoku
...

Iruru
Found you! Daikoku, I finally found you~! I've been looking everywhere~!

Daikoku
...!

Iruru
Wait! I'm really sorry about earlier! I said something that was easy to misunderstand, didn't I?

Daikoku
...

Iruru
I'm not rejecting you. Rather, I want to talk properly...and get to know you.

Daikoku
...There's nothing to gain from getting to know me...

Iruru
That's something we won't know until we talk, right? This is actually the first time we're having a proper face to face conversation.

Daikoku
That's...true, but...

Iruru
I've been wanting to have a good talk with you. You're not like the type of people I usually have around me.

Iruru
Besides...you're the one that Hatsumi suddenly selected as the lead for the stage performance. As a fellow actor, I'm interested.

Daikoku
People other than Hatsumi-san and Iruru-san don't seem to think that way though...

Iruru
That's not true. Shigure, for instance, is very curious about you. I think the other members are harsh on you because they're concerned about you.

Iruru
For you who's having such a hard time, that might not mean much...

Daikoku
...

Iruru
This is just to confirm...but you don't plan on giving up the lead role, right?

Daikoku
...I don't want to. At least...not yet...

Daikoku
But I'm not sure anymore... Whether someone like me should really be the lead...

Iruru
It's okay. You don't need to worry about that.

Iruru
If Hatsumi chose you, then it's definitely not a mistake.

Daikoku
Eh...

Iruru
The script for the next stage performance was written by Hatsumi specifically for you, you know? There's no other actor who can play the lead role but you.

Daikoku
But I'm...not the kind of person who deserves such expectations...

Iruru
The fact that Hatsumi has expectations of you makes that argument invalid. That's what I think.

Daikoku
...Iruru-san, you really trust Hatsumi-san, don't you?

Iruru
Rather than trust, "want to believe in" might be more accurate.

Iruru
When Hatsumi said she would take the lead and manage Eden, I thought I wanted to follow a troupe led by someone like her.

Iruru
That feeling hasn't changed...so I want to believe in Hatsumi.

Daikoku
Hatsumi-san is an amazing person, isn't she...

Iruru
...What about you?

Daikoku
...I'm sorry. I still don't know...

Iruru
Then try believing in me first.

Iruru
It's okay! I'm generally known as a good person in society. I won't steer you wrong.

Daikoku
Fufu...that doesn't sound like something a good person would say.

Iruru
You're right, it sounded more like a scammer...? Well, I'm fine with that too~

Iruru
Oh...a message from Shigure... We should probably head back soon...?

Iruru
...Daikoku, think you can go?

Daikoku
Y-yes...!

Iruru
Sorry, sorry. We're late.

Shigure
Where were you after sneaking out of the rehearsal room?

Shigure
I wish you'd stop causing trouble for even me~!

Iruru
I'm really sorry. I'll treat you to something sweet next time.

Shigure
Eh~? Really? Then I'll choose a super expensive place♪

Iruru
Yes, yes, I'll be prepared.

Iruru
...Well then, shall we start the rehearsal? Come on, Daikoku, get ready too!

Daikoku
O-Okay...

Iruru
Oh, right. Since we've become closer, maybe I should start acting like a senior~

Daikoku
Huh...?

Iruru
It's important to think things through on your own, but a stage performance isn't complete with just the lead.

Iruru
So it's okay to rely on those around you more.

Daikoku
Yes...!