Shigure
Haah...

Shigure
(Today's creative dance in PE class...wasn't great. Even though everyone around me had such high expectations, I couldn't meet them...)

Shigure
(I mean, I wish they wouldn't expect things just because Shigure's an actor...! It's troubling when they're disappointed that I didn't meet expectations.)

Shigure
(Why should Shigure, who's an actor, have to be able to dance too? Isn't being able to act enough...)

Shigure
(I thought creative dance class would be totally fine since I don't have to go outside and it's easy...)

Shigure
(But then, everyone in class reacted that way...ugh, so annoying! At least Riko and the others covered for me in that situation...)

Shigure
(...To think that Shigure would be protected like that...)

Shigure
Haah...it's fine if I can't do dance expression, isn't it...mind your own business...

Hatsumi
It's a waste to conclude that so definitively. Dance could also connect to stage expression, couldn't it?

Shigure
Ugh...Hatsumi-san...! You heard that just now...!?

Hatsumi
Yes. My beloved kitten kept sighing, so I was concerned.

Hatsumi
Expressive movement is required now, right? So this is what the changing times look like...amazing.

Shigure
Hatsumi-san, don't say such old person like things~. You're not that much older than Shigure, are you?

Hatsumi
But my elementary school didn't have pure dance classes. That said, of course I have no intention of growing old yet.

Shigure
Well, obviously~. ...But you didn't have them, Hatsumi-san, lucky~.

Hatsumi
Do you dislike dance class that much, Shigure? Dance is also a form of expression. Depending on how you approach it, it could become nourishment for your acting.

Shigure
Ugh...it's not that I hate dance exactly, but Shigure's not good at exercise itself, so...even if you say it'll help with acting, it's kinda tough...

Shigure
A-And...! We don't know if it'll really become nourishment for acting, do we~?

Hatsumi
Heh heh, you can't believe my words?

Shigure
No, that's not it...! But...I do believe in you, Hatsumi-san, you know? But that and this are separate things...

Hatsumi
No, it's fine. It wouldn't be good to believe everything just because I said it.

Hatsumi
Rather, I'm glad you said that. Thanks to that, I won't have to waste this.

Shigure
That paper...is it some kind of ticket?

Hatsumi
Yes, this is a ticket for a flamenco performance. ...Since we have the opportunity, I'll give you one as a present, Shigure.

Shigure
Huh...are you sure?

Hatsumi
I don't mind. My plan to watch alone and lonely has changed to a date plan, which makes me happy. And with such a cute companion too.

Shigure
! Hatsumi-san...

Hatsumi
Well then, I'll look forward to that day. It's a promise with me, so make sure you come without running away, okay?

Shigure
Ugh...I-I got it. There's no way Shigure would break a promise with Hatsumi-san.

Hatsumi
Of course, I believe you.

Shigure
(...After Hatsumi-san says that much, I can't say I don't want to go...I guess I should just enjoy it as a date with Hatsumi-san...)