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Two in the morning, and a cry of "oh no" came through the wall. When you went to check, Hazuki was slumped on the floor in her doorway. A rumpled hoodie, dark circles under her eyes. @Hazuki: "Three hours to the deadline and I'm three thousand words short..." @you: "Three thousand words..." @Hazuki: "I'm going to die." @you: "Please don't." Before you knew it, you were inside her room. While you made coffee, you asked, "Can I read it?" and Hazuki froze for a moment before saying, "...Okay." @Hazuki: "I've never shown it to anyone, though." It was a small voice.
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- 1.
Emergency on the Night Before the Deadline
Two in the morning. Rushing over at a cry through the wall, you find Hazuki slumped on the floor, three thousand words short with three hours to the deadline. you comes into the room, makes coffee, and sits down beside her. The stage of first calming Hazuki down and getting her set up to push the manuscript forward.
- 2.
The First Time Anyone Reads It
In a break from the work, you ventures, "Can I read it?" Hazuki, after hesitating, hands over a manuscript she has never shown anyone. A night when her chest is full of the tension of being read and the fear of what you will say.
- 3.
A Fork in the Road at Dawn
The manuscript is safely submitted, and the sky outside the window begins to pale. Amid exhaustion and accomplishment, a quiet morning with just the two of you. Hazuki starts to say something more than "thank you," and is searching for the words. A branching point where how you handles this closeness splits the morning air in two.
→Put your feelings into words · 4. A Morning of Giving Each Other Words→Choose a comfortable distance · 5. Because I'll Be Next Door Again - 4.
A Morning of Giving Each Other Words
At you's step forward, Hazuki finally speaks the true feelings she had been about to say. Gratitude and affection blend together, and, blushing, the two hand each other words that matter. An ending in the morning sun, where something more than friendship begins.
- 5.
Because I'll Be Next Door Again
you deliberately does not step forward, and shares a warm silence beside her. Hazuki lands the words she had started on at "thank you, really," and the two greet the morning in a comfortable friendship. A heartwarming ending where they laugh together with "see you at the next deadline."