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"Senior Igarashi, please move aside." With a cold voice that seemed to indicate that she was sending someone away, Yukinoshita Yukino said coldly as she stood beside them.
"It's Yukinoshita-san, sorry to bother you." Senior Igarashi glanced at them and retreated with obvious reluctance.
Igarashi?
After catching the key words, Natsume Rin suddenly realized that this person was the loser senior who had sent a love letter and was used as an excuse.
"Are you happy? This senior is really nice." Yukinoshita said lightly as she passed by him holding the receipt.
Natsume Rin quickly caught up with her, expressing her loyalty at the same time.
"Minister Yukinoshita, my heart may be very big, but not just anyone can live in it!"
Yukinoshita Yukino was shocked by his perverted remarks and wondered if she had done something wrong by helping him to resolve his emotional issues.
I originally wanted to stop him from getting entangled, but why today, it feels like he has turned into an undisguised scumbag?
"Natsume-san, although I may encourage you to be a scumbag at certain times, you can't give up on yourself." Yukino sighed.
"I didn't." Natsume Rin said with extraordinary certainty.
"…Just do as you like. If we weren't so close, I would have ignored you a long time ago just because you're such a scumbag." Yukinoshita walked in front depressed, and Natsume Rin followed closely behind.
Chapter 83: Natsume-san, smile
Street in Shinjuku district, Tokyo.
The pretty girl was studying the camera, and the handsome boy was sitting on a chair, looking at the script for a long time without being able to speak.
"What's with that expression on your face?" After making sure she had understood the basic principles, Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Natsume Rin with an especially happy expression.
She didn't think there was anything wrong with her script. Although it was a little focused on the details, she had done a good job in controlling the time and plot.
"Bullmaster." Natsume Rin looked at Yukino meaningfully, "Even if you have a problem with me, there's no need to vent your anger on other people."
"Don't get me wrong, I just think it's more appropriate to write it this way." Yukino denied, "And you still survived in the end."
Hearing her say this, Natsume Rin became even angrier. According to the ending of her script, it would be better for the male protagonist to die.
"It's fine if you wrote Shiina-san as your deceased ex-girlfriend, but what about Eriri-san being a loser who can't get the love she wants?" Natsume Rin followed her towards the commercial street, holding the script.
They had a camera but lacked the supporting equipment, so when they had free time they went to the electronics street near the school to see if there were any suitable stores.
"Because it's a movie, even I would find it boring if you followed that pattern, so I made some minor changes." Yukino turned around and pointed the camera at Natsume.
As expected of a guy who receives love letters every day, even if she looks at him through the camera, Yukino feels like exclaiming in amazement.
When she thought of making a micro-film with him and two other beautiful girls, she felt that even without a plot, letting the three of them take turns appearing on the screen would be able to attract a lot of audiences.
"Boring?" Natsume Rin widened her eyes, feeling insulted by her status as a best-selling author.
I was actually taught a lesson by a layman.
"What else? Are you going to let others read your 20-minute memories of the deceased heroine? I admit that what you wrote has a youthful and sentimental flavor, but this still won't be able to attract passers-by." She curled her lips and started to lecture Natsume.
While discussing the plot, they walked into a store selling video equipment. Even though it was a holiday, there were not many people here, but there was a pleasant smell that made Natsume Rin sniff.
After finding out the location of the things she wanted from the front desk, Yukino walked to the counter at the back and started looking for something on the shelves.
"So you added Eriri-senpai as a target of my pursuit?" Natsume Rin asked in confusion, "And you want her pursuit to always end in failure?"
She picked up the tripod and set it up, putting the camera on it and feeling pretty good, she casually responded to Natsume: "Otherwise, do you want the audience to see how much you miss your ex-girlfriend in the first half, and then agree to the pursuit of the new guy two minutes later?"
"Bullmaster, are you sure you want to set the identity of the senior sister to be someone with a prominent family background, sweet looks, and who is deeply in love with the male protagonist?"
Natsume Rin complained calmly that if there was really someone like this pursuing her, it would be normal even if she agreed.
"Natsume-san." She waved her hands, showing confidence: "You have to understand that no matter how outstanding a living person is, they can't compare to a dead person."
...That does make sense.
"Then why did you let Eriri-senpai get a terminal illness and die?!"
"That's what happens in TV dramas. I thought it was pretty good so I copied it down. Besides, he didn't really die, he just died in the movie. I think senior won't have any objection to it." She looked nonchalant.
Natsume had nothing to say but to take the equipment from her and prepare to go to the front desk to pay.
At this point, the minister looked a little embarrassed. After coughing a few times, he gave up his seat. Facing his questioning look, he said calmly, "This time, the expenses will be paid from the club's funds."
"But we have that kind of thing?" Natsume Rin raised her hand.
Even if the service club adds new members, it is still a small club of only three people. It is impossible for it to have enough club funds by collecting fees from each person like other large clubs.
Besides, none of the three of them are short of money. If they really want to hold an event, they can easily raise funds.
"Can we charge admission for the campus festival?" Yukinoshita Yukino asked lightly.
"Well, there is, and in the end there is a competition to see which club has the highest profit." Natsume helped her recall.
"Use that money as the club's funding." She generously overdrew her future money and urged Natsume to pay for it temporarily.
The guy at the front desk had a professional smile on his face, and he didn't know who to give the receipt to. After listening to them, he looked at the boys. The boy who was handsome enough to be a star pinched his chin and suddenly said.
"Minister, you have no money?"
Yukinoshita Yukino stomped the floor in frustration, her tone full of incomprehension: "My pocket money has been reduced a lot. After paying the rent this month, I am only left with normal living expenses."
Finally, she said with great confidence: "It must be my sister's idea. She thought that this method could force me to go back."
After going around in circles and finding that the culprit was herself, Natsume Rin paid for the equipment while whistling.
I thought Mrs. Yukinoshita would just listen and forget about it, but I didn't expect her to act so efficiently.
After walking out of the store, Yukino continued to emphasize that the proceeds from the school festival would pay off the expenses.
"Buyer, I really don't think this plot can attract many people." Natsume expressed his opinion.
He was walking on the street in the summer evening, holding a tripod in his arms, sweat dripping from his forehead.
"Yeah." Yukino answered perfunctorily, concentrating on taking pictures of the appropriate scenery with her camera. After Natsume Rin said this again, she patiently explained to him.
"I believe in your acting skills, and compared to other factors..."
She paused for a moment, and when Natsume Rin became interested, she slowly said, "I believe more in the appeal of your names. As long as the title is good, there will definitely be girls to support you."
"...Are you planning to betray me?" Natsume Rin suddenly realized.
"Don't say such harsh words. Just use your acting skills well and make them feel that it's worth it. Natsume-san, smile."
In front of the camera, Natsume Rin smiled bitterly.
"The Minister has put too much energy into the school festival."
"Don't laugh like that. Remember to correct it next time. As for the energy you put in, since you're forced to participate, then do your best to get first place. Isn't that what you should do?"
Corrected smile?
Recalling her script, Natsume Rin became serious. A look of sadness appeared on her handsome face. She looked in an empty direction, as if she was the soul of a deceased lover. A sad atmosphere surrounded her.
Yukino raised the camera and pointed it at the boy's profile at dusk, feeling inexplicably confident.
With her as the director and her acting skills, they will definitely take first place.
Chapter 84: Prepared Scumbag
At the request of Director Yukinoshita, Natsume Rin was forced to maintain this posture for about a few minutes until she found the one she was most satisfied with.
"You really are a good actor." She praised sincerely, but Natsume didn't like the last sentence.
"No wonder he can be a scumbag."
"A scumbag in preparation." Natsume Rin corrected her wrong statement, "And I'm not a scumbag yet, okay."
He has come to terms with it, but he is not desperate. Although he will no longer reject Shiina's kindness, he is not so impatient to confess his feelings to her.
"It's only a matter of time. Do you want to go back now? If you're not in a hurry, continue to accompany me to shoot a few more shots." Yukinoshita Yukino said indifferently.
Natsume Rin nodded. There really wasn't much to do if she went back now.
Instead of delaying until the school festival is about to begin and then rushing to shoot, it is better to seize every opportunity to record more shots.
Not far from the electronics street, they found a secluded alley where Yukino looked around with an uncertain expression on her face.
"Can you call out Shiina-san?" she suddenly asked.
"This... shouldn't be a big problem, but has it reached her plot point yet?" Natsume Rin was also looking around the alley.
"Well, no."
Yukino nodded and then shook her head before explaining to him.
"Shiina in the movie is already dead, so when the memories of her appear, I want to use a darker tone, which feels quite appropriate here."
"As for her plot, the only thing that can be filmed here is the scene of her death, right?"
"Car accident? Here?" Natsume Rin was embarrassed.
In the movie, Shiina Mahiru is Natsume Rin's lover in high school. But on the day after the college entrance examination, they agreed to go to the same university, but Shiina Mahiru accidentally got into a car accident.
But this is an alley, and it doesn't look like a place where a car accident could happen.
"...You don't really want to take pictures of the car accident, do you?" Yukino looked at him in disbelief.
"if not?"
"Are you an idiot? In the movie, we will use flashbacks to skip this part. After all, we are not a professional team. What if Shiina-san is really injured?"
Yukinoshita gave him a severe lesson, and after realizing that he had been thinking too much, Natsume Rin dejectedly called Shiina Mahiru.
"Natsume, why are you calling me at this time?" Shiina Mahiru's voice was very happy, and the background sound was the program playing on the TV in Natsume's house.
"Are you free?" Natsume Rin glanced at Director Yukinoshita who was busy measuring the venue and deliberately lowered her voice.
"Hmm? I'm free now, do you want me to cook?" Mahiru ate some fruit and turned off the TV.
"No, no, remember the micro-film we are going to shoot? We are currently filming here."
After he said that, Shiina Mahiru thought it through and lowered her head to look for her shoes that had run under the bed.
"Where is it? Do you need me to rush over now?"
Natsume Rin breathed a sigh of relief, reported the address, and then reported the situation to Director Yukinoshita.
"Well, what drink would you like?" After finding a suitable place, Yukino looked at the vending machine not far away with satisfaction.