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Without waiting for his answer, Yukino, who had already remembered, walked to the vending machine and looked at the drinks inside hesitantly.
“You still drink Coke?”
"Ah, yes." Natsume Rin came back to her senses.
After getting a positive answer, she no longer hesitated, picked up a bottle of sparkling water, took out two coins from her exquisite wallet and put them into the vending machine.
The sound of change colliding was particularly loud at night. The dim light of the street lamp above their heads fell on Yukino's head. She picked up two bottles of drinks and handed Natsume Coke.
"It seems like it's my fault that I asked you to run out at this time." The minister sat on a bench by the roadside, holding a glass of sparkling water in both hands and blamed himself.
"Yukinoshita-san, although we were very reluctant when we agreed to it at first, the three of us agreed to the movie unanimously."
Natsume Rin opened the bottle of Coke, and the bubbles jumped to the edge. He squinted his eyes happily as he drank the cold happy water in the summer.
"No need to comfort me." Yukino smiled and made room for him. Natsume Rin's eyes inadvertently swept across her white calves under her skirt.
It wasn't the pleated skirt of the school uniform, nor was it something particularly revealing. It was just a simple white knee-length skirt, probably to make it easier to move around, so a lot of the legs were exposed.
It looks pretty good, let me take another look.
So he followed his heart and looked at her a few more times, until Xue Noi put the sparkling water on his head and reminded him helplessly: "Are you so lustful now?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Natsume Rin refuted seriously, and his expression was revealed in the last few words: "I just wanted to see how white a person's skin could be in the dark."
"I see, but my skin probably isn't as good as Shiina's. Well, wait until she comes and observe carefully." Yukino said with a smile, but Natsume smelled something unusual.
If any girl actively compliments other girls in front of boys, especially about their appearance, unless she wants to introduce that person to you, then she is most likely saying something sarcastic.
"Shiina-san's skin isn't as white as yours, but hers is more lustrous, so it looks very bright." Natsume Rin lied seriously.
"It seems like you've touched her quite a few times, but you can still say something like that."
Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Yukino took a sip of water. Her gray shirt with a butterfly tie swayed slightly in the evening breeze, and she finally stopped joking with him.
"Even if the decision to make the movie was made by the three of us, as a minister, I have the obligation to arrange everything, so I blame myself."
Natsume Rin opened her mouth, wanting to persuade her, but finally fell silent.
"Do you want me to not be so serious?" Yukino asked him with a smile.
"That's not the case." Natsume Rin held the bottle tightly, flattened it, and aimed at the trash can not far away. "I don't hate serious people."
哐
The beverage bottle drew a stubborn arc and fell into the trash can with a bump.
Bingo, 100 points!
"I just don't want you to take on everything." Natsume Rin said what was in her heart with satisfaction.
"But I'm afraid." Yukino applauded him and spoke calmly while leaning against the bench, "I'm afraid that all kinds of accidents will happen wherever I don't pay attention. This has happened many times, so I can only trust myself."
"That's true, but you have to trust me and Shiina-san." Natsume Rin jumped up and stretched out her hand to Yukino who was sitting on the chair: "At least you should trust your brother."
Looking at the hand he extended, and then at Natsume Rin's rare sunny smile, Yukino rubbed her forehead, not knowing for a moment whether she should call him an idiot.
"Okay, you idiot."
As she took his hand, Yukino raised the corners of her mouth and addressed Natsume this name.
"Hey!"
Chapter 85: Am I going to die just like this?
“It’s really hard to find here.”
After a long time finding the location, Shiina Mahiru first complained about the chosen filming location when she saw them.
"Because the content to be filmed is very special, it is also troublesome to find a place. Would you like something to drink?" Natsume Rin greeted her with a smile, and at the same time signaled Yukino with his eyes not to speak, and leave the rest to him.
"No need, I brought water." Shiina Mahiru took out a cup of water from the woven bag she was carrying and shook it proudly.
The hem of her brown pleated skirt swayed as she swayed, but unlike Yukino, she wore smooth black stockings on her thighs.
Although I know she doesn't want others to see it, this way it attracts more attention.
This kind of bag.
Natsume Rin looked at the minister. There was a similar thing right next to her. It was used to hold a camera, and the sparkling water that she had not finished drinking was also stuffed inside it.
The terrifying level of tacit understanding between girls!
"What is the role I want to play?" Mahiru, who has not read the script yet, has high expectations for the upcoming filming. After all, the information occasionally revealed by the minister has hinted that she and Natsume Rin will be a couple in the micro-film.
Ah, I feel like this would be an opportunity. If we could be alone together, maybe confessing my feelings in that situation would be effective.
But do we really want her to take the initiative?
Shiina Mahiru hesitated.
"Well, this." Natsume Rin glanced at the minister again, looked down on her for gloating, and reluctantly explained: "Uh, Shiina-san, the role you are going to play is the male protagonist's dead ex-girlfriend, and this is the scene before her car accident."
"What!" Her voice got louder. Yukino promptly stuffed the script into her hands and added calmly, "The idea of Shiina-san playing the role of his deceased ex-girlfriend came from Natsume's inspiration."
"Natsume-kun~"
Flipping through the script under the light, she made noises of dissatisfaction, and after hastily reading all the content, her dissatisfaction became stronger.
"How come there is still someone pursuing you after I died, and in the end you actually fell in love with him!" she said in disbelief.
"Wait, this is just a script, and you're still alive and well, Shiina-san." Natsume Rin reminded her.
The reason why I was so moved was completely because of director Yukinoshita's bad taste. At the end of the script, when senior Eriri was diagnosed with a terminal illness, the male protagonist Natsume Rin finally realized his feelings and rushed to the hospital to confess to her.
He suspected that this was a plot that Yukino had deliberately created to trick tears into her eyes, but he had to admit that it would indeed be a classic scene if it could be acted out well.
"So my role is only in the protagonist's memories?" After Shiina Mahiru sorted out all the details, she pouted. "What's even worse is that no matter how well I acted, Natsume still had to run away in the end."
"Shiina-san, this is just a movie. If you have any objections, we can change the actor." Yukinoshita Yukino sighed, feeling that she had some resistance to the role.
"It hasn't come to that yet." She looked at the minister, "But minister, who will play the last person?"
Because the script mentioned that the girl behind had beautiful blonde hair, she did not list Yukino as a suspect.
"Senior Eriri is the girl who called me away that day. She owes us a favor, so she will come to help us during the school festival." Natsume Rin said.
Shiina Mahiru immediately recalled the image behind the name, and her expression visibly relaxed.
Although the other person does look cute, he exudes the unconcealable aura of a loser from the inside out, and is someone who should not be taken seriously at all.
"Bullmaster, I have no objection. What I am asked to perform today is the first act."
After getting a positive answer, she began to build up her emotions while looking at the script. Yukino found a suitable place to place the camera, and Natsume Rin had to sit on a chair and watch the show.
His role in the first half was just a tool to recall the ex-girlfriend's story, but in the second half, his rivalry with senior Eriri required more performance.
"The high school girl who fulfilled her promise with her lover was walking home happily, but the gloomy atmosphere around her indicated that misfortune was about to happen to her." Natsume Rin found something to do and started reading the narration.
In his low voice, Shiina Mahiru got into the mood, holding her flaxen long hair in her hands, walking briskly under the light. The cheerful smile on her face showed the girl's happy mood.
The first performance was perfect, especially on this not-so-long road, the feeling of going through a long journey requires real talent.
However, Natsume, who had time to see more things, looked at Shiina Mahiru with sympathy.
"Very good." Minister Yukinoshita clapped her hands in satisfaction and encouraged her. When Shiina Mahiru just started to laugh, Yukino successfully made her shut up.
"Shiina-san, since we can't film the car accident scene, do you mind if we use a black and white photo as a hint?"
Natsume Rin placed her hands in front of her, staring intently ahead, as if there was something interesting there. At the same time, she kept complaining in her mind about Yukino's inability to speak.
Even if you really need to use a black and white photo as a transition, you can just make it first and then show it directly to Shiina-san. Anyone would be embarrassed if she asked this.
"I'm going to die just like that?" Shiina Mahiru sighed. She really didn't want to argue with the minister about this fact.
"To be precise, this section is also the protagonist's memory." Yukino packed up the camera, asked Natsume Rin to move the tripod, and started talking to Shiina about the script.
"This part is about the male protagonist going to college. He encounters a lively scene and is reminded of his deceased ex-girlfriend. So Shiina is living in memories from beginning to end."
"Actually, it's better this way. As long as I still have a role to play, Shiina-san will live forever."
Before Shiina Mahiru, whose cheeks were puffed with anger, was about to lose her temper, Natsume Rin responded with a sentence, and at the same time looked at Yukino a few more times, warning her with her eyes not to say any more.
If this woman could keep her mouth shut, she would be the best girl.
"Natsume is really good at talking. Will I live in your heart forever?"
"Of course, after all, Shiina-san is so cute."
Coldly watching the couple talking sweet nothings to each other, Yukino carried the camera and led them out of the dark alley and walked towards the brightly lit streets of Shinjuku.
She planned to find a scene here that would evoke emotions in the male lead, so that the subsequent filming process could be greatly accelerated.
"Follow up quickly."
Chapter 86: Tyrant Under the Snow
At night in Shinjuku, it seemed that everywhere fit Yukino's description of a lively scene, but after passing several streets, she looked indifferent and showed no signs of stopping.
Amid the surrounding noise, Natsume, who was carrying a tripod and trying to keep up with the girl in front of him, had sweat dripping down his forehead. Shiina Mahiru wanted to help with some light things, but was quietly rejected by him.
"It has come to this, let me take on this responsibility."
As if she heard what he said, or as if she wanted to give him more opportunities to take on responsibilities, Yukino became particularly picky. Even though there were a few places that were very suitable, she just quietly passed them by in Natsume Rin's expectant eyes.
Shiina Mahiru noticed the little tacit understanding between them and her eyes kept shifting between the two of them.
"Buyer..." Natsume Rin couldn't help but speak up.
If he doesn't stop, it won't just be him who will suffer. He'll probably have to change the time he goes home at night.
"Just here."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yukino turned around on the floor of the square, with a sincere look in her eyes that showed no sign of abnormality.
"Natsume-san, what do you want to say?"
Not only that, she also looked up at Natsume Rin and asked questions even though she knew the answer.
"Hmm." Natsume Rin hummed a few times unwillingly, looked at Shiina Mahiru who was in deep thought, and didn't want to waste any more time: "I also think this place is quite suitable."
"Natsume-san, don't try to steal the director's job. Give me the tripod and stand there and pose."
Director Yukinoshita was very blunt when she lectured people. She pointed at the green shade at the edge of the lights and motioned for him to stand there.