Why wasn't I the one who got the male lead's script?

“W-What’s wrong? Even if I shrink, what am I going to do with you—Wow, what are you doing!! Kasumigaoka Utaha!! You woman, don’t touch me—!”

Shiyu bent down with a smile and picked up the defenseless Eriri. Eriri, who realized it later, could not escape from Shiyu's hands no matter how she flapped her short legs.

"Oh my, my~ So Sawamura-kun looked surprisingly cute when he was little. Why is he getting weirder as he gets older?"

"??? What nonsense are you talking about, woman! I'm not ugly!!"

"Of course, of course, I mean personality. And please use honorifics, Eri-chan. You were calling me "big sister" just now~"

"you--"

"I didn't expect we'd already be into our daily banter so quickly..."

Xingjian, who was standing aside and had no say in the matter, folded his hands in front of him and watched the scene with emotion.

Maybe the relationship between these two is pretty good...at least not as bad as it seems when they bicker all the time?

"I'm talking about Hoshimi-kun."

Shiyu, who had been treating Eriri like a big toy, completely ignored Eriri's desperate resistance and casually held her in front of her, staring at Hoshimi while under the latter's angry gaze.

"The puberty syndrome you just mentioned—since it sounds like some kind of illness, it means there must be a corresponding solution. It's just that you haven't found a way to restore Sawamura-san to his original state yet... am I right?"

Should we say that it is worthy of Kasumigaoka Utaha, she accepted this setting and has already started to reason with just how much information she knew in such a short period of time.

Xingjian nodded in affirmation.

"Yeah, pretty much the same."

He likes talking to smart people, at least this way he can save a lot of unnecessary time on explanations.

"Rather than a typical solution to a problem, that solution is more like... a knot in someone's heart that needs to be untied."

When he said this, Eriri, who was held in Shiyu's arms with an unwilling look on her face, changed her expression subtly, but she just pouted and remained silent.

“… A knot in my heart, ah.”

For some reason, Shiyu just lowered her head quietly, thinking about these two words over and over again. The slight tiredness that she had hidden when pretending to be calm just now emerged again.

Hoshimi, ever the observant one, blinked.

Kasumigaoka Utaha seems to look very haggard.

"By the way - Hoshimi-kun, I have an interesting idea, and now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Before Xingjian asked her question, Shiyu suppressed the tiredness that unconsciously emerged on her face, looked at Xingjian with an elegant yet somewhat malicious smile, and at the same time hugged Eriri tightly in her arms.

"Eh?"

Even though she wasn't the one being called out, Ms. Eriri Sawamura felt incredibly nervous for some reason.

"Sawamura-kun is in a very rare state—why don't we keep a little souvenir to enjoy later?"

Shiyu, who was full of the charm of an older lady, gave Xingjian a wicked smile and winked, her eyes directed at the convenient photo booth machine beside her.

"...?"

When she saw that Hoshimi's eyes were gradually becoming interested, Miss Eriri suddenly had a terrible premonition that she was about to be persecuted.

I almost forgot, either of these two guys is a bit scary (someone that Eriri can't deal with) - now that they're together, what's going on.

"Xia, Kasumigaoka Utaha, you——"

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The current updates are usually two updates a day, and one more update will be added when the situation warrants. There will still be one update this afternoon, and one more update will be added if the monthly votes exceed 300!

Eriri star saw the photo of Shiyu's family of three and felt that they were strangely harmonious except for their hair color (funny)

Sawamura Eriri's Body Can't Shrink: Chapter 7: Prelude to the Good Show (Part 1)

"Woo..."

An ordinary day during the summer vacation, at Xingjian's house.

Ying Lili looked at the profile picture in her hand with a strange big-eye filter and beauty effect, and gritted her teeth so much that her little fangs were about to pop out.

The photo shows Kasumigaoka Utaha with a gentle and generous smile, Hoshimiya Haru with a seemingly calm but actually happy expression, and young Eriri, who is sandwiched between the two and has a strange expression cut off because she is completely unwilling.

There were even strange words like "sweet family of three" and "mom, dad and cute little girl" Photoshopped next to the three people's avatars - this was what annoyed Eriri the most.

"——So why is it that you and Kasumigaoka Utaha usually have no interactions and don't see eye to eye, but when you started persecuting me, you united together?! Are you two really that in love?!!"

Eriri's face flushed red as she turned to look at the black-haired boy who was lying on the bed leisurely playing with his mobile phone. It seemed that she had finally lost patience and wanted to tear up the photo.

"Eh...what does it matter? Everyone knows it's fake anyway—it's all about leaving you with a unique memory, Eriri."

Having said that, Hoshimi smiled and took out a photo from her trouser pocket that was exactly the same as the one in Eriri's hand.

"Oh, right, Eriri, there's no need to rush and destroy the evidence. I'll always keep a backup of these rare photos."

“Ugh—you devil!!”

Feeling that she was being completely manipulated, Eriri fiercely stood up and punched Hoshimi on the shoulder - but unfortunately, no matter how hard a six or seven-year-old girl punched, her little fist was no match for a teenager. Hoshimi looked indifferent and even smiled as if she was acting coquettishly.

Feeling that the guy in front of her was becoming more and more infuriating, Eriri puffed up her cheeks, but she also knew that she could only rage helplessly. In the end, she simply sat down on the floor, pouted, and started playing games to change her mood.

“…By the way, Qing.”

After calming down a little, Eriri tried to ask the question that had been in her mind for a long time.

"Ok?"

The boy, still lying on the bed and napping, responded in a nonchalant manner.

"Yesterday...that girl Kasumigaoka Utaha seemed a little off."

Eriri's tone seemed more serious than usual.

“…Ah, yes.”

Xingjian thoughtfully recalled what happened yesterday and started the self-discipline operation.

Indeed, he also noticed something that was a little different from usual.

When we met by chance yesterday, Kasumigaoka looked particularly haggard and helpless - although she was still as skillful and capable as ever when she persecuted Eriri, when she took away the photo sticker in the end, Kasumigaoka did not use it to laugh at Eriri. Instead, she stared at the photo in silence for a long time.

Even when Hoshimi, who felt something was wrong, went up to ask what was going on, she just smiled and shook her head, saying it was no big deal. Before waving goodbye crisply, she smiled and left a brief message for Hoshimi and Eriri.

"I'm really sorry for the inconvenience this has caused."

"........."

Recalling this, Xingjian curled his lips and frowned.

In fact, after Kasumigaoka Utaha called herself out of the classroom last semester, rumors about the two of them circulated in the school for a while.

Since he and Kasumigaoka maintained an ordinary classmate relationship from the beginning to the end, the rumors evolved from "secret relationship" at the beginning to "breakdown of relationship", and finally slowly developed in the direction of "who dumped whom".

Kasumigaoka Utaha doesn't have many friends at school, so she wouldn't know about these rumors for a short time. Hoshimi, the person involved, didn't realize that she had become the subject of other people's gossip until at least a week or two later.

For the first time, his passerby attributes failed to keep him in the background.

If Kasumigaoka Utaha is apologizing for this matter...

Xingjian curled his lips when he thought of this guess, but in the end he didn't rush to draw conclusions.

He likes the works of teacher Kasumi Shiko very much, but he is not very familiar with Kasumigaoka Shiwa as a person and has no way of guessing her psychology.

"...Should I be surprised that someone who's always so high and mighty actually has this side to him?"

With her back to Hoshien and facing the TV, Eriri manipulated the controller and uttered these words in a somewhat complicated tone while hunting around in the world of tough guys.

She seemed to be sighing...or maybe it was because she saw her own shadow in the other person and was filled with emotion.

After all, although Eriri Sawamura and Utaha Kasumigaoka have always been two people who are completely different, they also have some surprisingly similar characteristics.

Perhaps only people who are similar to each other can understand each other's weaknesses.

“…Remember to work after playing games.”

Xingjian wisely did not dwell on this topic for too long and changed the subject in a nonchalant tone.

"That summer comic convention you were supposed to attend—if you really can't give it up, I can sell it for you there. But the prerequisite is that you have to draw the books you want to sell yourself."

As for printing, Eriri can just ask Sayuri and it shouldn't be a big problem.

Hoshimi did not persuade Eriri to give up the comic exhibition - after all, even if her body shrank, she still stubbornly went home to take away the painting tools and finish the work, which proved that this was something she had to complete no matter what.

That should be the case.

"But can I ask you something, Eriri?"

After thinking for a moment, Xingjian finally decided to ask this long-puzzling question in a tactful way.

"Why are you so obsessed with comics?"

——He already knew the answer, so what he really wanted was a response from Eriri herself and the attitude she would express.

But if she insists on keeping her mouth shut, there's nothing we can do.

“…Because we agreed.”

Eriri was stunned for a moment, then continued to slide the joystick at the same speed as before, occasionally pressing the buttons on the handle to control the character on the screen to swing the sword at the female fire dragon.

Her tone still sounded like she was holding something back, not as crisp and clear as usual.

"Ren and I... have had this agreement since we were very young. He'll set up a company, and I'll be his one and only artist. We'll... work hard together to make our hobby flourish."

"........."

Finally?

No longer focusing on the mobile game, Hoshimi turned off the lock screen and silently turned her gaze to Eriri.

Even though she still had her back to him.

Finally, the day came when she took the initiative to speak.

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To celebrate the big bookshelf, I will update again later~ There will also be an extra update tomorrow (funny)

Sawamura Eriri's Body Can't Shrink: Chapter 7: Prelude to the Show (Part 2)

"I know what you want to say, Qing... People change. How can what you said when you were a child count when you grow up?"

Eriri's voice was still that of a child, but it carried an unnatural hint of bitterness that came from a mature teenager.

"But...but I still want to keep this promise."

That's why she has been painting so hard.

Work hard to become famous, work hard to make a name for yourself in the industry, and work hard to become a famous painter worthy of Aki Tomoya's company.

"...So in the final analysis, you're only improving to gain his approval, right?"

Hoshimi did not fail to notice Eriri's rising emotions, but in the end he still chose to raise this rather pointed question.

This guy won't understand if I don't bring it up.

No, she had always understood, but she seemed to be pretending not to understand out of some emotion.

So Eriri is so good at deceiving herself.

"——What can I do? I'm the one who wronged him."

Logically, Eriri, whose sore spot was touched at this time, should have been furious and tried to stop Hoshimi from continuing to expose her thoughts and unilaterally end the conversation.

But she just lowered her head, and there was even a subtle hint of crying in her bitter, self-deprecating voice.

"It was me...I stood by and watched him being ignored by the whole class. I owe him this."

"...?"

Xingjian, who didn't know the inside story, raised his eyebrows and his expression gradually became serious.

To be honest, this conversation made him feel unnaturally heavy.

And it's not very pleasant.

"He was ostracized by everyone because he liked 2D stuff like me. But back then... in order to avoid being looked down upon, I chose to stand with the majority and ignored Renye who was fighting alone at the time."

That's why her relationship with him became much worse than before, she deserved it.