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

The pretty blonde girl with blue eyes had been standing quietly in front of him without him noticing, her expression extremely serious and solemn.

"...?"

Hoshimi cast a puzzled look at the girl named Hayasaka Ai, asking, "Why are you here?" The latter just stared at him silently and shook her head slightly, indicating that she should not speak loudly. Then—

She squatted gently beside herself and pointed to the door of the utility room nearby.

Hayasaka probably meant that it was more important to deal with Eriri's situation now.

Xingjian was stunned for a moment, then quickly understood what she wanted to express and turned to look towards the door of the room.

"…Eri?"

He tentatively called out to the girl inside the door.

"Are you OK?"

This place was completely different from the crowded and noisy conference hall. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop - not to mention the sobbing of the girl behind the door.

"Woo..."

Oops, he still looks a bit emotionally broken.

The way he acted just now, after all, was just trying to be tough, just to prevent the situation from getting any worse.

Even Hayasaka, who was squatting next to Hoshimi and watching all this with a calm but slightly curious look, noticed this.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand Eriri's current state. The childhood sweetheart she has always admired said such excessive words to her, and she still has to humbly apologize to him -

Xingjian opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something to comfort her, but in the end he couldn't think of anything that could comfort her.

If you can't convince yourself, it's unlikely to work on others.

"……clear."

In the end, it was Eriri's weak voice that came from the other side of the door.

"Well, I'm here."

Xingjian moved his head closer to the door and responded solemnly.

"Have I...always been that bad kid who doesn't consider other people's feelings and only causes harm to you?"

"........."

I never expected that such words would come out of Eriri's mouth.

Hayasaka Ai on the side narrowed her eyes slightly, but her gaze was still fixed on the boy in front of her.

"You too... You and Lun have suffered similar things before, so why are you standing on the side of someone like me this time..."

Eriri's self-pity never stopped from beginning to end.

How self-loathing she is.

“…No reason.”

Xingjian leaned his head gently against the cold wall, resting his entire weight on the ground and the wall.

"What I want to do has nothing to do with my experience or identity - it's just because I want to help you."

His gaze gradually faded from the white ceiling, and although his voice remained calm, it was no longer as relaxed as before.

"...What's more, in my opinion, everything you're doing now is enough to make up for your previous mistakes."

If catching a person's mistake can be used to humiliate her for the rest of her life, the conditions are a bit too harsh.

"I even beat that guy up in front of you because of my personal emotions... I'm sorry."

"........."

Of course, he is just a bystander in the final analysis. Only the two parties can make the choice of what to do and what attitude to adopt.

"And... not all victims would threaten others with their own wounds."

He subconsciously used his right hand to gently protect his slightly cold left elbow, and then slowly lowered it as if nothing happened.

Maybe the air conditioning here is turned up too high.

"is that so?"

"Yeah, that's right. Ultimately, it's up to you to truly move on."

"Me...myself."

"Well, think about it yourself."

After saying that, Xingjian quickly swept away the dimness in his eyes that no one could notice, and his tone was unusually difficult to describe.

Now that he was no longer angry and had calmed down to think carefully, he still couldn't tell whether what he had done was really right.

Did he make the situation develop in the best direction? He could only lower his head and think so in his heart.

A feeling of powerlessness slowly emerged from somewhere in my body and gradually enveloped my entire body.

He couldn't even verify whether everything he did was the optimal solution.

After all, an ordinary passerby can only do this much...

At this moment, the soft touch from his back brought the confused and frustrated boy back to his senses.

"—"

What followed was the sudden feeling of warmth around the neck in the cold environment, and the gentle breath slowly approaching from the back of the head.

"Don't look like that."

By the time I realized it, my head seemed to have been gently embraced by someone behind me.

Hayasaka Ai gently put her arms around him, and with her back to Hoshimi, she buried her face behind his shoulder.

"You've done a great job."

Her gentle and peaceful words of comfort sounded particularly ethereal, and to Hoshimi, they were also incredibly sudden. Finally, like coaxing a child, Hayasaka gently patted his head.

"Good children should be rewarded."

"........."

Xingjian sat there blankly, not quite sure how to deal with this sudden situation.

Because in his memory, when he was vulnerable, he always had to comfort himself.

He was a little flattered that there were suddenly more people comforting him.

"Although I wouldn't mind if you cried at this time."

Hayasaka's slightly teasing words made the corners of his mouth twitch slightly.

"...No, I haven't shed tears in a long time."

Although just now I felt like a soft spot in my heart was hit for a moment.

But just when the atmosphere was relaxing a little, a strange sound coming from the other end of the utility room attracted the attention of the two men.

stab-

It seemed like the sound of clothes being torn.

"Wow!!"

Then came the exclamation of a girl's voice.

"E-Eri? What's wrong?"

"Ah, um...how should I put it, Haru..."

This time, Eriri's voice coming from the other side of the door was a little deeper than usual, and it no longer had that babyish sound.

It was just like—

"...Can you help me find a set of clothes suitable for high school girls?"

It was as if the body had returned to normal.

“………Eh?”

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This update is a reward from a big guy in the group_(oωo 」∠)_It is definitely not my intention to add more (hey hey)

It is impossible for Eriri Sawamura to shrink her body: At the end, Miss Hayasaka's brother cannot be so cute (doubtful)

Finally, Eriri Sawamura returned to normal in the utility room just one door away from Hoshimi.

After hearing the news, Hayasaka disappeared around the corner. When Hoshimi started to worry about how to find girls' clothes for Eriri, she changed into her usual clothes and returned to the utility room in a short time to hand him Nero's cosplay costume.

So, the result is obvious, of course.

"Ah, I'm glad to be back to my old body, but I'm embarrassed... And isn't this dress too loose?"

The blonde girl, who had recovered into the graceful appearance of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, looked at her gorgeous red dress with a blushing face, and covered her empty chest that was still leaking air a little awkwardly.

It was obvious that the dress was not the right size for her body.

Hayasaka Ai, disguised as a normal and innocent high school girl - Hasaka, pretended to have just noticed Hoshimi and Eriri coming out of the escape exit from a distance, and looked at you enthusiastically as you walked up to them and greeted them.

"Ah, Haru-kun—eh, could this young lady be...?"

Miss Hasaka pretended to be surprised as she looked at Eriri's face, which had returned to the appearance of sixteen or seventeen years old. She even professionally narrowed her eyes, covered her mouth with her hands, and looked incredulous.

"Uh... Hasaka-chan, this matter is too complicated. We can explain it slowly later when we have the chance... Anyway, I need to call my family and ask them to buy all the clothes from Zara next door for me so I can change into something more normal!"

Eriri turned her face away in embarrassment - to be honest, she wanted to pretend to be a cute and energetic little kid at first, but finally she suddenly realized that she had become an adult.

To put it simply, the status of the large and small sizes have not been switched yet.

"Qing, just wait here for me! I'll come back to find you after I change my clothes!"

"Ah, oh..."

Eriri was like Cinderella running away from the ball. She staggered and disappeared in the direction of the venue with her skirt lifted up, attracting the attention of passers-by.

Hoshimi stood there watching the blonde girl's back gradually moving away. At first, she was planning to follow her subconsciously, but after realizing that "Eri is no longer a child", she retracted her leg that was about to take a step forward.

Finally, he turned his gaze to Miss Hasaka, whose expression gradually calmed down.

She calmly took out a pair of soft cushion-like things from her bag, looked at them and sighed slightly.

"How boring! I thought this would allow the young lady from the Sawamura family to experience the unique life of a cosplayer."

As a result, Eriri found a solution to the problem so quickly - although it was a bit too simple and crude.

"Anyway, if my body recovers, that means everything is back to normal, right? So, what is that?"

"Hmm? Of course it's a bra. I was hoping to see Miss Sawamura go crazy because she couldn't find one, but she just casually put it on and left - that's a bit boring."

"Hey, hey. Hayasaka-san, you're such a bad taste, aren't you?"

No, why are you carrying this thing around with you? Who was it originally for?

Hoshimi shook her head with a rather awkward expression at Hayasaka's hidden evil intentions, and then patted her slightly dirty shirt.

There's no way. I just wrestled with Aki Tomoya on the ground, so it's inevitable that I'm covered in some dust.

Seeing this, Hayasaka just shook her head calmly.

"What a careless child."

She stepped forward, reached out her hand without asking first, and gently brushed away the fine dust on the boy's collar.

"If you want to pretend nothing happened and go back to your friends, and don't want them to worry, you have to at least pretend to be convincing."

The girl, like an old veteran, spoke words that sounded like instructions in a patient and gentle tone. She lowered her head just a few centimeters away from the boy's face and carefully straightened his messy clothes.

"…………Thanks."

Xingjian was like a younger brother who let his sister tidy up his clothes. He just stood there silently, looking at the blonde girl's face and saying these two words.

How long has it been since I last felt so well taken care of like a little child?

"You're welcome. Besides, Xiaoqing, you're my brother, right?"

She looked up and gave herself a rare smile that contained a hint of sincerity.

"Besides, I've been taking care of Miss Kaguya since she was a child, so I'm pretty good at this sort of thing."

"Shinomiya-san again?"