Chapter 4 - My true self is inside of you

== Few days later ==
== Elementary school ==

Kaoru : ...
Kaoru : (Chii-chan, I wonder if she okay...)
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Chisato : I want to become friend with everyone too, I want to play with them! I don't want everyone to be scared of me!
Chisato : But, If I keep enduring it, then one day, what if I can't feel sadness anymore. What should I do if that happens? I'm scared...!
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Kaoru : (She doesn't look very well after that day... If back then, I could give Chii-chan some comforting word... then maybe, it will not become like this?)
Kaoru : (Also... if I have the courage to tell my classmate that Chii-chan is not that kind person, then surely...)
Kaoru : (But, I'm just a coward...)
Chisato : Kao-chan, Morning!
Kaoru : Waa!? Chii-chan! Morning.
Chisato : Today, on lunch break, I'm planning to do a pretend play as a character from [Isolated city] with everyone. Come join us too. Kao-chan.
Kaoru : Eh...!
Chisato : I'm thinking that, if I do a pretend play about the drama that everyone has seen, then I could become friend with everyone.
Chisato : So I invite them to play me, with and they agreed!
Kaoru : Is that so... Then, I'll join too.
Kaoru : (Is she really okay? It feels like she's pushing herself...)
Chisato : Then, I'll tell everyone that Kao-chan is coming too!
Kaoru : O-okay...
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Kaoru : After that, [Isolated city] become more popular and get more attention from people, before long, it gets evaluated as a wonderful work...
Kaoru : After that, because of your amazing performance in [Isolated city], you get more job offers and get the chances to appear in many dramas.
Chisato : You know a lot about me.
Kaoru : Fufu, You're my important childhood friend after all. And then one day, you get a role as a kind-hearted detective who has a strong sense of justice.
Kaoru : It's a completely opposite role than the one that you get in [Isolated city], but you still perform it superbly. And, after you started performing that role, our classmate's attitude toward you become completely different.
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Kaoru : Everyone is really unfair. Ever since you start performing in [Elementary school detective, Mako], their attitude toward you suddenly become more nicer, they even said you're cool.
Kaoru : I'm... not satisfied with this ...
Chisato : It's okay, Kao-chan.
Kaoru : Eh...?
Chisato : It's okay.
Chisato : Kao-chan, Mama, my little sister... and Leon. If everyone that I love knows my true self, then I'm fine with it.
Chisato : No matter what other people said, I'm still an actress.
Kaoru : Chii-chan, what's with this all of sudden?...
Chisato : I'm still scared when I'm thinking about 'what if I can't feel sadness anymore?', but...
Chisato : That feeling, and all the feeling that I feel up until now, I could use all of it to improve my acting skills. That's why, I don't fear it anymore.
Kaoru : That kind of thing is ...What about Chii-chan? Are you going somewhere, Chii-chan?
Chisato : You're very kind, Kao-chan.
Chisato : Never ever forget that kindness, Kao-chan.
Chisato : Fufu, Kao-chan is a bit coward, and you always getting dragged by Leon. But, that's who you really are.
Kaoru : Chii-chan...
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Kaoru : And from that day, even until now, our friendship continued. But I feel like, on that day you become a [Profesional].
Chisato : ...
Kaoru : Fufu, How nostalgic. I still remember the moment of your departure.
Chisato : ..., That kind of thing happens, huh.
Chisato : But, do you know how surprised I am, when this Seta Kaoru appears before me one day.
Kaoru : This is how I've always been.
Chisato : Doesn't seem like that to me.
Kaoru : Fufu... then let's continue our story for a little bit.

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