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Chapter 37: Another Incident

Backstage, Asuka-san, Takarazuka-san, and Keina had already changed into their outfits and were waiting for their turn.

“The other two still aren’t here!? It’s only 30 minutes until showtime!”

“S-Sorry… I haven’t been able to get in touch with either of them since earlier…”

Asuka-san pressed Tarumi-san for answers.
Tarumi-san was visibly flustered.

“Weren’t the two of them supposed to have taken a taxi this morning?”

“Yes, that’s what I was told…”

“But it’s already evening, isn’t it?”

“There’s a possibility they might’ve gotten caught up in… an incident of some kind.”

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I brought up one possible explanation.

“An… an incident!?”

“It’s just a possibility. They could’ve just gotten stuck in traffic or something…”

“Right… I hope that’s all it is…”

Tarumi-san drooped with disappointment.

It really didn’t make sense that they still hadn’t shown up by now, but all we could do was hope.

“What are we going to do, Go? Without two models, the show doesn’t meet the regulations!”

“Going out to look for them… isn’t realistic. If only we could find someone else to model. Wait—I’ve got it! What if we borrow a model from another brand? Tarumi-san, is that possible?”

“Well… models from other brands have already signed contracts with their agencies to appear in their shows, so asking them to participate in ours on such short notice would be extremely difficult… I’m very sorry I can’t be of help.”

Tarumi-san bowed deeply to me.

“Please, raise your head. It’s okay, I was asking for something unreasonable. But… what now…?”

“If only there were a freelance model, not tied to any agency, who could jump in right away…”

“Or maybe we could grab a girl from the audience?”

“Finding someone like that among 30,000 people, and then bringing her over from a packed venue? Not gonna happen…”

A sense of hopelessness hung in the air. The backstage atmosphere had grown heavy.

“E-Excuse me!!”

Suddenly, Himeji-san spoke up loudly.
We all turned toward her in surprise.

“Himeji-san, what is it?”

“If… if you’re okay with me—could I be one of the models!?”

She squeezed her eyes shut as she forced the words out, her body trembling slightly.

“Himeji, you’re shaking! You can’t go out in front of a crowd like that!”

“It’s true… It might be too embarrassing for me to stand in front of so many people… but! Even so! I want to help Sakasegawa-kun! I want to help all of you! Because… you’re the first friends I’ve ever had!”

Her eyes burned with determination.

“Himeji…”
“Himeji-chan…”
“Hime…”

“I don’t have confidence in myself… but… if it’s Sakasegawa-kun, I know you’d still want me as a model, right? That’s why… I feel like maybe I can do it. Is that okay…?”

“Of course! Leave it to me! I’ll do your makeup perfectly! Thank you, Himeji-san!”

In truth, Himeji-san had gotten so skilled at makeup that she didn’t even need my help anymore.
And her looks and figure honestly surpassed many professional models.

But if me doing her makeup would give her confidence, then I wanted to answer that feeling with all my heart.

“As for the clothes… Let’s see, how about this outfit? I made it for a model with a similar height to yours. Actually, now that I think about it, back when we didn’t have a model for the sample fitting, I used your measurements as a reference. So it should fit you perfectly.”

I handed the outfit to Himeji-san.

“Okay, that’s one model secured. But… we still need one more.”

That’s right—now we had four.
To qualify for the show, we needed five.

“One more. For this outfit, we’d need someone around 165 cm tall, with a cute face, and not signed to any agency. If only someone like that were around…”

I tried to picture someone who’d suit the prepared outfit.

“165 cm or so…”
“A cute face…”
“Not part of any agency…”
“Someone like that…?”

Asuka-san, Takarazuka-san, Keina, and Himeji-san all stared at me.