Tezuka Kunimitsu has a sister who chases after a dream to become a professional ballerina in Germany. However, fate is playing game with her - leaves her with no choice but to abandon her dream and return to her homeland. She goes back to the abando...
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Some people were born perfect while some were not. Some looked normal but actually hid their imperfection. Hikari was very much the second.
Though she had made it far in her ballet career, no one knew about how hard she was working to stand on pointe with her feet. Some of her ballet teacher knew but Hikari tried her best to keep it hidden from her possible rivals so they wouldn't have the reason to impose her.
Whenever she had to keep her balance, Hikari had to be extra focused to keep it but ever since he stopped replying to her messages, Hikari's mind strayed to him over and over again. That burden finally took its toll and made her lose her balance. Unfortunately, it wasn't overlooked by her current ballet instructor, Suzumiya Ume, who told Hikari to meet her in the office.
"So your feet size is different by two centimeters?" Ume said while examining her feet. Hikari bit her bottom lip and nodded. The teacher chuckled. "No wonder you often lose your other shoe while walking."
"I usually use a shoe cushion for my left foot. It often happens when I forgot to wear it," Hikari sheepishly said while scratching the side of her face.
"Why didn't you tell me this earlier?"
"I... never had many problems about this before and I... don't want it to be in the way, Suzumiya-sensei..." Hikari said. "Maybe it's just that I'm not in my prime condition lately."
"Tezuka-san." Ume placed her hand on Hikari's knee. "The Cinderella audition is going to take place this July. You won't want to miss this one, do you?" Hikari shook her head. "Then clear your head from whatever bothering you and get back on your feet."
Hikari slowly nodded. "Alright..."
Ume tapped Hikari's knee twice and told Hikari to wear her shoes before dismissing her.
But clearing her mind turned out to be a hard task. Back in her home when studying Kanji, Hikari couldn't help but stare at her different-sized feet. The reason why she loved dancing bare-footed was that she didn't have to be bothered by how loose the shoe on her left foot was. She was a dancer and she felt it was unfair for her to be born with different-sized feet. Hikari touched the toe of her left foot and pulled it, thinking that doing so would make it longer. That was until something tapped her head. She looked up to see her brother holding a pen. He was helping her studying while he was studying for his own exam.
