(Adding in a scene that I forgot about. In Izumi's perspective. Events take place after Izumi reads the love letter in the car.)
trigger warning - weight is discussed a lot in this chapter
Atsui and Izumi stepped out of the car and walked towards the building where they'd be modeling.
"Ah, Atsui! Izumi! There you two are," Lisa Mellow (Atsui's mom who works with Izumi's dad) called.
The director came over with a smile.
"There you are, we were afraid that we'd have to cancel the show tonight!" the director/Gushiken joked (or at least tried to). "Hopefully you, Atsui, didn't get out of shape after the first few days of school!" Izumi gritted their teeth at this.
"I think I look fine?" Atsui said awkwardly, not sure how to respond. "Oh? Well then let's do some waist measurements. 23 inches or less is acceptable," Gushiken laughed.
"No," Izumi said firmly. Why the hell would some 40 year old say that to a 14 year old girl?
"Why not? If she's so brave to say that she looks fine, then why not an accurate measure?" He raised his brow, smirking.
"Even then, she's like—102 lbs/46 kg? Look at Hiiragi! Flamin' 93 lbs/42 kg!
"Get out. You're fired, get the assistant director. She does a much finer job than this," the white haired person said, calling Lisa over. "Wait, no! I was just joking—yeah? I was kidding! Can't you kids handle some teasing?" Gushiken panicked.
"Go home, Atsui, Izumi, we can cancel this," Lisa said before shouting at the now ex-director.
The pair walked out of the room and headed downstairs.
"Are you alright, Atsui?" Izumi asked, worried. "Pretty scared to say the least," she replied. He handed her a lollipop and she popped it into her mouth.
"Let's go home? I think the driver is still here," she said. Izumi nodded while rubbing their eyes. He pointed at himself, then back at Atsui (basically just asking whose house they're gonna crash at).
"Probably at my house, it's closer, anyways."
They both sat down inside the limousine and waited until they arrived at Atsui's home.
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