The Nonfiction That Only You Know

Chapter 3

Original Author: ひのはら (Hinohara)
Date Submitted to Kakuyomu: 2021/06/04

After thanking her manager, Chiho gets out of the car and passes through the gates of Sakuragawa Academy, where she is enrolled.

Although it is past 10:00 PM, the security guard and even the dorm supervisor did not lecture her.

Since Sakuragawa Academy has a performing arts program, it's not rare for students to return this late due to work.　

"It's cold..."

Summer has passed and autumn has arrived.
Unlike in the daytime, the wind that brushes against her skin is cold.

Sakuragawa Academy has two programs: the standard program and the performing arts program.

Of course, Chiho is enrolled in the latter. Thanks to this being a boarding school, she is able to live apart from the other members of her idol group.

She puts her hands in the pockets of her cardigan and hurries to her dorm.

"I'm exhausted..."

She doesn't dislike the other group members, but it's suffocating being with them all day.

The only thing they talk about is their lovers and Chiho has a hard time responding to them.

After unlocking the door with her key, Chiho finally takes off the mask she was wearing.

As a celebrity, she has to wear a mask to disguise herself. It makes it quite difficult to breathe.

Too tired to change, she collapses onto her bed with her clothes still on.

Since performing arts students are assigned a dorm each, there is no one here to complain about it.

Thanks to her new bed, which Chiho bought to replace the old spring bed she didn't like, the softness on her back is just right.

Tomorrow is one of the rare days she has no work but she plans to take the day off from school.

"...Hm? How many times did I even wear that?"

Chiho looks at a brown checkered skirt and a cute sailor uniform.

The school uniform has such a cute design, but the number of times Chiho put her arms through the sleeves of that uniform can probably be counted on two hands.

Even though the school hours are no different from a regular high school, the school is lenient on attendance, and even grades, when it comes to the performing arts students.

They are given preferential treatment because they are the chosen, talented working students.

Tired after several continuous days of work, Chiho sleeps soundly.
Last night, she took a bath, dried her hair, and even meticulously completed her skincare routine.

Hoping she'll be allowed to oversleep, Chiho wakes up at around noon to the sound of her ringtone.

"...So noisy."

Having been woken up, she complains in a low voice.
Looking at the phone's screen, the time is already 11:00 AM, too late for getting up.

"It's from Sani..."

The person on the other end of the line is Umino Sani, Chiho's junior from the same agency.
She is one year younger and works as a model under the stage name Luna.