Aikatsu Era!

S1 E21: The Verge of Control

Reyna Harusame 春雨 レイナ

They're concerned about me...

Seriously? I've already repeated myself thousands of times.

"I'll be fine!" I say over and over.

What do you mean I'm not fine?

  "You shouldn't bottle up your emotions."

  "You should tell your friends your feelings."

  Everyone says that. I'm tired.

  It's another day of being alive. How great.

"You okay, Reyna-chan?" Yana asks.

  I don't answer. Yana becomes sad.

  "Onigiri for you, Reyna-chan!" Kiyoko says happily as she hands me a rice ball.

I don't reply. Or eat.

  "You ought to eat something, Reyna," Syurina says in concern.

  Eh.

  Class. Japanese class. English class. Math class. Recess. Repetitive life.

  Lunch. I eat at least a scoop of rice. People think I'm crazy.

  "Harusame, I want to talk to you after class," Dahlia-sensei says to me.

  "For what?" I ask.

  "I want to know how you're feeling," she says. "You've been sad lately, am I right?"

  "I'll be fine," I repeat.

  "You don't act fine," my teacher says. "I can read you. Everyone can see it."

  "No thank you," I say. "I want to be alone."

  I walk to my room. After grabbing some things, I leave for work.

  Acting is fun. I get scolded at by some ugly lady every single time. Then, the guy I act with always "helps" me. But he's given up, I guess.

  "Harusame... are you alright?" Shibagaki asks.

  "Shut up," I tell him.

  He looks at me angrily. "That's so rude. All I asked was whether you're alright or not."

  "Sorry," I say halfheartedly.

  Shibagaki has officially given up on me. He cancelled all my trainings.

  "Why are you doing that?" I ask one time.

  "You're mentally unstable, woman! Go seek a therapist or something."

  "Let's start our next scene," says Ashikawa. "Harusame! Harusame? Are you alright?"

  "Why is everyone asking the same question?!" I yell.

  "What a rude girl," the ugly lady Fukui says.

  "What makes you any better, huh?!" I scream at her.

  People look at me.

  Harusame.

  Harusame.

  Harusame.

  You're so rude. Mean. Cruel.

  "I don't care what anyone thinks!" I tell everyone angrily.

  I go back to school. Everyone in my acting workplace sucks.

  "You're back, Reyna-chan," Yana says. "How's work?"