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I don't think it's not fun, it's just!

... Drunk salarymen are just on a different level which is why it's usually allowed for them.

Oh... Maybe it's different for you. My family likes to throw parties though, and I do too, so.

I've never thought about whether that was normal or not!

We'll try to figure out how to have better parties here, okay? For you.

Without using all of our resources!

Ehe~

I'll just use the burdens if I gotta! It's not gonna be the same, but close enough!!

Don't always use your burdens for everything... isn't there that pizza place? And we have Denny's. I'll make sure all the food's okay and then we're good!

Eh?

I guess but...

[ hmm......... ]

It'd be better to have fresh food, right? And food with more flavor? And you can't eat Denny's family style easily!

Ehh... I guess not. Maybe we can get Kazuki or Zero to help with slicing the meat, but we could have hotpot. Ehh... I might have to do a burden to get the right supplies for that, though.

See! You see the value in it too!

[ he seems very pleased that she gets it, leaning against her, happy. ]

[leeeeans her head on his shoulder]

I guess. . . but sometimes you just want some terrible pizza because the big deal is the company.

The company's the most important part, yeah...

It feels better to me, too!

... I guess I just like smaller things because it means you can't just get lost in the crowd.

Get lost in the crowd...?

[ he turns to look at her, confused ]

Maybe, but I think it's the host's job to make sure that doesn't happen. And... I dunno, I don't think you'd be the kind of person to get lost!!

Sometimes, when you're really sad, maybe it can feel like that, but...

Even if you have as many people as these parties have?

. . . I know I'm sad a lot, but it's not... because I feel lost. Or forgotten, or anything.

That's not what I mean.

Umm... Let me try to explain.

When you get sad, it feels like you make yourself smaller... maybe to deal with everything? But when you're like this, it's impossible to not see you. You're so bright?

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... Oh.

[It's a dark theater, so maybe he can't see how red she is, but. Still.]

I—I try to be. Because I want to be.

Yeah!!

[ he cannot see, but at least, he thinks, this time? he's managed to explain himself well enough. ]

You are.

It's easier to be like that because you're here.

Eh? Me?

That makes me really happy to hear...!!

Sometimes, I'm not even sure I'd be able to deal with this place if it weren't for you.

Well, between the two of us, it works, right? Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought to come watch a movie here at all.

And I'd definitely feel a lot lonelier.

You have all kinds of friends, though. More than I do.

But you're not replaceable!!

I didn't—

[wait, what did he say? something that goes totally against some things she believes about herself?]

I'm not?

Yeah!! If you weren't here, I would be missing something really important!! Having lots of friends doesn't change that!

Are you sure it's not me just—replacing Jamil or something, though?

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