| Omi | ...... |
| Taichi | Omi-kun? Is there something wrong with the bike? |
| Omi | No, I was just thinking it's been a long time since I've felt this grip and this seat. |
| I've at least maintained it, and I let my younger brother ride it once in a while, so there shouldn't be a problem. |
| First, let's go slowly for a warm-up. |
| Taichi | Firing off with a roar on the night streets is what it means to be young! |
| Omi | Your mental image is really fixed......Though I can't really talk. |
| Taichi | The wind feels good ーーー! |
| Omi | (......Neither my hands nor my legs are shaking. I'm surprisingly okay. I'd thought I wouldn't be able to ride again after that day.) |
| (On the contrary, I feel my head getting steadily refreshed, and my thoughts are getting clearer.) |
| (I was certain it'd become a trauma. Maybe I don't have such a sensitive personality......) |
| (―― No, that's not it.) |
| Taichi | Bikes are fun ーー!! |
| Omi | ......It's thanks to Taichi. |
| Taichi | Wh? What was that? |
| Omi | Nothing. I'm speeding up. |
| Taichi | Go, go ーーー!! |
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| Taichi | Omi-kun, you did bring your camera? |
| Omi | I brought it as asked. |
| Taichi | Then I want you to take a spectacular shot of me! Make it like one from a photobook! |
| Omi | A photobook? |
| Taichi | Take the most awesome profile pic, with the ocean at sunrise in the background! Then I'll get tons of fangirls, too! |
| Omi | I see, so that's what it is...... |
| Taichi | The water's cold~! |
| Quick, quick! Take it like a gravure shoot! |
| Omi | Got it, got it. |
| Taichi | How is it? Did you take a cool one? Like an artist's picture on a CD jacket? |
| Omi | Yeah, they took well. Look. |
| Taichi | You really have a talent, Omi-kun! |
| Omi | ――. |
| |
| *flashback* |
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| "It'll be fine. You've got a talent for photography." |
| |
| *end flashback* |
| |
| Omi | (......Could he have intended to use those photos of him in a suit for some sort of profile picture.) |
| ...... |
| (So they were essential materials for an actor, for an audition or something, Nachi......) |
| Taichi | Tadaaa! Today I've got a secret weapon! |
| Omi | A folded up...tripod......? |
| Taichi | I found it in the storeroom of the dormitory. |
| You're always the cameraman, so there aren't many photos of you, are there? |
| But if we have this, we can take a photo together! |
| Omi | No, I'm fine. I was able to take a good photo of you just then so let's put it in the album too. |
| Taichi | No! I'm taking one with you! |
| Omi | Taichi...... |
| Taichi | ......You know, when I saw your 『Portrait』, I thought we were a little alike. |
| Everyone had 『regret』 as the theme, but yours and mine were 『regret towards our friends』. |
| Though unlike mine, yours wasn't a betrayal. It's a regret that you lost all your old friends, right? |
| And you still haven't been able to escape that. Rather than the stuff of the future, it's the sadness and the regret that remains in your heart. |
| Omi | ...... |
| Taichi | I'm an idiot, so I don't understand difficult things, but it's definitely all tied into what happened in the past. |
| Your inability to get into your role this time, and how you always put yourself last and don't take photos of yourself, too...... |
| Omi | ......It's as you say. I want to forget the past, but I can't forget it. |
| Ever since then, I can't help feeling like I'm living in Nachi's place. |
| Even now that I've achieved the dream of being an actor, I inadvertantly remember the past and wonder whether I'm deserving of that. |
| I've simply put a lid on my regret over not being able to save my friends and throwing them away. I'm unable to move on. |
| Taichi | But you know, the past wasn't all sad, was it. There were fun times, and there were joyful times. |
| You can't pretend that none of that ever happened. It's the same for me. We can't hide all our 『regrets』. |
| Omi | ...... |
| Taichi | So let's take more photos. With you, too. Then let's develop them, and stick these on! |
| Omi | ......Stickers? |
| Taichi | I got them from the Director. Yellow is for happy days, red is for angry days, and green is for sad days. |
| By doing this, we won't forget that there were happy days in amongst the sad and the frustrated days. |
| This moment today only exists here in the now, after all! Let's not lose it! |
| Omi | ――. |
| |
| *flashback* |
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| "Idiots! The me of that moment today only exists in that moment!" |
| |
| *end flashback* |
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| Omi | (Ahh, that's right......That's it, huh......Now isn't forever. That's why......) |
| Taichi | Omi-kun? |
| Omi | I remembered why I took up photography. |
| Because the things which only exist in this moment are preserved in photographs. When I was invited by the university group, that's what I thought. |
| Taichi | What, you understand too! |
| Omi | (Nachi taught me that. How could I have forgotten......I'm an idiot.) |
| Taichi | Then, let's start right away, from today ――. Today is of course a yellow sticker! |
| Omi | Won't it be hard doing this every day? There are lots of days where we practice and want to sleep, and you'll miss days. |
| Taichi | Then let's do it once every three days! That, or just the days when we're not sleepy! |
| Omi | How arbitrary. Those moments on those days only exist then and there, don't they? |
| Taichi | Then as the occasion demands! |
| Omi | Haha, that's so like you. |
| Taichi | It's fine, it's fine, so you stand there. Then, let's take it! |
| Omi | ...... |
| Taichi | Omi-kun, smile and pose! |
| Omi | Even if you tell me that......I'm bad at this sort of thing. |
| Taichi | Come on, the timer's running out already! |
| Omi | ――. |
| Taichi | ......Well, it's the first one, so I'll forgive you with this. |
| Omi | I'm glad for that. |
| Taichi | After the final performance finishes, we'll take a commemorative photo with all the members of the Autumn Troupe. |
| Omi | Yeah. We've got to make the performance a success and stick a yellow sticker on it. |
| It'd be fine if I could grasp the role of Ward somehow..... |
| Taichi | Hmm......What should we do...... |
| ...... |
| Omi | ...... |
| Taichi | Alright, Omi-kun, let's have a secret strategy meeting! |
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| Omi | I'm speeding up. If we don't hurry, we won't make it in time for breakfast. |
| Taichi | But now that we've had our strategy meeting, the full run through tomorrow will go perfectly! Let's surprise everyone! |
| Omi | Yeah, it's thanks to you, Taichi. If you and the rest of the Autumn Troupe are around, I'm sure I'll be able to pull through with the play. |
| Taichi | That's the spirit! We'll revive the strength of 『The Wild Wolf』! |
| |
| *flashback* |
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| Juza | "Remember the reason you were able to live strongly." |
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| *end flashback* |
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| Omi | ...... |
| Taichi | Omi-kun, is something wrong? |
| Omi | ......The reason 『The Wild Wolf』 was able to live strongly is that he loved Nachi and the guys in 『Wolf』. |
| Taichi | Omi-kun, I can't hear you over the wind! |
| Omi | Now, I love the Autumn Troupe and everyone in the company just as much! I'll become strong for everyone! |
| Taichi | Ahaha! This time I heard you! |
| I love everyone too!! |
