| Izumi | …Hm? |
| (I fell asleep without realizing.) |
| (It’s almost dawn, but no one’s come to look for us…) |
| (It’s strange that no one has realized that we’re missing…) |
| Azuma | … |
| Izumi | ? |
| Azuma | …No, wait. |
| Izumi | Azuma-san? |
| Azuma | ―― |
| Izumi | Azuma-san! Please calm down! |
| Azuma | Ah… |
| Izumi | Are you all right? |
| Azuma | Sorry… |
| Izumi | Did you have a bad dream? |
| Azuma | Yeah… It was a dream about my childhood. |
| Izumi | (He was making a lot of noise; I wonder if something happened in his childhood…) |
| (I’m curious, but it’s awkward to ask…) |
| Azuma | Are you curious? |
| Izumi | Ah— I’m sorry. |
| Azuma | It’s fine. I guess I’ll talk to you about it, Director. |
| …When I was in elementary school, my family passed away in a car accident. |
| Izumi | Huh? |
| Azuma | That day, I happened to stay at home. I waited for a long time, but no matter how much time passed, nobody came home. |
| Even when it got dark, I was alone and helpless. |
| Sometimes, I get dreams about that time. A dream where no matter how many times I call out, my family disappears and leaves me alone. |
| When I’m alone at night, I always end up remembering that time, and I’m unable to sleep. |
| I became a sleeping partner because of that. It distracts me when I’m with someone. |
| Izumi | Is that so… |
| Azuma | But even when I accompany people to sleep, my customers leave in the morning; so in the end I’m left by myself. I was never cured from my loneliness. |
| If I’m here, I thought that I could connect with someone more deeply. By doing so, I thought that I wouldn’t be lonely anymore even when I’m alone. |
| But even if the moments I spend with everyone here are great, I came to think that those moments only make the times I spend alone even more lonesome than before. |
| No matter where I am, I will surely be lonely. That won’t change no matter what I do. |
| Izumi | That’s not true! |
| Please don’t say sad things like being unable to have a deep connection with everyone. |
| Don’t you feel as if you’re connecting to someone when you’re acting? |
| Azuma | …Huh? |
| Izumi | Don’t you remember that sense of unity when we were creating the play together with everyone? |
| Azuma | Sense of unity… |
| Izumi | You’re not alone, Azuma-san! After all— |
| Tsumugi | …How about this door? |
| Tasuku | Has this always been here? |
| Homare | I thought we searched this area just now though. |
| Hisoka | …It wasn’t here. |
| Homare | Impossible. Are you saying that a door suddenly appeared out of thin air? |
| Tsumugi | In any case, let’s try opening it! |
| Azuma | ―― |
| Izumi | These voices… |
| It opened…! |
| Tsumugi | They’re here! |
| Tasuku | So this is where you were. |
| Homare | For goodness’ sake, what were you doing? |
| Hisoka | …We looked all over. |
| Azuma | For us…? |
| Tsumugi | You went to go get cardboard boxes and didn’t come back, so we were looking for you for so long. |
| Izumi | Thank goodness… The door wouldn’t open all this time. |
| Tsumugi | The door? |
| Tasuku | It didn’t have a lock though. |
| Izumi | See, Azuma-san. You’re not alone. Everyone’s here with you. |
| Besides, you can always see everyone again when morning comes, without fail. Did you forget? |
| Azuma | … |
| Tasuku | What’s this about? |
| Izumi | Just our side of the story. |
| Azuma | …Thank you, everyone. |
| Tsumugi | I was so worried. Come, let’s go. |
| |
| Homare | We must hurry and continue with the moving preparations. |
| Hisoka | …There’s only 4 hours left. |
| Tasuku | Will we make it? We haven’t made any progress. |
| Azuma | That’s fine— I won’t move out. |
| Tasuku | Huh? |
| Tsumugi | Are you staying in the dorm? |
| Azuma | Making the preparations is difficult anyway. |
| Tasuku | What’s up with that? |
| Izumi | I see… |
| I’m looking forward to working with you from now on too. |
| Azuma | Yeah. |
| Homare | *yawn*… Now then, I will sleep for a little bit… |
| Hisoka | …It’s time for morning practice. |
| Izumi | It’s already that time of the day!? |
| Homare | Could it be that we are staying up like this? |
| Tasuku | Of course. |
| Tsumugi | Of course we are. |
| Izumi | (As expected, they’re strict…!) |
| Tsumugi | Come to think of it, that room just now – what kind of room was it after all? |
| Azuma | Wasn’t it the storeroom? |
| Tsumugi | The storeroom was located deeper inside. |
| Izumi | Huh? Then… |
| Homare | It is gone. |
| Izumi | Huh!? The door’s gone!? |
| Azuma | How mysterious. |
| Tasuku | …Not again. |
| |
| Homare | *yawn*… |
| Hisoka | …Zzz |
| Homare | Getting a head start is sneaky of you, Hisoka-kun! |
| Izumi | Why don’t we take a short nap? As one would expect, we can’t do practice like this. |
| Tsumugi | You’re right… |
| Azuma | … |
| Izumi | Huh? |
| Azuma | …Zzz |
| Izumi | He fell asleep. |
| (Unlike before, he’s making a calm sleeping face… I’m guessing he feels at ease. I’m glad… Everyone is here with you, Azuma-san.) |
