As morning broke the two girls got dressed and traveled to Inokashira park separately from Hajime so to not arouse suspicion.
The two arrived to find Mika was already present.
"Heya Mika!" Ann greeted.
"Yeah yeah..." Mika grunted "Who's the other girl?"
"Oh! This is my friend Makoto! The one --"
"The one who's your student council president or whatever? You've told me about her. Why is she here?" Mika huffed.
"Her and her older sister are gonna be shooting with us today!" Ann chirped "Mr. Hajime wanted to shoot with some non-models too."
Mika pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Well, if it's for Mr. Hajime I guess I can deal with it" Mika sighed.
"Takamaki-san. Good to see you again" a voice rang out as Sae approached the group.
"Oh! Hey sis." Makoto said.
"Heya Sae-san! This is Mika. She's another model!" Ann introduced.
Mika put on her usual fake, business face and extended a hand.
"Nice to meet you! Like she said, I'm Mika" she said with a smile.
Sae shook her hand.
"Sae Niijima, Makoto's older sister. So where's this director?"
"He should be here soon. The shoot starts at 10 and it's almost--" Ann began, before glimpsing Hajime approaching. "Oh! There he is!"
The girls all turned to see Hajime walking up with his duffle bags full of equipment.
"Morning ladies. Let's see, you must be Sae, then?" He asked.
"That's right. I heard you were shooting with my sister yesterday?" Sae asked with a raised eyebrow.
"That's right. Working with pros like Ann and Mika is wonderful, but sometimes I want to work with people who aren't models to get a more raw, untrained shoot. Give people some realism I suppose. When I mentioned this shoot to Ann and Makoto yesterday, your sister asked if she could invite you along." He said.
Sae looked to Makoto, who went red in the cheeks and looked away.
"I just... Had a lot of fun yesterday and it seemed like something we could do together" Makoto mumbled. Sae's expression softened a bit.
"I see... So what will this shoot entail, then?" She asked.
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