二。リフト「増田俊樹」

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The term just ended a week ago and I am still very tired lol

But since I'm motivated to write— here we go update 🤧

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(F/N)'s PoV

"What do you mean night shift?"

"I mean, I'm working at night and not during the daytime."

He sighed, "I know that, but I mean why choose the schedule for night? It's so dangerous to work at night. (F/N), this is the city! A big city!"

"Toshiki, I thought you said that you were happy for me."

"I am, but this is a lot riskier than usual; at least the end of the shift is too late in my opinion."

"Yeah, it's a little late—"

"A little is an understatement for 1:00 am." He argued with his hands crossed around his chest.

I sighed internally.

"I know that it's not ideal, but it's a good job offer. You have to trust me on this one." I tried to convince him.

Meanwhile, he let out a bigger sigh in front of me.

"This is gonna be a problem for us then."

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At the time, I thought he was going to ask for some time away or even a breakup, but after a few weeks and months, I understood what he meant.

The time that I would be spending at my work was usually the time that he would be free on a regular day, while on his busy days, he would be working during times that I was free.

We've barely seen each other nor talked aside from "good night"s and "good morning"s. Even if we did have time to meet at times, it would happen randomly and one of us would just be really tired— plus, we only have less than an hour to talk since one of us would have to rest while the other one would go to their job.

Did I not tell you it would be difficult? Lol

You did.. but think about before when I was in a different place. We didn't get to see each other at all lol

True, but I'm concerned about your health and rest even more now

I'm worried about those things for you too

But we have to work through these difficult conditions

I've been trying to negotiate a schedule or a transfer to a different street or city that would have a better schedule

Okay, just don't overwork yourself

Sorry that I can't arrange schedules for my job..

I have to go now

Love you, (F/N) 😘

It's okay, Toshiki

We'll make this work

Love you too（╹◡╹）♡

As soon as I put down my phone, I went back to the paperwork I had to finish. This was what made it difficult for me to meet him during the day apart from his sporadic schedules.

I love my job and I love Toshiki, but why is it so hard to manage both my work life and love life?

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A few weeks later, I still hadn't received a call from my old high school classmate about the negotiation. Moreover, I had to work longer shifts because a few staff were discovered to be engaging in illegal business after our work hours. The good thing though was that I had my shifts transferred to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Although having a night shift is still a problem for me and Toshiki.

See? I told you it was risky

Good thing that they were able to identify those people

A little late, but at least no harm done

Also your schedule sounds better now

Yeah, it doesn't mess up my sleep schedule

But it's still difficult for us

Don't worry

We can work things out

I stared at our conversation from a few days ago. I couldn't bring myself to text him lately because I know he's busy and I honestly still feel guilty about my bad schedule.

He's been working hard on this new anime lately that's to release in about a week or so. It's all over the news, and it's great to see that people have positive reactions and expectations for this project.

Today though, something unusual came up on the news.

SEIYUU MASUDA TOSHIKI AND GIRLFRIEND?

But the person who was in the picture... wasn't me.

Another thing I was surprised of was how long we were able to manage keeping our relationship private. The headline and photo were weird.

He.. wouldn't cheat on me, right? That's probably just a coworker or staff or relative. Plus, they're wearing a mask so how could I tell.

But, one thing for sure though... I knew it wasn't me in the photo- and seeing it felt oddly disturbing.

Nonetheless I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.

It was him after all who had changed my perspective about men, so I'll just wait and see if he'll address this with me soon.

Right when I was about to switch the channel, another picture of them was flashed on the screen.

I'm not sure if it's just timing or the heavens trying to tell me something, but I was kind of mad after seeing it.

It was the same girl, except she was kissing Toshiki's cheek while he looked flustered about it.

And just like that, because of my insecurities, I temporarily widened the time we were apart.

A rift was set in our relationship.

02|28|2022 ~ 2:29 pm

Sorry for this chapter, but realistically speaking, there haven't really been arguing or misunderstandings in Masuda's feature so this is just to balance the reality 🤣

Don't worry haha

I always set up happy endings, remember?

Stay tuned for the last chapter of Masuda's feature :)

~ Kira