Ch 41: There is Nothing

Minami cried as Naoto held her tightly, rocking her gently back and forth as he rubbed her back.

"You're not a nobody….you're a somebody…." Guilt was starting to overcome him.

In reality, he'd always wanted her to achieve her dream, he just wanted to be the one standing by her side while she did it.

"I'm sorry Minami, I should've just listened to you and stayed on the sidelines…."

"It's not your fault," she leaned back and wiped her tears, "It's the whole Smile Days thing. Because they lied and said it was me and it wasn't me! And Makoto is sticking up for them for some reason and dropped me from the company and now my contract is nothing and I am nothing!"

She ran her words together as if her mind was trying to throw them away to protect her from the pain the situation caused.