Nazuna Nito Idol Story - Kindness
Author: Asbestieos
Characters: Nazuna, Asta
Season: Summer
Location: Seisoukan Apartment Library
“Then again, that’s what happens when you pile too much onto your plate — you can’t eat it all, and what’s leftover goes to waste. Even if you pace yourself when eating such a large meal, being full is still being full.”
Asta: Grrrh…
Asta: Mmmnhhh…
Asta: Raaah!!!
Nazuna: …
Nazuna: Asta, maybe we should take a break…?
Asta: ! I was waiting for you to say that!
Nazuna: I’m hungry, anyway. We should go grab a snack. What do you think? Should we go out to a cafe?
Asta: Cafe break, cafe break! Let’s go to Café Cinnamon since I have an employee discount.
Asta: Yippie!!! All this mathematical work is frying my brain.
Asta: I’m totally useless at this calculus stuff. Don’t get me started on discrete math…
Asta: I feel like I’m just bothering you for answers at this point. We’ve been studying for hours, and I don’t have much to show for it.
Nazuna: Don’t be discouraged. It’s not so bad, is it? You have half of that sheet done! That’s progress.
Asta: Grrr.
Nazuna: Grrr?
Asta: Nana, y’ got all your work done, didn’t’cha? You’re just sittin’ there, typing away, pretending to be working, to spare my feelings of inadequacy.
Nazuna: Um… Yes, and no. I got my classwork covered, but right now, I’m technically doing more schoolwork.
Nazuna: Official stuff, like registering for next semester.
Asta: Ohh?
Nazuna: Actually, I’m also sending a request to drop a class for this semester.
Asta: Oooh?! Really? Which class?
Nazuna: My lab class for chemistry, eheh. Somehow, my labwork always ended up being saved for last, and on top of more important classes, I could never get it done.
Asta: Aah, I had to do that, too! As long as you contact the dean of the chemistry department, it should be fine. Make sure to CC them if you’re emailing.
Nazuna: Oh? I was just going to email the professor. I didn’t even think of the dean.
Asta: Yeah, I didn’t think that neither. But there were a bunch of classes I had to drop ‘cause I just couldn’t do ‘em, so I learned through my own errors that dropping a class is easier if you go directly to a department head.
Nazuna: I heard you had to drop most of your classes. There’s no shame in it, y’know? Post-secondary education is super hard, and you gotta take it at your own pace.
Asta: Mmyaaah. I’m not ashamed, but it’s real frustrating.
Nazuna: Mhm. It’s like, ‘I can totally do this work if it was the only thing I had to do, but as it stands, I have so many other things to worry about that this has no room in my mind!’
Nazuna: ‘There’s just no way I can catch-up with what I missed!’ and all. It’s not like I’m never taking the class again, but since it’s a general education class and we can take it later, I’ll fit it into my class schedule next semester.
Asta: What a long-winded way to put it! You’ve been thinking a lot about dropping this class, huh?
Nazuna: I guess so. Like you said, it’s frustrating. Even with all my determination, I just couldn’t keep up with this class.
Nazuna: Then again, that’s what happens when you pile too much onto your plate — you can’t eat it all, and what’s leftover goes to waste. Even if you pace yourself when eating such a large meal, being full is still being full.
Asta: What an analogy!
Asta: From one class-dropper to another, I’m not judging you, Nana. Besides, you’re juggling a lot between idol part-timing and college work. You’re amazing, y’know~
Nazuna: Well, my idol activities are extremely far and few between… But whenever Ra*bits requires a plus-one, I’m their go-to, and I try to leave my schedule open for them.
Nazuna: Don’t you have to balance work and school, too? You work as a producer, right?
Asta: Hah! Work as a producer! With what unit? Nyaaah, but it is kinda tough balancing my part-time jobs with schoolwork. Even though I now take like, two classes this semester…
Asta: Aaahhh, I dunno! After this semester, I might just take a leave of absence.
Asta: At Reimei, we had this philosophy that it’s okay to reach for your dreams, but it’s also okay to wait, you know? Like, Rome wasn’t built in a day, so if you don’t immediately get what you want, don’t sweat it.
Asta: Sooo~ It’s totally okay to take off from work and school if I plan on coming back later, right?
Nazuna: It sounds like an excuse you’re using to withdraw from everything, though—work, school…
Nazuna: Hmph, from me, too! Even getting you to study with me today was annoying. I mean, didn’t’cha basically ghost my texts?
Asta: Weh?! I’d never ghost you, Nazunyan…!! It wasn’t on purpose, I promise!
Asta: I just saw your messages when I was super depressed, and I thought ‘oh, I’ll respond when I’m feeling better’. But then I didn’t end up feeling better until way, way later…
Nazuna: (Grabs the ears of Asta’s headband)
Asta: Waaahhh?!?
Nazuna: That happens when ya overwhelm yourself, y’ fool! Ya can’t let yer frushtration an’ disappointment take control of ya!
Nazuna: Don’t take a leave o’ absence! Neither from work, nor school!
Asta: Okay, okay! Release me, fiend!
Nazuna: (He lets go) …From what I understand, you overworked yourself, right? Regardless of the classes you dropped, this life at present is the life you’ve chosen, and it looks like you’ve been coping well now that you’ve dropped the classes stressing you out. Compared to the life you had before, it’s not too much, is it?
Asta: Mmmh… It’s not too much. This math work is wayyy easier than the things I was doing before during my time at Reimei.
Nazuna: Right? Do you think giving up on what you’ve got now is okay, just ‘cause things are difficult? Is that fair to the you who fought to be here?
Nazuna: Hardship’s to be expected, so give yourself a break and don’t push everything away just because you don’t think you can handle it. If you need help, you’ve gotta ask for it, too.
Asta: Aaahhh! Raaah! Okay, meow! That’s sensible.
Asta: I gotta be kinder to myself. I’m really trying to do that. I didn’t get enough kindness from myself when I was young, so I’ve got to be nice.
Asta: Sooo…
Asta: For the sake of being kind to myself, could you teach me how to solve this matrix…?
Nazuna: Ah, this one? You know how to solve it! You’ve gotta arrange it like so first…
Asta: …Oh! Oh, I see! When you set it up like that, I just have to multiply across and then… Pop, pop, pop… (Focusing)
Nazuna: Right, then you just have to… ? Asta?
Asta: Baa, moo moo… (Focused)
Nazuna: Asta??
Nazuna: Woah, don’t write so fast, you’ll give your hand a cramp! You’re way too focused right now!
Nazuna: Can you even hear me…?
Nazuna: Aww… W-What happened to taking a Café break…
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