Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 512 The First Scene of the Four-Person Crew

On the afternoon of April 10th, under the bright sunshine, Jun Matsue sat on the tram, looking at the girls huddled together in the seats opposite him.

Natsumi Imokawa sat in the center, a large backpack on her lap. She spread out her notebook and placed it on top of the backpack, looking at the scene with Tomatsu Tomoka and Mochizuki Haruka who were close to her on either side.

"So this is all we're going to film today?" Mochizuki Haruka ran her finger across the page, glancing at the ample bosom blocking her view; it was getting in her way.

"Mmm! We need to visit more places today, and try to get as many shots of cherry blossoms as possible," said the owner of the chest.

"We probably won't be able to finish filming today, will we?" Tomatsu Tomoka asked worriedly. "These are all daytime shots; we won't be able to film after sunset."

"We can only film more in the next few days." Natsumi Imokawa looked at the girls sitting next to her, then at the boy sitting opposite her, and lowered her head deeply.

"thanks everyone!"

The afternoon sun streamed through the car window, falling on the girls' hair, and Jun Matsueda couldn't resist taking out his phone to take pictures.

The sound of the shutter made the three girls look up, and he captured the moment when they all looked at him at the same time.

The time on the phone screen was 3:15. The boys and girls had just finished class. Today was the first scheduled shoot for the four-person film crew.

The sound of a tram passing by came from behind. Jun Matsueda walked out of the station and picked off the pink petals that had fallen on his shoulder.

The street in front of me is lined with tall cherry blossom trees, and when the wind blows, the petals fall in abundance.

"Although the peak blooming season has passed, the cherry blossom blizzard is still very charming~" Tomatsu Yuka said, standing next to him.

Mochizuki Haruka walked past the two of them and said, "Don't just look at the scenery. Imokawa said he'll film your scenes first."

“It’s just ahead.” Natsumi Imokawa pointed to the end of the road. “There’s a high school there. We’ll film near the school.”

"Let me help you with your bag." Jun Matsue lifted the backpack off her shoulder, and the girl obediently loosened the strap. The boy weighed it in his hand and said, "It's quite heavy."

Natsumi Imokawa breathed a sigh of relief; she was indeed a little tired from carrying it. "Both cameras and lenses of varying focal lengths are inside, along with a stabilizer, camera mount, microphone, laptop, and docking station."

“Making a movie is much more complicated than I thought,” Tomatsu Yuka smiled.

"We can't really call this making a movie yet," the girl shook her head. "The finished product will probably only be thirty to fifty minutes long. A real movie needs sets and lighting."

"I think there are some movies that don't have high requirements, right?" Mochizuki Haruka turned around. "Those movies have shaky visuals, which are quite interesting to watch."

"Ah, that's called handheld photography."

Listening to the girls' discussion, Jun Matsue smiled, slung his backpack over his shoulder, and followed them toward the direction from which the cherry blossoms were blowing.

A few minutes later, the four of them stood by the school wall. A railing had been added to the outer side of the cherry blossom avenue, and beyond the railing was the gurgling water. The blurry shadows of the boys and girls were reflected on the shimmering surface of the river.

Mochizuki Haruka glanced at the school gate not far away. "Fujimori High School, the school environment is quite nice."

"I decided to film here because I saw their school's promotional video!" Natsumi Imokawa took back her bag and started taking out her equipment piece by piece.

"I checked the street view on a map app before I came, and I'm sure the photos will turn out pretty good."

"As expected of a director~" Jun Matsueda said with admiration.

The girl blushed slightly. "Matsueda and Tomatsu, please take another look at the script. We're about to start filming."

"Hmm, is there anything else I need to prepare?" Tomatsu Yuka smoothed her hair, a little nervous. "Like makeup and clothes?"

Natsumi Imokawa put down her camera and walked up to the girl. She first looked her up and down, then took two steps forward to observe her face at an extremely close distance. "Um, does it have to be this close?" Tomatsu Yuka felt a little uncomfortable—Imokawa's chest was pressed against hers.

“No problem.” Natsumi Imokawa took two steps back and nodded. “Since it’s high school, wearing a school uniform is fine, and it’s better to keep your makeup simple. Anyway, you already have a very pretty face.”

"Thank you." The girl smiled.

"So I don't need to do anything now?" Mochizuki Haruka, standing next to the boy, yawned.

"Yes, it'll be your turn after they finish filming."

Natsumi Imokawa turned around and strode towards Jun Matsueda, seemingly wanting to repeat her observation method from before, but before the girl's chest could touch the boy's, the gazes from the two actors made her stop in her tracks.

"Matsugi, mess up your hair a little." To keep her actors calm, she had to give instructions remotely.

"Is that so?" The boy scratched his hair.

The girl nodded in satisfaction. "From now on, you are Hikaru Kashiwabara."

She turned back to Tomatsu Yuka, "You are Konno An."

"You two have been childhood friends for six years and have feelings for each other, but you are facing separation because the Konno family is about to move away."

"And today is your high school graduation ceremony, the day you will soon be parting ways."

"Are you ready?"

The boy and girl nodded.

"We'll start shooting the first scene in five minutes!" Natsumi Imokawa took out the clapperboard from her bag and wrote "Farewell, Scene 1" with an oil-based pen.

She handed the clapperboard to the girl standing to the side, "Could you please help me with the clapperboard later, Mochizuki-san?"

Mochizuki Haruka took the square board. "You just close it up, right?"

"Yes!"

“No problem.” She turned around and looked at the two people standing by the river, rehearsing their lines.

Tomatsu Yuka was listening to Matsueda Jun speak with her head down, both of them holding cylinders containing graduation certificates.

The boy said something, and a faint blush appeared on the girl's face. She looked up with a coquettish expression, patted the arm of the person in front of her, and a few cherry blossom petals fell from their cheeks, making for an extremely romantic scene.

It seemed like they really were childhood sweethearts, and Mochizuki Haruka felt a pang of jealousy.

Originally, the girl wasn't very enthusiastic about acting, as she had a natural aversion to the idea of ​​"acting."

But the thought that all these scenes would be captured on camera, edited into beautiful clips, and record the sincere and brilliant emotions of the characters they portrayed...
She couldn't wait to bring her "Fujii Kaede" on stage.

"Imokawa, if you need to film again in the future, just let my family's car pick you up and drop you off. It will save you some time."

"Huh? Is that okay? Thank you so much!"

"As payment, please make sure you take a good picture of me."

"I'll try my best!"

(End of this chapter)