I am well aware of your hard work.

Synopsis

Fumi splendidly fills in as the model's stand-in. She should have gained confidence, but she's cornered by a nasty, malicious complainer and gets down, and, with hunger on top of being broke, she collapses while cleaning after closing… When she wakes, she's in Sousuke's room. He had carried the collapsed Fumi to his own room. While being treated to a late-night meal, Fumi realizes from Sousuke's reminiscing that the two are childhood friends. But, conscious of the gap between the Fumi that Sousuke admired and who she is now, she can't bring herself to tell the truth… In the flow of the conversation, she speaks of how hard her life is and how immature she is as a hairdresser, and tears up, but… --"I know full well… how hard you're working." Sousuke pulls Fumi into an embrace…