I work at a literary magazine in Tokyo, and today I came on a day trip with my senior colleague Hatano to pick up a manuscript from an author living in the countryside. I was nervous about taking over the author that my senior had been handling, but at the same time, my heart was racing because I was going on a trip with someone I admired… However, those feelings suddenly changed when we found out that the manuscript due tomorrow hadn't been completed yet. We couldn't go back until we got our hands on the manuscript, so we started looking for a nearby hotel, but everywhere was fully booked due to the busy season. Finally, we found an available room and ended up staying the night with just the two of us…
