When the rehearsal finally ended, everyone was on edge and exhausted because a rehearsal that should have taken less than an hour ended up taking an hour and a half due to Hiraki’s constant flare-ups at the smallest thing. If Finn wasn’t too close, he was too far away. If he extended his arm, he did it the wrong way. If the priest were explaining something, she’d say she didn’t understand, and he’d have to repeat himself slowly. It got so bad that Suki nearly walked out of the room. If it hadn’t been for Nami putting Hiraki in her place, the rehearsal would have gone well into the night.
Finally, Suki said, “OK, that’s it. Thank you all. Now let’s go eat, I’m starving,” Conor slid his hand into hers and led her out of the room. Nami watched as the two exited and suddenly felt the urge to
