My Own Place

"My Own Place" (自分の居場所) is a short story from Melon Books' store privilege for the second volume of You-Zitsu light novel series, together with two more short stories.

Summary
After having finished her classes, Airi left the school classroom and with a camera in her hand, she began to look for a suitable place to take photos to them on her homepage. Although she always chose same places without people around, she felt that a deserted place only added to lonely feelings in her images and for her who wanted others to be happy seeing her pictures, they lacked charm.

Having searched around for a while, she discovered a small building like a house. The building was a small and comfortable place which look pleasing to the eye. After going around the building, Airi then saw a warning at the entrance forbidding the entry. She peeks inside the building through a window saw tables, folded chairs and a shelf inside it. She felt it was to be used for having the discussion and left the building. Even though the places she used normally felt lacking but during the sunset they felt like a different place.

After she reached her dorm room at around 6 PM, she looked at the photos she had taken but none felt satisfactory to her. Then she began to changes her uniform and after being only in her underwear, she looked at herself in the mirror feeling depressed as her chest had again gotten bigger. She who disliked attracting attention hated having ample chest. Thinking that such thoughts would affect her pictures she quickly discarded the thoughts.

After regaining her confidence, she put her clothes again and began taking photos with different poses. After taking photos for around 30 minutes, she turned her computer to check the images and after working on them for a bit, she uploaded the best photo she had selected on her homepage.

She felt that even if most of the persons criticised her images but if she was able to make a single person happy, then her hard work was worth it. Then thinking about the caption for the image, she wished for a happy and peaceful day where everyone could spend the day with a smile.