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 the 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 then peeks inside the building through a window and saw tables, folded chairs and a shelf inside it. She felt that the place was to be used to have discussion and quickly 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 change 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 to herself, hated having the ample chest. Thinking that such negative thoughts would affect her pictures, she quickly discarded those 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 people criticized her for images, her hard work would be worth it, if she was able to make even a single person happy. Then, thinking about the caption for the image, she wished for a happy and peaceful day when everyone could spend the day with a smile.