In the end, Sakurajima Mai only allowed Duanmu Huai to sleep in the same bed as her—after all, there was only one bed in the cabin.
Although Duanmu Huai jokingly told Sakurajima Mai that friction generated heat and would help keep them warm, she only stared at him dumbfoundedly before turning over and going straight to sleep.
Duanmu Huai clearly thought that joke had been brilliant. It had taken him a long time to come up with it.
The next morning, Duanmu Huai was awakened by Sakurajima Mai.
More precisely, he was awakened by Sakurajima Mai's stomach.
"...I couldn't help it."
Under Duanmu Huai's gaze, Sakurajima Mai turned her head away.
"Because I didn't eat anything yesterday."
"That is true..."
They had originally planned to eat at the inn after filming yesterday, but because of what happened, they never got dinner. They had already spent the entire night hungry, so they had to eat something during the day. However...
"Did you bring anything to eat? Don't girls usually carry snacks or something with them?"
Duanmu Huai remembered that Ruby's pockets were practically bottomless. No matter when, she could pull out biscuits, candy, chewing gum, even bread...all sorts of things.
He had no idea where she put it all.
"..."
Sakurajima Mai said nothing. Instead, she reached into her coat and rummaged around, then pulled out...several pieces of candy.
"As expected, every girl's pockets are treasure bags."
"I occasionally use them to replenish my sugar levels. Filming can last a long time sometimes, after all, so I need to replenish my energy."
As she spoke, Sakurajima Mai looked toward Duanmu Huai. Filming was actually very physically demanding, so Kurokawa Akane wasn't wrong to say that actors were manual laborers. A single shot might have to be filmed several times, or even