I Have Several People Living in My Head

I was eating dinner.
A text message suddenly arrived on my smartphone.
It was from an unknown number.

"Excuse me for the sudden contact.
Could you please serve as an officer for the children's association?
Please choose either
the sports committee member or the vice president."

"What does a sports committee member do?"

"You would handle things like organizing the lineup for the sports day and various other sports events, as well as attending meetings for them."

"What about the vice president?"

"You would be involved in the progress of all children's association events. This also includes attending meetings for various committees and participating in local events."

"By the way..."
"Do I have the right to decline?"

"Everyone is having a hard time, just like you.
Please choose one or the other."

"About how many meetings does the sports committee have,
and when are they held?"

"They are all on weekday nights, about five times."

"...I am sorry.
The truth is, I am a single parent working full-time.
I am not in a situation where I can leave my two young children alone
to go out on weekday nights."

"Then please be the vice president."

"...The vice president also has meetings on weekday nights,
right?"

"Everyone is in the same situation.
Please choose one or the other."

............

I think for a while.
Everyone is in the same situation? Really?

Are they all single parents, yet they gather at the center
for night meetings?

That's ridiculous. No way that's true.
First of all, is the whole world just single-parent families?

Even if that were the case,
it's insane to try to gather at night in such a situation.
Why not just use a LINE call or Zoom?
And what are you gathering for so much anyway?
Aren't you just doing the same thing every year?

If you make a LINE group, discuss things, and decide that it's better to talk together,
you could just have a quick group call, couldn't you?
My frustration is bubbling up and won't stop.

Now then. How should I reply to this?

Meanwhile, inside my brain.
My little house with white walls and a red roof.

One of the little people who moved in,
put on a yellow hoodie and said, "Well then..."



"Excuse me. What do you mean by 'the same'?
Could you give me a definition?
Who is in the same situation as me?
Could you give me their name and number?
I'm going to ask them if it's the same.
If it's not the same, how will you take responsibility?
Do you even know what the word 'same' means?"

No. This is bad.
You're no good. You'll beat them to a pulp.

I push the little person in the yellow hoodie back into the house.

"Well then, I shall..."
says the noblewoman little person,
lifting the hem of her dress and getting ready.

"You. How much do you know about me!?
You shouldn't say such outrageous things
when you don't know anything, should you?
Fine. If that's what you insist on,
let's take this to court.
I may look like this, but I'm scary when I'm angry, you know?"

You're no good either.
I smell bloodshed. Please go home.

Someone who might solve this more peacefully...

The elegant blonde little person appears.

"Listen here.
You need to think more purely.
If you keep thinking in such a rigid way,
happiness won't come near you.
Look, your aura is getting murky.
Whether you're the same as others or different,
don't worry about such things."


...It sounds like they're saying something nice, but
they're naturally provoking me. NG.
Go back to the spiritual world!

"Oh, should I go?"
The bob-haired little person.

"Haha.
Huh? Are there only two officer positions?
Why are there only two choices?
There are usually things like accounting
that you can do from home, right?
It's unfair from the moment of selection!
Haha! It's contradictory, yet everyone is the same.
That's kind of funny!"

They're throwing a grenade while laughing.
No! I can't let them out of the house!

While all this is happening, the half-naked person in black tights
dashes out at full speed.

No way!!!
Anyone but you!!

I chase after them in a hurry too.

"Oh, what should I say in the reply?"

"Oh, forget it!
I'm not in a position to deal with that right now!"

I type words without thinking.

"Understood.
I will serve as the PE committee member."

…Even though my brain is full of hot-blooded people, right?

My heart, you see? It's a coward.

Ah.
Maybe I should swap in a more competent little person.

No, maybe training my heart comes first.

I guess I have no choice but to keep a little person in my heart too.

I wonder if Shohei Ohtani could just drop by.