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"Aw, man!"
Satoshi Hiwatari looked away from his computer screen. He made sure the teacher wasn't nearby when he whispered, "What is it now?"
Risa Harada scowled, looking back at him. "Did you know that I write?"
"Why ask?"
"Not like you've read them or anything, but I write little mini-stories based on other full length novels." Risa explained. "But apparently my ideas aren't original enough." When Satoshi raised an eyebrow, she showed him her computer screen. "Look how many people did the same thing as I did!"
He didn't want to sound uncaring, but that must have been how it came out. "So?"
"So?" Risa crossed her arms, her scowl deepening. She turned away from him, glaring at her computer screen. Satoshi had to surpress a laugh.
"Why is it so important to you, Harada-san?"
"Because!" Risa looked very troubled now. She glanced at the teacher. "I value my creativity as a human being and as a writer! If ten other people have the same idea as I do, then I'm not so different and respected, now am I?"
It was Satoshi's turn to scowl. "Harada-san... you're going to let people whom you've never even met make you feel inferior?"
Risa paused. "Well, when you put it like that..."
"Do whatever you want and act the way you feel. Those who mind don't really matter, and those who matter won't mind at all."
"... That's a cool quote."
"You should know it," Satoshi said, turning back to his work. "You wrote it in one of your stories."