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I'm the Only One.In the office bathroom, a young woman named Mari inspects her long, beautiful hair in the mirror while her friends praise her. One notes Mari won a magazine contest for the prettiest hair. When asked if she has done anything special with her hair, Mari denies it; however, when asked when she cut it, Mari is confused. She denies that she has had it cut. In her apartment, as she combs her hair before her mirror, Mari muses about purchasing expensive treatment for her hair. Talking to herself, she concludes that even if her friends did that same things she did, they could never have her beautiful hair. She then goes on to say that she only hangs out with them because others still only look at her. She concludes by stating, "I'm the only one who has to be beautiful." Nevertheless, she remains curious as to why her friends asked if she had her hair cut... The next day in the bathroom, Mari's friends find her applying lipstick. They begin to act strange and ask if she is trying a new look since she cut her hair even shorter. Angry, she denies she cut her hair and demands that they tell her if anything is wrong. That night at her apartment, Mari brushes her hair angrily wondering why her friends claimed she cut her hair. She throws away her brush in disgust, concludes they are merely jealous, and repeats: "I'm the only one who needs to be the prettiest!" Suddenly, her reflection smiles wickedly back at her. Her reflection says that she is not her anymore. Mari, before the mirror, is revealed to have messily cut her hair short. As Mari protests over her hair, her reflection continues that she does not need Mari anymore. The mirror cracks as her reflection emerges with a pair of scissors. Mari continues to scream about her hair as her reflection declares that Mari must die since only her reflection "needs to be the prettiest." As Mari begs her reflection to give back her hair, the story ends with the sound of scissors snipping.