I called a page, but couldn't wait for her call back for a long time. It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that I finally called. I made an agreement last night not to apologize to each other. Akina Nakamori remembered it very well, but she came around.

To go around, I always try another way to apologize to Narita Masaru. From a certain point of view, Narita Masaru did experience the clumsy but sincere friendship of Nakamori Akina.

The two checked each other's schedules, but found that they would not have free time to meet each other in the next few days. At least it would have to be on Nakamori Akina's birthday and after Narita Masaru had dealt with Watanabe Mitsujin, so that they could meet at every opportunity.
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"Oops, I have to go to Akita next week."

Narita Masaru was the first to grasp her mood, and he was able to do so with ease, "Akita is a good place, and the rice wine there is one of the best. If Nakamori-san doesn't mind it, I would like to ask you to bring me a bottle of rice wine back. When we met, we exchanged,

How?"

Akina Nakamori felt relieved and said with a smile: "When you say that, I have to go shopping in Akita's commercial street."

"I will look forward to it."

………

After hanging up the phone, Akina Nakamori seemed to have accomplished something big, left the phone booth and walked into the coffee shop next to her.

"What took so long?"

Koizumi Kyoko was suspicious. She clearly felt that this phone call had nothing to do with Kondo Masahiko.

Nakamori Akina tried to be nice to Kyoko and told a white lie, "Ask mother if you need my help to buy something to take home."

If Narita Masaru hears this, he will definitely be frightened.

Koizumi Kyoko blinked her eyes and said nothing, obviously not believing what she said. But Kyoko didn't ask for details. She already knew Nakamori Akina's character clearly. As long as it was something she insisted on, it was useless for anyone to ask.

.So I flipped through this article lightly, waiting for the truth to come out.

As we got into the conversation, Kyoko remembered a fun event, "On Halloween, I'm going to dress up as my love from the next life, have a good drink with my dear Akina-chan, and then go dance at the Maharaja!"

"Ah?!" Nakamori Akina didn't react when she heard the prince's name. Just as she was about to say something, Kyoko continued to discuss with her.

"Haven't Akina-chan also seen the three cat-eye sisters? Why are you so surprised? Do you think my idea is funny?"

Akina Nakamori sweated secretly, "But, aren't there still a few months until Halloween?"

"Don't talk too far about drinking~" Kyoko Koizumi was mysterious and contrived, no different from a shady businessman who tricks middle school students into playing pachinko. Then she went straight to the point, "I remember last year's Maharaja Halloween

The theme of the night is the Middle Ages. Will it be the vampire Dracula this year? Akina-chan, who do you want to play? Let me guess, an Arab girl?!"

"There's no such thing!" Nakamori Akina was almost teased by Kyoko and refused this ridiculous assumption. Her recent new songs did follow the Arabic route, but she would never be able to bring that stage photo to real life.

things to come.

"Kyoko-chan was at Dajun last Halloween?"

Speaking of Halloween, Kyoko Koizumi, who loves to laugh, play and drink, couldn't stop. From how she escaped early from the recording site, to what weird costumes she put on, to what she drank at night, and how she danced

Whatever dances were performed, whether they could be remembered or not, were all explained to Akina Nakamori with great detail.

"However, this year's Halloween will be more interesting than last year's!"

"Why?"

"Narita-san promised Junjun that he would also play a special character this time!"

"He..." Akina Nakamori felt that it was inappropriate to call Narita Masaru this way, so she immediately changed her words, "Narita-san doesn't look like someone who would participate in the Halloween celebration..."

She was a little concerned, but then she started to pretend again, thinking that she had gotten away with it, but in fact, everything was seen by Kyoko Koizumi.

Kyoko is a little confused. The friendship between Nakamori Akina and Narita Masaru should not end with the first acquaintance last Christmas. What she can't figure out is, since they are familiar with each other, why Nakamori Akina pretends not to know each other. She wants to find an opportunity to ask

, and she felt that it was not good to be too direct.

It's better to wait for a while, and when the time is right, torture him again.

Of course, Nakamori Akina didn't know what kind of evil idea Koizumi Kyoko was planning. The two of them knew Narita Katsu, and it was understandable that they were so-called fair-weather friends. If she asked if she had ever met Narita Katsu in private, it would be nonsense.

If you are alone, you won’t be afraid of being misunderstood by today’s child.

But things can be said nonsense, and the expression on Narita Katsu's face when he mentioned it is really not fake. A sensitive person like Kyoko will definitely notice it. Even if Nakamori Akina thinks that she and Narita Katsu are good friends, even if

Pretending doesn't guarantee that you won't reveal your flaws.

Thinking so wildly, she thought that she couldn't figure out what this subtle and strange feeling was. Of course, she could ask bystanders to remain silent and observe objectively, but this request would be too arbitrary. Why not ask her mother? But that

You will be embarrassed if you do it.

In short, it is because Narita Masaru is so considerate and reliable that he is now in an embarrassing situation, and it is difficult to figure out whether it is due to dependence on his father and brother, or some other emotion...

Nakamori Akina was very angry and drank the juice as if she was angry with herself.

Saying goodbye to Koizumi Kyoko, Nakamori Akina involuntarily moved towards the public phone booth, but when she reached the glass door covered with small advertisements, she didn't know what she should do.

We have to return to Kiyose quickly!

The idea of ​​going home is extremely strong at this moment. She is no longer a child. Although she is not an adult yet, she has also had preliminary experience in the inexplicable love between men and women.

In addition, even if her mother knew that her relationship with Kondo Masahiko had become estranged and kept silent, if she knew that she had some strange feelings for another man who was much older than her, her mother would feel very uncomfortable because of her distress.

of.

She was still lucky that she didn't meet Narita Masaru by chance. Once they met, all her defenses were shattered.

Compared to Narita Katsu, Nakamori Akina seemed to care more. She recalled what happened that night and fell into a paranoid and pessimistic mental internal conflict. Now that she thinks about it, it is too late, her performance has already explained everything.

She was afraid that her future interactions with Narita Masaru would no longer be as natural as before. No matter how light-hearted and pleasant he talked about, she was tormented by her exaggerated silence.

However, all of Nakamori Akina's worries were unnecessary.

Narita Katsu will neither be troubled by her gaffe, nor reflect on her weird and unusual words because of her self-blame. In his opinion, Nakamori Akina is just a somewhat special and cute girl, and she has not yet

Adult.

His interaction with Akina Nakamori was one of the few times when he could completely relax, so much so that when he relaxed, he lost his previous judgment and failed to detect his differences as sensitively as she did.

"Better, let's go home..."

Nakamori Akina warned herself, and took another step towards the long-awaited taxi on the side of the road.

Sure enough, as long as she was by her mother's side, she could immediately calm down. In the evening, she stood on the side of the kitchen and watched her mother playing with the tableware like a magic trick.

Where does this peace come from?

Akina Nakamori, who was wandering in various chaotic emotions, was freed from all the chaotic emotions in an instant.

This is almost as if she is immersed in the stage and intoxicated in a certain song. She may not be burned at this rate. But such a seemingly peaceful situation is actually fragile. If she hears it and doesn’t know

Whenever the shouts of others come from somewhere, Akina Nakamori will wake up from the balance that can only be achieved in the soul's sleep, and her heart will be itched by the blazing flames.

Akina Nakamori stared intently at the back of her mother who was washing the pots. The rough faded wool gauze belt tightly wrapped the gray old body, and she was already aging before her eyes.

My mother never talked about the hardships of life. As long as Nakamori Akina can remember, her mother always wore a long, loose-fitting short-sleeved dress. The passage of time made her waist as solid as a ripe fruit.

Therefore, it is precisely because of the courage to love that mothers become so strong.
Chapter completed!