Hmm...even now, I'm still worried about how to write this letter that I haven't decided whether to write to you or not.

...When I say this, you will definitely smile and imagine it in your mind. Asuka sat quietly in front of the desk, kicking his feet that were not touching the ground, shaking his little head from side to side. He frowned and thought.

As I thought about it, the mechanical pencil was pressed against my lower lip, feeling hesitant and a little uneasy. Because, after all, today is your birthday.

It's been so long since the day you graduated.

Two years, 730 days, 17,520 hours, 1,051,200 minutes, 630,72,000 seconds.

It's awesome.

The distance from the earth to the moon is only 384 million meters. A round trip between the earth and the moon at the speed of light only takes 2.5 seconds. After that day, light traveled back and forth 252,028,000 meters without stopping.

Eight hundred times.

The time has come now.

I think about you all the time, Nana Wei.

If you were still around me, you would smile and poke my forehead with your slender and pretty fingers, and say, "We just met a while ago."

Then I would ask teasingly: "How many days has it been since now?"

"Hmm..." You tapped your temple with your finger in distress.

I like the way you feel troubled. You frown for me, pout your lips for me, whatever you do for me, Nana, I like it.

"I can't remember clearly, thirteen days? It didn't take long anyway."

It's eleven days. It's been a long time, because God only used seven days to create man.

You are always like this, Nana, if you can't think of the answer to some unimportant questions right away, you just laugh and fool around.

But this is very important to Asuka. Because of this, I hope this is also very important to Nanami, so I will correct your mistakes seriously. Because, you see, if our important things slowly overlap

, is our link stronger and more eternal?

In the past, the most important thing to us was Nogizaka46. After you leave, I hope that we can have more, more intersections in life, favorite food, the same brand of cosmetics, and books written by the same author.

I value you, and you value me.

(ex){}&/On the day of graduation, I saw Nana Wei bending down and bowing deeply to the audience, but I was thinking that if a major event suddenly happened, such as a meteorite hitting the earth and destroying it, maybe Nana Wei would not

Maybe I will leave. Or if I step forward regardless, crying, don’t leave, don’t leave, maybe you will think about it again.

But I didn't do that. Just like what you sang in your song, "I don't want to force others to make things difficult for them." Everyone in Nogizaka had this idea, so they desperately suppressed the mentality of wanting to stay, and watched Nana and this stage tenderly.

Say your final farewell.

I like Nogizaka as a group, and I also like Nanami who decided to leave based on her own will.

Backstage, the members burst into tears.

Nana's smile is still the same as before, like the warm sun in winter or the coolness in midsummer. It has no specific and clear form, but it always inadvertently enters the softest corner of my heart, and then stays there for a long time, occupying the mountain.

It's the king. I can't drive it away no matter how hard I try. It takes root and germinates there casually without the consent of my master. It's really annoying.

but.

"I like Nanami's smile."

I told you at that time, right? That was really a courageous statement. You can see that my cheeks were not flushed at that time, that is the proof.

"I also like little flying birds."

But you rubbed my head teasingly, and your sweat-soaked hair became even more messy. Really, Nana is such an idiot.

You clearly know that's not what I meant.

These past events are still vivid in my mind. Every time I think about them, it is like taking them out of the storage cabinet of memories, wiping them carefully, and then putting them back carefully.

I'm looking forward to it. Wan Lihua will also come to tonight's birthday party, right? But by the time Nana doesn't read this letter, it might already be the next day.

I write down here things that are difficult to say face to face. Compared to chatting in conversation, Nanami prefers written expression, right?

I know it.

Nainai.

Happy birthday.

February 20, 2019
Chapter completed!