"Eh? Miwako? Didn't you ask for leave today? Why are you still at the Metropolitan Police Department?"
Metropolitan Police Department, outside the cafeteria, next to the vending machine.
Miyamoto Yumi, who had just put in a coin to buy a can of coffee, turned around and accidentally saw her best friend who was not supposed to be here today. She was surprised: "There is time, what's the matter? What happened?"
Biting her lips, Sato Miwako nodded, then hugged her best friend's shoulders and asked in a low voice: "If, I mean if.
"If you were to go out with a man who was in a really bad mood this afternoon, what would you do to enlighten him without triggering his negative side?"
"?"
Miyamoto Yumi, who subconsciously raised her hand to hold down the police hat to prevent it from falling, looked startled. Three seconds later, her expression suddenly became excited: "Miwako, are you going on a date?! Who are you with? Is it Uehara?
?”
"...I mean if, if."
"I don't know you yet, your assumptions are equal to yourself."
"...Okay, it's really me." Thinking that Miyamoto Yumi was also her best friend, Sato Miwako simply showed off her cards directly.
Miyamoto Yumi raised her hand and hooked her bestie's neck with a wicked smile: "Is it with Uehara?"
"Uh-huh."
Perhaps she couldn't bear the fierce look in her best friend's eyes, Miwako Sato nodded and admitted with a slight hesitation: "Uehara has encountered some troubles recently. I'm afraid that he will keep all his emotions in his heart, so I just accompany him.
Go and relax."
"Oh~just relaxing~"
Miwako, who had a somewhat uneasy expression on her face, said angrily: "Okay Yumi, I'm not here to discuss gossip with you, I'm here to discuss business with you."
"If you don't tell me the truth, it will be difficult for me to give you accurate advice, Miwako. Seriously, where have you two progressed? Tell me clearly so that I can be your adviser."
Miyamoto Yumi, who directly pulled her best friend to the corner, had a strong desire for gossip in her eyes: "Holding hands? Kissing? Or are you two already..."
Miyamoto Yumi clasped her fingers together and made a "pop" sound.
"...No, nothing, okay?"
Sato Miwako helplessly raised her forehead: "What kind of rubbish are you thinking in your mind, Yumi."
"In other words, you two have just started?"
"Well, it's not even the beginning."
Miwako Sato blinked, feeling guilty for some reason.
"????"
Now it was Miyamoto Yumi's turn to be confused: "Then what are you talking about? Are you kids playing house?"
"..."
"Let me ask you something, Miwako. It's very serious."
Seeing that her best friend had not responded for a long time, Miyamoto Yumi's face gradually became serious after being confused: "Do you like Uehara Katsumi?"
"I--"
As soon as she opened her mouth, Sato Miwako suddenly thought of Uehara's always careless face, and pursed her lips: "Okay, I admit, I do have a crush on him.
"While working, chatting, bickering, etc., I always feel very happy when I am with him, and I always feel that time passes very quickly. So far, no second man has ever done this.
I feel this way.
"This feeling is very strange, you know Yumi? I know exactly what he will say and what he wants to say; I also know that some of the words are boring and have no nutrition, but I am still willing to continue endless discussions with him about some boring topics.
, because from the bottom of my heart I feel happy to talk to him about these things, I even think it is not boring at all, but very interesting..."
"..."
Looking at her best friend who talked endlessly when she talked about staying with Uehara, Miyamoto Yumi helplessly held her forehead, and the seriousness in her eyebrows gradually dissipated completely.
This is what it’s like to be 28 years old and have never been in love.
"Miwako."
"What?"
"Do you know what you looked like just now?"
"like what?"
"A fool who is trapped in a love whirlpool and doesn't know what to do."
"..."
"You know that you have never dated before, so you don't know how you should behave on a date, which leads to a mentality of worrying about gains and losses.
"To put it in layman's terms, you don't want to have a tacit and intimate relationship with Katsumi Uehara because of your possible bad performance on a date - well, let's call it that."
Yumi Miyamoto, whose love experience is superior to that of Miwako Sato, talked about how she became a dog-headed strategist: "You are afraid that the relationship between the two of you will become irreparable after taking this step.
That’s all.”
"so……?"
"Just be yourself. The Miwako Sato who worries about gains and losses is not the Miwako Sato I know."
Putting her hands on her best friend's shoulders, Miyamoto Yumi encouraged him and said: "Since you feel happy to be with him, why don't you stay happy?
"You have very good conditions, and he has not bad conditions either. Isn't this a perfect match?
"What's more, he has already taken the initiative. You can't keep avoiding it. This will consume his enthusiasm for you. You have to give him positive and accurate feedback. Whether it is agreement or rejection."
"..."
…………………………………………
When Katsumi Uehara walked to the parking lot humming a little tune, the first thing that caught his eye was the slim figure leaning on the front of the EVO, staring at the ground in silence.
"Yo."
"ah!"
Miwako Sato's heart skipped a beat when she was awakened, and her body was about to react subconsciously, but when she saw it was Katsumi Uehara, she instantly restrained her instinct to move.
"Uehara?"
"What are you thinking about, so focused?" Katsuki Uehara, who was chewing gum, opened the driver's door and joked with a smile: "Is it possible that you started to miss me after not seeing me for a while?"
"almost."
After coming back to her senses, Miwako shrugged: "I was just thinking about what to eat for lunch today."
"Don't worry, the food I will take you to eat at noon today is something you will never imagine."
"Really? What is it?"
"You'll know when you get there."
Uehara Katsumi gave it a try. After seeing her fasten her seat belt, he started the car and stepped on the accelerator.
The magenta EVO did not speed on the road this time. Miwako Sato, who gradually returned to normal, was still quarreling with Katsumi Uehara who was driving.
Until, the car stopped in a parking lot outside a football training base.
"here it is……?"
"Where my dreams begin."
After getting out of the car, Katsuki Uehara looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar sign outside the training base and smiled with relief: "Of course, this is also the place where dreams died young."
Miwako Sato, who had closed the car door, subconsciously turned her head when she heard this, her eyes falling on the man's ankles covered by his trousers: "Uehara——"
"Don't worry, I won't really take up your time in the afternoon. Although I did joke with Officer Memu that I would go on a date with you this afternoon, he soon exposed it.
"Besides, the deceased has passed away. To be honest, I am not very sad about Bang Yan's death. There is no need for you to spend time with me today. Yesterday was enough."
After locking the car, Uehara Katsumi turned the key and grinned: "The companionship brought by moral kidnapping is not in line with my philosophy of doing things."
"...Okay, you have the final say on your own issues."
I don’t know who was crying unnaturally in the dead of night.
Sato Miwako, who had her hands behind her back, pouted slightly and said noncommittally: "So, you want to invite me here for dinner?"
"How should I put it? There is——"
"Katsumi Uehara?"
Before the man finished speaking, a voice of surprise suddenly came from behind. The two of them turned their heads to follow the sound, and saw a white-haired old man in a suit and leather shoes with a face full of surprise.
"Long time no see, Uncle Kujing." Uehara Katsumi smiled and said hello when he saw the visitor: "Still busy, why don't you go to eat when it's time for dinner?"
"Those brats are very naughty. I just finished teaching them a lesson with the coach."
The old man smiled cheerfully and glanced at Miwako Sato who was standing aside: "Okay, I won't disturb you, old man. You can take your time and stroll around."
"Uehara, who is he?" After the old man walked away, Sato Miwako asked curiously.
"The current director of U16 youth training of Kawasaki Green Football Club, he was also the one who discovered me."