The tableware that has been arranged by one's own hands must be dried and taken back by one's own hands.
The ribbons and balloons that have been hung up by oneself must be taken down by oneself.
Entertaining guests is all about setting up and restoring, decorating and destroying. Iwahashi Shinichi thought to himself, first taking off the piece of cardboard with two oversized exclamation marks on it, feeling that the decoration that had been prepared with great difficulty was disposed of in just one time.
pity.
...Thinking about things like this and being sentimental shows how careless he is at work at the moment.
Shinichi Iwahashi was sharpening his craftsmanship when he heard Akina Nakamori ask him, "What was Shinichi thinking at that time?"
He glanced down, "What?"
"It was when I was sending Yukiko-chan and I home." She hugged the piece of cardboard that Shinichi Iwahashi handed to her, with two oversized exclamation marks in her arms, which looked a bit funny.
However, Iwahashi Shinichi thought that what she was holding in her arms should not be two exclamation points, but two big question marks.
But maybe, the two big question marks are actually written in her eyes. It seems that it is not easy to fool her with "I don't remember". Iwahashi Shinichi took off the cardboard with "う" written on it and fooled her.
Others, "I'm probably thinking of some sentimental things."
Akina Nakamori made a sound, then raked it down, "How stingy."
Who was the one who deliberately teased people just now? Iwahashi Shinichi took his time and teased her, "What else? After all, at that time, I didn't know Akina-san very well."
One bite of "Mingcai Mulberry".
Akina Nakamori was half speechless and half amused. She had never known before that this man was actually stingy and vindictive.
Iwahashi Shinichi handed her the "う", "But Akina-san is very tolerant." Even though he was teased, he still cooperated with his current work.
"Come on." Nakamori Akina hugged the "う" again, a little unconvinced, but there was nothing she could do about it, so she muttered to him, "Anyway, Shinichi, you can see through what I'm thinking."
Iwahashi Shinichi felt that her words were exaggerated, "...How can something so mysterious be said?" He joked, "If you could really see through everything at once, you would have known that you were being pretentious early on."
"Shinichi really thinks that you are just being sentimental?" Akina Nakamori took the "と" from his hand. She couldn't hold it back anymore, for fear that the joke about "being sentimental" would become true.
Iwahashi Shinichi stretched out his hand to "で" again, hesitated, "To be honest, I didn't think about it that much." He took off the cardboard, "I just thought it was a pleasure to see you, and it would also be nice to be able to send you home."
Happy."
"I feel happy, that's enough." He handed over the cardboard.
As for whether he was being sentimental or thinking about the same thing, it didn't matter at least at that time. He took action because he wanted to get closer to Akina Nakamori. It wasn't because he realized what he could get from her, so
Just walked over.
Akina Nakamori raised her head and stared at Shinichi Iwahashi who said these words.
In fact, she didn't know that women asking about old things like this were not lovable, but she didn't know why she asked them, even though she had suffered for a while for no reason, fearing that she would become really anxious.
She was stunned, and Shinichi Iwahashi waved the "で" in his hand, motioning for her to take it. When he didn't get a response, he asked her aloud: "What are you thinking about?"
Nakamori Akina came back to her senses and looked away from Iwahashi Shinichi's face to look at the cardboard that had not been taken off. The sentence "おめでとう!!" now only had "お" and "め" left.
She suddenly smiled, looked at Shinichi Iwahashi's confused face again, pointed to the cardboard in his hand, and said to him, "This is 'で'."
Shinichi Iwahashi listened to her childlike speech and asked her, "What else could it be?"
"Um……"
Akina Nakamori blinked her eyes and took the cardboard in his hand, "If it's で, it's an encounter." Being able to meet him, and the encounter itself, is a blessing and a blessing.
She thought to herself that she must understand the feeling of "This is enough" mentioned by Shinichi Iwahashi. Although the feeling of "This is enough" gradually became unsatisfied, and she wanted more, more, until she finally found her heart. Connect with each other, love each other and stay together.
Once she reaches out her hand, once she is held in her arms, she becomes a greedy woman. She even blurts out words that she knows will be unpleasant to say without restraint... But this person is Iwahashi Shinichi.
Iwahashi Shinichi was amused by her whim. He took off the "め" and handed it over, "Where's this?"
Akina Nakamori tilted her head.
Shinichi Iwahashi also started to think, "めぐるSeason (Change of Four Seasons)?" He couldn't help laughing, "It's a season again, it's an encounter again, it's like writing lyrics."
Before he finished speaking, his girlfriend looked at him as a troublemaker. Well, his boyfriend became a useless stumbling block again. Iwahashi Shinichi shut his mouth and waited to hear Nakamori Akina's answer.
"め..." She said with a flash of inspiration: "爱(め)でたい."
"congratulations?"
Nakamori Akina shook her head, and as if she was proud, she showed off to Iwahashi Shinichi the little knowledge she had learned from nowhere, "It's 'beautiful and cute'."
"To describe people, they would be 'gullible', right?" Shinichi Iwahashi complained.
Nakamori Akina glared at him and said plausibly, "In "The Tale of Bamboo", it means 'beautiful and worth cherishing'." After she finished showing off, she was so proud that she just put her hands on her hips.
But Shinichi Iwahashi was deeply surprised by another thing, "Do you still read "The Tale of Bamboo"?"
It's not that his focus is strange, it's mainly that he's a crook and doesn't understand anything else.
"..."
What's with this tone of treating people like idiots?
Elementary school scumbag Akina Nakamori finally showed her hand in front of her seemingly omnipotent boyfriend, but suddenly realized that her boyfriend was not even remotely impressed by her.
...Not only that, but there was also a subtle feeling of being poked and taunted by him.
Akina Nakamori made a fool of herself and could only admit her defeat and feel frustrated in silence. After the quarrel with herself was over, she couldn't hide what she said in her heart, "I saw it in a manga...what are you laughing at?"
Iwahashi Shinichi was overjoyed to be criticized by words that were harmless and somewhat funny. Just now, he was surprised that Akina Nakamori, who had no interest in anything except reading comic books, actually read Chinese literature. , and immediately, I got the answer. It was indeed a little knowledge I learned while reading comic books.
With a smile that did not dissipate, he reached out and took off the cardboard of the last "お" and continued to ask, "What is the word お?" Before he finished speaking, for a moment, the recording appeared in his mind.
A scene of Shiro and Akina Nakamori quarreling.
"You guy (おまえ)!"
...Well, there are some questions for which it is better not to know the answers.
The cardboard was removed one by one, followed by decorative ribbons.
Iwahashi Shinichi was busy working on it, and Nakamori Akina followed and took the ribbons one by one. "The Tale of Bamboo" or "You guy!" were all written off after a while.
In fact, Akina Nakamori didn't need help in taking off the ribbon. However, the feeling of handing out the thing in his hand and being caught by her unexpectedly made Iwahashi Shinichi feel at ease in his heart.
The reason why Akina Nakamori herself took over the ribbons and arranged them carefully after taking them was probably because she knew that her help was unnecessary, so she was extra patient and careful.
If there were a third person watching this scene, they would probably be ridiculed as "pretentious" and "idiot couple".
But when there are only two people, unnecessary things are not unnecessary, and in the interaction between being willing to do unnecessary things and being tolerant of doing unnecessary things, there is a tenderness that needs no words.
"Yukiko-chan immediately guessed that the room was decorated by you, Shinichi." Nakamori Akina looked at his actions.
Iwahashi Shinichi listened and replied to her, "Isn't this natural?" He joked, "I can't let you hang up here, can I?"
"...Why do you have such a good memory?" Nakamori Akina asked him, but in the end, her shamelessness prevailed and she said confidently, "No one can do this job except you, Shinichi, right?"
She followed suit, imitating Iwahashi Shinichi's tone. Although she always liked to dislike her boyfriend and hold grudges, when it came to fussing over everything, the two of them were completely incompatible.
He answered simply. Nakamori Akina listened with joy and joy, like a little bird, chirping around him, helping to pick up the ribbons, and talking to him about Okada Yukiko's visit tonight.
Iwahashi Shinichi and Iwahashi hosted a mutual friend together, and this friend would still be Okada Yukiko. Nakamori Akina's excitement and joy were already filled with her heart when she decorated the room and decided on the menu for Okada Yukiko. At this moment, she has not yet
Retreat.
However, the previous situation where she had commanded Iwahashi Shinichi to move around changed drastically, and now she was obediently following Iwahashi Shinichi around and doing things.
The decorative ribbons were also taken down, and the living room gradually returned to its usual appearance. Shinichi Iwahashi took out a balloon, tossed it gently in his hand, and said with a smile, "If I want to pop these at home, I need your help."
."
Akina Nakamori caught the falling balloon and heard him say: "We will deal with these when we take Kenta out for a walk." She also followed his example and tossed the balloon gently in her hand. It was a pity, "I need to take care of it."
Puncture it?"
"Otherwise, put them away and use them next time?" Iwahashi Shinichi came up with a plan. He continued casually, "Even the cardboard that says 'Congratulations!' is put away and saved for later use."
Nakamori Akina was a little amused when she heard his unreasonable idea, "Next time, will you hold a celebration party at home?"
"It doesn't have to be just a celebration." Iwahashi Shinichi came up with an idea quickly, "When hosting a party, if there are words that happen to be useful, you can reuse them."
Nakamori Akina was disgusted, "It's too weird."
Iwahashi Shinichi smiled and said, "おかしい(strange) The 'お' just now comes in handy." After saying this, he was met with a physical attack from his girlfriend.
The paper tiger's little claws pinched his lips, "Why are you so fussy about everything?"
Iwahashi Shinichi imitated her, and he pretended to pinch her mouth. Even if his mouth was covered and he couldn't speak, he still had to use practical actions to prove his carelessness.
The two of them were laughing and joking, until Kenta came over after hearing the news and wanted to join in. Then they stopped laughing and continued the unfinished tidying up work. After finishing the tidying up, they took Kenta out for a walk.
Iwahashi Shinichi just made a joke, and the fate of those balloons and cardboard was not decided for a while. The two of them went out together with the dog, and then they remembered those balloons again.
As soon as they came out, no one wanted to go back and let off the balloons and firecrackers, so they just tacitly agreed and pretended to be stupid together. Until now, Shinichi Iwahashi and Akina Nakamori were thinking about the same thing even if they didn't talk about it, but on many things, they immediately fell in love with each other.
A consensus can be reached.
This year's rainy season ended early, but the hot summer did not follow, and the weather was quite comfortable these days.
Shinichi Iwahashi led the puppy and walked side by side with Akina Nakamori at first. Unknowingly, their skins exposed in their short-sleeved shirts felt warm and pressed against each other. After a while, they naturally distanced themselves a little further.
In the quiet street, neither of them spoke, just listened silently.
When he first went out, the puppy was so energetic that it tightened the leash in Shinichi Iwahashi's hand. However, the energy went away quickly. It didn't take long before the majestic puppy turned back into a spoiled brat.
Lying on the ground and wanting a hug. Raising a puppy is similar to raising a child. No matter how much you promise that you will be well-behaved before going out, most of the time you will act like a spoiled brat before you come back.
After they started dating publicly, the two of them hung out together from time to time. The two of them were familiar with each other in the shops they frequented nearby. When I was tired from walking, I went to sit for a while and have a drink. There was a special place for Kenta.
Drinking bowl.
However, when you drink some refreshing drinks in a fully air-conditioned store, and then come out, the hot wind hits you, and you just want to take one step back.
During the first half of the return trip, the spoiled puppy was still willing to walk alone, but when he was almost home, he repeated his old tricks. Although this scene had been repeated countless times, Iwahashi Shinichi and Kenta kept fighting every time.
To be honest, it's not that he repeated his efforts in vain, but that he regarded it as a game between him and Kenta. The reason why the spoiled ghost puppy is so good at playing tricks is also due to "Shinichi Pup".
Akina Nakamori saw this and couldn't help laughing.
We took the puppy for a walk together and then came home together. Shinichi Iwahashi sat on the porch and wiped Kenta's paws. Akina Nakamori arranged the shoes she had changed into neatly and said, "I'll put in the bath water."
Iwahashi Shinichi held the puppy with one hand and waved the other hand to her, "Leave it to you~"
One didn't ask, and the other seemed to want to stay the night as a matter of course.
Nakamori Akina suddenly remembered Okada Yukiko's wrong reasoning: "Akina-san and Iwahashi-san are living together, right?"
Maybe Okada Yukiko didn't understand love, so her reasoning failed.