Two children of similar age gathered together to exchange little secrets about their interests and hobbies.
On the way to visit the record company with her mother, Maiko Haruyama imagined what kind of person Iwahashi-san was. However, she did not expect that there would be a child of her own age receiving them along with Iwahashi-san.
In a strange and novel situation, in a situation full of adults, the appearance of Utada Hikaru, a nonchalant peer, made Haruyama Maiko quickly relax. Utada Hikaru followed Iwahashi Shinichi to work, but it was a mistake.
However, the reason why this simple child had a natural affinity for Utada Hikari was not only the close proximity in age. It was also because Utada Hikaru was a child who was fostered with Shinichi Iwahashi.
This child's parents are not with her now.
Maiko Haruyama earned very little, but she never hesitated to care for others. Junko Haruyama's innocent personality made her suffer a lot, but a mother-daughter family with no shortage of love allowed her to raise a child like gold.
child.
"Favorite song?" Maiko Haruyama showed a confused expression.
Iwahashi Shinichi asked Utada Hikaru to secretly inquire about the animals that Maiko Haruyama likes. However, by the time Utada Hikaru executed this instruction, it had automatically transformed into "Utada Hikaru is interested in Maiko-chan's favorite things."
It's not good to lie to Xiaoguang...
Maiko Haruyama felt a little shaken in her heart. She leaned closer and whispered, "My favorite song is Doricum."...It's not good to lie to herself or Kirin-san of DREAMS E TRUE.
Utada Hikaru said "Oh", "I see." It's normal that his favorite singer is not a singer from the record company he is visiting.
"It's the band with the giant giraffe..." Hikaru Utada seemed to be confirming with Maiko Haruyama.
Maiko Haruyama couldn't keep up, "Huge?" She was embarrassed by Utada Hikaru's description, and she always felt that it should not be used to describe people.
Utada Hikaru is very reasonable, "In terms of the ratio of head to body..."
The two children leaned against each other and laughed together.
The adults heard the laughter and turned their heads, only to find that the two children had fallen behind them unknowingly. Shinichi Iwahashi greeted: "Hikaru, Maiko-chan."
Junko Qingshan couldn't speak, so she only looked at Maiko.
The two children approached with a smile.
"What are you talking about? You look very happy." Shinichi Iwahashi looked at Utada Hikari. When he was getting along with Maiko Haruyama, Utada Hikaru was more like a child.
Utada Hikaru and Haruyama Maiko exchanged glances and answered him: "I'm talking about giraffes."
"Giraffe?" Shinichi Iwahashi was confused.
Maiko Haruyama was a little embarrassed, wondering how to explain it. Hikaru Utada was confident, and gestured to her new friend, highlighting a face-to-face conspiracy, and then replied: "Giraffes are animals too, Iwahashi-san."
Iwahashi Shinichi reacted and nodded. Haruyama Junko and the people accompanying him were all confused about this conversation. Only Iwahashi Shinichi seemed to have a secret code with Utada Hikari.
If Maiko Haruyama likes giraffes, it would be very simple for him.
So, after the two children, who got along well with each other when they first met, chatted and laughed and toured the company, and before the mother and daughter were about to say goodbye, Shinichi Iwahashi pulled out an origami giraffe from his suit pocket like a magic trick.
"This is a gift for Maiko-chan."
Maiko Haruyama stared at the origami giraffe in Shinichi Iwahashi's hand and opened her eyes wide. Junko Haruyama, who was standing aside, thought of something and couldn't help but hold her breath and suppress her inner surprise.
Besides KIRIN-san from DREAMS E TRUE, will there be another person who will give her an origami giraffe?
Utada Hikaru was making some disastrous comments on the side, "Iwahashi-san knows how to fold many animals."
Iwahashi Shinichi smiled and did not respond to this sentence, but said to Haruyama Maiko: "I also like giraffes, so I am very happy that Maiko-chan said this."
The two people actually said completely different things.
Shinichi Iwahashi was talking about the animal giraffe, and Maiko Haruyama was talking about Kirin-san of the band. It should be like this, but with the intuition of a child, it feels like it is not the case.
If Kirin-san from the band knew that she liked Kirin-san the most because of her letter, so he gave her giraffe origami, then I heard that she liked giraffes, so I quietly prepared giraffe origami for her Iwahashi-san, two
Giraffe origami conveys the same idea.
Maiko Haruyama is not yet able to sort out her feelings clearly, but she understands them intuitively and instinctively.
The giraffe origami she took looked so familiar. Maiko Haruyama took another giraffe and mustered up her courage, "Iwahashi-san knows how to fold giraffes..."
"Yeah." Iwahashi Shinichi encouraged her with his eyes.
Maiko Haruyama asked him: "Can you tell me how to fold a giraffe?" Her eyes were bright, "Maiko wants to know, she has always wanted to know."
Iwahashi Shinichi was stunned for this request, and then smiled, "Of course it's okay. Do you want to learn it now, Maiko-chan?"
He conveyed the meaning of "see you again next time". However, only children can understand this meaning. For adults, they subconsciously feel that this is a social excuse for evasion.
But Junko Haruyama did not stop her daughter, but looked at Maiko who mustered up the courage to talk to Shinichi Iwahashi. This is the moment when the two stars that shine with the same light that Maiko treasures meet. It will probably never happen again.
have.
"Please teach me, please Iwahashi-san!" Maiko Haruyama said without thinking.
Iwahashi Shinichi felt the heavy momentum coming towards him, and for a moment he couldn't understand why Maiko Haruyama's learning to fold origami giraffes carried such weight. But he agreed, "Then let's start teaching now."
…
Maiko Haruyama once went to the library and read reference books related to origami, but the identical origami giraffe was created by Iwahashi-san.
She looked at Shinichi Iwahashi's fingers seriously, following his movements step by step. A giraffe gradually took shape in her hands. She received an origami giraffe from Kirin-san of the band.
Since then, the question that has been lingering in her mind - the secret of how to make an origami giraffe, is being peeled off and solved bit by bit.
Utada Hikaru sat next to him. She came with him, but when Iwahashi Shinichi asked her if she wanted to give her an origami too, she refused without hesitation and had no interest in deciphering the secret of the giraffe.
At this moment, she looked at Maiko Haruyama's focused face and suddenly showed a trace of sympathy.
