Nakamori Akina's whole body shone with seductive light when she asked this question. The moment when a wife forgets that she is a wife, she is most charming. Iwahashi Shinichi did not answer, but he was really tempted by her.
In the streets of Nagoya, Nakamori Akina's momentary joke in Tokyo, some subtle changes quietly occurred in this scene.
Iwahashi Shinichi returned to Tokyo alone with the tooth marks left by her. The attachment he felt at that time has now turned into a confrontational emotion. Nakamori Akina's whole body burst out with strong emotions because of her confrontation with the past.
The rain seemed to be about to start, and the air was moist and sticky. The two of them jumped into a taxi and headed towards Tokyo in the middle of the night.
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This Saturday night, Hamasaki Ayumi and Ayako went to Matsuura Katsuto's disco again. Bad things became familiar and became a habit.
Ayako was looking forward to meeting Matsuura Katsuto.
Although this disco operator has a bad appearance, he is humorous and sociable. Whenever he goes to his box, there are a bunch of people around him.
Matsuura Katsuto has the arrogance of a superior man in front of a girl. However, to the girl, the superior man treats her kindly and politely, which is inferior to the fact that although he is arrogant, he is willing to pay attention and patience to a girl.
Most of the time, what a girl looks forward to is the feeling of being treated as a different person.
Because of this, Ayako admired Matsuura Katsuto even more. Since she spontaneously sided with Matsuura Katsuto and went to the disco, it seemed to be a natural thing.
Ayako admired Matsuura Katsuto, but Hamasaki felt pitiful for Matsuura Katsuto's bravado. However, after seeing this, Hamasaki felt sympathy for him.
Ayumi Hamasaki could not mention such a delicate state of mind to anyone.
Shinichi Iwahashi no longer mentioned asking her to sing, but Katsuto Matsuura refused to give up again and again. This disco operator, like Shinichi Iwahashi at that time, had expectations for Hamasaki Ayumi as a singer.
The second time you are invited, you will always be more calm than the first time... Hamasaki Ayumi originally thought so, but soon discovered that it was not the case. Matsuura Katsura and Iwahashi Shinichi sent completely different invitations.
Iwahashi Shinichi, who seems kind and polite and never shows his arrogance in front of others, is the kind of superior person who will not impress Ayako. However, it was with Matsuura Katsuto as a comparison that Hamasaki Ayumi realized how Iwahashi Shinichi treated her.
's different.
However, the president Sang no longer talked about letting her sing.
Tonight was just like the first time I met Matsuura Katsuto. The box was filled with young and fashionable men and women, and everyone was chatting and laughing. The fledgling girl, just being among them, already felt a bit excited about entering the new world.
Of course, it's often mixed with uneasiness.
"I said, Ayu really doesn't plan to be a singer?" Matsuura Katsuto asked her in front of everyone. His slightly frivolous tone suggested that he was evaluating her as a commodity.
Ayumi Hamasaki remained silent, subconsciously avoiding the subject of "singing."
Ayako was a little anxious and stood by to help: "Maybe Ayu can become a singer produced by Komuro-san! If MAX-san is the case, wouldn't it be a piece of cake to introduce Komuro-san to her?!"
If that were the case, Ayako would also be able to meet Tetsuya Komuro.
The young girl had a wishful thinking, but she didn't know that she had said the wrong thing. The smile on Matsuura Katsuto's face became wider and wider, and he said: "I thought I could make some music for Ayu-chan that is not in the Komuro style."
The box fell into silence for a moment because of these words, and then the atmosphere surrounding Katsuto Matsuura began to liven up. Ayako was unaware, and with innocent stupidity, she also came closer to support him.
With Ayako interrupting like this, Matsuura Katsuto's proposal and Hamasaki Ayumi's avoidance fell into place once again.
However, Matsuura Katsuto's rejection when Ayako mentioned Komuro Tetsuya surprised Hamasaki. Both Komuro Tetsuya and Matsuura Katsuto were working with Iwahashi Shinichi, but the relationship between the two people was so...
nervous?
Before the evening train, the two girls said goodbye to Matsuura Masaru and his supporters.
After leaving the disco and heading to the station, Ayako suddenly complained to Hamasaki: "MAX-san's words shocked me! I didn't expect that he also wanted to be a producer."
Ayako was unaware of Matsuura Katsuto's subtle attitude toward Komuro Tetsuya.
"MAX-san's disco is very popular... but he will be the producer?" Ayako was a little skeptical about this. She asked Hamasaki, "What do you think, Ayu-chan?"
Ayumi Hamasaki listened to Ayako's chirping, but felt tired and unable to respond to her.
When he went to a disco, he received an abrupt invitation from Katsuto Matsuura, and he also got a glimpse of this man's subtle attitude towards Tetsuya Komuro. This series of events caught Hamasaki off guard, and he deviated from his original idea of "rebellion".
As we were about to arrive at the station, it suddenly started to rain. The two girls were soaked wet. They started running quickly. The events of the night and their inner struggles were all left behind for a moment.
When he got home, Hamasaki was a little embarrassed. As soon as he entered the door, the puppy Kenta heard the commotion and barked several times and ran over. Hamasaki lowered his voice and called: "Kenta!" Finally, he calmed the puppy immediately.
Utada Hikaru slept peacefully and was not woken up.
The puppy flicked its short tail, ran away from her, and returned to the nest. After comforting the puppy, Hamasaki breathed a sigh of relief, went upstairs, and walked into the bathroom. This night rain came suddenly and went away easily.
Soon, like a passing rain cloud, it almost stopped raining when we came out of the station.
After taking a shower, Hamasaki stood in front of the window and listened, but did not hear the sound of rain.
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Perhaps it was because running fast to avoid the rain made his nerves excited, but Hamasaki couldn't fall asleep. When he was tossing and turning, he felt that the silence around him was terrifying.
It's okay if it rains, at least you can hear the sound of rain. When the rain stops, the silence becomes unbearable late at night, as if it is being chased by this silence.
Ayumi Hamasaki was thinking wildly when suddenly, as if his thoughts came true, he heard a slight noise outside.
Her heartbeat couldn't help but speed up.
The sound was outside at first, far away. Then slowly, it came closer to the house. If he wasn't nervous, Ayumi Hamasaki would not notice such a subtle sound.
In fact, maybe this is just an illusion caused by mental stress.
Iwahashi-san has been away from home for several days on business, and Akina-san is not at home today either...
The puppy Kenta barked, but the barking soon stopped.
Hamasaki tiptoed and sat up from the bed. Just now, her nerves were so tense that she seemed to hear the sound of spiders spinning their webs, but now, those sounds were far away from her, as if everything she just heard was really...
one's own illusion.
She stood up and walked to the door, opened the bedroom door gently, and stepped out.
