"We have many children in our family. When my brother and sister get married, the eldest of the unmarried children always speaks as the representative of the family."
Nakamori Akina played with the origami giraffe in her hand and casually chatted about family matters with Shinichi Iwahashi, "However, when my second brother got married the year before last, I was supposed to be the family representative, but my sister Akiho clamored to speak on behalf of the family."
"Yeah?"
"Akiho said, 'The possibility of me getting married before Akina-san is greater than the possibility of Akina-san being the next in the family to get married.' So, she wanted to be the family representative first, and she also said that she could wait until she
When we get married, I, as the older sister, will have the say."
Nakamori Akina smiled when she talked about this incident. However, this smile had nothing to do with happiness. Of course, based on what she relayed about Nakamori Akiho's remarks, it is hard to believe that she had good intentions.
When she started talking about family matters, Shinichi Iwahashi couldn't answer her questions for a while.
After thinking for a while, he asked: "How old are Ming Sui-san and Ming Cai-san?"
"Only a little more than a year." Akina Nakamori replied.
There are two sisters, one born in 1965 and the other in 1966. One’s birthday is in July and the other’s birthday is in October.
In other words, Nakamori Akina's parents and family had to prepare for the arrival of the next child before they had a chance to take a good look at the new born child.
Perhaps because of this, the attention that should have been given to Nakamori Akina was also given to Nakamori Akiho before it could reach her.
With a one-year difference, Nakamori Akiho became the youngest daughter who was accommodated by her family, while Nakamori Akina was like a transition between brothers and sisters.
"Speaking of which, Akiho-san also made her debut this year." Shinichi Iwahashi recalled the sentence she had mentioned in her letter.
Hearing him talk about this matter, Nakamori Akina's expression was slightly shadowed and she said "hmm".
"As an actor or a singer?"
Iwahashi Shinichi was focused on the origami paper in his hand and did not notice her reaction. However, he thought to himself that if he has a sister who is a star in the singing world, then most likely his sister will not want to be a singer.
After all, she is a sister who is so competitive that she even wants to get ahead of her sister in the order of getting married. It is impossible for her to want to be crushed by her sister in the field where her sister is the king.
"I started out as an actor..." Akina Nakamori said slowly, "As an actor, I participated in several TV series."
However, they are all small roles with only a few lines, such as Student A or the heroine classmate. Is it because the reality of being able to only play small roles is too different from her imagination of the entertainment world?
Akina Nakamori hesitated for a while before adding, "Now, I'm debuting as a photo model."
"Ah." Iwahashi Shinichi was deeply surprised.
He is very clear about the work content of a photo model. Is Akiho Nakamori going to debut as a photo model?
Shinichi Iwahashi realized belatedly and suddenly realized Akina Nakamori's mood when she talked about this matter. He raised his head to look at her. As a result, he found that Akina Nakamori was also looking at him.
When he was unaware, Akina Nakamori looked at him and said these words.
However, now that their eyes met and he was looking at her, Akina Nakamori thought about what she just said about her sister becoming a photo model, and suddenly felt blushing and ashamed, so she looked away.
Faced with her reaction, Shinichi Iwahashi understood why Nakamori Akina mentioned the matter of her sister's debut in a vague way in her letter.
That kind of half-hidden attitude is partly because of embarrassment and partly because of confusion.
It was the confusion that made her want to talk, but the embarrassment made her unable to do so.
"What should we do next? Akina-san."
Iwahashi Shinichi looked at Nakamori Akina who lowered her head in shame and asked suddenly. The origami giraffe in his hand was already very impressive and was almost in its final stage.
"Why?"
Akina Nakamori reacted for a moment. She had not forgotten the identity of the origami teacher after all. She looked at the origami in Shinichi Iwahashi's hand and said, "The next step should be like this..."
"Okay." Iwahashi Shinichi followed her instructions and fiddled with the origami.
Nakamori Akina dislikes revealing clothing, but her younger sister became a photo model. Nakamori Akina and Iwahashi Shinichi talked about their embarrassment when their sister became a photo model, which came from a sense of shame as if they were being watched.
Iwahashi Shinichi changed the topic, allowing her to escape the shame for the time being, but Nakamori Akina didn't feel relieved.
She had a subtle thought in her mind. She wanted to avoid the topic of her sister, but also wanted to have a pleasant conversation about her sister with someone.
"Right now, I am producing a band that is preparing to debut. The lead singer, Sang, originally worked as a photo model." Shinichi Iwahashi suddenly spoke again.
Akina Nakamori was frightened and looked at him blankly.
Iwahashi Shinichi did not look up and continued to complete the origami in his hand, "I am very optimistic about the lead singer Sang. It is not an exaggeration to say that I am lucky as a producer to be able to meet her."
"Lucky?" Nakamori Akina was surprised at his choice of words.
"When the band debuts and Akina-san listens to her singing, she will probably be able to understand my emotions." Iwahashi Shinichi said this and changed his subject, "But if she was not a photo model, I might not have met her.
she."
Shinichi Iwahashi told her about his encounter with Sachiko Kamaike, "...that's it. In order to realize his dream of becoming a singer, this lead singer entered the entertainment industry by becoming a photo model."
"That's amazing." After hearing this, Akina Nakamori was impressed by the singer's resilience.
"The lead singer Sang has a shy personality and a noble temperament. If it weren't for his dream, he would never have entered the photo model industry." When Shinichi Iwahashi mentioned Sachiko Kamaike, not only did he not despise her, but he even admired her.
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By the end of November, Sachiko Kamaike's last work contract with a certain magazine was completed. Soon, she bid farewell to her career as a photo model and fully prepared for her next debut.
However, Iwahashi Shinichi mentioned Kamachi Sachiko for another reason.
"When making some decisions, you need some kind of reason that can convince you." The introverted Sachiko Kamaike wants to be a photo model. What can make her determined is a dream that she will not be willing to accept unless she gives it a try.
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As Iwahashi Shinichi said, he suddenly changed the topic back to Nakamori Akiho, "Akiho-san, too."
"What?" Nakamori Akina was startled.
What she was looking forward to, Shinichi Iwahashi talking to her about Akiho Nakamori came true, but she was a little confused by his words. Did Shinichi-kun mean to say that in the job of photo model, Akiho has a dream?
"Akiho-san people are very proud." Iwahashi Shinichi said slowly.
Even when it comes to giving speeches at weddings, Nakamori Akiho is so proud, at least in front of her sister named Nakamori Akina, that she has to compete with her sister. Even if she wants to enter the entertainment industry, she would not want to be at the bottom of the industry.
Profession.
The reality is that in the entertainment industry, photo models are undoubtedly at the bottom.
Because he heard Akina Nakamori describe how strong her sister was at the wedding speech, Shinichi Iwahashi guessed that she would become an actress after her debut.
As for singers, Akina Nakamori has already achieved her best. Considering Akiho Nakamori's desire to overpower her sister, she should consider becoming an actor as her first ideal.
Akina Nakamori initially said that her sister had participated in several TV series, which is enough to prove this point.
"Akiho wants the best for everything." Nakamori Akina expressed her true feelings in front of Shinichi Iwahashi.
However, when Iwahashi Shinichi heard this, what he thought was that he wanted to be the best in everything, but he wanted to be a low-level photo model.
"Akisu-san is doing things to shatter dreams," he said.
Nakamori Akina looked surprised, "Crush the dream?" Whose dream was shattered? Akiho's, or...
Nakamori Akina and Nakamori Akiho, two sisters of similar age, can be said to have grown up together. Although there are four older brothers and sisters in front of them, the age gap between them and these two younger sisters is relatively large.
Compared to Akina Nakamori, who has been in poor health since childhood and has had to change her family's travel plans due to illness from time to time, the siblings obviously prefer their younger sister Akiho Nakamori, who is always running and jumping behind them.
For Nakamori Akiho, her brothers and sisters are not an obstacle to her getting the attention of her parents. In other words, there is a huge age difference between her and her brothers and sisters. The older brothers and sisters are already young and she wants to go.
Seeking someone to favor.
The person who can compete for favor in the family has always been her sister who is only one year older than her.
Perhaps, as early as in childhood, when competing with Akina Nakamori for the family's attention, Akiho Nakamori regarded this sister as an imaginary enemy in life.
Growing up, Akiho Nakamori always had to take precedence over her older sister in everything. When she entered the entertainment industry, she was slapped in the face by the cruel reality.
You can do whatever you want at home, but no one cares about you when you go out.
If Akiho Nakamori didn't enter the entertainment industry, she might still be able to keep her dream. If she entered the entertainment industry, she would have no choice but to humiliate herself. And her dream is not so much to become a big star, but to defeat the person who has trouble at home.
The sister who had everything she had to deal with.
But now, reality has proven that she will never be able to compare with Akina Nakamori throughout her life.
What was shattered along with the dream was the fragile self-esteem that had always been there.
If you can't get it, then destroy it. Turning to become a low-level photo model is because after your own dreams and self-esteem were shattered, you wanted to destroy Akina Nakamori's self-esteem.
If you can't be proud in front of your sister, then drag her along with you to perish together.
If Akina Nakamori was disgraced because of her, that would be a victory... It is true that one person has many faces, but when she volunteered to be a photo model, Nakamori Akiho probably had this idea in her heart.
"It's probably quite tacky for me to say this now." Shinichi Iwahashi looked at Akina Nakamori, who was still a little confused, "Akina-san is Akina-san, Akina-san is Akina-san."
Nakamori Akina blinked and looked at Iwahashi Shinichi.
The idea of treating her sister as her imaginary enemy in life is certainly absurd. However, in a sense, Nakamori Akina also showed an attitude of caring too much about her sister.
"If breaking a dream can be regarded as a kind of dream, Akiho-san's becoming a photo model can also be said to be a dream." Shinichi Iwahashi said, "Since Akiho-san is pursuing a dream, let her
Just go chase your dreams.”
"Akina-san also has his own dreams, right?" Iwahashi Shinichi changed the subject, and then he got to the point, "And Akina-san, just for the sake of your own dreams, you have to protect your dreams."
He smiled and said, half jokingly and half seriously, "Keeping your dreams is the only way to fight against Mingsui-san."
Nakamori Akina didn't expect that he would use "confrontation" freely and openly on their sisters.
However, when she heard this word, she first felt funny and couldn't help but smile... Fighting against Mingsui must have been in her heart for many years.
No one noticed it before, and she kept it in her heart. But now, for the first time, someone said it out.
The sister who cares too much about her sister's behavior may not necessarily be thinking that in the process of confronting her as an imaginary enemy in life, she also unknowingly regards her as an opponent.
Shinichi-kun understands everything... Nakamori Akina once again felt the comfort of being cared for and understood.
She wrote in the letter that she was still puzzled, but Shinichi Iwahashi patiently gave her the answer.
"As long as Akina-san's dream is there, no one will associate Akina-san's dream with you." The more Akina Nakamori shines, the more clearly the public will realize that "Akina and Akiho are different people."
"this matter.
Iwahashi Shinichi said to her, "Sister and sister are two different people, with different lives and different dreams."
He immediately revealed the reason why Akina Nakamori felt ashamed just now, and Akina Nakamori lowered her head in embarrassment. But this time her shyness was different from what she had just thought.
"I'm so sorry to always say such things to you." She muttered.
Iwahashi Shinichi smiled and said, "If Akina-san wants to hear me talk about my own affairs, I will have a lot waiting for you."
The implication was that he listened to her because he wanted to hear it, instead of accepting it all as a trash can. Hearing his calm comfort, a warm current flowed through Akina Nakamori's heart.
"I want to hear it." She looked at Shinichi Iwahashi with a serious look, which reminded Shinichi Iwahashi of her appearance when she said she was a child in a shopping street.
"I will listen to whatever Shinichi-kun says." Akina Nakamori showed a big smile.
Shinichi Iwahashi stretched out his hand to Topo Star, who had regained his energy, "Anyway, let me first ask you to review the progress of the origami class."
"ah!"
Akina Nakamori remembered that she still had a craft class that Little Tails had not finished teaching, and hurriedly continued her teaching. She was so panicked that it seemed like she was just one step away from stepping over the line.
At the end of the origami handicraft class, I experienced Taopusida's busy teaching class again, and then I was finally done.
Two origami giraffes were placed together on the table. Nakamori Akina looked at them and said with a smile: "Shinichi-kun's hands are more skillful than mine."
This is comparing the kitten she folded for the first time with the giraffe that Shinichi Iwahashi folded for the first time.
That ugly, spiritless kitten was exchanged with Shinichi Iwahashi... Akina Nakamori thought of this and suggested it to Shinichi Iwahashi.
