After saying goodbye, Okada Yukiko's buffering opportunity came to an end due to a strange combination of circumstances.
After this, she will still need to make a decision whether to advance or retreat, and when the next time we will meet again.
At the last moment, Nakamori Akina finally stopped dodging and looked directly into Iwahashi Shinichi's eyes.
Looking at each other like this, she saw Iwahashi Shinichi suddenly showing a look of surprise, but he immediately returned to normal. He did not avoid it, and looked at her openly, and the two exchanged glances silently.
Is it the first time tonight? But it's also the last time tonight.
Then, Shinichi Iwahashi spoke first, "See you next time," he said.
see you later……
Iwahashi Shinichi looked gentle and spoke a secret code that only the two of them could understand. Faced with his gentleness, Nakamori Akina couldn't help but relax her heartstrings, as if she was encouraged by him.
As soon as she relaxed, the words that had been rumbling in her chest all night but could not be spoken out, at this moment, filled her heart again because of this gentleness.
Okada Yukiko has already sat in the car.
Nakamori Akina calmed down her thoughts and whispered back: "See you next time." She nodded to him again. Until she sat in the driver's seat, her heart still echoed with Shinichi Iwahashi's gentle look as if he was encouraging something when she said goodbye.
He said "see you next time".
…
There was a little traffic jam on the road at this time.
"Can you turn on the radio?" Nakamori Akina asked Okada Yukiko.
Okada Yukiko gave her a positive answer.
Although an important part of the plan went awry, Okada Yukiko's detective game was forced to end early. However, when she got into Nakamori Akina's car and was driven home by her, the previous prank idea was immediately thrown away.
The back of the head.
On the way back, she talked to Akina Nakamori about all kinds of things. The Chinese New Year had just passed, and there was no shortage of interesting topics. With Okada Yukiko chatting and laughing by her side, Akina Nakamori temporarily forgot about facing Iwahashi tonight.
Shen momentary hesitation and worries.
The traffic lights changed and the traffic began to move slowly.
Although the radio was on, the two of them chatted without paying attention to what they were listening to, until a familiar melody sounded.
Okada Yukiko said "Ah", "It's "Future Scenario II"."
She thought of something and asked Nakamori Akina with a smile, "Akina-san, does this prelude sound like the 'bang bang bang -' before the stage starts, reminding the audience that the show is about to begin?"
This metaphor is a bit cute, Nakamori Akina couldn't help laughing, "A little bit."
But no matter what, the two inattentive listeners were indeed brought back to their attention by this "thump thump thump thump—".
In December last year, "Future Vision II" had already been heavily promoted on radio stations.
At first, the agency paid publicity fees to promote it, but when it became popular and won the championship, it became a spontaneous promotion. After the band performed its first public performance at the Red and White Song Festival, the song's on-demand rate on radio stations once again hit the target.
to rise.
"Flash the brake light five times" as a code for confession is implicit and gentle, and most importantly, it is easy to imitate. The threshold for imitation is low, and it is easy for the public to participate, making it easier to become popular.
"How can pressing the brake light five times be associated with confession? Yoshida-san from DreamscomeTrue is really amazing." Okada Yukiko sighed seriously.
"yes."
Akina Nakamori echoed, but she thought in her heart that the reason why it became a secret code for confession was because both parties knew it tacitly. It was because there was an "agreement" first, and then there was a "secret code".
The reason why an agreement becomes an agreement is because both parties want to protect it.
She remembered the "see you next time" she said to Shinichi Iwahashi.
To others, it sounds like an ordinary farewell, but between the two of them, the meaning is different. When I say "see you next time" to Shinichi Iwahashi, I really want to see him again.
This sentence became a secret code that only the two of them knew. Isn't the reason for this just because it was an agreement between the two of them?
"I asked Iwahashi-san, since it is "Future Vision II", if there is "Future Vision I"." Okada Yukiko continued to tell the gossip about her being one step ahead, "Iwahashi-san told me, there is also "Future Vision I".
Where's the future scenario iii"?"
Akina Nakamori responded, but her thoughts were elsewhere.
It was also because Iwahashi Shinichi wanted to see her again that he said "see you next time" like her when saying goodbye... If you think so, does it also touch his thoughts and feelings?
Even just a little bit.
When saying goodbye tonight, Iwahashi Shinichi also said "see you next time".
…
Akina Nakamori sent Yukiko Okada to her apartment downstairs.
"I'm so happy today." Yukiko Okada said, "I met Akina-san and Iwahashi-san... although it was my willfulness."
No matter what, tonight's meeting between the three of them was Iwahashi Shinichi and Nakamori Akina responding to her request.
"It doesn't matter." Akina Nakamori smiled and didn't mind.
Okada Yukiko asked her, "Do you have any plans for Akina-san? Do you want to go up and sit for a while?"
Akina Nakamori politely declined.
Okada Yukiko didn't insist, got out of the car, waved to her, "Good night, Akina-san."
Sending Yukiko Okada off, Akina Nakamori returned home.
On the way back, there was no Okada Yukiko chatting beside her, and only the car radio was playing content that she was not interested in, but not bored by.
After listening to it for a while, she felt confused and simply turned off the radio.
The car suddenly became quiet.
Although she declined Yukiko politely, she actually had no plans when she returned.
Nakamori Akina subconsciously thought, has Iwahashi Shinichi gone back now? When she thought of him, she immediately thought of his gentle eyes when saying goodbye, and of his words of "see you next time."
Akina Nakamori wanted to believe that Shinichi Iwahashi who said "see you next time" really wanted to meet her again. And she herself responded to him with "see you next time" when she said goodbye.
When you say "see you next time", don't you want to see him again?
All the troubles are caused by wanting to be close to him and wanting to "see you next time" with him, rather than wanting to push him away.
When is the next time we meet again?
The words she wanted to say but couldn't say surged in her chest again. It seemed that if she couldn't express them quickly, she would be burned.
When she was almost home, Akina Nakamori heard her pager ringing. She was driving her car and it was difficult to see it. She didn't take out her pager until she drove into the parking lot and entered the elevator.
It was Shinichi Iwahashi calling.
After entering the door, Akina Nakamori did not change her clothes. She came to the phone with a pager and called Shinichi Iwahashi back. After waiting for a while, the phone was picked up.
"Shinichi-kun."
…
Shinichi Iwahashi didn't have anywhere he wanted to go next. After saying goodbye to the two girls, he headed straight back home. But on the way back, the look on Nakamori Akina's face as she looked directly at him flashed through his mind from time to time.
Tonight, he noticed Akina Nakamori looking at him several times.
Throughout the night, her eyes would always linger for a moment and then quickly move away. This cautiousness was not as if she was worried about revealing the "secret" she had agreed to keep in front of Okada Yukiko, but rather as if she was afraid of being exposed by him.
Catch the general.
But even though Akina Nakamori was careful not to let herself be noticed, she actually didn't escape his eyes at all. When they first met tonight, he noticed that she was hesitant to speak, which made Shin Iwahashi pay special attention to her reaction all night long.
When Akina Nakamori went to see him, Iwahashi Shinichi was paying attention to her. Because of this, he was surprised when she changed her previous attitude and looked directly at her when she said goodbye for the last time.
The more she looked over and dodged, the more Iwahashi Shinichi became convinced in his heart that the hesitation he noticed in Nakamori Akina was not due to the inconvenience of Okada Yukiko's presence.
What she wanted to say was a topic that would make her hesitate even if they were just the two of them sitting across from each other.
Shinichi Iwahashi couldn't help but think of the phone call he had with Akina Nakamori on the first day of the year.
At that time, she had some abnormal behavior on the phone, and tonight, her eyes kept falling on him and then quickly looking away, and her expression of being hesitant to speak, the three of them subtly overlapped everything for a while.
Until he returned home, Iwahashi Shinichi was still thinking about how she looked today. Then he realized how sincere the words "see you next time" he said to her before leaving were.
Unknowingly, he was touched by the hesitation and hesitation shown by Akina Nakamori these days, and wanted to ask the truth. However, he knew in his heart that asking a straightforward question might make her unable to speak.
After thinking about it, I came to the desk, opened the drawer, took out the origami peacock, and called Akina Nakamori.
I waited for a while for her call back.
"Has Akina-san gone back?"
…
"Just came back." Akina Nakamori replied.
Iwahashi Shinichi said "Oh" and paused. There was a brief silence on the phone.
He didn't speak, which made Akina Nakamori feel a little impatient. It wasn't because of Iwahashi Shinichi's silence and impatientness, but because of the impatience caused by the words surging in her chest.
I wanted to say something, but I couldn't find a clue for a while. At this time, I felt even more clumsy.
Just when his thoughts were wandering, Iwahashi Shinichi spoke again.
"I was just tidying up my desk and saw the origami peacock again."
"Ah!" He suddenly said, startling Akina Nakamori.
As a result, Akina Nakamori's reaction shocked Shinichi Iwahashi, "What happened?"
"nothing……"
Nakamori Akina's face felt hot. She couldn't explain it, and she didn't know how to make up an excuse to cover it up.
Iwahashi Shinichi noticed her embarrassment and didn't ask any more questions. He continued as if nothing had happened, "Then, I studied the peacock again, but I still couldn't do anything."
He didn't even make any jokes to lighten the mood - this made Nakamori Akina even more relieved, and she felt like she was being cared for by him again.
