(yesterday’s chapter)
Iwahashi Shinichi took a step aside and said, "Good evening, Akina-san."
Akina Nakamori walked in - before entering, she solemnly said "Excuse me~".
This kind of conversation between a guest and a host appeared between the two of them. Shinichi Iwahashi found it strange and couldn't help but laugh at her seriousness.
Hearing his laughter, Nakamori Akina stopped and turned her head to look at him.
Both of them were still wearing the same clothes as when they met for dinner tonight, and one look at them showed that they had just returned home and came out again.
"Please take a seat." Nakamori Akina's solemn words also influenced Iwahashi Shinichi, making him also use the lines used to welcome guests to the host.
This is his office and screening room in Genzo, with a separate space set aside as a reception room.
…
Once your mentality changes, you will be cautious about doing things.
In the past, I didn't have any worries. When I asked Shinichi Iwahashi to meet, I also made an appointment with him outside. But today, when discussing the meeting place, Nakamori Akina suddenly felt some kind of self-consciousness.
In the past, if they went out together and were photographed by reporters, she could calmly apologize to Shinichi Iwahashi and then clarify through her agency that they were just ordinary friends.
But tonight, if he was really photographed, Akina Nakamori did not apologize to him and asked the firm for the courage to clarify.
Once she had some kind of self-awareness and knew that Shinichi Iwahashi might not feel the same as hers, she was afraid of causing trouble to him and causing him unnecessary distress, so it was inconvenient to meet outside at night.
Akina Nakamori came to the place where Iwahashi Shinichi worked for the first time. She was curious and looked around, "Is this Shinichi-kun's office?"
Shinichi Iwahashi went to get the drinks he bought from the convenience store, "Actually, I haven't started working here yet. I just moved from the old location a few years ago."
"So, I can only treat you to this drink now." He took out the bottles one by one.
Akina Nakamori didn't care and continued to ask curiously: "Where was the original office?"
"In Kawasaki." Shinichi Iwahashi couldn't help but smile when he thought of the building that could barely be called a small building. "It's like a building built like building blocks. The company's name is posted outside the window."
Being able to move here from an office building that looks like building blocks means that his production company is obviously in good shape.
Nakamori Akina thought about what he said and laughed too.
Iwahashi Shinichi took the oolong tea himself, while Nakamori Akina looked at him and took the purified water from the pile of neatly arranged bottles. The two sat face to face, exchanging glances. They didn't think of saying anything for a moment, and they were both silent for a moment.
Then, Akina Nakamori took out the prepared paper from her bag and said, "I brought the paper I want to use."
…
I have booked an origami course for a long time in advance, and now I finally got it.
However, the concept of "once makes you familiar, twice becomes familiar" won't work for a poor teacher like Nakamori Akina. Although this is not the first time she teaches origami, every time she changes to a new pattern, her previous teaching experience seems to be wiped out.
Today I am still so clumsy, reckless and a bit impatient.
But for Shinichi Iwahashi, a worry-free student, his previous experience of dealing with this teacher who was not good at teaching was still there. At this time, he naturally took the rhythm in his hands calmly and guided her to continue.
Compared with origami giraffe, origami peacock is obviously more difficult.
During the teaching, Akina Nakamori stopped from time to time to think about the next step. Occasionally after teaching a step, she suddenly said "I remembered it wrong" with some annoyance, and then the two of them went back to the previous step together.
After making mistakes two or three times, I finally got into the groove. After teaching and learning began in a strict manner, the two people who had just been focusing on origami finally had time to chat.
To be honest, from the rehearsal of the Red and White Song Contest to today, I have actually met him several times. However, there has never been a chance to chat face to face.
"On New Year's Eve, I also watched Akina-san's performance at the Daesang on TV."
In front of the principal, Shinichi Iwahashi told her his thoughts while watching TV on New Year's Eve, "Akina-san has grown a lot when she first debuted compared to now. She seems to be a different person on stage."
For him, who has not experienced the growth period after Nakamori Akina's debut, and who was already a charming girl when he met her, it is particularly interesting to see her stage review.
Nakamori Akina naturally didn't have that dark history that she didn't want to recall when she was growing up. However, when he mentioned it to his face, she was still a little embarrassed, as if she had shown him her photo album.
But then, she thought that after attending the Record Awards, she saw him and Miwa Yoshida holding hands at the backstage of NHK Hall.
She stared at her fingers playing with the origami, "Shen Yijun's dreams e true, I don't know what it will evolve into."
When the topic turned to the band, Shinichi Iwahashi smiled, "I don't know. However, no matter how it evolves, the current circus-like style will probably not change."
Akina Nakamori couldn't help but laugh at his phrase "circus".
The two were facing each other. Iwahashi Shinichi raised his gaze, and Nakamori Akina's smiling face was very close to him. His gaze fell on her slightly narrowed eyes and long eyelashes, sliding down and across the tip of her nose.
, finally landed on her lips.
Iwahashi Shinichi blinked.
"Yoshida-san is amazing..."
Akina Nakamori didn't notice that he was looking at her, she lowered her head and said her own words.
"As a singer and songwriter, he is really amazing and a rare genius." Shinichi Iwahashi replied. At this point, he half-joked, "However, as a teammate, this is a headache."
It’s also amazing.”
Akina Nakamori was amused by his choice of words again.
I thought in my heart that Shinichi Iwahashi and Miwa Yoshida had a really good relationship, but he didn't say this out loud. What was strange was that when I heard him talk about Miwa Yoshida in person, I lost the emotion I felt when I saw them holding hands.
That kind of discomfort.
What is the reason for this?
Is it because of his extremely calm attitude?
She was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something.
It was obvious that not long ago, she was troubled by the troubles in her heart that made her restless for several days. Now, after seeing the source of the troubles, she felt calm, and even the original troubles in her heart seemed to have disappeared.
The trouble that made her restless was caused by Shinichi Iwahashi, but now it disappeared because of him.
"Akina-san, what should we do next?" Iwahashi Shinichi's voice woke her up from her daze.
She finally raised her eyes and met his eyes. Shinichi Iwahashi looked at her with a smile and waited.
"Next step..." Nakamori Akina quickly recalled.
Chapter completed!