"In that case," Akina Nakamori said to him, "I will teach you again."
Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't help but smile, "Teach me again?"
Nakamori Akina nodded, "Yeah." After thinking about it, "If it doesn't work once, then teach it over and over again... As long as Shinichi-kun still wants to learn."
If it doesn't work once, just do it again and again.
Even if she just taught him origami, while being treated tenderly by Shinichi Iwahashi, as long as he needed her, she wanted to do something for him. Anything.
Like a kitten who brings home all kinds of strange things to show friendship.
Akina Nakamori said these words with a cheerful expression, which reminded Iwahashi Shinichi of the time when she claimed to be a child of the shopping district. The awkwardness on the phone that day on the first day, and the hesitation when they met for the first time tonight, have all disappeared.
.
However, Iwahashi Shinichi will not ask her "why" again.
There was no need to ask her "why", the mood Nakamori Akina wanted to convey had already been conveyed to him.
"I want to learn." Shinichi Iwahashi looked at her.
"If you are really stumped, just do it again." He said, "I'll keep asking you until you teach me. It sounds like I'm cheating."
Nakamori Akina blinked, "If you say that, I am also a scumbag."
That's different...
Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't help but smile when he was about to speak. He suddenly thought that as long as one of him and Nakamori Akina didn't want to be such a scumbag, the origami teaching wouldn't be possible.
It was because he was willing to maintain his interest in origami and continue the game of exchanging origami with her. And now, he was also willing to be the "cheap" who failed to learn it again after being stumped.
Whether it’s a scumbag who learns origami or a scumbag who teaches origami, it’s not just because Akina Nakamori is willing to teach him that he can learn it, but also because Shinichi Iwahashi is willing to learn, so she can continue teaching.
If this is the case, then just as she said, both of them are scoundrels.
"Before that, I have to learn new origami... This time I have to be more solid." Otherwise, it would be bad if I almost stumped myself again like today.
Nakamori Akina thought for a while and suddenly asked, "What animal does Shinichi-kun like?"
She took another step toward Shinichi Iwahashi. If she couldn't take one step, she took another step forward.
"Well." Iwahashi Shinichi also thought about it seriously and answered her, "The panda is chewing bamboo, the koala is hugging the tree trunk, the polar bear is swimming, and the penguin is falling on the ice... Yes.
Now, because I often pretend to be a giraffe recently, I also started to like giraffes.”
Nakamori Akina laughed at his answer and asked: "So, do you like giraffes when they are doing something?"
Iwahashi Shinichi said seriously, "When you look at me wearing a giraffe hood."
Hearing what he said, Akina Nakamori thought of the photo in the Dreams Come True debut album of Shinichi Iwahashi wearing a giraffe hood looking at a real giraffe at the London Zoo, and her shoulders were shaking with laughter.
"What about Akina-san?" Shinichi Iwahashi asked her in turn, "What animals do you like?"
He asked this question probably because he felt the mood coming from Akina Nakamori, but he also wanted to convey his own mood to her.
"Um……"
Akina Nakamori also thought carefully, "A cat when it is curious about something, a small dog when it is lying there sleeping, a cheetah when it is running, and then a bird sitting on a branch and chirping."
The way she looks when she says "chirp, chirp" is particularly cute.
Having said this, he paused and looked at Shinichi Iwahashi with a smile, "And the giraffe when he looked at the person dressed as a giraffe."
This time, the one laughing was Shinichi Iwahashi.
I have always been curious about Shinichi Iwahashi, my impression of him, and my own imagination of him. These three things, tonight and after tonight, I have the opportunity to ask questions and confirm them.
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The reason why you can be needed by someone is because you give that person the opportunity to be needed.
The care that Akina Nakamori felt from Shinichi Iwahashi was not only because Shinichi Iwahashi was willing to take care of her, but also because Akina Nakamori was willing to accept his care.
The reason for the constant exchange of letters was that she wanted to receive the letter and was willing to reply after receiving the letter. Her questions could be answered, and Shinichi Iwahashi had the same curiosity about her.
Everything has always been mutual. It is the same at this moment.
Neither of them disagreed, but they reached a tacit understanding and reached a consensus.
Each has a curiosity, a desire to understand, and a desire to consider each other. These things build a bridge of communication and connection between them.
Shinichi Iwahashi and Akina Nakamori sat face to face, exchanging questions and answers, each taking a step towards the other.
"However," Nakamori Akina said seriously, "I actually want to try wearing Shinichi-kun's giraffe hood."
Hearing what she said, Iwahashi Shinichi imagined Mori Akina's small stature but wearing his eye-catching giraffe hood. He smiled and promised her, "Next time, I'll show you how to wear it."
"It would be great if I could wear a giraffe hood and go to the zoo to see giraffes."
No longer worrying about gains and losses, she kept having fantastic thoughts, "Shen Yi-kun doesn't wear a hood, and I wear Shen Yi-kun's hood. If I appear in the zoo like this, no one will reveal my identity, right?"
After all, the keyboardist of Dreams Come True has a giraffe head.
When the hood is put on, no one loves it. When the hood is taken off, no one loves it. The Chinese language is broad and profound.
"This is like a part of a prank show." Shinichi Iwahashi said. Before he fell in love with Akina Nakamori's fantastic idea, he couldn't help but think to himself that it would be better not to underestimate the skills of Japanese reporters.
"A show to torture people?" Senior TV enthusiast Akina Nakamori was very interested.
Iwahashi Shin nodded, "Don't Fuji TV have a variety show where they prank celebrities? Akina-san also participated in it."
Akina Nakamori was deceived and cheated every year on this show. When he mentioned it, she wrinkled her nose and said, "I was deceived so miserably."
This expression of eating something sour is actually a bit funny.
The audience watching the program in front of the TV, knowing in advance that it was a prank, watched the tricked star fall into the trap step by step. This process is naturally funny.
However, it is a bit pitiful for a celebrity to believe his true feelings and then be told that he is a prank.
"In that show, Akina-san was the one who was being bullied. What if it was the other way around?" Shinichi Iwahashi said, "Akina-san was the one who was being bullied."
"For example, the tourist who appeared in the zoo wearing a giraffe hood was Akina Nakamori herself. If the tourists at the restaurant at the giraffe pavilion knew about this, how would they react...Similarly this kind of attack on ordinary people
insanity."
This idea has been around for a long time. Okada Yukiko was working in his recording studio for a singer who had recorded cover albums in the past, and listened to the singer sing her own songs.
When she told this incident to Iwahashi Shinichi as a joke, Iwahashi Shinichi thought it was funny imagining this situation and wanted to turn it into a show.
Participating in a variety show is like wearing a giraffe hood, only zero times and countless times.
Akina Nakamori listened with great interest, "If there is such a trick, I would really like to participate." Rather than being tricked so miserably every time, it is indeed more interesting to play harmless little pranks on others.
"If there really is such a program, I invite you to participate..." Iwahashi Shinichi teased her.
Nakamori Akina's eyes were bright, "I want to go."
Of course, there is none now.
But when the opportunity arose later, Shinichi Iwahashi really wanted to do such a program, where he would prank ordinary people on a daily basis, and let the celebrities and entertainers who had been pranked to the point of being disgraced and teary-eyed in the past, in turn, make little jokes with ordinary people.
At that time, I took advantage of my close acquaintance with Akina Nakamori in private and shamelessly invited her to play.
Although judging from her current reaction, if it really happened, she probably wouldn't have to rely on connections to go through the back door. As soon as she was told, she would go there happily.
…
It was already half past eight when we agreed to meet. I came here from home, taught origami and chatted, so it was already very late.
However, neither of them seemed to care about the time and kept chatting and starting new topics.
However, no matter how lively the chat is, there will be a moment of silence after a certain topic ends.
Akina Nakamori sat facing the window. The dark night outside turned the glass window into a mirror, reflecting everything in the office.
She glanced at her watch quietly and saw that the time was a bit late.
She knew in her heart that it was inappropriate to chat endlessly in his office, but she didn't want to mention anything else. Akina Nakamori thought about it and wanted to start a new topic.
Chatting that seemed like she didn't care about time, to her, was actually a sign that she cared about time. She didn't want to say goodbye to Iwahashi Shinichi, but she also knew that it was impossible to stay, so she thought of spending more time with him in this way.
Stay a while.
She was so clumsy that even when she took a step towards him, she stumbled and was confused.
Was it discovered by Shinichi Iwahashi?
Nakamori Akina was distracted for a moment when she heard him say: "It's getting late."
She had no choice but to reply: "Yes."
"Time flies very fast tonight." Shinichi Iwahashi also looked at his watch.
Nakamori Akina remembered that he had to go to work tomorrow, and felt embarrassed about dragging him to talk to him. However, she did not regret doing so.
"Then I'll take it back."
Shinichi Iwahashi picked up the peacock that Akina Nakamori had on the table, put it in his hand and looked at it. Then he took this one back, and the origami zoo in the drawer was about to be filled with new animals.
"I'll write a letter when I get back." Nakamori Akina stared at his hand holding the origami peacock.
Shinichi Iwahashi smiled and said, "I'm just waiting for my thoughts on trying out the band's new album. I can't wait to see the feedback from the audience."
Whether it is radio broadcasts or TV commercials, these are the methods of promotion. However, what determines whether it can reach the level he expected is the quality of the album.
I will go to the company tomorrow to see the feedback data about the effect of the publicity. As a member of the general audience, Akina Nakamori’s taste of the album is related to her impression of the quality of the album.
"It took so long." Akina Nakamori was a little embarrassed.
Tonight, if I had not come out to see Shinichi Iwahashi, when would this letter have been sent? It had been agreed all along to exchange "tasting impressions". Akina Nakamori, a kid from the shopping street, felt ashamed for not keeping his word.
Shinichi Iwahashi was talking about another thing, "I guess Akina-san may want to wait until I learn how to fold the peacock before writing a new letter."
Listening to his words, Nakamori Akina seemed to understand Iwahashi Shinichi's mood when he called her, and she also truly felt his expectation for the origami peacock and the new reply.
Isn't the reason why she can write letters, origami, and wait for replies so energetically because she has expectations?
"What are Akina-san thinking about?"
Suddenly, she heard Iwahashi Shinichi calling her. It turned out that she had been staring at him unconsciously.
Tonight, Akina Nakamori is particularly easy to get distracted. Once she discovers a new possibility and takes a new step, not only the future is full of unknowns, but even the past seems to be able to be interpreted in a new way.
In contrast, only the "now" is the most real.
Awakened by him, she looked at Shinichi Iwahashi, who looked concerned, and said to him: "I was thinking that although I feel far away from Shinichi-kun, I seem to be closer than I imagined."
From the moment she said her first childish words, Akina Nakamori had no scruples.
Isn't this lack of scruple due to the fact that Iwahashi Shinichi can understand?
She moved her gaze downwards, and Iwahashi Shinichi's hand was resting on the table, very close to her, so close that she could hold it just by stretching out her hand.
She recalled the night of the Kohaku Song Festival, when she saw Yoshida Miwa and Iwahashi Shinichi holding hands. How did the hands hold together like that?
Nakamori Akina stared at his hand, suddenly stretched out a finger, put it on the back of his hand, and rubbed it gently.
Faced with her sudden attack, Shinichi Iwahashi felt a move in his heart. He subconsciously looked at Akina Nakamori. She had a small smile on her face, a bit like she was joking with him.
However, it's more like using a smile to hide something.
Rubbing the back of his hand, Akina Nakamori also felt that her approach was too abrupt, so she took her hand back and went to pick up the origami peacock belonging to Shinichi Iwahashi as if nothing had happened. She deliberately said in a somewhat exaggerated tone: "Then I will take Shinichi-kun's origami peacock."
I brought this one back..."
She reached over and pinched the origami peacock's neck.
Suddenly, a big hand gently covered her outstretched hand.
It was Iwahashi Shinichi who held her hand.
Nakamori Akina was shocked. She didn't expect Iwahashi Shinichi to reach out to her. However, she couldn't help but think about the dry but warm palm.
With this thought in mind, she raised her head and looked at Shinichi Iwahashi.
Iwahashi Shinichi was also looking at her.
Their eyes met, the two looked at each other, but neither one looked away.