Young idols often make jokes like this when they stay together.
Faced with such jokes, young idols have their own way of dealing with them. They just need to treat themselves as side dishes for the entertainment of the hecklers.
Everyone here is familiar friends, so it doesn’t hurt that Akina Nakamori is the target of ridicule.
No matter what the joker’s intentions are, the same joke can only be made once at a party at most. Even if it is treated as a side dish, there is no need to worry about being unable to escape.
Jokes between friends do not need to be taken seriously, but overreaction will lead to more intense "torture". However, while being laughed at, Akina Nakamori felt empty in her heart.
It would be great if Shinichi-kun were here too.
Or, it would be nice to introduce Shinichi-kun to her friends. Akina Nakamori can't control herself from thinking like this, but she also knows that she can't do it, at least not yet.
I just held his hand...
When Nakamori Akina thought of this, she first felt that the road ahead was long, and then her empty heart suddenly filled up. She wanted to call him and meet him.
The low mood suddenly became high again.
She was full of energy and opened up new topics, completely putting aside the jokes she had just made.
Two men, one deliberately making fun of others, and the other honestly letting his senior make fun of him, neither paid much attention to Akina Nakamori's reaction. As soon as a new topic was started, the previous joke immediately disappeared.
Only Koizumi Kyoko, who likes to observe people, found Nakamori Akina's appearance today quite interesting.
However, one is an idol-turned-star, and the other is a man behind the scenes who started out as an agent and is now focusing on the band, Akina Nakamori and Shinichi Iwahashi. There is almost no overlap between the two in terms of career or interpersonal relationships.
No one present would have thought that a person like Shinichi Iwahashi existed.
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Tahara Toshihiko had a TV series to shoot in the afternoon, and before lunch was over, his agent came to pick him up.
Of the remaining three people, two women had free time in the afternoon because the live show was canceled, and the other man had some free time because he had just transitioned and didn't have much work yet.
After lunch, Masahiro Motoki wanted to ask two girls to sit somewhere again.
However, the more chance they get for a vacation, the more they want to enjoy it alone. Both Koizumi Kyoko and Nakamori Akina wanted to do something of their own, so this short gathering ended here.
When parting, Masahiro Motoki hesitated to speak to Akina Nakamori, but before he could say anything, Akina Nakamori had already waved goodbye to him with a smile.
When she does something with a smile, it makes people feel like they can't refuse.
But it's not because of her cute smile that makes people irresistible. Rather, when she shows this expression, she actually reveals some non-negotiable meanings.
Therefore, Motomu Masahiro had no choice but to give up the idea and said goodbye to her with the same smile.
After leaving the door, the three of them went their separate ways.
Masahiro Motoki called her agent in advance, and at this time, the agent drove over to pick her up.
Both Koizumi Kyoko and Nakamori Akina wanted to go home first. The place where they lived was convenient, so Koizumi Kyoko called the taxi company.
Akina Nakamori had nothing to do in the afternoon and had no scheduled arrangements. She had already begun to think about tidying up her room when she got home later. After the New Year, she was busy with work for several days and had no time to do serious cleaning. It was just a good time to do some cleaning.
In Tokyo, people were rushing through the streets to catch the few hours of fun before the official start of the national mourning. Even taxis were harder to come by than during the day.
It’s interesting to say that in order to seize the last chance to have fun, Tokyoites are more self-centered than ever before, more focused on their next destination, and less indifferent to the people on the streets than ever before.
Chasing stars is not as good as having fun first.
In this way, being a star becomes easier than ever.
Anyway, they were on their way, so they hailed a car.
As a result, as soon as the car came over, Nakamori Akina glanced at the street corner, noticed something, and suddenly changed her mind.
"I suddenly remembered that there is another place to go."
Koizumi Kyoko didn't ask any questions and accepted her words as they were, "Then I'll take the first step."
"See you next time." The two girls waved goodbye.
All the friends left, leaving Akina Nakamori alone.
No one is with her, so she doesn't have to worry about being asked "why". She is generous and looks towards the street corner.
On the corner of the street is a phone booth.
In high-end neighborhoods, the streets are clean and straight, and the glass of the phone booths is also clean, unlike the phone booths in busy shopping streets that are covered with various small advertisements.
Because of this, you can see the face of the person who is making a phone call more clearly.
In the phone booth, there was a young girl holding the phone and chatting endlessly.
Her appearance is no different from that of fashionable young women nowadays. Although she likes to dress up, she is not considered a beauty. If she passed her by on the street, I am afraid no one would pay attention to her.
But Akina Nakamori was attracted to her just now for no reason.
To be precise, I was attracted by her expression and demeanor when she made the phone call.
From the look on this girl's face, you can tell that she is talking to her sweetheart on the phone... If you also have someone you love, then walking on the street, you can seem to find out a little bit of the secrets of even strangers.
Nakamori Akina had never held the handset of a phone booth and called her sweetheart on a crowded street.
While distracted, the girl came out of the phone booth, not caring about the stranger who had just stared at her quietly, and walked her own way.
Akina Nakamori looked at the empty phone booth, and by some strange mistake, she also walked in.
Picking up the receiver, inserting a coin into it, and before dialing, I suddenly realized that if I call this page, will I get an immediate response?
However, her fingers had already taken the lead and pressed down the string of numbers that she knew by heart.
Now if someone saw her face through the glass of the phone booth, would he also be able to see her caring expression? On the street where people were coming and going, Nakamori Akina was not worried about anyone discovering her secret.
Even though she knew it, this was a call she didn't know if she would get a response.
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Early this morning, it was announced on live TV that the Locust had its pigtails raised.
Afterwards, at ten o'clock in the morning, the TV broadcast was live broadcast of Prince Akihito's official enthronement. In the afternoon, Chief Cabinet Secretary Obuchi Keizo appeared on the live TV to announce Akihito's new year name after his accession to the throne.
The TV in the hall was on, and everyone's attention was focused on the TV screen.
Shinichi Iwahashi and Mayumi Watanabe were also sitting there, waiting to see the official announcement of the era name.
Compared with whether the locust will die or not, when the prince will ascend the throne and what the new reign name will be are more interesting.
