The assistant nodded seriously at Akina Nakamori, who was laughing heartily in the mirror. This look seemed like she was afraid that her words would be mistaken for a casual compliment.
However, being so serious is not only to convey my thoughts to Akina Nakamori, but also to confirm my findings——
That discovery made her feel the crisis again and again, and she was able to get through it safely by reciting the Assistant Manual silently.
"thank you."
Nakamori Akina looked at the serious expression of her assistant reflected in the mirror. While removing her makeup, she responded to her, "Thank you for your hard work today."
She whispered softly, and the little assistant's face turned red for some reason, "It's a matter of duty."
Did Akina-san know that she was inadvertently writing her thoughts on her face? Or maybe Akina-san didn't expect that he, who was carefully watching her appearance in the mirror, had other thoughts in mind.
The assistant suddenly felt a little embarrassed to have unintentionally probed into Akina Nakamori's privacy.
"Are you hungry? If you want to eat something later, just go ahead." Akina Nakamori didn't know what the assistant was thinking, so she greeted her like a talkative big sister.
With this appearance, he doesn't look like a Taopusta, but more like an ordinary neighbor.
"Um!"
The assistant nodded in front of the mirror and wanted to ask "Where is Akina-san?", but felt that the words seemed redundant and did not say it.
Akina Nakamori took off her makeup, went into the dressing room, and changed her clothes again. Leaving the team midway seemed too conspicuous. She didn't realize it when she was planning it, but it turned out to be troublesome in practice.
She went back to the hotel first, and after entering the room, she picked up the phone and dialed, thinking that Shinichi Iwahashi was waiting for her in a phone booth in Nagoya. Imagining that scene made her feel funny and warm in her heart.
.
The phone rang twice and was picked up.
"Hey, hey."
"This is a public phone." The male voice on the other end of the phone sounded serious.
But when Akina Nakamori heard it, she knew it was Shinichi Iwahashi, and asked seriously, "Where is the public phone?"
"It's Kobe...that's weird. Needless to say? Of course it's Nagoya." Shinichi Iwahashi gave up on continuing the game with her and smiled, "I've been waiting here for a long time, Akina-san."
Akina Nakamori also laughed too? But she had already made up her mind in her heart that she would never say "Thank you for your hard work" to him.
She said to the other end of the phone: "I'm going to see you right now."
Iwahashi Shinichi gave her an overview of his location. He walked out of the hotel where she was staying, first like this, then like that... there was a small park? It was the phone booth next to it.
Last night? He asked in advance where Akina Nakamori and her group would live, and chose a place that was not near, not far, and inconspicuous to wait.
Akina Nakamori agreed with "Yeah, yeah" and told him, "Don't go away. If you can't find it? I'll call you again."
She recalled the phone booths she had seen while sitting in the car when she first arrived in Nagoya. "The streets were full of phone booths."
Iwahashi Shinichi agreed and matched her words, "If you get lost, you can find me at any phone booth."
"I know."
Nakamori Akina put down the phone and walked out the door.
When your heart belongs to someone and you have an appointment with you, every phone booth on the street has a special meaning.
…
The night before? Iwahashi Shinichi called Tokyo and temporarily recruited Mito Iijima to go on a business trip to Kobe. On Sunday, he called the staff from Tokyo to Kobe to work overtime? He was like an unreasonable and black-hearted boss.
Mijima Iijima worked hard without complaining, and even after receiving the call, he followed the arrangement and went to Kobe without saying a word.
After she joined the company, she first worked as a clerk and worked part-time as a driver for Shinichi Iwahashi. Now she was sent to join BOLAN's debut team. Although she wasn't perfect in everything, at least she didn't go wrong.
He performs well at work and has a flexible personality. After being introduced to the company, he always seizes the opportunity to express his loyalty at the right time. In Iwahashi Shinichi's view, this Iijima Sanzhi is definitely worthy of being cultivated and reused.
Mijima Iijima was called by him, not for anything else but to pick him up.
To be precise, after the entertainment was over, he took the luggage he had brought back to Tokyo. As for himself, he separated from his companions in the evening, packed lightly and took a different route to Nagoya.
After Nakamori Akina hung up the phone, Iwahashi Shinichi was really worried that this Topo Star would get lost and stay in the phone booth without coming out.
After all, we have never traveled together, so I don’t know whether she is an expert who can walk around the streets without stress, or a roadie who gets knocked out in three minutes.
Fortunately, during the time he was waiting, no girl with heavy makeup or an office worker smelling of alcohol suddenly came and knocked rudely on the door of the phone booth.
To be honest, the place he chose to meet was quiet and inconspicuous enough.
The phone booths in Nagoya are also filled with various small advertisements.
Phone booths all over the country are probably the same. If a foreigner who has just arrived wants to spend a less boring night, he may come to the phone booth to look around, and he may have the answer he wants.
Iwahashi Shin was distracted while watching, and suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside.
When he looked up, he saw that he was not a young girl with heavy makeup, nor an office worker smelling of alcohol. Instead, he was a plain-faced Taopusida, staring at him through the glass.
The two glared at each other, and Shinichi Iwahashi opened the door.
"Really~ If you stay in there for so long and don't come out, how long will you have to keep others waiting?" She pretended.
Iwahashi Shinichi really didn't know how to respond to Topo Star, who was playing role-playing with him just after they met, so he could only look at her with a helpless expression.
Nakamori Akina couldn't help laughing when she saw that he was helpless against her. She glanced at the various small advertisements in the phone booth, said "Hey~", and then took a look at Iwahashi Shinichi with ill intentions.
Iwahashi Shinichi was speechless.
She teased him as soon as they met. After teasing him enough, Akina Nakamori stared at his face, blinked her eyes, and gave him orders, "...Hurry up and hug me, Shinichi-kun."
Calling it an order, it's better to call it coquettishness.
"knew."
Iwahashi Shinichi accepted her affectionate gaze and stretched out his arms to hug her.
"When I say 'hug me,' it's better not to say 'gotcha' but to just hug me without saying anything." Akina Nakamori began to say silly things to him.
"I know." Iwahashi Shinichi replied.
He may not have meant it on purpose. But when he said it, it always made Akina Nakamori laugh at the words that seemed to be directed against her.
"Is this the first time we meet like this?" Akina Nakamori said.
Iwahashi Shinichi hugged her and deliberately teased her, "If you haven't dreamed about it in your dream."
Akina Nakamori chuckled, "But this is definitely not a dream." As she spoke, she raised her head in his arms, "Come any closer... and don't say 'I know' again."
"..."
Iwahashi Shinichi almost blurted out the words "I know" again.
Fortunately, Nakamori Akina's lips were right in front of him, allowing him to use her mouth to block his own mouth before he could say this sentence smoothly. If not for this, he doesn't know what would happen next.
.
…
after awhile.
Nakamori Akina's lips left his and she stared at his face with a smile.
"What is Shen Yijun thinking about?" she asked knowingly.
Iwahashi Shinichi saw her unconcerned expression and didn't know how to answer. He loosened his arms and stood back a little.
Akina Nakamori laughed even harder. As soon as his hand loosened, she went up to him and hugged him tightly.
no way.
The paper tiger showed its power, and Iwahashi Shinichi sighed silently, being played with by her. It seemed that he was a self-taught talent. Once she realized the passion of his feelings, Nakamori Akina had the talent to tease him.
"Shinichi-kun."
She pressed Iwahashi Shinichi's shoulders and put her lips to his ear.
"What?" Shinichi Iwahashi asked her.
Nakamori Akina's voice was slightly hoarse because she deliberately lowered it, and it sounded like a kitten. She mustered up her energy, "What if... how about going to a love hotel?"
Her face felt warm against Shinichi Iwahashi's cheek.
Labu Hutai Road?
Shinichi Iwahashi did not expect that she would suggest this. Hearing this from her mouth, his heart beat faster.
Just a little attention, she was wearing no makeup, and no one expected her to come to Nagoya... There seemed to be a lot of reasons for him to be bold enough to take Taopusta to stay for a while.
but……
Iwahashi Shinichi touched her head and said, "What are you talking about?"
"Why?"
Now he had the upper hand, and he pretended to say to her, "I have a sentence that I have to return to Akina-san intact." Finally, he took advantage of the paper tiger's weakness and felt proud. Shinichi Iwahashi refused to let go of the great opportunity, taking his time.
He joked, "True color."
"..."
Nakamori Akina was ashamed and annoyed. The pink atmosphere just now was gone. She grabbed his arm aggressively and stared at him. He was really like a lifelike paper tiger.
Shinichi Iwahashi noticed her expression and blinked, "I'll just come here and see you."
"..." She pouted.
I can't tell you what I feel in my heart, but I am also subtly and quietly relieved.
…
The assistant had been following the filming all night and was very hungry. When the work was just finished, it was inconvenient to leave the team in the middle. Now that I am back, I want to go out for something to eat.
As a result, I met the agent Ben in the lobby.
"Oben-san?" The assistant quickly said hello to Oben.
Omoto looked like he had caught his savior and asked her, "I have something to tell Akina-san over there in Tokyo. I called her room just now but didn't get through. I was just about to go find you and ask for your help."
"Ah." The little assistant's heart skipped a beat.
Isn't Akina-san in her room? She went out?
"Okay?" Daben urged her.
In an instant, the assistant suddenly blurted out, "Akina-san went out to eat."
When she said this, her heart was pounding. But there was no turning back, so she could only bite the bullet and tell lies, "She just called me and said she was in a hurry and forgot to bring her wallet."
"So, I was going to help with the checkout."
The assistant said, and asked Daben, "Is it something important? Daben-san."
Omoto's expression didn't look very anxious. Or rather than being anxious because he couldn't tell Akina Nakamori immediately about something, maybe he was anxious because he suddenly discovered that Akina Nakamori was not there but didn't know where she had gone.
"I asked her if she wanted to go eat before, and she said forget it." Daben complained casually. He looked at the assistant and said, "Go quickly."
The little assistant felt confident and said, "I'm also hungry, and I'm just thinking about going to eat something. Omoto-san, it doesn't matter if we come back a little later, right?"
"Don't wander around." Daben warned casually.
Saying this is no different from "you can come back anytime."
The little assistant squeezed his sweat, said goodbye to Big Ben, came out of the hotel, and breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking about it later, he began to feel that he was confused just now, why did he tell such a lie?
Akina-san has never asked her to do this, so will it cause trouble to her?
Is she meddling? More importantly, if this lie brings any unexpected consequences, will it cause any trouble for herself?
For a matter that had nothing to do with her, all she had to do was follow Omoto-san's instructions and find Akina-san...
But just now, a moment of intuition made the assistant say these words.
Is it because I saw the beauty of Akina-san tonight?
She had an intuition that Akina Nakamori seemed to have something she had to do tonight.
The little assistant read the assistant manual silently, wanting to know the consequences of this impulse. However, there was neither such a clause nor an answer to the consequences of doing so in the future.
A new crisis is approaching in my assistant career... But this time, I have to resign myself to fate.
She sighed again, and suddenly felt that she wasn't that hungry anymore... If she had known better, she wouldn't have gone out for a late-night snack. But she said the words herself, and she couldn't turn around and go back.
The assistant could only encourage herself and move forward.
…
"I'm very happy that you can come to see me."
The two of them walked side by side, holding hands, in the residential area of Nagoya. The date booklet, "Pressing on the Street," went from Tokyo to Nagoya.
"Yeah." Iwahashi Shinichi listened.
Akina Nakamori shook his arm and emphasized, "It's true, I'm really happy."
Iwahashi Shinichi felt funny when he heard her childish words, "I know."
"Don't say 'got it'." Akina Nakamori corrected him.
Iwahashi Shinichi wanted to tease her again and confront her. But he felt that he came all the way to see her and didn't want to spoil her interest. He held her hand and answered her, "I'm glad that I can come to see you."
Happy."
"Shinichi-kun must be blushing again."
Nakamori Akina was satisfied and immediately started teasing him, pretending to look at his face.
Iwahashi Shin remained calm and let her watch her as much as she could. Being teased by this Taopusta every day, he became increasingly thick-skinned in this regard and was no longer afraid.
While Nakamori Akina was staring at her face, Iwahashi Shinichi grabbed her wrist, stretched out his fingers, and drew circles around her wrist.
Nakamori Akina felt itchy and pulled her hand back, "What are you doing?"
"I bought you a bracelet." Shinichi Iwahashi told her.
