What he said was incomprehensible, and Nakamori Akina couldn't make sense of it.
Iwahashi Shinichi held her wrist and, relying on his memories, described the style of the bracelet to her in a serious manner. Ordinarily, at this time, one should seize the opportunity and take out the gift.
but……
"Now I keep it at home in Tokyo." He said.
I originally wanted to give it to her, but I was so busy that I never had the chance to meet her to give it to her. When I came all the way from Tokyo on a business trip, I never expected that I would go from Kobe to Nagoya to see her, so it was impossible to carry the gift with me.
Nakamori Akina couldn't help laughing as she listened to his explanation.
If someone else had said this, it might have seemed glib, but when these words came out of Shinichi Iwahashi's mouth, they were actually a little bit cute.
She didn't feel at all that Shinichi Iwahashi was saying unnecessary things, nor did she think he was teasing her. This was not only because of her open-minded personality, but also because of her trust in Shinichi Iwahashi.
Because she will believe whatever Iwahashi Shinichi says...
Nakamori Akina glanced at Iwahashi Shinichi and saw that he was hesitant to speak. Thinking that he was upset, she said to him openly, "Then when I come back, give me the bracelet."
"Yeah." That's all she could do.
Iwahashi Shen nodded slightly and wanted to say something.
Nakamori Akina, however, took the initiative to make her own decision - but most of it was to explain away Shinichi Iwahashi, so she deliberately said, "When the time comes, you have to put it on me personally."
"Um."
"After you put it on, you have to kiss me again."
Iwahashi Shinichi seemed to be being taught how to have a sweet love by her.
In fact, he is not good at expressing emotions. He would also feel embarrassed when he was surrounded by the heat of her whole body rushing towards him. Akina Nakamori kept talking, and he nodded "Yeah, yeah" and finally seized the opportunity.
, his hand slowly reached into his pocket, took out a box, and raised it in front of her.
"Why?"
Akina Nakamori opened her eyes wide and stared at Shinichi Iwahashi without looking at the box.
Was this guy lying to her just now?
"There is no way to get the bracelet from Tokyo."
Shinichi Iwahashi continued his words with a cheeky temper tempered by being teased by Topo Star every day, "But I just happened to see a ring in Kobe that suits you very well."
"..." Akina Nakamori continued to stare at him, not knowing how to react.
How could this person be like this?
Akina Nakamori felt that he had set her up. However, looking at his sullen face, she knew that Shinichi Iwahashi was not deliberately teasing her, so she couldn't be angry with him. Moreover, Shinichi Iwahashi clearly bought the ring, but
Nakamori Akina felt a certain subtle affection from her stubbornness in telling her about the bracelet first.
Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't tell Nakamori Akina that it was because of the bracelet that he couldn't send out that he wanted to see her no matter what.
"Did you really give me the ring?"
Akina Nakamori didn't look at the box containing the ring, but stared at Shinichi Iwahashi.
"Is there still a holiday?"
Iwahashi Shin nodded, and Nakamori Akina shook her head as if to contradict him.
"Anyway," he opened the box and asked her, "I want to put it on you personally...Does this requirement also apply to the ring?"
Iwahashi Shinichi asked seriously.
"Then do you still need to ask?"
Akina Nakamori talks aggressively, but her heart is incredibly soft.
When she was pretending to teach him how to give gifts, she didn't expect that this guy actually prepared two gifts. As soon as she taught him how to do it, he used it immediately. Nakamori Akina felt a bit like digging a hole for herself.
Yes, I received two gifts from him tonight. She thought to herself.
Just now, when Iwahashi Shinichi held her wrist and described the style of the bracelet to her, he had already put his heart on her wrist.
Iwahashi Shinichi held the ring, and the aquamarine seemed to be looming between his fingers.
He hesitated and didn't know which hand to take Nakamori Akina, and asked her, "Which finger should it be worn on?"
Nakamori Akina suppressed her laughter and deliberately teased him, "Which finger can be used to put it on, whichever finger is suitable."
As a result, after hearing this, Iwahashi Shinichi began to feel a little hot and worried about the power she had given her. "It would be bad if it only fits on the thumb."
"..."
He was pretending, and Nakamori Akina was angry and funny, and she wanted to do something.
But Shinichi Iwahashi might not be using this nonsense to cover up his embarrassment in giving her the ring, and the special meaning attached to wearing it on her.
However, even if Nakamori Akina was aware of it, she would not expose this poor cover-up for him.
With a sullen face, he put the ring on the middle finger of her right hand.
"Just right." Nakamori Akina happily raised her right hand to see for herself and for him.
After looking at the ring enough, she went to look at Iwahashi Shinichi again. As a result, her eyes happened to meet his. She put her hand back and asked him confidently, "After putting it on...what else is there?"
"Hmm..." Iwahashi Shinichi blinked.
He looked like he was pretending to be stupid on purpose.
"Huh?" She looked at him with a smile.
I had no choice but to lean over and kiss her cheek.
"No, that's not right." Akina Nakamori shook her head and pouted.
Iwahashi Shinichi saw her expectant expression in his eyes and couldn't bear to brush her off, so he hesitated and kissed her lips. Nakamori Akina took the opportunity to grab him and hugged him tightly.
…
after awhile.
Akina Nakamori stared at Iwahashi Shinichi's face with a smile, "If Shinichi-kun gave it back to me just now, I will return it to you intact." As he spoke, he went down the mountain with the menacing momentum of a paper tiger and bared his teeth at him, "That's really true.
color!"
After being caught in action, Shinichi Iwahashi had no choice but to admit his defeat.
But he couldn't really bring her to Labu Hutai Road for a short and tender moment.
Although there are a lot of reasons to be brave, she was the one who suggested it in the first place, but no matter what, to meet in a hurry, go to Labu Hutai Road to meow, and then say goodbye in a hurry late at night, I always feel that this approach is embarrassing and not right.
She was also too rude.
It’s not like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl that we only see once a year.
Besides, Akina Nakamori, who took the initiative to suggest going to Hutai Road, was usually just a paper tiger who only stayed at his house when she could spend the night.
Nakamori Akina's little thoughts are always carefully hidden, but they are actually there for everyone to see. She wants to pretend to be generous, and Shinichi Iwahashi can't really enjoy her pretended generosity.
Iwahashi Shinichi knew Nakamori Akina, and because of this, he would rather endure it than do that.
The advantage of falling in love is that you don't have to rush it for a while.
"I'll be back soon."
Nakamori Akina finally let him go. The two walked shoulder to shoulder for a while, then she reached out and took Iwahashi Shinichi's hand.
"When I come back, I'll come to your place," she said.
Iwahashi Shinichi agreed with "Yeah, yeah" and glanced at her.
Akina Nakamori spoke boldly, "...I still have to dress beautifully to go there."
I specifically emphasize "beautiful", and it is self-evident what the key point is.
"..."
"How do you want me to wear it, Mr. Shinichi?" She continued to say dangerous and strange words.
The two people were obviously holding hands and walking down the street in a residential area like innocent schoolboys, but for some reason, they were talking about this kind of content.
"Change the topic." Shinichi Iwahashi let go of her hand and quickly stopped her, "It won't be too late to talk about this after you come back."
Akina Nakamori chuckled and finally let him go, "I know~ I know."
"You are only allowed to say 'I know' and I am not allowed to say 'I know'?" Shinichi Iwahashi asked.
Faced with this problem, Akina Nakamori chose to be cute and passed the test, then reached out and took his hand.
After all, it was a date in an unfamiliar place. In order to avoid the A-level mistake of getting lost on the road and not being able to go back to the hotel and being exposed as having a romantic relationship, the two of them did not wander around, wandered around for a while, and returned to the original route.
There is the phone booth covered with various small advertisements, and the small park next to it.
There was no one in the phone booth, only a small advertisement was posted there alone, not knowing what kind of customers it wanted to serve. Akina Nakamori grabbed Shinichi Iwahashi's wrist and leaned over to look at the hands of the watch.
"How will Shinichi-kun return to Tokyo?" She thought of an important point.
It’s already this time…
Iwahashi Shinichi answered her, "A taxi should be able to take me back."
Nakamori Akina made an exaggerated voice and stared at his face, "Take a taxi back to Tokyo from Nagoya?" This distressed look has nothing to do with words like Taopusida, but more like a neighbor who is grieving for his prodigal son.
.
"Yes." Iwahashi Shin nodded.
Tomorrow is Monday, and I have to go to work early in the morning for a meeting.
But after all, he came to see her, so he had to be a prodigal. Nakamori Akina had nothing to say when she got such an answer, she just grabbed his hand and stared at his face again and again.
"What's wrong?" Iwahashi Shinichi asked.
Akina Nakamori said silly things to his face, "Remember that Shinichi-kun came to see me today."
"What?" he said in confusion.
But Akina Nakamori just looked at him and blinked, as if those eyes were cameras, about to freeze Iwahashi Shinichi's current face forever in the film of her memory.
"I want to remember what happened tonight for the rest of my life." She said silly things like a child.
Even though my life is so long, I still don’t know what will happen in the future.
However, Nakamori Akina thought, no matter what, she should not forget this night, his intention for her, and the passion for her.
"Then, let's see you again when you come back?" Iwahashi Shinichi asked.
Nakamori Akina nodded, and suddenly remembered something - I don't know if it was to dilute the delicate atmosphere of parting, but she told him, "There is still something unfinished."
"What?"
She deliberately glanced at him, "Shen Yijun himself said that he wanted to remember it for me, but he forgot all about it."
"..."
Shinichi Iwahashi thought about it for a while, then remembered it, and couldn't help but smile bitterly at her out-of-the-box idea, "I can't unbutton my shirt and let you bite it in a place like this, right?"
Akina Nakamori nodded and agreed with his words.
But it didn't stop her from making other ideas at all, "Then let's bite it somewhere else, okay?"
"Where do you want to bite?" Iwahashi Shinichi quickly confirmed in his mind the place where he could be bitten by her.
The paper tiger started giving orders to him again, "Come a little further."
Shinichi Iwahashi let her do what he wanted, bent down and got close to her.
He tilted his head slightly, and his ear was right in front of her. Nakamori Akina showed her teeth with a malicious intention, slowly moved closer to him, and bit his ear.
Iwahashi Shinichi took a deep breath.
Nakamori Akina let go of her teeth, looked at his wet ears with tooth marks, took a step back with a smile, and waved to him, "I'm going back, Shinichi-kun."
Iwahashi Shin wiped his wet ears, waved to her, and watched her go out.
Nakamori Akina's steps were brisk, her mood was cheerful, and her reluctance at parting seemed to have suddenly disappeared after that bite.
He wanted to go back to Tokyo with the teeth marks she left on his ears. Thinking like this, it seemed that the time of this meeting had been extended again.
She walked back the way she came.
Although he may not be an expert at walking around the streets without stress, when it comes to memorizing routes, children who have been running around shopping streets since they were young seem to have a deeper memory of various signboards and scenery along the way.
After Akina Nakamori walked away, Shinichi Iwahashi entered the phone booth again. He picked up the receiver and called the taxi company.
If you want to take a taxi from Nagoya back to Tokyo, if you think about it for a moment, you will realize that the fare is a figure that will make Shinichi Iwahashi's poor character collapse.
Since the customers who took a taxi from Nagoya back to Tokyo late at night were not playing pranks or talking drunken nonsense, they were probably nouveau riche and elite office workers from big companies who couldn't use up their taxi tickets.
This young man took a taxi from Nagoya to Tokyo late at night. He didn't know where he came from.
The taxi is speeding in the express lane.
After getting into the car, Shinichi Iwahashi's accumulated fatigue for the whole day began to invade his body. He fell into a drowsy state and did not want to think about anything. Occasionally, when he looked out the window from the dimly lit car, the window was blurry.
When he got home, he set the alarm clock and took a nap. When he got up in the morning and washed up, Shinichi Iwahashi thought of what happened last night. He lay in front of the mirror and looked at the ear bitten by Akina Nakamori.
There seemed to be a faint trace. He wasn't sure, but he thought it was.
…
The next morning, Akina Nakamori and her party set off from here, preparing to go to Osaka.
When they met in the morning, Ben saw her and the assistant who was following him. He remembered what happened last night and casually asked, "You didn't come back too late last night, right?"
"Huh?" Nakamori Akina was stunned by Omoto's words.
The assistant next to her had sweat on her hands and quickly smoothed things over, "No, we'll be back soon." She spoke vaguely, lest her lie about "eating" be exposed on the spot.
Nakamori Akina was feeling unsure, wondering if Ben had discovered something. The assistant suddenly said this, and she followed suit and agreed vaguely.
After taking care of the big book, I went to see the assistant who helped me unexpectedly.
By coincidence, the two people looked at each other.
The assistant was looking at her, and she was just about to relax, but she started talking again. Akina Nakamori saw this and couldn't help but wonder if the assistant used her as an excuse to sneak out last night.
Nakamori Akina was a little surprised at discovering the little assistant's secret, smiled kindly at her, and looked away.
Just help her hide it from Omoto-san. Nakamori Akina consciously did a good thing.
The assistant finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Relaxed, lowered his gaze, and saw an aquamarine ring that he had never seen before on Akina Nakamori's finger.
She blinked and looked away.
Just protect Akina-san's smile and keep her secret when she doesn't know.