There was nothing wrong with this dinner. It was just that Hori Mina kept eating the vegetables and Saito Asuka kept asking Hashimoto Nana not to pick up the vegetables. It was a little strange.
After dinner, several women cleared the table and then ate cake.
It is worth mentioning that this cake was not bought in a bakery, but made by Mai Shiraishi herself. It also had the words "Happy Birthday to Nana Hashimoto" written on it with jam, bright apple jam, and red color.
, mixed with the white cream and slightly abrupt.
Mai Shiraishi probably spent time, as she made the cake herself for Erika Ikuta's birthday.
After the cake was brought to the table, everyone stood and gathered around.
"Thank you, Mai." Nana Hashimoto glanced at Mai Shiraishi gratefully, but her heart was still very warm.
"Although I have made many, I don't know how this one tastes." Mai Shiraishi waved her hand and said modestly.
"It's definitely not worse than the one you bought." Sayuri Matsumura interjected, "Let's start lighting candles."
She had eaten some food just now, and she had reserved her stomach for cake, although it was already a lot for others.
Nishino Kazuki took out a lighter, and Saito Asuka diligently put in the candle, like the impatient daughter of a family of three.
Then light it.
Mai Shiraishi turned around and walked away, turning off the light that was on, and it was instantly dark.
The environment was dark, with only the cake on the dining table decorated with sparkling candlelight swinging and shining.
"Hurry up and make a wish, Nanamin." Sayuri Matsumura urged.
Hashimoto Nana didn't get close to the cake. The light of the candlelight reflected on her face, flickering in and out, as if covered with a different kind of veil. The hazy beauty seemed to make her feel divine at the moment.
She didn't think about her wish for a moment, so she hesitated in front of the cake, clasped her hands together, and before she could say anything, she heard Ikuta Erika's voice.
"Nanamin, can you make a wish to make this smile on my face disappear and return it to you on my birthday next year..."
Phew, Nishino Kazuki almost choked on his own saliva.
Is this kind of thing easy to borrow?
Several others also looked at Erika Ikuta with confused expressions.
Nana Hashimoto was actually calm. She had long been accustomed to Ikuta's brain circuit.
"Then I will make this wish. Please remember to return it to me next year." Nanamin seemed to be coaxing a child, clasping her hands together, closing her eyes, and then blew out the candles while everyone sang Happy Birthday.
Finally, with the help of the light from her mobile phone, Mai Shiraishi went over and turned on the light.
"Cut the cake, cut the cake!" Sayuri Matsumura shouted there again.
"Wait a minute, the birthday gift hasn't been given yet." Mai Shiraishi glanced at Sayuri Matsumura, who immediately flinched.
"Here." Mai Shiraishi said, walking to the cabinet in the living room where things were kept, and brought a box of things over.
A small box wrapped with a blue ribbon, folded into a neat bow, contains the birthday gift.
Hashimoto Nana did not accept the gift from Shiraishi Mai: "There is no need to give a gift, actually."
"Take it apart and see if you like it."
Nana Hashimoto took it out before opening it. Inside was a bottle of perfume, a foreign brand.
"Thank you." Nanamin put the things away. This was what she had always said she wanted. Unexpectedly, Mai Shiraishi gave it to her as a birthday gift.
Afterwards, everyone came over with gifts.
Sayuri Matsumura gave a hat, Mina Hori gave a small alarm clock, and Erika Ikuta gave a pair of exquisite cups.
Saito Asuka held his own gift in his hand, hiding it behind his back, and kept paying attention to the gifts of several other people.
After the other girls had finished sending off, Asuka Saito walked on her own little bird steps and jumped to the side of Hashimoto Nanami.
"Nanamin, here." He took out the gift from behind, "Don't say you don't like it."
Hashimoto Nana looked at her fondly, then took the gift. As soon as she got it in her hand, she knew that the gift was a book.
After taking it apart, it turned out to be true.
Miura Shion's three works "Secret Garden", "Moon Fish" and "White Snake Island" are also in hardcover edition.
"Nanamin, you didn't tell me that I really liked her previous works, so I bought them." Asuka Saito explained, with a little pride on his face.
These three books were all works published by Miura Shion before she won the Naoki Award, and they have a very personal style.
Although I have read both Hashimoto and Nana, it was all in high school, and these books were all kept in my hometown without Kyo.
"Thank you, Aso." Hashimoto Nana said thank you, "I like it very much."
Saito Asuka chuckled twice, then stopped smiling.
She felt that of all people, her gift was the winner, and no one knew Nanamin's hobbies better than she did.
Except, this man.
She paid attention to Nishino Kazuki from the corner of her eye and saw that he was also holding a box in his hand.
Nishino Kazuki was the only one present who did not give a gift, and everyone was curious about what he gave.
"Happy birthday." Nishino Kazuki walked up to her and handed it to her, then gave her a blessing, "My gift may be the same as Asuka-chan's."
"It's okay, I'm very happy to be able to give you a gift." Hashimoto Nana comforted, "Can I open it?"
"certainly."
Saito Asuka inadvertently took a few steps closer and wanted to get closer to take a look. Unexpectedly, he was caught by Nishino Kazuki.
"Does Asuka also know the novelist Hashimoto-san likes?"
"Of course." Saito Asuka replied, "I also borrowed a book from Nanamin."
Nishino Kazuki was stunned, why did this little bird seem to be competing with him?
Nana Hashimoto on the other side did not open the gift box and took out the novel from inside.
It was an unsealed but very new book.
"Tada Convenience House in front of Mahoro Station" is Miura Shion's most famous work.
Hehe, you lose, Nanamin already has this book, Saito Asuka thought to himself with a smile in his heart.
"Ah, thank you." Nanamin didn't show any expression, she just said politely, "I didn't expect you also sent me a novel."
"Open the cover and take a look." Nishino Kazuki then said to her.
Nana Hashimoto held the book with one hand and opened the cover with the other hand, and saw the words written with a signature pen on the inside pages.
[When you can’t move forward blindly, you may get unexpected results by looking back.]
This sentence is from another novel by Miura Shion. Miura Shion's signature is written below the text, and a happy birthday blessing is written on the other line.
"Is it Miura-san's autograph?" Nana Hashimoto was surprised.
"Eh?" Everyone came closer to take a look. Sure enough, it was an autograph and a blessing.
"Does Nishino-san know Mr. Miura?" Hashimoto Nana asked again after being surprised.
"I don't know him, but I know Director Omori Tatsutsuki, and he and Miura Shion-san are old friends." Kazuki Nishino spread his hands, "So I asked Omori-san to come and sign it."
Mai Shiraishi looked at Nishino Kazuki with a scrutinizing gaze, and the latter felt a chill from the side.
"Thank you, I will definitely keep it well." Nanamin was really happy. She still liked this kind of gift compared to material gifts.
When Saito Asuka saw this scene, he lamented in his heart, then he had lost.