Chapter 231 When I noticed it was already unrequited love
"Next, start the song with the words that I couldn't say at that moment."
"Manatsu, welcome back!"
"Let's work hard together!"
"Fourth single, Uniform Doll."
As Nishino's voice played on the VCR, Akimoto, who was sitting on the backstage steps preparing to go on stage, shed tears uncontrollably. At the same time, a pair of thin, slender but very warm hands hugged her.
A soft yet firm voice said something like this in her ear: "Long time no see, Manatsu, welcome back!"
Even though the relationship between Akimoto and Nishino has eased a lot since the "Table 3" incident, the impact on Akimoto expressing his feelings through VCR on such a grand occasion is indescribable.
Seeing Akimoto standing in front of him while holding back tears and doing the opening pose, Nishino couldn't help but think of the scene at the bottom of the Macau Tower that day. Oda seemed to have said something like this to him at that time, and he himself at that time
, seemed to be crying too much.
After the song ended, Akimoto returned to the backstage and finally couldn't restrain his inner emotions. He was crying while accepting interviews from STAFF. Nishino, who had just changed his clothes, saw Akimoto's expression and started to tease her.
With a sudden thought, he quietly walked up to her, then used his height advantage from behind to wrap his head around her and hug her.
Seeing Akimoto's smile, Nishino suddenly realized that the power of language is so powerful, and a short sentence can bring such rich emotions.
For example, "You are so cute", "Welcome back", or...
"like you."
Looking up at the sky, there is only a bright moon
Shine gently on the tips of my hair
Stretch out your fingers and touch the moonlight, and the moonlight disappears
But the remaining distant and faint memories
The twinkling stars and the retrograde moon
Just looking up at the sky ignorantly, just like now
Seeing Oda dancing on the stage in her unique performance clothes, the members watching from the backstage couldn't help but exclaimed "so beautiful", especially Suzuki and Kitano, they felt like they wanted to pay for it.
Take out your mobile phone to record this beautiful moment of Oda.
"Xiaoichi, you are really amazing." Nishino couldn't help but sigh.
"Yeah, it's really amazing." Akimoto, who was hiding next to Nishino, also sighed in the same way, "Although I have seen her dance this dance countless times, I still can't help but fall in love every time I see it.
Say this."
"Manatsu, do you have anything to ask me?" Nishino tilted his head and said.
"Na-chan...you and Koichi?"
"Everything is OK." Nishino showed a smile, "We have always been close friends, haven't we?"
"That's not what you said that night Na-chan." Akimoto stuck out his tongue.
"But this is what I think now." Nishino stretched out his arms and clung to Akimoto's back like a koala, rubbing his little head between Akimoto's hair and shoulders.
"Just like Xiaoshi said, as long as you can make your own choices, that's fine."
"That's right, Xiaoshi seems to have been right all along."
The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
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In the final encore session, the arrival of the two graduated members gave the fans a big surprise, and then they announced the new single to be released in the second encore after "Nogizaka Poem", which made the atmosphere of the venue exciting.
Reached the peak again. Because the news that Yadan Ter was Nishino had been announced in "Where's Nogizaka" some time ago, the whole audience switched to Nishino's green and white support colors in response to the occasion.
Since the stage of the Yokohama Stadium is in the middle of the venue, the eight single selection members immediately came to the center of the stage again after a short rest and formed a formation that had been practiced countless times.
Through the surrounding curtains, you could see support sticks waving in rhythm, and the overwhelming calls of "nogizaka" and "forty-six" reached the ears of every member.
"Are you ready? The VCR starts playing."
The director's voice appeared in everyone's headsets, and the members also took the time to correct their postures to be more standard.
At this moment, Nishino stood in the center of the stage, holding the microphone tightly with his right hand, and what appeared in front of Nishino was a sea dominated by green tones.
Nishino, who just joined Nogizaka two and a half years ago, probably never imagined that she would be able to stand on such a big stage, become the most central C position, and the focus of everyone's attention; and two years ago, she certainly never imagined that she would be on such a big stage.
In the past two and a half years, there must have been such a rich and complicated mental journey.
But if you ask Nishino if he regrets his relationship, Nishino's answer will definitely be the firm three words "no regrets".
"Please enjoy, Nogizaka46, "Unrequited Love When You Notice It"." As Nishino's voice sounded from the VCR, the surrounding curtains fell down, revealing the members wearing new singing uniforms.
In fact, when he first received this song, Nishino even suspected that Mr. Yasushi Akimoto had installed a camera in his heart to capture his thoughts clearly and used this as inspiration to write this song, so he sang it in the training class
During this song, Nishino couldn't help himself from looking at Oda, who was only one or two meters away from him. The vocal teacher who had always felt that Nishino's control was not good enough also rarely praised Nishino, saying that she used herself
The real emotion was put into the singing.
But now that Nishino has withdrawn from "unrequited love", looking back at this song, the emotions that come to mind are completely different. Compared with the entanglement and pain of a person with unrequited love, there is more to it.
It's the joy and relief of getting back together.
When I realized it, I was already in unrequited love
I fell in love with you unconsciously
every time i think of you
There is always sadness in my heart
...
I knew it from the beginning
you are special
Love falls from the sky
No one can resist
Even if I try my best to suppress my feelings
until it becomes difficult to breathe
I obviously like you so much
Why does it seem to disappear when it turns into words?
This song seems to be a portrayal of Nishino's feelings for Oda. Now that Nishino can stand on such a large stage and sing this song, it is probably a farewell to his "unrequited love".
"But I'm sorry, Xiaoichi. When I think of you now, I won't feel sad anymore." Nishino showed a signature smile, which aroused cheers from the audience.
Behind Nishino, who was not aware of it, there was a pair of eyes that was staring at her back and did not move away for a long time.
When you realize it, is it already unrequited love?
Maybe the development of this story will not be that simple...