In fact, it was already past 10 o'clock when Oda actually got up from the bed. When she was unconscious, she picked up her mobile phone and looked at it, only to find more than a dozen messages from Xiaotiao, urging her to get up and informing her of the location.
He told her everything about Hashimoto's preferences, almost like an investigation report, and the last message was the time Xiao Asuka arranged for them to meet - 12 o'clock sharp.
After sitting on the bed and sorting out his thoughts, Oda suddenly realized that he was only an hour and a half away from Xiao Asuka's appointment, and it would still take him about an hour to get to the agreed place from home.
This incidates that…
So at 11:59, Oda hurried to the coffee shop wearing a peaked cap. When he entered the store, he did not see Hashimoto. When Oda was looking around for Hashimoto, the door of the coffee shop behind him was pushed open.
, followed by the sound of rough breathing.
"Hashimoto-san, she won't be in the same situation as me." Oda turned around with curiosity. What was in front of him was Hashimoto, who was bending over and breathing heavily with her hands on her knees: she was wearing a slightly mature sweater.
The long skirt, the crooked scarf and the faint sweat on her head revealed that she had also trotted all the way here. The messy hair and face with no signs of makeup more clearly told Oda that she was also "Little Asuka was murdered"
"This news."
Hashimoto seemed to be aware of his gaze and raised his head to look at Oda. The two looked at each other and smiled awkwardly. There happened to be a couple nearby who was about to leave the cafe and saw these two beautiful girls standing here.
, couldn't help but cast a strange look.
After a while, Hashimoto realized something was wrong first. He directly reached out his hand to pull Oda, who was still dazed, and walked to the seat in the corner.
After sitting down in their seats, neither of them likes to stir up topics and communicate with others, and they are not particularly familiar with each other, so no one spoke. There were even more chattering couples in other seats next to them.
It brought out their embarrassment. In the end, it was Hashimoto who spoke first: "Do you want us to order something first?"
"...okay."
"I'd like an Americano." Hashimoto called the waiter, "Do you have egg yolk pie here?"
After receiving a positive reply, Hashimoto turned to Oda and asked: "What do you want to drink, Oichi? By the way, it should be okay if I call you Oichi." In fact, apart from work, Hashimoto and Oda have nothing to do with each other.
They don't have much social interaction outside of training. The only connection between them may be that they are both close to Xiao Feiniao.
"Of course." Oda nodded. She had always been curious about this girl who competed with her for the most respected person in Little Asuka (Oda herself thought), but because she was not sociable, Hashimoto seemed very cold.
She looked like that, so I never had the chance to contact her, "Then can I call you Nanamin?"
"Yeah, whatever."
"Then I want a piece of chocolate cake." Oda flipped through the menu, "Give me a cup of delicious food too..."
"Give her a cappuccino." Oda was interrupted by Hashimoto before he finished speaking, "Add more sugar."
After the waiter took the order and left, Hashimoto stared at Oda with a look of helplessness: "You are only 14 years old, so why are you drinking American style? Aren't you worried about growing taller? A cappuccino is enough for a kid."
"I don't know how many times I've drank American wine, and nothing happened." Oda complained about what Hashimoto said in his heart, but did not say it directly.
After Hashimoto finished speaking to Oda, he took out a small mirror from his bag and began to straighten his messy hair - Hashimoto's hair can be said to be shorter and easier to take care of among all Nogizaka members.
, can make Hashimoto so anxious that he doesn't even have time to take care of his hair. You can imagine how hurried she was for this appointment.
"When did Xiao Asuka tell you?" After secretly taking a photo of Hashimoto with his mobile phone, Oda said to Hashimoto with a curious look on his face.
"I didn't see it until 11 o'clock." As soon as he heard Xiao Asuka's name, Hashimoto rolled his eyes angrily.
"Didn't she bombard you with phone calls in the morning?" Oda snickered with some gloating.
"It seems to be 8 o'clock in the morning." Qiao Ben said with an increasingly helpless tone, "I called over 10 times in a row, really..."
"It took more than ten phone calls to wake you up. On the other hand, Nanamin, you are also very powerful." Oda seemed to understand why Xiao Asuka and Hashimoto got along so well.
"Stop talking about me, are you the same, Oichi?" Hashimoto quickly realized something was wrong from these two questions, "Why are you wearing a hat when you've already entered a coffee shop?" After saying this, Hashimoto became quick-eyed and quick-tempered.
Oda took off his hat.
As the peaked cap came off, a messy black hair burst out from under the cap. Since Oda's hair is relatively soft and she has a bad habit of sleeping under the quilt, getting up every day to fix her hair is a big problem for her.
Normally she could wash her hair every morning, but today's time obviously didn't allow it. She wanted to use a cap to cover up the fact that she was in a hurry, but Hashimoto's careful observation interrupted her hope.
Seeing Oda with messy hair, Hashimoto suddenly burst into laughter. The loud laughter attracted the attention of everyone in the coffee shop. Hashimoto hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands, but there was still a trace of laughter.
Laughter escaped from the fingers.
Seeing Hashimoto's gloating look, Oda suddenly had an image of a little Asuka covering his mouth and snickering.
After finally regaining his composure, Hashimoto bent over and took out a comb from his bag and handed it to Oda. He also turned the mirror on the table and turned it towards Oda. Oda took the comb and shook it vigorously.
I combed my hair, but no matter how I combed it, there were still a few strands of hair standing there unyieldingly.
Seeing Oda's appearance, Hashimoto, who had just stopped laughing, burst out laughing again. Oda blushed when he heard the laughter, and tried harder to comb his hair straight, but the harder he tried, the harder he tried.
Those strands of hair have become even more stubborn.
Finally, Oda gave up the plan of combing his hair and put the hat back on his head with a look of helplessness, while Hashimoto opposite him was already lying on the table with a smile.
"Guests, your food has arrived." The waiter's voice broke the awkward atmosphere.
Oda hurriedly said "thank you" and helped the waiter to bring the coffee and cake to the table. However, when he put his own portion in front of him, the waiter stopped him.
"Guest, there are still a few hairs here." The waiter said with a serious face, "Our service is not good enough. I will help you deal with it right away." Then he went to the bar and took a towel and wiped the table in front of Oda several times.
Oda himself stood there with coffee and cake, embarrassed and speechless.
She no longer dared to look at Hashimoto's expression across from her.
…
After finishing this miserable breakfast and lunch, it was time for the two of them to decide where to go next.
"Nanamin, is there anywhere you want to go?" Oda asked Hashimoto. After all, Xiao Asuka's mission for him was to "accompany the lonely Nanamin."
"..." Rubbing his chin with the thumb and index finger of his left hand, Hashimoto pouted in a rare way and made his face look like a bun, "Then let's go to the bookstore and read it. Xiao Asuka recently recommended a book to me.
Book."
"Okay." Oda is not a person who likes to hang out outside, so the bookstore is the best choice for her, "Let's go."
On the way to the bookstore, the two exchanged a lot about books. Only then did Oda realize that Hashimoto was also a person who liked reading books. Although Hashimoto preferred to read history-oriented books, Oda preferred literature-oriented books.
, but the two still have a lot in common. Especially when he mentioned Romain Rolland's "The Biography of the Celebrity", Oda felt that Hashimoto's eyes were shining.
But after arriving at the bookstore, Hashimoto did not go to the historical area that she liked. Instead, she walked to the literary area that Oda wanted to go to. Oda followed her through the rows of bookshelves, and finally walked to Mr. Mishima Yukio.
stopped in front of the bookshelf.
"No way." Oda had some strange suspicions in her heart. She patted Hashimoto's back and whispered in her ear: "Nanamin, is the book Xiao Asuka recommends you to read the Sea of Plenty trilogy?
ah?"
After hearing this, Hashimoto showed a surprised expression: "How did you know? Could it be that you were also..."
"The copy of Little Asuka was taken from me." Oda walked to Hashimoto and found "The Sea of Plenty" from the bookshelf, "But personally, I recommend you to read it."
Hashimoto took the book and nodded with a helpless smile.
"Actually, I didn't think that Little Asuka could understand this book at the time." Oda also pulled out a copy of Mr. Mishima's "Shisao" from the shelf, "But it's strange that Little Asuka actually likes this kind of book."
There are books describing human nature and society."
"This is quite strange to me." Hashimoto recalled the first time he was answered by the little bird:
At that time, she had just finished tidying up her dormitory, and was holding the copy of Mr. Kawabata Yasunari's "The Flower Is Not Sleeping" that she had been reading recently, intending to find a quiet place to read. However, not long after she left the house, she was answered by a petite girl.
"Well, you are Hashimoto-san, and the book in your hand is "The Flower Is Not Sleeping"!"
"...Um, yes." Hashimoto didn't know the other members very well at the time, and he didn't know the name of the girl who was only as tall as his chin, so he could only reply awkwardly.
"That's great, I also like to read Mr. Kawabata Yasunari's books! His "Snow Country"..." But what she didn't expect was that many opinions came with her response.
From then on, Xiao Asuka particularly liked to pester Hashimoto and gave her the nickname "Nanamin". Hashimoto also slowly accepted this cute, petite "little" friend who had a good compatibility with him.
The name "Oda City" was mentioned the most when Hashimoto himself and Ko Asuka talked about it.
Thinking back to this, Hashimoto raised his head and looked at the girl sitting opposite him: wearing a peaked cap, no makeup at all, and wearing loose clothes like a hip-hop singer, no matter how you look at it, it is difficult to match the omnipotent person that Xiao Asuka said.
He was associated with Superman. However, during this period of getting along and training, Hashimoto also clearly realized that this girl named Oda City was really powerful.
He is versatile in singing and dancing, has excellent appearance, and his performance in variety shows is also very eye-catching. According to the comments I read when I usually go to 2ch, fans have far more favorable comments about Oda than negative ones.
"How could such a young lady become an idol?" Hashimoto couldn't help but wonder in his heart.
As if he felt Hashimoto's gaze, Oda raised his head and saw Oda staring at his head. Oda thought Hashimoto was still thinking about his messy hair, so he reached out his hand angrily and gently
The ground bounced on Hashimoto's forehead, "Nanamin, are you still thinking about my hair?"
The chaotic thoughts in Hashimoto's mind were interrupted by this flick on his forehead. When he heard the word "hair" again, he couldn't help but laugh out loud instinctively.