"Hitomi? So...she came to Kagaya and brought a bunch of gifts?"

"Yes, so what are you going to do?"

Nako was using her acting skills as she spoke, and it was obvious that she could feel Sakura's other hand wiping her wet hair had stopped.

"Juri-chan and the others didn't go?"

"No, just Hitomi came here on her own. I heard that her father was transferred from Tochigi Prefecture to a company in Kyoto, and the family may move to Kyoto in the future. She also said that she applied for a transfer."

"Transfer?"

Sakura's gentle voice finally had some ups and downs.

Nako thought that maybe she had never cared about the threat that Hitomi posed to her before.

Therefore, even after the ups and downs, it is extremely calm.

"What about Zushin Academy? Hitomi said that she got into it with great difficulty."

"I have submitted my transfer application. The school I am transferring to is the High School Affiliated to the University of Tokyo, where... Taki-san studied."

As if Nako played the role of Hitomi perfectly, she said exactly what she heard.

And just like hugging myself, I grabbed the phone tightly.

"Hitomi said that she has passed the preliminary examination and will rush back to Tochigi Prefecture to go through the transfer procedures with her mother soon.

I came here this time to ask Takiichi-chan and Momo about their experience in transferring schools...I'm sorry Sakura..."

"No...she just came here, Nako, you don't have to apologize."

Sakura's anger-free voice on the phone made Nako unable to speak. It seemed...she heard from here that Sakura didn't mind Hitomi's presence here at all.

"But...she also brought a bunch of handicrafts to her uncle and aunt. Is this really okay?"

If it were me, I would be anxious and immediately want to think of many solutions.

Opponents appeared like bamboo shoots in spring, increasing the pressure again and again, making Nako seem to have lost his usual sense of normalcy, which only increased the pressure.

"You have to trust Taki-san...you know? Taki-san and I have been dating for six years, but we have known each other since we were very young.

I know him. If he is such a person who cannot stand firm and understand his own thoughts, in the next six years, there will be too many people better than me who can easily poach him away.

Taki-san will not date someone who refuses to confess his love over and over again. Precisely because I firmly believe in this, I never mind if more suitors appear around him.

Even if the relationship is separate now, I can confirm this, Nako-chan...you don’t know him yet.”

Sakura's words are always full of confidence that 'everything is under control'.

She and Takiichi have known each other since childhood and have accompanied each other through different periods.

From their young bodies to watching each other develop and grow, they have stuck to each other until now, whether they were in puberty or rebellious.

But in fact, Sakura's overconfidence and indifference made Nako feel nauseous, with the feeling that her throat was completely blocked.

However, it cannot be denied that the person who knows Takiichi best now, Sakura, has such qualifications.

Therefore Nako consciously cannot stop...

Takiichi-chan...

Taki-san...

The two names contain different meanings and emotions, but that figure always resounds in Nako's heart...

When will I be able to be like Sakura, who never panics when things happen, even though I can feel her confidence and showing off...

"So, I never worry, even though Taki-san and I are in a separate relationship now.

Nako-chan, you must believe in him, his excellence is the same as his ability, and if because of Hitomi's existence, he can quickly help him get over his emotional pain and start a new relationship, from my perspective,

Do you think I should stop it?"

The lingering sound of these words shook Nako's chest deeply, and he began to fall into confusion.

Sakura, how can I not worry, because I deeply like him, because he is too humble.

So I can only stand far away, even if I am here now.

Facing his joyful eyes, I was still like a coward unable to tell him frankly.

When he first saw the overly thin face, the gray pupils burst out with bright light for the first time, and at that moment Nako had the idea of ​​crying.

"Sakura...what on earth are you thinking..."

Nako clenched her fists hard, and she could feel how much her legs were shaking, and her lips, which could not calm down, were slightly letting out clear heat.

"Do you want to hear the truth?"

In Tokyo's Shibuya District, Sakura leaned against the window in her room, staring at the midnight street scene outside.

Before twelve o'clock arrived, the overpasses, roads, and human figures in the distance began to turn into blurry colorful phantoms under the influence of distance and entered Sakura's pupils.

In the past, Takiichi always liked to take her to the rooftop of his home, where he would hold a warm drink and watch the starry sky and the city night view, but that memory stayed in the past forever.

"To be honest, I had already thought that this situation would happen the day I made the decision, because I announced this fact to the team, and the teacher did not blame me, which I am very grateful for.

Falling in love as an idol is an intolerable taboo, and compared to me, those who long to experience love and fall in love secretly hate me secretly.

I chose to tell the truth, and some people's hearts were released because of it... Whether it is Hitomi or others, after knowing Taki-san's current situation, they will also choose the past..."

Sakura adjusted her phone to loudspeaker mode and sat down on the bed with her petite body.

"Now, although I feel guilty towards Taki-san, I have decided to become an idol forever, so I must give up something..."

There was a beeping busy tone in her ears. At some point, Sakura chose to hang up the phone. In fact, the answer was ready to come out from the beginning.

"When I become an eternal idol, I will go back to find you. I'm sorry..."

Stroking Takiichi, who was forever frozen in his youth in the photo frame, Sakura's eyes revealed unparalleled tenderness.

"The idol career is important to me, and so is you... There is a saying in the book that you can't have your cake and eat it too.

So... Nako asked me why I am not worried, because I trust you, and I believe that because you are nostalgic for me, you will not accept a girl like Hitomi who has been rejected many times by you, Taki-san... you will always be mine.

."

In the dimly lit room with the desk lamp flickering, Sakura slowly lay on the bed, holding in her arms a photo taken with Takiichi in the past.

Her snow-white feet kept rubbing on the sheets. One year ago today, she chose to give her first time here. It was indeed an unforgettable moment.

"Dong dong dong..." A knock on the door broke the silence and made Sakura, who was thinking, turn around.

"Hey..."

Sakura's mother pushed open the door and walked in with the snacks she had prepared.

The eyes that looked somewhat similar to Sakura's looked slowly on Sakura's body and smiled slightly.

"What's wrong? Are you missing Taki-san again?"

Sakura's expression froze, and the tip of her nose wrinkled, "Is it the smell of oolong tea?"

"In our family, even your father doesn't like the taste. Since breaking up with Taki-san, kura-chan likes the things he likes more and more."

Sakura's mother's eyes were full of amusement. The young girl liked to eat the old man's favorite oolong tea and rice crackers...

"I just think that compared to those carbonated drinks I drank in the past, oolong tea is healthier for the body, Ocasan..."
Chapter completed!