One week before parting, Hashimoto Nana finally decided to accept this boy as her closest friend.

If... the situation continues as it was then, it wouldn't be a surprise to become boyfriend and girlfriend in the future.

However, fate seemed to be playing a joke on itself.

After that day, I became alone.

But now, the sense of security that I once had when I was protected and that someone would always block me when I was in danger is really back.

besides...

...The desire for unknown opportunities and the need for money are gradually giving me the courage to look up again.

It turns out that my best friend who lives far away in Hokkaido is already immersed in the nourishment of love at this age and cannot extricate herself. Whenever she mentions the other person, she cannot hide the smile on her face.

Although I can't be sure that now after the reunion, I have a liking for him that is equal to that of a man and a woman.

But...it is undeniable that when Taki said those words and showed that he would stand on his side.

Hashimoto Nana didn't feel that the emotions of loneliness and loneliness would have nothing to do with her from now on.

"I am very good."

Holding back the shame in her heart and glancing at the hand that left her shoulder, Hashimoto Nana said softly.

"As long as it's okay..."

Takiichi looked at her seriously several times before continuing, "Leave it to me next."

Many years later, when faced with the issue of her feelings about "him," Hashimoto Nana said these words to the girl she met when she first came to Beijing and exchanged contact information with each other.

"When Taki-san put his hand on my shoulder to encourage me and promised to protect me.

At that moment, I felt that the motivation for me to stay in Tokyo and live a good life should have been born.”

On the way back to the dormitory on the train, Nana Hashimoto put her hand on the glass in front of her, caressing the sunlight.

The dazzling rays made the girl's eyeballs feel hot, but she still bravely looked directly at the warmth brought by the other person.

"I never thought before that I would come up with the idea of ​​liking someone so easily, and I thought it was shameful.

Such as confessing and wanting to be together forever. But... when I saw Sakura appear and constantly persuaded myself to accept that his girlfriend was her, to be honest, I was very disappointed.

It's strange. I obviously think that the other half of such an excellent person who is worthy of his love must also be an excellent person.

But...Sakura never gave me this feeling, neither at the beginning nor until now."

Regarding his own views, that girl, Nishino Nanase, has the same views.

She is a very naive person. If she has a bad impression of a certain person, she will not change her opinion of that person for a period of time.

"Sakura is an egoist from beginning to end, that's what Nana thinks.

She... would think of herself first in all matters, especially when it was related to how to obtain more resources to advance her career. As a result, she frequently missed appointments with Taki-san for a period of time.

No matter who among us came to see it, we all thought it was outrageous behavior.

We obviously know that he is very sad, and we have tried to persuade him to break up many times. But... it is precisely because we all know and believe that we cannot do things that make Taki-san sad, that is, to expose the scars in front of him and say

Bad words about Sakura.

This feeling of being able to just watch without being able to say or do anything is really annoying."

Yes...but they are not the only ones who hate Sakura.

It's just that because of their respective personalities and the fact that they are not children, everyone is trying hard to cover up this annoying emotion and not be noticed by him.

However, there are still some people with straightforward personalities who grit their teeth and want to slap her a few times when they mention her.

And... there is another sentence that Nana Hashimoto never mentioned to the people around her.

That is...

Later, Takiichi held her washed feet with his own hands and measured her size to make shoes.

Taki-san, who is so serious and gentle, is really attractive.

Even she would feel more than once that she was the one who was qualified to treat him as her own, to treasure him properly, and to protect him in this life.

In the past, Nana Hashimoto would never have imagined that her future self would say such disgusting and pretentious words.

However... it was the unexpected meeting in Tokyo, and the appearance of this person that completely led her originally full of unknown future to another, more complicated and confusing direction, which created a certain kind of paranoia in her bones.

The sound of soft footsteps suddenly started, and the air and time in the world seemed to have been injected with "slow motion" magic. Little by little, he was lengthening the distance from his shoulders to the soles of his feet.

Step by step forward, and then...stopped as the faces of the girls gradually stopped laughing.

Then, he stretched out his left hand to block himself behind him, as if he wanted to have a complete fight with the group of people in front of him who were "hostile to him".

At that time, even though he was only wearing a very ordinary black school uniform, Takiichi was so muscular that he could show off his majestic back, which gave Hashimoto Nana a strong sense of stability.

In fact, he is already 1.8 meters tall. In front of him, he is like an unshakable mountain. Behind him, he can switch expressions as he pleases, including the ones he didn't dare to face when he faced those people just now.

The gnashing of teeth was revealed.

I once had the idea of ​​protecting him from bullies at school.

Although the idea was very simple at first. The starting point was simply because he was from Kyoto and was unfamiliar with everything about Asahikawa.

Dialects, local customs, every conversation, he tried his best to learn the Hokkaido dialect spoken by others, and then responded to the other person in the same tone.

And now, he is using a similar method to repay me for everything I did.

"Hashimoto-san was my schoolmate when I transferred to Asahikawa. During the short three months, I was deeply cared for by Hashimoto-san..."

With his words, Hashimoto Nana felt light all over. At the same time, those eyes full of discrimination seemed to be completely swallowed up by these words.

“From now on, we will all be colleagues and friends working in the same place.

Whether at work or in life, if there is something I don’t understand about Hashimoto-san, I hope everyone can help her... In short, please pay more attention..."

She was very grateful that at such a critical moment, there was someone beside her who stood up to resolve the embarrassment for her, and because of his disguised rebuke, the two girls who initially mocked her for wearing rustic clothes took the initiative to apologize to her with shameful expressions.

Whether it's sincere or just for his sake, it doesn't matter anymore.

One thing that is certain is that from this moment on, Hashimoto Nana felt that she had truly integrated into the urban life of Tokyo. Someone had already grabbed her with his hand and was serving as a compass all the time.

How should she move forward?

In the dark, Hashimoto Nana did not realize that her fear of Tokyo seemed to have turned into nothing in front of this person at this moment. Although the explosion was loud, it did not hit her skin.

Cause any physical damage.
Chapter completed!