I want to forget that time that affected my heart.

Because in order to avoid everything related to that, Taki was extra careful at first and held his breath.

Just waiting for the passage of time in a daze and spending every day alone.

"But... even if this has happened, even if I have to move somewhere else, even if I am traveling aimlessly with a backpack on my back.

I have always stressed that I want to live on and meet the most special people in the future, but...it is too difficult for me to forget what happened with Sakura."

Taki had no intention of crying, but in such an environment where the past was stored, his body reacted uncontrollably.

While the chest was convulsing, it was like an electric pump being thrown into a well, bit by bit, the water far below the eyes was drained directly out of the body.

The pain is like being stuck in the throat, so painful that I can't breathe easily.

When the first drop of hotness slid down to the edge of my face, I was shocked to find that the warmth that didn't belong to me was quietly sticking to the side of my cheek.

"Taki-san, don't be sad. This is a missed path after all. No matter whether we meet again or not, before that, Taki-san must be well. I... will still be by your side until the end."

Nako was not afraid of the fatigue on her feet, stepping on her toes and caressing Takiichi's moist face.

When she saw Takiichi crying, or was infected by this emotion, Nako's tears also fell.

Never could I have imagined that tears could have such power and magic power.

It was as if there was an emotion-producing machine in the body that could beat like a beating heart.

The surging emotions penetrate into every small cell of the blood, causing the heart's working frequency to be strongly impacted and affected.

This is a very strong emotion, which does not originate from one's own happiness, sadness, or pain, but from the outside world.

This inexplicable emotion evaporated through Takiichi's body and touched Nako's heart, giving birth to an emotion called empathy.

The best thing is that you can laugh and cry with the person you like.

The saddest thing is that there is someone who is sad with you, and that person is not your significant other.

Many people often devote all their attention and energy to the people they consider to be the most important.

But at the same time, he ignored another person who was standing somewhere unnoticed, quietly waiting for him.

Takiichi calmed down quickly. While he was still having emotions for Sakura who was far away in Kagoshima, he forgot about Nako.

On the most important day, Nako came, alone.

This real feeling came to my heart again. When I hugged her, the touch of Nako's clothes was really there.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't face you with such a face."

Takiichi told himself over and over again deep in his heart, Nako came here just to see me, that's all.

"It doesn't matter, we are friends, and...I am willing to do both."

She lowered her head and pressed her face hard into Taki Yi's arms.

The warmth of tears still remained on her palms. Every time she felt it carefully, the girl's eyes gradually became firmer in Takichi's sight.

"Sakura, if your idol career is the most important thing in your heart, even if Mr. Akimoto Yasu approves of your relationship, then please don't think about disturbing his life until you succeed in the future.

To me, this is still a gentle and outstanding person who I admire, no matter what kind of girl stands next to him in the future.

I will always follow his footsteps and heal his riddled heart bit by bit until I see his happiness."

Later, when they wiped away the tears from the corners of their eyes, the two of them thought of how embarrassed they and each other were together and couldn't help laughing.

But after laughing, he immediately felt heartbroken. Despite this, Nako felt that he should continue to smile at this time.

"Really, this is the first time I've let myself be in such an embarrassing situation. Promise me, Takiichi-chan, that next time, you will never act like a fool and waste your tears, not even a single drop."

"OK."

Takiichi answered as gently as ever, this girl who actually shed tears with him had surprised him not long ago.

Maybe I couldn't imagine it, because I was overly sad, which touched the point in Nako's heart that I couldn't help but feel.

Rather than giving too much comfort, maybe trying to make a promise, this kind of behavior of doing whatever you want, and a more straightforward answer made me relax in an instant.

I want to cry loudly, but I really don't want to do it. Before I do it, what I have in front of me is my face and dignity that look thick but are easily broken.

The embarrassed appearance always makes people feel very embarrassed afterwards.

But... being able to let go of everything, this heart-to-heart feeling, is really comfortable.

Driven by this feeling throughout the body, it caused the distance between the two to shorten little by little. Perhaps, it had been like this from the beginning.

He lowered his head and stared into Nako's eyes, but realized that Nako's eyes never left her.

"Let's... go back."

The taki under his feet made many protests one after another. Maybe he was hungry, or maybe...he didn't know the reason.

When I picked up my steps and walked away, I almost forgot when the little hand grabbing my wrist came up to me, and who took the initiative to get close to the other person later.

I have forgotten who took the initiative and bravely took this step out of his own circle.

When she hooked her finger at him, he instinctively lowered his head, thinking she had something to whisper.

Girls' leather shoes, which are in a line parallel to the ground, gradually tilt upward as time goes by.

The moment the heel left, Nako had never felt that one day he would be so close to Takiichi.

Give me a fulcrum, and I can tilt the entire earth. This is a famous saying of Archimedes. Nako forgot which book he read it from.

But... now, give me the courage, I am willing to rush to your side, which has become the only thing she wants to do.

When the mark was left, at that moment, she forgot how to breathe and think, and also forgot the pain and fatigue she felt after standing on tiptoes.

The first touch, which I had never mentioned in front of my friends, was achieved in such an environment.

It's like I can't feel where my consciousness is, because of the sudden change of skin contact, the thoughts that want to wake up, seem to no longer belong to me, out of control and disappear without a trace.

"nako...."

Takiichi knew that he should have resisted. He felt Nako's heart beating and didn't know how to place it.

But...the rest feels so clear.

In this brief moment of empathy, for several moments, Nako felt like he had become Sakura.

Excited, high-spirited, excited, many emotions, and then calm down quickly.

Skin-to-skin contact brings about mutual touches.

Because it is impossible to tell whether it is your own emotion or the other person's emotion.
Chapter completed!