He sat facing each other, but he said such a thing to the person who was close to him.

However, after such unreasonable words were spoken, Akina Nakamori was relieved. I suddenly had a feeling in my heart that the troubles in the past few days, the words that I didn't vomit and didn't know where to start, finally had a clue.

Sitting facing each other, this is very close. However, if the heart wants to get closer, then it is far away.

Akina Nakamori looked at Shinichi Iwahashi. Looking at Shinichi Iwahashi, who had been waiting for her calmly before, he put away his smile because of her words, and his face was surprised.

Shinichi Iwahashi didn't know how to react for a while, he looked at Akina Nakamori and slowly digested the meaning of the sentence.

The eyes of the two met, but Akina Nakamori looked at him generously. Akina Nakamori, who was dodging, seemed to have disappeared after the first goodbye and the first eye contact tonight.

Iwahashi Shinichi is not stupid, and he doesn't really think that when Akina Nakamori says "very far away", he means that it is far away from his seat.

Tonight, the two have been sitting facing each other, and no matter who they are, as long as they stretch out their hands, they can touch each other. When you go out and go outside, adjust your pace and you can walk side by side.

Just now, when I was teaching origami, the distance was so close that it seemed that a strong breath could blow her eyelashes.

It's not the distance of the body, there is only one answer, which is the distance of the heart.

"Although I feel that Shen Yijun is far away from me, Shen Yijun is indeed in front of my eyes. ...... Isn't that a little strange to say?" Akina Nakamori smiled first.

She said something a little childish, but her expression and tone made Shinichi Iwahashi not doubt the seriousness and sincerity of her tone no matter what.

"However, I don't know anything about Shen Yijun. Akina Nakamori said.

She knew very little about Shinichi Iwahashi, didn't know many things about him, and didn't know what he was thinking. Although the body is close enough to face each other, the heart is far away.

Because of this, when the mind wants to get closer to him, this "nearness" facing the face becomes a source of pain for another "far".

It's not so much that the distance between the mind is very far, but rather that it doesn't know the length of this distance.

The distance between the body was clear at a glance, but she could not know the length of the distance between the heart. How many steps did it take to reach out and touch Shinichi Iwahashi's hand instead of air?

But when she said these words, she undoubtedly stretched out her hand.

“...... Truly. ”

Iwahashi pondered for a moment and replied.

Akina Nakamori blinked.

Then, I heard him say, "If I say that, I also think that Akina-san is actually far away from me, because I don't know you at all." ”

Iwahashi Shinichi looked at her, "However, although Akina-san is actually far away from me, Akina-san is indeed right in front of me." ”

Speaking of this, he also smiled, "...... It's imitating you, isn't it?"

Akina Nakamori didn't smile, she still kept the expression she looked at him.

Shinichi Iwahashi also put away his smile and said seriously, "However, it's true to imitate you to speak, and it's true to think like this." ”

If the "distance" that Akina Nakamori refers to is the distance of the heart, then, for Shinichi Iwahashi, Akina Nakamori is also a person who he does not know and is far away.

"However," Iwahashi Shinichi looked at Akina Nakamori, "I don't know Akina-san and I'm far away from you, but Akina-san is right in front of me, which makes me happy and relieved." ”

"Happy, relieved?" Akina Nakamori heard him say these two words, and her heart was pounding.

Iwahashi nodded cautiously, "Because Akina-san is right in front of me, I know that you are there, so if I want to get close to you and understand you, I just need to move forward." ...... It's better to have direction than to run around like a fly without a head, right?"

Hearing the last sentence, Akina Nakamori couldn't help but smile.

"Much better. She replied. Looking at Shinichi Iwahashi, he told him, "Actually, I thought so too. ”

The trouble when she met for the first time was because she didn't know how far away her heart was, and the courage of the second meeting gave her the determination to be hurt.

Probably there is no such thing as a relationship in the world that cannot be hurt......

However, Akina Nakamori no longer expects an unharmed relationship, but thinks about what happens even if she is hurt?

Shinichi Iwahashi was right in front of her and walked over to him. If you are far away from him, take a step closer to him. Maybe it will hurt, and the outstretched hand and the steps taken will be in vain.

However, because the object was Shinichi Iwahashi, she dared to take this step.

"If that's the case,"

Shinichi Iwahashi smiled and said to her, "Aren't Akina-san and I having the same thoughts and feelings?"

If you have the same thoughts and feelings, even if it's just a little bit. If that's the case, if you are far away and don't understand, these things seem to be easily solved.

It doesn't matter if you get hurt in the process of approaching, in the process of understanding, even if it will be in vain. ...... What if he is allowed to hurt himself?

Akina Nakamori now feels that the courage she has to think about these things at this moment is not only from Shinichi Iwahashi, but also from herself.

......

At this time, Iwahashi Shinichi pointed to the origami peacock of Akina Nakamori on the table and asked her, "You want to continue the exchange today, right?"

After teaching origami, he exchanged their respective works, which was the beginning of his teaching of origami kittens.

He wasn't necessarily diverting the topic, but rather that after the conversation just now, he naturally came to origami.

Holding Akina Nakamori's origami peacock in his hand, Shinichi Iwahashi was a little curious, "Next time, I don't know what kind of origami work Akina-san will bring." ”

However, from giraffes to peacocks, he guesses that the next origami will be more difficult.

"Well...... Nakamori Akina was in a cheerful mood and sold a pass, "I'll know when the time comes." ”

"Maybe I'll be stumped next time. From giraffes to peacocks, Shinichi Iwahashi had sensed her desire to see him stumped by origami.

Hearing him say this, Akina Nakamori showed a small smile.

However, when she heard him talk about it, she recalled the feeling of wanting to stump him when she was learning origami, and couldn't help but wonder, what caused that feeling of wanting to stump him?

Do you want to embarrass him, do you want to see him make a fool of himself? No, it's not like that.

If Shinichi Iwahashi asks her for help, Akina Nakamori will feel more satisfied than "finally embarrassing him", but rather a satisfaction that can finally be met by him.