Dreamed again.

It's the season of cherry blossoms.

Takuhisa walked out of the school with his school bag on his back.

Next, he's going to meet up with Erika Ikuta.

After returning to China, the two did not study in the same elementary school, but fortunately, they went to the same piano teacher's classroom to practice together after school.

What Takuhisa was looking forward to the most was the short two-hour or so practice time, as well as the time he spent waiting for Erika under the cherry blossom tree.

Pink cherry blossom petals fell on his head.

I took it off, but I couldn't grasp it, and it was blown away by the skimmed wind.

"Sorry for being late today. ”

Lively voices rushed from afar.

Takuhisa looked up at the cute girl.

The spring student outfit looks just right on her, delicate and moving.

"It's fine. ”

Replying blandly, a smile appeared on Takuhisa's face.

"Then let's go, it's too late, teacher. ”

Without staying long, Ikuta Erika clenched his hand and ran wildly.

There was no strange feeling because of her actions, and it was better to say that Takuhisa only had joy left in his heart.

Every time he came into contact with Erika, the warmth that beat in his heart made him breathless. Maybe in Erika's eyes, he just usually pulls him to run, but for Takuhisa, it's very different.

Just the level of shaking hands, he can understand what happiness is.

Erika understands me.

Except for my mother, only Erika can understand what I am all about.

From the very beginning, this thought has been coming to me, deep in the bloodstream, and flowing into the brain.

After returning from Germany, Takuhisa's friendship environment has not changed, and his personality seems to be natural, and he lacks communication with the people around him. During the break after class, he would rather huddle in the library in the corner of the school and read a book quietly than participate in a fierce confrontation game.

His lack of motivation and inability to fit in with the environment also made him cherish the time he spent with Erika every day.

The spring breeze is rippling, the cherry blossoms are dancing in the wind, and Takuhisa and Erika are trotting around the pink petals.

"Haaa......"

After all, it was just two children, and after a while, two people panting slowly walked around the road.

The clenched hand did not let go.

Ikuta Erika forgot, and Takuhisa didn't want to let go.

The blue sky was sandwiched with large white clouds, and the sunlight poured on the two of them, warm and comfortable, whether it was the official or themselves.

Walking along the road, the slope slopes upwards, and the intersection of the railway and the highway, the time when two trains are waiting for the rapid departure of the train is the most wonderful time for Takuhisa.

Talking, silent, or looking at the same landscape, the bond between them makes their movements unusually synchronized.

Maybe it's because the two of them are childhood sweethearts.

It is natural and fortunate for them to be able to get so close, no, it should be said that it is an inevitable thing of fate.

As time slowly accumulates, their bonds form little by little, and it is difficult to break them.

"Erika Blossom. ”

While waiting for the train to rush forward, Takuhisa suddenly spoke.

"Huh?"

"Can you watch the cherry blossoms with me? a year later, two years later, for a lifetime...... Can you always come and see the cherry blossoms with me?"

Disturbed.

It should be a beautiful scene, but Takuhisa, who was in it, felt uneasy, obviously he was now holding Ikuta Erika's hand, feeling her temperature, and standing on the same line as her.

Suddenly childish.

I'm so different from Erika and I, can I really be with her in the future?

During a casual walk, he could hear the children at school talking about Erika Ikuta.

A versatile girl, it seems that her parents also have the idea of letting her do child labor.

Compared to him, it is the gap between heaven and earth.

Takuhisa is well aware of his mediocrity and cowardice.

Fear brought uneasiness, and uneasiness made him say this.

"Are you going to move?"

Who knows, the girl just asked in surprise.

"Uh...... No. ”

"Then why do you say that, if Takuhisa doesn't move, won't we be able to see each other all the time? Every year, no, we can see cherry blossoms together every day. ”

She said it very seriously, and Takuhisa could feel it.

Without a trace of lies, it comes from the innocence of the girl.

This made Takuhisa feel ashamed.

It is precisely because of mediocrity and poor communication skills that he thinks so much, like an adult, but how can a child of the same age be like this.

Warmth enveloped him again.

"Well, that's what I'm saying, let's go and see the cherry blossoms from now on. ”

"Of course. ”

The other hand of the two reached up to their chests and pulled up the hook.

In the future, we will go to see the cherry blossoms together.

In looking at each other, they determined.

It was also at this time that the tram shuttled away, the fence opened, and the road ahead.

What a blissful view.

If nothing happens afterward.

If Takuhisa didn't have an impulse in the piano room, if Takuhisa found out about his mother's abnormality early after returning home.

Maybe next year, they will be able to go to see the cherry blossoms together.

……

……

As the sun floats to bring light, Takuhisa wakes up.

"Ahh......h

Squinting uncomfortably, I was used to living in Germany, and I slept a little the first day in Japan.

"Didn't you put it in the evening?"

He had an envelope on his forehead, apparently because he hadn't put it in the previous night, blocking his view, but thankfully, the morning sun wasn't dazzling.

Taking off his white clothes, Takuhisa got out of bed and prepared to go to the bathroom to wash it up.

He prefers cold water to natural sobriety.

That would have brought him to his senses faster.

The doorknob twisted, and he opened the door.

Then he regretted it.

"I'm sorry, sister, you go on. ”

Apologizing expressionlessly to the woman who had also taken off her clothes outside, Takuhisa immediately closed the door.

Accustomed to living alone, Takuhisa almost forgot that he was living with his sister now, and he only remembered the inconvenience of living with women now.

It was also worthy of his sister, and he didn't scream, and in the gap between the closed doors, Takuhisa could see the smile on her face.

Why laugh?

Incomprehensible.

In short, the little embarrassment was quickly resolved with the tacit cooperation of the sister and brother.

After changing into new clothes and a leather jacket, Takuhisa walked out of the bathroom, and after washing in the morning, he was also refreshed.

"Do you have any plans for the next few days?"

Sister pointed out that Rino Hara was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, playing with her mobile phone, and when she heard the footsteps of Takuhisa, she asked casually.

"I'm going to spend a few days here in Tokyo. ”

When the towel wiped his head, Takuhisa replied.

"Hey, that's pretty good. ”

"Well, it's okay. ”

"What are you going to do after that?"

"Go to places other than Tokyo, like Kyushu Hokkaido. Takuhisa said as he planned.

"That's it. ”

She put her phone on her toes, her phone on her long blue dress, and turned her head to look at Takuhisa.

"Let's help my sister, Takuhisa. ”

It seems to be a pleading.

"Huh?"

"Didn't you say you studied making musicals in Germany, come to AKB and HKT to help me. She made a request that seemed small to her, "How about directing a couple of musicals for our members?"

Takuhisa's mouth was half open, and he was speechless.

He only planned to come to Japan for a few months, and he had no plans to work in Japan.

"I'm not sure, I don't know how musicals are directed in Japan. After thinking about it slightly, he declined Rino Shihara's invitation.

"Really?" instead of showing a disappointed look, Rino Zhihara laughed instead, "You haven't found a girlfriend yet, have you?"

Talked about the topic that I didn't want to close.

"yes, what's wrong?"

"As long as you promise me, I can introduce you to a girlfriend who meets your requirements. ”

Tempting Takuhisa with a smile, although Takuhisa was not impressed.

"Royal road idols, fishing idols, pure idols, etc., etc., I can help you introduce, AKB has everything~"

"Aren't idols incapable of falling in love?"

Calmly said it.,Takuhisa has heard of it.,Being an idol in Japan has a love prohibition rule.。

"That's just talking, and the AKS won't care if they don't find out. How's that, I'm excited, or if you're interested in other teams, I can also introduce you, like the Nogizaka 46 that has been on fire recently. ”

If he wasn't convinced that his sister didn't know anything about herself, Takuhisa would have wondered if she had said it on purpose.

"Why don't you think about it?, except for the children at HKT, I can introduce them to you~"

Hey, are you really an idol?

……

Walk to the balcony and put your hands on it.

The cold temperature of October stung his skin, but Takuhisa enjoyed the cold.

In the end, he still agreed to Rino Tsuhara's request, not because of the girlfriend she said, nor because of the Nogizaka mentioned later, not because of these reasons!

He shook his hand and looked at the skyscraper erected at the same height in front of him.

When he was in Germany, Takuhisa lived in a civilian hut with only one or two floors, and it was difficult to see a building that protruded into the sky like a large tree.

The clouds slowed down.

As if to rebuke him for hypocrisy.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't smoke, Takuhisa would definitely light a cigarette at this moment.

Evasion, although shameful, is useful.

After so many years, we still have to face it after all.

It's okay to see her one last time, and then disappear and be completely finished.

From now on, I will never return to Tokyo, never think about the past, and embrace the future with a new attitude.

Find a girl you like, fall in love, get married, have children, and end up like this.

Not bad.

Even if a meteor shower suddenly falls from the sky, it will not change his mind.

The past is still precipitated in dreams.

It ends with a dream.

Takuhisa opened his mouth happily and comforted himself.

Drip~Drip~

A ringtone came from the phone.

After opening it, Takuhisa realized that it was his Twitter friend who greeted him.

She tweeted a photo.

Locomotives, helmets, and fields where ears of wheat are cut.

Set sail for a new day!

Extremely optimistic words, only this little girl who grew up on the island would say.

Below the tweet, is her greeting.

[You have to work hard to come to Tokyo after graduating from high school!]

She Aite Takuhisa.

Vitality, vitality, hope.

If I had grown up with this girl, would my life have been very different?

On a whim, Takuhisa suddenly felt very good.

It is precisely because he is a sentimental person that he feels extremely comfortable talking to this girl.

Maybe the girl is also worried, and Takuhisa can't find it on the Internet, but the cheerfulness she shows makes up for Takuhisa's shortcomings.

After the last time I saw Erika, I'm going to meet her, right?

Raising his face, his eyes were full of color.

The view from the balcony, the room inside the balcony, suddenly shrouded in a layer of light.

Pulled his jacket closer, put on his pants and left the apartment.

Because of work, Rina Hara had already left the apartment, and Takuhisa took the entry and exit certificate she gave and walked into the elevator.

[You too, you must study hard in high school!]

The phone typed out these words, and before the elevator door closed, it replied to the girl.

A girl who calls herself Momo.

Peaches, really a great name.

It doesn't matter if it's your real name or your screen name.

……

Takuhisa woke up early, but no matter how early it was, the center of Tokyo was already filled with busy people, and in the middle of the traffic, he leaned on the map to the nearest subway station.

Relying on memory, he took a ticket to the place he remembered as a child.

The subway was very crowded, and Takuhisa didn't want to be pressed into it by the attendant, so he chose to wait for the end of work, although the next train was still crowded.

In Tokyo during the morning rush hour, I'm afraid Takuhisa doesn't want to experience it a second time.

After getting off the subway, he got there.

After walking for hundreds of meters, you will come to the foot of the lush cherry blossom tree.

In the near winter, there is nothing left on the trees except bare branches, and the cherry blossom petals have already fallen in April.

"Still there?"

Surprise drifted through my head.

He thought that a tall building should be built on this land.

But this can be considered lucky, Takuhisa looked up at the dry tree, turned around and walked forward, no contact, no nostalgia.

The area is relatively quiet, with few people in sight, and as you walk up the slope, you can only see a few men and women in high school uniforms walking by.

It's a couple, right?

Sweet hand-holding, sitting on a bicycle, or chasing and fighting.

Takuhisa shuttled past them, presumably they wouldn't care about Takuhisa, a passer-by with an indifferent face.

A frown furrowed.

Seeing this scene, Takuhisa couldn't help but feel that a phantom appeared in front of him.

The girl pulled the boy and ran forward.

Pull the bonds closer together while running.

Looking away, the sun slanted on the ramp.

Walking on the left side, it seems to be deliberately avoiding the sun.

After going down the ramp and turning a corner, it is the intersection of the railway and the road, and the guardrail has been lowered.

By the time Takuhisa arrived, a train had already passed by.

After this train passes, another train will run in the opposite direction.

Relying on memory, Takuhisa thought.

Taking out his phone again, Takuhisa opened Twitter and looked at the reply that had just been sent.

Under the oppression of memories, all he can do is divert his attention and not let his mind be confused.

……

……

In the morning, Erika Ikuta came to the building's dance studio.

She can't let up and her daily practice must be consistent, especially during her time as a center.

She finished her practice after her back was soaked, because she came early and no one was in the dance studio, which was just right.

Let's go there next.

She thought to herself, ready to change her clothes and set off.

Go to that piano classroom in memory.

"Well, Erika, did you come so early?"

Words of surprise sounded from the door, and Ikuta Erika looked there, and the girl with a delicate face stood there.

"Asuka?"

Obviously, Ikuta Erika didn't expect anyone to come.

Asuka Saito, the youngest member of the first term, is a year younger than her.

"Have you worked so hard to become a center? I don't think you came so early. ”

The quiet and lovely Asuka Saito walked in with small steps and asked as if admittedly.

"Pretty much. Agreeing with Asuka Saito's statement, Ikuta Erika scratched her head, "But Azuka, have you been here so early?"

She was a little surprised, although she and Asuka Saito were good friends, she didn't know that Asuka Saito would come to the dance studio so early.

"It's just a habit. Asuka chuckled and sat in front of the mirror to warm up, "I don't have the same excellent piano skills and singing ability as Erika you, so I can only start with dancing." ”

Suddenly there was nothing to say.

Ikuta Erika understood that her words were very inappropriate.

When they were close in age, the relationship between the two was very good, but later, the difference in status made her alienated from Asuka Saito.

She is the central figure who is touted by the operation, and Asuka Saito, who has no outstanding points, falls into the UNDER queue.

Communication has also been intermittent since then.

[I also want to be a center]

It was when, as if it was no one in the lounge, she heard the reluctant sound of Asuka outside the door, accompanied by sobbing.

What she experienced from falling out of the selection queue was something that Erika Ikuta could not experience firsthand, and what she could understand was that Asuka Saito had changed since then.

That's a feeling she doesn't like.

"Are you going to rehearse when you're done with the dance?"

Asuka Saito asked casually as he pressed his leg.

"Well..... don't count, there's something to do. ”

"That's right. ”

Without asking too much, Asuka Saito continued to do warm-up exercises.

"I want to go somewhere to play the piano and relax, Asuka, do you want to come along?"

On a whim, she suddenly invited Asuka Saito to go with her.

Unwilling to see her former friend fall into the abyss without guidance, and wanting her to be strong—probably with the idea that Erika Ikuta invites Asuka Saito.

"Huh?"

The sudden words made Saito Asuka not react in time, and he could only sigh.

And it's to listen to the piano...... Asuka Saito was a little overwhelmed.

Why did you invite me?

That's what she thought.

Although they used to be friends, the friendship between her and Ikuta Erika is almost worn out under the status gap.

"Just wanted to invite you, Asuka, to come?"

Seeing Asuka's hesitant expression, Ikuta Erika added fire and asked again.

"This ...... All right. ”

After all, he is not the last man, and after thinking about it, Asuka Saito agreed to Ikuta's invitation.