June 11th is Yui Aragaki's birthday.

In order to celebrate Gakki's sixteenth birthday, Sakamoto Kiyoshi and Masami Nagasawa deliberately arranged Sakamoto Kiyoshi's home a few days in advance without hiding from Gakki.

Why is it at Kiyoshi Sakamoto's house? Because on Friday nights, the members of the "Acting Club" come to Kiyoshi Sakamoto's house, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto's home has long been a gathering place for the three.

Since the morning, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has pretended not to know at all that today is Yui Aragaki's birthday, or if he goes to school with Yui Aragaki as usual. Aragaki Yui didn't know if he knew his birthday, so he didn't say anything to remind him.

In the afternoon, the program officially began.

After school, Kiyoshi Sakamoto lied to Yui Aragaki that there was something in the company and she wanted to go back to Sony, so she should go back first. Then after Yui Aragaki reluctantly left alone, she immediately took a taxi, picked up the birthday cake that had been ordered on the way, and returned home.

At this time, at home, Masami Nagasawa was already there.

Knowing that Gakki likes to eat sukiyaki very much, the two have long thought about getting her an oversized beef sukiyaki pot on her birthday to celebrate her sixteenth birthday. Of course, this dish is made by Masami Nagasawa. There's no way, it's okay to ask Kiyoshi Sakamoto to eat, but it's impossible to ask him to do it.

After all, he's a hard cook.

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto is responsible for taking the cake and preparing a show, and for Kiyoshi Sakamoto, it's just a small show, a piece of cake.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, it is the party time of the "Acting Club", and this time, it is "Gakki's Birthday Surprise".

Everything is ready, just waiting for Aragaki Yui to come to Sakamoto Kiyoshi's house from the house opposite.

Because he was afraid that Yui Aragaki would come to the door and knock on the door, Sakamoto opened the door early in the morning, covered it gently, and turned off all the lights in the house at the same time.

"Bang Bang"

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Masami Nagasawa, who were in the house, were holding a small salute in their hands and looking nervously at the door.

With a "squeak", the wooden door of Sakamoto's house was slowly pushed open from the outside.

The palms of the two of them were sweating in the dark, and their eyes widened to see if it was Gakki, but it was too dark to see if it was her.

"Smack"

The light was turned on, and it was Gakki who turned on the light!!

But because it was the first time to make this kind of surprise, the two people in the room had no experience, so they should have turned on the small salute the moment they turned on the light, which was called "surprise". As a result, the two of them took a step slower, resulting in a situation where two people with small salutes with confused faces stood in the hallway, looking at Yui Aragaki who also looked confused.

The scene was awkward for a while, and it was about ten seconds later.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who reacted, sounded his small salute and said a blessing at the same time

"Smack!"

"Happy Birthday!

The small salute in Sakamoto's hand flew out some streamers and hung on top of Aragaki Yui's head in a funny way.

And Masami Nagasawa also followed, and the small salute in her hand was also sounded.

"Smack!"

“。。。 Happy Birthday!Gakki!"

After saying the blessing, the two looked nervously at Yui Aragaki's expression, for fear that she would be unhappy.

At this time, Aragaki Yui's expression changed from a confused face when he entered the door, to when he heard the two of them pull off the small salute and say blessings, he was already holding back a smile on his face, after all, this picture is very funny.

But at the same time, Aragaki Yui felt very moved. Because from the "surprise" of the two of them this time, it seems that the two of them were prepared in advance, and in this regard, Aragaki Yui feels that although the degree of completion is not too high, but he is still very happy, after all, there are so two friends who care about him by his side.

"ARIGADO!KIYO, SESAME-CHAN, DAIYO (I LIKE IT VERY MUCH). After speaking, Yui Aragaki rushed towards the two of them at once and hugged them.

At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Masami Nagasawa both breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at each other.

Then, the three people who had hugged came to the dining table, and Aragaki Yui jumped for joy when she saw that her favorite beef sukiyaki was placed on the table, which was still a super-large version.

Then, the three of them chatted while eating the oversized beef sukiyaki.

"Anyway, your surprise is too bad, I turned on the lights, you should have fired a small salute at that time, oops, really. Yui Aragaki, who stuffed her mouth with beef, complained indistinctly.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi knew that he didn't do it well, so in the face of Aragaki Yui's complaints, he could only retort in a low voice, "Who knows if it's you who opened the door and came in? ”

"Are you embarrassed to say, when you pretended not to know about my birthday at school, you pretended to be quite similar, and your acting skills have improved during this time, huh?" said a giant Lori who was about to get angry.

"That's, I'm a genius, and I'm a quick learner. Kiyoshi Sakamoto hadn't noticed Gakki's expression as it began to darken.

Masami Nagasawa on the side, looked at Kiyoshi Sakamoto who was dying with interest, and Gakki, who was about to make a move, and thought in his heart that there was a good show to watch.

"You Yaga!" Yui Aragaki finally couldn't help it, grabbed Kiyoshi Sakamoto's pill head, and gently pulled it back.

"Ouch!Generation(Pain)!Generation(Pain)!My hair!My hair!I know it's wrong, let me go!" Sakamoto-kun, who was caught by the "pigtails", kept begging for mercy from the giant Lori.

Fortunately, Aragaki Yui was just a small punishment for this Sakamoto-kun who boasted all day long, and he didn't do it ruthlessly, otherwise, Sakamoto Kiyoshi's "ball" would be gone.

Sakamoto-kun, who escaped from the clutches of a certain giant Lori, is touching his hair while cursing a certain giant Lori in the corner of his heart.

After the fight, the three continued to chat.

I don't know what's going on, Yui Aragaki and Masami Nagasawa, two young ladies who are a few years older than Kiyoshi Sakamoto, feel that they have a good chat with Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

In their hearts, they have never been a boy younger than them, and in their eyes, Sakamoto Kiyoshi is more like an older brother who is older than them but a little funny and naïve.

I know a lot of things, my knowledge is very wide and miscellaneous, and at the same time, I remember it very well, I learn everything very quickly, I laugh, I am very warm, I treat people very gently, I give people a very energetic feeling, and all kinds of traits that should not appear at his age have appeared in him, which makes Aragaki Yui and Masami Nagasawa very fascinated, and very curious, I want to know more about him, but the deeper I go, the more mysterious he feels.

Well, it's just funny and naïve sometimes.

That's why Gakki and Sesame sauce became very good friends with Kiyoshi Sakamoto so quickly in a few months. After all, the two girls are very shy and introverted girls in private.

"By the way, did you hear that?" Suddenly, Yui Aragaki asked Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

"What did you hear?" Sakamoto, who was eating with a mouth full of oil, replied without raising his head.

"That's the one the school notified you today!"

"Today, the school, oh, the cultural festival?" Sakamoto Kiyoshi thought of the news he had received at the school today.

"It's good that your school is holding a cultural festival so soon? When Masami Nagasawa heard the words "Cultural Festival", her eyes were full of envy. She studied at Horikoshi High School, which is known as Sunrise High School.

"Mm-hmm, our school is early, just next month. Aragaki said.

"And what kind of activities are going to be held in your two classes?" said Masami Nagasawa curiously.

"Our class wants to have a badminton duel. I'm in charge!" Yui Aragaki said proudly, her best sport is badminton, but she doesn't dare to compliment that level.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto thinks,The reason why Gakki is the main general,It should be because she looks so cute.,At least she can solicit customers outside or something.,Who cares.,After all, cuteness is justice.。

"Badminton Ka, what about you? Sesame-chan asked Kiyomichi Sakamoto, who was thinking about the scene of Gakki soliciting customers.

"Oh, our class hasn't figured it out yet, so you might ask me to go up and sing." Kiyoshi Sakamoto replied nonchalantly while poking at a piece of cucumber with chopsticks.

"Well, if you go up and sing, then everyone will go to see you sing, so won't anyone come to our events?" Sesame sauce on the side also nodded in support.

"I don't want to, the problem is that I don't have the final say in our class, we want to vote democratically, I only have one vote, and I can't resist. ”

"That's not going to work either!"

"Well, I'll see if I can object, after all, I'm so popular, they all want me to sing on stage, wahahahaha. ”

"Narcissist!" "Narcissist!" "Narcissist!" The two girls said the nickname of Kiyoshi Sakamoto at the same time.

"BY THE WAY, KIYO, DON'T YOU HAVE A FUN SHOW FOR TODAY'S HERO? HURRY UP AND TAKE IT OUT, IT'S ALMOST TEN O'CLOCK. At this time, Masami Nagasawa saw the clock hanging on the wall, remembered that there was still a program, and reminded Sakamoto Kiyomichi.

"Oh, yes, I'm going to prepare. Kiyoshi Sakamoto also remembered, so he immediately got up and walked to the room.

Gakki looked at the two of them and wondered, "Hmm, what other shows do you have?

"I don't know, KIYO said he was prepared. You see, that's it. "Masami Nagasawa doesn't know what Kiyoshi Sakamoto is doing.

Suddenly, pushing open the door of the room, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who came out, sat on the tatami mat with a guitar in his hand and began to sing.

There is no problem already, don't worry

You came to me as I was about to cry

Whisper with an eternal smile

There are still still and there are still opportunities

You shine at all times

Sometimes if you are too hasty, you can get lost

You're always looking at me with a smile on your face

Hug me as you normally would

I don't know how many times your smile has guided me

Thank you, thank you, best friend

Accompanied by the beautiful melody of the acoustic guitar, Kiroro's "best friend", released in 2001, has a new interpretation from the warm voice of Kiyoshi Sakamoto.