Hokkaido, Asahikawa. Half past one in the afternoon.

"I went to work part-time at a convenience store. Nana Hashimoto said to her mother before going out.

"Stay safe on the road. Mrs. Hashimoto instructed.

"By the way, I won't come back for dinner in the evening, so I made an appointment with a friend. Nana Hashimoto did not add.

"Got it. Mrs. Hashimoto answered.

After changing her shoes at the entrance, Nana Hashimoto is not ready to go out for a part-time job.

"Do you have to go out to work on the weekends, Ernissan?" came the voice of Hashimoto's brother behind him.

"Well, it's the weekends that I can have more time to work part-time. Nana Hashimoto didn't answer.

"Isn't your health not very good, why are you so tired?" Hashimoto's brother asked with concern.

Instead of answering directly, he walked up to his brother. puffed out his cheeks and gently flicked his brother's forehead, and the younger brother rubbed the place where he had just been bounced by his sister, and muttered, "Why is this like this again." ”

"It's a secret. I'm leaving. Nana Hashimoto did not leave such a sentence at the end and left the house.

Brother Hashimoto stared at the door for a long time before slowly returning to his room.

The vast white world, the winter of Asahikawa, has a more winter feeling than other places. The snow is thick on the side of the street, and the streets are empty, and even when the weather is nice, there are not necessarily many pedestrians. Heaven and earth are connected, all silvery-white, and a silent world.

Nanami Hashimoto put both hands in his pockets, and tried his best to wrap the coat he was wearing, step by step, slowly advancing.

I came to the convenience store, took off my thick coat and changed into the uniform of the store, and then stood at my work position, in front of the cash register of the store, quietly waiting for the arrival of customers.

This season, at this time, there are few people in the convenience store. People will make more use of the weekends to rest at home. Nanami Hashimoto just stood there like this, and the time passed minute by minute.

At 6:50 p.m., with ten minutes left, Nanami Hashimoto will be able to get off work.

"Welcome. The door of the store opened, and Nana Hashimoto said politely.

"Hehe, it's me, Nanawei. The visitor walked to the cashier and said with a smile.

"Ah, it's Miyano-kun......" Nana Hashimoto was slightly surprised.

"I'm here to pick you up. Haven't you gotten off work yet?" asked a boy named Miyano.

"A little while, just wait. Nana Hashimoto looked at the time, and she was still a few minutes away from work.

"It's okay, let's go back, Hashimoto. The store manager came over and said.

"But it's not time yet. Nanami Hashimoto said, looking at the clock.

"There's not been a lot of people lately, and I haven't been too busy. It's okay, you go back first. The store manager smiled and looked at the two people, and Miyano smiled embarrassedly.

"Here you go, it's your salary. "The store manager handed over today's Shixin to Nanami Hashimoto.

"Thank you, store manager. Nana Hashimoto accidentally took the paycheck and put it in her pocket, but she didn't leave the cash register.

"Wait a little longer, Miyano-kun. Nana Hashimoto said, and the other party nodded.

The clock pointed to seven o'clock, and Nanami Hashimoto left the cash register, packed everything up, changed clothes, and then left the convenience store with Miyano.

"Isn't it a long time ago that you can go, why wait until the end?" asked Miyano on the way, a little puzzled.

"The store manager Sanneng agreed that I work in his shop, which is already a great care for me. I don't usually have much busy, but I have been taken care of by him, and I just want to work dutifully to repay this kindness. Nana Hashimoto did not answer.

"By the way, what are you going to eat at night?" Nanami Hashimoto turned to Miyano beside him.

"Ah, let's go to the family restaurant I went to last time," Miyano replied.

"Uh-huh. Holding Miyano's hand tightly, the two of them walked slowly down the street.

"Miyano-kun, you also want to go to Tokyo, right?" During the meal, Nanami Hashimoto suddenly talked about this topic.

"Well, I want to go to a university in Tokyo and continue playing basketball. Miyano replied as he ate.

"I really want to go, because the exam is coming up soon, and there are less than two months left. Nana Hashimoto continued.

"Even if I get in, it's the kind of university that majors in sports, Nana didn't have such good grades as you, so you should be admitted to a very good university. Miyano stopped eating, paused, and said.

"It's not that easy anymore. It is still necessary to review it carefully. Nanami Hashimoto smiled and waved her hand.

"By the way, did you fire your position as manager of the basketball club?" Miyano asked.

"Well, it's already been handed over to the second-grader, after all, it's going to be an exam. Besides, I'm going to leave school right away. Nana Hashimoto didn't answer.

"Does your family approve of you going to study in Tokyo?" Miyano asked.

Nana Hashimoto did not pause, and the chopsticks in her hand were also placed on the table, as if she wanted to avoid the question.

"I'm sorry, did I ask something inconvenient?" Seeing this, Miyano quickly apologized.

"It's fine. My family probably doesn't want me to go yet, but they just want me to finish high school and find a nearby university with a major......" Nanami Hashimoto continued to answer Miyano's question.

The two men continued to eat, and the conversation between them reached an impasse for a moment, and they were no longer speechless.

"Miyano-kun, do you have a dream?" asked Nanami Hashimoto suddenly.

"Yes. Miyano raised his head and smiled and said to Nanami Hashimoto, who was sitting opposite: "I hope to become a basketball player for the national team, and I will have the opportunity to play basketball in the United States in the future." Go to the NBA to play basketball. ”

"That's right...... It's a big dream. Nanami Hashimoto continued, "I also have a dream, a dream that I have had since I was a child, and I want to go out and see. I don't want to spend my whole life in one place, I want to go to every place I have read in a book, go to see it, and feel it for myself. Going to Tokyo to study was the beginning of my dream, and it could be the whole thing. ”

"It's also a great dream. Miyano gently looked at Nanami Hashimoto, who was happily talking about this on the other side, and gradually made a decision in his heart.

"When you're done, I'll take you home. Miyano said. At the time of checkout, unlike the usual AA system, this time Miyano insisted on paying the full amount, and Nana Hashimoto couldn't resist him, so he had to do it.

"Ah, it's snowing. Walking out of the restaurant, snowflakes were floating in the sky, and Nana Hashimoto took one with his hand, watching it slowly melt away in the palm of his hand.

"Let's go. The hands of the two men clasped tightly together again and walked towards Hashimoto's house.

Quiet nights, quiet streets, quiet two, leaving a string of footprints.

"Okay, I'm home, thank you, Miyano-kun. The two walked to the door of Hashimoto's house, and Nanami Hashimoto said to Miyano.

"Wait a minute, Nanawei!" Miyano grabbed Nanami Hashimoto, who was about to go home, and his violent movements frightened the girl in front of him.

"I have something to tell you. Miyano looked at her with a serious expression.

"Hmm, what's the matter, Miyano-kun. Looking at Miyano, who had a solemn expression on his face, Nanami Hashimoto wondered if something was wrong.

"What I want to say is," Miyano took a deep breath, made up his mind, and then said firmly, "Let's break up, Nanami Hashimoto." ”

"Huh?" Hashimoto's mind went blank.

In this quiet environment. The words announcing the love between the two really reached Nanami Hashimoto's ears, her brain, and her heart.

The relationship between the two people, on that night, officially ended with Miyano's sudden words.

Three months later, Nana Hashimoto did not get an admission letter to Musashi Art University in Tokyo, but she was strongly opposed by her family.

"Didn't I say it! I don't want you to go to Tokyo to study! Girls just find a university at home, and after graduation, find a job nearby, find a good family to marry, and forget it. There's no need for such trouble!" Hashimoto's father was a little tough.

"Don't girls have the right to study?" asked Nanami Hashimoto loudly.

"It's not that I don't want you to study, it's that you don't have to go to Tokyo to study!" Hashimoto's father shot back strongly.

"But I also have the right to choose!" Nana Hashimoto responded loudly to the pressure from her father.

"Dad, you can promise my sister. Hashimoto's younger brother, who was sitting on the side, also begged his father.

"Promise her, promise her, what are you going to do? Do you want to go to college in the future? The family can't afford two people to go to college in Tokyo, you know?" Hashimoto's father rebuked loudly.

"Then I won't go to college in the future, and the money will be left to my sister to study. Brother Hashimoto continued to plead.

"Nonsense!", Hashimoto's father was furious, raised his hand and "snapped", and slapped Hashimoto's younger brother in the face.

"Stop fighting!" Nana Hashimoto screamed at her father's atrocities, and she finally learned the real reason why her father was strenuously opposed to her going to university in Tokyo.

"I'm going to study in Tokyo, and now that I've been admitted, I should cherish this hard-won opportunity. I won't spend a penny of my family's money, I will rely on my own ability, go to work, go to part-time, earn a scholarship, and live in Tokyo on my own, I won't rely on my family anymore!" said Nanami Hashimoto, looking directly into her father's eyes.

"Let's go. He pulled up the younger brother next to him, and the two of them left the living room.

"Hmph, if you have the ability, don't ask for help from the family at that time!" Hashimoto's father said loudly to the backs of the two sisters and brothers who left.

"No, it won't. Nana Hashimoto replied lightly, and took her brother upstairs.

"Look at this child, can you still manage it?" Hashimoto's father said angrily, and Mrs. Hashimoto persuaded him, worried about his daughter.

"Does it still hurt?" touched his brother's red and swollen cheeks. Nanami Hashimoto's heart tingled.

"It's all right, Onisan. Do you really want to go on your own?" Hashimoto asked.

"Well, I'll prove it to them. Nanami Hashimoto said.

"But I'll miss you!" couldn't control his emotions, and hugged his sister in front of him, and Brother Hashimoto cried very sadly.

"It's okay, don't worry about me. Gently stroking her brother's hair, Nanami Hashimoto felt for the first time that her brother had strong feelings for her.

"After I'm gone, you can't fall behind in your grades. Nana Hashimoto comforted.

"Uh-huh. I'll work hard, and I'll go to Tokyo to study with you, Ernissan. Brother Hashimoto wiped away his tears and said firmly.

"Well, come on. Nanami Hashimoto clenched her small fists and encouraged.

Back in her room, Nanami Hashimoto began to pack her luggage.

"These are no longer needed. Nanami Hashimoto put away all the things she had about Miyano's memories and put them in a bag, ready to throw them in the trash bin outside when she left tomorrow.

"From now on, we must look forward. Nanami Hashimoto made up her mind.

In fact, Miyano had already discovered Nanami Hashimoto's ambitions, and knew that his grades were far from catching up with her, so in order not to delay her dream, Miyano himself chose to quit. After Nana Hashimoto didn't ask the reason that day, she finally asked him again if he really decided to do so. After getting "will not regret it." After the answer, Nana Hashimoto resolutely accepted the request to break up, because he knew that the other party chose this way for his own consideration, and he would not blame him. However, Nana Hashimoto didn't know that after that decision was established, it would no longer be possible for him and him.

I won't regret every decision anymore, I won't look back, I have to look forward and think about moving forward on a broader path of life, which is now Nanami Hashimoto.

Early the next morning, Nanami Hashimoto was ready to go out with her suitcase.

Throwing the bag into the garbage bin not far from the door of her house, Nana Hashimoto stopped her when she was about to leave.

"Have you decided you want to go?" said Mrs. Hashimoto.

"Well, it's decided. Nana Hashimoto didn't answer.

"I know your temper, and you won't change your mind when you make a decision. With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Hashimoto took out a thick envelope from her bosom and handed it to Nanami Hashimoto.

"This is some of the money that my mother usually saves, and you will use it when you go to Tokyo yourself. Mrs. Hashimoto cried.

"I ...... I have money, and I have the money I save from my part-time job, and I have my own ......" Looking at her tearful mother, Nanami Hashimoto's nose also began to sour.

"Take it!" a handful of them were shoved into Nanami Hashimoto's hand, and Mrs. Hashimoto continued: "Remember to call home, write a letter if it is inconvenient, and don't forget to contact home anyway." If you have a problem, come home, everything is with your mother, don't worry about your father. ”

"I will. He hugged his mother tightly, and the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried.

"Let's go, don't worry about home. Mrs. Hashimoto finally said, and Nana Hashimoto nodded, took the suitcase, left the place where she had lived for seventeen years, and got on the train bound for Tokyo.

After coming to Tokyo, I first contacted my former classmates and friends, and with their help, I finally managed to rent a relatively cheap house.

The next day, I started going out to look for part-time jobs. No matter what kind of job it is, whether it's the kitchen at a ramen shop, a waitress at an izakaya, or a part-time job at a gas station at night, Nana Hashimoto will apply for it as long as he thinks the price is not too outrageous and the time is arranged.

In order to save the cost of daily toiletries and hair care, I had to cut my hair short, which I had grown from childhood to adulthood, and I also found out about the part-time job of a hairstylist in the barber shop, and I would also find time to do this work.

The clothes I usually wear are also cheap and discounted products, and there are no cosmetics, so I just wash my face with water every day and apply some skin care lotion to do the most basic care.

When I was most tired, I was able to take on three completely different jobs a day, and the time was staggered, and the work of the body was overdrawn.

A girl in Tokyo who has to live and solve problems such as tuition fees and so on, is trying to live with all her might.

In the summer of August 2011, an idol group was formed, which changed the fate of Nanami Hashimoto. With the attitude of trying and eating mixed rice, it is incredible that he passed one selection after another, and finally became a member of Nogizaka 46, a group.

After receiving the salary in the first month, Nana Hashimoto contacted her mother and successfully remitted the money to the family, which was very happy, because it was equivalent to telling the family that she was living well in Tokyo. Idol, for her, is not a dream, but it is a work-like existence, so she will work hard to do this job well.

In April 2012, Nana Hashimoto was in Tokyo and everything was fine.