Chapter Fifty-Six: The New Year Is Here!
The new year begins with prayers.
The day of the first gathering of Nogizaka in the new year, I didn't expect the meeting place to be a shrine that was not attractive to Hoshimi Mibu. Hoshimi had just walked to the stairs in front of the torii, and compared to Nakamoto, who was holding her with a sincere face, and Wakatsuki, who was carefully cleaning her hands beside her, she had already begun to pray in her heart that the morning blessing event would pass quickly, and she was secretly looking forward to the New Year's fan meeting in the afternoon.
Prayers at the shrine are always the same, with things like washing hands, gargling and worshipping. Hoshimi hid in the corner of the queue, drooping his head and watching Ikuta Erika solemnly bow and pray for blessings under the instructions of the god lord holding the god stick and branches, muttering to himself that he couldn't catch up on sleep during the holiday. The members on her side were all extremely serious, staring intently at the altar.
"Please stand in two rows, and you need to take a group photo." The staff handed the banner to the members in the first row, and the photographer gestured for the members to stand in their proper positions. Hoshimi secretly yawned, and was noticed by Shiraishi next to him, and gently slapped her on the back of her hand.
"It hurts!"
"When are you still sleepy, this is a shrine, you give me a little serious." Shiraishi frowned and whispered in her ear as he reminded.
The mouth had an inopportune tendency to open again, and Hoshimi quickly shook his head, his hands alternately placed in front of him, and his thumbs pinched in his palms, and his eyelids still fought uncontrollably. "Aren't you standing outside the shrine now?" She squinted her eyes and quibbled, her fingers reaching into her pockets but grabbing them empty, remembering that she was wearing a uniform for attending the event instead of her regular clothes, and sighed silently.
"That's not going to work either." Shiraishi patted her again, motioning for her to look up at the camera.
"Understand... Yes! β
Before he could get tired and weak, the sound of his breath reached Shiraishi's ears, and the silky sound suddenly turned into a sharp cry, which frightened Shiraishi like a frightened rabbit, covered his ears and turned his head to look at Hoshimi.
Hoshimi turned around and glared viciously at Yuri Kuito behind him, and the annoying sleepiness disappeared without a trace, leaving only a look of annoyance and anger, "Yudan! Hoshimi clenched his fist in front of his chest with one hand, and carefully defended the forbidden ground under his skirt with the other.
It's all her momentary negligence, and under the coercion of sleepiness, she actually forgot that Yuri Sato was standing behind her, as a member of the group with a very high victim rate, she had escaped the clutches of the devil several times in a row, but she didn't expect to enter the wolf pit again at the beginning of the new year.
Without waiting for Hoshimi to start criticizing Yuri Kuito angrily, her face was pinched by the white stone that seemed to be bubbling black beside her, and she was forced to turn her head back to face the camera, and at the moment when she covered her cheeks with tears in the corners of her eyes and raised her eyes, the shutter was pressed and frozen forever.
"It's too hard for me." Hoshimi covered his cheeks, which still had fingerprints, and wanted to cry without tears, so he could only snort helplessly. Just as a gust of cold wind blew, Hoshimi, who pretended to be sobbing, immediately sneezed when he received the baptism of cold air, and ran quickly to the eaves of the shrine to ask for a warm baby from the staff.
The other members exchanged heads while the staff was tidying up their equipment, discussing the new things that happened during the New Year's holiday. Hoshimi stretched freely with the warm baby in his hand, and caught a glimpse of Asuka Saito nodding silently in the corner without saying a word.
"Asuka, is it cold?" Hoshimi handed over the extra warm baby in his hand, "Do you need me to help you paste it?" Seeing Asuka Saito shake his head, Hoshimi silently withdrew his hand and tore open the bag to stick the warm baby on his belly.
"I seem to have gained weight by doing homework at home these days." Hoshimi pinched his lower abdomen and moved his hand to his waist, his originally tight and slender waist really had a tendency to widen, "I'm going to lose weight, I can't eat takeout with Ms. Maikoto." β
"Does Miho eat takeout a lot?" Asuka finally let out a soft voice and looked at Hoshimi suspiciously.
Hoshimi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Recently, my mother doesn't know why, maybe she was stimulated by me, and suddenly she started to enter the kitchen on a whim, and she was defeated again and again, and the living expenses of the family have skyrocketed." Hey, I wish she would give up the hobby of cooking soon. β
Ikuta patted Hoshimi on the shoulder and explained to Asuka Saito, "Obviously, Mihoho took the initiative to give advice to Aunt Mikoto, but Auntie is seriously studying the dishes that Mihoho likes." β
"How do you know?" Hoshimi's heart chuckled, and he immediately asked.
Ikuta waved his hand freely and said proudly, "Because my aunt specially asked me what Mihoho likes to eat when she eats lunch, I also gave my aunt a lot of tips and suggestions on cooking." β
Hearing Ikuta's words, Hoshimi's expression became more and more solemn, and finally he took a deep breath in order to calm the rising emotions in his chest, and pretended to threaten fiercely: "It turns out that you are the culprit!" Do you know how hard I work to clean the kitchen every night now! I also suggested that if you pass on your failures to my mom again, I will take you home and clean up for me. Hear me! β
"Why are you like this, excessively! I took time out to study and communicate with my aunt, and my schoolwork has been so heavy lately that I still have to prepare for the test in advance. Even though I'm so busy, I still send emails to my aunt on time every night, didn't you manage to eat the perfect tomato egg last night? It's all my credit. Ikuta became more and more angry as he spoke, reaching out and expertly encircling Hoshimi's neck, forcing her to bow her head and apologize before letting go.
Hoshimi, who was attacked by the chokehold, only felt her temples throbbing violently, she remembered that she had cramped her abdomen after eating the plate of tomatoes with skin and eggshell scrambled eggs last night, and when she thought of her lying on the ground with a rag and sweating profusely to take care of the spilled oil spots, she wanted to carry Ikuta home and lock it in the kitchen now, so that she could see the hellish kitchen and trash can with her own eyes at night.
Hoshimi felt the air getting thinner and thinner, wisely lowered his noble head and apologized in a low voice, feeling Ikuta's gradually loosened forearm quickly break the other party's hand, and ducked behind Hiyaka Nakamoto with an arrow to enjoy the oxygen that had not been seen for a long time. Hoshimi lazily rested his chin on Nakamoto's shoulder socket, his eyes rolling, his dark eyes purring, and when he looked up at Ikuta, all that was left was kindness and closeness on his face.
Hoshimi looked at Ikuta and said softly, "It's really thanks to a library of sauce that I can eat such a delicious meal, isn't it a holiday recently?" There is still a while before the debut day, why don't you come to my house for dinner, I think my mother will be very happy to know that you are coming, please be sure to give me and my mother a chance to let Yiku sauce taste my mother's handiwork. β
Ikuta was fascinated by Hoshimi's kind smile, nodded involuntarily, and immediately waved his hands vigorously and excused himself in embarrassment: "I also want to go, but I really don't have time recently, not only the publicity of the debut list, but the piano lesson has been delayed for a few sessions, and the homework has not been completed." β
Seeing Ikuta shaking his head in disappointment, Hoshimi could only comfort him softly: "It's okay, we're here for Japan." Ikuta, with his eyes downcast, failed to detect the cunning in Hoshimi's eyes and the danger in the corners of his lips. Nakamoto turned his head sideways and saw Hoshimi's familiar smile, silently lit a candle for Ikuta in his heart, and silently added another one when he saw the dangerous light in Hoshimi's eyes.
Asuka Saito looked at the several people with different expressions in front of her with a blank expression, quietly withdrew from the battlefield without gunsmoke, and walked to the other side of the shrine alone, and when she returned to the team, the pocket of her uniform bulged slightly, but no one noticed.
Hoshimi looked at Ikuta's troubled expression and hesitated, noticing the back of Asuka sneaking away and Nakamoto, who was silently covering his face and snickering and retreating to the side, he still asked out loud, "Have you been so busy lately?" β
"Well, but it's actually okay, wouldn't it be great for us to have a goal and be busy with it?"
Hoshi nodded clearly, his eyes rolled, and Ikuta, who was looking at the vitality, cleared his throat and continued to ask with a bad look: "Is the result of that Ichiku-chan okay?" It is said that he is in the top of his age. β
Ikuta, who was praised, couldn't help laughing, waved his hand and looked at Hoshimi shyly, "It's okay, it's not that powerful." β
"Do I have a question?"
"Absolutely."
"Chocolate and tomato race and run, chocolate rushed to the finish line first, hit a food, a library of sauce do you know what it is?" Hoshimi raised his eyebrows and looked at Ikuta, who was lost in thought, and joked, "It can't be that you don't know, right?" I thought Ichiku-chan was smart. β
"Who said I don't know!"
Sure enough. Hoshimi looked at Ikuta's inexplicable confidence and restrained his imminent smile: "Then what do you say?" β
"Yes...... Eh, I don't know. Ikuta frowned in thought, and looked up angrily and smacked Hoshimi, "Why does Mihoho keep playing tricks on me." β
After receiving a painless punch in the shoulder, Hoshimi smiled softly, "It's a chocolate bar, I don't know it's so simple, and I ran out to be a teacher for others, you only have a fate to eat food, so let's give up cooking." β
As he spoke, Xing saw this and unintentionally ripped off the warm baby who was still warm on his back, and snapped it on the back of Ikuta's hand, "Your hands are as cold as pieces of iron, I see that you are about to become an ice cube man, take it." The warmth was attached to the back of his hand, and Ikuta was half a beat slow to react and smiled sweetly at Hoshimi, and a bear pounced on her body again, "What does this kind of topic have to do with cooking?" β
"You guy! If I don't grow tall, I'm to blame you! If you eat me again and press me if you have nothing to do, give it to me! Hoshimi stretched out his hand to wrap his arms in the air to protect Ikuta's back, and then twisted his body vigorously and began to try to shake Ikuta off.
The sound of frolicking blended into the crowd and was not distinct, Ikuta's rebellious laughter and Hoshimi's helpless shouts were mixed together, and in the early morning, the originally quiet and deserted shrine was also a little more popular.
ββββ network connectionββββ
New Year's Fan Meeting Fun Repo Collection Sticker (Hoshimi Weibu Collection):
"β: You were here last time, and you're a fan of Mai.
Me: Yes, I'm still a fan of Mai. You seem to have gained weight lately.
β: You're really good at laughing.,Staff Sang can push people directly at this time.,Don't time.γ Next!"
"β: Whoever comes, quickly report your ID and your push.
Me: I'm a kiwi pusher.
β: Another one came to tell me a joke.
Me: It's true. Although I'm still a W star CP fan.
β: W star? Xiao Nan is cute!
Me: Miho with a double ponytail is also cute! I'm using it for a screensaver.
β: You essence black powder! Staff Sang didn't push him away quickly, I'm finally busy with business today, next!"
"After receiving the handshake experience from my seniors, I took the opportunity to ask questions: The photos taken by miho before are really beautiful, and I recently saw that many of the little princess's videos and post covers use miho's pictures.
β: Why do you watch other people's posts and videos? Stinky DD, you're exposed.
I pretended to be calm and ignored Miho's problems according to the guidance of my seniors: Miho If I have a choice, I want to choose a member of the group now, who do you think is the most suitable girlfriend?
β: Huh? You allow me to dream, I need to dream slowly. Does this mean that I can choose as I like?
Me: Yes, yes, yes. (Nodding like pounded garlic)
β: Is there such a good thing in the world? Go back and wash and sleep early, I've hallucinated after staying up late for a long time.
Me: Pawn. (Pushed away)"