(Setting: The book is a parallel world, set in 2015)

“miho？ Is your gift ready for Valentine's Day Special? ”

"Huh? What did Hinata just say? Sorry, I didn't hear me clearly. ”

Hoshimi has been very sad lately.

Ikuta Erika unilaterally started a cold war with her without knowing what was going on, and every time she found the right time to ask, she either ignored her directly, or was prevaricated by the repeated "I'm sorry, I have something to do now". But when she thought about it, she didn't know where she suddenly provoked Ikuta.

"I said, is Miho ready for the gifts for the members on the show?" Nakamoto looked at Hoshimi and sighed with a look of surprise, "Miho has you figured out who you want to give it to?" ”

"Oops, I completely forgot about it, the recording is tomorrow, right? There was still time for that night. Hoshimi leaned back in his chair and grabbed a handful of hair irritably, "Did Hinaya choose it?" ”

Zhongyuan looked at Hoshimi's sad appearance helplessly, and said with a sad look on his face: "Miho forgot that I won't participate in the recording of the show?" ”

"I'm sorry." Hoshimi rubbed her eyes, because she hadn't slept well last night, and the feeling of swelling and pain in her eyes made it difficult for her to distract herself from taking care of Nakamoto's emotions.

"Since I entered the lounge to chat with you, how many sorry have you said, you have not looked energetic these days, and Yiku sauce has been the same recently, and you won't pull us out for dinner after the radio station is over."

"Don't mention Yiku sauce to me, I don't even know what happened to her recently, and she doesn't talk to me, and she doesn't reply to her messages, and now I have a headache when I think of her."

Hoshimi's two hands clenched their fists against their temples, and the appearance of lack of energy fell in Zhongyuan's eyes, feeling helpless, as a mutual friend of the two, the stiff magnetic field between Ikuta and Hoshimi in the past week has obviously radiated to her, but whether it is to ask Hoshimi or Ikuta, the two are silent about what happened, so that she can't find a way to be a peacemaker.

Hoshimi frowned when he saw Zhongyuan being infected by his own sorrow, and comforted softly: "It's okay, maybe... Has she reached puberty? It will be fine in a few days. ”

Nakamoto didn't think much about it when she heard Hoshimi's words, after all, neither of them was a willful person, and there was always a time when the knot was unraveled, so she asked, "Hasn't Ichiku-chan ever spoken to Miho?" When did it start? ”

"When, it seems that after the last time I went to the amusement park with you, she suddenly sent a message at night to ask me why I suddenly went to the amusement park, and I said that the Valentine's Day warm-up event was discounted, and the package for two people was cheap, and she never ignored me again." Hoshimi's tone brought a hint of resentment and grievance, and his fingers flicked the iron ring of the piano pendant angrily.

Zhongyuan asked, "Is there anything else going on in the middle?" She slowed down, a hint of something unusual on her face, and cautiously reminded, "Do you want to look at the chat history again?" Could you be missing something? ”

"How so? I'm about to ruin all the chats, I really don't know that sentence offended that guy. ”

With a 'click', the iron ring was snapped into two knots by Hoshimi, and the little black piano was about to fall to the ground and was quickly caught by Hoshimi. She breathed a sigh of relief as she held the piano ornament, carefully checking the hook to see if there were any signs of bumps.

"Scared the hell out of me." Hoshimi carefully put the pendant back in his bag and padded it with his practice clothes.

Zhongyuan curiously looked at the pendant that always appeared and asked, "This pendant feels like miho has been hanging for a long time, but it has changed from a keychain to a bag, aren't you going to change it?" ”

Hoshimi's movements suddenly paused, and his pretended fierce eyes flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help laughing, "I think this little piano is very good, I'll just change it again." ”

While the two were talking, Ikuta pushed the door and walked into the lounge, and Hoshimi and Nakamoto looked back at her at the same time, and the lounge suddenly fell into silence.

Ikuta's eyes wandered between the two of them, and finally landed on Hoshimi's empty backpack zipper, and half an iron ring lay on the long white table.

Hoshimi noticed Ikuta's eyes, and inexplicably raised his elbow and pressed it against the hoop, but Ikuta didn't care, he looked away, walked to the opposite side, pulled out a chair and sat down, opened a magazine casually, and read it intently, completely ignoring Hoshimi, who was scratching his ears and scratching his cheeks and being restless.

Nakamoto silently got up and left the scene, her action of leaving didn't cause the two of them to pay attention at all, only when she got up, she found that the magazine Ikuta was reading was upside down on the table, and the footer was ravaged by her with countless creases.

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Shiraku looked at the gift bags that appeared next to the members and said, "It seems that everyone is carrying something today?" Next to the seat are bags. ”

"But Hashimoto seems to have taken something very powerful, what is it? It's huge. ”

The huge red box next to Hashimoto's seat immediately aroused the curiosity and attention of the members.

"I don't know what to put in it? The box next to Hoshimi is too small, right? It can't be because you are reluctant to give a gift to buy such a small one, right? ”

Hoshimi's skinny gift bag next to Hashimoto's huge box was a world of difference, and she quickly waved her hand to explain that she was a carefully selected gift, and she didn't just take it to make up the numbers.

"So today's plan is to send chocolates to which members? Nogizaka 46 Valentine's Day Special. This is the second time I've done a similar project last year, and it's been very well received. ”

Himura followed up and said, "Yes, you can tell at a glance that there are popular members and unpopular members in the group. ”

"Then let's get started. Then the first one is - Alpine. ”

Takayama, who was designated to be the first to give a gift, immediately let out a wail.

"Come out quickly, Takayama. The gift that Gao Shan gave last year was very powerful, everyone gave very good things, only the gift given by Gao Shan also appeared stingy rumors, what did you give? Nori? ”

Gao Shan covered his face embarrassedly and replied embarrassedly: "It's not seaweed, it's the stockings that were sent." ”

Shile smiled: "Yes, no one expected to send such a thing." ”

Takayama took out a shameful attitude and said seriously: "I was also very surprised by everyone's gifts, so this year is completely different from last year, I really didn't think about money at all, and I just chose the gifts seriously to make the members who received the gifts happy." So even if it's me, please look forward to it. ”

Shiraku continued, "So, Takayama-san, who are you going to give chocolate?" ”

Gao Shan took a deep breath, relieved his nervousness, and then said in a brisk tone: "Yiku sauce!" ”

"Huh? What an accident. Ikuta looked at Takayama with a look of surprise, and just as Ikuta was about to get up to receive the gift, a sudden voice came from her right, "Wait a minute!" ”

"'Give me and wait' came along, and this time it came so quickly."

Hoshimi raised his hand and stopped the other party's actions without giving Ikuta a chance to come on stage first.

"Then now both of them want to confess to Ikuta."

If Ikuta was surprised that Takayama chose to give her chocolates, then Hoshimi's sudden choice of her as a chocolate gift after a week of cold war between the two made her wonder for a moment whether it was reality or a dream.

"Now Takayama will say his confession to Ikuta, and then give out your chocolate."

Hoshimi watched Takayama silently retreat to the back, the gift bag the size of her palm was extremely weak, and she hid it behind her back in shame, her fingers nervously picking at the edge of the gift bag, leaving deep and shallow half-crescent-like fingerprints on the bag.

Takayama didn't hear what Hoshimi said clearly, and a natural barrier seemed to form around her, protecting her whole person inside, isolating the sound of the outside world. It was only when he felt his uniform slowly clinging to his back oozing fine sweat that Hoshimi felt that time was slowly passing.

"Hoshimi? Hoshimi! Are you standing there asleep? Shiraku amusedly looked at Hoshimi, who had screamed several times in a row before finally reacting.

"I'm sorry." Hoshimi stiffly bowed his head and apologized, and then shuffled his steps to Ikuta, and the rare nervousness suddenly weighed on her shoulders exponentially, and even Sakurai, who was watching the battle from a distance, noticed her abnormality and clenched his hands on his knees for the child.

Shiraku looked at Hoshimi's stiff limbs with some surprise, "Are you so nervous?" I've never seen Hoshimi so scared again, right? ”

Hoshimi coughed and licked her lips, the gift was still behind her back, and fine beads of sweat were already dense in her palms, "Hmm... Luckily, not so nervous. After saying that, she finally revealed the hand behind her back and touched the tip of her nose.

Shiraku looked at the bag in Hoshimi's hand, which was obviously more than twice as small, and teased, "It can't be because you repeated the gift rule of Takayama last time this time, so you are so nervous, right?" This size does not seem to be of an order of magnitude at all. ”

"I... I'm very seriously prepared..."The already small bag was pinched in Hoshimi's hand, and she put her eyes on the bag in her hand, but Yu Guang secretly glanced at Ikuta.

Since Hoshimi came on the field, Ikuta has been covering his face, only showing two eyes and looking at her blankly, without saying a word, only after Hoshimi stumbled and squeezed out the words 'serious preparation', the corners of his mouth rose with satisfaction, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were completely submerged.

"That,I've been taken care of by a library of sauce since I joined the group.,I've given me a lot of positive advice.,It's always been able to make me very energetic.,Sometimes I'll say to me like my sister 'The goal is very important' and other inspirational words cheer me up.,Really took a lot of care... It seems that the more you talk about it, the more official it becomes..."

The string of the gift bag strangled circles of red marks on Hoshimi's fingertips, as if invisibly tethering her shackles, making it impossible for her to speak freely.

"Actually... Well, I knew that would happen. Hoshimi suddenly took out a square-folded sheet of paper from the pocket of his uniform and spread it out in front of Ikuta, "I said after preparing the gift last night, if I suddenly don't know what to say today, I'll write down the things I have in mind, just..."

She reluctantly picked up the page and covered her face, and awkwardly took a deep breath under the cover of the page before saying slowly: "It's just that it seems to be writing longer and longer, and when I come back to my senses, it will already be full of pages, so I'll briefly pick a few paragraphs and read it." ”

"To Yiku-chan, when we met for the first time, I actually didn't think you were very pleasing to the eye, and I thought how could you be so - an outgoing and hearty person," Hoshimi wittily replaced the original 'domineering gluttony' with a compliment, "Later, because of my parents, and because I have been training together, the relationship has gradually become intimate, and I suddenly feel that this girl is so cute, and she is really cute." ”

Hoshimi looked at the next large paragraph, and the originally white cheeks suddenly appeared crimson and red, which was obviously piled up because of shame, and the crimson color quickly climbed up to the base of the ear and the back of the ear, and finally even the pale hand holding the letter paper began to turn red.

"It's not important here, skip first-"

"Why! I want to listen! Ikuta was keenly aware of Hoshimi's discomfort, his eyes were surprisingly bright, and he moved quickly to Hoshimi's side, only to see her pressing the letter to her chest, leaving no flaws.

"Why? Isn't it a letter to me? Read it all! ”

"I wrote the letter where I decided to read! I read where I want. ”

"Why! The letter is addressed to me, show me! ”

Shiraku and Himura on the side looked in surprise at the two people who were wriggling for stationery on the stage, and hurriedly maintained order with a speechless face: "I'm still recording the show!" Hoshimi read the letter to the end, but it looks really long. Shiraku looked at the letter paper in Hoshimi's hand from the side, densely covered with black dots, and couldn't help but sigh.

Ikuta, who was supported by Shiraku, hurriedly went up to supervise Hoshimi, but only saw the other party's red ears and dodging movements, and his heart was very happy, and he rarely returned to his position magnanimously, and did not forget to get rid of Takayama behind Hoshimi to temporarily serve as her supervisor, and supervised Hoshimi to read it word for word.

"Do you have to read it?" Hoshimi's eyes were full of reluctance.

Gao Shan excitedly came out from behind her and said, "Miho, if I'm embarrassed, I can read the letter for Miho." ”

Hoshimi, who was poked in the heart, immediately retorted with a red face: "What am I embarrassed about, isn't it just reading the letter?" I'll do it myself. ”

"Ichiku-chan is a very important presence to me-"

"Miho, the 'I like' you have not yet -" Hoshimi didn't wait for Takayama to interrupt her words and immediately covered her mouth, but Takayama's words had already been clearly captured by Ikuta, who was prepared, and Ikuta's threatening look made Hoshimi reluctantly let go and surrender.

"I just saw the fork, and there is indeed another paragraph. I like Yiku-chan very much, I like you to look confident at all times, I like you to become serious and strict in the face of music, I like you to be energetic at night, I like you to ask my agent in advance about my itinerary and let me eat with you without refusing, I like that you bite your mouth when you cry, I like you to be a fool sometimes but still have a good word, I like that when you eat udon, happiness makes me mistakenly think that it is the best thing in the world. ”

"I like Yiku sauce very much, I like it, I find that I can get up from bed to answer your phone instead of being lazy at night, I can eat Skittles from now on without mints, and I can be your best friend without being a star."

After reading it in one breath, Hoshimi realized that once she started reading the letter, it seemed that the letter paper would no longer heat up, it would not burn her fragile fingers, and the words on the paper would no longer be dazzling, and it would not stab her face so hot and painful.

But the person opposite her didn't see it that way, Ikuta's tears suddenly began to roll down in large pieces, she swallowed her voice and cried just like Hoshimi said, crying so much that her nose was red, and Hoshimi, who was crying so much that she couldn't help but comfort in a panic: "I don't read it anymore, I'm done reading." Are there tissues? ”

"It's still there." Ikuta choked up and took the tissue, pointing to the letter that Hoshimi was holding in his hand, and the length of the letter told her that Hoshimi had never finished reading.

Hoshimi helped her wipe her tears with amusement and said, "Don't read the rest, I'm ready now." ”

As she spoke, she handed the letter to Ikuta, then took a breath and smiled and took out a box of skittles from the gift bag, which was obviously worth only a fraction of the price compared to Takayama's cakes, and the candy box was held in the palm of her hand.

"I'm sorry that I had some very oolong accidents when I met Yiku-chan, in fact, this shouldn't be a gift from me, but a gift I want to ask for from Yiku-chan. I've thought about it a lot during this time, but in fact, I still haven't figured out why Ichiku sauce is angry, I think maybe I'm too stupid, I really can't find a clue. ”

"So, can the generous Ichiku sauce reluctantly forgive me once this time, or let's start over."

Hoshimi stretched out his hand and placed it straight in front of Ikuta, palm up, Skittles obediently lying in her palm, "First time we met, I'm Hoshimi, please advise." This is the Skittles I love from now on, for you. ”

Ikuta looked at Hoshimi's bright and shining appearance, smiled and wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes, picked up the candy and put it in his hand, held the other party without giving Hoshimi a chance to close his hand, bowed seriously and said, "First time meeting, please advise, my name is Ikuta Erika." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, but before Hoshimi took out the next gift, Ikuta hurriedly asked, "Why did you give me Skittles?" Just because you like it now? ”

Hoshimi looked at Ikuta pretending to be stupid with amusement, shook his head helplessly, but explained slowly in a soft tone, "Because a girl once told me that she thought Skittles were very good, and you wouldn't know what it tasted like until you shook it out." She also asked me if it was interesting, and I want to tell her now, yes, it's interesting. ”

The corners of Ikuta's mouth were upturned, and his eyes were still moist, but his face was already like a child who had won a mouth-fighting competition, showing a smug look, "Are you a child?" ”

Hoshimi raised his eyebrows, and after a while, he was helpless to take Ikuta, but silently took out two amusement park tickets and said along Ikuta's little temperament: "I am, I'm a child, so can the child ask my new friend to accompany me to do a roller coaster?" ”

Ikuta pretended to be reserved and pretended to hesitate, but Hoshimi cooperated and leaned in to beg for mercy, and finally got a sentence, "Yes." ”