February has become a busy January for Hoshimi, and it is true that there is no escape from the fate of bad luck. But the good news is that this month is finally ready to ring the end of the end.

"Give." Hoshimi took the bento box out of his schoolbag and placed it on the white rectangular table in the lounge, the blue bento box was wrapped in blue cloth of the same color, and the bows on the bento box were tied symmetrically.

Ikuta pointed to the lunch box that Hoshimi had placed in front of her, and when he saw that she was about to turn around and leave after putting down the lunch, he immediately reached out and grabbed her and asked, "What is this?" ”

"Bento." Hoshimi frowned and looked at Ikuta amusedly.

"I know it's a bento, I mean what's in it? Did Mihoho make a bento specifically for me? ”

"Have I ever praised your imagination before, it's really always extraordinarily rich."

"It's okay, it's not that powerful." Ikuta smiled and curled the bangs on her cheeks behind her ears, and the familiar smug face drilled into Hoshimi's eyes, she couldn't help laughing, and secretly scolded herself, "You really praise me when I am praising you." ’

"What's in there." Ikuta pointed to the bento with one hand and grabbed Hoshimi with the other to keep her from leaving.

"Won't you open it yourself?" Criticizing Ikuta with disgust, Hoshimi stood silently beside her, expertly untying the bow, opening the lunch box, and neatly arranged fried spring rolls appeared in front of Ikuta, the aroma filling the entire lounge.

"Fried spring rolls."

"Yes."

"Did you make it for me?" Ikuta looked excited, pointed to himself and asked Hoshimi.

"It's not. Do you remember that email you sent me by mistake earlier? This is me, my mother, specially made according to the recipe you sent, you were busy with the high school entrance examination and didn't have a chance to come to my house to see her progress, I thought that after the exam, I just had a chance today, so I brought the leftovers from this morning. Hoshimi's fingers tapped rhythmically on the tabletop, and the roots of his ears turned red under the cover of his long hair.

"Thank you!" Ikuta didn't care that the spring rolls were left over from yesterday, and picked up the chopsticks on the side to pick up the spring rolls that still had residual heat and put them in his mouth, "It's so crispy!" It's delicious, is this really leftover? It's still hot. ”

Hoshimi smiled with satisfaction when he saw Ikuta's reaction, pulled the chair beside him and sat next to Ikuta, "I put it in the microwave and heated it again when I went out in the morning, and this bento box was already insulated, so it's normal to have residual heat." Hoshimi reclined in his chair and played with the drink in the middle of the table for the members to drink.

"Thank you! I'll enjoy it. Ikuta, who already had half a fried spring roll in his mouth, said vaguely as he looked at Hoshimi beside him.

Hoshimi shook his head, tore open the bag of the straw on the drink he was holding, put the straw in front of the toilet with the small opening, "Remember to rinse your mouth after eating." After speaking, Hoshimi got up, pushed the chair back under the table, took half a step and retreated, took out the mint candy from his pocket and put it in Ikuta's hand: "Eat one after eating, don't talk for a while and make the studio smell of spring rolls." At the end, he emphasized: "Eat one, you know?" I'm only allowed to eat one, and I'll return it to me after recording. ”

Ikuta stretched out his hand and gently pushed Hoshimi, frowning and nodding, a little angry at Hoshimi's words, but because the spring rolls were not good, he could only let her walk to Wakakatsuki with a smile and play with her mobile phone, the sound of mobile phone mahjong was not obvious in the noisy lounge.

Hoshimi only knows that all the members need to record two episodes in a row today, "Where is Nogizaka?" , I also want to watch the debut documentary together to relive the struggle, as soon as she heard the three words of the documentary, she roughly understood the tone of today's show, and put three tissues in the pocket of her uniform in advance. Although she didn't think that she would shed tears on the scene as a high cold gril, she was prepared after all.

Sure enough, only halfway through the documentary, Matsumura choked up and began to tell about his sad experience as an underbody shooting his first commercial, and Hoshimi, who was sitting in the corner, noticed that the members around him couldn't help but hang their heads and look like they wanted to cry. She felt in her pocket, she only brought three pieces of paper, and half of one person was not enough at all, in case the makeup was smeared. Despite thinking so, Hoshimi still bowed his head and shrank in the corner, spreading the tissues in his hands on his knees, and dividing them in half one by one.

It's just that before she started distributing tissues, she heard Hashimoto's laughter in the front row, and the person who was still looking at Matsumura with teary eyes and choking speechlessly one second, and even laughed at herself the next second, at this time, the screen played the scene of Hashimoto breathing because of nervousness, and only Hashimoto's face was smiling differently from the solemn expressions of the other members. Hoshimi looked at Hashimoto, who was smiling from ear to ear in the monitor, scratched his chin at a loss, and couldn't help but sigh: Na is a woman, she is really a ruthless person.

Hoshimi left half a piece of paper in her pocket, and continued to perform her work on the background board, she seemed to be used to sitting in the back row watching videos, except that the chair was a little hard after sitting for a long time, this job was quite easy compared to working outside.

When Hoshimi twisted his body for the third time to adjust his sitting position, taking care of his tail bone that was a little painful by the chair, the screen in front of him disappeared, and the girls who had just appeared in the picture and recited the bold words turned into a dark reflection.

Shiraku looked at the members with blank faces and said, "Congratulations, Curtain Wrap won the second place. Without waiting for the members' thanks to disappear into the studio, Shile continued: "With the first order, then naturally there will be a second order." ”

Then Shiraku turned to the camera and said, "Next week, the selection lineup for Nogizaka's second singles will be announced." ”

Hoshimi felt the air around her freeze instantly, and she didn't dare to look around relying on the advantage of sitting in the corner, silently retracting her gaze carefully back to the half-left tissue in her hand. She felt a fine sweat slowly oozing from her palms, and the tissue against her palms gave a sticky feeling, as uncomfortable as an octopus clinging to it. She grabbed the tender flesh of her palm subtly, letting her gentle breathing gradually return to her stiff torso.

After concluding his remarks, Hoshimi watched as PD's gesture followed the line of followers into the office where the equipment had already been set up. The seats are arranged in three rows in the order of the Seven Lucky Gods, Selection, and Under. Hoshimi wanted to take advantage of the transfer to go to the lounge to get tissues, but now she began to regret sending tissues out for those few dispensable tears just now, just as the so-called good steel is used on the blade, and the money is spent on the knots, and tissues like this, which are scarce at all times, should also be reserved for denser tears.

She shook her head and secretly took a step behind, and was about to turn her toes into the lounge next door but was discovered by Wakakatsuki behind her, Wakatsuki grabbed her and said softly: "Weibu-chan, I went wrong, it's here." After speaking, he patted Hoshimi's back comfortingly, gently led her into the room, and sat side by side in the third row in the corner of the door.

Hoshimi looked at the surprisingly quiet room, with a monitor in the middle of the two cameras, showing the situation of the studio, and the members all sat in their places in turn. She turned her head to look at Wakatsuki at the very edge, waiting for the final judgment with a straight face and holding her breath. As if noticing Hoshimi's attention, Wakatsuki turned her head and tightened the corners of her mouth to squeeze out a smile, and gently patted the back of Hoshimi's hand, making Hoshimi not only frown and iron it immediately, but also immediately ironed it, and a shallow smile that had been raised for many years appeared on her face at the right time, which was more obvious than the stiff corners of Wakatsuki's mouth.

Shigara in the monitor received a gesture from PD, ignoring the air that could not be cleared in the white room through the screen, and continued, "Nogizaka 46 second single selection lineup announced! ”