"Yumi, do you have time now?"

"Huh? Miwako? Didn't you take a leave of absence today? Why is it still in the Metropolitan Police Department? ”

Metropolitan Police Department, outside the cafeteria, next to the vending machine.

Yumi Miyamoto, who had just bought a can of coffee, turned her head and unexpectedly saw her best friend who shouldn't have appeared here today, and was surprised: "Time is time, what's wrong?" Did something happen? ”

Miwako Zuoto, who was biting her mouth, nodded, then put her arm around her best friend's shoulders and asked in a low voice, "If, I mean if."

"If you're going out for a walk this afternoon with a man who's in a terrible mood, what are you going to do to enlighten him without touching him?"

“？”

Yumi Miyamoto, who subconsciously raised her hand to press the police hat to prevent it from falling, looked stunned, and after three seconds, her expression suddenly became excited: "Miwako, you're going on a date?!" With whom? Is it Uehara or not? ”

“…… I mean if, if. ”

"I don't know you yet, your assumptions are equal to your own."

“…… Well, it is indeed me. "Thinking that Yumi Miyamoto is also his best friend, Mizuko Sato simply had a direct showdown.

Yumi Miyamoto raised her hand and hooked her best friend's neck with a wicked smile: "Is it with Uehara?" ”

"Uh-huh."

Maybe he couldn't bear the look of his best friend, and Miwako Zuoto, who nodded and admitted, explained with some hesitation: "Uehara has encountered some troubles recently, and I'm afraid that he will hold all his emotions in his heart, so I simply accompany him to relax." ”

"Oh~just distracted~"

Miwako, who was a little unbearable on her face, said angrily: "Okay Yumi, I'm not here to discuss gossip with you, I'm here to discuss business with you." ”

"If you don't tell me the truth, it's hard for me to give you an accurate opinion, Miwako, seriously, where are you two going? Tell me about it, and I'll be your counselor when I make it clear. ”

Yumi Miyamoto, who directly pulled her best friend to the corner, had a strong gossip desire in her eyes: "Holding hands? Kiss? Or are you two already ......"

Yumi Miyamoto clasped her ten fingers together and made a "snap" sound.

“…… No, nothing, ok? ”

Miwako Zuoto helplessly held her forehead: "What kind of waste are you thinking about in your head, Yumi." ”

"So you two are just getting started?"

"Well, it's not a start."

Miwako Sato blinked, and for some reason she was a little weak.

“？？？？”

This time it was Miyamoto Yumi's turn to be confused: "Then what are you talking about?" Do children play at home? ”

“……”

"I'm asking you one thing, Miwako, it's very serious."

Seeing that her best friend didn't reply for a long time, Yumi Miyamoto's face gradually became serious after being confused: "Do you like Katsumi Uehara?" ”

"I-"

As soon as she spoke, Miwako Sato suddenly remembered Uehara's always hanging-like face in her mind, and pursed her lips: "Okay, I admit it, I do have a crush on him."

"When I'm working, when I'm chatting, when I'm arguing, etc., etc I always feel good with him, and I always feel like time flies, and I haven't had a second man who has ever given me that feeling.

"It's a wonderful feeling, you know, Yumi, that is, I know what he's going to say, what he's going to say; I also know that some words are boring and not nutritious, but I am still willing to infinitely spin on some boring topics with him, because I feel very happy to talk to him about these things and say these things, and I even think that this is not boring at all, but interesting......"

“……”

Looking at the best friend who talked endlessly when he talked about staying with Uehara, Miyamoto Yumi helplessly held her forehead, and the seriousness between her eyebrows and eyes gradually dissipated.

It's like this when I'm 28 years old and haven't been in a relationship yet.

"Miwako."

"What?"

"Do you know what you looked like?"

"Like what?"

"A dumb melon who is caught in the whirlpool of love and doesn't know what to do."

“……”

"You know you've never been on a date before, so you don't know exactly how you should behave on a date, and your mindset starts to get into the game.

"In layman's terms, you don't want to be in such a close relationship with Katsumi Uehara because of your possible bad behavior in dating — well, let's call it that."

No matter how you say the love experience, Yumi Miyamoto, who is above Miwako Sato, talked eloquently and became a dog-headed military advisor: "You are afraid that the relationship between the two of you will become irretrievable after taking this step, that's all." ”

"So ......?"

"It's good to be yourself, Miwako Sato who suffers from gains and losses is not the Miwako Sato I know."

With her hands on her best friend's shoulders, Yumi Miyamoto cheered up: "Since you think you're happy with him, why don't you keep being happy?"

"You're in good condition, and he's not in bad condition, isn't that a good match?

"What's more, he's already so proactive, you can't keep avoiding it like this, it's consuming his enthusiasm for you, you have to give him a positive and accurate feedback. It doesn't matter if you agree or if you refuse. ”

“……”

………………………………………………

When Katsumi Uehara walked to the parking lot humming a little song, the first thing that caught his eye was the slender figure leaning on the front of the EVO car and staring at the ground quietly.

"Yo."

"Ahh

Miwako Sato, who was awakened, had her heart pounding, and her body was about to react subconsciously, but after seeing that it was Katsumi Uehara, she instantly restrained her instinct to move.

"Kami, Kamihara?"

"What do you think, so focused?" Katsumi Uehara, who was chewing gum, opened the driver's door and joked with a smile: "Could it be that you started thinking about me after not seeing you for a while?" ”

"Almost."

After coming back to her senses, Miwako shrugged: "I'm just thinking about what to eat at noon today." ”

"Don't worry, what I will take you to eat at noon today, you will never think of it."

"Really? What is it? ”

"You'll know when you get there."

Katsumi Uehara sold a pass, and after seeing her buckle up, he started the car and stepped on the accelerator.

Magenta's evo didn't drive on the road this time, and Miwako Sato, who gradually returned to normal, was still arguing with Katsumi Uehara, who was driving.

Until, the car was parked in a parking lot outside a football training base.

"...... here?"

"Where my dreams begin."

Katsumi Uehara, who got out of the car, looked at the familiar and unfamiliar sign outside the training base, and smiled with relief: "Of course, it is also the place where dreams die." ”

Miwako Zuoto, who closed the car door, subconsciously turned her head when she heard this, and her eyes fell on the man's ankle that was covered by trousers: "Uehara-"

"Don't worry, I won't really take up your afternoon, although I did joke with Officer Twilight about going on a date with you this afternoon, but he quickly debunked it.

"Moreover, the deceased is gone. To be honest, I'm not very sad about Bangyan's death, you don't have to spend time with me today, yesterday was enough. ”

After locking the car, Katsumi Uehara turned the key and grinned, "The company kidnapped by morality is not in line with my philosophy. ”

“…… Well, your own problem, you have the final say. ”

I don't know who cried in the dead of night.

Miwako Zuoto, who had her hands behind her back, pouted slightly, and said noncommittally, "So, you want to invite me here for dinner?" ”

"Anyway, here's—"

"Katsumi Uehara?"

Before the man could finish speaking, a startled voice suddenly came from behind him. The two turned their heads to follow the prestige, and a white-haired old man in a suit and leather shoes had a face full of surprise.

"Long time no see, Uncle Jiujing." Katsumi Uehara, who saw the visitor, greeted with a smile: "I'm still busy, don't you go to eat when you order food?" ”

"Those little cubs are very skinny, and I just finished teaching them with the coach."

The old man smiled happily, and his eyes swept over Miwako Zuoto on the side: "Okay, my old man won't bother you, you can walk slowly." ”

"Uehara, who is he?" After the old man walked away, Miwako Sato said curiously.

"The current U16 youth training director of Kawasaki Greenyn Football Club is also the Bole who discovered me back then."