I push the kid!

"Cheers, cheers!"

"Finally it's finished..."

"You're doing great!"

Everyone started chatting.

Sitting in the corner, Hoshino Ai drank juice silently. Makimura Taku sat opposite her and also did not drink.

"By the way," a staff member looked at Ogura Yuki, "Ms. Ogura, I heard that your family is quite wealthy, why do you want to be an actress?"

"Interest, interest."

"I see. Young people nowadays are really amazing."

"That's true." The person next to him echoed.

Someone said in a leaking tone: "That's right! Now even high school students have it..."

"Eh? Really?"

"Yes!"

"unbelievable."

After chatting for a while, the topic turned back to: "Speaking of which, Makimura-kun, you should be in a relationship now."

Makimura Taku held up the cup.

"Cough." Hoshino Ai choked out.

Katsunari Kaburagi was drinking happily with the director and didn't notice these people.

"How is that possible?" Ogura Yuki said, "Nowadays, celebrities can't date before graduation."

"That's for the public, but there are also some in private."

"Makimura-kun is so handsome, he must have had a lot of relationships, right?" asked a woman in her early twenties.

"No, no." Tomoki Ogura said for him.

"Huh?" Several people looked at Tomoki Ogura.

"Indeed not, I can testify to that!" Hoshino Ai interrupted.

Everyone looked at Hoshino Ai again.

"To be honest, I thought you were a couple at first."

Thanks to [凉城梦曦] for the reward.

Chapter 100 Endless August (1)

Chapter 100 99. Endless August (1)

When the chat was almost over, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

Kaburagi Katsuya was too drunk to drive.

The director was still sober, but he had to stay and wait for the other party to sober up, so he asked someone around him who hadn't drunk to take the three minors home.

Tomoki Ogura waved his hand and said no need, the driver was already waiting outside the door.

She called Hoshino Ai and Makimura Taku out together, and the three of them got into the car.

The car drove to the vicinity of Hoshino Ai's home, and Hoshino Ai got out of the car first.

Taku Makimura said goodbye to her in the car, and after Hoshino Ai bowed slightly, she walked into the night alone.

The car turned around and drove back into the lane. The city at night was magnificently decorated with neon signs.

The moon hangs brightly in the mountains, the silver stars twinkle in the deep sky, and pedestrians can be seen everywhere outside the window, making the scene very lively.

The car was silent and dull, just like a rental house with its doors and windows locked during a rainy day.

"What happened today..." Ogura Yuki tried to speak.

"What?" Makimura Taku turned his head.

Tomoki Ogura looked at him, his fingers trembling a few times on the leather cushion.

Makimura Taku remained silent.

She sighed softly, turned her head away, and looked out the window. The dim yellow street lights made the leaves look withered and yellow:

"Can you please pretend that I never said those words?"

Makimura Taku was a little amused: "I didn't say that, I didn't remember it, okay?"

"Thank you."

"You're quite polite."

"But," Ogura Yuki said, "you didn't lie to me?"

"Ok?"

“See through the lies.”

"I did not lie to you."

"It's impossible to believe it, right? There's no logic at all, and it's totally unscientific."

"So it's okay if you don't believe it."

"I believe it," she said.

Makimura Taku neither nodded nor shook his head, but just sat up straight and responded slightly: "Really."

The car fell silent again, as if someone had suddenly cut off the communication switch.

They should have continued to say something, but Makimura Taku didn't open his mouth, and Ogura Tomoki also remained silent.

The car continued to drive forward for a distance until the tall buildings faded from sight. Ogura Tomoki turned to look at him. Makimura Taku was leaning against the car without his seat belt fastened.

He tilted his head to look out the dark car window at the gradually deserted road. An electrical appliance store on the side of the road was lighting up with white lights.

After an unknown amount of time, the car stopped and arrived downstairs of Mucuntuo's house.

Taku Makimura pushed open the car door and got out, slamming it shut. Just as he walked around to the other side of the car, Tomoki Ogura also got out.

"Are you going to take me upstairs?" Makimura Taku asked her.

"I have something else to say." She hesitated, and her usual young lady-like demeanor was completely different. Even her movements seemed exceptionally gentle and elegant.

There is a special kind of tranquility in summer nights, which is difficult to detect among the commercial buildings.

But once you enter this residential area composed of low buildings, this feeling is multiplied.

Crickets are chirping in the yard, the evening breeze is singing in the trees, the footsteps of passers-by are gradually disappearing, and the black wires seem to be moving among the clouds.

Taku Makimura stopped and asked her what she wanted to say.

Tomoki Ogura held one hand against her body and the other hand over from the right. She looked at the ground and then raised her face.

Makimura Taku stood quietly while Ogura Tomoki spoke from under the dim street light.

She said, “I like you, it’s true.”

"..." Makimura Taku looked at her, "Just this?"

"Can you give me some other reaction?"

"What expression should I put on?"

"Forget it, it doesn't matter," she said. "What I said this morning was just an angry remark. Just don't believe it."

"I've already told you that you can see through lies," said Makimura Taku. "So you still don't believe it?"

"Alright, that's all. I'm so annoyed. I don't want to talk about it anymore."

"Then just don't say anything."

“Who knows what you’d think?”

"I'll just pretend nothing happened, okay?"

"However, the photo of you and Xiao Ai that was secretly taken..."

“I didn’t expect that either.”

"It makes me feel uncomfortable," she muttered.

"..." Makimura Taku blinked, not knowing what to answer.

"I'm just jealous, I'm just envious, do you understand?" Ogura Yuki said, "I'm not happy to see you like this with other girls."

"But we're not together."

"That's true, but, but." She kept looking at the dark yellow floor, as if she could find the right words to say it. "You two are not together, right? And even if you are not together now, you will become mine one day. Yes, you will be mine one day."

"…What kind of statement is that, young lady?" Makimura Taku asked her.

Her face turned red with anger, but it might also be because she was shy: "Anyway, you, you must keep your chastity for me!"

"I……"

"If you understand, say yes!"

"baffling."

The car drove away, and Makimura Taku returned to his room. At 11 o'clock at night, he was ready to go to bed, but his cell phone suddenly lit up, and Hoshino Ai sent him a message: "Are you awake?"

"Just fell down."

“I couldn’t sleep at all.”

"what happened?"

"There are so many stars today, can you see them?"

"The curtains are closed, how can I see?"

"Get up and take a look."

"You have to get up early tomorrow, so go to bed early."