I push the kid!

"What's that?" She smiled.

"Don't keep everything a secret." Makimura Taku replied with a smile, but Hoshino Ai didn't say anything.

They continued walking and stopped at the signal for the tram tracks.

As soon as the green light came on, the yellow and black wooden fence was put down, and they stood beside the earthen dam waiting.

The signal station kept ringing as they looked at the falling cherry blossoms not far away until a rumbling tram came over, blocking their view. Their hair fluttered gently as the train moved forward.

Until the tram passed, the breeze still lingered in the desert, the wooden fence was put up, and the red light was about to turn green, Hoshino Ai whispered:

"I decided to become an idol."

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Chapter 22 KIA

Chapter 22.KIA

"Oh?"

"Nothing you want to tell me?"

"Congratulations."

"Thank you."

She did not show any joy, but just stepped across the track solemnly, step by step, as if she was stepping on the snow. Makimura Taku followed her, more than a meter behind her.

They went around the intersection and passed in front of a home improvement store. There were more shade from the trees and people as well.

Hoshino Ai glanced back and slowed down her pace until Makimura Taku came to her side. She lowered her head and said with her mouth slightly opened as she walked: "I... am actually a little worried."

"worry about what?"

“I’m worried that I won’t be able to do it well.”

"I think that's the least you need to worry about." Makimura Taku stroked her hair with his eyes.

The sun was shining, and mottled shadows of trees were adorning the side of Xingye Ai's face. She raised her head suddenly, with stars in her eyes: "Why?"

"You are Hoshino Ai." Makimura Taku said, "That's reason enough."

"But I'm not kind enough and don't have many friends."

"One is not too many."

"But I hate others. I have never liked anyone or loved anyone."

"Only now."

"I'm a habitual liar."

"Otherwise it wouldn't be Hoshino Ai."

She bit her lip, her eyes flickering across the vivid colors, as if a breeze was gently circling around them, or as if something incredible was growing and sprouting inside them.

The leaves fell, and the shadows of the trees swayed on her face, body, and the clean ground. She kept looking at Makimura Taku, and Makimura Taku also looked at her.

It would have been nice to smile at this moment, but she didn't. She just stared at him quietly, looking like she was worried. "Hey, Makura."

"what happened?"

"Lies..." she asked, "Do you hate lies?"

"it's OK."

"why?"

"I am a man who can see through lies."

"That's the answer, indeed." Hoshino Ai said.

Makimura Taku smiled gently: "No way."

"Hello, Makimura," she said again.

"I'm here."

Hoshino Ai avoided his gaze, glanced at the kid driving a bumper car across the street, and finally stared at a distant empty dot: "Is it really possible?"

"can."

"I'm not finished yet."

"Whatever," Makimura Taku told her, "If you decide to do it, it's okay, right? You're Hoshino Ai."

Hoshino Ai was amused by his words, but it was a forced smile and it quickly disappeared.

She asked calmly and softly: "Mucun, even if it is a lie, can I still say that I love them?"

"It's up to you."

"How to do?"

"It's up to you."

"It's up to me..." She repeated in a low voice, then turned to Makimura Taku, "Makimura."

"I'm here."

"Even if it's a lie!" She subconsciously raised her voice slightly and continued, "Will it become a fact one day?"

The April spring breeze blew over with the fragrance of the earth, and as if it could be seen, it left the two people's eyes passionately.

"Maybe." said Taku Makimura.

"Maybe..." Hoshino Ai lowered her head and thought.

They separated before lunch, and before leaving, Hoshino Ai waved to Makimura Taku on the streets of Shibuya.

"Mucun, I'm very happy to meet you today~"

"Me too." Makimura Taku waved his hand.

"See you another day," she suddenly thought of something, "Now that we have changed our contact information, it should be no problem to contact each other on the phone as usual."

“Yeah,” Makimura Taku nodded, feeling the weight of the phone in his pocket more noticeable than usual.

People were coming and going around them, and the traffic was like a song flowing through Tokyo. Only they stood face to face, and the metal plates of the tall buildings reflected the dazzling light.

"Will you contact me?" Hoshino Ai looked at him.

"I'm not leaving suddenly."

"Sorry." She smacked her head cutely, "I'll contact you first this time."

"I am waiting for you."

At around twelve o'clock, when Taku Makimura finished his lunch at the set meal restaurant and walked out of the store, he received the fifth call from Tomoki Ogura.

The third and fourth calls came at around ten in the morning, with less than two minutes between them, and he didn't answer either one.

"Hello?"

"I'm Makimura."

"I know you are Makimura."

"That's fine."

"where are you?"

"Shibuya."

There was a sound of drinking coffee on the other end of the phone.

Ogura Yuki said calmly: "Why didn't you answer the phone this morning?"

Makimura Taku pondered for a moment: "Various things..."

"Date, huh?" she asked.

"...Date?" This was a very unfamiliar word, and Makimura Taku had almost never said it.

"Hey, you're not serious, are you?"

"No."

"Forget it," she sighed, "Why didn't you go to the store this morning? I called you but you didn't answer. I called the store but the people there said no one came to apply for the job. Did you oversleep?"

"I'm getting ready to go now."

“Isn’t this the right attitude for job hunting?”

"I'm sorry," said Makimura Taku, "If it doesn't work out, I'd better go back to being a librarian..."

"No—no!" Ogura Tomoki interrupted him.

"what happened?"

"Nothing." She was probably teasing the cat. "Can you go this afternoon?"

"We'll be there in a little while."

"Okay." She said, "There's nothing else, I just wanted to ask you."

"understood."

"Nothing you want to tell me?"

He took down his phone and checked the time: "Goodbye then."

"and many more!"

"Ok?"

"I called you so many times, but you didn't show any reaction?" Ogura Tomoki said angrily, "I was worried about you. I was afraid that you might have been kidnapped..."

"Thank you." Makimura Taku replied with a smile.

"Who wants to hear this, idiot?"

"What else do you want to hear?"