I push the kid!

"What you just said was not a lie." Hoshino Ai said, "You know that, right?"

"know."

She smiled faintly. Taku Makimura asked her if she wanted to find a place to sit down and talk. She said no, it would be better to just keep walking like this. She could bask in the sun, feel the breeze, and enjoy the scenery of the Tokyo streets. There was nothing more comfortable than this. Taku Makimura completely agreed.

"Takamine, Ninomiya, Watanabe." As they passed by a family restaurant, Hoshino Ai counted on her fingers and said, "Besides me, the other three people's names seem to be these."

“They should all be girls, right?”

"Of course."

"Are they all the same age as you?"

"I'm not sure about that," Hoshino Ai stroked her chin and thought for a while, "but they are all very cute girls, and they look about the same age as me. Probably."

Makimura Taku nodded: "Have you met?"

"Well," Hoshino Ai said, "I was busy with this matter yesterday..." She suddenly thought of something, "I'm sorry, I didn't reply to the message yesterday because of this, really, I'm not lying!"

"That's all right."

"It's better to explain it to me." She smiled and touched the back of her head embarrassedly.

At this time, the traffic light ahead turned green, cars of all sizes stopped, and they walked onto the zebra crossing.

Opposite is a high-end movie theater. A couple walked in hand in hand, chatting and laughing as they walked.

There was a promotional poster for "We Bought a Zoo" directed by Carmelo Crowe on the building's publicity board, and someone on the roadside was handing out flyers for a nearby cafe.

Two girls with exaggerated makeup and eyelashes were promoting their Twitter accounts everywhere. Makimura Taku politely declined, and Hoshino Ai was almost entangled.

They continued walking, and when they passed another exit of Shibuya Station, they saw a sculpture of the loyal dog Hachiko standing there, and there were tourists taking pictures around it.

"By the way," Hoshino Ai moved her eyes away from the statue of Hachiko, "There's something I haven't said yet."

"What?" asked Makimura Taku.

"Because we have to participate in the talent show, the president asked the members of our group to train together more often," she said in an emotionless voice, looking at a dessert shop in the distance, "We may not have time to come out like this again. Today is a special leave that the president and I applied for."

"are you busy?"

"A little bit," Hoshino Ai said, rubbing her face, "Well... but it should be better after I finish the recording of the idol audition program."

Taku Makimura responded, because he had heard Hideki Nishida mention this program yesterday, so he had a general understanding of it. He also later looked up relevant information about the program on his mobile phone and learned that the talent show is still in the warm-up stage and that registration is open these days.

He said calmly: "I am looking forward to it. I will definitely go to the show on the day of the draft."

"Really?"

"If I can take a leave and get an admission ticket," said Taku Makimura.

"Isn't that still uncertain?" Hoshino Ai looked at him sullenly.

"Are you thirsty?"

"Ah? Not bad."

Makimura Taku pointed ahead with his chin: "We're almost at my workplace, but it's not time to go to work yet. Do you want to go take a look?"

"Will it not disturb you?"

"Just a normal visit," Makimura Taku said as they passed in front of a bar, "and I'll buy you a coffee."

"Really?" Xingye Ai smiled, "But I'd rather drink what you make."

"Just come to me during working hours next time."

"When exactly?"

"Monday is a working day... Never mind, I'll send you the schedule later."

"Okay!" Hoshino Ai put her thumbs up in front of her chest with a cute expression, "As long as the training is over, I will definitely come to see you as soon as I have time!"

“Won’t it disturb you?” Makimura Taku smiled.

"If it were you, you wouldn't seem to be that worried."

"You're welcome anytime."

"Please take care of me!"

Around eleven o'clock, two people walked into Starbucks.

The four people on duty recognized Taku Makimura and said they would treat them to a meal without paying. Taku Makimura wanted to say no, but Ai Hoshino said thank you before he could.

As she thanked him, she smiled with her teeth showing. She looked so surprisingly beautiful that not only the boys but also the girls were stunned by her.

One of the bolder girls asked, "Makino-kun, are you guys boyfriend and girlfriend?"

The other three looked over curiously.

Makimura Taku coughed, and Hoshino Ai turned her eyes to look at him, and suddenly said with a smile: "Yes, I like him very much. It was me who pursued Makimura-kun in the beginning."

"Oh, really?" The girl who asked the question seemed to be in love. She covered her mouth shyly and her tone became strange.

"I knew it! That's how I felt when I first walked in!" Another girl hit the boy next to her on the arm.

"I didn't say it wasn't." said the boy.

"I don't care, if you lose the bet, treat me to a meal!" the girl replied.

Makimura Taku explained to them calmly: "That's not the case. I was just joking. We are friends."

"Ah?" The four people looked at him at the same time.

Makimura Taku ignored those gazes and turned to ask Hoshino Ai: "Can I have a Matcha Frappuccino?"

"Ah?" Hoshino Ai said, "It's all right."

"Then two medium Matcha Frappuccinos." Taku Makimura paid.

The two found a seat by the window and sat down.

The sunlight refracted through the glass and shone on their bodies. The air was warm. They could see the dance performances on the street from here, but neither of them paid attention to the street scene outside.

"You lied again." said Taku Makimura.

"Idols need to learn how to express their love," Hoshino smiled charmingly, "It's a good opportunity for me to try it out here with you first!"

"That's true."

"Like, love, etc., it doesn't seem that difficult to say it out loud."

“That may not be the case for other people.”

"Maybe I have the talent to be an idol?"

"If I were to say anything, I would definitely say yes."

"What do you think it is?"

“I can’t explain it.”

"I think it's a lie." Hoshino Ai looked at him.

"This cannot be ruled out." Makimura Taku thought about it.

"Hey, Makimura," Hoshino Ai asked, "What is our relationship now? What do you think?"

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Chapter 27 The Dancer I Pushed

Chapter 27 27. The Dancer I Pushed

"friend."

"Any more?"

"Gone."

"That's too honest."

"If I can, I want to be an honest person."

A girl on duty brought over two cups of Matcha Frappuccino and the two said thank you.

"Makino," after the girl left, Hoshino Ai lowered her head and inserted the straw into the cup, "I quite like you."

She said as if "The weather seems to be pretty good today", without any fluctuation in her tone, without raising her head or smiling.

The gaze was fixed on the top of the straw, as if it wanted to dissect the internal material and see the atomic arrangement.

Makimura Taku glanced at her, a little surprised, but Hoshino Ai still didn't look at him, just tilted the cup and sipped the straw with her mouth.

After a second, Makimura Taku finally said that sentence: "Lie."

Hoshino Ai's eyelashes flickered twice, and she held back everything she drank in her mouth. Her face puffed up, and she lowered her head and looked over.

"Not bad, it's no problem to fool other people." Makimura Taku commented, "But it doesn't work on me at all, I can see through it immediately."

"Like this." Hoshino Ai muttered while biting the straw.

At this moment, the girl who just left brought over another dessert. It was the store’s signature strawberry ice cream sundae, decorated with green leaves.

"This is a gift. It's my treat!" she said, putting down the sundae.

"Really?" Hoshino Ai replied gratefully, "Thank you~"

"You're welcome!" The girl was infected by Hoshino Ai's happy smile, "Please, please enjoy it slowly. Oh, by the way, let me ask you again, you two are really not in that kind of relationship?"

The two looked at her without answering. The girl clapped her hands and said to herself, "I understand! So you are still at that stage! This must be the case..."

She looked at the two of them thoughtfully, then nodded as if to confirm the answer in her mind, hummed a few times, took two steps back, then turned around and ran away quickly.

She returned to the front desk and chatted with three other people. They all looked over, nodded, and then looked away.

Makimura Taku looked at them and hesitated: "Such words..."

"Okay, okay," Hoshino Ai interrupted him with a smile, "It's just a sentence, and there are free sundaes for us, can't we just bear it in silence?"

"I'm fine."

"That's fine." Hoshino Ai said while stirring the straw.