I push the kid!

"Good night." He hung up the phone.

At a little after twelve o'clock, Taku Makimura finished brushing his teeth, looked at the moonlight from the living room, returned to his room alone, turned off the lights, and closed the curtains.

He climbed into bed, reminiscing about past travels and comparing them to today's date.

The orange-red sunsets have something in common.

The azure blue sea, the lush snow-covered ground, and the breeze carrying the scent of a young girl are all unforgettable.

He turned over and saw silvery moonlight sneaking in through the gaps in the closed curtains, illuminating the wooden floor.

The shadow of the iron bars extended all the way under the bed.

I heard the dull sound of a distant tram, followed by an English song that I had heard once while having breakfast in the morning.

Was there really a car passing by, was the radio really on, or was I already asleep?

His mind was too heavy for Makimura Taku to make sense.

But on the phone, Hoshino Ai's confession was still echoing in my mind.

I like you. This is a lie.

It's hard to imagine what kind of person she is? She doesn't even understand her own feelings. Or maybe she has never loved "me".

Thinking of this, Makimura Taku couldn't help feeling lost.

On June 2nd, Hoshino Ai called him, and although Makimura Taku began to have a strange feeling in his heart, he still answered the phone.

"I'm Makimura."

"have you woken up?"

"Ah, yes, it's up."

"The audition is this afternoon, let's go together?" she said.

Makimura Taku had already finished the bread and was now drinking the milk in one breath. He thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go find you."

"No, thanks." Hoshino Ai said.

"what happened?"

"I'll come find you," Hoshino Ai said with relief as a few bicycle bells rang out, "I'm almost at the station."

"It's only now..." Makimura Taku glanced at the time, "It's only a little after seven o'clock."

"Yes." Hoshino Ai said, her voice full of laughter, "but I want to see you."

"That's it."

"Would you like some coffee?" she asked. "Can you come out?"

"It's fine to go out," Makimura Taku replied, "but forget about buying me coffee."

"Why? Don't like it?"

Makimura Taku was almost allergic to this word: "No, it's not that I don't like it. I drank a glass after brushing my teeth, and just now I drank milk, and I can't drink anymore."

"Ok."

"Feel sorry."

"What's there to apologize for?" Hoshino Ai said, "If you don't go to the cafe...why don't you think of another place? Makimura."

"Actually, it's fine for me to continue going to the cafe, but I just don't drink coffee."

"Wouldn't that be like wasting your time to accompany me?"

Makimura Taku was a little surprised: "I thought you knew."

"Ah, it seems that it's all my fault." Hoshino Ai said, "I'll go back now. I'm going back~ I'm leaving!"

"just kidding."

Hoshino Ai smiled and said, "Then we have an appointment. It's in front of the bookstore! The train is here. I can't answer the phone."

"Another bookstore?" Makimura Taku complained, but this sentence could no longer be passed on.

He cleaned up the garbage at home and checked the weather forecast before going out.

It's a sunny day, so I don't need an umbrella.

On the way to the library, Watanabe Mai sent him a private message on Twitter. He clicked on it and found that it was the promotional video she shot with Hoshino Ai and Ogura Tomoki last time.

In just a few days, the number of likes has soared to more than 500, and there are more than 150 comments.

"What's going on!" Mai Watanabe said, "Are you going to be famous first? ! ! I can't accept it!!!"

It was followed by an emoticon expressing unreasonableness.

Taku Makimura sent her a message saying “Be good and stop making trouble” and then closed Twitter.

About 400 meters away from the library, on the cherry blossom slope where she met Hoshino Ai, Tomoki Ogura suddenly received a call.

"Makino Taku." He opened his mouth with his full name.

"what happened?"

"Why aren't you home?"

Makimura Taku stood in the middle of the slope, looking at the falling cherry blossoms, and was stunned for a moment: "How did you know?"

"I'm at your house."

"Breaking into someone's house?"

"At the doorstep."

"It seems that it has not reached the point of breaking the law and committing a crime. There is still hope."

"So, why aren't you home?"

"Well," said Makimura Taku, "I went to the library and am still on the way..."

"Send me the address." Ogura Yuki interrupted him.

"What are you here for?"

"no?"

"What's the reason?"

"I'll go with you to the audition this afternoon."

Chapter 82 Just Say: I Hate You

Chapter 82 81. Then say: I hate you

Without giving Makimura Taku any chance to answer, the call interface disappeared.

This was followed by a message on LINE: address.

Before Taku Makimura responded, she sent another message: Don’t say anything except the address.

He was silent for a while and sent the address.

Tomoki Ogura told him that they would be there in ten minutes and asked him to wait patiently.

While thinking about how fast he should go to get from his home to the library in Shibuya in just a few minutes, Makimura Taku put away his phone and walked to the intersection where the traffic light turned green.

In front of Kinokuniya Bookstore, Hoshino Ai was standing there in simple clothes.

From a distance, she looked more like an underage employee specially invited by the library to be the poster girl than someone waiting for someone.

This feeling would be doubled if her bunny hairpin could be replaced with a light novel slogan headdress.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting." Taku Makimura walked over.

Hoshino Ai was still looking around.

Hearing the sound coming from the front, she turned her head, her hands still neatly crossed in front of her.

"No, it's okay," she said.

"Wait a minute..." As he said that, Taku Makimura was about to take out his cell phone and ask where Tomoki Ogura was.

At this time, Hoshino Ai touched his hand tentatively.

Makimura Taku lowered his head, and Hoshino Ai looked at him from the side. She gently hooked two of Makimura Taku's fingers: "...Is it okay?"

Makimura Taku looked into her eyes: "No problem?"

Hoshino Ai hesitated, then loosened her hand. She lowered her head, probably out of shyness, and grabbed the corner of her clothes: "I don't know."

"..." Makimura Taku didn't know what to say.

Thinking of what Hoshino Ai said yesterday, that lie that could be mistaken for the truth, the foggy feeling in my heart can't be shaken off.

He sighed and said, "I like you."

"Huh? Wait," Hoshino Ai suddenly looked up at him, "Why are you saying this suddenly? Did I just say something weird?"

"No." Makimura Taku said, "I just wanted to talk about it."

"You said that yesterday."

"I've said it before and I want to say it again."

"Like this." Hoshino Ai said.

She turned her face away, looking as if she didn't know what to do, and smoothed her bangs that fell to her eyebrows with her right hand, then crossed her hands back in front of her and glanced at Makimura Taku.

After noticing that Makimura Taku was still looking at her, she silently reached out her hand again. When she was halfway through, Makimura Taku suddenly asked, "Love."

"Hmm, huh?" Hoshino Ai was stunned for a moment, "You just said."

"Do you like me?" asked Taku Makimura.

"Why are you asking this now?"

Makimura Taku just replied: "I like you."

"I, I've heard it."

"I like you."