Nogizaka's Synchronized Coincidence

Chapter 78 Nanami Hashimoto's Love Literature Journey (Part [-])
The vibration caused by the wing piercing the air, and the imperceptible but real sound of the engine reaching the ears, failed to wake the girl up from the world of words.

"When I arrived in Tokyo, moved into a dormitory, and started my new life, I knew there was only one thing I should do.

That is to say, you can't think too deeply about everything, and you must keep an appropriate distance between everything and yourself.I decided to forget everything about the past
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

Death, it exists in Wenzhen, in the four red and white balls lined up on the pool table.We inhale it slowly into our lungs, like fine dust, as we go about our lives.
Death already exists in my body, no matter how hard you try, you still can't forget it
But, on reflection, death is still a profound fact.In this almost suffocating contradiction, I went back and forth in circles.Looking back now, it was an amazing time.In the very center of life, everything revolves around death. "

Snow-white and slender, beautiful fingers pressed between the eyebrows of the girl who was reading.

"Why do you look so sad?"

The owner of the finger tried to smooth out the frown while asking the question.

"Nothing, just remembered something from the past"

Hashimoto Nana didn't close the book, she closed her eyes after glancing at Kurokawa Aoi, and let the other party do something to her face.

"Norwegian Wood, does Nanamin like this book?"

The red cover and the slightly raised corners indicate that the book is quite old.

Open your eyes and look at the book in your hand, caressing it carefully is like touching a fragile flower.

"I bought it when I was in the freshman year of high school, and I have read it four or five times now, and it brings me different feelings every time."

Maybe she has empathy for the protagonist Watanabe in the book, or maybe because she also has to experience the pain caused by the death of the person around her, Nana Hashimoto can substitute for it when she reads this book.

Death comes so suddenly and so close at hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen: the plane is descending, please return to your seat and fasten your seat belts."

The broadcast in the cabin interrupted Nanami Hashimoto's train of thought, and her mind returned to reality. After checking the seat belt around her waist, she turned her head to look at Aoi Kurokawa beside her.

"You are the first member I brought home. My home is shallow and narrow. Compared with Tokyo, Asahikawa is a small city. I hope you don't mind."

A warm hand grasped the other hand with a lower temperature, and the warmth penetrated into the heart with the contact of the skin.

"I just want to see the place where Nanamin grew up, and revisit the old place to experience the place that reminds you of the past, so that I can feel that I know you better"

A solid back grip replaces the answer. The person you care about cares about your business, which is more warm and sweet than drinking a cup of hot chocolate on a cold day.

I walked out of Asahikawa Airport with a backpack on my shoulders and got on the bus bound for Asahikawa City. There were very few passengers on the bus, and people went to Hatsune on New Year's Day.

"Do you still remember that we went to Atago Shrine together last year? Last night, we participated in CDTV's New Year's Eve program. The changes between this year are really great."

The receding scenery outside the window is actually mainly a vast expanse of whiteness, the most common sight in winter in the snowy country of Hokkaido.

Kurokawa Aoi still remembers leaning against each other to keep warm with Hashimoto Nanami on the long birth stone steps in the middle of the dark night.

Shy of being close to the hometown, Nanamin leaned weakly on Aoi, buried her head in the other's neck, the scent coming from her nose was a bit complicated, there were Aoi's and sackcloth-like.

"Did I tell you? About my father"

It is an unavoidable fact that I will be back home in less than an hour, so Nana Hashimoto chose to bring it up.

Kurokawa Aoi shook her head as a matter of course.

"In the second year of high school, my father suddenly collapsed at work. When he was sent to the hospital, he was diagnosed with anaphylaxis and airway obstruction. In the end, he could not be rescued. Later, I found out that I also inherited this disease. Fortunately, my brother did not."

"My mother cried to the point of collapse, and my younger brother was young and ignorant. I had to bite the bullet and deal with all the funeral affairs. At that time, I was numb. The scene in front of me was only black and white, and the light seemed to disappear in the world in an instant."

"I lost my main source of income, and life at home became difficult. My mother found a job but couldn't make ends meet. For a while, I couldn't even pay the utility bills, so I also took part-time jobs, and I barely survived."

"My younger brother is very motivated and hardworking. With good grades, he is expected to be admitted to a good university, but I have also been admitted to Musashibi University! The family can't afford it, and I don't want to increase the financial pressure on the family, so I ignore my mother's objection. Go to Beijing alone, work-study to earn tuition and living expenses”

"It was really difficult at that time. I was worried about filling my stomach every day. I almost worked part-time jobs after class. In the end, I couldn't bear to find a job that was easier and provided free meals, so I fell into it by mistake. Idol, is this funny to you?"

Nanamin's soft words made Kurokawa Aoi vivid in his memory.

Nanamin is like a kite whose string suddenly broke. It was randomly manipulated by the turbulence called fate, and thrown into the boundless dark night sky, but she struggled desperately, wanting to soar in the wind and fly to the dream in her heart. country.

Listening silently, conveying her care with gentle but firm hands, Aoi Kurokawa supported Nanamin's weight on her shoulders.

"Fortunately, I met Nogizaka, and I also met you!"

Hashimoto Nana didn't look up, her eyes met.

Kurokawa Aoi leaned forward with a smile on her face, connecting their foreheads and nose tips.

"Nanamin has worked hard, if you want, you can always rely on me!"

The promise from Aoi made Nanami Hashimoto's eyes narrow into a line and the corners of her mouth raised, revealing her cute little canine teeth.

The girls got off at Asahikawa Tram Station, transferred to the Soya Main Line, and after another 15 minutes, got off at Nagayama Station and walked, and finally arrived at Nanami Hashimoto's house not long after.

A single-family building that has obviously experienced a lot of wind and frost, but it looks clean and tidy. The Kadomatsu next to the gate reminds people that the new year has arrived.

Ringing the doorbell, footsteps sounded from behind the door, approaching from a distance, and the slightly faded wooden door opened inward.

"I am back!"

"Welcome home, sister!"

"Snapped!"

"Didn't you see the friends next to my sister? Don't you know how to say hello properly?"

Naoki Hashimoto, who received a slap on the head, hurriedly bowed to Aoi Kurokawa: "Hi Kurokawa-san, Happy New Year!"

"Hello Naoki-kun, Happy New Year!"

Kurokawa Aoi nodded in return, and the younger brother who had met several times knew each other, and was used to Nanamin's fierce meeting ceremony.

After taking off her shoes and crossing the entrance, Kurokawa Aoi saw Nanamin's mother as she entered the living room.

Dressed in plain clothes, in her 40s and 50s, she is thin and short, with a weather-beaten face, but her decent expression and posture show a good family education, and her eyes are full of kindness when she looks at her daughter.

"Mom, I'm back! This is Aoi Kurokawa, a member of my team and my best friend"

As a junior, Aoi bowed and said, "It's our first meeting, I'm Kurokawa Aoi, hello Aunt Hashimoto! I'm going to cause you trouble these few days."

First he touched his daughter's cheek, then looked at Hashimoto Keiko of Kurokawa Aoi and said, "It's our first time meeting, I'm Hashimoto Keiko. She's a very beautiful child, even prettier than my Nanami. Call me Auntie Keiko, welcome Come to our house as a guest, and you are the first friend this kid brought back since he was in elementary school!"

"mom!"

Nanamin instantly turned into a steamed bun face.

"Okay, I won't talk about it. You must be hungry too. I'll go and prepare it. Lunch will be ready in a while. Nanawei went to say hello to your father first."

Hashimoto Keiko led Naoki-kun and turned into the kitchen, while Hashimoto Nanami came to a corner of the living room, a small wooden altar the size of ordinary paper, with a palm-sized tablet in the middle that read "Master Hashimoto Yusuke Life", next to the frame is a single photo of a middle-aged man.

Putting her hands together and closing her eyes without speaking, Nanamin, exuding static beauty, is like a flower made of crystal at this moment, beautiful but fragile.

"It turns out that Nanamin's high nose bridge is inherited from her father"

Seeing Nanami Hashimoto who opened her eyes, Aoi Kurokawa expressed her thoughts.

"My relatives say I have a nose like my dad, but I look like my mom"

In the photo, Hashimoto's father, who has good facial features and a good-looking nose, Kurokawa Aoi nodded in agreement.

"Sister, Kurokawa-san, come to eat"

Mr. Zhishu, who put the food on the table, shouted.

The people sitting on the four sides of the table looked at the osechi dishes in two-story wooden boxes on the table and the white rice in front of them. The simple and exquisite food made people salivate.

"Kuijiang, can I call you that? When Nanawei mentioned you in a letter to me, she also called you Kuijiang, and she wasn't afraid to make you laugh. Since my husband passed away, it's better for our family to have such a formal holiday. First time. Nanami, mom knows you work hard. The money you send back every month makes our life easier, but you have to pay attention to your body and don’t push yourself too hard. Naoki, you have to keep working hard Study, don't let me and your sister's expectations down, your father's wish is to hope that you can study well and become a knowledgeable and upright person, and let your mother figure out other things."

Hashimoto Keiko's words silenced everyone, recalling the scene of Hashimoto Yusuke celebrating the festival together when he was alive, his father's various teachings and advice to him since he was a child, and his mother's tireless efforts to bear the family alone.

"Mom, everything will be fine. The members of my group are very kind to me and take good care of me. In particular, Kuijiang introduced me to a Chinese medicine doctor. My health has improved a lot in the past few months. You Don't worry about me. I will take care of Naoki's tuition and tutoring fees, mom, don't work too hard, and take care of your health."

Kurokawa Aoi looked at Nanamin and her mother, they both chose to care about others and leave the hardships to themselves, really like a mother, like a daughter.

"That's right, everything will be fine. I wish Aunt Keiko, Nanamin, and Naoki-kun a happy new year. I hope everyone is healthy and every year is better than the year. Cheers!"

Kurokawa Aoi toasted and wished, and the rest of the people also toasted, breaking the slightly heavy atmosphere just now.

After lunch, Naoki Hashimoto went back to his room to review his homework. Keiko Hashimoto rejected her daughter's proposal to wash the dishes, and sent her and Aoi Kurokawa out of the door. She asked her daughter to take her friends to the streets and go home for dinner in the evening.

The girls in down jackets had no choice but to go out obediently and leave.

"This is the school I used to go to when I was in elementary school. It takes only 10 minutes to walk from home. I haven't been back here for a long time."

The three-story school building, with the attached gymnasium, and the playground that is now covered with snow, are similar to other elementary schools.

"I can imagine little Nanamin, running around lively on the playground, and concentrating on reading with a book in class."

The image in her mind made the corners of Kurokawa Aoi's mouth turn up.

"I was a little introverted when I was a child. I didn't like talking to people. I just liked to read alone quietly. The pocket money and lucky money my parents gave me were all used to buy books."

Talking while walking, they came to a park.

"This is Yongsan Central Park, a place where I often came to play when I was a child. I flew kites with my father, ate rice balls made by my mother, and played on the swing with my younger brother."

The images in Nana Hashimoto's memories overwhelmed the white world in front of her eyes.

"Let's go to the convenience store in front and take a break"

Lifting Kurokawa Aoi's hand, Nana did not lead the way, left the exit of the park, and arrived at the convenience store around the corner.

The heating in the store relaxes the mind and body. I bought two cups of cappuccino and sat on a chair by the window facing the street, slowly savoring the comfort of this moment.

"If, Aoi-chan, you hadn't entered Nogizaka, have you ever thought about what you would be doing?"

After taking a sip of coffee and thinking for a while, Kurokawa Aoi said: "I participated in the selection to accompany Maiyang. If Maiyang followed her original choice and became a childcare worker to take care of children, I think I should also apply for it with her." Take a childcare course."

"Don't you have something you want to do, or a goal and ideal?"

"Since the day Mai and I met, my goal in life is to be with her, and I will be happy if I can make her happy"

Envy, jealousy, touch, bitterness and other complex emotions were thrown into Hashimoto Nanami's heart at the same time in an instant.

"Why didn't you meet me in the first place?"

Such questions can only be kept in your own mind.

The world is looking for love, sometimes you meet someone who loves you, but you don't love her.When you meet someone you want to love, but she doesn't love you.Even if they love each other and meet by chance, but at the wrong time and place, they have no choice but to let go.

At the right time, at the right place, and with the right mood, meeting the right person can make two people happy and depend on each other, but how many miracle-like fates can there be in this world?
So even if it is one-sided, even if it is only for a fleeting moment, it is enough to have loved once.

Thoughts like lightning flashed by, the reality is that it only takes a sip of hot coffee.

Nanami Hashimoto's eyes became firm, bright and gentle.

"As for me, my dream was to become a civil servant. It's a realistic idea, right? But after my father left, I thought that life is impermanent. Before I die, my world will only be Asahikawa in Hokkaido. This kind of thinking makes me feel Sad and unwilling, that’s why I ignored my mother’s opposition and was admitted to Musashi Bi University. I want to see different scenery and travel around the world, not only from books, but also want to experience it myself.”

The palm from Aoi Kurokawa covered the back of Nanami Hashimoto's hand and said, "I also like to travel, so let's go together if you have a chance! See the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, Big Ben in London, and Tower Bridge in London, okay?"

"Okay! As long as you want, I can follow you anywhere"

The two little fingers hooked together, and there were innocent smiles like children on their faces.

(End of this chapter)