I push the child!

Chapter 25 25. So Ai Hoshino made a decision
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Takumi Makimura was sitting alone in the library reading a book, "The Dancing Girl of Izu" by Yasunari Kawabata, a very thin book.

There was no one in the library, and the surroundings were so quiet that one could hear one's own breathing.

Occasionally, someone would pass by on the floor in rubber-soled shoes, and the sound was very clear, as if to make others pay attention to him.

People passed by outside the window from time to time, and some of them secretly glanced at where Taku Makimura was, and then reluctantly left.

The afternoon sun is not too glaring, but has a different kind of softness. When the light shines on the words, Makimura Taku just finished flipping through the book.

He got up and returned the book to the bookshelf, returned to his seat, took out his mobile phone and used LINE to tell Ai Hoshino what Hideki Nishida told him about the idol selection program at noon.

"Did you know this?" he added after editing the message.

Ai Hoshino didn't reply to him, and the message was still unread. He put away his phone, found an original German book next to him, and continued to read, reviewing a lot of vocabulary and grammar.

At 05:30 in the afternoon, Mucun Taku returned the book, turned on his phone and took a look, the message to Hoshino Ai was still unread.

He got up and walked out of the library, looking up, the setting sun was sinking between the two tall buildings, and the scale-like clouds were decorated orange red by the setting sun.

Traffic flows on the road, the signal lights turn green, and men and women step across the zebra crossing.

There was a video game store nearby, and many students ran in with their schoolbags on their backs. The boutique next to it was displaying the new songs of popular idols, and there was a group photo of a certain boy group hanging on the window.

As he passed by the shop door, a girl cast her gaze at him, blushing and whispering to her companion, but he basically ignored it.

After more than ten minutes, he arrived at the Starbucks store. Before the shift shift time at [-] o'clock, Koizumi Huahai came back early, and the other two people probably hadn't arrived yet, so he went in first to say hello.

At 57:[-], Nishida Hideki opened the door and came in. At [-]:[-] sharp, Teramoto Maki stepped on the time to complete the shift, and the two men and two women in the other shift bowed and left.

"It's too late, isn't it?" Nishida Hideki complained while putting on his uniform.

Teramoto Maki didn't pay much attention: "Didn't you just arrive?"

"You've completely stepped on the spot."

"It's okay," she said with a grin, "Youki will forgive me!"

"...You bastard."

At [-]:[-], Koizumi Huahai ran out of the room after answering the phone, and said to Mucuntuo: "Mucun-kun, sister Youxi told you to go back first."

Takumura, who had just listened to Maki Teramoto's instruction on how to make coffee, was taken aback for a moment, and walked to her side: "You really said that?"

"Really, really." Koizumi Huahai was a little nervous when he was stared at.

Mu Cuntuo asked again: "Did she call and tell you?"

"Yes."

"Why don't you tell me directly."

Koizumi Huahai shook his head: "I don't know that either."

"Do you go back early every day..."

"There's nothing wrong with that." Maki Teramoto leaned over and patted Makimura Taku's shoulder cheerfully, "Anyway, Yuki didn't expect you to help with the work, so it's better to go back and rest earlier."

"Isn't that too much?" Mu Cuntaku said with a smile.

"Makimura-kun, don't you feel that you have too many customers standing here?" Maki Teramoto told him solemnly, "Go back early, and take it as a way to reduce our workload."

Hideki Nishida, who had just written down an order, interjected without raising his head, "Although Teramoto often talks nonsense, this sentence is indeed true."

He turned around, propped his hands on the table, as if maintaining his body balance, and faced Taku Makimura: "Go back early and rest, come back tomorrow."

"Okay." After speaking, Makimura Taku said goodbye to them.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, almost at the same time as yesterday, Ai Hoshino finally sent a message.

Mu Cuntuo closed the book he was reading, clicked on the message and glanced at it.

"You know this too?" Hoshino Ai replied.

Two seconds later, another emoticon of a surprised rabbit popped up under the message.

Mu Cuntuo read that sentence three times, and replied "Also?" to her.

"I wanted to talk to you about it tomorrow." Ai Hoshino replied.

"Could it be that you participated?"

"It's boring."

"Really?"

"Let's talk about it tomorrow, Mucun." She replied with a yawning rabbit sticker, "It's too late today, I want to go to rest."

"Ok."

"Good night." Hoshino Ai sent an emoji.

"Good night." Makimura Taku replied in text.

After taking a shower at ten o'clock, Mucun Taku suddenly realized that he hadn't mentioned to Ai Hoshino that he didn't have to go to work during the day tomorrow, so he edited a message and sent it, but the message was never read.

He thought about it, and decided to read while waiting. At eleven o'clock, he still hadn't read, so he closed the book and turned off the light to sleep.

After waking up the next morning, Mucuntuo looked at his phone first. No one sent a message or called him. He went for a run and listened to the English broadcast while eating breakfast.

At around 40:[-], Ogura Yuki called him to give him his daily greetings, they hung up after a few pleasantries, and still ended with the other party's "idiot".

Around eight o'clock, Ai Hoshino replied: Sorry, sorry, I just saw it now, so I'll wait for you at Shibuya Station at nine o'clock.

It was no problem for Mu Cuntuo to return.

When we arrived at Shibuya Station, it was not until nine o'clock, and Hoshino Ai hadn't come yet, so Makimura Taku leaned against a huge square pillar outside the platform and waited for her.

During this period, a young girl dressed in fashion came to strike up a conversation with him, she looked like a college student who had no classes, and he politely declined the other party's request for contact information.

When it was 1 minute to nine o'clock, Ai Hoshino ran out of the station.

She wore a white suspender dress without a coat or anything like that, showing her beautiful and delicate collarbone and smooth shoulders.

The skirt was ankle-length, the socks were lace, and she wore white Adidas sneakers.

Panting, she rushed to Mucuntuo's side: "Sorry, I'm late!"

"It's okay, I just arrived too." Mu Cuntaku moved his body away from the pillar.

They started from the station and walked and talked along the street.

Today is still a sunny spring day, and the wind is refreshingly warm.

Someone was painting on the road, there was an aroma from a nearby bakery, a record store had just opened, and Yu Takahashi's "Jealous" came out leisurely from the store, attracting many customers.

"That thing I didn't finish talking about yesterday."

"I participated." Hoshino Ai said.

Makimura Taku was not too surprised. He roughly guessed this yesterday. They continued to move forward, and Hoshino Ai also continued: "B Komachi, the name of our group."

"B Komachi." Makimura Taku repeated.

"It was started by President Sudou, and this idol group was also launched by the president's Raspberry Pro Agency. At the beginning, only three people were found," Hoshino Ai looked at him and said, "However, I decided to join."

(End of this chapter)