"Click."
The Great Condor closed the door and walked to the center of the room. Taking advantage of the lights of the building outside the window, she took off her coat and put it on a stool. She sighed and looked at the tall buildings with colorful lights outside the window. She touched Tianlan just now. Vasubandhu's place is a bit unclear.
"are you OK?"
Sasaki Kotoko's faint voice came from behind.
"Sorry, did I wake you up?" The great condor looked back at her in the darkness.
"No, I didn't fall asleep either."
Sasaki Kotoko lifted a corner of the quilt and patted the bed. "Is it cold? My bed is very warm."
"Hehe, you're welcome then."
The Great Condor smiled evilly, flinging the slippers away casually, and stretched her legs into the quilt first. The warm feeling slowly climbed up from her toes until her whole body got into Sasaki Kotoko's quilt.
"Well..." She shivered in bed. "Point that way, point that way."
"The wall is right here..." Sasaki Kotoko muttered, but still moved a little closer to the wall.
"Ah~ It's comfortable."
As he spoke, the Great Condor habitually pulled up his hair. In the past, when his hair was long, it would be easy to wake him up in the middle of the night if he didn't pull it up. Even though it has been cut off now, the habits of so many years cannot be changed overnight. The two of them were lying on the bed together, but because there was only one pillow, their heads were very close to each other, and half of their bodies were also very close to each other under the quilt. Both of them were wearing only a thin layer of pajamas and pajamas, and they could even feel each other's skin.
"Eagle." Sasaki Kotoko looked a little confused.
She woke up when the Great Condor just went out. She didn't sleep during this period. Instead, she was thinking. It had been more than ten days since they planned to help the Great Condor come out of the shell of "Asano Suzu", but it seemed to have no effect. No matter what the results are, Sasaki Kotoko feels that continuing like this is not an option. Although everyone is doing it for the good of the Great Condor, is this approach really good for her?
"What are you doing? Are you going to kick me out as soon as I come in?" The Great Condor's voice gradually became calmer.
"Actually, we have been lying to you all along."
Sasaki Kotoko avoided the Great Condor's question and directly pointed out the topic with the Great Condor.
"What...what do you mean?" The Great Condor frowned and tilted her head to look at Kotoko Sasaki to the right, but it was too dark and she couldn't see anything.
"You didn't realize it yourself. You should be Asano Suzu now, not the Great Condor." Kotoko Sasaki still said it, "Sakurai-san told us after the 11 single selection that day, and her manager also told her Yeah, it’s because it was your first time acting and you used the method of substitution, and you became immersed in the role of Asano Suzu.”
Kotoko Sasaki explained everything about the future to the Great Condor, including why the members had been communicating with the Great Condor recently, and the daily shooting plans that her manager had lied to her about. All of this was for the sake of the Great Condor. Step out of Asano Suzu's shadow, make her happy and keep her mood cheerful.
After listening to Sasaki Kotoko, all her recent experiences seemed to be worn out. Tonight, Hori Mina's physical ghost exorcism was just about Terada Ranyo's unintelligible words, Ikoma Rina pulled her to play games, and Shinuchi Mai heart-to-heart talk, Takayama Kazumi’s cold jokes, Nishino Nanase playing JOJO with her, Kitano Hinako taking her to the gym...
Everyone in Nogizaka is doing their best to help herself, and everyone helps her come out according to their own understanding and ideas.
Imagine that if you are in a bad mood, irritable, and don’t want to talk, you have three friends. The first one will not disturb you, but will care about your situation from time to time; the second one will talk to you heart-to-heart and help you analyze the current situation. I want to help you solve the problem by tracing the source; the third one does not do any other unnecessary things, just takes you to drink, climb mountains, and be happy and forget your worries.
Whose care is most effective?
They are all using their own ways to care for you. Which one is really effective depends on you, not them. Different ways of caring may be suitable for different people at different stages. But that doesn’t mean that other people’s concerns are invalid.
The sewer is clogged. Do you need the relationship of a friend or the number of a master? Just because the master can solve the problem doesn't mean that he cares about you. What he may care about is whether he can get more money from you.
Real care is about you. The effect of caring is the warmth in your heart and the support behind you.
And the person who finally pushed her out of the shell of Asano Suzu was Sasaki Kotoko. But do you want to say that other people's concern is in vain? Apparently not.
The dark clouds in the dark sky gradually dispersed, revealing the bright moonlight, which fell on the two people's beds. Sasaki Kotoko's classically beautiful face was revealed in front of the great condor. She frowned slightly, her face full of worry. The distance between the two was very close, probably less than five centimeters from nose to nose, and she could even see herself in Sasaki Kotoko's eyes.
Inexplicably, the Great Condor felt much more relaxed. Although it was a bit nauseating, to use a metaphor, it was like years of constipation were cleared away in this instant. The energy that was always pressing in my chest also disappeared without a trace.
"You...I told you anyway. I went to bed."
Sasaki Kotoko's face felt a little hot when she was stared at by the big condor. She turned over a few times and lay on her side with her face facing the wall, leaving the big condor with the back of her head.
Yes, the group she was in was a small heater, and she had always been in this warmth, instead of being soaked in cold water as she had imagined before.
The Great Condor stretched out four fingers to grab the corners of the quilt and covered the quilt much more tightly. His left hand wrapped around Sasaki Kotoko's waist. The two of them were close to each other. The Great Condor put his forehead on Sasaki Kotoko's back. On her back, she felt an unprecedented sense of stability at this moment.
"Thank you, Kotoko."
