The sun sets and twilight falls. A bright moon rises slowly, bringing a starry night sky. Similarly, the members of Nogizaka also ended a busy day. Everyone was exhausted and slumped on the bus seat, not wanting to move.
The Great Condor sat with Saito Asuka holding his small backpack. Today, they had made an appointment to stay at Saito Asuka's house, so they got off the car together, leaving only Sasaki Kotoko to go back to the dormitory. The Great Condor felt somewhat guilty, but he didn't know where the guilt came from.
Another advantage of the junior group is that Saito Asuka, Ogokuryu, Watanabe Mi Ai and others cannot work after ten o'clock in the evening, and some members have radio programs to do later.
Saito Asuka sat next to him and checked his mobile phone. The dim lights of the bus were not enough to support the big condor from reading. Instead, he just looked out the window, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Dingling bell~"
The ringtone of the mobile phone in her pocket pulled the Great Condor from the night sky back to the car. She quickly took out her mobile phone. The ringtone of the mobile phone was indeed a bit noisy.
"Mother..."
Looking at the name on the caller ID, the Great Condor whispered to himself.
"Huh?" Saito Asuka next to her thought he was calling her.
"Don't take advantage of me, I didn't call you." The great condor pinched Saito Asuka's face and said. "Hey, Mom."
Turning his head, the Great Condor answered the phone. In order not to disturb others, the Great Condor lowered his voice a lot.
"Eagle, can you hear me?"
"Yeah, I can hear you." The voice on the other side was a little intermittent, maybe because the phone model was older, or because the signal was poor, but at least I could hear clearly what was being said.
"ダンケシェーン,あなたの热かい~"
"Ah, are you still busy? I'll hang up first." Ye Xin heard the singing voice coming from the Great Condor and thought her daughter was still working, so she was about to hang up.
"..." The Great Condor glanced at Erika Ikuta, who was showing off her singing voice across the two seats in front, and was speechless, "No, there is someone in front who is having a nervous breakdown. Don't pay attention to her. I have already got off work and am in the car. "
"What are you talking about? Get along well with your friends." Ye Xin was a little unhappy.
"I'm sorry." He said this, but he didn't seem to be sorry at all, "So, what does your mother want from me?"
"What you said is that you won't come back during the Chinese New Year. As a mother, I miss my daughter, so why can't I call my daughter?"
"Yes, of course."
"It's just that if we don't look for you, you won't give us a call, right?" Ye Xin was a little angry on the other end of the phone. "Don't you even miss home?"
"Hmm... maybe I'm not a family person?" the Great Condor said mischievously.
"You girl..." The Great Condor was far away in Tokyo, and Ye Xin could only speak. "I'm calling you this time because I miss you and want to hear your voice. The other thing is, um..."
Ye Xin hesitated and didn't say anything for a long time.
"The family is short of money? How much do you need? I'll call you."
"No, it's not about money."
Ever since he came out of home, the Great Condor has been extremely sensitive to the word 'money', mainly because he was afraid of being poor before.
"Then other things are nothing, just talk about it."
"Your brother, I was thinking about it. Ryoya and Ryota are both old, and they keep arguing about wanting private space every day. I just thought, otherwise, let Ryoya live in your house..."
"Oh, go ahead, it's free since I'm not here. I thought it was something."
Hearing such a simple request, the Great Shenying breathed a sigh of relief, although she sometimes disliked her two brothers, such as eating with oil in her mouth, not flushing the toilet after going to the toilet, and eating first instead of taking a shower when she came home after playing football. .... Ask the Great Condor to find fault with her younger brother and she can list 100 of them. Ask her to sincerely praise her and she might be speechless. But even so, a biological brother is still a biological brother.
"Anyway, as you said, I may not be able to go back during the Chinese New Year. Liang is 15 and it's time to have his own room." The Great Condor said.
"Then where will you sleep when you come back?"
"Well, Ryota and I are going to sleep."
"How old are you, and you're still sleeping with your brother?"
"Then what should we do? How about you let my dad sleep on the sofa and we can go together?"
"good idea."
"Ha ha ha ha."
It's just a joke later. It's too late for the sick patient at home, so how can we let him sleep on the sofa. She hadn't spoken to her mother for a long time, so she started chatting and didn't hang up the phone until she got out of the car.
"Are you aunt?" After getting out of the car, Saito Asuka tilted his head and asked.
"Um."
"Hey~ By the way, you don't even miss home."
Saito Asuka, who was sitting next to him, heard some of the conversation between the Great Condor and Ye Xin just now.
"Missing home...who would miss home?" the great condor said softly.
Originally, my family was already worried about me when I was away. If I cried like a little girl and told my mother that I missed home, my family would not only be worried about me, but they would probably also blame them for letting me come out in the first place.
"Let's go, you lead the way. I'm starving to death. You praise auntie's craftsmanship every day, so let me try it today." The great condor shook his head and changed the subject.
"Hmph, come tonight, mom has specially cooked a special dish." She said this as proudly as if she had cooked it herself.
"My stomach is ready."
As he said that, the Great Condor hooked his arms around Saito Asuka's small and exquisite body.
Saito Asuka's home is like most Japanese families, living in an apartment, but the area is not as small as a rental house, which is enough for a family of five. During his first visit, the Great Condor specially bought some gifts, including a silk scarf for Saito Asuka's mother, a can of tea for Saito Asuka's father, and a hat for each of his two brothers. She is not a person who often gives gifts, so she only thought of these things for a while.
Saito Asuka's mother is unexpectedly outgoing, or rather lively? From the moment the big condor stepped into the house, he kept chatting with the big condor.
"How old is the eagle this year?"
At the dinner table, Saito Asuka's mother asked.
"I'm 15 years old. I'll be 16 after my birthday this year, auntie." The big condor answered obediently.
"Oh, so, you are younger than Asuka, but you look quite mature. Asuka must have caused you a lot of trouble."
"No, Asuka-senpai usually takes good care of me. Asuka-senpai is the senior I respect the most." The Great Condor said humbly.
After hearing this, Saito Asuka, who was eating next to her, looked at the Great Condor with a question mark on his face. She felt that the Great Condor looked down on her, but she could find no evidence.
"Hey, seniors and seniors, you are considered the same age. Even seniors are unfamiliar with each other. Are you an only child?"
"There are two younger brothers at home."
"You are my sister. I am a good sister and can take care of others. Look at Asuka, she is spoiled by her two brothers." Saito Asuka's mother even touched her daughter's hair as she spoke.
"Mom..." Saito Asuka was a little reluctant for her mother to treat her as a child.
"From now on, whether it's work or life, please ask Asuka."
"No, no, no, I'm the one here, please give me some advice." The Great Condor replied hurriedly.
Withstanding one round of attacks after another, it was finally time to take a shower and go to bed. The Great Condor came out of the bathroom and still seemed to have the voice of Saito Asuka's mother in his ears.
"call."
The big condor turned around and fell down, lying on Saito Asuka's bed. Saito Asuka's bed was big, not a double bed. It was small. Saito Asuka looked big when he slept alone, but when two people lay on it, it seemed too big. It perfectly takes up the entire bed space.
"This...is your pajamas?"
Saito Asuka, who was playing with his mobile phone just now, turned to look at the big condor who had returned to the house, and couldn't help but complain.
"What's wrong?" The Great Condor took a look at the white shirt. There were no stains or anything like that.
"without..."
"I'm past the age of wearing pink pajamas, shame."
The Great Condor opened the quilt and sat down.
"What...what happened to the pink pajamas!"
Having said this, Saito Asuka sat up, revealing a set of pink plush pajamas.
"It's nothing. The most important thing is to keep your childlike innocence." The Great Condor pulled off the quilt and lay down in it. The quilt had been warmed by Saito Asuka for a long time. It was warm and comfortable, and it also smelled of milky shower gel.
"Your pillow is so soft." The Great Condor adjusted the distance between his neck and the pillow and found a comfortable angle.
"The pillow is not soft...you want to sleep on it hard?"
"I prefer sleeping on buckwheat pillows."
"Don't you feel uncomfortable..."
"I feel very comfortable. I'm going to turn off the light."
After saying that, the great condor came out of the bed, ran to the wall in two or three steps and turned off the light, then ran back to the bed with a gust of wind.
"Hmm~ It's warm." The Great Condor turned his head, looked in the direction of Saito Asuka and said, "You... why don't you go over there, I'm about to fall..."
"My side is still the wall." Saying this, Saito Asuka moved a little over there.
The big condor also followed suit.
“…” “…”
After the lights went out, the two of them suddenly fell silent. No one knew what to say. The only light in the room was the moonlight streaming in through the gaps in the curtains outside the window.
"Sorry about what happened before."
The Great Condor broke the tranquility. She was referring to the incident three months ago when she and Saito Asuka broke up in the dormitory.
"....It doesn't matter, it's not your fault." Saito Asuka was silent for a while, "Besides, I was signed as a model, and it was thanks to you that you allowed me to stick with it...Thank you..."
Saito Asuka is not a person who shows his true feelings to the surface. To put it bluntly, he is shy. This time he asked the Great Condor to stay at home. He did not say it verbally, but in fact he wanted to make up for his mistakes last time. The previous misunderstanding was resolved. Yes, but in order to prove that I didn't mean it, I have to sleep in the same bed with you once.
"Huh? What? I didn't hear clearly."
The Great Condor didn't want this somewhat heavy topic to continue. Instead, he leaned sideways and hugged Saito Asuka's slender waist, who was lying on his side facing the wall. Their chests were touching their backs, they were very close and started teasing.
"What are you doing, disgusting..." Saito Asuka pulled the big condor a few times with his hand, but he didn't refuse to be hugged, and he was somewhat reluctant to resist.
"Asuka, you are so happy."
The topic changed quickly.
"Huh?" Asuka Saito didn't know why the great condor suddenly said this, "Aren't you happy?"
"Happiness...well...?"
The Great Condor seemed to be asking himself.
"Hey, Eagle, what is happiness?" Saito Asuka asked a little confused.
"Happiness...Happiness means that your parents are by your side and the people who love you are by your side. Happiness means that I am hungry and I see you have a taiyaki in your hand, then you are happier than me. I am cold and I look at you If you wear a down jacket, then you are happier than me. If I want to go to the toilet, there is only a toilet. If you sit there, you are happier than me."
"puff..."
At the end of the conversation, the serious atmosphere at the toilet was broken by Saito Asuka's laughter.
"Is it ridiculous?"
"Sorry... I don't quite understand." Saito Asuka apologized.
"It's better not to understand. It's better not to understand."
The Great Condor loosened its hands around Saito Asuka's waist, let go of one hand, and moved up from Saito Asuka's chest to hold her shoulders, like a boyfriend sleeping with his girlfriend in his arms.
"I'm sorry, I just said this to myself."
The great condor muffled behind Saito Asuka's neck.
"Well..." Saito Asuka shook his head, indicating that he didn't care.
"Sure enough, I still like you."
"Eh?" Saito Asuka was stunned for a moment, his brain reaction a bit slow.
"I said, I like you." The Great Condor repeated it in her ear.
"I...you...what are you talking about!" Saito Asuka shyly shouted in a low voice. She was afraid that the loud voice would disturb her parents next door.
In the darkness, Saito Asuka's little heart was beating hard. She always felt that this was not the same kind of love they usually joked about.
"I like you." The Great Condor repeated again.
"I hate you!" Saito Asuka shouted.
"That's just right, we complement each other."
"You... are unreasonable!" Saito Asuka wanted to look back at her, but his body was restrained. "Then tell me, what do you like about me? Appearance or heart?"
"Hmm..." The Great Condor thought for a while, this time for quite a long time.
But before Saito Asuka continued to press, she gave the answer. She raised her head and pressed it against Saito Asuka's shoulder. Saito Asuka could feel the hot breath of the great condor on his earlobes.
"Do you know? Shame, when you are by my side, you are so beautiful on the outside that I don't care about liking you on the inside. When you are not here, I just think about what a good soul you are to be worthy of you. Such a charming appearance. I love you, can I kiss you?"
"..." After being told this, Asuka Saito still had the heart to ask questions. She could hear her heart beating violently, and her head was even dizzy. How could she, who was only 16 years old, resist it? This level of rhetoric.
"Pfft, hahaha, I can't do it anymore, it's too shameful."
Before Saito Asuka could respond, the Great Condor broke the skill himself.
"Great Condor! You are so annoying!"
When the great condor smiled like this, the previous atmosphere was instantly gone, and Saito Asuka was left with only shame and annoyance.
But the night is still very long.
