"Dong dong dong."
Hearing this, Sasaki Kotoko straightened up on the sofa and turned to look in the direction of the entrance.
"Dong dong dong."
The knock on the door continued. Sasaki Kotoko put her cell phone on the table and put aside the blanket covering her body. She rubbed her white feet left and right on the carpet, found her slippers and quickly put them on and walked to the entrance.
"who?"
Sasaki Kotoko pressed close to the door and looked out through the peephole. She saw a person wearing a hat and a mask. It was unclear whether he was a man or a woman.
"Is this Miss Sasaki? I am..."
"Click."
Before the man outside could finish speaking, Sasaki Kotoko opened the door.
"...Qinzi, your defensive skills are not good. You opened the door so easily. What if you encounter a bad guy?" The person outside changed his low voice just now and his voice became much sweeter. He entered the house and took off his clothes. The mask is the big condor that just came home from get off work.
"I can hear your voice no matter how it changes."
After closing the door, Sasaki Kotoko said this, and bent down to open the shoe cabinet, took out the Great Condor's slippers from inside, and placed them on the ground.
"Oh, thank you~" The Great Condor took off his shoes and put his feet into soft slippers.
Just as she was about to bend down to put her shoes away, Kotoko Sasaki, who had just squatted down to put her slippers, conveniently placed her shoes next to her. Then he stood up and walked into the back room.
The big condor, which was in a bent-over position, froze for a while, smiled slightly, and then walked into the living room.
"I just wanted to tease you, but I didn't expect you to see through it." The Great Condor took off his bag and put it on the table, then sat down on the small sofa next to Sasaki Kotoko.
"If you don't speak, I can tell it's you just by hearing you walk." As she said that, Kotoko Sasaki lay on the sofa, covered herself with a blanket, picked up her phone and started browsing again.
"Hey, don't look at the phone yet. The phone is your boyfriend. He holds it every day." The big condor waved his hand and said.
"It's because I don't have a boyfriend, so I'm holding it." Sasaki Kotoko rolled her eyes at the big condor, but still pressed down the phone and put it aside.
"Miona told me today that there may be an independent project to be filmed in the second phase of "Nogizaka Fortress" in the near future."
"oh."
"...Why...why don't you feel happy at all?"
"happy."
Kotoko Sasaki said with a smile.
Is she happy herself? If I refer to now, she is quite happy. She has not seen the Great Condor for a long time and she has just returned home. Of course she is happy, but when it comes to "Nogizaka Under Construction", she cannot be said to be happy. She had been touched by hope many times, only to be extinguished time and time again. She had long been heartbroken. As for not being able to get on the show, Sasaki Kotoko really didn't care that much.
"Hehe, but I will go back to Nagano the day after tomorrow. I may not be able to participate in your plan... Well, we'll talk about it then. Weiona will contact you." The Great Condor saw Sasaki Kotoko smiling and continued.
"Um."
"Well...there's one more thing."
The great condor rubbed his hands, squirming a little.
"you say,"
The Great Condor told Sasaki Kotoko everything from the shooting in Nagano to the conversation with Mai Shiraishi in the past few days. In fact, she could have not said it, but she always felt that she needed to tell Sasaki Kotoko, otherwise her conscience would be troubled.
"Oh okay."
"Yeah. Well, don't you have half a day off tomorrow? Weiyang Nai asked me to go out to play tomorrow, but I already have an appointment."
The Great Condor leaned forward, waiting for Sasaki Kotoko's next sentence.
"It's very good. It can avoid contact with boys and solve your problems. Besides, it's Shiraishi-san." Sasaki Kotoko looked very happy for her. "Where are you going tomorrow?"
"Huh? Uh... Dome City."
"time?"
"2 o'clock...2 o'clock in the afternoon..." The Great Condor was caught off guard by the question.
It always feels like Kotoko Sasaki is...angry? There was a smell of interrogation.
"Oh. You had fun." Sasaki Kotoko smiled brightly.
"Thank you... thank you. Do you want to play a game? I..."
Seeing that something was not right with Kotoko Sasaki, the Great Condor wanted to make her happy and planned to play flying chess or something with her. In addition to watching anime, Kotoko Sasaki usually liked to play these things.
"No, I remembered that I have something to do with Manatsu, and I have to go to her place. I will bring the key myself, so there is no need to leave the door open for me. You can just go to sleep when you are sleepy."
After saying that, Sasaki Kotoko tidied up neatly, looking a little anxious and panicked. She took a coat from the door, put it on and went out.
Seeing Kotoko Sasaki closing the door, the Great Condor slowly let out a sigh of relief. For some reason, the Great Condor felt like he had done something wrong, but when he thought about it carefully, what had he done? No!
Weird.
Da Shenying took out her mobile phone and stopped thinking about these things. She had to do some homework for tomorrow's date.
'What to do on a first date? '
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After coming out of home, Kotoko Sasaki glanced at her phone. It was not too late. She put her phone in her pocket, took the elevator down to the first floor, exited the apartment door, turned right, walked for more than ten meters, and turned into the apartment in the next building. Open the door and take the elevator upstairs.
"Ding dong~"
Kotoko Sasaki pressed the doorbell.
"Which one?"
"Kotoko."
Sasaki Kotoko raised her head so that Akimoto Manatsu, who was opposite the cat's eyes, could clearly see her.
Soon the door opened.
"Come in, why are you here wearing so little? You are not afraid of freezing." Akimoto Manatsu said as he pulled Sasaki Kotoko into the room.
"It's okay, it's just a few steps anyway."
"You young people are not afraid of the cold. Slippers."
Akimoto Manatsu put the guest slippers on the shoe cabinet on the floor.
"Thanks."
Sasaki Kotoko put on slippers and entered the house with Akimoto Manatsu.
"Sorry, I came to disturb you without saying hello."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I live alone anyway, and I hope someone will accompany me."
Akimoto Manatsu hurriedly poured a glass of water for Sasaki Kotoko and placed it on the table.
The relationship between the two has become much closer, probably because they live close by. In fact, the one who took the initiative was Akimoto Manatsu. From time to time, he would go to Sasaki Kotoko and the Great Condor to send warmth. Today he would bring a cookie or cake, and he would bring it every other day. A stew or something, Sasaki Kotoko was not used to it at first, but as the number of times increased, we gradually got to chatting together.
This is also one of the few first-year students who has a good relationship with Sasaki Kotoko.
"I thought you weren't home when I first knocked on the door."
"How could it be? Of course I'm at home, and I haven't been very busy at work recently." Akimoto Manatsu waved his hand.
"Didn't Ikuta-san invite you to come today...or tomorrow? You're going to the beauty salon."
"It's said to be tonight, but... I don't want to go out. The beauty salon is too far."
"You refused?"
"Not yet, still thinking about it." Akimoto Manatsu sighed.
"So, are you here to see me for anything? Is something broken at home?" Akimoto Manatsu asked.
"No, actually, I came here to ask you what flavor of cake Shiraishi-san likes to eat."
Sasaki Kotoko held the cup with both hands and said.
"Do you like Mai? Well...she doesn't have any taboos. If she had to choose, she would probably prefer fruits." Akimoto Manatsu held his head and thought for a while before replying, "Why do you suddenly think of asking this?"
"It's a bit sudden, mainly because Ying is going on a date with Shiraishi-san tomorrow, and I thought about making a cake for Ying."
"Are they going on a date? Oh, that's strange. Well, leave it to me and I'll teach you."
Although Akimoto Manatsu is curious, she is not a talkative person. Since Sasaki Kotoko didn't tell the whole story, she won't get to the bottom of it. Akimoto Manatsu's home is full of kitchen utensils and materials. She usually likes to cook, so the baking box and oven are naturally indispensable.
While the two were preparing, Sasaki Kotoko kept looking at Akimoto Manatsu's mobile phone intentionally or unintentionally, as if waiting for something.
"Then look here..."
"LINE~"
Just as Akimoto Manatsu was teaching Sasaki Kotoko how to decorate butter flowers, her cell phone rang suddenly. She didn't intend to pay attention to it, but after that, it was like a text message bombardment, and it kept ringing. Akimoto Manatsu was forced to pick up the phone and respond.
As expected, it was Erika Ikuta.
"Are you there?"
"Manatsu!"
"Manatsu~~~~"
"I'm going to the beauty salon, beauty salon!"
"Let's do beauty treatments together!!!~~~"
Looking at the string of messages on her phone, Akimoto Manatsu typed in response: "Not today."
"Why, no, no, I want to go today!"
"I'm teaching Kotoko how to make cakes."
"Cake making... I can also teach you tomorrow!"
"Then it's too late. Kotoko plans to help Taka make a cake for Taka and Mai to go on a date at Dome City tomorrow. Just don't make things worse. Can't you go by yourself? Be good."
After replying, Akimoto Manatsu put down the phone and set it to silent at the same time.
"Sorry, Kotoko." Akimoto Manatsu apologized.
"It doesn't matter. Is it Ikuta-san?" Sasaki Kotoko shook her head.
"Yes, she also told me to go to the beauty salon. It doesn't matter, I have already rejected her, let's continue."
"This...isn't good, why don't you go with Ikuta-san."
"It's okay, it's okay, she's totally fine."
Akimoto Manatsu knows very well that Erika Ikuta is a person. If you don't have a tougher attitude, you will definitely be the one who suffers in the end.
The two continued to do it, but Sasaki Kotoko's eyes never moved to Akimoto Manatsu's mobile phone.
