The blue sea, my youth

After Yamamoto sat down, Takaharu had the chance to whisper to Akemi: "Why did you put on makeup like this today? I almost didn't recognize you."

"Didn't you say you were going to attend the social event? It just so happened that Aina suggested putting on makeup for fun. I saw that Aina's makeup was fun in the last beauty pageant, so I agreed. Do you think it's fun?" Akemi asked Takaharu while touching her face.

Takaharu was a little helpless and could only say: "Don't come dressed like this next time. I'm afraid my heart can't accept it..."

The team channel was opened again-Nojima: 'You know how to assist, right? Takaharu, you and your girlfriend should go offline temporarily! '

Kohei: 'Of course I know. And Takaharu, you already have a girlfriend, just take the initiative to find a corner to chat with your girlfriend! '

Iori: 'It's just for the sake of having a fun social interaction and heating up the atmosphere! ! Takaharu, don't think about it, just chat steadily. ’

Takaharu: ‘Well, since you all asked me to do so, I will chat with my girlfriend. Don’t pay attention to my boyfriend, or I will die miserably…’

Yamamoto: ‘I will never forget your help! ’

Takaharu saw that the four people disliked him and his girlfriend being affectionate at the social gathering, so he sat at the edge with his girlfriend and watched the rest of the people socializing.

Takaharu asked Akemi quietly, "Do you think anyone will succeed?"

Akemi also quietly replied, "I don't think it's possible. Aina told us before we came that Iori has a boyfriend, and isn't Kohei an otaku? The other two don't meet their mate selection criteria at all..."

"I have to say that Yoshihara's trick of asking for makeup is really cruel. Let's wait and see what they will do. I won't be able to go back after the meeting. I think I'll find another place to drink." Takaharu and Akemi had similar opinions, but thinking that they would definitely go drinking after the failure, he told Akemi in advance, "You can go back to my rental house or go back with Yoshihara, you don't have to wait for me."

Akemi nodded, "Then I'll go back with Aina. I have to go back to remove the makeup."

The two drank and watched the activities of the other people. They had already separated from the social activities and treated it as an ordinary date.

………………

After the team call ended, Iori was still very responsible and took the lead in opening the topic, "…You, you have changed a lot since last time, Yoshihara."

Aina tapped her lips with her finger, "Hmm?"

Kanako, who was sitting opposite Kohei, also tapped her lips and asked curiously, "Really?"

Kohei overcame his social anxiety and answered, "Yeah, yeah. It's very different."

Kanako: "How is it different?"

Iori: "Uh, it's just clothes and makeup."

Kohei: "Well... It's completely different."

"That's..." Aina fiddled with her fingers shyly, "Because today is a social gathering. So I spent a lot of time on makeup☆Hey~" (◔◡◔), and after saying that, Aina even acted cute.

Unfortunately, this had the opposite effect, and directly made Iori and Kohei's rationality evaporate. Even Takaharu, who was watching, almost sprayed the water in his mouth and kept coughing. Akemi helped to pat his back to relieve his breath.

Iori stood up straight, "I'll take that thought out of you now."

At this time, Nojima stood up, holding a cup in one hand, and said, "Oh, your cups are empty!" At the same time, he stuffed the cup in his hand into the mouths of the two people, and whispered in their ears: "Calm down, both of you! Our duty is to make that hero!"

Kohei: "Yes, I'm sorry..."

Iori: "I'm so annoyed, I can't help it..."

The three looked at the hero Yamamoto and discussed in a low voice how to assist.

Kohei: "So how should we assist him?"

Iori: "How about trying to encourage everyone to call him by his name?"

Nojima: "It's easier to communicate in depth that way."

Kohei: "Okay."

After discussing the solution, Iori winked, 'I'm going to make a move, you cover me! ! '

Kohei, Nojima: 'Understood! '×2

Iori stood up, "Reintroduce me again!!" Aina on the opposite side was startled by Iori's sudden move.

"I'm Kitahara Iori," Iori pointed at himself, "Just call me Iori."

Nojima: "Same as Nojima Moto, please give me your advice."

Kohei: "Me... me too, just call me Kohei."

Kanako: "Ah, then call me Kanako."

Kiyoko: "Everyone calls me Kiyoko."

At this time, Takaharu and Akemi couldn't just stand by and watch. Takaharu: "Just call me Takaharu." Akemi: "Then just call me Akemi."

Although Yamamoto didn't hear the previous discussion, the opportunity had already appeared, "Call, callI'm Shinichiro, right?"

Suzuki Izumi: "Then I too--" Before she could finish, Mana's voice interrupted her words, "Wait, wait a minute!"

Iori was a little confused, "What's wrong? Yoshihara."

Mana was a little shy, "No, that, how should I put it, if we change the name just after we met, will it cause misunderstandings among the people in the club?"

The assisting trio was suddenly depressed, and Iori clenched his fists and thought: 'Why are you so simple at this time? You've taken the rhythm off!'

"But, but, Kita... If Iori insists on calling me by my name..." Mana's fingers were almost tangled together.

"Dream on, you idiot in makeup." Iori rejected mercilessly.

Unfortunately, he didn't notice that there were two scumbags behind him, Kohei: "Oh, Kitahara! ! This time the bottle is empty!"

Nojima: "Drink so boldly! You bastard! ”

Kohei blocked Iori’s mouth with the bottle on the table, and then reminded him in a low voice: “Hey, Kitahara! Don’t forget our duties!”

While being forced to drink, Iori looked at Yamamoto who was trying to communicate with others. Everything was for his brothers!

After drinking, Iori said with tears in his eyes: “It’s me…it’s me…I’m so shameless that I insisted on calling you Aina!”

Behind him, Kohei and Nojima shouted silently: “Well said——”

Aina, who was shy, lowered her head. “Is this so, that Iori?” Aina suddenly became shy.

Iori: “What’s wrong?”

Aina’s bright smile said the hellish words: “I…I didn’t hear it clearly just now, can you say it again?”

Iori covered his face in great pain: “I can’t stand it anymore!”

Nojima consoled: “Don’t give up, Kitahara!”

Kohei pointed at Aina and shouted: “Are you still a human being? Do you still have a conscience? ! ”

Fortunately, they were quarreling in the private room, so it didn’t cause much trouble. At this time, the waiter knocked on the door and saved Iori’s life.

Waiter: “Excuse me, you ordered ramen salad.”

It was the first time for the girls to see this kind of food, and they gathered around. Aina: “What is this?”

Kiyoko: “Huh? Haven’t you heard of ramen salad?”

Amei: “I heard others say that it is the mainstream salad in Hokkaido.”

Keiko: “This is the first time I’ve seen it.”

Kanako took out her mobile phone and asked: “Ah? Can I take a picture?”

The five people took the salad and took a group photo around the salad. Akmei: “Kanako loves taking pictures——”

Aina: “What do you usually take pictures of?”

Kanako: “This is it.” She opened the photo album on her mobile phone.

The boys were waiting at the table with chopsticks in their hands. Iori asked curiously: “Well, can’t we eat it yet? ”

The girls also sat back down. Aina took Kanako's phone and looked at the album, saying, "This is what Kanako did."

Iori said curiously, "Hey? Let me see?"

Aina handed the phone to Iori after seeing Kanako nod. In the photo, Kanako, who was not wearing any makeup, was holding a cake. There were two friends who were not present at the moment behind the table. Judging from the layout, they should be at home. There was also a DVD box of Zhang Lalazi next to the TV.

The five people who looked at the photo together, except Kohei, were surprised and their facial expressions collapsed.

Takaharu glanced at his girlfriend and thought, "Another one who relied on her good-looking face to make up like this just for fun."

Iori and others picked up the phone and compared it with reality, thinking doubtfully, "Could this girl... actually be a beauty?"

Iori and Nojima said with their arms around each other, "How is this possible?"

Nojima also agreed, "That's right, it's impossible. ”

Just after the two sat down, Iori pointed his chopsticks at Kanako and asked with a natural smile: "Kanako, do you like taking pictures?"

Kanako: "I also like watching movies."

Hearing this, Nojima's chopsticks seemed to be inadvertently pointed at Kanako, and said coolly: "I like movies too."

Takaharu and Kohei looked at each other and opened the team channel. Kohei: 'These people... this code to prevent duplication is meaningless, right?' Takaharu: 'It's really a scumbag, there is no brotherhood just now.'

Iori said in the team channel: 'Nojima, you retreat!' He smiled and said: "The movie is so interesting."

Nojima, who was squeezing Iori, retorted in the team channel: 'I won't give it to you, Kitahara...' and asked with a smile: "What movie did you watch recently?"

Kanako: "Last time I watched "Love Looks". "

Yamamoto's voice came from the team voice: 'Wait a minute.' He pointed his chopsticks at Kanako and said, "I've seen that movie too."

Iori: 'What?' Nojima: 'You turned your guns around so quickly!'

The three of them squeezed to the opposite side of Kanako, refusing to let anyone else., you and I were talking at the same time, so Kanako didn't know what to say or what to say.

Kohei looked at the farce in front of him, smiled helplessly, picked up the menu and thought: 'Boring, you three-dimensional people are not the same as me--' Suddenly saw the mobile phone on the table, and then Kohei found the DVD next to the TV, 'This is... the anime that changed my life: "Dissolve! Magical Girl Lalako" DVD? Could it be... that (Angel) is a fan? '

The three people who didn't know that Kohei was about to join the battlefield were still performing in front of Kanako.

Iori: "Hey-do you like that movie?"

Nojima: "I like it too."

Yamamoto: "I... I like it too!"

Iori: "Especially the explosion scene!"

Nojima: "No, no, it's the underwater scene!"

Yamamoto: "The one that fell from the sky is great."

Kanako was helpless, "That's a love drama..."

Takaharu combined their statements, and the most easily thought of love movie was only Titanic, but Kanako was obviously not talking about it.

A hand reached out and stopped Iori and the others from moving back. Iori looked in the direction of the hand and found that it was Kohei. When he was wondering what he wanted to do.

Kohei knelt directly on the table, held Kanako's hand and asked, "I said... do you want to come to my room later?"

"Huh?!" Kanako was so surprised that her voice broke.

The remaining Iori and the others, including Takaharu and Akemi, were so surprised that they turned into emoticons∑(°Д°).

Kanako didn't know what to say for a while, so she said, "I, I'm going to the toilet."

Following her words, the remaining girls also left under the pretext of going to the toilet.

In the private room, except for Takaharu who was not involved from the beginning, the remaining four people blamed each other.

Yamamoto took the initiative, pointing at the other three and questioning: "You promised to assist me!!"

Kohei wiped his mouth, "Why do I care so much about you?"

Nojima blamed Yamamoto in turn, "You should get along with the one you like!"

Kitahara calmed down and advised: "Calm down! We are all family, right? Jealousy is useless, unity is the key to victory."

Nojima: "What are you talking about?"

Yamamoto: "Try to persuade your girlfriend with big principles?"

Kohei: "That's it."

Posing a standing mentality Iori, who was in the position of a candidate, pushed up his glasses and said, "As long as one person succeeds, there will be a chance for the next social gathering. Except for Takaharu, only those of us who meet for the first time will leave a good impression if we succeed. Today's social gathering is for tomorrow, and tomorrow's social gathering is for the day after tomorrow!"

The three were persuaded by Iori. Takaharu drank his wine and squinted his eyes as he looked at them and shouted excitedly, "The time to witness our friendship has come!"

After the girls came back, Iori chatted with Kanako alone. Seeing Iori chatting so happily, Takaharu knew that Iori was going to be finished.

As expected, after the remaining three people discussed quietly behind Iori for a while, Kohei stood up.

Seeing Kohei walking towards Iori, Takaharu also sat over there, intending to listen to how Kohei would break this atmosphere.

But there was no need to move, because Kohei did not lower his voice when he spoke behind Iori.

He just said calmly: "Kitahara, I'm just chatting with you. How are you getting along with your girlfriend recently?"

Not only Iori, who was punctured, but also Takaharu who was listening, and Nojima and Yamamoto who were expecting how Kohei would deal with it, were frightened by Kohei's brutal and unfazed behavior that violated the taboo of the social gathering. Takaharu couldn't help but feel lucky that his girlfriend was there and was not afraid of being punctured.

Iori panicked and thought: 'This scumbag actually said such a thing. I almost succeeded. Should I be so jealous of others' success? Fortunately, I still have teammates...' Iori looked at Nojima and Yamamoto and became even more desperate, 'They are all unreliable scumbags! '

Seeing that Iori didn't say anything, Kohei made up again: "Huh? Kitahara, don't you have a girlfriend?"

Iori gritted his teeth and stared at Kohei, thinking: 'Damn it! The campus life with a girlfriend that I dreamed of! Is it over like this? ’

While Iori was still thinking, an unexpected person appeared to help him out. Aina came to Kanako with a menu and said, "Ah, why don't we order some desserts."

"Good idea!" Kanako ignored Iori and turned to look at the menu.

Kohei and the other two tried to struggle. Yamamoto: "This guy has a girlfriend..." Nojima: "Yes, yes, this is very important."

But this effort was useless. The girls were happily discussing what dessert to order.

Yamamoto almost begged: "It won't take up too much time, let's continue the previous topic."

Keiko refused directly, "It's okay."

Nojima: "Don't!"

Just when Iori was helping Aina to change the subject, Kanako casually said the most heartbreaking words: "Aina has already told us that Iori has a girlfriend."

This sentence completely petrified Iori, and Aina gave Iori a thumbs down gesture.