In fact, after a few days, Igarashi Runa has completely calmed down.
She recalled that day when she suddenly hugged Kurosawa Mitsuru and kissed him randomly in excitement. She felt so embarrassed and ashamed that she didn't even dare to face him.
People who do wrong tend to be more sensitive and are particularly concerned about other people's eyes and reactions.
That's why she noticed that when Kurosawa Hikaru glanced at her, he would look away in embarrassment, unwilling to look directly at her affairs.
The sudden extinguishing of the fire plunged the car into silence.
"What's wrong?" Kurosawa Mitsuru glanced at her sideways, not understanding the reason for her sudden silence.
"I'm sorry, I haven't formally apologized to you for what happened on Sunday..."
Igarashi Runa took a deep breath, made up her mind, and spoke.
"It's okay... And there's nothing to apologize for. I didn't suffer any loss. It's all in the past."
When Kurosawa Mitsuru heard her apology, he was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
No wonder she noticed the change in her gaze today. It turned out to be because of the random kissing that day.
To be honest, he really didn't feel conflicted about it, let alone mind it... In fact, he was actually a little secretly happy about it.
After all, it feels good to be kissed on the face by a beautiful woman... The only embarrassing thing is that it happened in front of Miss Ninomiya.
But this was not a bad thing. It stimulated Miss Ninomiya and made her take the initiative to hold hands on the way home.
"Yes, it's all over."
Igarashi Runa glanced at him, confirmed that he was not saying one thing and thinking another, and nodded immediately.
"Don't mention this again, especially in front of Miss Ninomiya." Kurosawa Mitsuru decided to put the matter behind him.
"Why? Is Chizuru jealous?"
Hearing this, Igarashi Runa's gossipy heart suddenly burned.
"She's your best friend, don't you know her character?"
Kurosawa Hikaru did not mention the hand holding that day, but spoke slowly.
"That's right, she should be very jealous... Then what? What did she do about it? Did she kiss you?"
Igarashi Runa was grinning. If her random kissing that day had irritated Chizuru, it might have been a good thing.
"No." Kurosawa Hikaru shook his head.
"You haven't kissed before, have you?"
Hearing this, Igarashi Runa thought of a possibility, and her beautiful eyes suddenly widened, full of disbelief.
"That time at the amusement park was my first date with her. How long has it been since then?"
"Even so, you guys are taking too long... What stage are you at now?"
Igarashi Runa was a little speechless. They were already so old, and although it had not been long, it was obvious that the two of them loved each other. What was wrong with a kiss on the cheek
"You go ask her, I can't say for sure."
Kurosawa Hikaru did not answer this question, after all, it involved two people.
The most important thing is, if she knew the progress of his relationship with Miss Ninomiya, that they were still at the hand-holding stage, she would definitely laugh at him.
"Are you still at the stage of holding hands?"
Although he didn't answer, Igarashi Runa had already guessed it.
"… "
"You guys are amazing and you're still just holding hands after all these days."
When Igarashi Runa saw that he agreed, she just felt her scalp tingling and was too tired to complain.
She had worked so hard as a wingman so many times, providing so many assists, and yet the relationship between these two people was just this level
"no way."
Kurosawa Hikaru shrugged. Although it felt good every time they held hands, the progress was indeed a little slow.
He kissed Yuki on the cheek on their first date, and did the same with Mirai.
"What do you mean there's no way? Chizuru is quite reserved. You have to take the initiative."
"I know."
"You don't know at all. If you really knew, you wouldn't be holding hands until now."
"Seriously, I only went on a date with her once. Although we met privately a few times after that, you were almost always there."
"So I'm in the way?"
"Ms. Runa, I never felt that you were a hindrance. On the contrary, you helped a lot." Upon hearing this, Kurosawa Mitsuru quickly denied it.
"Don't make a fuss. I don't mind this kind of thing. It's just that my presence has really restricted the performance of the two of you."
Seeing his explanation, Igarashi Runa waved her hand, signaling him to rest assured.
For the sake of her best friend's important event in life, she is not so narrow-minded. What's more, this is the fact. She did prevent her from having a world of two people.
"You said you had something to do this weekend, did you make an appointment with her?"
"Yes."
"Where are we going this time?"
"Wild sketching. I want her to be my model and I will draw her portrait."
Kurosawa Hikaru showed no reservation when facing her, after all, she was a god-level wingman.
"You don't think this is romantic, do you?"
Hearing about such a date, Igarashi Runa felt numb and very sad.
What is this? The romance of liberal arts students
"It's not a question of being romantic or not. You have to give her a reason to agree."
Kurosawa Mitsuru didn't have so many thoughts. After all, these were the prompts and directions given by the system, but he understood them very well.
"That's true. It's actually quite unique, and you can play to your strengths."
After hearing this, Igarashi Runa thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense.
Compared to going out for dinner or watching a movie, which is an ordinary way of doing things, going sketching together is actually a good choice.
"Where are you going?"
After thinking carefully and agreeing with this dating method, Igarashi Runa asked again.
"I'm still considering it. For now, I plan to go farther away, to a place where no one else can possibly recognize her."
"Run away... Do you have a driver's license?"
"Yes, I took the test when I turned 18."
Kurosawa Mitsuru had passed the driving test in his previous life. Although he was very unfamiliar with it, he had a basic foundation after all, so he learned quite quickly.
"When the time comes, you can take her there in my car."
Realizing that he had a driver's license, Igarashi Runa felt relieved.
"Driving your car?"
"What else do you want to do? Take her on the Shinkansen this weekend? What if someone we know sees us? She specifically asked me to go with her before for this reason. Driving by herself is less likely to be seen."
"You still have this idea..." Kurosawa Mitsuru understood something.
I have to say that Miss Ninomiya was very alert, fearing that others would know that the two of them met and acted together on weekends.
In fact, in his opinion, there is no need to be so vigilant about this matter.
The more aboveboard and justified you are, the less likely others will think too much about it even if they see it, as long as it happens only occasionally and the behavior is not intimate.
The more sneaky and cautious you are, the harder it will be to not think too much once you are discovered.
"Anyway, just drive my car. You probably don't know where Chizuru's house is, right?"
Igarashi Runa knew her best friend's thoughts too well, so she made the decision unilaterally.
"I don't know. Every time you bring her to pick me up directly, and you also send me home first."
"I'll give you her address later, and you can go and ring the doorbell unexpectedly. You might get a surprise."
“Isn’t this a bit bad?”
"Why not?"
"What if someone sees us?"
Kurosawa Mitsuru felt that this matter needed to be considered.
Although he was very curious about what Miss Ninomiya's home was like, after all, Miss Runa had said before that if he went to her home, he would make new discoveries.
But if someone saw me going to her house on the weekend, it would be hard not to arouse suspicion. This was totally different from taking the Shinkansen together.
After all, the former is a private space and the latter is a public place.
"This is indeed a problem... You can make a decision based on the circumstances when the time comes." Igarashi Runa thought about it and agreed.
Just like that, we chatted while driving and soon arrived at the office.
Close the electric rolling door and get out of the car together.
"You said we're shooting today, have you decided what song you want to play?"
Igarashi Runa pressed the car key, locked the car with the remote control, and then started driving.
"Let's play Flight of the Bumblebee first."
Kurosawa Hikaru followed behind and noticed that she inadvertently pulled up the half-taken windbreaker.
Obviously, although Miss Runa didn't say it explicitly, she knew that he would care if she dressed like this, so she took direct action.
After all, for Miss Runa, his identity is that of a best friend's boyfriend, so she has to be careful to avoid suspicion.
This is a good thing. Maybe it is not pleasing to the eyes, but he can finally look at Miss Runa openly without worrying about embarrassment.
"Okay, this has been rehearsed before, so it should be pretty quick to shoot."
They walked out of the garage together and went straight upstairs. Igarashi Runa went up the stairs first, and she was also happy about this decision.
In her opinion, the piano piece "Flight of the Bumblebee" is also very good.
"Come to think of it, I didn't plan to post this early shot, but I just thought I had something to do over the weekend."
Following her upstairs, Kurosawa Mitsuru saw her back in hot pants and her graceful figure, and he turned his head slightly and looked away.
It's not that he was pretending to be reserved, he actually really liked looking at her, but he was afraid that she would turn around and notice him staring at her.
Miss Ninomiya is not here today, so there are only the two of them in the Zero Hour Office, a man and a woman.
It would be difficult to deal with him if he did something weird and made the atmosphere strange.
"I know that I should wait for Croatian Rhapsody to spread for a while before releasing it again to keep the popularity going."
As an agent, Runa Igarashi naturally knows that it is not advisable to release too many works.
It is not difficult to become famous, but if you want to have fans, you must develop it over a long period of time and accumulate it day by day.
“How’s the data?”
“Very good, and still in a crazy growth period, although there is a lot of controversy.”
"What controversy?"
"There are a few classical pianists who say your music is average, and then you have a bunch of fanatical fans who argue with them. There are also some pianists who recognize your ability and say your playing skills are impeccable, but they are all pianists who play popular piano music."
"Let them talk."
Kurosawa Hikaru was not very surprised by this, nor did he care much about it.
Maxm is really a member of the popular piano world, not the classical world.
In fact, there is a big difference in playing methods between classical and popular music.
Classical piano focuses on the practice of playing techniques, while popular piano focuses on the application of music theory.
Because he has a master-level piano, he can play both pop and classical music.
Just to become more popular, he chose pop piano, which is more in line with the tastes of modern young people after all.