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Chapter 1: One-sided First Encounter

Probably the sleeping pill lost its original effect on Shiina.

Repeatedly, she tried countless times on the wide bed but still couldn't find a suitable lying position.Opening his tired eyes again, Shiina vaguely saw sporadic light spots on the opposite apartment building through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Habitually remembering that I need to get up early for work the next day, I can't help but feel nervous and worried. At the same time, I realize that I am in an embarrassing state of being out of work. I don't need to worry about the impact of insomnia on my work. I just need to be like As the manager Kato said, take a good rest, waiting for the recovery of the body and the arrival of a new job.

Even putting out scented candles early, turning on timed hypnotic music and a humidifier, and changing into a brand new dark blue cotton nightdress.But the drowsiness is still lingering, lingering in Shiina's mind is full of gaps and fragmented pictures, it is the concentrated attention when fingers are flying on the black and white keys, it is standing on the stage at the curtain call, being applauded and cheered by the audience Surrounded by sound, he was a little hot and dizzy from the dazzling flashlight.

Shiina counted those things that took many years to get what she wanted, and finally destroyed it in her own hands.

Since the concert tour blunder, countless websites and newspapers have relentlessly reported Shiina's fainting accident during a performance.

Some added fuel and vinegar, saying that Shiina exhausted her outstanding creative talent when she was young to make this drama, some subjectively maintained that Shiina's fall was purely due to physical overload of work and touring performances, and some severely criticized it, thinking that Shiina, who has no ability to balance her body and work, owes an apology to the audience who paid expensive tickets.

Trapped in the hospital, every day of her recuperation period is suffering, continuous drips and drug injections, doctors and nurses' thoughts, and great pressure from public opinion.Getting sick is not terrible, but no matter what, I can no longer see the road in front of me clearly.

I don't know how long it took to be discharged from the hospital and return to normal life. Shiina only remembers sitting on the cold floor on the first day when she got home, crying so hard that she had trouble breathing.Ugly and embarrassing.

Stretching out her hands from the hot blanket to reach the bedside table, Shiina picked up the black metal frame glasses and put them on. She caught a glimpse of the alarm clock showing that it was less than two o'clock in the morning.

He got out of the futon in a leisurely manner and walked around the room with the lights off.She stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and looked out. The road under the tall building was sparse and several cars passed by silently, and the street lights on the street were so bright that it was a bit dazzling.

The wind in late autumn is even colder at this time. Shiina, who was wearing a thin nightdress before going out, put on a thick oversized coat.When I walked out the door, I heard the cold wind rubbing against the high-rise apartment. Even though I was in a high-rise building, I could still vaguely feel the sound of car tires touching the asphalt road, and the white corridor lights were lit up as I walked.

Most of the shops on the street that turns right from the apartment door are closed, and the rest are the 24-hour convenience stores that are open as usual and the bars not far away, even in the empty small streets, The traffic lights are still changing as usual.

A breaker of the quiet atmosphere suddenly appeared on the empty street.

It was a woman who was humming a song and also walking towards the convenience store.

She was wearing a bright-coloured blouse, with black headphone cables dangling, and a conspicuous big red guitar bag on her back. Her slender, fair legs were exposed under the short denim skirt.Under the illumination of the street lamp, you can see the golden highlights of the hair, and the pendant hanging on the chest is accompanied by a pleasant sound with every step of walking.

Although it was a short distance away from a traffic light, Shiina couldn't see the other person's side face clearly even with glasses.

When the girl walked out of the convenience store, she held a steaming coffee cup in her hand. She closed her lips and sipped it slightly, exhaling the temperature brought by the coffee in her mouth, entangled in the dark cold air.

Shiina, who was standing across the road, watched her disappear into the street.

Shiina seems to be able to hear the heavy metal music coming from the other party's earphones, to see every subtle expression change in the other party's brows and eyes, and to feel the skin touching the hot air exhaled from the other party's nose and lips, even though it is across the street. But it seems that you can touch the soft hair of the other party with a distance of reaching out.

It was like witnessing a shooting star flashing by in the dark night.

Shiina doesn't consider herself an emotional person, at least she hasn't been for more than 20 years.

She doesn't deliberately approach people, and doesn't reject people who really want to associate with her, and strives to maintain her weak interpersonal relationship.The establishment of all relationships has its own reasons and foundations. When the foundation is shaken, the relationship will also be broken.

On the one hand, her negative attitude towards feelings brought her a stable and relaxed life, but at the same time, as she got older, she gradually emptied her already empty heart.

But this time, I have never felt like this.

She could stand across the street doing nothing but staring at each other until dawn.

After regaining her senses, Shiina hurriedly rushed to the last few seconds of flashing green light across the street, crossed the road and walked into the convenience store.

She didn't know what she was careful about.

As soon as the automatic door opened, she walked straight up to the clerk. She was hesitant and finally said with a choked voice.

"Please give me the same cup of coffee as the girl just now"

Tonight's coffee was a little sweeter than what Shiina usually drank.