Central Park, New York.
Yahiko and Hiroshi, who were wearing sportswear and shorts, were wearing masks as they walked on the trails in the park.
The two started off at a walking pace, but after a few steps, they unconsciously walked faster and faster, and finally, it was like a race to the finish as they left Charlie and Nanako behind.
Nanako, who was wearing a kimono, ignored the surprised stares of the passersby and walked unhurriedly next to Charlie. She looked at the backs of her father and Hiroshi and then said with a smile, “Charlie-kun, Otou-san and Tanaka-san seem to be racing.”
“Is that so?” When Charlie saw the two of them walking farther and farther, he could not help but say happily, “Could it be that they are racing to see who can walk faster?”
“That should be it.” Nanako pursed her lips and said with a smile, “Look at Otou-san! He seems to be jumping every other step now.”
As she said that, she tried to take a few steps on the spot and then took one step first before jumping up slightly after that step so that there was a cheerful rhythm of jumping after taking a step.
Charlie looked at her and could not help but tease, “We call this manner of walking bouncing.”
Nanako turned around and asked Charlie curiously, “Do you mean bouncing as in one cannot bounce for too long?”
Charlie smiled and said, “Yes, but what you’re saying is a little unlucky.”
Nanako stuck out her tongue, smiled brightly, and said, “I’ll only have good luck every time I’m with Charlie-kun, and I’ll never be unlucky.”
With that said, she asked Charlie, “By the way, Charlie-kun, you have to help me or my family solve problems in various ways every time you see me. Don’t you find it annoying?”
Charlie thought for a moment and said with a smile, “Not really, but it’s just a little mismatched.”
Nanako nodded and said with a smile, “In truth, I rarely wear a kimono out, and there is only one situation where I will wear a kimono out...”
Charlie asked curiously. “What’s the specific situation?”
Nanako blinked and smiled mysteriously before she changed the topic and then said with a look of longing, “Charlie-kun, I’ve imagined four kinds of scenarios of meeting you, and the one that I’m looking forward to the most is to be able to walk in the snow with you on a snowy night in Tokyo. Fortunately, this wish was realized last year.”
Charlie asked again, “What about the other three?”
“The other three...” Nanako admired the trees of New York in the night and sighed as she said, “The second is to walk under the cherry blossoms in Hirosaki Park in a kimono with Charlie-kun. Unfortunately, the cherry blossoms bloom in March or April at the latest, and it has already passed...”
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