Love Comes After Learning

I can!If Nino can do it, so can I!

Sanjiu took a deep breath, her heart skipped a beat, she opened her eyes, the microphone was raised and she was about to open her mouth.

--silence.

Everyone was looking at her, all eyes were on fire.

All sounds are heard clearly, and the silent noise is scratching the eardrum.

The air keeps being pushed out of the lungs, and the world spins before my eyes.

"what……"

She opened her mouth, but made a sound like she was about to vomit.

The feeling of nervousness is so uncomfortable.

His hands trembled again, the microphone almost fell out of his hands, his feet could hardly support his weight, and his knees began to lose strength.

Those pairs of eyes stared at each other, all the silent oppression and waiting, all the courage she had accumulated with great difficulty were all defeated and dissipated.

"what……"

Throat burnt by anxiety, unable to utter a single word.

——I really can’t do it.

Her trembling lips were tightly pursed. Under everyone's gaze, she seemed to have lost all her strength, she lowered her head and her hands fell limply.

Er Nai gritted her teeth, distress flashed in her eyes, just as she was about to rush to the rescue.

"Sanjiu!"

Wu Yue rushed forward with something, panting and whispering in her ear.

"This is... Asada-kun asked me to give you something, use it!"

Sanjiu took it in a daze, opened her mouth, and looked at Wuyue suspiciously.

Wuyue showed embarrassment, scratched her cheek, and laughed twice.

"Asada-kun said... Yotsuba once used this to drive away lovers. It has a mysterious power attached to it. It can give bachelors... no, it can give comfort to those who stand alone on the stage. At least you are not alone. ... "

Sanjiu shook the loudspeaker in front of her eyes, full of "Do you know what you are talking about?" ’ weird expression.

"Anyway, it's like this anyway, come on, everyone is optimistic about you!" Wu Yue blushed and ran away after a few earnest words of encouragement.

"..."

Sanjiu was very speechless, glanced at the audience, and then at the loudspeaker in his hand.

She suddenly put the microphone in the other hand on the ground, turned on the loudspeaker switch, closed her eyes, and took another deep breath.

"what."

The voice came out.

Open your eyes and look at the dark crowd in front of you.

"..." Shortness of breath, constricted heart, dry throat.

She quickly closed her eyes again and coughed twice.

"Audio test……"

Even though it is difficult and weak, the words do sound through the loudspeaker in front of everyone.

Sanjiu suddenly realized - as long as she doesn't look at the audience, it's fine!

Then close your eyes.

Holding a loudspeaker, under the watchful eyes of more than 150 people, and under the worried gaze of the sisters, the pink-haired girl with an earphone hanging around her neck stood in front of the campfire, her eyes just closed and never opened again.

In the darkness, she spoke softly to the loudspeaker.

"I……"

Cowardly, timid, and clumsy, he can't do anything.

I knew from a young age that even though they looked the same, my sisters were more conspicuous and special than me.

What I can do, they can do; what they can do, I can't do.

There is nothing wrong with that, after all, I am one of the quintuplets, as long as I hide in everyone's shadow, no one will see my cowardice and flaws.

——Until he appeared, everything changed.

I finally understand the meaning of hard work.

I finally knew that I didn't want to be one of the Nakano quintuplets, but rather Miku Nakano, the Miku Nakano he believed in.

I finally understand that I don't want to hide in everyone's shadow, I also want to stand in the sun, walk side by side with everyone, and stand at the same height as him.

"For you, I want to become stronger. 』

So, I was able to work hard all the way to the present.

His grades have improved, he has learned medical knowledge, the forest school activities held can also be praised by others, and he has the motivation to let him see the results every day when he wakes up...

The reason for me to move forward is you, Shinichi Asada.

Sanjiu clenched the handle of the loudspeaker tightly, her voice trembling.

"I……"

Hating yourself for being a coward and wanting to be stronger is enough for you to admit it.

However, now I am still not strong enough, I am so unwilling, I really want to cry, I really want to run away.

I can't meet your expectations at all.

I can't stand side by side with you, and I can't see the same scenery as you.

But even so...

I also want to convey one thing to you.

Now I am very scared.

I was so scared that I couldn't move, so I could only close my eyes, trying to escape into the darkness like this.

But I will still take steps towards the light.

Because Shinichi, you are there.

I know that what you gave me was not courage without showing weakness.

"I……"

The eyelashes trembled, but the eyelids were slowly opening.

From dark to bright, from blurry to clear, Sanjiu saw that she was still standing in the middle of the crowd, enduring the pressure of sight.

The heart was so constricted that it was difficult to beat, and it was still so difficult to breathe.

But she forced herself to raise her head and opened her eyes, her eyes wandered restlessly, unwilling to notice the expressions of the people below.

That was the first step, and she did it.

——I don’t know when, I lost the most important thing.

You told me without knowing it.

I think so from the bottom of my heart.

"The so-called cowardice is not failure, but giving up."

I'm still standing here, I haven't given up, you told me, this is my courage.

It has always existed in my heart, but I threw it on the ground without authorization.

—so I'm going to pick it up, now.

Even if you are not here, I will try my best to meet your expectations again!

"I'm... sorry, I'm a little nervous."

At first, the sound was still very small.

"Please let me do it again..."

Only the sound of her deep breathing sounded around, and then, Sanjiu opened her eyes wide, looked around seriously, looked at the expressions of everyone around her, looked at the faces that were either puzzled or curious, looked at Er Nai, Si Ye and Wuyue's encouraging eyes.

The second step was to respond to their gaze, and she did it too.

Pursing her dry lips, suppressing her frantically beating heart, she raised her voice and let the words spread throughout the forest school through the loudspeaker.

"Everyone, I, I will now demonstrate to you how to use a fire extinguisher, and how to deal with an accident...!"

The third step, she still did it.

She did it.

Apart from silently watching everyone's backs, she also has things she can do.

Oh, Shinichi...

Did you see that?

For you, I finally did it.

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After returning from Kirisu-sensei, Asada was about to go to the bathhouse to take a bath.

Unexpectedly, he was blocked on the road again.

First Wuyue, then Nino, and Yihua who just confessed...

"Sanjiu, it's so late, why don't you go back?"

Asada sighed, he prayed that he wouldn't see Yotsuba...how could the Nakano quintuplets have such a tacit understanding in doing things, did they all have time to talk to him?

"Well, I'm waiting for you."

Putting on conservative pajamas and a light blue shawl, Sanjiu spoke bluntly and walked slowly in front of him.

Asada didn't back away, but looked left and right to see if anyone was there—very well, they really knew how to pick the time and place, and it was a small corner so remote that no one would come to visit.