Chapter 723: The love song at the end of summer~
Asahi TV is located in the city center, and naturally there is no shortage of various shops, restaurants, and so on.
For the sake of privacy, Nagayama Naoki drove for a few minutes and found a high-end Western restaurant. The booths here have good privacy, and the few of them didn't worry at all that fans would suddenly walk up while they were eating.
He booked two empty seats, then sent the name of the restaurant to Akina... and then waited quietly.
Only at this moment did he feel the faint singing echoing in his mind. It was the voice of a male singer, the falsetto was very distinctive, and it had the style of traditional Japanese singing.
"
Floating a bamboo boat on the flowing time
The love song of a summer burned to ashes
The person I cannot forget is like foam
At the end of summer, at the end of summer
I just really want to see you
Because the wind that blows through is the same as it was someday
"
Nagayama Naoki borrowed a pen from the waiter and wrote down the slowly emerging song on the blank last page of the restaurant's menu.
"Natsu no Owari (End of Summer)" is full of emotion about the passage of time, and also reluctance about the end of summer. However, what makes this song most impressive is Moriyama Naotaro's perfect falsetto, and the overlapping chorus at the end...
This time it was different from when memories emerged before. The lyrics and melody appeared in his mind soothingly, without the previous rush of impact, and it felt very soothing, but it was also much blurrier than before. At least he had to ponder the lyrics and melody himself before he could write them down.
Nagayama Naoki slowly perfected this song in the surprised and confused eyes of the Western restaurant waiter. When composing the music score, he focused on the melody in his mind, and didn't even notice the changes in the outside world.
Until a strand of hair brushed against his face, and his nose smelled a faint scent of orange perfume...
Looking up, Nakamori Akina, wearing a dress, was standing next to Nagayama Naoki, bending over and looking at the song her boyfriend was writing on the restaurant menu.
"Akina! You're here!" Nagayama Naoki laughed.
"Yeah, as soon as I came in, I saw Naoki-san writing something with full concentration~ You didn't even respond when I greeted you..." Nakamori Akina didn't sit opposite, but stood by the side looking at Nagayama Naoki's menu. "Is this... a new song, Naoki-san?"
"Hai~" Nagayama Naoki handed the basically perfected menu to Akina. "Suddenly had some inspiration just now, so I wrote it down..."
Nakamori Akina sat down with the menu, and when she saw the lyrics "Natsu no Owari, Natsu no Owari ni wa (At the end of summer, at the end of summer), Tada Anata ni Aitaku naru no (I just want to see you)", she smiled happily.
"Naoki-san, is this song because you want to see me?" Akina asked with full expectation in her eyes.
"Of course~" Naturally, he couldn't say anything else at this time.
"Just now at Asahi TV, I really wanted to see Akina... Because of this urgent longing, I had this song!" Nagayama Naoki said solemnly.
"Is that so~"
Akina's small face was full of pride and happiness, but she forced herself to answer calmly. She still had to pretend to be reserved in public...
But she broke character immediately, unable to sit still on the stool in excitement, and even showed the menu to Ueda Maki at the next table:
"Maki-chan, look! Naoki-san wrote another song for me!!!"
Ueda Maki and Myoko Fangze next to her were a bit helpless, eating another serving of dog food before eating dinner!
Nagayama Naoki hurriedly stopped Akina's showing off:
"Akina... let's order first~ You can look at this song later~"
"No... I want to look at it now!" Nakamori Akina didn't want to give in at all, clutching the menu tightly, and started humming along with the music score~
Nagayama Naoki, who was quite helpless, could only help order. Anyway, Akina wasn't picky about food, and she was easy to raise...
He signaled the waiter to come over to order, ordered rib-eye steak and pasta, and some desserts.
However, when the waiter left, he seemed a bit conflicted:
"Guest-san... the menu of this store..."
"Ah... this~" Nagayama Naoki scratched his cheek in embarrassment. He didn't have a notebook on hand for a moment, so he used the menu to compose the song. "I will compensate for this menu... You go ask for the price, and calculate it together at the end."
"Hai..."
After ordering, Akina, sitting opposite, was still looking at the song. Listening to the soft humming, Nagayama Naoki had to speak up:
"Akina~"
"Nani?" Akina's eyes moved away from the menu.
"For this song 'Natsu no Owari (End of Summer)', it requires falsetto when singing... and it needs to use traditional singing style during the chorus..." Nagayama Naoki asked, "Can Akina sing it?"
Actually, this song is more suitable for a male singer to sing... However, since he said it was a song written for Akina, how could he not give it to Akina...
"Hmm..."
Nakamori Akina was in a bit of a dilemma. Generally, that kind of singing style is more common in Enka. And she mainly sings pop songs. This song doesn't seem to match her style at all...
Seeing his girlfriend's troubled look, Nagayama Naoki advised: "If you can't sing it, it doesn't matter~"
"No... I can learn!" Nakamori Akina seemed to have made up her mind. "If I want to become a professional singer, I should be able to handle any style! Especially since it's a song written specifically for me by Naoki-san!"
"......." Seeing Akina's firm eyes, Nagayama Naoki could only offer encouragement, "Ganbatte!"
They hadn't seen each other for several days, so Nagayama Naoki and Nakamori Akina chatted while eating dinner.
"Naoki-san..." Akina suddenly paused, thinking of the program discussed earlier. "Fuji TV's Akimoto Yasushi... said he wants to invite the two of us to participate in a new variety show together~"
"Oh? Did they tell you?" Nagayama Naoki naturally knew about it.
"Hai, they contacted President Hanami of the agency." Akina took a bite of pasta and looked at her boyfriend. "Is Naoki-san going?"
Nagayama Naoki laughed: "I don't mind, it mainly depends on Akina's willingness... Actually, Akimoto-san communicated with me a long time ago. This program doesn't have any impact on me... The reason I didn't tell you in advance is that I didn't want to put pressure on you from my side~"
"Then... does Naoki-san want to record the program with me?"
"Oh? Does Akina want to film it?"
"Mm... the people in the agency said a lot, saying it looks very good..." Nakamori Akina's eyes were bright. "But more importantly, if we record the program, we can spend a long time with Naoki-san!"
Hearing this, Nagayama Naoki was also very moved. Speaking of which, the biggest reason for celebrity couples to break up is being apart more than together. So, it is naturally very important for him and Akina to have more time together!
"Then let's go record this program together!" Nagayama Naoki reached out and held Akina's hand opposite him. "Let's date openly in front of everyone!"
"......"
After Nakamori Akina heard this, she was a little shy, her face flushed with a few more shades of rouge, but she still bravely held Nagayama Naoki's hand back:
"Mm, let them be envious!" ===== CHAPTER 724 =====
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