Half of a Umamusume

"Very good, very good. Snow White is very aware of Dober's strengths." Mubai Ryan smiled.

"Do you have any plans to get married in the future?" Mubai Guangming asked bluntly, and the air fell into an eerie silence.

"Ahem... Senior Guangming."

"Ok?"

“I don’t have any ideas about this at the moment.”

"I see."

The topic is frozen here.

Inside the shrine, Fujiwara Chiya rubbed his head.

Kids nowadays are so mature.

And his answer to Kiryuin was very simple.

"My primary goal now is to be a good trainer, and I will consider the rest later."

"So there's no one who cares?"

"Just let it be."

Kiryuin's eyes flickered a few times.

After visiting the shrine, the two walked out. Hearing the noise, Miyu and Nanase Fumino hid in panic. After the two left, they stood in front of the worship hall.

Since you are already here, you might as well make a wish before leaving.

After tossing the coin, Mi Yu clapped his hands.

The wish won't come true once it's spoken out loud, that's what my brother said just now.

"Mi Yu, I want to be with my brother forever." Mi Yu closed his mouth and thought with his hands clasped together.

Standing next to her, Nase Fumino had a normal expression.

She only made a small wish.

Then the two of them chased in the direction Fujiwara Chiya left.

Slowly, time came to evening, the Mejiro family party was over, Shirayuki and Dober took a special car back to Tresen, and Fujiwara Chiya's party was also coming to an end.

The two came to the hotel with flashing neon lights.

"Qian, Qianye, are we going to sleep outside?"

Kiryuin Aoi's voice was quite nervous.

It’s okay to sleep outside, we are all adults...it won’t be strange if something happens.

After a day's stroll, Kiryuin Aoi discovered that Qianye was still the same Qianye, he hadn't changed at all, and she could completely accept him.

"No, not when sleeping."

The route map that Miko gave him would eventually pass through here, and Fujiwara Chiya was just curious and wanted to take a look.

"Is that so... Then let's go back." Kiryuin Aoi felt inexplicably lost.

Just when the two were about to leave.

"Onii-sama!"

A petite body suddenly rushed out from behind and hugged him.

"Rice bath!? Why are you here?" Fujiwara Chiye widened his eyes.

"Miyu...Miyu was out playing with Trainer Naise, and she happened to see Onii-sama!"

Seeing the hotel in chaos, Mi Yu rushed out without thinking and quickly made an excuse for himself.

"Nase?"

"Well, Trainer Nase is over there." Mi Yu pointed behind him. Under the light, a cool and beautiful woman with side bangs was sitting on a bench.

"Trainer Naise?"

Fujiwara Chiya walked to the side and called the other person's name softly.

There was no response. Nase Fumino leaned back in her chair, lowered her head, and breathed evenly.

"……Fell asleep?"

"Miyu, you're probably tired from dragging Trainer Naise around all the time."

"I was so tired that I fell asleep... Did you travel a lot?"

“I go up and down the stairs a lot.”

"She's worked so hard."

Looking at the sleeping Nase Fumino, Fujiwara Chiya bent down and carried her on his back.

I don’t know why Trainer Naise suddenly wanted to take Miyu out to play, but I can’t just leave her here.

"Come on, Miyu, let's go back."

"Ok!"

Just as Fujiwara Chiya was about to walk back, Nase Fumino behind him suddenly reached out and hugged his neck.

"Trainer Naise, are you awake?"

"Qian Ye..." She murmured, "I don't want to leave..."

"Trainer Naise, it's getting late."

Hearing the other party's childish words, Fujiwara Chiya smiled and spoke.

"If I leave... I will never come back..." After saying that, Fumino Nase's hands dropped limply.

What she just said was just her dream talk.

So familiar.

Fujiwara Chiya was very familiar with this sentence.

It seems like I heard this from someone a long time ago.

He was almost there to remember it.

'If I leave, I'll never come back!'

Suddenly, Fujiwara Chiye saw a blurry figure.

He was held tightly in the arms of a young girl.

"Okay, stop it. You'll cause trouble for the Fujiwara family."

"do not want!"

"How long will this trip abroad take?"

"Five years at the least, ten years at the most."

“That’s really lonely.”

"Well, as long as we are still in the arena, we will meet again one day, good thing."

The little girl was pulled out of the house.

"Qianye!"

“I said, stop making trouble,” the man scolded, “Show me some Nase family manners, Fumino!”

The blurry face suddenly became clear, and the girl with side bangs looked at him with tears in her eyes.

Fujiwara Chiya, who had just carried Nanase Fumino on his back, seemed to be stunned and stood there.

Chapter 100 His Childhood Sweetheart

In the trainer's office, Fujiwara Chiya was staring at the training schedule in a daze, tapping his pen mechanically as if he was marking a timer.

Memory is like a dam that has released floodwaters. Just a small opening will cause it to gradually expand and surge outward.

Yesterday, Fujiwara Chi recalled the name Naise Fumino, whom he had met when he was very young.

From this point on, past events continue to emerge.

At that time, Fumino Nase had hair covering her eyes and a pink hairpin on her head. Unlike now, young Fumino Nase was very cheerful. Every time you talked to her, she would show a cute smile.

In addition to coming to her house frequently, Fujiwara Chiya also recalled the experience of taking her out to play. She accidentally fell into a puddle on a rainy day and was mocked by Nanase Fumino. Fujiwara Chiya, who was so angry, splashed the water on her.

Thinking about it now, he was so childish. Looking at the soaked Nanase Fumino, he laughed at her and said she was a tablet. Although he didn't understand what the word "tablet" meant at the time, he learned it from listening to the older kids talking about it.

As a result, he was beaten up by the other party with red ears.

The two had been together for less than two years when Fumino Nase's father had to go abroad for work, and she had to transfer to another place to go to school, and the two separated.

Fujiwara Chiya thought of what he said last night.

Once you leave, you can never come back.

Just as Nanase Fumino said, there was no news of her after she left.

Until last year, when Fujiwara Chiya joined Treson.

"Nase Fumino, right? Nice to meet you. My name is Fujiwara Chiya, and I'm the new trainer who just joined this year."

Fujiwara Chiya introduced herself to the cold and beautiful woman.

The other party opened his mouth and answered after a few seconds.

"…Nice to meet you, Trainer Fujiwara."

Did she recognize me then?

Maybe... No, I must have recognized him.

Because when Fujiwara Chiya left the room, she found that Nase Fumino's eyes were always on her.

At that time, he thought that the other party was just looking at him out of curiosity, but now it seems that this "look" also contains some special meaning.

At that time, what kind of mood did Nanase Fumino have when she greeted him...

Is there anything more sad than meeting again with friends after more than ten years of separation and saying "nice to meet you"?

Fujiwara Chiya has completely forgotten the other person.

The changes in the past ten years are really huge. Fujiwara Chiya has grown from a little kid who knows nothing to a busy office worker, and Nanase Fumino has also grown from a naive, cute and slightly spoiled little girl to a mature and cold big sister.

However, Fujiwara Chiya still retains some of her original love for mischief, while Nanase Fumino's personality has completely changed.

With that kind of attitude that keeps people at a distance, it is hard to associate her with the little girl who hugged me tightly and refused to leave.

Fujiwara Chiye really wanted to ask her what she had been through during this period of time and why she became like this.

But is this the right time...?

Can this relationship, which was too early and too shallow, really be rekindled? If he had said "long time no see" instead of "nice to meet you" at the beginning, their relationship would not be what it is now.

Fujiwara Chiya looked out the window.

The clear stadium gleamed in the sunlight, and Fujiwara Chiya remembered that game, when the opponent risked his life to pull him back to the audience seats.

It doesn't seem like an act done out of instinct and impulse without any emotion.

Whether it was just wishful thinking or it was true, Fujiwara Chiya made up his mind.

Go talk to Fumino Nase about the past.

Thinking of this, Fujiwara Chiya left the room.

I remember that Fumino Nase's office was on the west side of the corridor on the third floor.