Shugo Chara: Be happy today too

[+Main text means that this extra contains the main text that drives the plot.]

——.

A teahouse somewhere in the park.

Nagihiko and Amu sat together.

The old employee brought the tea: "Please enjoy your meal."

Nagihiko: "Thank you."

Yameng couldn't help but ask, "Nagihiko, are you a local here?"

"When I was little, I would occasionally sneak out from training and often explore this area."

"Is Nadeshiko coming too?"

"..." Nagihiko kept smiling, "Yeah."

"It's very strict training, right?"

"Yes," Nagihiko, "but I never felt it was hard. I was able to immerse myself in the role while dancing, and it was a pleasure to be able to express the emotions of different people."

"I want the performance to be more perfect. I have always thought so."

"..." Yameng was slightly stunned, "You guys really work hard, Nagihiko too, Nadeshiko too, and An-chan too."

"An-chan has never complained to me. She always said dancing is fun. If I hadn't seen her panting in the school dance studio, I would have almost believed it..."

Nagihiko smiled and said, "You and Miss An have such a good relationship. Are you still thinking about each other?"

"Well, that's normal, after all, if you are good friends, the bond between them will not diminish no matter where they are."

Nagihiko was startled when he heard this, and Aoki An's words on the roof flashed through his mind.

[Aoki An curved his eyes: "If we are good friends, no matter where you are, the bond between friends will always be there."]

He couldn't help but soften his eyes: "Yes."

"But," Yameng suddenly sighed, "Compared to you, I am..."

"?" Nagihiko, "Is there anything troubling you?"

Yameng nodded, "Yeah, I wanted to tell Nadeshiko about it."

Thinking about how he left An and Yameng together at school in the afternoon, Nagihiko was at a loss: "Didn't you tell Miss An?"

Yameng instantly recalled a scene with a huge amount of information: ...

She twitched her lips: "I...I did."

What kind of expression is that... Did An fail to solve Yameng's troubles? This shouldn't be the case... Nagihiko was slightly surprised, and then, he held Yameng's hand.

Under Yameng's increasingly surprised gaze, Nagihiko said seriously: "Then, can I be the one you confide in?"

“……”Ya Meng was completely fascinated.

After a few seconds of reaction, he suddenly held his face with his hands: "No! What are you dreaming about!"

Nagihiko smiled slightly.

——.

On the way to the shrine.

Nagihiko: "I see. You only like one person, but other boys keep popping up in your mind. Are you bothered by this?"

"Yeah." Yameng responded, but she felt a little strange in her heart: Why would she say these words to Nagihiko whom she met for the first time? Was it because she looked very similar to Nadeshiko and was easy to talk to?

Nagihiko suddenly stopped and said, "We're here."

"Hey?" Yameng, "Where is this..."

"It's the shrine for marriage, let's go in and worship."

Ya Meng paused when he heard this and looked depressed.

"?" Nagihiko, "Ameng?"

Yameng: "I think it's better not to go in and worship."

"If I go in with a dazed mood like me, the God of Bond will definitely be angry." Yameng, "It would be great if I could be like An and love someone wholeheartedly."

Nagihiko was startled for a moment, then raised his head and looked into the distance: "How much does it take to be considered love?"

"Like friends, like the person you admire, like family, there are many forms of love, right?"

"Where is the dividing line between liking someone and true love?"

"As someone who has witnessed Miss An's love, Yameng feels that there is a difference between Miss An's attitude towards liking and her attitude towards love."

Yameng blinked blankly: Attitude? Difference?

Nagihiko smiled and said, "Amu doesn't know either, right? She just thinks their relationship is beautiful, so she simply yearns for it and wants to have such a relationship."

"..." Yameng looked stunned.

Nagihiko then asked, "What does Amen like about the prince?"

"...Well, when I first transferred to this school, I met the prince at the Guardian Conference and thought he was very handsome, and then..."

"Is that so?" Nagihiko said, "So you didn't fall in love with the prince until you got to know him, right?"

Yameng was slightly surprised when she heard this, and subconsciously looked at Nagihiko. Scenes of her interactions with Bianri Yuise flashed through her mind.

Yameng: "...Before I became a guardian, I knew nothing about the real Yuise-kun. I could only see some of his external personality."

Nagihiko: "Although everyone judges based on the external impression, the true inner self may be completely different from what it appears."

"..." Yameng seemed to have an epiphany. Seeing Nagihiko smiling at her, she couldn't help but smile too.

——.

After visiting the shrine.

Nagihiko handed something to Amu: "Here, a talisman for bonding."

Yameng took it: "Thank you."

"Same as mine." Nagihiko narrowed his eyes and showed the amulet in his hand to Yameng.

Yameng was stunned: "Same? Nagihiko also wants to form a bond with someone, right?"

"Well... there aren't any girls like this right now," Nagihiko thought for a moment, "because they're still in training."

"!" Ya Meng couldn't help but complain, "What? Just now, it was like a teacher talking about love."

Nagihiko chuckled and said, "Girls' hearts are so complicated. I still need to keep working hard and study hard."

Then, he paused and said, "But, there is a girl I have always cared about."

Ya Meng was slightly stunned: "Huh?"

"For some reason, I can't let her see my true self, but in order to show her my true self one day, until that day comes, I can only protect her from a distance, even if we are about to be thousands of miles apart."

"..."

The sky is clear and the breeze is gentle.

Inside the Marriage Shrine, the two people's eyes met at this moment.

——[Bonus mini-theater]

On the way out of the park.

Nagihiko suddenly thought of something: "Oh, by the way, Amen, can you accompany me to buy some Taiyaki?"

"Taiyaki?" Yameng immediately thought of Aoki An who loved Taiyaki. In addition, An-chan was at Fujisaki's house, so she couldn't help but ask, "Did you buy it for An-chan?"

"Well, there was some misunderstanding with Ms. An," Nagihiko explained, "Although I have explained it clearly, it would be better to give her some more gifts."

"Oh, is that so..."

"Let's go, Yameng."