At the end of March, Tokyo is in the midst of the most comfortable weather of the year. Most of Japan has a temperate maritime monsoon climate, with hot, humid and rainy summers, typhoons at the turn of summer and autumn, and snow-covered shores of the Sea of Japan in winter. For example, the southernmost islands of Okinawa are now in full bloom, while the northernmost part of Hokkaido will not be covered in pink until mid-May. In the temperate zone of Tokyo, Nao, who is accustomed to the tropical climate of Okinawa, the spring temperature here is like winter in Okinawa, and the spring temperature here is refreshing, but the teenager who traveled with her does not seem to think so, always looking like he is wilted by the sun, and even lies sleepy on the table as soon as he enters the door of the coffee shop.

"Hey...... It's spring!" Nioh propped his elbows on the table and propped his chin on, saying, "It's nerve-wracking that summer won't be long in coming...... Creatures like me, who can't survive in the sun, can simply sleep in the summer. ”

"No matter how hot the summer here is, it's only about thirty degrees, and even now, the temperature outside is only fifteen degrees, right?" Nao crossed his arms and looked at Nioh's watch, and the corners of his eyebrows couldn't help jumping, "If you're tired, wouldn't it be nice to say it earlier, why do you want to stand there with us for so long?"

"Oh, it's being seen?" Nioh tugged at Nao, "You don't know that I'm standing there, my legs shaking like ramen!" and I spent an ......hour recounting the case to those people and praying, 'God will give me a stool!'"

"It's better to be straightforward at this time, not everyone will pay attention to your state...... "Nao said as she reached out to grab Nioh's arm, which was her habit of doing to Heikoba when she practiced at the dojo in Okinawa. Feel the stiffness of the other person's muscles with your fingers to know if he is injured or overworked. Being able to quickly see the other person's physical condition is an essential skill in karate training, where injuries are common. But just as Nao's fingers were about to touch his arm, Nioh pulled his arm back and pulled his entire body away, distancing himself from Nao, who was sitting across from him.

Nao watched Nioh's scorpion-like movements, and in silence slowly withdrew his hand and placed it on his lap, and the gloom in his eyes flickered. Before the boy on the other side could catch her gaze, she regained an expression that seemed like nothing had happened just now. But the hands under the table were clenched into fists, and their legs trembled slightly.

"I'm sorry, I ......"

"Ask for something to drink. Nao, who was expressionless, didn't even move her eyebrows, and simply interrupted Nioh's words, "It won't be long before someone from the Metropolitan Police Department calls you, so wait here until then." I still have training, so it's rude. After speaking, he waved his hand to beckon the waiter, picked up his schoolbag and stood up.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Nioh grabbed her bag as he took a step forward, "Why don't you let me finish my sentence before deciding whether to leave or not?"

"Anything else?"

Nao stood still, looking at the boy who stopped him expressionlessly, his golden green eyes shooting out a cold light that made people tremble. She just thought he was a friend and wanted to see how his muscles were doing, but Nioh didn't know if it was intentional or subconscious, which completely angered her. The teenager's movements reminded her of her so-called classmates in Okinawa: she was evading her arrival, peeking at her with disgust, and whispering but clear behind her back. Although she is used to this kind of thing, it doesn't mean that she doesn't care.

- Especially with the person she thought she could be a friend to.

"Oh, don't stare at me like that!" Nioh pulled Nao back into place, the corners of his mouth raised but not the slightest smile, "Sit down and listen to me, OK?"

Nao looked at the serious look in his eyes, resisted a little and sat down. The waiter also walked over at the right time, with a gentle smile on his face, asking the two teenagers what they needed.

"Black tea. ”

“...... Hot Cocoa!"

Compared to Nao's ordering speed, Nioh could see that he had a lot of effort, and after thinking for a few seconds, he gritted his teeth and said the drink of his choice, as if he had made a life-or-death decision. It didn't take long for the well-trained waiter to bring their drinks up, and neither of them said a word until the steaming black tea and cocoa were placed on the table. Nioh looked at the cup of hot cocoa in front of him, and finally took a small sip as if he had made up his mind, and his eyebrows, which were obscured by the messy Ruhai, twitched, and then quickly returned to normal. He put down the cup and looked directly at Nao, who was slowly sipping black tea, and finally opened his mouth, his expression unusually serious.

“...... Just now, I'm really sorry. Nioh said to her, "I'm a little bit of a problem, and most people subconsciously avoid me when they get close to me. As for the reason, I don't want to explain, but I definitely didn't do it because I hated you or whatever, and I apologize to you if you misunderstood. ”

"Subconscious avoidance?"

Nao narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing Nioh's every move. Although I still don't trust it a little, I have to say that it is indeed a lot easier to listen to his explanation. Of course, it doesn't rule out the suspicion that he is disgusted with himself, but for the first time he was apologized by someone else for this kind of thing, and the other party was a person who had just known him for less than two hours, and his words were in Nao's heart, and the credibility went straight to the point. Nao took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, and when she looked at him again, there was no longer hostility in her eyes. She set aside the bag she had been holding in her hand and bowed her head to Nioh.

"I'm sorry, but my reaction was too strong. Nao couldn't see Nioh's slightly surprised eyes, and continued to say under the cover of Rukai, "I'm also a little bit of a person, and I think too much when the other party doesn't want to be approached by me...... Of course, I don't want to explain the reason, but I just apologize to you for my attitude just now. ”

"Oh, you're a pretty funny kid...... Nioh couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Nao's serious appearance, "So you believe it, aren't you afraid I'm perfunctory to you?"

"Would anyone be perfunctory with such a harsh apology to someone they've known for less than two hours?" Nao also raised her head, pointed to Nioh's cup and chuckled, "You hate this hot cocoa, don't you?"

"This is all visible, it's amazing!" Nioh pretended to applaud, looking at her eyes with more seriousness and interest, but the tone was still as incomprehensible as ever, "Poof, it seems that I won't be able to get along if I have too much contact with you!"

"Oh, then it's too late to regret it. Nao beckoned the waiter to change a cup of black tea for Nioh, raised his face and said to him with a smile, "Otherwise, I'll give you a face, and now it's better to disperse quickly." ”

"No, I don't want to drink another cup of hot cocoa, so you can spare me!" Nioh leaned back in his chair and waved his hand weakly, "I'm already tired enough from the morning's training, I'm afraid I'll go to see Alawasu sooner if I toss around like this a few more times!"

"Don't be so exaggerated, you're just training too much. If you say that, I'd already died hundreds of times. Nao fiddled with the spoon that stirred the tea, and suddenly stepped forward in Nioh's direction, and her upper body almost fell on the table. His long, narrow golden green eyes sparkled, and then narrowed with interest. She changed her standard Tokyo accent and said to him in the Okinawan dialect without any image: "Boy, I like you a lot, come to Tokyo to play in the future, just look for me!"

"Poof!!-ahem!!"

Nioh had just taken a sip of tea to get rid of the sweet and greasy cocoa taste in his mouth, but before he could swallow the tea, he heard Nao's bold declaration, and before he could take a breath, he almost sprayed the tea on Nao's face, which was close at hand, and hurriedly reached out to cover his mouth and swallowed it, choking on this sentence and the tea. He finally calmed down his cough, and looked at Nao weakly with a helpless smile: "I said, is this a line that a girl should say?

"This is how we Okinawans express our feelings, do you have an opinion?" Nao sat up straight and continued to speak an Okinawan dialect to express his disdain for him, "We Okinawans don't need honorifics to communicate with each other at all, and it's really suffocating to speak the Tokyo accent all the time since we came to Tokyo! Besides, you don't understand it, do you need to care about these little things?"

"Hey, that's not the key ......"

"Or do you think of the Okinawan dialect?"

"Hey, I don't know what kind of guy you are......"

Nioh held his chin a little weakly, but he wisely gave up correcting Naojin's outburst. Recently, he has been reading Wolfgang Hildesheimer's psychological works, and he has expressed great interest in Nao, who has changed his aura with just one dialect: "The caution in reasoning is not at all like that of a middle school student, and when he is angry, his eyes are scary, and when he is happy...... May I think it's time for you to be happy?" he still remembered Nao's sensitive feelings, and he curled up his pigtails on his shoulders and carefully chose his words, "Well, that's it again when he's happy...... Should I say it's better to be nonsensical, or should I say it's better to be casual? That's how people in Okinawa ...... Passionate?"

"If it's a compliment, I'll take it. ”

How could Nao not understand the meaning of his words? She had been called "rude" by Zhi Niankuan more than once, and it seemed that Nioh's subtle words still gave her face. However, every time she was taught a lesson, Hirakoba would come out and praise Nao, saying that she had upheld the good virtues of Okinawan people's enthusiasm, and hoped that she would continue to ...... Although she doesn't speak the Okinawan dialect elegantly, it's not something that everyone can hear. For annoying guys or strangers, she still uses the standard Tokyo accent she learned from her grandmother. And the teenager in front of him, who has known him for two hours, is obviously included in the category of "not annoying" and "somewhat familiar".

I don't know if it's the magic of the Okinawan language or Nao's natural talent for contagion, but the conversation that follows is not at all like two teenagers who have just met, but like an old friend, and not only that, but the topics they talk about are quite esoteric to "normal" elementary school graduates, and some are not within the scope of common sense. Although they were all inconsequential topics, it was a pleasant conversation for Nao, who had just arrived in Tokyo and had few friends, and Nioh, who had just moved into Kanagawa from an unknown city due to his family's work, also didn't have many friends, so he gradually talked a little to strangers.

The chance of such a thing happening to both Nao and Nioh in the past is less than 1 percent. However, with the mentality of "being a stranger in a foreign land together", and the fact that the two are quite close in mental age, and there are also quite a few common topics, the two even exchanged phone numbers before Nioh's portable phone rang, and agreed to meet at the Tachikai Daehara Festival in mid-May.

As Nioh got on the bus to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Nao's mind echoed with his introduction to the school he was about to attend, the High School Affiliated to Lihai University. Although there is a big gap between the small and old Kabido Junior High School and the Tachikai described by Nioh, Nao is still looking forward to the beginning of his junior high school life. The entrance ceremony, the club recruitment open day, and the various student committees called for something new that she had never experienced in elementary school, and the thought of being able to join the club and wearing a formal student uniform made Nao feel as excited and eager to try her hand at a karate tournament as if she was about to participate in a karate tournament.

"Secondary School Life...... I don't know if it's as funny as he said......"

Nao brushed her sideburns dancing in the wind and whispered, carrying a schoolbag containing a note from Nioh's phone number, and strode in the direction of home.