The weather was so delicate that it snowed again shortly after the sleet stopped in the afternoon.

It is solid snow, not rain.

The goose-feathered snow lost its gravity and fluttered down, piling up and growing in clusters, like white butterflies dancing in the sky, casting a magical magic, and the magic power was exhausted and fell to the ground, staining the ground white.

"Sure enough, compared to sleet, it's still more comfortable with real snow. Takuhisa exhaled hot air and sighed, "Sleet still has to shelter from the rain, and if it is real snow, I can rush out and enjoy the pleasure of being infected by snow, Hashimoto, don't you think so?"

"Not at all, it may mean that you don't see snow much in Hara-san, but I'm used to being here, and I can see snow every year. Nana Hashimoto didn't follow Takuhisa's tone and said something different.

"That's right, you're living in Hokkaido, so you're used to it. Nana Hashimoto didn't agree with his idea, which made Takuhisa, who had touched the ashes, touch his nose.

After all, people who rarely see snow are definitely different from people who live in Hokkaido.

Maybe Nanami Hashimoto still hates snow very much, after all, the possibility of getting tired of watching it for more than ten years is quite high, and it may also be that Takuhisa himself thinks too much, but Nana Hashimoto is used to snow.

"But this year's snow is a little different. Nanami Hashimoto said suddenly.

“？”

"Normally, at this time, Uncle Shiina would come to our house when it was snowing and share a table with us. "In the past, every winter, it would get very cold at home, and at this time, Uncle Shiina would come over with his stove, and everyone would watch TV like a family. I didn't do it this year, and I didn't feel comfortable. ”

Nanami Hashimoto's description made Takuhisa sketch the same picture in his mind, and this atmosphere... It's quite warm, it's like a family?

Takuhisa, of course, said the same.

"Hearing you say that, it feels like my father is like your family. Takuhisa said with a smile.

"Actually, it's no problem to say it's family. Nana Hashimoto remembered something and grinned, "Uncle Shiina's wife, that is, Aunt Shiina, refers to your mother who is Hara-san, and is actually a relative of our family, but it is the kind of relative who is far away. ”

"That is...?"

"Actually, if you refer to Hara-san, it's also my relative, right?" Nanami Hashimoto said playfully, and after saying that, she exited the room, "Do you need to come to my house for dinner?"

"I ate it before I came, and the ramen in Asahikawa tastes good. ”

"That's good, then I'll go first, and I'll see you tomorrow with Yuan San. ”

"See you tomorrow. ”

Takuhisa suddenly discovers that the girl Nanami Hashimoto is not as quiet as it seems on the surface, and her inside is also like an ordinary girl, active, lively and cute.

It's just that the hobby of reading books hides the inner self of this ordinary girl, plus she doesn't seem to interact excessively with unfamiliar people, which will give people the illusion that she is the image of a cold goddess in the cold pool, right?

Thinking so from the bottom of his heart, Takujiu unconsciously had a good impression of this girl.

Of course, this is also related to her own outstanding appearance.

…

In the dust-free room, Takuhisa turned on the TV, but there was no channel to receive, so he gave up the idea of watching TV and lay down on the bed.

The phone went through, and the other party picked it up quickly.

"Uncle, it's me. ”

"Ah, Takuhisa, is there anything you want me to do?" asked the head of the Sugai family on the other end of the phone in a happy mood.

"Did you already know that my father had died?"

“...”

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and it was a long time before the voice came out again.

"I'm thinking of telling you directly, it's not good, or I hope you can find out for yourself..."The explanation of the head of the Sugai family was pale and weak, "because the eldest brother's suicide was really unexpected, and no one realized that he was under so much pressure." ”

"I understand," Takuhisa was relieved, "I'm not talking about this, I'm trying to tell your uncle about something else." ”

"Oh?"

"About the family that lived with my father. ”

"Are you asking about that single-parent family with one sister and one brother?" the head of the Sugai family suddenly realized.

"Yes, I'd like to know a little bit about them, uncle, have you investigated them?" Takuhisa said steadily.

"When I attended the funeral, I inquired a little, this family is a distant relative of your mother, but the relationship with your mother is very ordinary, but almost ten years ago, I suddenly appeared to pray for the help of the eldest brother, and the eldest brother was soft-hearted, so he took in their family. The head of the Sugai family, Takuhisa, said what he knew, "These are all known to the local residents, and everyone knows about their family's situation. ”

"Ten years ago?"

"It's not been ten years, but it's been a long time since I've moved here. ”

"I see," Takuhisa still didn't understand, and then asked, "Didn't you go and help them, uncle?"

If someone had helped, the Hashimoto family wouldn't have had such a hard life, right?

"Of course, I've had this year, but I was rejected by the other party. The voice of the head of the Sugai family looked a little helpless, "It should be the eldest daughter of that family, she refused my help without thinking, maybe in her opinion, this is equivalent to pity, what a dignified girl." ”

"I see..."

Takuhisa hung up the phone after a few more words with the head of the Sugai family.

"Nanami Hashimoto," he said, looking at the white ceiling, and suddenly smiled, "It's also a very interesting girl." ”

He felt that he didn't know enough about this girl, this girl was not just an ordinary girl.

Daylight the next day.

Because of the biological clock, Takuhisa still got up very early, and the sky was not yet fully bright, and the night still occupied the sky, but it was not too early to look at the time, but the time of dawn was postponed because of the change of seasons.

I got dressed and went out, when suddenly a gust of wind blew.

The cold wind whined in the corridor, sounding like a ghost crying wolf, and I didn't expect the weather to become cold instantly, and it was estimated that it was one degree lower than yesterday, and it was really difficult to live here if you didn't get used to it, especially in winter.

In contrast to the cold weather, there was a snowy scene from the second floor.

Now the snow had stopped, and the weed-covered ground was covered with a thin layer of snow, like a woolen blanket, shining silver.

"Ah, I really want to play in the snow. Takuhisa stretched out his arms like a child, then retracted again, "Forget it, how could you do such a stupid thing." ”

It's true that snow is rare, but it's not to the point where you go crazy when you see snow.

The lights in Nanawei's house have not yet turned on, and it seems that she has not gotten up yet, so Takuhisa did not bother them, and went downstairs by himself first, warming up downstairs before the snow was covered.

After a simple warm-up, Takuhisa walked slowly around the area, it was always the ground after the snow, and it was easy to slip when jogging, and the rest of the activities were not suitable, so it was better to walk slowly.

"Meow~Meow~Meow~"

The cute cat meows that came and went suddenly sounded, and they were also captured by Takuhisa, and they sounded right next to him.

"Are there any cats around here?"

After turning his head suspiciously, Takuhisa quickly found the source of the cat's meow.

On the first floor, in the gap between the stairs and the corridor, there are two kittens.

The breed is a small wild cat, one is a white cat with a gray head and tail, and the other is an orange cat with most of the body is orange, and only the nose is white below.

One is thin and one is fat, and the fat one is an orange cat.

"There are two cats hiding here. Takuhisa was half-crouching, his hands trying to pet the two cats while making sure he was careful. Perhaps it was the cold winter that made the two cats temporarily give up their wariness of outsiders and curl up with each other to keep warm, so Takuhisa easily touched the soft heads of the two cats.

It's really rare, if it weren't for the combination of women and food in their hands, it would be difficult for him to touch the body of a stray cat.

In most cases, even if he gives food, when he tries to get closer, the stray cats will scatter and flee, not caring about the temptation of the food in front of him.

So now touching the cat's head is indeed a wonderful feeling.

"These two kittens... It's all weird. When Takuhisa rubbed their heads, he noticed that these two cats were also extremely interesting.

The white cat's eyes were wrinkled and fierce like a vicious dog, while the fat orange cat had drooping eyes and was so sad that she seemed to be worried about something.

Two cats with their own characteristics, but now they are leaning against each other to keep warm, and there is no sense of disobedience, which is quite interesting.

"I guess it's a newborn cat... Why did you come here, there are no people around here, right?" Although Takuhisa was very curious about the origin of these two stray cats, after seeing the situation of these two cats, he still decided that he couldn't leave them below, "In such a cold weather, it is better to put them in the house not long after they were born." ”

In this way, there are two more little ones in the house that Takuhisa just lived in last night.

Perhaps it was the warm breath of the room that made the two kittens relax, and the two cats became restless when Takuhisa put them off their hands.

The white cat like a dog stretched its body forward and backward, extending a lot of distance, and sure enough, cats are fickle, literally, and the orange cat is the same, but when he opened his eyes, the original mournful expression suddenly disappeared, becoming sunny and cheerful, and cute.

"Ahh The more I look at it, the more I want to raise it, I really don't understand why they came here?" Takuhisa was captured by the expressions of the two cats, and became curious about the origin of the two cats, but no one could answer for him.

There are also sausages bought at the convenience store in the pocket, which were originally kept as snacks and spare parts, but I didn't expect to use them now, and the two cats held the sausages tirelessly and diligently gnawed, and soon the sausages were eaten by them.

The two cats looked at him with wide eyes, orange and dark green pupils looking at him, and the meaning was very simple: I still want to eat.

However, Takuhisa no longer had sausages, and he could only swing his shoulders, and since there was no food, the two cats stopped paying attention to him, and walked like fairies, slowly, and leaned on each other to rest at the wall.

"It's so ruthless!"

Takuhisa could only sigh like this.

…

After more than an hour, Nana Hashimoto woke up slowly, and she was also woken up by the set alarm clock.

Due to her lethargic constitution, she has to spend a lot of effort on weekdays, and on weekends she can't wake up at all, and she can't wake up from her dream until noon.

So the alarm clock is really a magical invention, and without it, I don't know how many people can't go to school on time.

"There's still time. ”

The sleepiness is still there, and Nana Hashimoto has not forcibly overcome it, and as the agent of the basketball club, she can't be late. When I went to the bathroom, I simply washed my face and came to my senses.

In front of the mirror, she has a beautiful nose and a creamy skin.

Without paying much attention to this, Nana Hashimoto simply came out of the bathroom without washing her face and brushing her teeth and smoothing her long hair, and after putting on her navy blue school uniform in her room, she was ready to go.

Before leaving, I knocked twice at the door of my brother's room.

"Get up, I'm going first. ”

There was a gurgling sound in the room, and it should have been up, and Nanami Hashimoto was relieved to see this.

After going out, she shivered from the cold, but fortunately with her previous experience, she wrapped a cyan scarf, which was enough to keep warm.

"Well, I mean Hara-san, did you get up so early? And these two cats?"

Takuhisa was already waiting outside the door, and then he had two cats in his hands, one white and one orange.

"Oh, I'm up, I just want to ask, do you know the situation of these two cats? I picked them up downstairs just now, and they're still freezing." It seems to be responding to Takuhisa's words, and the orange cat "meows", soft.

"I don't know," said Nana Hashimoto unembarrassed, "I think it may have been a kitten born to a wild cat in the surrounding area, and it left its mother because of the snow, right?"

"You have a point. Takuhisa nodded, and this explanation also made sense, "There is no one else living around here, it should be what you say." However, it seems that they have a fever due to the cold, and the situation of the two kittens does not seem to be right. ”

It is also true that they seem to be mentally weak, and although the orange cat's cry just now is soft, it is also weak.

"What then?"

Because it is so desolate, there is naturally no pet hospital around.

"I can only go to the pet hospital, and I plan to take them to the city. Hashimoto, you're going to school, aren't you?"

"Well, yes, because the basketball club has a morning workout, so I'm going to go too. Nanami Hashimoto said.

"Alright, let's go together. Takuhisa didn't wait for Nana Hashimoto to reply, so he took her Qianqiansu's hand, "Go catch the bus, right?"

"Ahh As if surprised by Takuhisa's sudden move, Nanami Hashimoto just let Takuhisa grab her hand, and after reacting, she had already walked a while.

In front of her eyes was still the orange cat sandwiched between Takuhisa's armpits.

The orange cat grimaced and meowed at her.