At the summer festival, girls have a lot of attention to their hairstyles, dresses, and other things, and yukata is not as cumbersome as a kimono, but it can be a hassle if there is only one person. Like Yui, even with her mother's help, she was still in a hurry and was late. However, Yukino didn't want to go back to his home, but at Shota's suggestion, he went to his house and was prepared by Sayuri.

However, Yukino didn't call Shota.,In fact, everything just now was Shota directing and acting.。

After Shota made this inauthentic behavior, the atmosphere between Yui and Hikiya, who stayed in place, became more and more awkward.

"Well, that ......" In the middle of speaking, Hikiya, who had only spoken in order to break the gradually solidifying air, suddenly remembered the conversation with Shota just now, "...... You're beautiful today. ”

"Thank you a lot, thank you......"

Yui, who was blushing as if she was about to get steaming, began to look at it, and stammered in her mouth thanking Hikiya for her compliment.

Next...... What to say?

Feeling the atmosphere that began to become awkward again, Hikiya's heart became dazed again. Not to mention participating in a summer festival with a girl, he doesn't have the experience of even going out with ordinary friends.

Judging from his experience since he was a child, such silence always makes him worry about whether the other party will be angry.

“…… Anyway, let's go? ”

"Ahh......h

"Shota, he's excessive, isn't he? Just left us and ran. ”

"Uh-huh, uh-huh......"

"Now, recently...... What do you think? ”

"Hmm...... Plain and ordinary. ”

It seems that no matter who these two people are, they still have a long way to go.

……

……

Shota's parents hold a family party on this day every year, inviting many friends and family to the courtyard to enjoy the fireworks. Because of its location, Sawamura's house happens to be the best place to watch fireworks in this area.

Because of this, a considerable number of cars have been parked at the gate of the current Sawamura mansion, which is quite a bit impassable. On the side of the road, which was far away from the gate, a black car belonging to the Sawamura family was quietly parked there, and Uncle An, the housekeeper of the Sawamura family, was standing next to it.

At such an important time now, the chief butler is also lined up here, which makes the guests who were invited to come can't help but look sideways.

When Shota came to the door and saw Uncle An, he guessed that Yukino must be sitting in the car waiting for him, and this was indeed the case.

"Miss Yukino is ready, I hope the young master can have fun tonight." After saluting Shota, Uncle An looked at Shota with a smile on his face.

That sight almost made Shota come into being.,I'm actually the same daughter who is about to get married.。

Putting this nonsensical idea behind him, Shota asked Uncle An, "What about my sister, won't she go with us?" ”

"Mademoiselle doesn't want to disturb you."

Uncle An's face was still full of smiles, and such a smile made Shota realize that Yingli Lili's original words were definitely not what Uncle An said. Obviously very reluctant, but he just had to pretend that he didn't care at all, Shota was already able to make up the arrogant expression on Ying Lili's face.

"Then make sure you have fun."

"Well, I will."

After thanking Uncle An, who opened the car door for him, Shota sat in the back seat of the car, his hair was tied up, and Yukino, who was wearing a yukata, sat next to Shota. With a white background and sky blue edges, a yukata printed with unknown flowers and fluttering butterflies, Yukino has a cool feeling of summer.

It seems that Yukino also likes the appearance of butterflies.

"Is Yui already done with it?"

"Well, wouldn't we be going too far?"

"So, do you want to spend the fireworks festival with Yui and Hikiya?"

"How is that possible?"

Facing Yukino's eyes with a hint of banter, Shota decisively shook his head and rejected Yukino's proposal. It was not easy to get the opportunity to spend this summer festival with Yukino from Snow Mother, and he didn't want to continue to talk about other people's affairs.

"What do you want to do when you get there? Is there anything you want to eat or play? ”

"I don't know, I don't have any impression of the summer festival anymore."

"Really? As long as you don't get annoyed in the future, because we come here once a year. ”

"Uh......"

Yukino turned her head back to look at Shota in surprise, but she could only see the smile on Shota's face as a matter of course.

"Then let's settle it like this, every year, we have to spend the summer festival together."

"Stupid, what are you good at advocating?" With a tempting red cloud on his face, Yukino turned his gaze to the window, but showed his seductive neck and reddish earlobes defenselessly in front of Shota's eyes, "You're thinking too simply. ”

"You'll know."

Shota's chuckle rang out in the closed compartment, and the two of them were silent until the sedan stopped on the side of the road. The venue of the fireworks display is not far ahead, and cars are banned for the rest of the journey, so the two must walk into the venue.

"Let's go, Yukino."

"Hmm."

With the sound of clattering clogs, Shota and Yukino slowly walked towards the square where the summer festival was held. Even though there are still about 40 minutes until 7 o'clock when the fireworks display officially starts, the square is already bustling with people beyond Yukino's imagination.

The bustling crowds, the rows of stalls, the joyful words of the people and the hard shouts of the vendors were mixed together, giving Xue Nai a completely different feeling.

Compared to the atmosphere of entering the battlefield that I felt at the summer COMI I participated yesterday, the people here are obviously more relaxed and happy. As if infected by the atmosphere of the scene, Yukino also had an imperceptible smile on the corner of her mouth.

Let Shota want to protect the smile.

"Good! Let's start at the stall at the front! Inexplicably, Shota also followed Yukino's mood and happily pointed to the nearest stall selling fried noodles, "Yukino should have listened to me and hasn't eaten yet, right?" ”

Xue Nai frowned, "I didn't eat it, I didn't eat it, but I didn't listen to you." ”

"Okay, let's go anyway, we're already in line!"

“…… Why did you suddenly become so childish? ”

"At this time, you just have to be childish to enjoy this festival even more!"

Looking at the sunny smile on Shota's face, Yukino was silent for a while before bowing her head gently as if agreeing with Shota's opinion, and walked quickly towards the yakisoba stall with Shota.

"Uncle, come for two...... Oh no, one fried mein, one serving! ”

"Okay boy, there are a lot of good things at the festival, you have to take your girlfriend to taste them all!"

"Hmm~Hmm, of course!"

It's really an uncle who doesn't know how to do business at all.

Listening to the conversation between Shota and the uncle who sells fried noodles, Yukino couldn't help but complain in her heart, even the fried noodles that were very sparse and ordinary, and she usually didn't like them at all, suddenly became tempting, and the juicy appearance of the oil and water immediately aroused Yukino's appetite.

I wasn't hungry just now.

After a while, the uncle put the fried noodles stir-fried on the iron plate in a bowl, and of course there was only one pair of chopsticks.

Although he was evaluated by Xue Nai as an uncle who couldn't do business, the other party was obviously still very good at being a person.

After Shota thanked him gratefully, an emotional smile appeared on the uncle's face. Probably, I remembered my precious youth.

"Huhu...... Come, Yukino. ”

After picking up a slice of meat and fried noodles, Shota blew a few breaths and smiled and motioned for Yukino to open his mouth, waiting for his feeding.

“……”

Xue Nai bit her lip and looked at it for a while, this hesitant look made Shota smile and continued: "Don't worry, at this time, this kind of behavior is very normal, don't believe you look over there." ”

Looking in the direction that Shota pointed, a couple who were also wearing yukata appeared in front of Yukino's eyes, only to see that the girl did not hesitate to eat the octopus balls in the boy's hand. If you look closely, couples like this are simply everywhere.

"Hurry up, little girl, fried noodles are just to be delicious while they are hot!"

At this time, after seeing Yukino's restraint, the uncle who was stir-frying fried noodles suddenly helped Shota again to assist.

Well done, uncle!

After a tacit eye exchange with the uncle, Shota smiled and continued to persuade: "Don't worry, the summer festival is the base camp of heterosexuals, so the FFFF group doesn't dare to make trouble." ”

"These otaku stalks are used at this time, it doesn't fit the atmosphere at all."

Yukino closed her eyes and sighed, opening her mouth as if resigned to her fate. However, the flush on her cheeks and the red, hot earlobes betrayed her true mood again.

"Is it delicious?"

“…… Well. ”

Obviously, it's just the most ordinary fried noodles with vegetables and meat, and the seasoning is only pepper and salt. But on the contrary, it made Xue Nai feel the deliciousness that he had never felt before.