The train pulls into the platform, and Toru Watanabe follows the flow of people to get on.

You don't have to look to see it to know that there is no place to sit in the carriage.

There are uniformed office workers around, and there are also students who are looking at flashcards to prepare for their final exams.

Advertisements were posted on the carriage tags.

"Santa Claus riding a reindeer who was left behind by a BMW"

"KFC Christmas Party Barrel! Three combinations are available to meet the different needs of two people from private to multi-person dinners!"

"Collaboration Christmas Strawberry Cake! Scheduled call: xxxxxx!'

Toru Watanabe's gaze wanders over Yukino under the snow in a revealing Christmas dress.

'Why are you selling it again, Second Miss?' ’

The train clanged forward, the carriage shook, and Toru Watanabe couldn't help but yawn.

He grabbed the ring and stood in front of the seat full of passengers, looking out the window.

It's late December, and you can feel the chill of winter through the foggy windows.

In less than a week, the second semester of Toru Watanabe's first year of high school is coming to an end.

The car went to Yotsuya Station, got off the train, and walked on the ramp to the school.

Most of the students I met on the road, both boys and girls, wore scarves and thick coats over their school uniforms.

Compared with them with a tight neck and a winter coat, Watanabe's chic posture and open school uniform make people suspect that the temperature is not so cold.

"Good morning, Kiyono-san."

The two have the same school schedule, and three out of five days will meet early on this uphill road.

The remaining two days are in the shoe closet.

Rin Kiyono nodded, not planning to speak, but seeing his neck that was directly exposed outside, as well as his open school uniform, he still couldn't hold back.

"Watanabe-san, are you really not cold?"

"Of course it's not cold, my head is fine, if it's really cold, how can I wear more clothes."

Rin Kiyono nodded, not speaking again.

After returning from winter camping, the relationship between the three has not changed much.

In Kujou's absence, the two continue to waste time reading books in the Human Observation Department;

Miki Kujo is here, and the way to waste time turns into a quarrel, and then it is always Toru Watanabe who gets hurt.

Later, he learned to be obedient, bought a chess deck, and finally freed himself from the battlefield.

is walking, ushering in a team of boys with an overall inch.

On a winter morning, they wore summer sportswear - short-sleeved shorts, and shouted slogans one by one, and white mist spewed out of their mouths.

"Kamigawa!"

“Fight！”

"Kamigawa!"

“Fight！”

It is a baseball club.

According to Osamu Kunii, the new second-year minister made a vow that if he could not make it to the Koshien finals next year, the baseball club would sit down at the school gate in order to apologize to all the teachers and students in Kamigawa.

To be honest, Toru Watanabe didn't pay attention to the baseball club at all, and it didn't matter if he entered Koshien or not.

But a bunch of people kneeling at the school gate should be a funny scene, and he decided to stand in front of the TV next summer and cheer them on.

At the back of the line, Osamu Kunii was also shouting at the top of his voice.

Toru Watanabe saluted him.

'What are you doing?' Rin Kiyono looked at him with inexplicable eyes.

Toru Watanabe put down his hand and said:

"Minister, don't you reflect on it? This is the rose-colored high school life, and our human observation department is almost in the same league as the light voice department that drinks tea every day. ”

'How do you know what's going on with the light part?' Rin Kiyono's eyes conveyed such a meaning.

"That's a long story, let's talk as we go, I'll tell you more about it."

The two of them finished saluting with the teacher on duty at the school gate and stepped into the campus.

All the leaves of the great oak tree had fallen, and sparrows lingered on the bare branches.

"One night, I turned on the TV and saw that TBS was playing an animation called "......"

The moment Toru Watanabe begins his story with 'On a Certain Night', Rin Kiyono is not listening.

Change into indoor shoes and walk into the class, where the warm air relaxes your body.

There is still some time before the morning class meeting, and some of the people in the class are chatting, and some are working hard to prepare for the exam.

"Watanabe-kun, good morning." Kazumi Ikeda greets.

"Good morning." Toru Watanabe hung his schoolbag on the side of the desk next to the hallway, unzipped it, and took out the textbook and.

"It's Christmas coming soon, do you have any plans for Watanabe-kun?"

"I just want to prepare for the final exam seriously and continue to dominate the island country and continue to be the first in the country."

"Watanabe-kun's words must be easy to do!"

"Promise your good words." Toru Watanabe put his homework aside neatly and turned it over.

The book was too heavy and had to be sorted out before I could go back to my hometown.

"But Christmas has to be good, too."

"Why?"

"There is a lyric in SKE48's single: "Christmas, Valentine's Day, birthday, it is said that these are the three decisive days of love."

"I have a girlfriend."

"Watanabe-kun!" Kazumi Ikeda took away Toru Watanabe's opening, "Don't you think that after dating, the relationship will be over, right?" Feelings need to be managed well! ”

"Really?"

"Of course! Girls are big believers in romance, and even people like Kujo-san would like to have a romantic Christmas! ”

Today, Kujou Miki is not there, and at the end of the year, the company seems to be unusually busy.

After school, Toru Watanabe talks to Rin Kiyono about it.

The two were sitting by the window, playing chess.

Through the glass, which is not soundproofed, you can hear the etudes of the wind club in the winter dusk and the shouts of the playground sports club.

From time to time, sparrows flew up from the oak trees in flocks, and then re-landed on the branches in unison.

"R-san, do you also pursue romance?" After Toru Watanabe checkmates one of the opposing knights with a chariot, he plays with the king's chess piece in his hand.

This chess piece cost him a lot of money, it is quite advanced, and in addition to having enough weight, the chess pieces also feel very comfortable to touch.

Rin Kiyono put his hand on his chin, and while thinking, he said:

"I didn't deliberately think about this kind of thing, but after all, the body is a girl, and I can't reject romantic things."

She pinched the queen and moved a long distance.

Toru Watanabe saw that if he had to eat the knight with the chariot, he would lose a bishop himself, and then he would be in danger of being taken by the general.

"Even the god of Kiyono can't resist the temptation of romance." He moved one of his knights, "Do you have Christmas at home?" ”

"Dinner." Rin Kiyono stared at the knight's position for a long time.

"Big families also have dinners?"

"It's just a reason to connect with feelings, and it has nothing to do with Christmas, or any festival." Rin Kiyono begins to move the pieces.

After she moved, Toru Watanabe immediately followed, and Kiyono fell into thought again.

While she was thinking, Toru Watanabe held his chin in his left hand and turned his right hand around the king's chess piece like a pen, looking out the window.

Winter days are short, just after five o'clock, and the sun is already drawing an arc, ready to disappear on the horizon.

Nothing happened that day, it was just an ordinary day, and it was the daily life that Toru Watanabe dreamed of.

By the way, let's talk about the outcome of that game.

After the king was eaten, Toru Watanabe said in admiration, "It's amazing, I lost again." ”

"You're pretty good, too." Rin Kiyono praised with a victor's attitude, "The knight is very level. ”

Winning in a white-hot game where anyone can win greatly satisfies Rin's competitive spirit.

However, Toru Watanabe could have won that game - he was unexpectedly talented in chess.

In addition, at Chiyoda's villa at night, he will also deliberately lose to Miki Kujo.

Therefore, when the two eldest ladies play against each other, they never bring him with them.

'Who is a sixteen-year-old male high school student who deliberately loses to a beautiful girl, who is not competitive, and who does not work hard to express himself? That's right, it's me, Watanabe, an amazing Tokyo handsome......

"What are you thinking? If you lose, please consciously place the chess pieces. ”

"Yes, yes." Toru Watanabe put the black and white pieces back in place, "This time I'll play the white pieces." ”

"The loser has a choice." Rin Kiyono was as proud as ever.

The two went down until the end of the club event, and in the middle, Toru Watanabe won a difficult set.

A few more days passed, and on Monday, December 20th, the first day of the final exam week.

The Christmas atmosphere on the streets is getting stronger and stronger, and the malls are plastered with festive red billboards.

The trunks of the street trees are lit up, and at night, when the lights come on, the streets are beautiful, as if you have really come to a fairy tale.

After the biology and English exams in the morning, and at lunchtime, Toru Watanabe discussed the answers with Osamu Kunii and Keisuke Saito, and Miki Kujo suddenly came to him.

As a student in Class 2, she walked into Class 4 as if it were her own territory.

In the classroom, the original lively discussion was subconsciously quieter.

"Why are you here? Missed me? Toru Watanabe said with a smile.

At this moment, the girls in the fourth class who peeked over here were all obsessed.

If it is placed in a girl's manga, then in their eyes, Toru Watanabe at this moment, the background should be full of roses, and even the lips and corners of the eyes are sexy.

Toru Watanabe hardly laughs, except for Rin Kiyono, Miki Kujo, and now Mai Asuki.

Kujou Miki is oblivious to his smile - whether or not he is fascinated, as long as she is the one who laughs at him.

She walked straight over, and the people who had been around Toru Watanabe quickly dispersed, and they regrouped aside, and Keisuke Saito pretended to ask the squad leader a superficial historical question.

Toru Watanabe got up and gave up his seat, and when Miki Kujou sat down, he faced Miki Kujo with his waist resting on his desk, playing with a mechanical pencil in his hand.

"I'm going to the Human Observation Department after holiday on the 24th." Miki Kujou said.

The final exam will end on the afternoon of the 24th, and then there will be a winter vacation that will last for about two weeks.

"Don't you want Christmas?" Toru Watanabe cocked the pencil and let the refill that was about to fall out fall back on.

He asked Miki Kujo about Christmas, and she said she wasn't interested in the holidays.

Whether this is true or not, Toru Watanabe is ready to act on the sly, intending to dress up as Santa Claus and sneak into her villa in the middle of the night to surprise her.

By the way, he dressed up as Santa Claus, and according to the agreement, Kujou Miki also wore Christmas clothes - for this, in addition to his own men's Christmas clothes, he also bought women's models with off-the-shoulders and short bottoms.

It's going to be an exciting, memorable Christmas Eve that is a milestone.

"The Kiyono family is going to have a Christmas party, and my mother and I have been invited, and you can come with me."

"It's another boring big family party." Toru Watanabe pressed the refill out again, "I won't go this time." ”

"You think I'm here to talk to you?" Miki Kujo flipped through Toru Watanabe's thick notebook.

In the notebook, first a few pages in English, then Spanish, then French, and the last few pages, with pencil drawings of chess pieces.

The technique of drawing is very average, and it seems to be barely like that.

"What can I do? Except for eating, it is useless. Toru Watanabe said to himself.

Looking at his appearance, Kujou Mihime couldn't help but want to laugh, and when it came to her mouth, it turned into a sarcastic mockery: "You also know that you are useless except for eating?" ”

"So can you not go?" Toru Watanabe put down his pen and held both of Kujou's Miki in his hands.

"I can't."

Toru Watanabe bowed his head and sighed, "Okay. ”

"Can you make a difference?" Kujou Mihime said with a cold face, and then said as if she had found someone to share the pain, "In the next few decades, there will be many such things." ”

"Is this the price of marrying Mihime?"

Kujou Miki tugged at Toru Watanabe's tie, and even though she was sitting, she stared at Toru Watanabe with a look down on the threat.

She said in a murderous cold voice:

"Married me wronged you? How do you feel like you've been getting more and more arrogant lately? ”

"Mei Ji, there are so many people, give me some face." Toru Watanabe poked her little waist with his fingers.

Kujou Miki glanced at the people of the fourth class, and almost everyone was looking at this side.

She let go of her tie and slowly helped Toru Watanabe tidy it up before she got up and left her seat.

Holding her arms and taking two steps towards the door, Kujou Miki suddenly twisted back to her upper body:

"Watanabe, I'll wait for you on the 24th."

After saying that, she put her right hand on her soft lips and threw a flying kiss to Toru Watanabe as if in reward.

'No, you're dead. Toru Watanabe made up for her in his heart.

After Kujou Miki left, Toru Watanabe's surroundings exploded instantly.

"Ahh So envious! An eldest lady like Mihime-san, Kujou, actually tidied up your kid's tie! ”

"And flying kisses!"

"You just touched her hand, didn't you?! Those delicate and noble hands that belong to the eldest lady, you can touch them if you want to! Say! Where the hell have you been! ”

"Attending the Christmas party at Miss Kiyono's house with Miss Kujo, are you really an ordinary person from Iwate Prefecture? It can't be a light male protagonist somewhere, right? Kadokawa Bunko? GanGan？ MF？ Or an electric shock? ”

"You guessed it?" Toru Watanabe said in surprise.

"Are you really the hero of a certain library?!"

"Well, from Fangwen Society."

"Nonsense! Fangwen Society has no male protagonist at all! Also, Fangwensha is not a library at all! You must be from GanGan Bunko! Hikiya Hachiman, who also married the eldest lady, came out of that library! Keisuke Saito looked sure.

"Since you've seen through it, then I have to admit it, in fact, I'm from the Electric Shock Library." Then, Toru Watanabe shouted in a low voice, "StarBurstStre ......"

"Shut up! That's Kirito's second sword! ”

The crowd joked and made a lot of noise, spending the time between exams.

If you don't see it thoroughly, these guys who only see the surface are really envious, and they don't know what they envy?

Dating Miki Kujo can only be done by someone as amazing, brave, diligent, hardworking, handsome, honest as he is—hardworking, witty, humble, kind, gentle, and extremely self-giving.

Do you think Kujo Mihime is a snow under the snow? Can you get a strategy by self-exposure and gentleness?

Such a good thing, he still envies it!

Wait, why did you even start learning Rin Kiyono's narcissism? No, no, be humble, just leave one great adjective. Toru Watanabe, who is good at self-reflection.