"It's getting dark." Xingjian stretched her waist without stepping, and the sky was glowing, and the warm yellow light of the street lamp rushed towards her arms.

"Wow, I'm hungry." Ikuta was left behind, holding his stomach and said.

"Then let's go eat first!"

"What to eat!"

Ikuta, who was originally weak, immediately became energetic when he mentioned eating, and his eyes lit up as he looked at Hoshimi.

"Don't look at me like that, I don't have any money, it's only been half of the month......"

Hoshimi looked at the slowly fading light in the other party's eyes and slowly changed his words: "I was sent by you, I didn't have a wallet on me, let's go back to the dormitory to get something first, and decide what to eat on the way." ”

"Okay." Ikuta waved his hand and looked forced to compromise, but the corners of his mouth secretly rose.

"Are you going home on your day off? If you live in Tokyo, your parents will miss you. ”

"Don't worry, although I'm going to go back today, I told my dad that it would be late. After all, I don't know when you'll wake up, so I told them in advance that I didn't use it to pick me up. ”

Ikuta looked at Hoshimi's surprised look and pretended to be angry and glared at her, "Do I look unreliable?" Why do you have such an expression? ”

"No, no." Hoshimi hurriedly shook his head, "I'm just hungry, I ate an egg and drank a full stomach full of water today, let's hurry up, I'm dying of hunger." ”

Unexpectedly, his body began to tremble cooperatively, and his consciousness became blurred again, and his tone couldn't help but become panicked, "It's miserable, I didn't bring sugar." ”

Hoshimi touched his pocket, remembering that he forgot to put the mint candy next to the bed in the morning, and he hadn't eaten much today, and now he has some low blood sugar.

Ikuta Wan'er, took her hand, and put the aluminum box she was familiar with into her hand, "Give, the gift is still exchanged." ”

"Why are you still carrying?" Hoshimi shook the aluminum box slightly, and was surprised to hear the candies crashing against each other.

"This is not your box, I have already eaten the box you gave me, I didn't expect the mints to taste surprisingly good, at least it can refresh you."

"Sure enough, it's impossible to survive if the food falls into your hands", Hoshimi held the aluminum box and smiled involuntarily, "It's good that you like it lately, otherwise I might be miserable." ”

She took the sugar in her mouth, and the familiar mint aroma filled her tongue, "Thank you, give." ”

"You take it, say okay, and the gift will be exchanged."

After thinking about it, Ikuta couldn't help but ask, "Do you like to eat mints so much?" I've never seen you eat anything else, aren't skittles, bubblegum and gum delicious? ”

"Actually, I don't like things that are too sweet, and the sweetness of mints is just right for me. You just said so much, why don't you just tell me what I recommend to buy the most. ”

Hoshimi looked at her dripping eyes, and knew that Ikuta had a small plan in his heart.

"I think Skittles are good, isn't it interesting that you won't know what it tastes like until you shake it out?"

"Are you a child? Do you still use Skittles for divination, to see if you will be lucky today? ”

"Hmph, I don't know if I'll be lucky, it's true that you've been very unlucky lately, let's go to the shrine together in two days."

Ikuta looked at her earnestly and did not give her the slightest room for refusal.

"Okay, it's a blessing for my debut."

Hoshimi looked at Ikuta's bright eyes, which were filled with a lake of spring water, always full of vitality, smart and beautiful.

"Thank you."

"Huh?" Ikuta looked at her suspiciously, "Is it because of sugar?" It's not that I've already thanked you, why are you so polite all of a sudden. ”

"I just suddenly remembered that I forgot to thank you, don't get me wrong, thank you for taking care of me today." Hoshimi smiled, the candy slowly melted in her mouth, and the refreshing mint flavor ran through her body like a gust of spring breeze.

"Let's go, if I don't go, I'll really starve to death." Hoshimi turned around, his ears dyed with the faint red light of the setting sun, and gently grabbed Ikuta's wrist, not looking at her, just quietly watching the streets slowly pouring into the crowd, looking at the dim lights and the feather maples of fallen leaves.

At that moment, she once again felt that she was really back to being a teenager, a teenager who didn't know the world and was full of spirit.

Ikuta's wrist was gently clasped by Hoshimi, and she always felt that something was wrong, she didn't think much about it and subconsciously pulled her hand away, but the next second she grabbed Hoshimi, who was a little distracted, "That's right, let's go." ”

Hoshimi nodded stunnedly, but his muscles tightened up smoothly, and he slowly relaxed after walking hundreds of meters, letting Ikuta hold him, silently listening to her analyze what she should eat for dinner, arranging her already shriveled money bag, but the smile was tightly embedded on her face.

As soon as I walked to the front of the dormitory building, I saw Nakamoto Hiyaka standing at the door from a distance, looking left and right, as if she was looking for something.

"Hi-bud incense! What are you doing here? Hoshimi looked behind her, his bulging backpack and suitcase obediently leaning against the wall, "Are you waiting for your parents?" How can you bring so many things with you on two days off? ”

"I'm not waiting for others, I'm just waiting for you." Hinaya stepped forward and raised her hand to touch her forehead. "Feverish? Still dizzy? ”

Ikuta silently let go of the hand holding Hoshimi, she didn't notice it, just looked at Nakamoto with an apologetic face.

"I'm fine, I'm worried."

"You also know, you're famous today, and everyone in the building knows that there is a girl in Nogizaka who was scared by the fierce dance teacher."

Saying that, Ikuta tiptoed, and Xiao Jump passed by Hoshimi and walked into the dormitory, "I'll go up and collect things first, you remember to hurry up." Then he went upstairs and disappeared into the dark corner.

"Are you waiting for me here?" Hoshimi tilted his head and looked at Zhongyuan, a little puzzled.

"Well, it's not special, it's just that it just happened to be just the right time. When I emailed Ikuta, she said that you were ready to come back, and I had just finished packing up, and you were here. ”

"Is there anything going to happen to you? If it's okay, wait for us a little bit, and let's put away our things and go to dinner together? ”

"I'm not going, my mom has already come to pick me up." Her eyes flickered, and the moment she raised her eyes again, she looked at Hoshimi firmly, "Weibu is secretly practicing dance at night." ”

Hoshimi looked at her in surprise, her pupils dilated slightly and instantly as before, without denying or admitting, "Why do you think so." ”

She didn't think that Zhongyuan saw something, it might just be the other party's conjecture, and as a sliding door expert, she should be difficult for others to find out.

"Don't worry, I didn't see it, it was just a gut feeling. I say this because I feel like the current Weibu sauce is like the previous me.,I used to do this when I was compared to my sister.。 ”

"Stupidly hiding and practicing desperately, hoping to secretly surpass her again, and I hope that my parents' eyes can be more shared with the stupid me."

Zhong Yuan glanced at the nervousness and helplessness that flashed in his eyes, and said casually: "Although I feel that I have worked so hard, it may not be enough, I am often compared to my sister, and I also know that she has no intention of comparing with me, but I still can't help but want to fight for something." ”

"Now that I think about it, I'm really cunning, completely ignoring my sister's mood, even if I treat her as an opponent, I should compete fairly, so I hope that Weibu-chan can also treat me as an opponent of fair competition and an opponent who supports each other."

"I will."

Through a layer of vague and invisible frosted glass, but it seems to know exactly what the other party wants to do, the fingertips scrape the folds at the corners of the clothes, flatten and fold, it looks the same but something has changed.

Hiya Xiang took out a box of mints from her pocket and handed it to her, "I almost forgot, I helped you put the things in the practice room on the bed in the dormitory without authorization, and I happened to find that your sugar box was empty, give, condolences." ”

"Another box, I took it, thank you." Hoshimi took the aluminum box, and his fingertips unexpectedly did not come into contact with the expected coldness, but still carried a comfortable temperature.

"Again?"

"Well, a library of sauce also gave me a box, it's rare to say, it's almost full, it looks like it's just opened, and I'm scared. But she said it was just a courtesy. ”

"Gifts?"

"Well, she happened to take a box of the same from me during the previous audition."

"Mine too."

"What is it too? Pay somebody back in the same coin? But I haven't sent anything to the sun, have I? ”

"That's right, so Mibu-chan needs to go back and think about what to give me." Nakamoto put his hands behind his back and stared at Hoshimi, his eyebrows and eyes were soft and firm, and he didn't mean to joke at all.

"Because I may not be going back to the dormitory in the near future because of my studies, I have a long time to think about what to send me. I'll go first, goodbye. ”

"Huh?" Hoshimi grabbed the aluminum box in his hand, felt that the box was instantly hot, and was about to ask Zhongyuan if he had anything he liked recently, when he saw her pulling her luggage by herself, smiling and leaving her lips tightly closed, and slowly walking away without saying a word.