It was dark and dark, and the exhausting shooting was finally coming to an end.

"In order to enhance cohesion, each group will have a three-person four-legged race walk next. This event is a failure if the team doesn't work together, and we have prepared a generous punishment game for the losing team! ”

"In order to improve the cohesion of the team, everyone should participate in the courage test meeting!"

As soon as the host's words fell, Hoshimi felt a tingling pain in his eardrums, and the continuous wails around him were like demonic ear filling, making it difficult to resist.

Nishino stared at his teammates with a solemn expression, unable to move from being frightened by this unexpected punishment game. Shiraishi turned his back and shouted "no" to his teammates behind him with a sad face after hearing the words "Courage Test", which was a world of difference from Hashimoto, who stood near her with an indifferent and unmoved face.

The host continued, "Only our only winning team will be exempted from the Courage Test, so come on. ”

Hoshimi noticed that Nishino couldn't help but stiffen because of nervousness and fear, and his hands were shrunk into the long sleeves of his hoodie, and he didn't forget to clasp them in front of him through his clothes, an obvious defensive posture.

Hoshimi reached out and grabbed Nishino's shoulders and smiled heartily, "It's okay, as long as you don't lose, everything will be fine soon?" Let's do our best to win. ”

Nishino raised his hand and grabbed Hoshimi's hand that had fallen on her shoulder, his cold fingertips hidden between Hoshimi's warm fingers.

"Is Nanasai cold? Hand good ice. Hoshimi grabbed Nishino's palm with his backhand and held it in his hand, looking at the other party's wide hoodie and leg-baring shorts worriedly, "Even in summer, the night in the mountains will still be a little cold, does Nanasai still bring a jacket or trousers?" ”

Nishino retracted his hand back into his sleeve, slipped it into his pocket in embarrassment, and shook his head.

Hoshimi took off the jacket hanging around his waist and wrapped it around Nishino, wrapping it around the other party's legs, "Nanasai help me get it, it's definitely inconvenient for me to move around my clothes for a while." ”

Hoshimi grabbed the sleeve of his coat and tied a knot at Nishino's waist, smiled and raised his eyes to look at the stunned Nishino and said, "I'll leave it to you, I'll call Kamitsuki and Reika to move first, and I won't let you try your guts." ”

Here, Sakurai, Wakatsuki and Hoshimi have just finished moving, tied the rope and prepared to be in place, and the results of the first group have been announced, although they did not see the competition process with their own eyes, but Hoshimi saw Shiraishi's glittering tears and red nose under the light at a glance, and the result of the first game was known without the host announcing it.

"Unwilling!" "I don't want to try my guts—woo-"

Hoshimi, who was squatting to check the shoelaces, was almost not frightened by Shiraishi's sudden shout and sat on the ground, she lowered her head and tied the shoelaces that she had accidentally ripped open just now, and said in her heart, "Fortunately, I don't have to be in a group with Mai this time, don't just rely on her excellent voice today, I have to make an appointment with an otologist when I go back." ’

"Miho, you're ready." Wakatsuki gently patted Hoshimi on the shoulder and motioned for her to get up and get ready to take her seat.

Die before leaving the school.

The three of them had already stumbled and fallen no less than three or four times before they had time to get to the starting point, and Nishino, who was watching on the side, couldn't help but secretly start psychological construction for a while.

"Why is Reika in the middle, it's completely incongruous..."Hoshimi on the left tripped over Sakurai's wrong foot for the third time, and she patted the mud star on her hand and couldn't help but complain.

Ruoyue could only be a peacemaker and comforted: "It's not that it's uncoordinated, it's just that our rhythm is not right, just listen to my command and go in a while." ”

Hoshimi's afterglow looked at Sakurai, who looked extremely serious, and didn't complain anymore, swallowing back the sighs that rushed to his lips, and Yuguang saw Nishino, who was still cheering for the three of them with an expectant face, only felt a sense of weakness, and held back a sentence: "I hope so." ”

Sure enough, as Ruoyue said, as long as you keep the same rhythm and pace according to the slogan, there will be no more tragic falls, it's just ......

Hoshimi looked at the Matsumura team that had already rushed to the rush point with bread in their mouths and began to cheer, and then looked down at the single-plank bridge that he had just stepped on under his feet, and looked up at the dark space without starlight in despair, and secretly coveted in his heart.

'How can it be so fast!' Hoshimi shook his head helplessly as he watched Ikuta proudly begin to speak as the representative of the winning team, cheering for the next final. This, she thought, only shows the sheer power of the Courage Test, so that an athletic idiot like Ikuta can suddenly become an athlete.

She looked at Wakatsuki who was comforting Sakurai, who was grieving, and then looked down at the strap that had not yet had time to untie, and understood a truth, "Even if it is a test of courage, it can't turn waste wood into a genius, especially waste wood with excellent motor nerves." ’

"Ruoyue, you are guilty of a great sin." Hoshimi patted Wakatsuki's shoulder, who was confused by her exclamation, and squatted down to untie her belt and leave this sad place.

Hoshimi walked to Nishino's side and felt guilty in his heart, and he didn't know how to round the field for a while, and he wanted to take out the self who had just spoken wildly and slap his face.

Nishino noticed that Hoshimi, who was only wearing a short T, rubbed her forearms in embarrassment, mistaking it for her feeling a little cold, and was busy preparing to take off the coat hanging around her waist and return it to her.

Hoshimi waved his hand, "I'm not cold, you can wear it first, and then give it to me if you find it inconvenient." ”

Nishino didn't accept it, insisted on handing the coat to Hoshimi's hand, and forced Hoshimi to put on his clothes obediently with his eyes.

Hoshimi obediently raised his hands and showed them to Nishino after wearing his coat, "Didn't Nanasai notice?" You see! She grabbed the fake pocket on her coat that had been sewn for decoration, pointed to the embroidery on the pocket and said, "It's 'bag different'!" Cute, that's when I saw a wallabies on this coat and bought it. ”

Nishino covered his mouth and smiled, his fingers couldn't help but follow Hoshimi's fingers to fall on the embroidery of her coat, and naturally touched Hoshimi's fingertips before nodding seriously, "See, it's cute." ”

As he spoke, Nishino lowered his head and grabbed the hem of Hoshimi's clothes, and naturally helped her pull the zipper all the way to the neckline, forcing the collar to straighten up and poke Hoshimi's chin, and her eyes followed the zipper all the way up, and finally landed nostalgically on the corner of Hoshimi's lips that seemed to remain upturned forever.

"Nanasey?"

Hoshimi looked at Nishino who had been tugging at her zipper in a daze, and was poked by the zipper and raised her head back uncomfortably, calling Nishino's name.

"What?" Nishino came back to his senses at this time, threw off the zipper in a panic, and retracted his hand into his sleeve.

Xingjian looked at the other child, who seemed to have done something bad and was punished by the teacher, stood up straight, and said with a smile: "I just called you, why are you scared like this?" Am I scary? As he spoke, Hoshimi leaned forward with a bad look, and noticed that Nishino fell back sharply and reached out to hold Nishino's waist from behind, "Don't fall." ”

Gently and softly, a few words were attached to Nishino's heart like an octopus, and he grabbed and put down his heart violently.

Hoshimi looked at Nishino's cheeks that suddenly turned red like his usual self with some surprise, and he felt like he had found the same kind, so he couldn't help but look at it twice, and Nishino's ears and neck began to turn crimson with Hoshimi's wandering eyes.

"It's amazing." Hoshimi sighed in surprise with wide eyes, and the next second she was punched away by Nishino, who was still in her arms, and then she watched Nishino run behind Wakatsuki and Sakurai with a flushed face, and reflected uneasily on whether what she had just said made Nishino feel uncomfortable.

She looked at Wakatsuki and Sakurai who were originally coming over and was also startled by Nishino's actions, innocently glared at Wakatsuki's inquiring eyes, waved her hand to show that she didn't do any pranks, but touched the back of her head weakly, and the smile on her face was bright and lovely but was ignored by Wakatsuki and Sakurai as 'parents'.

She innocently watched as Wakatsuki and Sakurai surrounded Nishino and asked for warmth, her feet slipped, and she sneaked out of the surveillance range of the two, hiding next to Shiraishi, who was crying and not forgetting to watch the final victory.

Hoshimi looked at Shiraishi's red eyes and the tissues still in his hands, and applauded, "I finally know why Mai brings tissues on camping, I really know myself very well." ”

Shiraishi glared at her dissatisfied, but he couldn't restrain the corners of her reckless lips. Shiraishi pouted, worried about his pitiful experience for a while, and had no energy to distract from her.

Hoshimi looked at Shiraishi Gu Ying with amusement, and wiped his tears with a white tissue, "Don't cry in a hurry, our bet can be settled now, right?" ”

Shiraishi heard Hoshimi's words and felt even more aggrieved, she actually lost to a bubble noodle idol takeaway expert, and the tears that had been in her eyes suddenly fell down, quite like being bullied and crying by Hoshimi, so frightened that Hoshimi hurriedly dragged Shiraishi aside, and waved her hand at Hoshino Minami, who was looking at them worriedly, "It's okay Xiaonan, I'll talk to Mai, you go and cheer them on first." ”

After saying that, Hoshimi hurriedly raised his hand to block Shiraishi's grievances and dragged her away.

She rummaged through her pockets for a long time, only a bag of origami and no tissues at all, so she could only pull up her sleeves and gently help Baishi wipe away her tears, moving softly for fear that the clothes would be too rough and scratch the other party's face, and she was still busy complaining: "If you cry like this again, I will definitely be misunderstood by Ruoyue and them again." ”

Shiraishi grabbed Hoshimi's forearm and unceremoniously wiped tears onto her sleeve, and before letting go, he didn't forget to wipe his nose, and the angry Hoshimi grinned and shook his hands.

Shiraishi said to himself without paying attention, "I'm not reconciled...... I don't want to lose, I don't want to go to a test of courage. ”

Hoshimi didn't speak, just quietly guarded Shiraishi and cried, seeing that the tissue in her hand was not enough, and suppressed the disgust in her heart, and hurriedly handed over the other clean sleeve.

Soon, Shiraishi finally relented, but he was still sobbing helplessly, his nose was clumsily inhaling, and the whole tip of his nose was grinding red, looking at a helpless and lost stupid rabbit, hearing the sound and only raising his head and looking dryly.

"Isn't it embarrassing...... "No more tears fell, Shiraishi turned his head and sniffed from time to time to look at the quiet Hoshimi, slapped the back of her hand, and asked sullenly after a while, "Do you think I'm bad, last time, everyone was very brave to go in, I almost gave up." ”

Hoshimi smiled and rubbed the back of his hand that had been slapped, and rolled up his sleeves with a look of disgust, revealing a small half of his white arm, and sighed secretly in his heart.

She shook her head, the sky was dark and there were no stars and moons, only her bright eyes were bent into crescents, and she said with a smile: "Isn't it normal to be embarrassed?" No matter how embarrassed you are, can you be ashamed of me, an unstable star? ”

Shiraishi looked at Hoshimi's self-deprecating appearance and nodded unceremoniously, trying to avenge the anger of losing the bet.

Hoshimi was not annoyed, remembering the way Shiraishi had become expectant Ai Ai just now because he was sobbing and out of breath, and continued: "Enough crying? Then it's time for us to get down to business, do you admit defeat when you bet on things? ”

Shiraishi pursed his lips, but his head nodded honestly, making Hoshimi look amused.

Shiraishi looked at the smile on Hoshimi's face that couldn't be hidden, and couldn't help but forget about the matter of the test of courage for the time being, and said simply: "Forget about the origami thing." ”

"Huh?" Hoshimi pretended to be surprised and covered his mouth, raised his hand to grab Shiraishi, who was about to leave, and said, "I haven't said my request yet!" ”

Shiraishi was surprised, "Isn't it origami?" ”

Hoshimi smiled silently, and said with a shy face for a moment: "If Mai is willing to forget it, I can't refuse, so forget it." She raised her hand happily and snorted softly, and Shiraishi followed with all the tenderness that had been hidden in her eyes for a day when she looked at Hoshimi, and shook her head helplessly.

Just when Shiraishi thought that everything was settled, he heard Hoshimi say, "But that's not what I'm asking for." ”

"Huh?" Shiraishi shook off the smile in his eyes when he heard this, and instantly wanted to pull out the fox fur on Hoshimi's tail that made people angry.

"My request is, if Mai doesn't think it's okay, don't do it."

Shiraishi listened to her words in a daze, and when he saw Hoshimi smiling and was about to walk away, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop her and asked, "What did Miho mean by what he said just now?" ”

Hoshimi smiled and pointed to his sleeve and explained softly, "I mean, if Mai feels that she can't do it and doesn't want to do it, she doesn't have to do it." After a pause, she continued: "It's the same for a while, if Mai is particularly scared, it doesn't matter if you cry loudly and wipe your tears on others, you can close your eyes and scream, or give up directly, just do whatever you want, don't think about anything else." ”

"That's what I'm asking for."

Shiraishi was sluggishly combing Hoshimi's words in her mind, and as soon as she raised her eyes, she bumped into Hoshimi's smiling gaze, instantly burning her already warm eyes.

A long time ago, when Shiraishi went to and from school alone, wiped off the pencil marks that had inexplicably appeared on the desk, and hid on the roof of the school to dry the wet pages, he also thought about looking for such a pair of eyes, which would look at her tenderly, and then not say to her, 'Don't be afraid,' but say, 'Then run.'" ’

Shiraishi thought that anticipation was a useful thing, it wasn't that her guardian spirit didn't open her eyes, didn't see her anxiety and fear, but her guardian spirit was too young and needed her to wait two more years before she arrived.