Mitsuki Umihara was completely stunned.

Although he has not yet reached the age when he really begins to have heterosexual consciousness, when he sees the girl, his thinking still seems to have been forcibly stopped.

Because, the little figure sitting on the edge of the roof, with a thick book on his knees, and his legs swinging back and forth from time to time, is so cute.

How can there be such a girl......

Anyone who has seen her in person will probably feel so emotional.

No one can describe how they perceive her, which is completely beyond the realm of words and words. If I had to describe it, I could only say this: if there is anything close to perfection in this world, then the perfect sample is here.

With Haihara's age, of course, he can't say such a thing. So his reaction could only be stunned.

In fact, Haiyuan should be a little hostile to this girl, because his father has plans to adopt this girl. The feeling of family love being separated by others can definitely not be called good, and Haiyuan naturally does not have any good feelings for the girl.

Umihara had seen a picture of a girl, and although he thought the girl was unbelievably beautiful at the time, he definitely didn't have the feeling that shook his soul when he saw a real person like now. The feeling was so strong that Haiyuan completely forgot the original hostility.

The girl seems to have a completely inexplicable attraction that has always deeply influenced Umihara.

So he just watched her look at the book for a long time.

He didn't even realize for a moment that the girl's sitting position was extremely dangerous, and that she could fall from the roof at any time. When he finally remembered this, even he didn't know how much time had passed.

Haiyuan, who wanted to remind her, stepped forward, but froze again when he came behind her.

Somehow, the girl suddenly raised her head. Under the gaze of her beautiful amethyst eyes, Kaihara once again forgot everything as if he was fascinated.

Those eyes were incredibly beautiful, as if they were staring at the deepest mysteries of the universe, so deep that they seemed to suck people in.

"You...... What are you looking at? ”

Haiyuan asked involuntarily.

"Who are you?"

And the girl also spoke at the same time.

What kind of sound is this, could it be that someone has gently plucked the strings?

The girl seemed to misunderstand Umihara's words, and she held up the book to show the cover.

The title of the book is "Extensions of General Relativity". Surprisingly, it turned out to be a physics book that was completely out of line with her age.

As a child who grew up in the school city, Haiyuan naturally has no concept of one of the two great scientific giants of the twentieth century. But it is also natural that Umihara could not have understood anything about this theory other than a few concepts.

However, judging by the girl's demeanor, it is clear that the girl fully understands this theory. On the level of understanding, the distance between the two is too far. This fact inexplicably made Haiyuan a little unpleasant.

"Hmph...... Pretending guys. ”

As soon as he said this, Haiyuan regretted it, completely regretted it. He didn't know how he did it, and it was like his brain had suddenly short-circuited.

The girl tilted her head cutely, probably because she didn't know why. Then she closed the book and jumped straight off the roof.

Her action frightened Kaihara into screaming. But soon, the girl's body fell more and more slowly. The acceleration of gravity reversed on her body, and she naturally stepped on the ground, as if she was used to it all, and even glanced back at the blue face of Haiyuan.

Probably because Haiyuan's still palpitating expression was so amused that the girl even laughed.

Her smile was unimaginably beautiful, but it also made Haihara so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do. Finally, the volunteers from the nursing home showed up at the right time and called the girl away, so that Haiyuan could avoid further embarrassment.

However, before leaving with the volunteers, the girl seemed to realize something. She didn't know whether intentionally or unintentionally, she turned around again, and looked at each other on the roof.

This time their eyes met, and for some reason both of them stayed on each other's bodies for a long time.

It was like at this moment, I felt the thread of fate that crossed the two.

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"What is your impression of the moon adjustment? Mr. Kaihara. ”

"It should be said that it is very good. But...... How so? Mr. Director, you have encountered this kind of thing a lot, have you ever seen something like this? ”

"No, I don't think I've ever seen one. I feel like I'm feeling a lot of hard things to swallow, but Mr. Kaihara, you seem to have made up your mind, right? ”

"Some of them are too light and breezy to match her age......

"Of all the children we have here, the menstruation is the most special type. I don't think it's good for her to stay here any longer. Unfortunately, we don't have enough capacity, so we have to seek someone else. Mr. Kaihara, you should be aware that we have rejected similar requests several times before. ”

"You're right, Mr. Director. This is indeed the best outcome. ”

Mitsuki Umihara, who returned to the director's office, heard such a conversation. I can't tell why, but Mitsuki Kaihara feels that his father and the director are not actually talking about the same issue at all.

"Guanggui, where did you go just now?"

The topic suddenly turned to Haiyuan, who was completely unprepared, and was a little unresponsive to this sudden question.

"I ......"

"Forget it, it doesn't matter."

As a child, he is often more sensitive than outsiders, like Haiyuan, who feels that his father is a little strange for unexplained reasons. At least what has to do with him, his father has rarely thought it is unimportant.

"Mr. Director, about a week should be enough time for that kid to make a decision, right? If she refuses, I won't have any objections. ”

"Yes, it should be enough. I think she'll agree, but she has to respect her choice. ”

After finishing the final conversation, Kaihara walked out of the director's room with his father.

"Guanggui, you won't blame me, will you?"

Suddenly, in the absence of outsiders, Haiyuan's such a sentence popped up.

"Huh? Why? ”

"Because from the beginning to the end, I didn't ask your opinion as a son. I don't know if you hate that. ”

"No...... I don't think I hate her. ”

Kaihara's father stopped abruptly and kept following his father, but Kaihara, who he didn't expect at all, hit his father's back head-on.

"You just ...... Already met her? ”

"Well, we just met."

"Really......"

Father, who didn't know what he was thinking, paused for a moment and continued on his way. At this time, an idea suddenly popped up in Haiyuan.

"Father, I want to stay here a little longer, I don't know if it's okay."

“……”

Kaihara's father was inexplicably silent for a long time.

"It won't take long, I'm just ......"

Worried that his father would refuse, Kaihara hurriedly tried to explain something, but his father quickly interrupted him.

"Go ahead. But it's not too long today, and there will be time tomorrow. ”

The sound of the strings heard from his father's words surprised Haihara a little. Coming to his senses, he bowed to his father and ran out.

Seeing him rushing away, the father never said a word again.

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Outside the nursing home, Mitsuki Umihara sees the girl again. Still holding a book, standing on the verdant lawn.

Summer in Japan is always so changeable. Before he could say a word, the sky suddenly became gloomy. And immediately, the rain poured down. The girl ran up and took Kaihara's hand, and the two of them ran together into a small warehouse where they stored their belongings.

Looking at Hai Yuan's hair, which looked messy from the rain, the girl smiled softly again.

"I'm sorry I didn't answer you just now."

Haiyuan hesitated for a long time, and finally just said so. I don't know why, in front of girls, his thinking always seems to be a beat slower.

"Hmm."

The girl is not surprised by this, and she also seems to be happy with Haihara's clumsiness.

"Mitsuki Haihara, this is my name."

There was no surprise on the girl's pretty face, as if she had already guessed it. Faced with the boy who might be about to become her brother, she slowly reached out and removed a small leaf from Umihara's hair.

This intimate gesture made Haiyuan blush, but the girl seemed to be unknown.

"If you can, just call me Dome."

Delicately using a male-biased designation, the girl neither said her full name nor gave her last name. Perhaps even she didn't realize that in this undetermined time, she had inadvertently made her final choice.

Choices are often difficult, aren't they?

Actually, that's not the case.

Many times, the choice doesn't require much rational thought. The difficulty is not the choice itself, but the process of thinking about the choice.

In many cases, the purest choice, which cannot even be explained, is often the most correct.

Whether it's acceptance or acceptance.

Influences, perhaps, have always been common to each other. Just like gravity, it is always the interaction between each other. While influencing others, they are also being influenced by others.

That being said, Haiyuan didn't realize this. After all, he was too young.

There are not too many words, only the sound of raindrops is left between heaven and earth. The two were trapped here by the heavy rain, and there was no one but each other, and even the world seemed to be left with this small roof.

Haiyuan looked at the girl's long hair that was not scattered even if it was wet in the rain, the eyes that seemed touching at all times, and everything that belonged to her, and even a thought of hoping that this rain would fall forever quietly rose in the bottom of his heart.