"I've been waiting, senior!"

“...... Oh. ”

"Huh? What is this? Super unconcerned reaction? ”

"No, it's nothing, anyway, let's go first, Kaoru."

"Hmm!"

The world after the snow is a dreamlike scene decorated with white.

The early morning sun can't melt away the heavy snow overnight, but it can take away the cold of the heavy snow.

The unturned off street lamps, the sparse pedestrians, the sounds that seem to be always so far away from the shops, and the footsteps of the two people gradually drifting apart on the snow-covered ground.

"Whew-"

"Is it cold?"

Luo Tianshu caught a glimpse of the girl beside him exhaling into his palm, and her little face facing the wind was slightly red, and it seemed to be full of dissatisfaction with the cold.

"No, it's fine, it's just a habit."

Laughing and waving her hand, the girl freed her long golden hair from the thick scarf and straightened it, then smiled with satisfaction, and then she looked at Luo Tianshu beside her.

"Seniors are, aren't they cold? I wear it so much. ”

"No, it won't."

Shrugging his shoulders, Luo Tianshu showed an easy-to-use attitude, he just didn't like the cold, it wasn't that he couldn't stand the cold.

"By the way, Kaoru, where are we going today?"

"That's ......"

For some reason, Kaoru's first reaction when she heard Luo Tianshu's question was helplessness, but she was soon relieved.

"Anyway, I already knew it would be like this, I said, senior, you invited me, why do you want to ask my opinion now? Although it's like this every time. ”

"Well."

With a residual expression, Luo Tianshu said lightly:

"You know, I'm not good at this kind of thing."

“...... Also. ”

Twitching the corners of her mouth, Kaoru asked:

"Then again, why did my seniors come out to play with me today? Obviously, I usually like to talk about it at home. ”

“...... Who knows. ”

After a short silence, Luo Tianshu said with a strange expression, his eyes gradually drifting away with his thoughts.

Go back a day -

"Huh? Kato, what did you just say? ”

Luo Tianshu looked at the girl in front of him suspiciously.

"It's just to let Senior Luo go to Kaoru."

"No, I understand that, but I just don't understand how this helps my problem?"

“...... Perhaps. ”

In a tone that he wasn't sure about, Kato slowly turned his head away.

"Anyway, other methods don't work against the current Luo seniors, try it, it will work, probably."

"Hey, I heard you, you just said it!"

"Eh, anyway, let's try it, seniors, there's nothing to lose anyway."

“......”

Memories come back to reality –

"It's here!"

Xun's energetic voice pulled Luo Tianshu's distant gaze back.

“...... Where is it? ”

Noisy sounds, colorful images, the familiar jingling of coins, and the root of all evil, scientifically known as the crane machine......

Not good! Once here, I'm going to have a stomach ache!

Not noticing the obvious resistance on Luo Tianshu's face, Kaoru asked strangely:

"Game Center, haven't you been here?"

"I know, I mean, why are we here?"

"Huh? Didn't my predecessor say I could go anywhere? ”

Pouting, Kaoru glared at Luo Tianshu with some displeasure.

"It's not going to be now, and the seniors want to regret it, right?"

"Well, is it too late to regret now?"

"Dismissed!"

After speaking, he grabbed Luo Tianshu's cuffs, and dragged him into the game center with a huff.

The dazzling array of game facilities in the game made Luo Tianshu's face darken again, but Kaoru's eyes lit up as if he had seen a gem.

Even she subconsciously relaxed the drag on Luo Tianshu and fell into a state of distraction.

"Kaoru? Hey, Kaoru——? ”

"Ah, ah, ex, senior? What's wrong? ”

"What's wrong, what are you doing standing at the door in a daze?"

"Ahh......h

Kaoru, who suddenly realized that he was in a daze just now, hurriedly pulled Luo Tianshu into the game center, burying his head and walking forward, as if he was hiding something.

"Hey, Kaoru, I said you, you've never been to this kind of place, have you?"

"Huh?! How, how could it be! ”

Kaoru's momentum froze, and although he raised his voice, his tone was full of reluctance.

"Tour, game center only! Of course I did! And, with my classmates, I've been here many times! ”

"Really?"

Kaoru's acting skills are really not excellent, this obvious stubbornness can be seen at a glance, but-

Noticing the stubbornness at the corners of Kaoru's mouth, as well as the excitement that flashed in his eyes from time to time, Luo Tianshu slowly swallowed back the words in his mouth.

Forget it, just take it as such.

"Then let's go, Kaoru."

"Oh, oh......!"

Although it is not official, this is the second time that Luo Tianshu has come into contact with the game facilities of this world, and in general, the gap with his imagination is not particularly big.

Shooters that require co-op playthrough, fun and relaxing casual games, and oh yes, that damn crane machine.

"Senior, just one! Just grab one! ”

"No, I refuse, I want to catch you yourself! I've sworn I'll never touch that machine. ”

"How is this so——!"

No matter how protesting Kaoru's eyes were, Luo Tianshu's attitude was extremely resolute.

Once bitten by a snake for ten years and afraid of the well rope, the crane machine has become a lingering nightmare in Luo Tianshu's mind, even if the original thing was not bad in terms of the result, but ......

"Anyway, I'll never touch this thing again!"

"Hmm——! Hum! ”

Routinely expressing his displeasure with coldness, Kaoru turned his head to the crane machine, pouted, and muttered:

"I'll come by myself."

Jingle Bell –

As the coins were thrown, the usual sound of the crane machine began to sound, and Kaoru really chose to catch the dolls herself.

And Luo Tianshu, who was standing behind her, didn't feel any guilt at the moment, after all, at this time, he didn't have time in his mind to think about Kaoru's feelings, he was thinking about something else, more important-

Why did Kato ask me to come to Kaoru?

Yesterday he chatted with Kato, or rather, he discussed with Kato, about the most difficult problem he is facing at the moment, although the final result is a little unsatisfactory, but the process still has a lot of gains.

Kato reminded him of many things that he had overlooked.

For example, the fact that the timeliness of procrastination is affected by the environment.

In order to make it easier to understand, and to make it easier for Luo Tianshu to hurry up and become "serious", Kato gave him the simplest example.

There is such a day in December every year, it is not a special holiday in this country, nor is it a legal holiday, and even for many people, there is no such concept.

But for many girls, it's a special day.

That is, Christmas.