Ryoko Hirosue, who opened the door, was stunned when she saw Mizumi Hayato standing outside the door with a dog.

"Good evening~" Mizumi Hayato tilted his head and looked in through the half-open door, so that he could see Ryoko Hirosue more clearly.

Ryoko Hirosue was wearing homely pajamas tonight, with light short sleeves and long pants that almost covered her feet, but they didn't hide her good figure, especially a pair of long legs that seemed longer, and her white toes poked out of the loose trouser legs, and she stepped on the floor like that without shoes.

Mizumi Hayato's gaze pierced like a needle, and Ryoko Hirosue just wanted to quickly close the door and hide inside.

But she still pursed her lips and stood still, lowered her eyes and whispered, "Good evening..."

Obviously, she is a full six years older than Mizuhayato, but she can't be tough.

"Y-What's the matter with you?" Ryoko Hirosue asked in a whisper.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to come and say hello and see if you're okay."

Mizumi Hayato didn't even want to use an honorific title.

"Good, good."

"That's good, then I'll go first." Mizumi Hayato smiled with satisfaction.

"Oh yes!" He stopped turning around and said to Ryoko Hirosue, "Let's drink together next time." ”

"Bang!"

Ryoko Hirosue quickly closed the door.

...

After closing the door, Ryoko Hirosue leaned her back against the door and panted vigorously, as if she had just experienced some big scene, she took a deep breath to relieve her tension, and then sat down slowly as if she had lost her strength, regardless of the cold floor at night.

Since that impulse, Ryoko Hirosue has become more and more difficult to face her heart.

With the feeling of "not wanting to face that home", Ryoko Hirosue thought that she had weighed the pros and cons to choose the less annoying one from the two nasty options, and then continued to return to live in the apartment with Mizumi Hayato next door.

I haven't seen Mizumi Hayato for a long time, and when I see that face again, I still can't help but tremble.

The image of that night continued to churn in her mind, and Ryoko Hirosue covered her hot face with her hands, and her mouth couldn't help but make a sound like a scream.

Even when she was a girl, she never felt this way.

"I didn't see his car..."

These days, Ryoko Hirosue sits on the edge of the balcony almost every night, or stares into the distance in a daze, or takes out a bottle of wine and pours herself a drink.

Every time there was a car nearby, she would look down from a distance to see if it was a car she knew.

On the messy morning after leaving Mizuhayato's apartment, Ryoko Hirosue remembered the appearance of Mizuhayato's car, so much so that every time he came back, she would turn off the lights in advance, keep it quiet, and pretend that there was no one at home.

Because she doesn't know how to face the water Hayato, let alone how to face herself.

God knows how he could have been so proactive that day? Is it the wine's fault? Or is it the mood to blame?

What did he mean by that sentence just now? We'll be together next time... Drink?

Are you thinking about drinking!

Ryoko Hirosue's thoughts began to gallop like an F1 car again.

"Ah!!!h

She shouted in frustration, and then quickly covered her mouth as if she suddenly remembered something.

After a while, putting aside the questions that were unclear in her mind, Ryoko Hirosue finally stood up, walked to the living room step by step, and sat down on the coffee table.

"Petition for Divorce"

Looking at the paper, Ryoko Hirosue took a deep breath and stamped her personal seal on it vigorously.

"Hiroshi"

Now it seems that it was a wise choice not to give up his surname at that time.

Ryoko Hirosue looked at her surname in a daze, pursed her lips, and carefully put the paper into the file bag.

And then.

She heard the sound of the piano coming from next door.

I couldn't help but curl my lips and smile.

...

Mizumi Hayato doesn't think he's a good person, but he doesn't usually want to be a thief to destroy other people's families.

But the wood is already in the boat, and he doesn't just retreat.

Ryoko Hirosue returned to live in this apartment, which means that the problems in her family have not been solved, and even have been solved in another way. Since this is the case, there is no reason to hide and not face it all the time.

Thinking back to Ryoko Hirosue's frightened little animal-like performance just now, Mizumi Hayato couldn't help but laugh.

Obviously six years older than him, he was still so... Now she's even more timid than a little girl like Masami Nagasawa.

"Jingle bell~" Mizumi Hayato's flip phone rang.

"Hey, Kyoko?" It was Kyoko Fukada who called.

"I didn't do anything, I just got home. What? Past? You can go over, I don't have to go back to the crew tomorrow. What did you say? Are you on the crew? Then you call me over! ”

The water falcon suddenly became excited, and said angrily: "What are you kidding, who is joking with you." ”

"Hahaha~I'm sorry~" Kyoko Fukada smiled coquettishly and said coquettishly: "I just want to see if Hayato you miss me~"

"How can anyone make such a joke on a big night, you have to be responsible!" Mizumi Hayato said righteously.

"Ahh~" Kyoko Fukada seemed to block her mouth slightly on the other end of the phone, and her voice was conveyed over the phone as if she was whispering: "Then ~ How is Hayato going to punish me?" ”

Mizumi Hayato couldn't stand Kyoko Fukada talking to him in this voice.

If it weren't for the fact that her current crew wasn't in Tokyo...

Seeing that Mizumi Hayato didn't respond for a long time, Kyoko Fukada laughed again: "Hahahaha~"

"Laugh, laugh, laugh," Mizumi Hayato gave up struggling.

"Huh?" Kyoko Fukada's voice seemed to be puzzled: "Hayato can't find another girl to date now, forget it, don't you have a girl on tomorrow's break?" ”

"Don't you have a good sesame sauce yet?"

Kyoko Fukada added this sentence as if it were mocking.

"It's not appropriate for you to say that kind of thing," Mizumi Hayato complained.

"Oh, that's pathetic. It's a pity, if I were in Tokyo, I'd be here with you. ”

Compared with the "pretending" just now, the tone of Kyoko Fukada's words is very serious, and you can hear that it comes from the heart.

Hearing this, Mizumi Hayato also felt a warm heart: "It's okay, work is important, anyway, aren't we in contact now." ”

"Hmm~~~" Kyoko Fukada no longer teased Mizuyato, and after her voice was lightened, it didn't look like a temptation, but was full of gentleness.

Entering this state, it seems that this is the moment when the two usually have a heart-to-heart relationship, Mizumi Hayato told her about the recent acquaintance with Sakai Izumi, and Kyoko Fukada also told him interesting things in the crew.

"By the way, I'll play a tune for you!"

"Okay~"

The soft sound of the cello echoes throughout the apartment.

Drifted from the balcony to the next door.