The rainy season at the beginning of June was warm and cold, and the air was humid and cold for several days.

I always go to play basketball these days, probably just because the rainy season is too dull, right?

It must be so.

There was a faint sound of rainy rain outside the balcony of the living room, and Sakakihara carefully pushed open the door of the room that had been closed for two weeks.

"Squeak".

The light crept into the room through the widening crack and hit the dimly lit corner of the bed.

The sheets were illuminated.

Sakakihara looked at the bed with its brown quilt cover and felt that it was neat now. Some are not quite true

You know, this room has always been a mess since Zhixue moved in.

Guitars are messed up, clothes are piled up. What skirts, coats, t-shirts, pajamas, pants, fat times. Either crumpled and stacked on top of each other, or hung lonely on the edge of the bed.

And what about her?

Just one person, barefoot, sleeping on his side in this haphazard pile of clothes.

Sakakihara was used to the image.

Accustomed to the way she could sleep so peacefully and sweetly in the pile of clothes.

Obviously very sloppy.

But every time I entered the room and saw her sleeping, I didn't have the slightest intention of disturbing her.

Of course.

Afterwards, I will still teach this girl a lesson, so that she can remember that after she wears her clothes, she must take them off every day and wash them off by herself!

Even if you don't wash it, put it in a basket of dirty clothes!

Don't litter, and don't put it on your head, and go out and say you're hungry and want to eat!

Of course

Yuki never remembered these things.

The room is still in a mess.

It's been a mess.

Sakakihara has said a lot about her for this.

Available now.

The room is neatly organized and will never be messy again. Instead, I have an inexplicable feeling that I have lost something.

The rain doesn't stop.

Sakakihara rolled his gaze, and suddenly saw that there was a small gap in the window, and the cold wind came in, and the rain stained a large area of the desk.

"Why aren't the windows closed?"

He hurriedly walked over and closed the window.

As soon as I breathed a sigh of relief, I turned around and found that on the wet desk, there was still the "Life Manual" that Yuki had returned to him.

When I think of it, Yuki usually cherishes this notebook with him every day.

Ichijo recalls the picture of Yuki cherishing it so much.

Sakakihara subconsciously had the idea of protecting the manual.

He hurriedly found a rag to dry the rain on the desk, pulled a chair and sat down, turned on the lamp, and carefully separated the wet corners of the paper page by page.

He found a pack of paper towels and inserted new dry paper towels into the wet pages to absorb the water.

"It's not good."

Although the notebook was covered with leather, there was still a slight raindrop along the corners of the cover.

Sakakihara opened it and looked at it, and found that the corners of the notebook were badly wet by the rain.

Many of the pages were glued together and wrinkled.

Among them, many of the handwriting written with a gel pen are blurred with the water stains.

Seeing the rain-soaked and blurred handwriting above, Sakakihara was inexplicably uncomfortable.

The top is all my own suggestions and comments to Yuki.

In order to make the ordinance not completely boring text,Occasionally, I will draw some small expressions and emojis.,It's all something I learned from Liuli and Ah Ling.。

Yuki loved the little expressions of these paintings.

Seeing the blurred little expression, seeing the blurred words, Sakakihara Raku can even remember the well-behaved appearance he asked Yuki to remember and recite to himself after he wrote the regulations.

Yuki is very well-behaved

Every time she finishes writing, she will memorize it very seriously. Even after memorizing it, she would always say to herself, "Fried ice cream." ”.

Just thinking about how stupid she looked when she spoke, I could smile heartily.

And now these. It's almost all consumed by the rain

Sakakihara closed the manual and pressed it gently, then opened the book and took out all the tissues. Then stand the manual on the table and open it in a fan shape.

After this series of actions is done.

Wait for the manual to air dry.

'If only the snow saw the manual become like this. I'm afraid I'm going to die of sadness, right? ’

Sakakihara couldn't help but think so, and he looked back at the room again, observing what Yuki had left behind in the room.

Yuki took almost nothing with her, except for the necessary clothes and the guitar that her mother left her.

Everything else is shelved here.

It's a pity to lose these things.

Including that white cat doll.

Sakakihara remembers that Yuki loved to hug him and would sleep with him every night.

It's naïve.

But the essence is the embodiment of her insecurity and loneliness.

Sakakihara Raku picked up the white cat doll, placed it in front of him, and stared at it for a long time.

He seemed to see the snow that day on the white cat's lazy expression

*

"By the way, Zhixue has been in school for so long, and she hasn't made any new friends yet?"

Sakakihara remembered asking such a question when she was calling her to wake up for dinner one morning.

It was a bright day, and the sun shone directly through the curtain and on the edge of the bed. Sitting at the head of the bed by himself, he helped Tianhai Zhixue, who had just gotten up, comb his messy long hair.

He sat in the brightest place, and the snow of the sky and sea swayed his little feet back and forth. Sakakihara remembered vividly that Dawn had slanted over half of her soft cheeks, and when she heard her own inquiry, she turned her head and looked blankly at herself behind her.

The sun illuminated her clear eyes.

"It's good to have fun."

After saying that, she paused, then looked back and looked at her "foot-throwing game" that was swinging back and forth alternately.

It's good to have fun.

After hearing this, Sakakihara was full of emotion.

The complete sentence "I don't have any friends, but I have fun with me" probably looks like this.

If you think about it, did she say this out of 100% trust in herself?

*

Sakakihara listened to the seemingly never-ending sound of the rainy season outside the window, put down the white cat doll, and picked up the snow girl clay doll on the bookshelf instead.

Staring at the natural expression of the Snow Maiden pottery puppet, she was stunned again.

"It's done—"

Blurred vision, and a voice suddenly echoed in my head.

Sakakihara frowned, following the voice, trying to remember, remembering that it was noon on a Wednesday before his uncle's birthday.

In the classroom, I looked up at the sky outside the window, and suddenly heard the snow of the sky sitting at the next table say something like this.

I turned my head and suddenly noticed that there was an extra painting in front of me.

In the painting, I am holding a gel pen and looking out of the sunny window, and the books on the desk are slowly blown up by the wind. At the same time, there are beech leaves that extend to the window.

It's just a sketch, but it's so beautiful that it makes you feel like you're looking at it every time.

Even if he didn't paint his face, only the back of his head, Sakakihara could still see at a glance that the painting was himself.

"Why do you draw me again?"

He raised his head and looked at the snow in the sky and the sea that he was showing to himself with the corner of the A4 paper in both hands.

"Sister Zi said that you should practice painting more."

"You don't have to draw me all the time to practice, do you?"

"Sister Zi said that painting is to paint the most beautiful scenery in your heart. Also, as long as this painting is good, others will like it very much. ”

"I'm going to call Mr. Zi at school, what kind of landscape are you painting me?"

"Don't you like it?" Tianhai Zhixue took the painting back and looked at it, and asked him in a lower voice.

"It's average.,Yuki change it again.,Ha~~~ Come on.,Yuki and draw ten more landscapes is good enough!"

Compared with his own carelessness, Tianhai Zhixue's eyes are very serious.

"Really? As long as you draw ten more landscapes, you will like it? ”

At that time, because she had just solved the problem of Qijiu, she was very tired every night, and she basically didn't have much effort to take care of Zhixue, so she almost just wanted to send her away with a sloppy eye, go back to her own seat, and let herself take time to take a good nap, so she casually coped with it:

"Of course."

"Then I'll paint it."

Tianhai no Yuki immediately left her side and sat back in her original seat, she pulled out a new A4 paper, took out a sketch pen, and began to draw in earnest.

This move made Sakakihara Le's sleepiness gradually dissipate, and he stared at her serious expression for a long time.

So from the very beginning, she started to paint this kind of painting just to make her like it?

So serious, so focused

As soon as he thought of this, Sakakihara felt a little sour in his heart. A sense of pity arose.

I just said those things to you, I just wanted to send you back to your seat, so why should I be so serious?

But once I saw her seriously painting, I stopped thinking about stopping her.

The first painting was not finished until the end of the second class in the afternoon, and she still secretly painted it behind the teacher's back.

The moment she finished painting, she came over and gave it to herself.

"I'm going to paint a second one."

With that, she returned to her seat, asked Ruri in front of her to help sharpen her sketch pen, and then began to paint in earnest.

Sakakihara looked at the "landscape painting" he still drew in his hand, and was stunned.

*

Isn't this a deception?

Staring at the manual standing on the desk, Sakakihara couldn't help but think about the past.

Deceive her innocent feelings

Feel free to deal with her good wishes for herself.

Treat her like a child.

Casual perfunctory of her feelings.

If you think about it, Yuki's feelings for herself have always been true.

But she has been trying to avoid her feelings for herself with the relationship of "brother and sister".

Isn't this "perfunctory"?

"Really? As long as you draw ten more landscapes, you will like it? ”

- This sentence is now recalled.

Looks like she just wants to make herself happy.

Yuki draws ten pictures because of his words. I just think it makes me happy.

Looking at the crumpled "Snow Handbook" in front of her, Sakakihara remembered the picture when she handed this manual back to herself-

Say I'm sorry.

Constantly apologizing.

Her movements, her eyes. They were full of reluctance to give up the manual in their hands, but they still insisted on saying to themselves, "Please let me go back".

Sakakihara Le, suddenly understood.

Yuki her. All along, I just wanted to make myself - just to make Sakakihara happy.

Even she chose to leave because she was aware of the fact that she was causing trouble for herself.

Yuki grew up.

"Whew-"

Sakakihara leaned his hands on the desk and took a deep breath.

While she was growing up, she, the one who single-handedly promoted her growth, chose to abandon her

Isn't it too cruel for you?

Even if I haven't been with Yuki for a long time.

But after the scenes and the time spent together, I already had inseparable emotions for her in my heart.

"Dude! Dude!! ”

Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Suzu Sakakihara hurried to the door, panting, her hands on the door frame, her shoulders still wet from the raindrops.

Looks like just came back.

"What? So anxious again. ”

"I have! I've got news of yuki! ”

“.” This made Sakakihara hesitate for a moment.

Sakakihara Suzu covered her heart, gasped for a while, and walked in proudly: "Then it has to be me!" When I went to Tianhai's house today, I called a taxi in advance and waited near the door, and when Sakura went out, I quietly followed him. Hmph~ Sure enough, I found out. ”

"Good thing." Sakakihara just spoke.

"Of course it's a good thing! It's good to find Yuki though. But the next news is not very good," Sakakihara said unhappily.

"What?"

"I followed Sakura all the way to the hospital. I followed him to the outside of the ward, and sure enough, Yuki was sick again, and it seemed that this time it was very serious, and she had been in the hospital for the past two weeks. ”

"It's always been there. In the hospital? ”

Sakakihara muttered a repeat.

"And then!" Sakakiwara Suzu got up in a hurry, her hands fluttering in the air, "And then Sakura Bo also said that he wanted to send the snow to the fourth lady!" What's the situation with the four young ladies? I've never heard of it. ”

Probably Yuki's sister.,I've seen the family files.。 The family seems to have settled in Kyushu. ”

"Kyushu?! It's too far, it's too far! No, you can't let Yuki pass! Brother, haven't you heard Sister Zi say it? None of Yuki's sisters are good to Yuki, and they are all dissatisfied with her because of Yuki's birth. ”

Sakakihara shook his head, "The specific situation is not clear, ask July and Ruri, they happen to be at home." ”

Just as Sakakihara was about to go out, he was dragged by Sakakihara Suzu.

"What?" Sakakihara turned around.

Sakakihara Suzu grabbed his arm and puffed out his face: "No! You can't talk to Qi Mingyue and Jiu Liuli! ”

"Are you afraid that they will send Yuki away?"

"Or else? With their position, sending Yuki away is the best choice. ”

Suzu Sakakihara seemed to remember something, and her eyes widened at Sakakihara.

"That's right! I suddenly forgot! Brother, you also support sending Yuki away! How can I discuss this with you, stupid me! No way. You can't be separated from me for a moment now, you have to go to the hospital with me to find the snow!" ”

“.”

Sakakihara Suzu came behind Sakakihara Raku, propped his hands in front of him, and kept pushing him away from the room: "Go, go!" ”

“.”

But the strength of this girl. Sakakihara felt like he hadn't been able to move a single step for half a day.

"Brother, brother, if you don't go with me to keep Zhixue, I'll tell my uncle about Zhixue drinking your milk!"

Enough

Sakakihara suddenly turned into a dead fish's eye, and reluctantly turned back to his sister and said, "Okay, okay, I'll just go with you." ”

"There's quirky. That's what you said yes? Sakakihara Suzu looked distrustful, "You didn't want to go with me a few days ago." ”

"You coerced me to go, what can I do?"

"I don't believe you old fox! Promised so quickly, there must be something boring. ”

If I were an old fox, you would be a she-fox too."

"I'm not."

Suzu Sakakihara reached for Sakakihara in his trouser pocket and instantly grabbed his phone out.

"What do you do?" Sakakihara wanted to grab her hand, but he didn't.

"Hehe~" Sakakihara Suzu deliberately shook it in front of him and said with a smile, "Insurance!" lest you secretly contact Sister July and Sister Liuli. ”

“.”

"Alright, alright! Don't be in a daze, let me go! ”

"Okay, okay, I'm your brother!"

"What a brother is not a brother, hum! In the eyes of his sister, the elder brother with a handle is a commodity with a combat power of only five! Unbelief? If you don't believe me, be careful that I report it to my uncle~"

"Stinky fart."

"Uh-huh——?"

"Hi Hi, Private Marseille~"

"Hmph, that's pretty much it."

Sakakihara Suzu happily took Sakakihara Le's hand, dragged him to avoid the nine glasses of the sea and the seven bright moons of the sea who were practicing at home, found an umbrella, and secretly went out together.

(End of chapter)