February 13, the day before Valentine's Day.

Probably because it was raining lightly in July and Liuli for a week, his mood was far from relaxed, and it could even be said that he was bored.

Sakakihara Raku has been dreaming of July and Ruri going on a different path recently.

For example, on the day of the snow day playground in Matsuyama City, I didn't choose to say yes to July, and July chose not to bother and disappear silently.

For example, he promised July, and also told Ruri the truth about himself and her. Sensing the collapse of the glass pillar of betrayal, he went to England with his mother as if he were dead.

For example, he finally chose to be with Liuli, and July, who disappeared silently, secretly watched in the corner on the day he married Liuli.

Alas.

The reason for these thoughts is probably the guilt of causing them harm before, right?

It is precisely because I don't want them to develop into that state that I feel so uncomfortable when I dream about it.

The train to Shirokane Koron Station is rickety

After getting off the train, standing in front of the platform, the humid air enveloped the entire station, and looking at the hazy Tokyo drizzle under the sky, Sakakihara took a shallow breath.

Stunned to see the tram depart with the tracks, he opened his umbrella and walked out of the platform against the flow of people

A person walked on the drizzly street unhappily, passing by the door of the convenience store and seeing the slogan of the potato chips promotion, he subconsciously turned around and looked behind him.

An empty piece.

I forgot again, I went on a business trip in July a week ago

When Sakakihara looked back at the umbrella he was holding in his hand, he suddenly felt that sure enough. I am no longer used to going home alone.

When I walked to the door, I habitually took the key and turned the door open.

He left school early today, and Zhixue followed Suzu to the office again, so he didn't expect much from anyone at home.

After changing his shoes in the hallway, he didn't even shout "I'm home" and left the door, and stepped onto the plank.

Hanging the schoolbag on the drying rack, looking through the corridor, you will see the familiar living room.

The 100-inch big TV was unexpectedly turned on, relaxing and funny variety shows.

Sakakihara was curious to think that July and Ruri had come back early after dealing with things, so he took a look at the living room twice.

At this time, he saw a small figure sitting cross-legged on the sofa.

The girl had a lollipop in her mouth and dangled on the sofa with her snow-white thighs in her arms.

It turned out to be this guy Ah Ling.

My sister seems to have been home for a while, wearing a wide home shirt and sports shorts that don't even cover her thighs and knees.

Probably she had just taken a shower, her skin looked much more pink than usual, and her feet looked round like jade. Due to the large neckline of the short shirt on her body, her neck and collarbone are almost exposed in a large area, and she is snow-white and delicate.

To be honest, the allure of her dress to men is quite strong.

If it weren't for Sakakihara Le, who would have been used to this girl, he would have secretly pinched her arms and little face while she was sleeping.

It's cute, after all.

"Dude? You're back! ”

Suzu Sakakihara was particularly excited when she saw him.

The girl ran off the sofa barefoot, rushed over to hug him, and threw herself into her arms.

Sakakihara was very surprised and caught his sister who rushed into his arms.

"What are you doing, seeing each other every day, and suddenly so excited."

"Hey~"

"I've even started learning how to wear shoes without Yuki, right?"

"Hey~"

"Don't giggle."

My sister smirked as always, and while letting go of her brother's upper body with her small arm, she picked up his right hand, and looked up at him with a veined look in her eyes, "Brother~ You know what I'm going to say~~"

"What," Sakakihara laughed, "I don't understand." ”

"I don't understand anything. Brother, you obviously know how well you know, tomorrow is Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day! ”

"What's going on on Valentine's Day?" Sakakihara closed her eyes to avoid her expectant gaze, and the corners of her mouth went up.

"It's not like you don't know Valentine's Day Valentine's Chocolate and Righteous Chocolate!"

Sakakihara opened one eye to skim her sister and found that she was still looking happy and expectant.

Sometimes

I really want to be ruthless and tease this girl more.

But every time I see sincere expectations in her special eyes, I can't harden my heart no matter what.

"Brother, yes, yes? I've got my share, right? ”

Well, there is. Yes, definitely. ”

"Yay!" Suzu Sakakihara jumped barefoot, and her legs under her shorts looked whiter.

"But it's not done yet."

"It doesn't matter about this, this afternoon, brother, you came back so early, uh-huh, I saw that I came to prepare chocolates in advance!"

"Ah Ling." Sakakihara suddenly had a serious face.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Suzu Sakakihara was frightened.

"I found out you actually."

"What the hell." Sakakihara Suzu was particularly curious, and was a little scared because of Sakakihara's suddenly strange expression.

"I've become smarter."

"Hit you!"

"Haha."

Jokes aside, Valentine's Day chocolate still has to be made.

Sakakihara took out the milk, cocoa powder, and Meiji chocolate that he had bought in advance.

Chop the wise chocolate and place it in a bowl prepared by Suzu.

Suzu Sakakihara has been lying on the cupboard in the open kitchen watching her brother make chocolates, shaking her head obediently.

"Brother~"

"How?"

"I always feel like you've been unhappy for a week."

"It's a little." Sakakihara Raku used scissors to cut open the milk carton without shying away.

Sakakihara Suzurin's purple eyes fell on his focused face, "Is it because Sister July and Sister Ruri are not at home this week?" ”

"I'm going to say no, do you believe it?"

"I don't believe it."

"That's it."

Sure enough, I was thinking about two big foxes again.

Sakakihara Suzu pouted, and while lying on his stomach to watch his movements, his feet kicked the air behind him, "Sister July went on a business trip, and Sister Ruri went to participate in the archery competition again, and both sisters took leave. Actually, if you think about the two of them, call them at night. ”

"You think I don't? They're busy, busy with things and training in the morning, and busy summarizing and sleeping at night."

Sakakihara arraku arranges the baking paper in a square pot prepared in advance.

"They have their own business, so I don't need to disturb them in the middle of the night."

"That's not right, brother, you can talk to the two sisters about the idea of chatting, and they can't find time to chat with you."

"Thinking too much."

Sakakihara leku tapped his sister's head lightly with stirring chopsticks, "I can't trouble them because of my thoughts, they need to be calm, and they will naturally choose to contact me when it's time to contact me." ”

Suzu Sakakihara, who was beaten in the head, pouted again.

Dude is like that.

Always thinking about not bothering others because of their own affairs, and then ignoring their own inner needs.

Although I call every day at night, it is very likely to affect the rest and arrangement of the two sisters.

But after they receive a call from your brother, they will also take proper care of your feelings, right?

Brother, you may affect them, but they care more about your mood!

Overall, the old brother is still too good to people.

People who are in love always think about each other and don't want to affect each other because of themselves, this relationship is really helpless.

After a while, Suzu Sakakihara asked again:

"Those two sisters said that tomorrow is Valentine's Day, will they come back?"

Sakakihara shook his head calmly, "They didn't say anything. ”

“.”

Suzu Sakakihara suddenly petrified in place.

Is this a thunderbolt after you die?

My brother doesn't seem to be in a good mood today, and it's Valentine's Day tomorrow, and the two sisters haven't communicated with him yet, so. My brother is depressed.

What to do here, what to do.

I really said the wrong thing!

Compared to so many messy thoughts of his sister, Sakakihara Le doesn't think so much about it now.

If you want to say that you don't care, you must still care, but you don't pay too much attention to it.

Regardless of whether July and Ruri are too busy and forget about Valentine's Day, he still has to make chocolates for everyone first.

Lighting the fire and pouring the stirred milk chocolate foam onto the baking paper, Sakakihara Raku used chopsticks to stir while observing how much the chocolate melted in the pot.

Sakakihara Suzu thought for a long time and couldn't come up with a move, just thinking about whether he could share the work of the elder brother first, "Then the old brother wants me to help?" ”

"Well, in that case, Ah Ling, you clean the cube mold I bought yesterday and use it for me."

"Okay! I'll wash it for you right away! ”

Clean the mold quickly.

Suzu Sakakihara didn't say anything about the two sisters next.

She chatted with her brother as he poured the melted chocolate into the mold.

Once the chocolate has solidified, it is cut into even rectangular pieces, and Sakakihara Raku takes out a specially purchased carving knife and carefully carves the chocolate with patterns and cartoon patterns.

Suzu Sakakihara took a serious look.

Sister Ruri is a lily of the valley

Sister July is a shark.

Yuki is her little guitar.

So careful.

Although Sakakihara Suzu usually dislikes his brother, he can't hate it at all when he does these things.

Serious, focused, attentive.

Generally, boys give chocolates on Valentine's Day, that is, they melt and solidify the chocolate they bought.

But that's not the case.

He also had to mix the flavor of the chocolate and carve the texture pattern on the chocolate bar by hand.

It's really hard to ask her to praise from a girl's point of view.

"Suzu, what pattern do you want?"

"Me?"

Sakakihara got up and found her sister pointing at her own stupid look, and wondered, "You don't want it?" ”

Suzu Sakakihara stretched out her neck and poked her head out to look at the many chocolates that had been carved on the board, and asked him carefully and tentatively:

"Brother, don't you have to carve them one by one?"

"It's okay, it's a delicate job after all."

"When did you learn it?"

"Just this week."

"It's so beautiful to carve in a week. That. How about I ask you to carve a few bunnies? Just a few. ”

"Simple, is there anything else?"

"No, just give me a bunny!"

Looking at the smile on the back of her sister's hands, Sakakihara Le wondered why Ah Suzu was a little wrong today.

But if that's enough for her, she can save some of her own snacks.

The process of making chocolate + carving chocolate took a total of four hours of Sakakihara Raku.

I returned home at about 3:30, and it was already half past seven in the evening.

One person cooks rice and stir-fries two dishes, and the time is close to nine o'clock in the evening.

"I'll wash the dishes!"

After eating, Ah Ling took the initiative to help wash the dishes for the first time.

Not only was the snow accident in the sky and sea, but Sakakihara Le didn't expect it.

"Is it a bell?"

"Of course it's me!"

"Is the sun setting in the east today? Ah Ling, you actually want to wash the dishes?! ”

"Oh, yes, it's not bad, it's not bad, for the sake of your brother, you've worked so hard to prepare for me-" Sakakihara Suzu glanced at the snow of the sky sea beside him, "If you work hard to prepare a meal for me, I'll help you today!" ”

"This is the first time this has happened."

"I'll leave the bowl to Yuki and me!" Sakakihara Suzu pushed his brother's back vigorously and pushed him towards the bathroom, "Brother, go take a shower, I'll help you put the hot water, don't you still have homework to write, don't waste time." ”

"You're done?" Sakakihara looked back at her.

Suzu Sakakihara was quite proud and puffed up her chest, "Of course! Yuki took me to write! ”

"Don't Yuki write it for you."

Okay.

The work of washing dishes was handed over to the two of them, and Sakakihara was also relieved of a lot of worries.

Take the clothes you want to change, close the bathroom door and start washing your hair, rubbing your back, and taking a bath.

The hot water soaked through the whole body, and the fatigue of the day seemed to disappear.

Sakakihara looked up at the foggy bathroom ceiling, muttering things like "Will they be back tomorrow?"

After taking a shower and finishing my homework, it was almost half past eleven in the middle of the night.

Sakakihara opened the phone, glanced at the line, and after confirming that there was still no news, he put down the phone.

After watching the rain outside the window, I turned off the lights, went to bed and went to sleep.

The night is quiet.

But the rain seemed to be getting heavier outside, knocking on the doors and windows of the room.

Immediately after that, there was thunder again.

Sakakihara closed his eyes, thinking about the nightmares he had in the past few days, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

He subconsciously reached out to hug the other pillow at the head of the bed, wanting to increase the sense of steadiness in his heart, but he didn't want to touch anything soft.

It's soft and a little warm.

Sakakihara frowned subconsciously, and pinched it down along the feel as if it was an arm.

This arm. It's also a bit fine.

He suddenly realized that something was wrong, and opened his eyes suddenly.

"Ah Ling?!"

"Good evening."

Sakakihara was startled by his sister who suddenly appeared in the bed.

Fortunately, he could hear who it was when he heard the voice, and he suddenly relaxed his hanging heart.

"Another surprise attack, why did you come to my room in the middle of the night?"

"I'm here with you."

“.”

Sakakihara was silent for a long time.

"Stay with me?"

"Otherwise, there was thunder just now, brother, you are afraid of being like that. How can I, a sister who loves my brother so much, bear to look at it? ”

"Isn't it that you're afraid of thunder coming to me?" Sakakihara Le's hippie smile in the face of his sister's hippie smile immediately turned into a dead fish's eye, "And I think you'll be holding your stomach and laughing on the sidelines." ”

Sakakihara puffed up his face and retorted, "I'm not that bad!" Also, I'm not afraid of thunder now! I've grown up! ”

“.”

The yellow-haired girl is still growing, but her hair has not grown.

Forget it, don't bother to argue with her.

"Alright, let's be honest, what are you doing in my room."

"I'm going to stay with you."

“.” Sakakihara was dull for a moment, and then asked, "Stay with me.?" ”

"Brother, you, not only when you go home in the afternoon, but also when you do your homework at night, you are in a trance!.If you have nothing to do, just look at the rain outside the window, and if you have nothing to do, take a look at your mobile phone to see if you have received any new messages, I am super worried about your mental condition, brother!"

“.”

Sounds quite sincere.

"Brother, do you really care so much about the other side when you fall in love?"

Suzu Sakakihara was very close, and she was in a quilt, so the aroma of the shower gel on her body was particularly clear.

Sakakihara is not good at answering Suzu's question.

Because I really care, in the days after the New Year, I stay with July Liuli almost every day.

Going to school, getting out of school, and sleeping at night.

Every day, you can hear Liuli calling herself "Lejun", and every day you can hear July calling herself "brother".

As soon as they left suddenly, there was no one to accompany them at night, and even if it didn't take long, their hearts were empty.

That's fine.

The main thing is that these days I always have those weird dreams.,July and Ruri are gone, this emotion is further amplified in my heart.。

"Definitely does."

"Even if the elder brother thinks about the two sisters, he won't be in the mood he is in now, right?"

"And because I've been dreaming lately."

"Dreams? What dreams do you tell me? ”

"Ah Ling, do you want to hear it?"

"Mm-hmm, I'll be patient."

“.”

Sakakihara hesitated for a moment, but still told her all the bad dreams she had recently.

Unexpectedly, Ah Ling didn't complain or joke about anything today, but listened patiently, and said very seriously, "If you think that no one will accompany you, brother, then I will stay here today, and I will accompany you if I don't go anywhere."

When did this girl become so heartwarming?

What a good sister.

Sakakihara smiled knowingly and touched the girl's head:

"So, you really want to take care of me?"

"Of course, when Sister July and Sister Ruri are away, I can accompany you," Sakakihara tamboured his red and fleshy face.

"Besides, when there were no them before, didn't I still accompany you? You're bored, I'll play games with you, you want to go out and play, let's go out to the park to see the cherry blossoms and then take a selfie together! I don't remember the headshots we used to take! I'm still in my box. ”

Listening to his sister's narration in the bed, Sakakihara smiled again:

"Didn't you always resist taking pictures with me before? Didn't I pull you to shoot before you agreed? ”

"Where is it, I love my brother the most! And I went to shoot them all. Doesn't that mean it's half-pushed? ”

"Ah Ling, you are talking so well now, but at that time. Forget it, let's not talk about you. Are you really going to sleep here today? ”

"Isn't it possible?"

"Don't use such a pitiful expression, I'm afraid you'll be shy."

"It's the same when camping! I used to be shy, but now it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter~ It's just that~~"

"Just what?"

"I think my brother needs a super ~~ warm hug right now! How about I get you one? ”

"So imposing? Then you come. ”

Sakakihara smiled and dealt with it casually, but he didn't want Sakakihara Suzu to be shy at all, so he went straight to his chest and hugged him.

With this collision, Sakakihara's heart stagnated for half a second.

She grinned and kept her head on her chest. It was stuffy and warm.

The hands are also hugged tightly, obviously the quilt is very small, and the rain outside is very heavy. Warmth is unusual.

It's like going back in time

Every time she went home, Ah Ling would rush to the entrance and hug herself, shouting, "Brother, you're back!" Then happily hugged himself and stuck to himself.

It's really nice to have a very close family relationship like this

Fine

Sakakihara Suzu rubbed in his arms again before breaking free, smiling slightly.

Sakakihara felt that she had always warmed her by herself before.

Today, she took the initiative to warm herself.

This girl has a fleshy face, and she is really cute.

"Does my brother feel better? Is it warm to hug it? If you don't feel well, I'll pinch your face casually. ”

"So generous? Then I should say much better. Sakakihara really reached out to pinch her face, but her sister didn't resist at all, and he didn't dare to pinch it too hard.

It's so cute.

"I'm okay with you~~"

"Good."

"Hehe~ Then why don't you just forget about the two sisters, in the future, it will be enough for me to accompany you to grow up with my brother on the road of life!"

"The picture is poor, the dagger is seen, right?"

Sakakihara Le deliberately sold a pass, reached out and touched her head, and patiently rubbed her hair, "I still want to thank Ah Ling for you." ”

"Well, then remember that I was so good to you in the future!"

"Yes, definitely."

"Then sleep and sleep, and, you must remember!"

"Well, sleep, sleep, I'll always remember."

(End of chapter)