(The previous chapter has been released from the small black room)

"Although I have been a little mentally prepared, but, Zhewen, I really didn't expect that things would be more ...... than I thought Excessively, moreover, excessively, a lot. ”

“……”

“……”

"I've already said it......"

"Obviously, I said that I would ...... after I got it Living together, right? ”

"It's already coming to this point, is this happening again?"

“……”

"You're always having problems when I'm not with you."

"It was like this last time, and it's like this this time."

"Of course, we weren't together at that time, so I can't restrain you what you do."

"But...... Now, you're my boyfriend, right, my Tetsuwen? ”

"If you know that, why is this happening?"

"Can you think about my feelings?"

"When I came back from a business trip, I learned about this kind of news...... My boyfriend has a relationship with another girl. ”

"Even if I believed you, it didn't happen...... That kind of thing. ”

"But, yes, it's not the last step."

"So, what the hell are you going to make me think......"

“…… Dreams, is that your reason? ”

"If you were me, would you accept such a reason?"

"Zhewen, you've disappointed me a little."

“……”

“……”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked up at the ceiling, at the flickering lamp, and kept replaying in his mind what she had just said to him at Kuda's house.

The warmth created by lies and deception is false warmth...... At least, when he faced Kuda, he couldn't pass the level in his own heart, and he couldn't hide it like this.

Moreover, Kuda, who knows him quite well, has already seen it.

So he confessed to her.

What happened at the last summer festival and what happened at Christmas this time has been talked about before and after.

Except that he hasn't said that the other party is Shiori Shinohara for the time being, and there are things about his system, in addition, everything has been told.

Including dreams that he didn't figure out himself, dreams that didn't know what it was.

But ah......

Sure enough, it was as ridiculous to attribute things to dreams as if it were drunk and promiscuous.

After speaking, while Tetsufumi Hirakawa was anxiously waiting for Hida's reaction, he ...... The expected anger, quarrels, none of that.

A gentle teacher, at most, is a teacher with a little cute little temper...... This time, I didn't get angry with him.

She leaned on his shoulder and spoke softly, softly, as if she were usual.

However, I would rather she be angry.

The gentle voice is so gentle that it makes people feel heart-wrenching, so that Tetsufumi Hirakawa doesn't dare to look directly into her eyes.

He didn't take one look at her until the last moment...... That look, the look that leaned on his shoulder and stared at him, the look of disappointment.

"Zhewen, you've disappointed me a little."

Faintly narrated, as well, the tone of the sentence.

When facing this scene, Tetsufumi Hirakawa completely lost his voice, his heart was contracting, and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

"Zhewen, let's do this first, you let me stay alone for a while, is it okay?"

……

How Tetsufumi Hirakawa came back, he forgot himself.

It's like losing your soul along the way.

Until now, sitting on the sofa in the living room, his mind still did not return, and he was trapped in that disappointed look.

Stay alone for a while...... Spell.

Naturally, Tetsufumi Hirakawa knew that it would be difficult for anyone to accept that this kind of thing would happen to anyone.

However, stay alone for a while...... What happens after a while?

Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't dare to think about it anymore.

The pain will intensify with imagination, becoming heavier and heavier in a thousand reflexes reverberating.

He felt a dullness in his chest, and his stomach seemed to be churning after dinner, and there was a faint cramp.

He didn't want that.

However, the reality is that it is.

He closed his eyes.

……

The night time passed and became deeper.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who had curled up on the sofa unconsciously, came to his senses at the feeling of the cat's paws gently patting him.

When he opened his eyes, he saw two white Michaels in his blurred vision under the blinding lights of the living room......

When I looked carefully, I realized that there was a Jiabaili.

Two cats, together in front of him, clawed back and forth alternately at him.

After seeing him open his eyes, the larger white cat, Michael, stopped, and meowed~, revealing its sharp teeth.

“…… Michael, what's wrong? Tetsufumi Hirakawa frowned, endured the twitch-like sensation coming from his stomach, and asked a little weakly.

Jiabaili was still scratching Tetsufumi Hirakawa's clothes with her paws, while Michael looked at the bowl not far behind him with her amber eyes and meowed again.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa squinted his eyes and looked over as well...... The food bowl was empty, with a few grains of cat food scattered around.

It turned out that I was hungry......

Tetsufumi Hirakawa withdrew his gaze, his hand left his abdomen, reached out, and rubbed Michael's hairy head.

"Got it, I'll feed you."

"Meow~" Michael raised his head and licked his hand with his pink tongue.

Somewhat itchy......

Tetsufumi Hirakawa took it back, and then slowly sat up from the sofa with his hands propped up.

After sitting up, he looked down at his side again—

Jia Baili seemed to find it funny, and she was still scratching him with her paws.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at it and chuckled.

He grabbed Jia Baili's paws, then hugged its body, and got up and left the sofa with Jia Baili's "meow" sound.

Michael also jumped off the couch and followed him step by step towards the food bowl.

After walking, Tetsufumi Hirakawa bent down and put down Jia Baili, who was making a fuss in his arms.

"Wait here."

With that, he got up and walked towards the cupboard where the cat food was kept.

……

When Tetsufumi Hirakawa returned to the living room and poured cat food into the food bowl, he may have heard the sound of cat food falling and hitting the bottom of the basin.

The other two cats, Chimera and Impermanence, had also run out of nowhere, and stood by the food bowl, staring at the cat food pouring from his hands.

And after Tetsufumi Hirakawa put the lid on the cat food jar, the four cats, who had not yet eaten dinner, suddenly rushed up and began to enjoy their dinner, and from time to time they purred contentedly.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa squatted on the side and looked at them quietly for a while, and then got up with a complicated smile and put the cat food back in the cupboard.

It's nice to think about a cute and always carefree cat.

With emotion, after closing the door of the cabinet, Tetsufumi Hirakawa stood in place.

What should he do now?

A mess of emotions, tangled thoughts...... He's so bad that it's happened again.

He's so tired......

Let's go and rest.

Sighing and standing for a while, Tetsufumi Hirakawa finally took another step and walked towards the stairs leading to the second floor.

It's just that when passing by the bathroom door, Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly thought of something and stopped.

He glanced back at the bathroom.

I looked through the open door and saw that in the clothes frame, Shiori Shinohara's clothes, as well as underwear and underwear, were still placed in it.

“……”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa paused, walked into the bathroom, and looked at the clothes placed on top of it...

Some of the images naturally come back to mind.

After doing this kind of thing, how is he going to face Shiori Shinohara?

After standing silently for a while, and after a long sigh, Tetsufumi Hirakawa lifted the clothes frame, walked to the washing machine next to him, and put the clothes left by Shiori Shinohara inside.

As for intimate clothing...... This is probably hand washed, right?

“……”

After putting down the clothes box, Tetsufumi Hirakawa walked to the second floor and entered the room.

Shiori Shinohara's pajamas, and his shirt, he took them off and threw them in the washing machine.

After turning on the washing machine, Tetsufumi Hirakawa walked back to his room and changed into his pajamas very casually.

Then he fell to the bed, turned off the light, wrapped it tightly in the quilt, and covered his head.

There is also the smell of Shiori Shinohara's remnants on the quilt...... It was like the remnants of the girl's memory in his mind.

……

December 27, Saturday, did not go to work.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa got up very late, lay on his bed until eleven o'clock, had to get up because he was hungry, washed up and dealt with breakfast and lunch at will.

In the afternoon, I don't know what to do.

Emptily swiping his phone and occasionally teasing the cat.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, I suddenly remembered the clothes in the washing machine and barely dried them.

As for Shiori Shinohara's underwear and underwear, they were washed by hand and also dried.

That kind of thing happened the night before, not to mention the underwear, the girl's whole body was touched by him...... There's no need for any weird psychological barriers, it's just hand washing.

After that, continue to be bored and do nothing.

I wanted to read a book, but I didn't read it much, so I flipped through it a little bit and put it down again.

In a daze, playing with the phone, that's pretty much how it is at night.

Dinner was also dealt with casually, and then, although he didn't have much energy, he still forced himself to clean the dishes and chopsticks that had not been washed for several days.

In an instant, it was late at night, and Tetsufumi Hirakawa returned to his room, wrapped himself in a quilt and fell asleep.

Before going to bed, he took a look at his phone.

It is true that he did not hear from Kuda.

……

When I woke up, it was Sunday, December 28.

Sunday was the same as Saturday, almost like a copy and paste, and it was boring.

Similarly, today, he still hasn't heard from Hisada, not a single one.

……

December 29th, the last working day of the year.

After that, it was the New Year's Day holiday.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who was sober in a daze in the middle of the alarm clock, picked up his mobile phone after turning off the alarm clock, and subconsciously clicked into the line.

The chat record with Kuda is still stuck three days ago.

“……”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa sobered up a little.

He put down his phone and got up.

……

Simply take care of himself, wash, and shave the beard that hasn't shaved in days.

After breakfast, Tetsufumi Hirakawa patted his own face and forced him to lift his spirits.

Personal things belong to individuals, and work matters belong to work.

He had already taken a day off for personal matters, and now it was time for him to work hard.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stepped out of the door of the house, greeted the bright morning light, and walked towards the train stop.

……

Squeezed off the tram and walked a little further to the office building.

I took the elevator up and came to the door of the "Matsushita Studio".

The door was unlocked, and someone had already arrived.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa walked in.

"Mr. Hirakawa, are you here? Good morning. ”

Sitting in front of the computer at the workstation, Aiko Ogasa, who clicked the mouse from time to time, looked up after hearing the footsteps, and immediately smiled and waved his hand when he saw him, saying hello.

"Well, good morning, Miss Ogasa." Tetsufumi Hirakawa smiled and said hello, and walked towards his workstation next to her.

He hadn't taken two steps before Ogasasa's eyes caught his attention.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa's footsteps slowed involuntarily, and he looked over again, meeting her gaze and revealing a little doubt.

"What's wrong? Miss Ogasa? He asked.

Ogasa Aiko was staring at him, and after hesitating for a moment, she spoke: "That...... Mr. Hirakawa, you are resting...... How's it going? ”

"It's okay." Tetsufumi Hirakawa kept smiling.

"But I don't think your face is good."

"Huh...... Is it? Tetsufumi Hirakawa made a surprised expression and touched his face with his hand, "No, right?" ”

"Yes." Ogasa nodded and said with certainty, "Does it really matter?" ”

"No, it's okay, thank you for your concern."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa shook his head, and finally reached his workstation and put down his bag.

"Let's get to work, right? After all, I took a leave of absence last week, so it's better to catch up now, right? I don't want to get overtime calls during the holidays. ”

“……”

Ogasasa smiled.

"Okay, since Hirakawa-sensei said so."

Then, Ogasasa's smile immediately dissipated and became a little serious.

"Let's get straight to the ground and discuss the next plot."

Ogasa is really strict when she works.

"Okay."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa sat down and began to get into the groove as well.

……

It's good news, Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who worked hard to lift his spirits and no longer thought about his own bunch of things that he couldn't figure out, after a day of discussion and writing, and in constant communication with Ogasa Saiko, he finally wrote a script with several words at once, which is gratifying.

After successfully finishing work and getting off work, then, Tetsufumi Hirakawa was on his way home, and after three days, he finally received a call from Moshu Kuda.

At that time, he took out his mobile phone on the road, looked at the caller ID in the mobile phone, and was indeed stunned several times. After making sure that he was right, he immediately clicked the connect button and put it to his ear.

His hands were still shaking.

Then, after being connected, the first sentence that came out of the earpiece was:

"Zhewen, I want to meet that girl."

“……”