The fireworks festival and the summer festival are a perfect match, just like Miss Shinohara-sama and the yukata are a perfect match.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa remembers what was going on in his heart at this time last year.

And so it is. At the summer festival, the heat rises and the crowd looks up at the night sky overhead in anticipation until the five-colored fireworks bloom, no matter how many times they experience it, when the light of the fireworks lights up in front of them and illuminates the side face of the girl in the yukata next to her, such a sight is always unforgettable.

But now, perhaps there should be an additional addition:

"It's like Hirakawa-sensei and Shiori are a perfect match."

On the way to the fireworks festival venue, when Tetsufumi Hirakawa told Miss Shinohara-sama about last year's thoughts, he got this girl's supplement.

"What." Tetsufumi Hirakawa laughed inexplicably.

"Mr. Hirakawa thinks it's wrong?" The girl asked cutely.

"Yes, yes, naturally, yes." Under the gaze of the eldest lady, Tetsufumi Hirakawa hurriedly admitted.

"It's a bit perfunctory."

"Nothing."

“……”

A few voices followed the pace of the crowd and slowly advanced, and finally arrived at the location of the fireworks display.

"It's about the same as last year." Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked around and said.

"It's not the same for Shiori at all." Shiori Shinohara took a bite of cold shaved ice with a spoon.

"Huh?" Tetsufumi Hirakawa bites the spoon of shaved ice.

"After all, last year, Shiori was thinking about what to do to Hirakawa-sensei." Shiori Shinohara said it seriously, which made Tetsufumi Hirakawa smile.

"The final decision is to kiss me while I'm not paying attention?"

"People like Shiori are always rejected and get angry."

"I'm the eldest lady of the Shinohara family, how dare you refuse me—do you have such an idea?" Tetsufumi Hirakawa smiled and mimicked the tone of Miss Shinohara-sama.

"I think a little bit of that once in a while."

“…… Did you say it right? ”

The corners of Miss Shinohara's mouth twitched: "Teacher Hirakawa, who always rejects Shiori, is indeed very annoying." ”

"That's unreasonable."

"What can Shiori do? Even, at the time, I was thinking that if this didn't work, maybe I would have to lock up Mr. Hirakawa. ”

"......" Tetsufumi Hirakawa was silent, and Shiori Shinohara laughed briskly.

"Anyway, last year, Shiori stood by Mr. Hirakawa's side with complete intentions and desperate thoughts."

"And what about this year?" Tetsufumi Hirakawa asked quickly.

"This year's words......" The girl's eyes kept looking at him, and she didn't speak for a long time.

"What's wrong?"

"Hmm~ nothing." Eventually, she shook her head with a smile under his scrutiny, and she stepped forward and leaned against him.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa took Shiori Shinohara into his arms.

"It's supposed to be about to start, right?" She said as she looked up at the night sky in his arms.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was distracted and also looked up: "It should be soon." ”

"Hmm."

The soft yukata in my arms conveys the warmth from my body, the sweet smell wafts in the summer evening breeze, and the crowds of summer festivals are surrounded by the sounds of various conversations.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa leaned his head lightly against Shiori Shinohara's head again, and the sweet smell lingering on the tip of his nose became more obvious.

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

Quietly enjoying the silence in the midst of the noise, even when he had closed his eyes, Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly felt the movements of the girl in his arms.

Shiori Shinohara tilted her head, and her gaze collided with him who had just opened her eyes.

"Nothing." The lights at the festival were not bright, but the girl's eyes reflected crystal light in the twilight of the night. She smiled very good-lookingly, but denied it.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa lowered his head and tapped Shiori Shinohara's lips lightly.

"Okay...... It's mango-flavored. ”

"Because of the mango flavor...... Ice? Originally, he just explained casually, but as he spoke, his eyes looked at the bowl containing the shaved ice in his hand, and the fine smoothie was already showing signs of melting.

"If you don't eat it, you're going to melt."

"Mr. Hiragawa is also going to melt." Shiori Shinohara looked at the shaved ice in Tetsufumi Hirakawa's hand, which was also showing signs of melting.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa glanced at it, "It's the same." ”

Holding the girl's body, he went around her with his right hand, grabbed the spoon of the shaved ice that he had been holding in his left hand, scooped a spoonful, and put it on Shiori Shinohara's mouth.

The eldest lady looked at him suspiciously.

"Ahh

The eldest lady was amused, but she still opened her small mouth, revealing half of her white teeth, and gently bit the spoon that scooped the shaved ice.

"Good ice." After swallowing it, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and his posture was a little cute.

"If you swallow it in one bite, of course it will be ice."

"It's obvious that Mr. Hirakawa scooped it for Shiori, why does it look like a strange Shiori."

"No, how could it be."

The eldest lady in his arms glanced at him, then moved her hand, scooped up a spoonful of shaved ice as well, and handed it to Tetsufumi Hirakawa's mouth.

"Hirakawa-sensei, ah-" She looked like Tetsufumi Hirakawa had just looked.

"What is this for?" Tetsufumi Hirakawa asked with a smile.

"Of course it's for Hirakawa-sensei, ah-"

Well, the girl's appearance of opening her mouth slightly to make an "ah" sound was a little too cute, especially her eyes that looked at him earnestly, with a smile and love.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa ignored the spoonful of shaved ice and leaned down to kiss the girl.

It seemed too sudden, the moment her lips touched, Shiori Shinohara was still stunned, her blinking eyes showed a slight puzzlement, and she quickly closed it again.

It wasn't until they separated, the eyes that were closed in the field of vision, and the slender eyelashes separated, that the girl's eyes were revealed.

"Shiori is cute." Tetsufumi Hirakawa answered her look.

“……”

"It's cute when it's usual, but it's just cuter." At the moment when Shiori Shinohara's eyes changed, Tetsufumi Hirakawa hurriedly said again.

Shiori Shinohara laughed, and Tetsufumi Hirakawa laughed too.

Just a few seconds, Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly "hissed" and took a breath of cold air.

"What's wrong?" Shiori Shinohara asked quickly.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa's eyes looked to the side, and Shiori Shinohara followed. On the yukata at the arm's level, there is a smoothie that has not completely melted.

“……”

Shiori Shinohara looked at the spoon in her hand again, and naturally, the smoothie on it was empty.

After waiting for a few seconds, Tetsufumi Hirakawa heard the serious voice of Miss Shinohara.

"It's all to blame for Mr. Hirakawa for not eating just now, and it all fell off."

“…… Yes, yes, of course it's my fault, Miss Shinohara-sama can't be wrong no matter what she thinks. Tetsufumi Hirakawa also began to say very seriously.

The smile resurfaced, and was restrained again, Shiori Shinohara took out a handkerchief from her handbag and helped Tetsufumi Hirakawa wipe the smoothie off her arm.

After wiping it, Shiori Shinohara, scooped another spoonful of the smoothie with a spoon and handed it to Hirakawa's mouth.

"Mr. Hirakawa, ah-" started again.

"Yes—"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa responded, and finally opened his mouth.

It's just that before it has been touched, the cold air of the shaved ice has just touched his mouth along the summer evening air, and suddenly, Tetsufumi Hirakawa saw the light.

From Shiori Shinohara's raised eyes, from the hazy white cheeks of the night, I saw a variety of colors.

It was just a pause, and the noise in my ears fell silent for a while, replaced by a loud burst of bloom in my ears.

It's the fireworks that go into the air.

Shiori Shinohara raised her head even higher, looking at the fireworks that suddenly bloomed. Tetsufumi Hirakawa no longer lowered his head, and raised his head to follow the traces of the fireworks.

In the night sky, which was like a black curtain, a firework shot rose into the sky, lighting up the night of the summer festival. Before he could react, there was a steady stream of sounds and fireworks that completely blinded the night and completely obscured the view.

"It's fireworks."

In the almost deafening sound of blooming, Tetsufumi Hirakawa heard the soft sigh of the familiar voice in his ears.

"yes." Tetsufumi Hirakawa said.

Another fireworks, such as the fireworks seen at last year's summer festival, greeted by countless expectant eyes, brilliant fireworks...... It seems to be anything you want to describe.

Under the gaze of the fireworks, Tetsufumi Hirakawa lowered his head. He saw that the girl's white cheeks were reflected in some brilliant colors, and her eyes were like transparent glass beads, refracting light. The girl is close at hand.

"Hirakawa-sensei." When making eye contact, Tetsufumi Hirakawa heard Shiori Shinohara affectionately in the midst of thousands of blooming sounds.

"Hmm."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa responded to her.

The eyes of the two met, staring at each other under the light of the fireworks in the night sky, and invariably, both of them remembered last year.

The promise of last year's summer festival was not broken, and the two stood here again, looking at each other.

No longer waiting, Shiori Shinohara closed her eyes slightly, she stood on tiptoe, and Tetsufumi Hirakawa held the girl's soft cheek in one hand and leaned down.

The cold lips touched together, with the temperature of a girl, the aroma of a girl, and a melted mango-flavored smoothie...... It's all in one place.

It's another year of August, summer vacation, and the summer heat still covers the earth, and even if the wind blows at night, the wind carries the summer temperature that can't be dispersed.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa once again hugged the girl in the yukata and took her into his arms, savoring the kiss that belonged to her.

"That's nice."

When the sweet and greasy breath that involved the two broke, Shiori Shinohara looked up, and the fireworks of the night were in the background, and she stared at the face in front of her.

What you think, what you want...... Last year's dream of bursting like a bubble at the touch of a bubble came true, at least at this moment.

She threw herself into Hirakawa's arms and lay on his chest.

"That's good, Hirakawa-sensei......" Shiori Shinohara said again.

Whether it was last year or now, at least, at the moment when the fireworks are lifted off, the person she likes does belong to her completely, completely, and belongs to her alone.

The sound of fireworks in my ears drowned out everything.

"What?" Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing...... I like you. ”

Shiori Shinohara closed her eyes again, hugged the warm body in her arms, and the bowl of cold shaved ice in her hand that was about to melt fell to the ground.