Late at night, Narumi Yu didn't feel sleepy, and after tossing and turning a few times, he got up and went to the yard.

The faint sound of the wind, the dimly lit pebble walks and ponds, and the chirping of insects in the bushes.

He walked to the pavilion next to the pond and looked at the goldfish looming in the pond by the light of the lantern.

Wow –

It is the sound that a partition is pulled apart.

Narumi Yu looked up and saw Imadegawa Chisaka, who was wearing a plain white nightdress, walking towards the pavilion.

"You can't sleep either?"

"......" Imadegawa Chisaka glanced at him and walked to the terrace on the other side of the pond, looking up at the night sky as if he had rested.

The stars are hiding, hiding in the mist of fog.

Narumi stopped looking at the goldfish, but also looked at the night sky, counting the stars from the one that was blocked by the eaves of the pavilion.

I don't know how long it took, sleepiness hit, so I went back to my room to sleep.

As for whether Imadegawa Chisaka went back to his room and how long he stayed on the terrace......

At least the next morning, Narumi never saw Imadegawa Chisaka come out of her room.

I slept until one o'clock in the afternoon.

In the middle hall, Imadegawa Chisaka slowly ate his own lunch.

Narumi sat on the side and saw her put the dried plums on top of the rice, prop up the rice under the plums with chopsticks, and bring them to her mouth.

"Chisaka-san didn't sleep all night last night?"

Imadegawa Chisaka chewed the rice carefully and swallowed it unhurriedly, looked at him coldly and said, "I didn't expect Narumi to be a sentimental person. ”

"When I think of my late parents, I always have mixed feelings."

"Huh." Imadegawa Chisaka sneered, looked at him and continued.

"Of course, I was deeply moved by the thought of Chisaka-san accompanying me to worship the shrine. I find that I love you more, Chisaka-san. ”

"I'd rather hear you say, 'I love you alone, Chisaka-san.'"

“……”

Imadegawa Chisaka put down his chopsticks, leaned lightly on the back of the chair, and instructed him, "Help me comb my hair." ”

"Where's the comb?"

"Find it yourself."

Under the cold voice of Miss Imadegawa-sama, Narumi obediently walked to her room, found a wooden comb on the dresser, and brought it back to the central hall.

Standing behind Imadegawa Chisaka, Narumi took out a strand of hair and slid it over it with a comb without encountering the slightest obstacle - Imadegawa Chisaka's hair was so smooth that there was no need to comb it at all.

"Alright." After a while, Imadegawa Chisaka took the initiative to speak, "It's just for you to comb it symbolically, which is part of the Imadegawa family's engagement steps." ”

"If I continue like this, I'll feel guilty for the rest of my life, Chisaka-san." Narumi put down the wooden comb, and his voice was a little bitter.

"Then feel guilty for the rest of your life." Imadegawa Chisaka smiled instead, "As long as you don't do something sorry for me, what do you have to feel guilty about?" ”

“……”

After the meal, a maid came out to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

Imadegawa Chisaka got up from his chair, handed him a hand, and said with a smile, "Narumi-san, let's go around the streets of Kyoto together." ”

Narumi thought for a while, but still gently took her hand.

Imadegawa Chisaka's hands are slender and white, delicate and soft to hold. But he didn't have the interest in kneading and playing, just silently followed her out of the courtyard of Imadegawa's house and into the streets of Kyoto.

"O coals buried in ashes, you seem to be buried beside my lost mother......

In the courtyard of someone's house, there was a waka singing, singing a haiku with Xie Wucun.

The 15th and 16th are both days for Obon to send soul fire.

Obon is about seven or eight days long, and it starts on August 7 and 8.

A few days ago, there was a Buddha lantern festival in the Liuparami Temple; During the festival, there are chanting activities every night at Yinjie Temple; You can also go to the Thousand Buddha Temple to worship the statue of Sakya.

On the evening of the 16th, the five mountains will be set on fire, and the characters lined up on the three sides of Kyoto will be lit one after another.

People exile the lanterns of prayer to the river from the east side of Arashiyama Togetsu Bridge to the Katsura River, while looking at the "Right Daimon" and "Torii Shape" near Kinkakuji. Or go to the Kamogawa River to cool off and see the five characters except "torii shape".

This festival is not all mourning, but after modern evolution, the Obon holiday, in addition to worshipping ancestors, has become one of the few festivals in the summer.

On the last day of the 16th, Yu Narumi and Imadegawa Chisaka walked out of the residential area and strolled through the alleys, where they could see various food stalls and small games for children to enjoy.

"Does Narumi like boys or girls?" Imadegawa Chisaka looked at the children who were lying on the side of the street pool fishing for goldfish, and suddenly asked.

“…… Girl. Narumi Yu was stunned by Imadegawa Chisaka's sudden question and thought about it.

The Imadegawa clan always needs children to inherit, this generation is Imadegawa Chisaka, and the next generation should preferably be a girl. After all, neither Chisaka nor his children should be chewed by idlers because of the gender of the heir.

Narumi Yu was distracted for a while, and he felt that he was thinking too far, why did Imadegawa Chisaka suddenly ask such a question?

"Then girl, follow my surname Imadegawa." Like the whispers between newlyweds, it came out of the girl's mouth and fell into Narumi Yu's heart.

A girl by the pool caught a goldfish, holding a glass bowl containing a goldfish to show off to her friends, her little face was full of happiness, and the eyes of the water spirit shone with joy.

He looked at the girl and thought it was cute, and couldn't help but follow Chisaka's words and imagine their future daughter.

Probably the same as when Chisaka was a child...... His appearance is not bad, his daughter must be as beautiful as Chisaka, but his personality is not necessarily lively, even he is not a good character.

How many teenagers can be as tall as the girl in front of them...... High School, College ...... Tie the knot...... Probably until they're thirty years old.

"That's starting to feel guilty?" Imadegawa Chisaka tilted his head to look at him and chuckled, "Do you need tissues?" ”

Narumi came back to his senses, only to realize that his vision had blurred. Tears ran down her cheeks and fell to her jaw and lips, salty and bitter.

"No need to ......" his voice was a little choked, he raised his hand and wiped his tears with his index and middle fingers, "Chisaka-san...... I'm sorry. ”

"It's useless to just say 'sorry' to me......," Imadegawa Chisaka's voice sank a little, and he said coldly, "If you go down now, no matter what the future holds, you will always feel guilty for the rest of your life, and some things must be chosen." ”

“……”

Imadegawa Chisaka knows everything about Narumi Yu, and naturally understands the most vulnerable places in his heart.

The more gentle and intimate the girl is to him, the more she can prick his heart.

He now hopes that Imadegawa Chisaka can throw him off, and then cut off contact, waiting for him to take the initiative to find the girl and coax her to be happy with love words.

If this is the case, at least he has a goal to work towards for, and he will not stop thinking about the future......

"Brother and sister!" The girl probably saw their sight and staggered over with the glass bowl for the fish.

Raising his head, he shouted at them in an innocent tone, "Yuzi's goldfish is given to you, brother and sister don't want to break up, it's okay, Yuzi's mother is lost like this." ”

In the bright sun, tears glistened faintly in the girl's eyes.

When Tamako's father heard this, he hurriedly ran over, and wanted to apologize at a loss, but he was reluctant to scold his daughter.

"Brother and sister didn't quarrel, Yuzi don't worry, be good~." Imadegawa Chisaka let go of the hand holding Narumi Yu, squatted down with her dress, and spoke to the girl in an extraordinarily gentle tone, "My brother and sister are discussing whether they want a boy or a girl in the future." ”

"Oh......" Tamako asked thoughtfully, "So do you want a boy or a girl......

"My sister wants a boy and a girl," Imadegawa Chisaka said meaningfully, coaxing the girl, "The girl has my last name, and the boy has Narumi-san, and the boy must be very similar to his father......"

"Mom and Yuzi look very similar, and my brother's son will definitely look like my brother!"

"That's ......" Imadegawa Chisaka wanted to reach out and touch the girl's head, but halfway through it and put it down, "Won't Tamako continue to play with her friends?" ”

"Huh! Well! That Tamako went to play with her friends! Goodbye brother and sister! ”

"Well, goodbye."

Imadegawa Chisaka stood up, changed his appearance again, and sneered at him, "If your son is like you, then it might as well be just a girl." ”

"Perhaps......" Yu Narumi suppressed mixed emotions and raised his hand towards Imadegawa Chisaka's cheek.

"What are you going to do?"

"Nothing." He moved as lightly as he could, reaching out to wipe the water stains from the corners of Imadegawa Chisaka's eyes, "My son is really pitiful, he was disgusted by his mother before he was born. ”

“……”

The city is noisy, with the cries of street vendors, the shouts of neighborhood children, the chirping of cicadas in the summer, and the passing of trams not far away.

Narumi Yuu was in it, but he only heard the voice of Imadegawa Chisaka very clearly.

Trembling took a deep breath, then exhaled it tremblingly, and finally turned and walked in front of him.

"His mother didn't like him."

"Wouldn't his father be even more pitiful? You have to be disgusted until your son is born. Narumi chased after her, gently hugging her shoulders from behind Imadegawa Chisaka.

I could feel the girl's shoulders trembling slightly.

"If his father has always been disliked, how can he still have him?" Imadegawa Chisaka was so angry that he raised his foot and stomped on the surface of Narumi Yu's foot.

"Pain, pain, pain!" Narumi Yu hurriedly let go of his hand, but he didn't pull out his foot, and let Izukawa Chisaka step on it.

“……”

Within a few seconds, Imadegawa Chisaka let him go and sighed helplessly.

"At night, the five mountains send fire, Narumi Sang wants to go to Kamogawa or Kinkakuji?"

"Originally, I wanted to go to Kamogawa, but now I want to go to the Woldo Bridge to put lanterns and write my prayers for two children, a man and a woman, on the lanterns."

"Huh." Imadegawa Chisaka snorted coldly, and said without interest, "Then you go and put the lanterns, and after the lanterns are released, go to Kamogawa to swim to find me." ”

"You're going to be arrested for disturbing the order and disrupting the water quality, right?"

The Kamogawa River is shallow, and there are many locations where you can go directly and you can't swim at all.

"You just say it's the fiancé of Miss Imadegawa, try to see who dares to arrest you."

"I might as well go with you to Kamogawa."

"Then I have to buy you a kimono, it's too troublesome."

"So...... Am I staying home? Narumi asked tentatively.

Imadegawa Chisaka's face finally looked better, and he chuckled and said, "Come with me to Kamogawa." The kimono was already booked when I was in Tokyo, and I took you out to pick it up. ”

Narumi Yu stopped and looked at the back of Imadegawa Chisaka in a daze.

Under the clear summer sky, the sun is scorching, and the shouts of the owner of the shaved ice shop are ringing next to him.

"Want to eat shaved ice?" Imadegawa Chisaka looked at him and asked, sneering.

"It's okay...... I was just wondering if Chisaka-san would like me too, not just because he wanted to give me a chance to get along. ”

"......" He clearly saw that a touch of red glow appeared on Imadegawa Chisaka's cold cheeks, and then quickly dissipated, and he commanded him in a cold voice, "You go buy a shaved ice, it's my favorite flavor, I'll tell you." ”

"Order!" Narumi Yu hurriedly slipped into the shaved ice shop, afraid that Imadegawa Chisaka would come to his senses and attack him.

When he entered the shaved ice shop, he asked the manager to make a copy of all kinds of shaved ice, starting with the two with honey red beans.

After a while, Chisaka Imaidegawa probably felt hot, so he also entered the store, and saw the table drizzled with strawberry jam and plum jam, two servings of shaved ice with honey beans, and the one with plum sauce.

"Why are you waiting?" Imadegawa Chisaka took a spoonful of shaved ice and saw the shopkeeper put the third portion of shaved ice next to them.

Selling one copy of all kinds of shaved ice can make a lot of money, and the shopkeeper politely smiled at Imadegawa Chisaka, "Miss, your boyfriend bought twenty-seven servings of shaved ice, it will be better for a while." ”

"Twenty-seven."

"I bought it for those kids." Narumi Yu realized the crisis and said busily.

"Waste of time......" Imadegawa Chisaka frowned.

"Then let's go first," Narumi Yu said, paying the shopkeeper and instructing, "It's the children who are fishing for goldfish and the parents next to them, and you can send them when you're done." ”

"Huh? Hi hi! ”

With that, Narumi Yu picked up another portion with honey red beans and walked out with Imadegawa Chisaka.

"Chisaka-san ......"

"Hmm...... I forgot to mention that I don't like shaved ice. Imadegawa Chisaka glanced at him, raised his hand and lifted the hair that had just fallen in front of him because he squatted down to comfort the little girl, and said lightly.

Narumi swallowed the shaved ice, and it was cold all the way to her heart.

……

……

At the kimono shop, the owner and clerk recognized Miss Imadegawa and entertained her with great hospitality.

There are two sets of kimonos, which were ordered by Imadegawa's mother, one set of Narumi Yu, and one set of Imadegawa Chisaka.

Listening to the conversation between the shopkeeper and Imadegawa Chisaka, his set was originally intended to let them do it a few days earlier, and let him wear it together to welcome the soul fire and send the divine fire.

The clothes with large sleeves, the black feather weaving printed with the Imadegawa family crest, and the hakama with fine lines on the gray background.

Even if you don't know how to wear a kimono, just by looking at it, you know that it is not a style that you wear at daily festivals.

"You can wear it tonight, as long as you don't put the lights." Imadegawa Chisaka looked at Narumi Yu, who was wearing a tattooed Hakama, and stepped forward to help him straighten his collar, "If you don't like it, you can order another daily kimono and send it to Tokyo." ”

"Forget it...... Narumi Yu felt that Imadegawa Chisaka was close to him, and it was a little stuffy, "The kimono is troublesome to wear, and the yukata for various festivals every day is enough." ”

"Then let's go back."

"Won't Chisaka-san try it on?"

“…… I'll wear it to you at night. ”