There are about 20 tatami mats in the living room. So it's very spacious, there's a lot of space from one end of the wall to the other. Everyone couldn't help but be very envious, - "I thought that the boy lived alone, and the room would be a little messy." It doesn't seem to be so. ”

Izumi looked down and took notes; "And I didn't expect it to be so spacious just for a living room. Before I could speak, she continued. I must have cleaned up in advance, right? Shion raised her head and thought for a moment before whispering.

I was taken aback by her keen observation, but I couldn't deny it, so I could only try to make a smile on my face; "That's true—" but she guessed right, but the reason I packed up in advance wasn't just because I didn't want to be disliked. In addition, I don't want them to see those "bad habits". Thinking about this, I slowly stood up, "I suddenly feel thirsty—"

Then he made up a random excuse and fled into the kitchen, trying to calm down.

As a result, I suddenly heard Izumi's voice from behind me say, "Chihiro, where is the bathroom?" Suddenly, her words frightened my back, and my expression, which had been finally relaxed, became as stiff as if it had been frozen. What did you say?! ”

Izumi came out of the living room, and his eyes happened to meet mine—"Your face is very bad?" Feeling unwell? As she spoke, she planned to take a closer look. In an instant, I took a few steps back and said, "It's okay, I'm okay!" Maybe it's too hot, right? ”

After saying that, I noticed that my palms were sweating.

"Really? Where's the bathroom? She asked again, her expression skeptical of what I had just said, but only for a very brief moment. Turn left in the living room, and the third room on the left is. ”

"Thank you."

With that, she went there. Then, the moment she locked them up, I immediately crept into the opposite room. - "Even though he was in his own home, he looked like a thief......"

At this time, I couldn't help but think like that. At the same time, his eyes fell on the stuffed bag at his feet. Now we have to find a way to get rid of it quietly...... Thinking of this, I couldn't help but fall into a dilemma again. "Now there are four people in the family, no matter what you think, you will be discovered, right?"

Just as I opened the door and carried it out into the aisle, Izumi came out from the opposite side. And then, as a matter of course, our eyes met, "What is this?" She asked, pointing to the bag and smiling wickedly, pretending to be very curious.

"It's, that—" I thought about it with a stiff expression, thinking about what excuse I could make to get past her, "it's just rubbish. In the end, what he said was just such an excuse that he didn't even believe.

"Really? Do you want me to throw it away with you? However, Izumi was still going to follow my words and say, "This guy looks heavy!" Looking at her smile that was so natural that I couldn't help but be scared, I couldn't help but cry and laugh a little.

— She can really lie as if nothing happened.

"You already saw it, didn't you?"

"What do you say?" Izumi asked with a stupid wave of his hand. "You probably guessed what's inside?" Then, trying to endure the violent shaking and shame, I asked again. "Well, there's more or less guessing. What do you think? Want to hear the answer? ”

As soon as she finished speaking, I suddenly realized that the back of the head was poked hard by Izumi. "It's a cigarette case, right?" She asked; He reached out and pulled out a conspicuous red box from the bag. By the time I tried to stop it, it was too late. The box was already in her hand......

And was scrutinized, "Where did this thing come from?" With that, the two of us looked at each other again, but this time, her gaze became very sharp. Chihiro, how did you have such a thing? Normally, even if you go to a convenience store and buy it, the clerk will refuse you—"

At this point, she leaned her back against the wall and waited for my answer. Still, he said what he thought, "You know what? Once you get this kind of thing, it's hard to leave it, huh? Do you understand? ”

"I know."

Her tone was so stern that it was easy to tell that she hated cigarettes. At the same time, I was very worried that I would say, "Don't touch it again, your body will collapse." Or do you think it doesn't matter if you become like that? ”

"By the way, your tone is the same as my mother's!"

I interrupted quietly and pretended to be casual and said to her, "But why do I have to be lectured by you?" As soon as he finished speaking, he felt as if he had been stabbed in the depths of his heart, "What do you mean?" I was worried about you! ”

Izumi was taken aback by my sudden indifferent tone, and argued with some sadness. "No, I don't need that kind of thing!" Before I knew it, I said it. Desperately, the unhappiness, anger, and unwillingness at this moment were all thrown at her.

"What's wrong? Both of you? At this time, after hearing the voice, Shion ran over and asked. So loud, is it a quarrel? Immediately afterward, Lola asked this worriedly. However, Shion seemed to understand immediately after seeing the cigarette case I was holding in my hand.

"Even if you dislike Izumi for being nosy, she's kind enough." After Ziyuan finished speaking, Lola also nodded slightly, and at the same time wrote in her notebook: "If you are angry, remember to apologize?" ”

"I'm sorry—" After that, when Izumi solemnly announced his intention not to talk to me again, I finally honestly said sorry after holding back for almost two hours. Facing Hequan deeply, he lowered his head, and his forehead was about to hit the table. "Alright, I'm not that stingy—"

Izumi turned his pen around; While disgusted as if to die, he said. At this moment, the sun is about to set.

Then I asked Lola to teach me the formula that I had been tormenting myself over and over again all this time – "just ...... That's it! "She sat close to me, explained very easily, and took the trouble to explain difficult concepts to me over and over again, very patient. Even if you talk in the form of a notebook, you don't have any problem at all.

"Really, I've convinced you, Chihiro—"

As a result, when I complimented Lola and swore that she had the talent to be a teacher, Izumi interrupted me mercilessly, saying, "I really admire Lola's way of explaining that even a monkey can understand, and it takes you an hour to fully understand." ”

In an instant, I was told that I couldn't refute it at all, so I had to pick up the cup on the table and drink water non-stop! After a while, he poured most of the glass of water down his throat. "I'm sorry I'm not as good as a monkey!"

With that, I put the cup back on the table with a loud noise. At the same time, I hate myself for being so bad that I have an incredible understanding. Then, Shion interrupted me and diverted the subject—

"In other words, at next week's class meeting, you plan to elect a new class leader, who are you going to recommend?" Whether she's just trying to comfort me, or just because she's tired of continuing on this non-nutritious topic, I'm grateful to her.

"Izumi, aren't you going to keep working hard?"

Without thinking about it, I asked Izumi if she meant to work harder, but she shrugged her shoulders and said with a very helpless expression: "Even if I want to be elected, this is a vote." ”

At this point she paused, her voice a little depressed. "I don't think I'll get a unanimous vote again." Then, reluctantly laughed to himself. "Really? Are you worried that the teacher won't be able to pass it? ”

She didn't speak, so she acquiesced to what I said, right?

"You're not going to participate?" However, unlike Izumi's passivity, after hearing that she didn't plan to participate, Shion was a little excited—she seemed to be eager to try, "Then I'll definitely win this time!" As she spoke, she shook her fist.

"Well, I know—"

But just as Izumi finished saying this, the atmosphere between the two suddenly changed subtly—Ziyuan's expression became very gloomy, and she stared at Izumi's smiling face as if she couldn't take her eyes off it and said, "Sure enough, I hate this kind of place like yours!" Then, unabashedly, he said what he was thinking now.

These words startled Lola and me. — What's going on? Just as we were still thinking about such a question, Shion couldn't help but say to her with the momentum of wanting to tear off the smiling face that disgusted her so much that she was disgusted: "Compete with me in a dignified manner!" ”