Just as we were about to pack up our things and go back, there was a strange feeling on the tip of our nose, "What? Chihiro frowned and looked up at the gloomy sky. Could it be that it's going to rain?! ”

Lola, who was looking at the sky with him, suddenly remembered yesterday's weather forecast, and hurriedly wrote it down in her notebook and told me, "You should have said this kind of thing earlier!" "In an instant, I was so anxious that I yelled at him." I can't help it! I just remembered! ”

Lola explained in a somewhat flustered handwriting, and the moment she finished writing, the rain became heavier and heavier mercilessly, as if it were going to wash the whole city. "Over there, it seems to be sheltered from the rain!" In my panic, I pointed to a flower shop across the street from the park and told her.

"Let's go!" Lola didn't even think about taking my hand and dragging me that way! Obviously, there was not much distance, but we ran to the door of the flower shop with all our might, and we couldn't help but hold our hands on our knees, and we were so tired that we couldn't breathe.

"Really, I just changed my clothes yesterday—" Lola grumbled after a while, twisting the cuffs and skirt. Strings of water droplets kept rolling down from the edge and falling to the ground one after another. Of course, I'm no better.

I feel like the shirt is much heavier than usual. "Are you all right?" At this time, the owner of the flower shop walked out. Maybe it's because we're embarrassed, so I'm really worried, right? He walked up to us with gray temples and asked with a smile.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Lola waved her hand quickly, then smiled reluctantly. The expression was a little helpless...... "If it goes on like this, will you catch a cold?" The boss said in a somewhat hoarse voice, and reached out to remove the reading glasses that had been on the bridge of his nose.

"Wait, I'll bring you an umbrella—" he said, turning and walking slowly back to the flower shop. "Grandpa, I really don't need it!" Lola walked up quickly and showed him the words written in his notebook, but the old man did not stop. In a few moments, the figure disappeared through the door.

But it didn't take long for it to reappear. This time he was holding two navy blue folding umbrellas in his hands. "Here, take it—" then he handed them to us and instructed with a smile. "Thank you!" Lola bowed her head deeply as she walked back to the shop again, and I bowed her head as she did.

"That's good, old man just now—"

"yes—" We both sighed on the way. Although we borrowed an umbrella, when we stepped into the tatami living room again, we were still very embarrassed by Shion's surprised expression that she couldn't even speak. "We're back." As a result, I only said this sentence for a long time.

Then, we looked at each other's embarrassed expressions, "Chihiro, you've become a soup chicken—" Lola tried desperately to keep herself from laughing; I said sarcastically. "Aren't you the same? Still talk about me? ”

Unconvinced, I immediately retorted, but I didn't expect to laugh inexplicably just after I finished speaking, and in an instant, Lola seemed to be infected by me, and jokingly pointed at me and laughed louder than before.

"Then I'll go first—"

However, she was only halfway through her next words, and before she even had time to change her shoes, she was constantly pushed by Ziyuan and said, "Okay, okay, you hurry up and take a bath!" Saying this, Shion unceremoniously snatched the notebook she held in her hand and threw it to me......

I hurriedly reached out to catch it, and I didn't know what kind of expression to put on for an instant, so I could only smile awkwardly again. Then with his other hand, he took the towel that Izumi handed to him and wiped his hair. "You'll remember to take a shower later—"

She sat back on the couch, picked up the half-packet of potato chips she hadn't eaten and was about to pour them into her mouth. "Izumi, there's something I want to ask you—" I hesitated, and sat down on the couch next to her, a few distances away from her.

"What! Don't you see I'm enjoying my meal? Izumi half-jokingly expressed his dissatisfaction, but he didn't get angry and was still waiting for me to continue. On the way back, Lola told me something that happened to you and Aster. ”

"Huh?" As soon as I finished speaking, Izumi blinked in surprise, "Why did she tell you?" Then, with a puzzled face, he asked. I don't know, you'll have to ask her......"

I shrugged my shoulders and reached for the half packet of chips she had dropped on the coffee table, reaching out and taking a few slices into my mouth. "That's right—" she whispered to me, "So, how much do you know?" Then, as if remembering something important, he looked at my face again and asked.

"Probably, all?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as I finished speaking, she frowned unabashedly, "What a nosy, that guy." Immediately afterwards, he said this with a wry smile that seemed to be both helpless and a little unwilling. Did she also say that you should think of a way to reconcile us? ”

I nodded immediately, but I couldn't help but ask her, "How do you know?" ”

"You don't have to guess, do you? She can't speak well, and she probably won't be able to communicate with the people around her without hearing aids and laptops. But maybe that's why, right? She is very attentive to her surroundings and is always very sensitive to the subtle changes that occur around her. ”

She told me as if nothing had happened.

However, he is so sensitive to the changes that happen around him, and he can always detect abnormalities in an instant, but he is very slow to show what is happening to him. Even if I'm being bullied, I don't seem to care—"

Izumi's expression was very calm when she said this, "So, when she found out about the matter between me and Shion, she kept 'how to reconcile us' to heart, right?" At the same time, I think she probably couldn't think of any other way to tell you about it, right? ”

As soon as the words fell, Aster happened to pass by us, and we couldn't help but be startled! "I'm thirsty, drink some water—" Although she tried to fool her with such an excuse, Izumi immediately stood up and grabbed her hand from behind, who was going to the kitchen.

"Did you hear what you just said?"

Unexpectedly, she was thrown away in an instant, "So what?" After that, he only dropped this cold sentence, and left Leng there alone, and Izumi, who didn't know what to do, walked quickly into the kitchen.

"Did you see that?"

After a while, Izumi turned to look at my expression, as if he might cry at any moment. "Leave it to me!" However, I didn't intend to just give up. About a week later, on a weekend afternoon, I had Shion meet at a café.

And sent her a message half an hour in advance. "Okay—" also received a reply like this, although reluctantly, but there was no direct refusal, "why do you keep insisting on not reconciling with her?" ”

In Ch

After ordering two cups of black coffee, I asked straight to the point. "Is that the topic again?" She frowned impatiently, as if a little angrily staring at me rhetorically, and put the coffee cup that had been brought to her lips back into the wooden saucer. "It seems that if I don't give you a satisfactory answer today, it seems that I will always be pestered by you......"

"That's right."

"That's so kind—" Shion mocked with a merciless smile after staring at me for a moment, "whatever you want—" I added a few more pieces of sugar to the bitter-tasting coffee; While waiting for her next words. "Because, the reason why Izumi quit the club is my ......"

"I knew that she felt that it was her fault that I was hurt, and that she was more afraid that if she continued to stay there, she would bring misfortune to others." After speaking, she took a sip of coffee before sighing again.

"Actually, at that time, if I could handle it better, she might not have to blame herself to that point, right?" After saying that, she looked at me and laughed, but her expression seemed to be a little sad, and it seemed to be filled with an indescribable sense of powerlessness.

"Wouldn't it be better to tell her these words?" I made my recommendations straight to the point. "Impossible—" Unexpectedly, she rejected just after she finished speaking. And it seems, there is no interest in even thinking about it. "Her decision to quit the club without even consulting with anyone made me very angry!"

With that, she put the cup back on the table heavily, and instantly made a loud noise! I can't help but make the other guests look over here...... However, she was very upset, and she only glared at it, and all the eyes that kept gathering this way out of curiosity disappeared.

"It's worthy of ......" made me sigh while breaking out in a cold sweat in my palms. Do you know that she is desperately trying to improve her academic performance in order to create a chance to reconcile with you? ”

I pretended to be drinking coffee; While using this gesture as a cover to peek at her expression. "You know, I'm afraid she's been doing this all along, right? And it didn't take long to shake me off. ”

With that, she poured all the rest of the coffee down her throat and immediately asked for another cup. "In other words, aren't you jealous?" As soon as I finished speaking, she suddenly began to cough rapidly, and the coffee was spilled and splashed on her clothes!

Suddenly, she glared at me angrily, with an expression that looked like she had been poked in pain. "Got it right?" I was startled by her reaction, and at the same time I couldn't help but laugh, "Is that really the case?" Then I tried not to laugh and asked very seriously.

"Yes! Any comments!! ”

Shion simply admitted, and while standing up unconvinced, even the roots of her ears were red. "Excuse me?!" At this time, a familiar voice suddenly came from the position behind her, which was familiar and impossible to hear here, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!! I didn't expect this at all!! ”

The moment Shion turned her head, she was so surprised that she couldn't speak for a long time, "...... Izumi? "It took a long time to realize who the person in front of me was, and I couldn't help but blink several times." What's going on? ”

It didn't take long for her eyes to take turns going back and forth between the two of us, her face full of question marks. "I asked her to come, and while I was waiting for you, I also texted Izumi and said that I wanted to meet here."

"You......"

Shion walked up to me with an expression of disgust and reached out and patted me lightly on the shoulder, which suddenly scared me so much that I didn't dare to move...... I thought she was going to get angry again, but Izumi, who was behind her, thanked me in a very small voice.

"Thank you......"

After Izumi finished speaking, Shion said the same thing. The voices of the two happened to collide together. "I said, can you stop stealing my words?" Shion, who noticed it, turned around and complained to Izumi in a disgusted voice, "What's the matter! Don't worry about the details—" Izumi said with a wicked smile and a happy pat on her shoulder.

"Yes, it's settled, right?"

Looking at the harmonious atmosphere between the two, I thought unconsciously. The mood that I was so nervous just now has finally disappeared.