After sending away Shion and Izumi, we kept in touch for a few more hours, but by the time it was time for dinner, I realized that my fingers were almost no longer felt. Outside the window, the raindrops still beat against the windowpane. Behind him, the TV is broadcasting the weather forecast for the coming week.

It seems that the rain will continue for a while. We sat facing each other, and I used what I said, and Lola used her notebook to talk about topics that had nothing to do with practice. — "How's the dish?" Is it to your liking? She asked, and then her eyes immediately drooped, staring at the chopsticks in her hand with some trepidation.

"Well, it's delicious—" I said with a gentle smile, "I haven't been like this in a long time—" The latter sentence seemed redundant at all glances, but I said it anyway. Then, add some tomatoes to your bowl.

"What are you talking about?"

Lola couldn't help but laugh after I finished speaking, and suddenly made me a little confused, "Did I say something wrong?" I asked her; On the side, add some braised fish to the bowl. Soon, she took the notebook in her hand and gently opened it for me to see—

"Last week, we still had Shion and Izumi, didn't we just eat together in the school cafeteria?" After reading the text, I had to pretend to be stupid and laugh a few times. After a while, we returned to the exercise.

"Chihiro, is this your first time touching a guitar?"

"yes, didn't I tell you earlier?"

I didn't think much of it, and picked up the bowl; He nodded. "I didn't know you played the piano so well compared to this—" I didn't expect that as soon as I finished speaking, Lola was shaking her head desperately, and I was even vaguely worried about the speed.

"It's just that I practiced occasionally for a while when I was in the vocal club, and it wasn't a big deal." She was a little shy to tell me in words. I turned my head to look at the trophies in the cabinet next to me, and I couldn't help but think to myself, "What is the result of practicing for a while once in a while?" ”

"How humble is this guy sitting face to face me! Or is it basically all geniuses? ”

"Because I can't hear people, I often get wrong. So my teacher suggested that I look for something that I could do alone. After a while, she wrote again, "It just so happened that at that time, there was a shortage of people in the vocal department. So I wanted to give it a try. ”

"Do you like music?"

She nodded, and continued to write down the text that would take some time to read, "Although I can't hear it, I like the expressions of those who like to sing when they sing, and I think they are happy. ”

Again, it took me some time to understand this sentence. "However, at that time, I also realized that not being able to hear the sound still made me feel lonely. So before joining the vocal club, I went to ask Teacher Xia Fan and told her that I wanted a pair of hearing aids. ”

"That's right—"

I whispered, "She really cares about us!" Lola tilted her head in confusion, she didn't seem to know who I was talking about. I mean Mr. Xia Fan. So I quickly explained.

Then Lola nodded vigorously, her eyes narrowing into slits with a smile.

"But this thing needs to be replaced, right?" I reached out and pointed to my ear. "Yes, but if you take care of it, you can use it for a long time." I nodded lightly and smiled in agreement.

Chatting and chatting, the moment we came back to our senses, we had already begun to clean up the dishes and chopsticks. —"I'll do it, just sit down—" What I didn't expect was that Lola insisted on washing the dishes with me, "Two people will wash faster." That's what she said.

Immediately after, I took half of the chopsticks I was holding......

Then, after all these things were done, we were all a little tired. So we came out on the balcony – it's a bit hot and humid this season, so we took the occasional wind passing by here as a rare treasure. After all, every time it gently brushes against your cheeks, it feels very comfortable.

"Keep going, right?"

At this time, she proposed with her back to the blue-gray grille of the balcony. "Okay—" I couldn't help but burp very loudly the moment I nodded. It made her laugh again, and it took a long time to hold back the laughter.

My side was too shy to do it, and my face felt like it was on fire.

Back in the living room, we went through the hallway and came to the room again. - Although this is her room, it is a little different from the girl's room layout in my impression - a lazy sofa, bed, bookshelf by the window, and tatami mats on the floor.

Then, there is also a piano. It was placed in front of the bookshelf, and it looked big and heavy, but it didn't take up much space. It was only then that I realized that she had probably repositioned everything.

Immediately after, she sat down in the previous position of Izumi, and I picked up my guitar. — However, I couldn't keep up with the accompaniment either, and every 10 minutes or so she had to stop to correct my mistakes.

Suddenly, I felt very sorry for her. "If it weren't for my rubbish accompaniment, she would have played well." I let such thoughts flood my mind; While apologizing constantly, non-stop.

Several times, I almost forgot that this was actually my home.

And just like that, our stumbling playing continued again into the nightfall. However, even though I always had to stop after a while because of various out-of-tunes, Lola still patiently corrected me without showing any signs of boredom.

"Chihiro, you pause for a moment. Listen to me play again, right? With that, she put her fingers on the keys again, and once again struck out what sounded like a lullaby to me. How many times have we done it all over again? Actually, I've long since given up thinking about it.

The next day, maybe you practiced too much, right? In the morning, Lola's expression looked a little unenergetic, and she walked very shaky. Although he can barely keep himself from falling, the top-heavy stumbling appearance is really worrying.

"Lola?"

I took her hand as she passed through the hallway, "Are you alright?" "Unexpectedly, halfway through my words, she fell into my arms as if she was asleep!" Lola! I hurriedly touched her forehead with the back of my free hand, "It's hot?!" ”

Realizing that something was wrong, I quickly moved her to her room and looked around for medicine.

"None? No way?! ”

But even if I searched the house, I couldn't find a fever reducer. "That's not good—" The thought came to mind as I picked up my phone from the coffee table in the living room and took a deep breath as I tried to calm down; I dialed Shion's phone.

"Antipyretics? What's going on? ”

After hearing the details tell me, she didn't take long to get from home—"I have it at home, so I'll bring it to you—" she said, handing me the bag she was carrying. "How is she?"

"I don't know—"

Shion sighed heavily after hearing this, and gently pushed me away and stepped into the hallway. "Lola, how are you feeling?" When she came to the room, she saw Lola's painful expression that seemed to be both asleep and awake, and sighed softly again.

He turned his head to look at me with a look of disappointment. "I'm sorry, if I could pay attention a little more—" Unexpectedly, I was halfway through my sentence when her seemingly impatient voice drowned out "It's useless for you to apologize to me now, right?" ”

After saying that, she walked out of the room again, but the moment she passed by, she felt that she was glaring at her fiercely.

"What are you going to do?"

"Clearly, right? Cooking, of course! She said with the slightest disregard for me. Even if I was right behind her. "You'd better go back, I'll do this—" I said to her as she reached over with her back to me to see what was in the fridge.

"Why?"

She turned her head in surprise at me standing behind her and blinked several times. "You think, it's not long before the day of the show, if even you fall—" However, my next words were still interrupted by Shion mercilessly, "It's better to worry about yourself than worry about me." Aren't you afraid? Also, your guitar level ......"

Suddenly, my expression stiffened as if it froze.

Shion went back to the kitchen and put down the ingredients she had found, "I said, if you're very idle, can you do me a favor?" "I didn't even think about it. After that, we both got busy together in the kitchen.

After that, about an hour later, the millet porridge and some things suitable for eating at this time were finally ready. Just as I was bringing all of this into Lola's room, Shion's voice sounded from behind—

"Then I'll go back, and I'll leave it to you—" she said as she said at the door; While untying the tied apron. "Thank you." I whispered thanks, and then she shook her head, "Remember to contact you if you have something." ”

With that, she turned and left. Soon I heard the sound of the door being gently shut.

At this time, Lola's expression didn't seem to be so uncomfortable. She opened her eyes with some difficulty, and slowly turned her gaze to my side—"Chihiro......" wrote my name with some difficulty, "What? ”

I asked.

"Thank you." Then she struggled to let herself laugh and thanked me. "You're welcome." I shook my head. Then, I couldn't help but laugh. At the same time, somewhere in my heart I was relieved.