And just like that, the next day I woke up the next day, and the date on my calendar was June 2012, which meant that I was back 10 years ago. I don't know why, or how it works, but I did come back, and I looked at the alarm clock next to the calendar, and it pointed to 8 o'clock.

The sunlight outside the window was already harsh. And even if the windows are locked, you can still hear the cicadas chirping intermittently. With a few yawns, it took me a while to get to the hallway, and then I was stunned for a few more moments to figure out where the bathroom was.

As a result, standing in front of the mirror, my hair was messy, and the places near the back of my head were neatly tilted to one side. Some of them are also bifurcated—"Why? "Looking at my messy hair in the mirror, I couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

But now is not the time to care about this, today is June 10th. That is, 3 days before Lola's misfortune in front of my eyes? "We can't let that happen!" I told myself this in my heart; While clenching his fists in front of his eyes.

"But now, Natsume must be angry, right?"

"Although I left her a note, but just those few words to make her accept, no matter how you think about it, right?" —Thinking about it, her face has gradually appeared in my mind. Needless to say, he must be angry right now, right?

"In your eyes, brother, doesn't it matter what my mood is?!" Yesterday, in the face of her questioning, I couldn't even refute it. I didn't even dare to make eye contact with her. — because I was afraid that once I saw her expression, my resolve would be easily shaken.

At this moment, the doorbell rang in the entrance. "Here we go!" With that, I hurriedly put down the toothpaste I had just unscrewed and opened the door for Aster and Izumi. "I've contacted you several times, so I'll get a message back!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as she saw Shion's face, she complained to me mercilessly. "I'm sorry, my phone is dead." Suddenly, I had to smile awkwardly. "Really." Immediately after, Shion gently pushed me away and stepped into the hallway.

Looking out into the kitchen......

Izumi hasn't changed much, and he's still dressed the same as he was that day. In her case, Lola wore her hair tied in a high ponytail and wore a khaki shirt and jeans. "Chihiro, you're not going to get up now, are you?"

Shion looked at the unwashed dishes and chopsticks piled up like a mountain in the kitchen pool, and turned to me with a very disgusted and helpless expression. The moment I made eye contact with her, I looked away and pretended to be looking somewhere else. At the same time, I felt an indescribable sense of shame begin to slowly spread in all corners of my body.

"Forget it, borrow it for your kitchen—" Shion continued to stare at my face for a moment before sighing softly. "Can you help me get the apron from the shelf over there?" Then he said to me as he put down the bag he was carrying in his left hand.

"Okay—"

With that, I turned my back to her to get the apron on the shelf, and handed it to her, and Shion naturally took it with her hand. "How?" Then, maybe it's a little weird to see me standing next to me like that, right? So she couldn't help but glance at me and asked.

"Yes, do you need help?"

I asked a little nervously. Thinking that she hadn't been in touch for a day yesterday, she must have suspected something. But until now, Shion still didn't ask anything, and her attitude towards me was no different from before, which made me a little hesitant to take the initiative to explain it to her......

"No, just go and sit on the sofa in the living room."

Shion replied crisply, and then her gaze returned to the cabbage she had just taken out, washed, and ready to be cut. After that, I didn't want her to be distracted, so I had to go back to the living room. He sighed as he sat down on the couch.

At this time, someone gently tapped me on the shoulder, "What's wrong?" Chihiro, you seem to be absent-minded, huh? Got something on your mind? Izumi and I sat down at a distance and asked. It's nothing. Maybe it's just because I didn't wake up, right? In an instant, I casually made up a reason to deal with her.

"Really? But I see you look preoccupied—" she said, taking an orange from the low table in front of her, and peeling it as she spoke. "You're thinking too much." I shook my head gently and said, "It's really nothing. ”

"If that's the case, it's fine." She held the peeled orange in her hand, as if she didn't want to eat it. He looked at my face very seriously...... And I was very afraid of being seen through by her, although it was not obvious, but my eyes kept dodging. I didn't dare to look at her face for anything......

"Chihiro, where did you go yesterday?"

"Yesterday?" Suddenly, the cells in my body couldn't help but start sending out danger signals, and at this time, Izumi's eyes were as sharp as a needle! "I couldn't get in touch with you yesterday. Where did it go? ”

At this time, in the face of her obviously serious questioning, I couldn't help but lower my head and whispered: "Maybe it's just that the phone is out of battery, right?" Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, Izumi interrupted the reason I made up to prevaricate her again, and easily exposed me—"Chihiro, you're really not good at lying. ”

"Lying?"

I tried my best to look up and ask her, "What do you mean?" Izumi cleared his throat and said in an instant in a voice that overshadowed me, "If that's the case, why don't you look me in the eye and try it again?" ”

After listening to her words, I immediately felt as if I had choked on drinking water. "And you've been avoiding eye contact with me since just now, right? That's the evidence that you're lying. Isn't it? ”

Now, I can't even pretend to laugh.

"Is this your bad habit? When you lie, you try to avoid eye contact with the other person. Immediately after, she added. —and then I saw Lola nodding hard next to her. The expression was like, "I think that's right, too." ”

"I've even noticed this kind of place, it's you!"

However, Izumi interrupted me again, "Don't change the subject. Even if you have to, please be natural. After saying that, I saw Shion come out of the kitchen, holding the prepared tomato and vegetable salad in her hand.

"If you don't want to say it, don't force him, right? Izumi, I thought that if I came to ask, it would definitely make the atmosphere very bad, so I asked you on the way here. But now it seems that Chihiro really has some reason that can't be said, right? ”

"What reason can there be?"

Izumi immediately turned his gaze to Shion, who was wearing a light gray coat. "You don't know, we almost died yesterday!" Speaking of this, she glared at me fiercely again, "Moreover, Teacher Xia Fan almost didn't close his eyes all night, just to find him!" ”

"I'm sorry ......"

Shion sat down across from me as she pushed the vegetable salad on the low table in front of me. "Anyway, let's eat something first, right? We'll talk about that later. As he spoke, he smiled at me rarely.

"Anyway, it's enough to know that you didn't mean to hide it from us. For me—" Then, in a gentle tone, he added the more comforting explanation. "After that, I have to tell the teacher that I have seen you."

"Well, I've already contacted the teacher—"

At this time, Izumi told Shion in a tone that seemed to be still angry. Before that, it seemed like he glanced at me a few more times. "That's good. Now, it's time for us to discuss where to celebrate, right? ”

At this time, Shion proposed with a smile. Suddenly, I couldn't help but get nervous again, "Wasn't that three days later?" Why in advance!? Thinking of this, I couldn't maintain my previous expression anymore, and became very flustered, even a little overwhelmed......

"What's wrong, Chihiro? With an expression as if facing a great enemy, didn't we all say it before? Celebrate when the school celebration is over. Shion couldn't help but laugh when she saw my expression. Forgot? ”

"He must be worried about tomorrow's exam!" At this time, Izumi sat closer to me and said in a mocking tone and expression, "Is that so?" Chihiro? Then, without giving me time to answer, he continued, "But you don't have to be afraid of this, do you?" ”

Suddenly, her expression was so disgusted that it almost made people feel that I was pitiful. However, it wasn't this ...... I was worried about: "I want to go karaoke!" At this time, Lola raised her hand high, and she seemed to be looking forward to it and being very positive.

Her usual notebook clearly reads: I want to go to karaoke. Three exclamation points were added to the end...... Looking at her excited and expectant expression, I don't think anyone would object at this time. But for me now, I have to do it.

If I left it unchecked, that scene would have played out again – I didn't want to let it happen again, and I didn't want to experience it again, and I didn't want to experience it again!

So, I stood up and grabbed Lola's hand that was about to be put down—"No! Don't go!! ”

As soon as I finished speaking, I realized that my shoulders were shaking so badly that even my voice sounded fragmented, as if I had suddenly forgotten how to speak. "Nope! Now is not the time to think about those! ”

Thinking of this, I shook my head vigorously, "Don't go! Then he raised his head and stared into Lola's eyes again, repeating it earnestly. Why? At this time, Lola was visibly taken aback by my expression. But I don't know why......

So, she took two steps back and wrote down in her notebook at a rapid pace: "Why can't you go there?" I was about to explain, but at this moment, a chill slowly spread from the soles of my feet, and it slowly extended upward. It's like a creeper......

Finally, I saw the sight of my throat being choked by it!