Following Natsume, he crossed two intersections, walked forward for a while and turned left, by which time it was already completely dark. It's so dark that you can't even see your feet...... The street lamps flickered on and flickered as the moonlight hidden in the thick clouds overhead.

Coming to our senses, we passed over the bridge and came to an apartment that looked a little old. "It's here—" Natsume said as he paused, looking at the second-floor window. "The first floor is basically used as a storage room."

Then, he took my hand and said as he walked.

"In the summer, there are a lot of mosquitoes at times like this." Almost the entire corridor was flooded. Natsume took off her shoes and held them in her hands, just barefoot. Then, too, urge me to do the same. "Why?"

"Because it's going to be comfortable."

Suddenly, I was stunned for a moment, and looked at her with some confusion. "Really!" She walked beside me, raised her feet high, and said confidently. The mood seems to be good...... So, as she said, I took off my shoes and put them in my hands, and stepped on the ground with my bare feet.

The feeling of the water flowing slowly through the soles of your feet is cool, and it is really comfortable as Natsume said. It's just a little itchy...... At this time, we went up the stairs next to it, and since it was wooden, it was a little loose near the edge, so it made a "crunch" sound from time to time.

I was a little nervous about whether I would fall down suddenly, or if the steps in front of me would suddenly disappear. But Natsume, who was walking next to her, didn't change her expression in the slightest, she walked to the front, and then slowed down and handed it to me.

"Thank you."

Suddenly, my expression was a little embarrassed, but I still reached out and grabbed it. Then he whispered thanks. "It's okay, because when I first came here, I was like that. Even more nervous than Lola, Sister Lola! ”

Natsume said in a cheerful voice, then smiled at me. "That's what my brother did at that time!" Then she pulled me around the corner. "At that time? When is it? Looking at her expression of excitement as she spoke, I couldn't help but be a little curious.

"When you were about 10 years old, right? At that time, my brother didn't need a wheelchair. ”

Natsume whispered as she tilted her head to reminisce. "At that time, I was very scared of life, and my brother had to follow me wherever he went." Then, a little shyly, he looked away from my face and slowly lowered his head.

At this time, there was only one staircase left.

So, I let go of her hand. "Natsume, thank you." After speaking, he bowed very seriously again. At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps behind him—it turned out to be a neighbor who knew Natsume very well. The two greeted each other...... Then his eyes shifted to me. "Who is this? Guest? ”

"That's right."

Natsume said briskly. "It's rare."

"Indeed."

Then, after a few sarcastic words between the two of them, Natsume took me away. "Are you familiar with each other?" I asked curiously. Natsume turned her face and waved her hand. "Because it's a neighbor, you can't look down and see you!"

"I usually talk a little bit."

"Like that?" After a while, I burst out laughing. She was stunned for a moment, and then she couldn't help but laugh at my words. Then, we met Chihiro on the way to the hallway at our doorstep. "Lola?"

The moment he raised his head, his gaze met. At this time, he stared at me with a somewhat confused expression. "Why?" "I just met Natsume halfway through, and I was invited by her." I was a little embarrassed to say.

"That's it, brother. So, can you let Sister Lola stay here for one night? ”

Suddenly, Chihiro's eyes widened in surprise. "Why?" Natsume lowered her head and thought for a moment before speaking. "Because there's no last train? If you drive people back now or something, you're never going to do that, are you? Brother? ”

As he spoke, Natsume's evil smile couldn't be hidden. Then, before Chihiro could say yes, he pulled me inside. The room was a bit small. The ceiling is also a bit low, so you have to lower your head slightly to walk in. It's not crowded inside, though.

And it's also well cleaned. As far as the boys' room is concerned, it was very tidy. The TV behind him, which he forgot to turn off, was switching from a food show to a ball game. In the corner near the door were a few cushions and a basketball.

On the shoe rack next to it, there are several pairs of shoes.

At this time, Natsume took the cushion from the corner and flapped it as he reached out and pointed to the seat next to him. I sighed and sat down across from her. There is a low table in between. At this time, Chihiro also happened to walk in. Because the wheelchair was a bit big, I immediately moved it to the window......

"So, why did you come here? Can you almost tell me? ”

"Brother, didn't I say that? It's just a coincidence—"

Natsume said again with a somewhat nervous expression. But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Chihiro. "How can there be such a coincidence?" Suddenly, Natsume sighed deeply and turned her face to me with a somewhat depressed expression.

"Brother, that's how he is. This kind of place is annoying, isn't it? ”

As soon as the words fell, I didn't know whether to nod or shake my head. Glancing at Chihiro's expression...... "Okay, I'll tell you—" I sighed as I spoke. His expression was a little complicated, and his voice became a little muffled.

"Because, Mom, she brought home a man she didn't know again."

So, I sorted out my mood a little. I picked up the tea in front of me and drank a little, then gently put the cup back into the coaster before slowly speaking. "So, I escaped." Then there was a slight pause before continuing.

"Mom, she's always been arguing with her father since she had a conflict. Although there are meetings, they are becoming less and less frequent. It's been going on for a long time...... Recently, it has been getting worse and worse. I think if we continue like this, we may eventually get to that point, right? ”

"So you escaped?"

Chihiro took some time to digest this. Then ask in a whisper. "That's right, Mom, she didn't really care about my feelings in the first place. So basically, there will be no retention. At this point, my voice couldn't help but feel a little depressed. But still very calm......

"That's right—" At this time, Natsume couldn't help but sigh. "That's always the case! Rightfully self-centered, imposing one's own ideas on others. and completely disregarding the feelings of others......"

"If you want me to say, such an adult is just terrible!"

After Natsume, who seemed to vent his dissatisfaction, finished speaking, he immediately realized a very serious problem - "Of course, I'm not talking about your mother, Sister Lola! No! So, she faced me and explained in a panic that she didn't know where to put it.

Due to the nervousness and embarrassment, the sound became a little strange. "I know, you don't have to explain or be nervous. Actually, I know, Natsume, you're upset about me, right? Then I laughed hard.

"That's right, that's it! It's really good that you can understand—" I didn't expect that after this, Natsume's voice was full of tears. Then, with great momentum, he threw himself into my arms. "But, it's not so much like that, it's better to say that the two of us are pretty much the same......"

With that, Natsume left me. Raise your face and say in a somewhat depressed voice. However, Mom and Dad took their anger out on their brother. It's like he shouldn't have come into this world—"

Coming back to her senses, the more Natsume spoke, the more angry she became. "That's too much! It's not his fault that my brother is in such a body now! His voice trembled slightly. Natsume – that's enough......"

At this time, he was interrupted by Chihiro. Natsume's expression was very unwilling. But it didn't go on. He just sighed and leaned down on the table. "I'll bring you a quilt." At this time, Chihiro also walked out.

Then, we lay down on the tatami floor with the character "Chuan", Natsume in the middle, and Chihiro and I were very close to each other even though we were separated from Natsume. You can reach it almost as soon as you reach it. Due to nervousness, they can only turn their backs to each other at this time.

At this time, the chirping of cicadas from the balcony gradually became clear. It's getting louder and louder over time...... I tried to close my eyes several times, but I was woken up. In the end, I could only stare at the spider in the corner of the ceiling, slowly moving forward.

However, the more important reason is that there is a faint sound behind Chihiro's regular breathing, right? "Oops, my face is so hot....... It's been so long, what the hell am I being shy!? ”

Just as I was covering my face with my hands and slowly retracting into the quilt, my phone suddenly rang. Suddenly, I felt a little strange. So he reached out and groped for a long time...... "Could it be that I made the wrong call?" "I held it up in front of my eyes with the help of the screen slowly lit up, and an unread message was in a very prominent position in the corner of the screen.

I opened it up and took a look at the contents — "You know what? There is a reciprocal price to come and go between worlds. It's just one sentence, with neither a signature nor a source. It's something like a prank......

At least, that's what I thought the moment I put my phone down. But at the same time, there is also an ominous premonition slowly rising from the bottom of my heart. I don't know what it means. It's just that she couldn't help but turn her head to look at Natsume, who had already fallen asleep at this time, and Chihiro, who was not far from her......

The expression is a little incomprehensible. "Why am I worried? What did you feel just now? Could it be that something bad will happen to Chihiro in the future? "I couldn't help but close my eyes thinking about it." No, it won't! Delusion, delusion for sure! ”

It didn't take long for me to slowly open my eyes again, and Chihiro was still asleep, her expression defenseless, just in a more comfortable position. I don't know where the pillow has gone. "That's really ......" I couldn't help but laugh out loud. At least for now, there's nothing to worry about, right? Probably ......"

"Anyway, I'm going to feel like a fool if I'm worried about you......"

I looked at the face, and I said something as if I were talking to myself. Immediately after, I couldn't help but sigh...... At this time, the clouds that slowly rose from below completely obscured the only remaining corner of the moon......