The pen rotates between your fingers.

Over the mountains and mountains, wandering uncertainly.

Every pause and movement is just right, like a top dancer who only challenges the toughest, and tirelessly.

But it just can't be active on paper.

Hikaru Takikawa sighed, and the pen in his hand also stopped, pausing in the notebook for a long time, finally leaving only a slightly messy string of ellipses.

She quickly found solace in the fact that she was good enough at sports.

So the dancers between the fingers jumped again.

"Okay, it's over."

The math teacher on the podium looked away from his watch and looked around at the students below, "Have you done this problem?" ”

There were few applicants, and some of the students smiled reassuringly and buried their heads lower.

Of course, there are also those who don't know how to converge.

"Takikawa, what are you laughing at?"

Hikaru Takikawa turned his pen, and the smile on his face remained unchanged, "It's nothing." ”

"You come up and do this."

"I'm sorry, I won't."

She shook her head, and the math teacher on the stage also shook her head, but she didn't embarrass her, after all, this problem is indeed a bit difficult.

"Has anyone made it?"

After a brief silence, there was a sudden response from the back of the classroom, but not for himself:

"Teacher, the transfer student has made it!"

"Transfer Student ......"

The math teacher looked down at the attendance book, and didn't find any names that were unfamiliar for a long time, so he simply looked up and said, "Who is the transfer student, come up and answer it." ”

“……”

Looking at the classmate in the back seat who poked his head and was encouraging him with his gaze, Naruse had nothing to say for a while, and got up.

Two minutes later, he patted the chalk dust on his fingertips and returned to his seat.

"That's amazing." Naoko smiled, happier than if she had done it herself.

Naruse smiled at her, and then said to the girl in the back seat, "If I want to go up, I will say it myself." ”

"Aren't you happy?"

"I ......"

"I'm sorry, not next time."

She slapped him on the shoulder, more like a boy in both her movements and the way she spoke.

"But you're really good, I just observed, you were the first in Class C to do this question."

"It's okay." Naruse just reminded him, and when he saw that the other party accepted it quickly, he didn't say anything.

"Is Harumi studying well now?" Hikaru Takikawa, who had been watching from the sidelines, suddenly asked.

Naruse smiled and replied.

"Obviously, I used to say something similar to me."

"How many years ago did you say that."

After all, he was still in class, and he quickly turned his head, but Hikaru Takikawa seemed to have discovered something terrible and kept an eye on him.

After a whole math class, she was finally convinced that Naruse was no longer the "middle student" who couldn't get up or down like her.

"Why?"

She remembered that he had never shown much interest in learning before, and that he would play when he had the energy to learn, but they shared the same purpose.

And she goes a little deeper: you can play if you don't have the energy to spare.

"What?"

Naruse didn't know that she was still struggling with what happened dozens of minutes ago, and she couldn't cry or laugh after asking clearly.

"You have to be good at learning and sports, and I need a strong one."

Hikaru Takikawa didn't understand, "Need?" ”

Naruse hesitated, got up and walked to the window, asking her to come over as well, before speaking.

"From the countryside of Aomori to a big city like Tokyo, even if people don't say anything, I still feel a little inferior......

What's more, the reality of the situation at that time was diametrically opposed to "nothing was said".

"So, I tried to work hard, and it turned out pretty well."

Although he can't fully comprehend his mentality, Hikaru Takikawa can almost understand it.

"Big cities aren't all good either." She sighed.

Naruse just smiled.

Naoko next to him looked up at him, her eyes were calm, only she knew what had happened to him.

"Then Chunhai or Yiye, who learns better?"

"You'll have to take the test to find out."

This unexpected discovery made the image of Naruse in Hikaru Takikawa's mind change slightly, but it was only a little, and after half a class, her attention flew away again.

The morning went by neither fast nor slow, the tiredness was accumulating, the hunger was piling up, and when both were almost at their limit, the morning was over.

Soon after the bell for the lunch break fell, the classroom was mostly half empty. Some go to the cafeteria, while others just want to eat a bento in a different place.

Hikaru Takikawa was also one of the people who left with a bento.

Naoko moved a stool and sat down next to Naruse's seat and explained to him, "I just went to the third-grade classroom to have dinner with Sister Yue." ”

"How?" Naruse thought there was something wrong with it.

"I just want to eat with my sister."

"Is she a sister?" Naruse shook his head and said casually.

“……”

Naoko paused.

Is it because of this that Light occasionally cares about himself who has a bit of a sister attribute in other people's mouths?

"What's wrong?"

"No, it's fine."

Naoko opened the lunch box and smiled, "I'm moving." ”

......

Soon after the two finished their lunch, Hikaru Takikawa returned to the classroom.

The rest of the class also returned, and she leaned against the back door of the classroom, chatting and laughing with some of them, not forgetting to respond to the greetings of everyone who passed by.

"It's so popular."

Naruse observed from her seat for a while, and although she had a premonition when she first saw her now, she couldn't help but sigh.

Naoko lay on the table, looking at him, and also at the back door, "Hikari is very popular in school." ”

He turned his head to look at her, "If you don't sleep again, your lunch break will be over." ”

Naoko closed her eyes, still facing him, "I'm trying to sleep." ”

She has been busy sewing puppets for the past few nights, and she goes to bed very late, and the direct consequence is that she lacks sleep, and she is sleepy in the afternoon.

"Fortunately, the sleepiest time is in physical education class, so it's not easy to fall asleep when you move." Naoko said.

Naruse held his chin, didn't answer, and didn't look at her.

She opened her eyes and looked at them, realizing that he didn't want to waste her rest time chatting, and closed them again.

Although the classroom was still noisy, she gradually felt a little sleepy after lying on her stomach for a few minutes.

Naruse had nothing to do, so he took out the path hope questionnaire in his school bag and looked at it for a while, and put a pen to the first of the four options of "university study", "vocational school", "employment", and "other".

The next few blanks are filled in with more specific content for the future.

"First choice, second choice, third choice......"

He didn't have a clear idea yet.

"Tsudai, Tsudai, Tsudai." Hikaru Takikawa came behind him at some point, and stretched out his finger to tap through the three squares in turn.

Naruse smiled and put the questionnaire away.

Aside from the proximity to home, he didn't know much about Tsuzen University, a few hundred meters away, and he didn't even know where the gate was.

"It's the only national university in Aomori." Hikaru Takikawa said.

"I don't mean to look down on Tsugar."

"Osamu Dazai used to study at Tsudai."

"I'll take the time to visit." Naruse looked back at her, "But that's not a reason to choose Tsugar. ”

"Okay."

The person in the back seat hadn't come back yet, and Hikaru Takikawa sat on the other party's desk, his long legs swaying slightly, "There are still more than two years to go, and Chunhai can think about it slowly - just fill in that form casually." ”

"Hmm."

Naruse nodded, and asked casually, "Since it is a national university, the deviation value of Tsugaru should be relatively high." ”

"yes." Hikaru Takikawa understood what he was really asking, "I plan to enroll in the sports special admissions route." ”

"I see."

Thinking back to himself, Naruse was unconsciously silent for a while, "It's a long time coming, let's think about it when the time comes." ”

Naoko, who was lying on the table, turned her head to the other side.

"Yes."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "Why don't you discuss what to do after school today, I don't have to train today." ”

"I'll have to go to the craft club to help." Naruse said without changing his face, "Naoko is a little too busy. ”

"Really?"

Takigawa Hikaru looked at Naoko, who seemed to be asleep, "Then I'll help too." ”

"Words of Light......"

Naruse pondered for a moment, then said, "Does Hikari know the second-year students?" ”

"Recognize some. What's wrong? ”

He glanced at Naoko and said in a low voice, "I'm a little curious about some things, and I may need to ask Hikari to introduce me to a few second-year students when the time comes...... Preferably girls. ”

"No problem."

Hikaru Takikawa agreed quickly.

Naruse said no more, and the two talked for a while more until the preparatory bell rang and the lunch break ended.

"Hmm-"

Naoko sat up straight and stretched out for a long stretch, then found Naruse looking at her.

"Have you slept enough?"

She smiled slightly, "Hmm." ”