Even though he was a high school student, Naruse found that he still had insomnia for the next day's long journey, just like he did in elementary school.

When I woke up in the morning, the memories of the time I fell asleep last night were long gone, and along with them were the dreams that were gradually blurring.

Naruse couldn't hold back when he closed his eyes, and lay down for a while before sitting up and looking out the window.

The weather is sunny and suitable for long travels.

"Spring Sea."

Naoko's voice came from outside the door.

"I'm awake."

"Okay."

She quickly went downstairs again.

As we enter October, the daylight hours are shortening, the temperature continues to drop, and the mornings are even a little cold.

Naruse didn't feel sensitive to changes in temperature, but her body didn't think so, and she slept better in the morning.

But now that he's awake, he won't stay in bed for long.

I got up and went downstairs and went to the kitchen to say hello to Naoko, and their eyes fell on each other's clothes at the same time.

"Why is Naoko dressed in casual clothes?"

"Chunhai is, how to wear a uniform."

"In Tokyo, you have to wear a uniform even if you go hiking."

"Not here." Naoko, who was dressed in civilian clothes, smiled slightly.

Naruse wanted to say something, but sleepiness welled up and yawned first.

"Hah...... That's it, I'm too lazy to change. ”

"Uh-huh."

After washing, the two of them had breakfast together.

The things I wanted to bring for the hike had been packed up last night, but when I went out, Naoko asked Naruse to wait for her for a while.

When she returned to her house, when she came out again, she also changed into a uniform.

"After thinking about it, the casual clothes are really too conspicuous."

"Anyway, it's the opposite today."

"I'm worried that Harumi will be embarrassed to wear a uniform alone."

"No, it won't."

The two went to the bus stop to wait for the bus, and found that among the students of Tsu High School in casual clothes, Morimi was also wearing a uniform, which was no different from usual.

Starfish, who was standing not far away, was wearing a hoodie and jeans, looked at the "fancy dresses" of the three people, and didn't say anything after all.

When I came to school, the first-year students were all dressed in plain clothes, at least in Class C, only Naruse and Naoko wore uniforms.

Suzuki and Mirai greeted Naoko, looked at their clothes, and whispered:

"One-day couple's outfit?"

Naoko just smiled.

Takikawa Hikaru came a little later than usual, saying that it was to comfort Takikawa Tsuki, who suddenly remembered that his school trip had been postponed after waking up.

"Sister Yue didn't cry."

"I'm crying."

At half past eight in the morning, the first-year students of the prefectural Tsu High School gathered downstairs under the complaining eyes of the third-year students and boarded the bus to Mutsu Bay.

At 8:40, the team set off on time.

The destination is the side of Mutsu Bay on the side of Aomori City, to be precise, the Asaka area of Aomori City that is famous for its hot springs.

It takes more than an hour to get there from Tsumae.

The bus was moving at high speed, staring out the window and Naoko's side face for a while, Naruse closed his eyes and rested, but the voice of Hikaru Takikawa came from above his head:

"Harukai didn't sleep well last night?"

"Pretty much."

"Me too."

She leaned on the back of her chair and smiled at Naoko, "I'm still dreaming about the past." ”

Naruse couldn't sleep either, and looked up at her: "Did you go to the Asashi Aquarium together before?" ”

"Huh? Not really. ”

Hikaru Takikawa shook his head, "It's my own thing." A certain girl who used to be on the basketball team and made it to the national tournament together is now in a high school very close to Asamushi Hot Spring. ”

"Ah, I played the semifinals again in my dream, and I was exhausted, although I still lost in the end.

Then, after the competition, the girl asked me why I didn't go to high school anymore and didn't fight with everyone.

Pretty inexplicable, right? Obviously, everyone has been assigned to different schools. I was just about to explain to her when I woke up. ”

Hikaru Takikawa fell silent after speaking, as if he was recalling last night's dream.

Naruse looked at her, "Does Hikari feel sorry?" ”

She thought for a moment.

"I don't feel that way anymore."

She put down her hands and propped them on his left and right shoulders, "Compared to this, do you have any plans for Chunhai Monk Shangzi to get over there later?" ”

"After visiting the aquarium?"

"yes."

After visiting the aquarium, there are two hours of free time.

Naruse glanced at Naoko, and she shook her head.

"Does Light have any arrangements?"

"Let's go on a yacht together."

The two agreed.

"OK~ Then let's say it."

Squeezing Naruse's shoulder again, Hikaru Takikawa sat back in his seat and went to chat with the others.

Naruse continued to close his eyes and rest, listening to the hum of the engine and the whispered laughter in the car.

I don't know how long it took, and my shoulders sank.

He didn't open his eyes, leaning in slightly.

......

The first stop of the first year hiking of the prefectural Tsu high school is the Asashi Aquarium, which is surrounded by mountains and seas.

After getting off the bus, the students poured in one after another, led by the teachers of each class.

Standing in front of the huge aquarium, Nakahara Xue wears a pale pink gauze hat, sunglasses hanging from her neckline, and no uniform, more like a tourist who has inadvertently blended in than a teacher.

"The next step is free time to visit, but you can't leave the aquarium. In addition, there will be a dolphin show at the dolphin pond at 10 o'clock, so if you miss it, you can only wait for another hour and a half. ”

"Yes—"

The Class C students next to him suddenly dispersed, and Naruse took the visit book and looked left and right.

The aquarium has two floors above ground and one floor underground, so there are many places to visit.

In the aquarium in the front, silver-white squid swim freely. In the water tank next to it are several strings of farmed scallops that do not move, and directly opposite is a wall of information showing how scallops are cooked.

It is said that scallops have more than 200 eyes, and it is not known what they think when they see those pictures......

Seeing him staring at the scallops in a daze, Naoko proposed, "Let's go to the undersea landscape tunnel first." ”

"Okay."

Bypassing the aquarium with a huge turtle lying on its stomach and following the crowd, the two came to a landscape tunnel more than ten meters long.

Naruse raised his head, and through the completely transparent glass, countless sea fish shuttled back and forth in the blue water, leisurely.

He looked at it for a moment, and suddenly a huge ray swam from above, revealing a slightly hideous face downward.

“…… I'm still shocked. ”

Naruse was completely captivated and only heard the second half of Naoko's words.

"Yes."

It wasn't until the ray swam into the distance that he withdrew his gaze.

The two walked to the glass, looked at the swimming fish inside, and observed their leisurely swimming and alarming, or suddenly refracting a large piece of silver light, or quietly disappearing in the deep color.

"Is this what the bottom of the sea looks like?"

"The real seabed, the situation is a little more complicated...... The water doesn't always feel so clean. ”

After spending a while in the undersea landscape tunnel, Naruse and Naoko continued to move forward.

"It's a big coral reef."

"There are a lot of jellyfish ...... here"

The two stopped in front of the aquarium of their respective interests.

"Naruse—"

A boy leaned over and said, "Would you like to go to the snack corner, and Tokawa said that it seems that you can taste the scallops raised by the aquarium." ”

“…… I'm more interested in live scallops now. ”

It's still early, he doesn't have much appetite, but he can go over and have a look at noon.

"Okay."

Watching the boy walk away, Naruse looked at Naoko again, and there were a few girls around her, looking like they were chatting happily.

He didn't bother, turned to scan the aquarium after aquarium, and continued to wander around.

Today is not the weekend, and there are not many idlers in the aquarium, and they are basically students of Tsugaraka. The first-grade classes had already dispersed, strolling around, and Naruse followed the flow of people to the second floor, where he saw starfish and Hikaru Takikawa who were gathering together.

"Touch zone."

Glancing at the sign on the wall, Naruse walked over, and the starfish was lying on the edge of the pool, about to reach out and touch the sea creatures inside.

"Are you going to bump into it......"

Her hand was probing downward, but she didn't dare to take a second look, turned her head, and stared closely at Hikaru Takikawa, who was leaning on the side.

"Don't be afraid, it's just a sea cucumber."

"I can't stand that...... Don't rush me. ”

"It's almost happening."

Starfish's eyes suddenly widened, he took a deep breath, and poked his fingers down, and there was a cold and slippery feeling on his fingertips.

"Ahhh

Hikaru Takikawa laughed.

"Well, it feels amazing."

Starfish turned its head to look into the water, and immediately looked away.

"Ah......hh It's disgusting! It's disgusting! ”

She shouted disgusting, but her hand never moved away, touching the sea cucumber back and forth.

Naruse wanted to laugh when he saw it.

"Ah, Harumi." Hikaru Takikawa finally noticed him.

Starfish followed and turned around, and when he saw him, the expression on his face suddenly converged, and his hand was quickly taken out.

"I'll go ahead and have a look." She said to Hikaru Takikawa.

"Don't you touch it?"

"Hmm...... Enough has been touched. ”

"The sea of spring has gone down."

"Huh?"

The starfish turned back again, and Naruse's head disappeared right below the stairs.

"Starfish used to like the spring sea very much."

“……”

Starfish pursed her lower lip.

"That was a long time ago. Didn't it just then? ”

Or, in the distant past, there was no girl who didn't like him.

"yes."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "But I still like Harumi very much. ”

“……”

Starfish was stunned for a moment, then pouted, and turned to walk towards the aquarium on the other side.

"That's not what I said...... Forget it, let's go over there. ”