After school, she stayed in the club room until the last member left, and Naoko also packed up her things and left the school.

I'm going home alone today......

Looking at the empty school, she lifted the bag on her shoulder and took a deep breath of the air that was gradually cooling at dusk.

Walk all the way to the bus stop, where the next bus will come in almost 20 minutes.

Naoko sat down on the bench and waited alone.

Buzz –

She was refreshed.

Harumi: Are you home?

Naoko: I'm waiting for the bus. What about Chunhai?

Harumi: I'm back at the hotel.

Harumi: In the afternoon, I went to Tenmangu Shrine and Arashiyama.

Naoko: How do you feel?

Harumi: I'm tired.

She pursed her lips and smiled, and her mind involuntarily remembered the tone and demeanor in which he said this.

Naoko: Where's dinner?

Harumi: I haven't eaten yet. Take a break and find a place to solve it later.

Naoko: With them?

Harumi: That's what I planned.

Naoko didn't want to disturb his rest, so she didn't ask much, and after she stopped, there was no more news from his side, which made her a little disappointed.

Nothing else to say?

If you visit Kyoto and visit Tenmangu Shrine and Arashiyama, you can at least take some photos......

I don't want to share it with her, is it because I'm worried that she will be sad alone because she can't walk with him and see the photo?

Or are you really tired today?

Naoko was a little uneasy, but at the same time, she took the initiative to find a reason to explain his coldness.

"Naoko."

“…… One leaf. ”

She looked up, and Morimi appeared on the side of the platform at some point, looking at her.

Naoko put away her phone, "Did Kazuha just come back from the study school?" ”

"Hmm." Morimi sat down beside her, "Class ends early today. ”

Naoko nodded.

Morimi looked at her, "Haven't the three of them been repatriated yet?" ”

Naoko smiled, "It won't be like this. ”

"That guy is too messy."

Although she didn't say who it was, Naoko tacitly acquiesced that it was Naruse who she condemned: "It's Hikari who proposed it......"

Morimi shook her head, "If he objected, and in the end, only Hikaru wanted to go, she would give up this plan...... It was like that a long time ago. ”

Naoko pursed her lower lip and didn't say anything.

He chose to agree because she was a little moved by this matter, and now he has gone to Kyoto, and she has stayed here alone.

Seeing that she was silent, Morimi said again: "Anyway, it's only three days, and they'll be back soon." ”

Naoko cheered up and smiled at her, "Yes." ”

Buzz –

A new message has been sent.

Chunhai: It's time to eat.

Naoko: [Hungry, Rice]

Harumi: Is the bus coming?

Naoko: Not yet. Kazuha was waiting for the bus with me.

Harumi: OK.

Chunhai: Be careful on the road.

Morimi watched from the sidelines, and when he saw Naoko, he quickly put away his phone again and asked, "News from Naruse?" ”

"Yes."

"At this time, no matter where they went in the afternoon, it was almost time to go back to the hotel."

"Yes. Harumi said that they went to Tenmangu Shrine in the afternoon, as well as Arashiyama. ”

"Kitano Tenmangu Shrine? Yes, it's a must-see on a school trip......"

Morimi inadvertently showed a bit of yearning, and then said, "Has he entered the Imperial Soil Residence of the Tenmangu Palace?" Although the maple trees inside are not as large as Arashiyama, they are quite large. ”

Naoko was silent for a moment, "I don't know. ”

"Didn't he send a picture to Naoko?"

“……”

Naoko was silent for a longer time.

And more than a thousand kilometers away in Kyoto, Hikaru Takikawa and Starfish stood at the door of Naruse's room, waiting for him to come out.

"Let's go." Naruse closed the door and walked to the elevator.

The two followed, and Hikaru Takikawa asked, "Was Harumi in contact with Naoko just now?" ”

"Hmm. She had just left school and was still home. ”

"It's about the same time."

Hikaru Takikawa quickened his pace slightly, put one hand on his shoulder, and pressed the elevator button with the other.

Looking at the jumping numbers, she sighed a little, "Naoko was supposed to be with us." ”

"Naoko's parents are suddenly coming back, and there is no way to do it." Naruse said calmly.

Takigawa Hikaru looked at him, and did not dwell on this issue that could not be changed, but said:

"Starfish and I were sorting out the photos we took in the afternoon just now, and Harumi also took a lot of them, so let's pick some and send them to Naoko later."

Ding——

The elevator stopped on the fourth floor and soon opened, and Hikaru Takikawa and Starfish both entered, and Naruse hesitated to step forward.

There was no one else in the elevator.

Pressing the button on the first floor, he turned around and said, "Let's go back and talk about it." ”

"What?" Hikaru Takikawa didn't react for a while.

"I'm talking about sending pictures to Naoko."

"Huh...... Why? ”

"Because we're in Kyoto now, and Naoko is alone at home." Naruse said, looking at the starfish again, "What would you think if a friend sent you a photo of a starfish singing at a karaoke when you were home alone?" ”

Starfish was stunned for a moment, looked at the two of them separately, and honestly said his thoughts: "I would like to go to them......"

Hikaru Takikawa was silent for a long time, hugged the starfish in front of him from behind, and sighed weakly.

"Why can't Naoko's parents come back a little later two days?"

Naruse had already turned around.

"Don't overthink it."

Ding——

The elevator reached the ground floor, and the three of them left the hotel to find a place to fill their stomachs.

On Takikawa Tsuki's side, the inn will provide breakfast, lunch and dinner for the third-grade students and teachers, so they didn't go to her.

"Harumi has been to Kyoto several times, do you know where to find a good restaurant?"

"Except for last year's school trip, I came with my mother."

Standing on the side of the road, Naruse looked at Hikaru Takigawa and Starfish beside him, "At that time, the consumption of the restaurant I went to was relatively high. ”

"Ah, forget it......"

Takikawa Hikaru had a bitter face, and he made no secret of his financial embarrassment, "There are still many places to go tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and I didn't bring too much money." ”

Seeing her like this, Starfish nodded, "Me too." ”

"So don't count on my experience."

Naruse looked left and right, his gaze fixed on the direction of Shijo Bridge, "Let's go over there, there are many restaurants on Hanami Koji and Shirakawa, so you might be able to find something delicious and cheap." ”

"Let's go, then."

When the three of them were wandering around Arashiyama in the afternoon, they had eaten a few strings of soy sauce balls at a roadside shop, and they were not too hungry now, so they looked for them while shopping.

At this time, it was just night, and there were still many pedestrians on the road, and the direction of the flow could be vaguely seen. Naruse observed it a little, and sure enough, it was still mostly flowing into Hanamikoji and Shirakawa.

Coming to the intersection of Hanami Koji, Naruse looked at the two people behind him, "Let's go over here first." ”

"Okay."

Hikaru Takikawa agreed quickly, "I wanted to go in and have a look when I came over during the day." Can you meet a geisha at this time? ”

"It's hard to say."

Walking into Hanamikoji, the large and small cooking houses on both sides are already lit up at this time.

The three of them walked and watched, and Hikaru Takikawa occasionally stopped in front of a certain restaurant for a while, looking at the menu posted at the door, and often came back with a bitter face.

"The cheapest ones cost more than 16,000 yen...... Is this a high-end restaurant? ”

"Because you're picking shops that look very high-end."

After walking a little further, the three of them passed a cooking house with several lanterns, and a middle-aged woman who seemed to be a female general stood at the door.

She smiled gently and kindly at the three young men who were looking at her, and the three of them involuntarily slowed down at the same time.

Just glanced at the menu next to him, and the eye-catching price made Hikaru Takikawa sober up all of a sudden.

But she didn't stop getting closer.

"Sister, you're good."

Looking at the tall girl in front of her, but with a very delicate face, the smile on the female general's face deepened again, "Hello." ”

Naruse and Starfish also stopped and watched from the sidelines.

"It's so expensive." Hikaru Takikawa pointed to the menu next to him, "I don't have any money, can I get a discount?" ”

“……”

The general was stunned for a moment, then quickly smiled again, and then shook her head at her.

Hikaru Takikawa wasn't disappointed, "Are there any restaurants here that taste good and are relatively cheap?" ”

The female general looked at the girl in front of her for the third time, and saw that she was looking at her sincerely and expectantly, and she could not feel the slightest displeasure or annoyance in her heart.

"It's delicious and cheap, and there are really few restaurants like this in Hanamikoji. I happen to know a few, though. ”

She took out the pen and sticky notes she held at her waist, wrote a few store names on them, and handed them to Hikaru Takikawa.

"These are the few houses."

"Thank you—" she happily took the note, "I wish you a prosperous business." ”

The general smiled and nodded.

Saying goodbye to her, Hikaru Takikawa looked back at the two speechless companions and waved the sticky notes.

"Let's go."

Thank you to the book friend [this is very reasonable] alliance leader

(End of chapter)