Every Friday, there are relatively few people in the club after school, not to mention that today's first-graders have just returned from the ski resort, and with the tiredness after the excitement, many of them go home directly after school.

This is the case here at the Restoration Department.

"Naoko, I'm going back too."

"Okay, be careful on the road."

Seeing off the last second-year senior, Naoko looked at the three people sitting in the corner, "Let's go back too." ”

"Hmm."

Naruse got up and looked at Morimi and Starfish, "Let's go." ”

Starfish nodded slowly, and Morimi got up directly and began to pack his things, moving quickly.

Leaving the department, the four of them went downstairs together.

"The school is almost gone." Naoko said.

"It's not early."

Walking out of the annex building and into the atrium, Naruse looked back at Morimi and Starfish who were following behind him, and then at Naoko.

"Where are you going to eat today?"

"Didn't Harumi say last time that you wanted to go to that Spanish restaurant in Tsutemachi?"

"Right...... Then go there. ”

"Uh-huh."

He turned back again, "Are you guys coming?" ”

Naoko was stunned.

Starfish was also stunned and looked at Morimi, while she looked at him and nodded calmly.

"Okay."

Naoko looked at the two of them, smiled when Mori saw them, and said nothing.

After leaving the school, several people walked towards Totemachi, with Naruse walking in front.

"Where are we going?" Starfish asks Naoko.

"HAVE STARFISH BEEN TO THAT ALPORTO SPANISH RESTAURANT IN TOTEMACHI?"

"I haven't been there, but I've heard about it...... But wasn't that shop closed a long time ago? ”

Naoko smiled, "I don't know what the situation was before, but now, the store has reopened." ”

"...... like this"

Starfish looked at Morimi again, and she just looked ahead.

When they arrived at Totemachi, they quickly found a Spanish restaurant located across from the main restaurant of Kinshodo.

Walking into the store, there are not many seats to choose from, and Naruse lets the three girls decide.

"Just sit over there." Naoko pointed to the bar.

Naruse glanced at the empty four-person table not far away, and didn't say anything, "Hmm." ”

She walked over, pulled out chairs for Starfish and Morimi, waited for the two of them to sit down, and then sat down next to Starfish, turning her head to look at Naruse.

He sat down next to her.

The menu was placed in front of him, and Naruse flipped through it and asked for a signature paella.

Seeing Starfish staring at the menu in a daze, he said, "Just order it." ”

"Hmmm......"

She asked for a Spanish mushroom stew, hesitated for a moment, and asked for a hash brown.

Naoko and Morimi also ordered something each.

While waiting, Naruse took a look at the interior of the store.

On the bar and wine racks, there are many Spanish-style vases with strange shapes, and some unique art works are hung on the walls.

Seeing him staring at a painting, Naoko also looked over.

"What a strange painting...... Was it drawn by a child? ”

Naruse smiled, "It was painted by Picasso." ”

"Ahh

Morimi glanced around the store a few times, and his eyes fell on him and Shoko again.

Buzz –

Naruse picked up his phone and glanced at it.

“……”

He quickly put down his phone.

"What's wrong?" Naoko asked.

"It's fine." Naruse shook his head, his gaze swept over Morimi's face.

I didn't have to wait too long, and the food ordered by several people was delivered one after another.

Looking at a large plate of risotto garnished with clams, shrimp, squid, scallops and other seafood in front of Naruse, starfish's eyes straightened.

"It's so hearty......"

"That's what paella is all about." Morimi said, "Let's have a starfish, too." ”

"I've already ordered stew and hash browns, and I can't eat that much ......"

"It's okay, how much can you eat. Anyway, it was his money spent, and it was wasted. ”

“……”

Naruse's hand holding the fork paused, and then forked a squid leg into his mouth, when he didn't hear it.

Digging into another spoonful of rice, he chewed it, swallowed it and said, "It tastes so good." ”

Naoko nodded, and her Madrid stew was delivered.

The delicacy was in front of them, and the four of them had no desire to communicate for the time being, and even Morimi was paying more attention to the paella in front of him at this time.

After eating for a while, Naruse took out his phone and took a look, and Hikaru Takikawa sent a message and asked him what he was doing.

Click!

Naruse: [Image]

Naruse: Eat out.

Hikari: Ah.

Naruse: [Image]

Naruse: Starfish and Morimi are also there.

Hikari: Ah!

Naruse: Who told you to go back first.

Hikari: Ahhh

Naruse: Next time.

Hikari: Ahhh

“……”

He smiled.

Naoko looked over, and he put the phone on the table: "It's light." ”

She looked at it twice, and smiled.

"What's wrong?" Morimi on the other side asked.

"Message of light."

Naruse's mobile phone became a reading board.

"When I go back later, I'm going to say hello to Sister Yue." Morimi said.

"I'll go too, it's a common exam tomorrow."

Naoko said so, and Naruse naturally nodded.

"Then I'll go too." Starfish said.

Exiting the chat interface with Hikaru Takikawa, seeing that the message he had just sent was indeed deleted, Morimi sneered and passed the phone to Naruse.

Buzz –

“……”

He glanced at the news, put it aside again, and continued to eat.

After nearly half an hour, all four of them finished eating, and compared to when there were only Naruse and Shoko before, it was already very fast.

Naruse settled the bill, and the four of them left the restaurant and stood at the door for a while.

The next bus back is more than forty minutes away.

"Do you want to wait on the platform, or go back to the restaurant and sit down a little longer?" Naoko asked.

Naruse glanced back, their plates had all been cleaned up, and a few more waiting guests sat down.

"There's no place left."

"Let's go to the bookstore at the station." Morimi proposed, "I want to buy a new question bank." ”

So the group moved towards Central Station.

When he came to the bookstore, Morimi looked for the tutorial book area and stood in front of the bookshelf to pick it up.

The other three spun around, gradually separating.

When Naoko walked between the other row of bookshelves, Naruse picked up a Kyoto University math problem bank and walked towards Morimi.

"Need this?"

Morimi glanced at him and the book in his hand, "I already have this one." ”

"Isn't it too early to do the questions for the third-grade entrance exam?"

"Is it too early...... So when did you and the starfish get to that point? ”

“……”

Naruse glanced at the bookshelf behind him, but Naoko didn't come.

"What do you want to say?"

"If you don't remember, just look at the message I just resent to you: When did you and the starfish kiss?"

“……”

Naruse took a deep breath.

"Did the starfish tell you?"

"She told me unintentionally."

He pursed his lower lip and looked past her to the starfish standing in front of another row of bookshelves.

She tilted her head and looked at the past exam questions of various universities on the bookshelf, her face was dazed.

"Does it matter, it's over."

"It's important."

Morimi looked at him, "It's about who takes the initiative more between Naruse and Starfish;

It is also related to Naruse's attitude towards the starfish, whether it is to avoid or abandon. ”

“……”

She paused.

"It's also about ...... What I'm going to do now is to help Starfish come out of unrequited love, or to help you abandon her more completely. ”

(End of chapter)