Opening the shoe cabinet, several boxes of chocolates have fallen.

“……”

Naruse only had time to catch one of them, lowered his head and picked it up, and then looked in the shoe cabinet, the upper column was already stuffed.

"It's so popular." Morimi poked his head out next to him and said.

Naruse glanced at her, "Isn't your shoe cabinet over there?" ”

"Can't pass by?"

After looking at the various beautifully packaged gift boxes in the shoe cabinet, and then at him, she turned around and went to the shoe cabinet in Class E.

Starfish watched from afar, glad he didn't choose to give away chocolates in this way.

On second thought, we all went to school together, and she didn't have the opportunity to do that unless she got up early in the morning.

"It's really idle......" she muttered as she heard Morimi, who had come around to change his shoes.

"What?"

"I mean the ...... who spend their time on packaging"

She paused.

The chocolate sent by the starfish is not simply packaged.

"No, I mean it's going to be an exam today, and those girls still have the heart to get up early in the morning to deliver chocolates."

Starfish smiled absent-mindedly.

Morimi suddenly sighed.

"What's wrong......

Looking along her line of sight, I saw Hikaru Takikawa standing in front of the open shoe cabinet, and the surrounding ground was littered with gift boxes.

"That's a lot...... starfish muttered.

"yes."

Morimi shook his head, took out his shoes and changed, and didn't care about that side anymore.

"Light ......"

"It's fine."

After two more looks, the starfish also changed their shoes.

In front of the shoe cabinet on the other side, Naoko and Naruse help Hikaru Takikawa pick up the chocolate gift boxes scattered on the ground.

"How can there be so many?"

Hikaru Takikawa smiled happily, picked one up casually and looked at the name, "It's all from a friend." ”

Looking at the stuffed shoe cabinet, Naruse shook his head, "I can't fit it, let's take it." ”

"Okay."

The three of them went upstairs with chocolates in their arms, and when they arrived at the classroom, they found more gift boxes on her desk.

"You're getting a little too popular."

"Haha."

Putting all the chocolates on her table, Naruse came to her seat, feeling that something was wrong, and glanced down.

“……”

There were also boxes of chocolates in the desks.

He looked at Naoko, and she looked at him too, and smiled at him, not surprised.

"Let's put it in the locker first." Naoko said.

"Hmm."

Lockers require a key to open, so they are spared.

With the intention of putting it in and not taking it out again, he stuffed the chocolates in the desk into the locker one by one, and Naruse looked at the few copies given by his companions in his school bag, hesitated for a moment, and did not take them out.

Anyway, it can be pretended.

As for the chocolates in the locker and shoe closet, when you are free, just find a bag to pack and take home.

Thinking of what Morimi said on the bus, he had a headache again.

"Do you have to return the gift next month......

He turned around, and Takikawa Mitsumasa looked at the chocolates on the table one by one, and if there was a note on the box, he would look at it a few more times.

"Light."

She smiled and looked up, "Huh? ”

Naruse roughly counted the chocolates on the table, and there were fifty or sixty servings to say the least.

"Are you going to return every chocolate?"

“……”

Hikaru Takikawa was stunned, his eyes swept away, and he was a little sober.

"I can't afford it."

"So......" She picked up a gift box and shook it, listening to the chocolates hitting back and forth, and looked back and forth, left and right.

"If you don't leave a name like this, you don't have to return the gift."

Naruse looked at her, "Open it and take a look." ”

She opened the box.

“……”

Inside is a pink card with text written all over it.

"Ah, it's natal ......"

After staring at the card in her hand for a while, the smile on her face faded.

Finally, she looked up and smiled at him.

"It looks like this one has to be repaid."

Naruse also smiled and didn't say much.

"Let's pack it up quickly, we have exams later."

"Harumi is here to help me."

He got up and went over to help her carry the chocolates and stuff them into the locker.

"The ones I received won't be opened." Naruse suddenly muttered.

Hikaru Takikawa glanced at him and laughed, "You can't run away." ”

"I don't even know them."

"There should be a lot of chocolates given by the girls in class C, and I still know a few of them."

The two stuffed chocolates into the locker, but they couldn't fit a single compartment, so they borrowed Naoko's locker again.

A few boys came in through the back door, noticed that the two were busy with something, and unconsciously stopped their footsteps and stood by to watch.

"What's this...... Chocolate? ”

"Chocolate."

"Someone else sent it?"

The two nodded.

"So many?"

"Hmm."

It wasn't until the two of them stuffed all the chocolate in them that they shifted and returned to their empty seats.

"The shoe cabinet is empty, and so are the desks...... The guy who was going to bring me chocolates was too shy, did he want to wait until when school was over? ”

"Haha."

"You say, could it be that you accidentally put it there in Takigawa?"

“…… Sober up, Kobayashi. ”

And before Nakahara Xue came over for the morning shift meeting, many girls came to Class C and personally gave chocolates to Hikaru Takikawa.

"Thank you. I'm so happy, I feel like I can't calm down anymore for the exam. ”

"Okay, I'll repeat the grade with the light."

"Hey, don't repeat a grade, I'm still thinking about being in a class with Hikari after I get promoted to the second grade......"

Naruse glanced back a few times, and the excitement in the back seat continued until the bell rang.

"All back to their seats......"

Seeing the colorful gift boxes piled up on Takigawa's light table from a distance, Nakahara Xue was stunned for a few seconds before remembering what she was going to say.

"Well, I can understand everyone's feelings, but there are more important exams today......"

At 9 o'clock in the morning, as the exam papers were distributed to each student, the first subject of the annual exam, mathematics, officially began.

This is also the last exam for the first grade.

Naruse glanced at it, quickly going through the topic, frowning slightly, and then looking back at Hikaru Takikawa.

It took a few seconds for her to notice his gaze and look up.

“……”

Relatively speechless, Naruse pointed to the test paper on her desk with his gaze, and reminded her with the most serious expression possible: This exam is not easy, and you can't be careless.

She smiled and made an OK gesture.

"-Over there, what's the problem?" The invigilator noticed the small movements of the two.

"Nope."

Naruse turned back, looked at Naoko who was looking at him on the other side, and nodded at her.

Watching him turn his head, stare at the test paper for a few moments, and then pick up the pen and write something, Naoko inhaled slightly.

It's so fast......

It is worthy of the sea of spring.

Retracting her gaze, she sat up straight, put away all her distractions, and began to answer.

In this matter, she also needs to be closer to him.

The outline of this volume is almost 7,000 words, and it is time to wrap up.

In addition, I wanted to take a few days of rest after going home and adjust my state, but I came up with another recommendation...... Let's talk about it at the end of the month or next month.

Next week, it should be possible to revert back to 5,000 word updates.

(End of chapter)