The next morning.

Restaurant on the twenty-fifth floor.

When Morimi was about to finish breakfast, Naruse came up with Naoko.

And he yawned constantly, his eyes were blank, and he didn't know what he was looking at, or Naoko noticed her first.

She pulled him over, "Good morning, Kazuha." ”

"Good morning."

Naoko looked at her plate, "Kazuha came so early." ”

"It's okay, there were already a lot of people when I came."

"Didn't the starfish wake up?"

"She's still asleep."

Morimi said, glancing at Naruse who yawned again, "Didn't you sleep well last night?" ”

"Hmm."

"No wonder he didn't wake up." She looked at him and said, her face also with dark circles under her eyes.

The message sent to him had not been read, and she got up early, waited for a while, and had to come up for breakfast by herself.

Now it seems that eighty percent of him fell asleep after reading the news.

I just don't know how Naoko woke him up......

"What is Spring Sea going to eat?"

Naoko also looked at Naruse, "Sit down first, I'll bring it for you." ”

"No, you don't."

He shook his head, took another deep breath, and became more conscious, "Let's line up together, I want to get more." ”

"Uh-huh."

The two went over and lined up.

Staring at them for a while, Morimi ate the last slice of bacon and yawned uncontrollably.

“…… So sleepy. ”

Sending Takikawa Moon to the exam room and back to the hotel, Naruse and Morimi went straight back to the room to catch up on sleep - they had to check out at ten o'clock, and he went to the front desk to stay in each other's rooms for another four hours before going upstairs.

No one disturbed him, and Naruse slept until more than ten o'clock in the morning.

When he woke up, Naoko was lying on the other half of the bed, not far from him, and seemed to be asleep as well.

“……”

Did she stay here after he fell asleep?

Also...... She and Sister Takigawa's room had already been evacuated first.

Looking at the half-drawn curtains, Naruse turned his head and stared at Naoko's side face for a while.

Reaching out, he touched her cheek.

Delicate, soft, full and full.

After stroking it lightly for a while, his consciousness was a little difficult to concentrate, and he looked at the ceiling above his head, and his hand slowly withdrew.

“……”

The hand was held again.

He turned his head, and Naoko was already on his side, looking at him with both eyes, and smiling as he looked at him.

"I accidentally fell asleep......"

"Hmm."

She took his hand and pulled it closer.

Naruse looked for it, but didn't see the phone, "What time is it?" ”

"About ten o'clock."

"Hmm...... They're human. ”

"Kazuha is sleeping, and the starfish probably hasn't woken up yet. Hikari, he said he wanted to go outside, so he went out before. ”

"Yes."

Naruse looked at the ceiling again, raised his other hand, and wiped it on his face.

Naoko shifted and moved a little closer, "Didn't you sleep enough?" ”

"No ......"

He shook his head, "It's just that the more I sleep, the sleepier I get...... It's like oversleeping in the middle of a nap. ”

Naoko smiled.

"Do you want to get up?"

"Hmm......"

Naruse looked at the ceiling, "Let me think about it for a moment." ”

"Hmm."

She curled up, lowered her head, and rubbed against his hand.

Turning his head to look at her for a moment, he also got up sideways, facing her side.

“……”

When Naoko opened his eyes again, he was already asleep again.

"Good night."

With a light kiss on the back of his hand, she closed her eyes again and clasped his hand tightly.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the last course of the Takigawa monthly entrance exam ended.

The moment she walked out of the examination room, her heart was calmer than ever.

Her gaze slowly moved down from the clear blue sky, and she smiled at the sight of a few people waiting outside.

"It's over."

Hikaru Takikawa strode over and gave her a long, silent hug.

"Light ......"

"Congratulations, Sister Yue."

Being held by his sister, Takigawa Yue looked at the four of them and suddenly frowned.

"Okay, where the hell have you been? At noon, only one person came to eat with me. ”

“……”

Naruse glanced at Naoko, then at Morimi and Starfish, and could only speak to himself:

"Sister Yue......"

She laughed again, "Just kidding, have you rested enough now?" ”

"That's enough." Naruse said, and Morimi and Starfish also nodded.

"That's good."

Takigawa patted her sister on the back again, "Let's go eat something first, I'm a little hungry." Then, after eating, go to the mall – I've been putting up with it for two days! ”

"Okay."

Letting go of her sister, Hikaru Takikawa looked at her again, and then turned her head again, a smile already on her face.

"Let's go."

She was in a clear direction as she led the way, and it was clear that she had gained something during the day, and she wasn't just wandering aimlessly.

When I came to the vicinity of the station, I walked past the restaurant where I had eaten last night, and Naruse, Morimi, and Starfish glanced at each other.

"This shop doesn't seem to be bad." Hikaru Takikawa said, "But the store I like has a better review, so I'll come back next time I have a chance." ”

"Really......"

The shop she fancied was in front of it, a famous local beef tongue shop in Sendai, and it was not yet five o'clock when a few people came, and they already had to queue up.

"Didn't you have an appointment?"

"You can't make a reservation at this store, you can only queue up."

Fortunately, they didn't arrive too late, and after waiting for about fifteen minutes, it was their turn to be vacant and they went in together.

The specialty of this restaurant is the charcoal-grilled beef tongue grilled by the chef himself, and the day is enough time to eliminate the greasy taste of the beef tongue of the three people who "stole it" last night, and their seats are just right to see the live cooking in the bar, and the starfish's eyes are straight when they smell the aroma of the roasted beef tongue.

The beef tongue grilled by a professional chef is so tender and delicious that several people almost swallow their own tongues.

The oxtail soup is also very delicious, a few pieces of oxtail meat are cooked softly, delicious and easy to swallow, and several people are very satisfied.

After dinner, Takikawa Tsuki's classmates who had gone to other university exams also returned to Sendai Station.

Two of the boys can't wait to go back, while the remaining girls choose to go to the mall with Takikawa Tsuki.

After strolling around until about 8 o'clock in the evening, the group still got on the Shinkansen back to Aomori.

"It's time to go home."

On the bus, several first-graders sat together.

The train sped along the tracks, leaving the bustling city and plunging headlong into the dark mountains.

Naruse looked back, and the third-grade seniors, who were still very excited just now, were all sitting quietly at this time, showing a little tiredness more or less.

Other than that, almost everyone has a little dazed on their faces.

Even Takikawa Yue, who was full of confidence after the exam, was looking out the window in a daze at this time, not knowing what he was thinking.

"It's over." Morimi said softly.

Naruse looked back, "Hmm." ”

A little over an hour later, the train arrived at Shin-Aomori Station.

"I'll go back first."

"Uh-huh, our tram is almost there, too. See you at school in a few days! ”

"See you at school."

Takigawa Yohei, who was already waiting here, brought back a few children he had brought back the day before yesterday.

"Good work." He said to his eldest daughter next to him.

Takigawa nodded slowly, tears streaming down silently.

"For the rest of the day, get some rest."

"Good ......"

In the back seat, Starfish looked ahead and asked Morimi next to him in a low voice.

"When will the results of the exam be available?"

"It won't be long." Morimi said, looking out the window again.

It was another rare sunny night.

The moonlight reflects the snow, and it is white.

"Probably...... It will be before the graduation ceremony. ”

Last month's monthly pass target is added

(End of chapter)