Didi Di Di –

The moment he was woken up by the alarm clock, 10,000 reluctances popped up in Naruse's heart.

Fragmented dreams cluttered with memories, and he felt like he was still in Tokyo, lying on the couch in the living room, with starfish next to him, sitting Naoko, waiting for him to take them to the next place.

The place I'm going to today is Yokohama or Fujikawaguchiko......

Didi Di Di –

“……”

He opened his eyes, full of exasperation.

I can't go anywhere today, I have to go to school!

After a short vacation, the boredom of school is always particularly strong, and the alarm clock is slapped silently, and Naruse lies on his stomach for a while, waking up suddenly when he is about to fall asleep again.

“……”

He rolled over and sighed.

This time it's the turn of reason to get the upper hand.

He has left Tokyo and returned to the countryside, and he can't go out to play today, so he has to go to school for the opening ceremony.

Stretching his reluctant upper and lower eyelids, staring at the ceiling for a while, the deranged fragments of memories shuttling through his mind, Naruse suddenly relented and let them rest a little.

And when he opened his eyes again, it was already Naoko who came up and knocked on the door.

"Spring Sea!"

After struggling a few times, Naruse finally managed to get up.

Yawning and putting on his uniform, and then tying the red tie that already represented the second-graders, he went downstairs to wash up.

Naoko woke him up and hurried downstairs to prepare breakfast.

On the table in the living room are also souvenirs that Morimi brought yesterday, some Hokkaido snacks.

He had reason to suspect that he couldn't wake up in the morning because he had eaten a few more booginifers last night.

Whoop -

Brushing his teeth and washing his face, and fixing his hair and tie a little in front of the mirror, Naruse walked out of the bathroom feeling refreshed — at least it seems.

She went to the kitchen to help Naoko prepare breakfast and take over the last miso soup, so she could find time to wash up.

She was also woken up by an alarm clock.

Sitting down at the table again, the two of them ate breakfast, yawning constantly.

"How strange...... Obviously, I didn't sleep late last night, and I always felt like I didn't get enough sleep. ”

"It's probably called holiday syndrome." "Especially since we only came back from Tokyo yesterday. ”

Naoko nodded, "I've been in Tokyo all my morning's dreams." Ah, the starfish ......"

"I probably won't see her today."

"Today is the first day of school......

Naruse took out his phone and casually sent a message to the starfish, but he didn't show that he had read it for half a day.

"Huh."

"I'll give the starfish a call." Naoko made a phone call, waited for more than a minute, and was about to hang up, when someone finally answered.

"Naoko?" Her voice sounded quite energetic, not like she had just woken up.

"Is the starfish already up?"

"Hmm. I was having breakfast just now, and my phone was in my room. What's wrong? ”

“……”

Naoko glanced at Naruse, she was on the hands-free, and he could hear it clearly.

"It's fine." He lowered his head and took a sip of the soup, "Hang up." ”

"Huh?"

"I'm sorry, we'll see you later."

"Oh......"

A second before hanging up the phone, Naoko vaguely heard Starfish muttering inexplicably.

"It should be the starfish that Uncle Seiichiro woke up with." Naruse guessed without any basis.

"Probably." Naoko smiled and continued to eat breakfast.

After breakfast, I went out and came to the bus stop, where starfish and Morimi had already arrived.

After explaining the reason for the call to Starfish, she just pouted and didn't say anything more.

"Come back a day earlier, and that won't be the case." Morimi said.

Naruse yawned, "Time is tight." ”

"Obviously I'm just playing ......"

Waiting for the bus, a few more students in Tsubaka uniforms came to the platform, and the ties on their chests were dark green.

"Senpai-"

They are first-year students who have just entered their studies in April.

Even though they all live nearby, Naruse only remembers their faces, and Naoko can call out their names to all three.

Morimi looked at one of the girls, "Didn't Yako say that she was going to go to the Holy High School?" ”

"Uh......h Don't mention it......"

Another girl asked Starfish if she had ever been harassed by her teachers at school for her blonde hair, and if not, she planned to dye her hair.

With his fingertips wrapped around his blonde hair, Haixing took out the style of his senior sister and said casually: "As long as it's not too out of line, there will be basically no problem." ”

"What does it mean to be out of line?"

"Hmm...... Colorful? ”

"Huh? That's ugly, who would dye it like that......"

"All in all, it's okay to be like me. Tsu high school style is free, rest assured. The starfish said in a calm tone from the person who came over, and suddenly noticed that Naruse next to him was looking at him, and his momentum fell again.

“…… Why? ”

He just smiled and didn't say anything, and then looked at Naoko, who was introducing the Tsingao club to another school girl with a smile.

"Well, the biggest club is the Craft Club."

"Which club does Sister Shangzi belong to?"

"It's a handicraft club."

"Then Sister Shangzi should know more about the handicraft club, and I'm also a little interested."

"What ...... say?"

Not long after, a motorcycle came from near and far and stopped in front of the platform.

"Good morning."

The rider pushed up the mask of his helmet and greeted a few people on the platform.

"Good morning, Hikari."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled slightly, took off the other helmet hanging in front of him, and patted the cushion behind him with his other hand, "I can take someone to school, oh, which of you wants to come up?" ”

"Take me, take me—"

"Sister Hikari!"

Several first-year freshmen reacted strongly, and she just smiled and looked at her peers.

Several people looked at each other.

"Do you want to sit on the starfish?" Morimi asked.

"I'm ......," Starfish glanced quickly to the side, "forget it for today." ”

She looked at the two people she was looking at, "Naruse and Naoko, probably won't sit either." ”

The two nodded.

Morimi took the helmet from Hikaru Takikawa and sat down behind her, "Let's go." ”

"Sit tight."

"Hmm."

She adjusted her sitting position slightly, pressed the skirt of the pressed suit, and hugged her waist again.

"Why don't you take me to school every day?"

"Okay, no problem."

"It's an hour earlier."

"Oh, don't."

In the end, he waved his hand to the three of Naruse, and Hikaru Takikawa pulled off his mask and took Morimi to school first.

"Bye-bye~ I'll see you later."

Shortly after the two left, the bus also came.

Squeezed into the car, and both Naruse and Naoko successfully occupied their seats.

Haixing hesitated and missed the opportunity, watching as the younger students occupied the remaining seats and could only stand.

Naruse looked back at her twice, "Come here." ”

Others were getting on the bus, the bus was humming, and starfish grabbed the handrails and squeezed beside him.

Naruse got up, she was stunned for a moment, and was pulled directly to the seat by him.

He grabbed the handrail and stood firm, "The car is going to go." ”

She sat down.

"Thank you......"

Naruse looked ahead, his body swayed with the bus that suddenly started, and then he was hit by a school girl next to him who didn't stand firmly.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Brother Naruse......"

"It's fine."

Naruse helped her by the hand, quickly let go, and looked at Naoko who was sitting inside.

"I also want to get a motorcycle driver's license."

She smiled, "Okay." ”

Starfish looked at them.

"After that, I was the only one on the bus......"

"You can also get a driver's license...... No, forget it. Aren't you allowed to ride your bike to school? ”

"It's too tiring to ride to school."

"Just exercise."

"Don't ...... The legs will get thicker. ”

After more than 20 minutes, the bus stopped at the prefectural Tsugarae Station.

"It's here."

Following the flow of people and getting out of the car, the three of them walked towards the school.

Along the way, the crowd gathered, and students in Tsugaraka uniforms rushed to this side, and acquaintances greeted each other.

The starfish walked and looked left and right.

"I feel completely different from half a month ago."

"What does it feel?" Naoko asked.

"The feeling of the seniors." Naruse said.

"Uh-huh." Starfish nodded.

Naoko smiled.

Looking at the slightly immature, dazed and uneasy faces in the crowd, she not only felt a sense of peace of mind from the past, but also couldn't help but recall the scene when she entered school a year ago.

"That's how seniors felt." Naruse said as he looked at her from the side.

"Uh-huh."

After walking for a while and walking into the gate of Tianjin High School, which they hadn't seen for a long time, the mood of the three of them became more or less nervous.

"Hikari and Kazuha have already arrived, so I should have seen the placement information for the second grade......"

Starfish took out his phone and looked at the calm group, "Why don't you say anything." ”

"I'll see it right away anyway."

Naruse looked ahead, the atrium was crowded with people, and the placement of each grade and class for the new semester had also been posted on the bulletin board.

To get to the classroom, you have to know which class you are assigned to, and the three of them squeeze over there.

"Where are you going, second grade is over here."

Naruse grabbed the starfish who was walking towards the first grade.

"Oooh...... Forgot. ”

I'm too nervous......

I just said that I have the feeling of a senior.

Starfish blushed and squeezed in with him and Shangzi.

"Hmm!" Naruse suddenly stopped, and she bumped into his back, and he didn't move, but he didn't react.

She looked at him, and his eyes were straight enough to see the class inside.

“……”

Naruse took a deep breath.

Naoko wasn't tall enough to see anything, and was still trying to squeeze in.

Turning her head to notice his expression, her heart sank sharply, and her footsteps stopped.

Looking at each other, Naruse pursed her lower lip.

"Naoko is in Class C, and so is Starfish."

She looked at him.

“…… What about Chunhai? ”

"Year 2 Class A."

“……”

Naoko moved her lips, didn't say anything, turned her head and continued to squeeze in.

She wouldn't doubt his words, but she wanted to see the real placement with her own eyes.

Squeezed in again, and finally came to the bulletin board, the first thing she saw was the list of students in the second-year E class in front of her.

【Year 2 Class E】

Hikaru Takikawa

……

"Light ......"

Naoko swept up and down, there were a few familiar names in Class E, but among the companions, Hikari was the only one.

She looked to the left again.

【Year 2 Class C】

This flower Naoko

……

She saw her name at a glance.

Further down is the name of the starfish.

There is no spring sea.

“……”

Naoko took a deep breath.

"Class A ...... in the second year"

She squeezed to the left again and came to the placement information of Class A in the second year.

【Year 2 Class A】

Harumi Naruse

……

His name was also instantly recognizable to her.

But she saw more than just his name.

【Morimi Kazuha】

“……”

Naoko couldn't remember how she had squeezed out of the crowd.

When she came back to her senses, she only heard the starfish beside her say:

"Harumi and Kazuha are in Class A...... I'm in Class C...... Is there only one in Class E? ”

"Hmm."

Naoko looked at Naruse, who also looked at her, and after a short silence, he barely managed to squeeze out a smile.

"Year 2 Class A and Year 2 Class C, I remember both coming on the fourth floor...... It's also very close. ”

“…… Yes. ”

Naoko quickly smiled and looked at the starfish again.

"Great, fortunately, Starfish is also in Class C, so I didn't leave anyone alone."

"Uh-huh."

For the matter of being assigned to a class with him, Starfish didn't have much expectation, and he couldn't say that he was disappointed at this time, and his mood recovered quickly.

At least she wasn't alone, she was satisfied.

Naoko looked at Naoko for a while, took her hand, and pulled her out.

"Let's go up."

"Hmm."

The moment he turned around, Haixing saw the smile on Naoko's face disappear all of a sudden, biting his lip tightly, frowning, and looking like he was about to cry.

“……”

She froze.

So Naoko cares so much......

"Starfish?"

After taking a few steps, Naruse looked back at her.

“…… Ah, here it is. ”

Starfish followed, and Naoko looked to the side with a pronged face, and she couldn't see any more expression.

The second grade is the link between the three grades, but the classroom is the highest, either on the fourth or fifth floor.

Go up the middle staircase and up to the fourth floor, where the three of them are separated at the top of the staircase.

Class A is on the left side of the staircase, while Class C is on the other side across the stairs from Class B.

"We're over."

"Hmm."

Naoko waved her hand at Naruse and pulled the starfish towards Class C.

Looking at the backs of the two, he turned around and walked into the classroom of Class A, looking for his seat on the blackboard.

"The window row, the last seat." Someone next to him said.

“……”

He turned his head to look at her, "Why are the first and second grades in the same class?" ”

"Who knows." Morimi crossed his arms and pushed down his glasses.

"Where's your seat?"

"Here." She held out her hand and pointed to the second-to-last seat in the row by the window, "In front of you." ”

“……”

Naruse stared at the seating chart twice more and turned to walk towards his seat.

When he sat down, Morimi also sat down in the seat in front of him and turned around again.

"I wouldn't have come with the light if I had known."

Naruse looked at her.

"You don't know how disappointed Hikari was after seeing the class placement just now." Morimi continued.

He forced a smile.

"I can imagine it."

Not only did he have no peers in the class, but the classroom was still in a lonely corner on the fifth floor, so he would have been depressed for a while.

No wonder the two arrived at school first and didn't say anything in the group chat.

"Naoko and Starfish are in Class C."

"Hmm."

Morimi looked at him, "I'm disappointed." ”

Naruse looked out the window, not wanting to speak.

"I think it's good."

“……”

He glanced at her, "Not only will you not be able to get the first place in the grade now, but you will also be the first in the class." ”

Morimi snorted, but he didn't look very upset, and turned around again.

Naruse continued to look out the window.

Not to mention anything else, the window position on the fourth floor has a much better view than his original seat.

"Kazuha—"

A cheer drew his attention, and he looked over to see a bespectacled girl standing next to Morimi's seat, her face full of joy.

"Great, the second grade is also divided into a class."

"Apricot ......"

Looking at Ogasawara, a hint of surprise flashed on Morimi's face, "You are also assigned to Class A." ”

"Eh, didn't you notice it before?"

"Hmm, I noticed."

"Liar, the expression of Yiye just now ......"

Ogasawara said as she casually glanced at the boy behind her seat who had been staring at them, and was stunned for a moment.

"My boyfriend is too!"

“……”

Naruse looked at Morimi who turned around, and she shook her head, "I've explained this many times. ”

He looked at Ogasawara again.

"I remember, you're Kobayashi's girlfriend."

“……”

Ogasawara's eyes widened suddenly, and his face quickly turned red.

"What girlfriend, don't talk nonsense......"

"Then please don't talk nonsense."

Ogasawara looked at him, didn't say anything, and then leaned down on Morimi's table and whispered to her.

Naruse was reminded, and looked at the seating chart on the blackboard, looking for a familiar name.

"Ito and Kobayashi ......"

Ito Xiong and Kobayashi Masa, who are in Class C in the first year, are also divided into Class A in the second year.

Naruse searched according to the seating chart, Kobayashi was not in the classroom, and Ito Yu had already arrived, beckoning to him as he looked.

Naruse also waved in response.

There were also a few girls from the original C class, who he was not familiar with, so he didn't say hello.

After a while, a familiar figure appeared at the door of the classroom.

Looking at the doorway, she walked straight over and lay down on Naruse's table like a corpse.

"I'm tired of studying."

“……”

Naruse pursed her lower lip, "Doesn't Hikari have friends everywhere." ”

Hikaru Takikawa sighed deeply and turned her head to look at him.

"It's different......"

"I can't help it."

"It's unfair that the first and second grades are in Class A. Yiye, can you change shifts with me...... Please. ”

"Yes." Morimi also turned around, "But I said it doesn't count. ”

Hikaru Takikawa lay down weakly.

"It's completely different from the second grade I was expecting......"

"You're not expecting all five of us to be in a class, are you?" Naruse said.

"Yes."

"That disappointment is inevitable."

She sighed again.

"What should I do......"

"I'll be able to get used to it after a while."

“…… Chunhai said again. ”

"Because there's no other way but to accept it."

Hikaru Takikawa suddenly stopped talking.

After lying on her stomach for a while, she got up and looked out the window in silence.

"Light?"

"I'm up."

Smiling at him and Morimi, Hikaru Takikawa left Class A.

The two looked at each other.

"She's not going to do anything."

"I don't know ......"

During the conversation, the teacher of Class A of the second year also walked into the classroom.

"Everybody's back to their seats—"

Grand Chapter

(End of chapter)