Morimi came out of the shower, wiped his hair, and went upstairs to his room.

Naturally, starfish followed.

Lying on the bed, she talked about what she had seen and heard in the restoration department that afternoon.

“…… Later, Naoko came over. And then...... Suddenly they started hugging and kissing. ”

Morimi was lying outside, turning his head to look at her, "In front of the starfish?" ”

"Hmm...... He just wanted me to see it. ”

"I think so."

Most of the starfish's face was buried in the pillow and rubbed a few more times, trying to erase the memory of the time, but the scene of the two hugging and kissing each other became clearer and clearer in his mind.

"It's too ......"

Morimi was silent for a moment, looking at the ceiling.

"However, the person who stays there and doesn't leave is actually a starfish."

“……”

"And Naoko is now his real girlfriend. Hugs, kisses...... It couldn't be more normal. ”

“……”

The starfish didn't speak again for a long time.

Morimi turned his head to look, only to realize that she was crying silently.

"Sorry......"

She sighed, flipped over, and reached out to wipe the tears from her eyes.

"You can cry too much...... I mean, starfish, stop hurting yourself. If you don't see it, you don't hear it, and you won't have so many troubles. ”

She sniffled, "It's not that simple......"

Morimi withdrew his hand, "If the starfish doesn't try it first, how do you know that you can't do it." ”

"Everyone lives together and is still in the same school, how can they not see each other......"

"What I mean is that starfish don't take the initiative to go to him, reduce non-essential communication, be separated for a while, survive the withdrawal reaction, and slowly get used to life without him." Morimi said.

"What is withdrawal?" Starfish asked.

Morimi thought for a moment.

"The urge to see him, to talk to him."

"Then I'm in a withdrawal reaction right now." Starfish muttered.

“……”

Morimi pursed his lower lip.

"Bear with me."

"At this time, I can't go to him." She whispered.

"Not just now, but in the future."

The starfish stopped talking again.

Morimi looked at her for a moment, "I turned off the lights." ”

"Ah, okay."

Smack.

She turned off the bedside light, and the room suddenly became dark.

The two of them lay on their own minds, and they were silent in unison.

I don't know how long it took, the starfish restrained his movements and slowly turned over.

"Can't sleep?" Morimi suddenly spoke.

"Ah...... I thought Kazuha had fallen asleep. ”

"I fell asleep, I just woke up by you."

“…… I'm sorry. ”

"Don't take it seriously." Morimi smiled and lay motionless for a long time, she couldn't lie down a little, and turned over and went inside.

"I don't usually go to bed so early."

"Me ...... too"

"Playing with your phone?" She asked again.

"Pretty much...... Recently, I was looking at some photos of hipsters on ins, flipping through them, and time passed. ”

"It's ......"

Morimi wanted to say that she was really idle enough, but he didn't continue.

Haixing heard it and explained: "Chunhai said that paying more attention to some hipsters and studying their dress and makeup can improve aesthetics. ”

"I see."

Going around and around, the topic returned to him, and Morimi coughed lightly, "Starfish can't sleep and play with your phone, don't worry about me." ”

"Hmmm......"

When Haixing touched the phone, the first thing he did was to adjust the brightness to the lowest first.

Seeing that her whole body was gathered in front of the phone screen, Morimi grabbed her wrist and pulled it back.

"Your eyesight isn't worse than mine."

"It's hard to say......"

Starfish squinted her eyes and moved her hand in front of her again to see the text on her phone.

"If you continue like this, you'll be blind."

“…… Don't scare me. ”

Morimi looked at her for a while, knowing that he couldn't persuade her, so he didn't say much.

She rolled over again, towards the outside.

"I'm going to sleep, starfish should go to bed early...... Although you don't have to wake up early tomorrow. ”

"Uh-huh, good night."

Morimi closed his eyes, thought about it again, and spoke one last time before falling asleep.

"When the weekend is over, what are starfish going to do next week?"

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

"Will you continue to stick to him?"

"Yes."

She sighed.

"It's hopeless."

“……”

Starfish pursed her lower lip.

"Well, I'm out of help."

Morimi closed his eyes and whispered.

"I'll support the starfish, though."

"Eh......"

"Good night."

The next day, Saturday.

Naruse got up at nine o'clock in the morning, accompanied Naoko to the city, bought some things for club activities, and had lunch outside before going home.

The bus back turns around the city and passes near Tsumae Park.

Naoko looked out the window.

"The cherry blossoms of Tsumae Castle are slowly blooming, too. After a while, it should be all open. ”

"Well, let's come over and enjoy the cherry blossoms in a while."

"Uh-huh. But it's before Golden Week...... When the holidays come, there are too many people. ”

Naruse stretched, his arm raised and lowered, and hugged her by the hand.

"Then we'll come here before the cherry blossom festival."

"Uh-huh." Naoko leaned in.

Back at home, the two sat on the sofa watching TV, passing the time separately.

Naoko chatted on her phone for a while, then suddenly leaned over and rubbed it on his shoulder.

"Tomorrow afternoon, I'm going to school."

Naruse put down the book in his hand that he was about to finish, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Go to the gym and help set up the fixtures."

"'Device'...... Your handicraft club recruits new people this time, how big a deal of money is it? ”

"It's not an exaggeration."

"Then I'll go with Naoko."

"Okay."

After a while, Naruse also finished flipping through the book in his hand, clasped his hands together, and was stunned for a while.

"Have you read it?" The girlfriend asked.

"I'm done."

"How?"

"It's not bad, it's a little shorter. It would be nice if the plot of the middle part of the adventure could be expanded and written more. ”

Naoko smiled, "Do you want to watch it again?" ”

She knew he had a habit of repeating his favorite books several times.

"Well, but it shouldn't take long to watch it the second time, at most in the evening."

Putting down the book, Naruse stood up, "I'll go to the bookstore." ”

"Go find Kazuha." Naoko asked.

He leaned down and took a light bite on her neck, "Go buy a book." ”

"Hmm......"

Naoko shrank her head, and he kissed her on the side of the face again.

"Do you want to come along?"

She thought about it for a moment, and quickly agreed, "Okay." ”

After tidying up her clothes, she followed him out the door.

As soon as they arrived at the Morimi Komoto store, they both saw motorcycles parked at the door.

"It's ......"

"It's a car of light."

When I walked in, I found that not only Hikaru Takikawa, but also the starfish were staying in the bookstore of the Morimi family.

“……”

Seeing him, Starfish's eyes widened, and he involuntarily turned around, and then he saw Naoko behind him.

After looking at each other for a moment, she looked away again.

"Harumi, Naoko."

Hikaru Takikawa quickly saw the two of them and said hello, "Are you here to buy books?" ”

"Hmm."

Naruse glanced at Morimi, who was sitting at the counter, and then looked at her, "Why did the light come." ”

"I'm going to go for a ride with a starfish, and then I know she's here to help."

"Help?"

Hikaru Takikawa patted the bookshelf next to him, "These two rows of books are all put on the shelves with the help of starfish." ”

"Yes."

He looked at the starfish again, and she stood with her back to them in front of another row of bookshelves, also ignoring their conversation.

"Let's just go for a ride on our own." Morimi said suddenly.

"Eh, just said it for a while......"

Starfish also shook his head at this time, "I'm not going." ”

"Okay."

Hikaru Takikawa looked at Naruse again.

"Then Harumi is going out for a spin?"

"I'll forget it."

Naruse shook his head and remembered one more thing, "By the way, I have something I want to ask you." ”

She became curious, "What's the matter?" ”

"Motorbike driver's license related things."

“……”

Her eyes widened suddenly, "Does Haruhi finally want to learn motorcycles too?" ”

"Hmm. Living in the countryside, there is only an hourly bus to get into the city, which is too inconvenient. "What I want to ask about is the process of getting a motorcycle license. ”

Hikaru Takikawa looked pleased, "Just ask, I'm familiar with it." ”

"How long did it take from signing up to getting a driver's license?" Naruse asked.

"My word ......"

She suddenly noticed something that made her a little concerned.

Following her gaze, Naruse looked at his hand.

Monk Naoko's hand shaken.

"Naoko and I have already started dating." He said to her.

Hikaru Takikawa was stunned for a moment.

"Yes."

(End of chapter)