After picking up a book and flipping through it for a while, Naoko looked at the cover again and put it back on the shelf.

Looking outside, my boyfriend and Hikaru Takikawa were standing next to the parked motorcycle, talking about something.

"Does Naruse really have to get a motorcycle license?" Morimi at the counter suddenly asked.

"Hmm."

Naoko nodded and smiled at her.

"The weather is about to get warmer, so it's easier to ride a motorcycle to school in the morning."

"He hasn't ridden a motorcycle, has he? From now on, I will start studying, and when I get my driver's license, I will probably get summer vacation ......."

As Morimi spoke, he suddenly stopped and looked at the two outside.

Naoko also turned around.

Naruse rode onto Hikaru Takikawa's motorcycle, while the latter stood by and pointed to the steering system at the front of the car.

After another moment, he nodded, and Hikaru Takikawa took a half-step back and made an OK gesture.

With a twist of the accelerator, with a roar, Naruse disappeared from the field of vision of the two in an instant.

“……”

Morimi pursed her lower lip, and Naoko walked straight out.

Naruse rode farther and farther, and when he was about to ride out of sight, he skillfully turned a corner and rode towards this side.

"I knew that Chunhai would be able to learn it as soon as I learned it." Hikaru Takikawa looked at him and said.

Naoko smiled, "Hmm." ”

She looked at her again, "What a sudden." ”

"Huh?"

"Naoko and Harumi's relationship."

Naoko just smiled.

Hikaru Takikawa looked at her for a while, and wanted to say something, but Naruse returned to the two of them and stopped steadily.

"That's amazing." Naoko clapped her hands.

Naruse smiled at her and looked at Hikaru Takikawa, "How do you feel, is there anything wrong?" ”

"Even if it's a traffic policeman, you shouldn't be able to see that Chunhai is driving without a license."

"But I still have to get a certificate."

Hikaru Takikawa looked at his car and asked, "Do you want to find a road nearby where there are no people and practice again?" ”

Naruse thought for a moment, "I'll talk about it later, I'm here to buy a book, let me pick a book to read at night first." ”

"No problem."

Hikaru Takikawa looked at Naoko again, "I'll take Naoko around the neighborhood casually, and by the way, help Harumi find a place to practice." ”

Naoko thought about it and agreed.

Sitting behind Hikaru Takikawa, she glanced into the bookstore again, "Harumi is going to pick up books." ”

"Hmm. Be careful on the road. He said to the two.

Hikaru Takikawa put on his helmet and raised his hand.

Seeing the two leave, he turned and walked into the bookstore, turning between the shelves.

"Hikari took your girlfriend away?"

"Gone for a ride."

Glancing at the starfish who had been hiding between the bookshelves for a long time without speaking, Morimi sighed in his heart, and then asked, "Why do you suddenly want to learn a motorcycle?" ”

Naruse picked up a book, "To facilitate commuting." ”

"Why didn't you learn before?"

He looked over, "It was winter, and it snowed every day." Otherwise, it's too cold to ride. ”

“……”

Forget about it.

Morimi was silent for a few seconds, "Then how long will it take you to get your driver's license?" ”

"Go diligently, spend time after school or on weekends, learn all the theoretical courses that you should learn, and you can almost take the exam." Naruse thought for a moment, "It won't be more than a month." ”

"When you get your driver's license, Starfish and I are destined to be alone." Morimi said.

“……”

Starfish pursed her lower lip and held her breath as she listened to the reply from the row of bookshelves behind her.

"Morimi can also take the test." He said.

“…… I don't have the time, and I don't have your talent, and when I learn it, it's probably already winter. ”

"As long as you can ride a bike, you can learn quickly." Naruse said.

Morimi shook his head, "I don't dare to ride a motorcycle either." ”

"Then you should continue to ride the bus with the starfish, so that no one will be left alone."

The two girls looked at each other.

"That's all it can be...... I'm not going to leave the starfish behind. ”

"One Leaf ......"

Naruse didn't say anything and continued to pick out the books he wanted to read.

After a few more moments, he took the book and was ready to check out, and Starfish stepped out of another row of shelves.

“……”

Stopping at almost a distance, she took another step back.

Naruse pursed her lower lip and took a breath.

"How did Starfish come up with the idea of coming here to help today?"

"She slept with me at my house last night." Morimi replied for her.

"Yes."

"After all, it's too sad to be alone when you're out of love."

“……”

The starfish suddenly cried out: "One leaf! ”

Morimi first glanced at the silent Naruse before looking at her, "I'm sorry. ”

Starfish didn't know what to say, glanced at him, and hid back between the bookshelves.

Mori suddenly felt a little excited.

"Sorry...... Said something inexplicable. ”

Naruse didn't say anything and handed her the book.

Drops –

She scanned the code.

"I gave it to you. Take it as my apology. ”

“……”

Naruse wanted to say that there was no need, but in the current inexplicable atmosphere, he didn't want to say too much, so he nodded.

She took a bag, put the book in it and handed it to him, then pulled out a few coins herself and threw them into the money jar.

Outside the bookstore, Hikaru Takikawa, who took Naoko to go around the neighborhood, has also returned.

"Chunhai, have you bought the book? Naoko and I found a nice place. ”

Naruse looked back, "Here we are." ”

As soon as he turned around, there was a commotion at the counter, and Morimi stood up and grabbed him.

"Where are you going?"

"Where to go......"

Naruse looked back at her, and the hand she grabbed on his shoulder, "I just found a place where no one was and practiced motorcycles." ”

"Yes." She quickly let go.

Naruse looked at her and the starfish again, turned and went out.

"Daddy—"

Morimi suddenly shouted inside, "I'm going out." ”

“……”

Starfish looked at her stunned.

"Starfish will come with me, too." Morimi said to her, "If we don't keep up now, then we're really going to be left behind." ”

Hikaru Takikawa rode a motorcycle with a starfish, and the three of them followed behind and walked towards Kitakigawa together.

There is a newly built section of the road by the river, because the other end has not yet been completed, so there is no traffic for the time being, and you can practice on the road of one or two hundred meters.

Naruse didn't have much thought about practicing motorcycles, and he had to get formal training anyway, so he agreed, mainly to pass the time on weekend afternoons when he had nothing to do.

Morimi said the same thing.

"Idle is idle, can't you go over and take a look?"

After walking for a while, the distance between the three of them and the two in front of them gradually widened, and Hikaru Takikawa glanced back and slowed down again.

"Why don't you send the starfish over first, and then come back to pick us up." Naruse said.

"Ah, that makes sense."

Takikawa Hikari twisted the throttle, the speed increased again, and the starfish disappeared from the field of vision of the three of them in a blink of an eye.

Morimi looked ahead, "The light seems to be very positive. ”

"She's been idle for too long."

She looked over, "Can't Naruse find a target for her too?" ”

Naruse looked ahead, "I can't do it." ”

Naoko grabbed his arm and looked at the lush fields to the left and right.

"The temperature has risen, and the fields are starting to look like spring."

"Spring ploughing is almost about to begin."

"Well, in a little while......"

Morimi looked at the two of them and said nothing.

When Hikaru Takikawa rode back again, she took the initiative to sit in the back.

"Sit tight."

"Hmm."

Hikaru Takikawa twisted the throttle.

The afternoon sun shines down, warm, and the oncoming wind will not be cold on the face.

"It's comfortable." Hikaru Takikawa said.

Morimi took a deep breath, tilted his head, and closed his eyes again, feeling the breath and temperature of spring.

"Yes. I felt like I was about to fall asleep. ”

"Don't fall asleep in the car."

She smiled.

"Are the weeds growing by the river?"

"It's grown, but it's not enough to sleep on it."

"It's a pity."

Morimi opened his eyes again, looked up at the flowing clouds in the sky, and his smile slowly faded.

"Slightly tired......" she muttered.

"Because Harumi is dating Naoko?"

“……”

She bowed her head.

Hikaru Takikawa looked ahead, "Kazuha seems to like the spring sea too." ”

(End of chapter)