After staying in the classroom for a while, listening to the instructor take the trouble to emphasize the precautions for getting on the bus again, Naruse followed a few students downstairs and came to the equipment room next to the venue.

Protective equipment such as elbow pads, knee pads, cycling cuirasses, and helmets are readily available for students at the training center to use free of charge.

Naruse spun around, picked it out, and put it on his body one by one.

"Wow...... It smells like heavy sweat. ”

One of the female trainees frowned with a cuirass, "A smell of uncles...... Don't you wash these things? ”

Several other trainees, who had picked up protective gear, made similar complaints.

"Can I leave it untween?"

"Have you forgotten what the coach just said?"

I don't know how long these protective gear have been used, except for the strong smell, basically with a little bit of wear and tear.

If you don't like the protective gear provided by the teaching, you can also prepare your own, although in addition to the helmet, the other protective gear is basically not needed.

Putting on elbow pads and knee pads, and buttoning up the heavy steel cuirass, Naruse picked out a No. 9 waistcoat to put on the outside, and finally went to choose a helmet.

“……”

Picked up a blue helmet casually, and the smell of sweat in it made him a little unbearable.

Naruse chose for a while, and finally found a new helmet that had no smell, and then heard the female student behind him screaming in a low voice.

"No more...... I'm going to buy my own helmet today. ”

So is he, Naruse said in his heart.

Putting on his helmet and coming outside in full gear, several instructors stood together, and one of them beckoned Naruse and motioned for him to come over.

"Come to me on the 9th."

All on-board exercises are one-on-one teaching, and one instructor is responsible for one student.

Following the instructor and walking to the field where a row of motorcycles was parked, Naruse suddenly saw someone outside the net waving to him.

“……”

It's Hikaru Takigawa.

She hasn't gone back yet.

"My girlfriend is so cute." The coach saw her too.

"No, she's not my girlfriend." Naruse said, waving at her as well.

The practice bike offered by the training is Honda's CB400, which after all, has a large displacement and is much larger than Hikaru Takikawa's Super Cub.

At the signal of the coach, he picked one out of it and pushed it aside.

"It's heavy."

"It's fine."

"It's okay to push, but you won't feel that way when you fall down."

On the road next to it, several students were riding motorcycles practicing figure 8 turns.

Naruse looked at it a few more times, and the coach said, "That's what you're going to practice later, but today, let's get to know the motorcycle first." ”

"Okay."

Naruse answered, and looked down at the heavy steel armor on his chest again.

It wasn't until just now that he knew that today's practice on the bike didn't have a riding part.

What's the point of wearing such a heavy body if you don't ride......

The so-called "getting to know the motorcycle" is actually to understand all the functions of the motorcycle on the spot, as well as the relevant points of attention.

And these contents, he had already understood almost through the textbook and Hikaru Takikawa's explanation a few days ago.

But even so, such a course is essential.

Naruse stood aside and patiently listened to the coach's explanation.

"Here's the engine ......"

Introducing the past one by one is not boring.

Occasionally, he has the opportunity to do it himself, such as picking up a fallen motorcycle and feeling the weight of the body under the guidance of an instructor.

Hikaru Takikawa never went back, just sat outside, and would stand up and look at him for a while from time to time.

"My girlfriend is still outside."

"She's not my girlfriend......"

Listening to the instructor fully introduce the structure and function of the motorcycle, today's lesson is over.

To get on the bus to practice, but also to get tomorrow.

"Good work."

Say goodbye to the coach and return to the equipment room, the time is almost six o'clock.

Taking off his elbow pads, knee pads, and helmet, and untying the heavy steel armor on his chest, Naruse slapped it twice, and it rattled.

"It's a heavy ......"

Remove all the protective gear and leave the equipment room through the exit on the other side, Hikaru Takikawa is already waiting outside.

"It's over."

"Hmm."

"How does it feel?"

"I don't want to use the training center protective gear anymore."

Hikaru Takikawa laughed, "That's what I thought when I was practicing. ”

"Where did you buy the helmet of light?"

"It's right next to a motorcycle helmet shop. Does Harumi want to buy his own helmet? ”

"Well, the helmet provided by the instructor smells too strong, and it's hard to guarantee that I can find the one that doesn't smell next time I practice."

She laughed again, "Go buy it now?" ”

Naruse glanced at the time, just picking out a motorcycle helmet, it shouldn't take long.

"Well, let's go find them when you're done."

It's Friday, and they're going to have dinner in the evening.

“OK~”

Leaving the training center, Hikaru Takikawa got out of the parking lot, took Naruse with him, and pulled over after a short ride.

She pointed to the shop on the side of the road, "Here it is." There's also a helmet shop in the city, but it's not as complete as here. ”

"Let's take a look first."

The two walked into the helmet shop and spun around.

"Why didn't Hikari go back?"

"Huh?"

"I said just now."

"I didn't have anything to do when I went back, so I stayed. Anyway, I have to pick up Chunhai over. ”

Naruse casually picked up a red helmet, "When you came over, it didn't seem quite right. ”

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, but it quickly faded.

"Something came to mind......"

"Sister Yue?" Naruse remembered that it was after she mentioned Takikawa Moon that she suddenly fell silent.

"Hmmm......"

She took the helmet in his hand and looked at it twice, and continued: "Chunhai doesn't mention it, I didn't even realize that I had forgotten the moon in my mind. ”

"After all, Sister Yue is not by the side of Light now......"

"Miss Matsu isn't with Harumi either, didn't Harumi think about going to Tokyo to accompany her when she was thinking about summer vacation arrangements just now?"

“……”

Of course he thought about it, and even thought about asking Miss Sato about Matsuchiaki's itinerary in July and August, to see if he could arrange a plan to travel with her.

"However, I completely forgot about the month."

Hikaru Takikawa put his helmet on his head and tapped it lightly twice, "All I'm thinking about here is riding a motorcycle around Japan." ”

Naruse looked at her and tapped twice through his helmet.

"It shows that the brain capacity of light is too small."

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

She laughed, then sighed, "I don't think that's good. ”

"Didn't I completely forget Sister Yue, as soon as I mentioned it, didn't I immediately remember it."

"Hmm......"

She held her head in her hands, her brow furrowed, and she hummed.

"Why, did your head start growing all of a sudden?"

"Not really!"

She thought about it for a while with a sad face, but it still didn't work.

"That's not what I'm trying to say......"

"That's not what I want to buy." Naruse took off the helmet from her head and hung it back on the shelf.

"Memories are selective, and it's normal to forget for a short time, or to forget forever. The difference is whether you don't care about it at all, or if you're just temporarily drawn to something else. ”

Hikaru Takikawa looked at him.

"I remembered...... I want to say that I don't want to forget you for a minute. ”

"We won't forget the light."

"Even if we are separated in the future, we will not forget it."

"No, it won't."

Naruse picked up another helmet and looked back and forth, "How about this?" ”

"It's red again...... Does Harumi like red? ”

"Well, the red color is also a little more conspicuous, and people can find my head as soon as they have an accident."

"Here we go again...... Say that kind of thing again. ”

She wanted to say more than just not wanting to be forgotten.

More ......

What else?

She couldn't figure it out, either.

Hikaru Takikawa took a deep breath.

"This one is too ugly."

"I hope you can be a little gentler when you deny my aesthetics...... This helmet is pretty good, huh? ”

"Where is it beautiful, change it, change it!"

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There are additions.

(End of chapter)