Falling uncontrollably to the ground, Naoko didn't feel pain because someone was padding.

Fear of her boyfriend overpowered the excitement of the thrill, and she quickly got up and fumbled in the dark, only to find a pair of glasses first.

"Glasses ......"

"It's mine." Morimi's voice came from the darkness next to him.

"Give ......"

I couldn't see anything, and the handover between the two took a while, and when the glasses were handed over to her, Naoko's other hand also touched Naruse's body.

"It's okay, Harumi."

It was a long time before he spoke.

"I'm fine......"

The two of them shook hands together in the dark.

"It hurts...... How did Harumi suddenly fall. ”

Hikaru Takikawa got up, took out his phone again, and turned on the light.

“……”

Suddenly, the three of them squinted their eyes at the same time, and Morimi put down the hand that was pressed to his lips and quickly got up.

"I tripped over something."

"Tripped? There's nothing on the ground. ”

Naruse also helped Naoko to get up and looked down at the passage.

"But just now, there seems to be something ......"

"-That, I'm sorry."

Takigawa shone with his phone, and suddenly a hand stretched out at the bottom of the wall near the ground.

All four were taken aback.

"Ahh

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry......"

Apologetics were heard again through the walls.

Naruse quickly reacted that the staff in the walls should be the staff in charge of creating a terrifying atmosphere in the haunted house, just like the person who touched his ankle at the entrance.

"It's okay......" he coughed softly, the loudest he had just screamed.

Glancing at the silent Morimi, Naruse knocked on the wooden wall again and asked, "Is it still far from the exit here?" ”

"It's close, and it's the exit all the way forward."

"Okay, thanks."

All four breathed a sigh of relief, and Hikaru Takikawa also turned off the light on his phone.

It was dark again, and the ghost cries lingered, but the four of them had lost their fears.

"Oops...... I didn't expect this year's haunted house to be so exciting. Hikaru Takikawa said.

"Yes." Naoko nodded, "The atmosphere of horror is well created. ”

The other two did not speak.

"500 yen is worth it."

"Uh-huh."

"It's a shame the starfish didn't come in." Hikaru Takigawa continued.

"Then she'll probably faint with fright." Morimi finally ended his silence.

"Hahaha."

After walking forward for another half minute, Naruse suddenly bumped into a soft, cold curtain.

Naoko kept holding his hand, "Harumi seemed to tremble. ”

“…… Don't talk nonsense, it's time to get to the exit. ”

After walking through the light-shielded curtain, you can see the light outside.

And when they walked outside, the four of them realized that the exit was next to the entrance, and they were going around and around inside, bumping into each other, in fact, in a big circle.

"Escape—"

Hikaru Takikawa raised his arm and cheered.

The starfish waiting on the bench also immediately noticed them, "You guys are out." ”

"It's a shame that Starfish didn't go in with us."

"Isn't it exciting?"

"It's so exciting!"

"That's good thing I didn't go in......"

"Haha."

Takigawa Hikaru still couldn't help but share with her what happened in the haunted house just now, and the starfish listened, and suddenly found that Naruse and Morimi, who came out together, were unusually silent.

Frightened......

She didn't think much of it.

"Did you just fall somewhere?" Naoko looked at Naruse.

"Nope." He shook his head and took her hand, "Let's go, let's go somewhere else." ”

"Uh-huh."

The two walked ahead, and Hikaru Takikawa quickly followed.

Starfish went to fetch things from the bench, and Mori came to help.

"It hurts......" she whispered softly.

Starfish was stunned for a moment, "Did Yiye fall and get injured?" ”

She shook her head, the tip of her tongue running over the wound in her lips, savoring the dissipating smell of rust.

On the other side, Naoko, who was walking in front, looked at the lively celebration and then at her boyfriend beside her.

He pursed his lips, his brow furrowed.

Walking around the brightly lit Tsumae Park until about nine o'clock in the evening, the excitement gradually subsided, and several people were tired of shopping and ready to go home.

"Dad said he's coming soon, let's go to the intersection and wait for him."

"Okay."

It was long past the time of the last train, and they could only ask Yohei Takikawa to pick it up by car.

And Hikaru Takikawa can't leave her motorcycle, although tomorrow is the weekend, she has to send Naruse to the training center to practice.

"I'm going to get a ride over here."

"Hmm."

She waved her hand and walked towards the yakiniku restaurant where she had dinner in the evening.

After not taking a few steps, she turned back and looked at Morimi, who had followed.

"One leaf?"

"I'll go with you."

"Okay."

The two walked together.

"I just wanted to come for a walk, but I didn't expect to have such a good time......

Hikaru Takikawa raised his arm, waved it twice meaninglessly, and looked up at the night sky.

"Ah, the most interesting thing is the haunted house, I always feel a little unplayed."

"Yes."

"Let's play again tomorrow, right?"

"That's it." Morimi shook his head.

"Come on." She grabbed her arm, "Kazuha will be fine tomorrow." ”

"Something."

"What's the matter?"

"Learn."

"Hmm...... All right. ”

Hikaru Takikawa puffed out his mouth, not reluctantly.

Dragged forward by her, Morimi raised his head again and looked at the sky.

The starlight is finely shattered, brilliant and silent, like a glass that shatters on the spur of the moment, and there are fragments everywhere.

After walking for a while, I came to the barbecue restaurant, and there still seemed to be a lot of customers inside.

"Business is really good."

Hikaru Takikawa got on his motorcycle and reversed out, "Let's get on the bike." ”

Morimi got into the car, hugged her waist, and lay on her back.

"Is Kazuha tired?"

"Hmm."

"Then I'll send Yiye home later."

"That's how I thought about it."

"Haha, okay."

Hikaru Takikawa twisted the throttle and rode towards the intersection just now.

Back there, Naruse looked over, his gaze turning around the faces of the two of them, and then moving away.

"I'll take Ichiha back later." She said.

"Hmm."

"Naoko and Starfish will be handed over to Harumi."

"Hmm."

After a while, Yohei Takikawa drove over.

Hikaru Takikawa waved his hands and beckoned to his father.

The headlights flashed twice, then approached this direction and stopped in front of a few people.

"I'll send a leaf home." Hikaru Takikawa said to his father.

"Be careful on the road."

"No problem."

Naruse, Naoko, and Starfish got into the car one after another, and both waved goodbye.

“OK。” Hikaru Takikawa pulled down the helmet mask, "Let's go." ”

Glancing at the blurred figure in the car window, Morimi hugged her tight.

With a roar, the two quickly disappeared at the end of the street.

On the side of Takigawa Yohei, there is still a long way to detour and turn from the intersection in front.

"The cherry blossom festival is very lively, right?"

Naruse sat in the co-pilot's seat, "Yes. ”

He glanced in the rearview mirror, "The starfish seems to be holding a lot of things." ”

"It's all won by me!"

"Yes." Yohei Takigawa smiled.

Turning onto the prefectural road, they sped along the road by the river, and it didn't take long for the group to return to Aoyagi.

When you get to the real wood hotel, the starfish gets off first.

"Wait a minute, starfish, and this." Naoko reminds her that something has been dropped.

Starfish looked back and found that she was holding the box of a thousand pieces of puzzles.

"It's a ...... of a leaf"

"You bring it to her tomorrow." Naruse said.

"Oh."

She hugged the panda puppet in her arms up and took the puzzle.

Naoko waved her hand, "Good night." ”

"Uh-huh, good night."

Click, the door slid shut.

Yohei Takigawa opened a little further, and the bookstore of the Morimi family was still closed.

At the next intersection, he lowered the two of them as well.

"Thank you, Mr. Takikawa."

"What's polite, I also want to thank Monk Chunhai for taking care of the light during this time."

The two just smiled.

After saying goodbye again, Yohei Takikawa drove away.

"Let's go home." Naruse took Naoko's hand.

"Hmm...... Ah, the milk at home is gone. ”

Naruse stopped and handed her the motorcycle helmet in his hand.

"Naoko go back first, I'll buy it."

"Okay."

He lowered his head and dropped a kiss on her lips.

She smiled slightly, took the two helmets and went home first.

Naruse turned around and went to the convenience store and took two cartons of milk first.

Thinking that tomorrow was the weekend, he took a turn again and picked out a lot of snacks that Naoko liked.

After settling the bill and coming out of the convenience store, Hikaru Takikawa took Morimi and stopped on the side of the road.

"Hey, ...... Harumi"

"I thought you were home."

"No, with a leaf, I didn't dare to ride too fast."

Naruse nodded, "I'll go back." ”

"Mm-hmm, I'll come over tomorrow morning at nine o'clock to pick up Harumi."

"Okay."

"Good night~"

"Good night."

When he walked away, Takigawa Mitsu suddenly realized that the girl behind him had not spoken, and there was no greeting between the two.

"Let's go inside." Morimi didn't say a word to him, got out of the back seat, and walked straight into the convenience store.

Hikaru Takikawa also followed, spun around, and only took a bottle of juice.

Morimi took a bottle of milk.

"Is the juice enough?" She said she was going to have a treat.

"That's enough."

"Give it to me."

Handing her the juice, Hikaru Takikawa walked to the door of the convenience store and stood, looking at the path opposite.

Now that Chunhai has arrived home, Dad must have also returned......

Drops –

Checking out at the front desk, Morimi took out his wallet and suddenly caught a glimpse of something on the counter.

“……”

After two glances, she reached out and asked the clerk she knew.

"Did Harumi buy this here?"

Hikaru Takikawa turned around and saw her holding a box of condoms in her hand.

(End of chapter)