Naoko lay on the tatami mat, her hands clutching weakly, but she couldn't grasp anything.

Sometimes fists are clenched, sometimes they are opened, and the hands that have nowhere to put are constantly opening and closing.

The heart beat faster and faster, and finally ushered in a blank blank blank.

Naruse climbed up, kissed his girlfriend on the face, and then lay down beside her.

The rain outside was still falling, and it fell in the yard with a clatter, smashing out rain flowers.

The rain gathered, and the ditch outside the courtyard flowed loudly.

After a few more moments, Naoko came back to her senses, rolled over, and fell into the crook of his arm.

Even though he had been so pleasing once, she was still embarrassed to say it.

"I forgot where I saw it."

Naoko closed her eyes and rubbed it on his shoulder.

"I thought Harumi wouldn't look at this kind of thing...... After all, ordinary boys hide under the bed or something, and there is nothing in Harumi's room. ”

"Most of the things in my room were brought back from Tokyo, so of course they won't be ...... I can't put that stuff in a cardboard box in front of my mother. ”

"In other words, it turned out that there were in Tokyo."

"There are a few books from friends from middle school who used to send them. Later, I forgot to throw it away, so I kept it until I moved back last year. ”

Naoko turned her head and took a bite on his shoulder.

"Harumi didn't even tell me......"

"How can you tell Naoko about such a thing."

She bit again, then lay back in the crook of his arm, leaning tighter.

Then I felt the renewed vitality after he released it once.

“……”

Staring at his abdomen twice, Naoko whispered, "Does Harumi want to be the last?" ”

Naruse looked down at her, leaned sideways, and hugged her tight.

"I'll talk about it when Naoko doesn't feel scared."

With her head pressed against his chest, listening to the sound of a powerful heartbeat in his chest, Naoko hugged him as well.

"It's not that I'm afraid...... I was just...... Not ready yet. ”

"Then wait for Naoko to get ready."

To take the last step and become his person completely meant the beginning of a new phase of her life.

It also means that she can leave the family where she is now hosted.

Then, she will spend the rest of her life to repay her adoptive father and adoptive mother who have raised her so far......

But when I think of their faces, the thought of leaving is difficult to sustain.

How should she talk to her adoptive parents, the first day she came to this flower house, she was already thinking about how to leave.

Both parents died, and they were sent under the fence.

When her biological parents died suddenly, she was already sensible, and even if her adoptive parents were good to her, it was difficult to erase the depression in her heart.

This wasn't her home, she always thought.

But her adoptive parents never treated her badly, and in the depression and self-blame for feeling depressed, she stayed in this flower house year after year.

She is also grateful for the adoption and upbringing of her adoptive parents, and wants to repay them, but she doesn't want her departure to break their hearts.

And the more time passes, the harder it is to find the perfect answer to this dilemma.

If only Harumi could make all the decisions for her.

She just wanted to hide behind him, not caring about anything, not asking anything, just as if she didn't know anything......

Stroking his girlfriend's smooth back, Naruse wanted to say something, and suddenly felt a wetness in his chest.

“……”

He lowered his head, "What's wrong?" ”

Naoko wiped it on her face and shook her head again.

"I'm just happy...... Being able to travel with Chunhai and socialize with Chunhai. ”

Naruse was silent for a moment and hugged her tightly.

"Don't say something like goodbye all of a sudden."

She kissed him and closed her eyes.

"I won't leave Haruha."

"I'm not going to leave Naoko either."

The two hugged naked and lay down for a while when there was a knock on the door.

"Mr. Naruse, you and Miss Naruse's clothes are dry."

“……”

The two of them hurriedly put on their yukata robes, and Naruse answered vaguely, waiting for Naoko to put on the outer clothes before getting up and going over.

He opened the door and took his monk's clothes from the female general's hand, "Sorry, I've been waiting for a long time." ”

"Where."

The female general bowed slightly, did not glance into the room, and left with the door again.

Putting the dried clothes on the table, Naruse sat down again, while Naoko took off the yukata she had just put on and put her underwear on.

"It's still raining outside."

"Hmm."

The sliding door to the courtyard was open, and the sound of rain was dripping, and the occasional small raindrops were blown in, bringing a hint of coolness.

It was so heavy that they couldn't get out, so the two of them stayed in the room, listening to the rain boredly.

Click!

Naoko took a picture of the small courtyard outside.

Buzz –

Naruse soon saw the photo in the group.

Kazuha: Is it a homestay?

Naoko: It's a hot spring inn.

Kazuha: What a beautiful yard.

Starfish: It should be expensive......

Hikari: Is it raining in Morioka, but it's just a little cloudy here.

Naoko: The rain was so heavy that Harumi and I were soaking wet, and we just came out of the shower.

There was a slight silence in the group.

Hikari: I want to see what it's like in the room.

Naoko: Okay.

She held up her phone again, slowly turned around, and took a video of the inside of the room, including Naruse, and sent it to the group.

Hikari: It's a big room.

Hikari: It's expensive, isn't it?

Naruse sends the cost of accommodation to the group.

Light: It's so expensive!

Kazuha: It's not too expensive for this kind of specification, is it?

Naruse: It's a little bit remote here.

Kazuha: No wonder.

LIGHT: What about the outside, what is it like?

Naoko looked at Naruse, "Let's go take a look outside the room." ”

"Okay."

The two took the keys and left the room, and Naoko patted as she walked.

When he arrives at the lobby and sees a smiling female general, Naruse asks if he can take pictures, and she welcomes it.

Naoko held her phone up and walked around the hall.

Naruse found that coffee and food were also available in the hall, so he simply asked for two cups of coffee, sat down by the window, and watched Naoko slap at the flower arrangement in the corner of the hall.

Judging from the small blackboard placed at the entrance of the hotel lobby, in addition to his monk who stayed in the spring, summer, autumn and winter pavilion today, there was only one couple left from Tokyo, and he didn't see the latter at all, and the female general looked very leisurely.

Naoko patted for a while, and finally was satisfied, stuffed the phone to him, and then chatted with the female general.

Naruse posted the video and a few photos she had taken to the group.

"Are these flower arrangements all made by Ms. Yuriko herself?"

Yuriko is also the name of the female general.

"Yes."

"It's beautiful......"

"Thank you, Miss Flower."

Click!

Naoko, who was standing at the front desk chatting with the female general, also took a picture and posted it to the group, and Naruse took a sip of coffee.

After a while, Naoko also came over and sat down.

"The flower arrangements at the inn were all made by Ms. Yuriko alone."

"yes, that's amazing."

"She's taking care of the courtyard outside, too."

"Alone?"

"Almost."

"That means that Ms. Yuriko is really idle."

Naruse looked at the front desk in front of him and said in a low voice, "If the hotel business I run is so cold, I can't laugh at it." ”

“……”

Naoko opened her mouth and moved closer.

"Yes...... Didn't see any other guests. ”

"Today, apart from us, there is only one couple from Tokyo."

"Is business so bad?" Naoko began to worry about the gracious general.

"After all, it's because it's a bit far from Lake Gosho, and you have to climb a hill to get there...... The tourists who choose to come to Lake Gosho are middle-aged and elderly people who come to recuperate - except for us - who want to make trouble for themselves. Naruse analyzed.

Naoko nodded, took a sip of her coffee, and listened as he continued.

"So what to do?"

"I sold my hotel and went to Tokyo to find an opportunity to develop."

"Spring Sea...... Get serious. ”

The two sat by the window of the hall drinking coffee, and the time passed slowly, and before they knew it, the rain outside became lighter.

And the sky has darkened.

It's late afternoon.

Naruse glanced at the time.

"Dinner is about half an hour away, do you want to go out for a walk...... Or do you want to go for a little more hot springs? ”

(End of chapter)