At ten o'clock in the evening, when Naruse, who was sleeping on the tatami mat, had already said goodnight to Naoko in the message, Hikaru Takikawa suddenly shouted that he was hungry.

Naruse didn't say a word, put down the phone upside down, and closed his eyes.

A voice came from the bed: "I saw it all." ”

“……”

He rolled over and faced the window.

"I'll let you eat more at dinner in the evening."

"I didn't have an appetite at that time."

"Now I don't have an appetite and I don't have anything to eat."

"Didn't the rain stop? We were able to ride to the convenience store. ”

Naruse turned his back to her, "I'm already tired and don't want to go out." ”

"Then I'll go myself. Do you want to help Haru Hai bring something? ”

“……”

Naruse pursed her lower lip.

She was really hungry when she was going out alone.

"Sleep is also one of the ways to quench hunger."

"I slept all day today......"

Naruse sighed and sat up.

He also slept a lot during the day, far from the time when he was sleepy.

"Or I'll go, what do you want to eat? Snacks? Instant noodles? Or a bento rice ball or something. ”

"Spring Sea going alone?"

"Hmm."

"Hmm...... I don't know what I want to eat, so let's go with Harumi. ”

Naruse didn't say anything, climbed out of the bed, and changed his clothes.

Hikaru Takikawa also went to the bathroom to change clothes.

The door was ajar, and her voice came from inside, "Well, the underwear isn't completely dry yet......"

"So let you stay at the hotel, I'll go and buy it alone."

"Forget it, so be it."

I took the car keys and went out, and came downstairs, in order to avoid running in vain, Naruse still went to the front desk and asked.

Hearing that the convenience store here is also open 24 hours a day, Hikaru Takikawa breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay, I don't have to go hungry."

Going to the carport to launch the motorcycle, Naruse felt the temperature of the night, turned his head and said, "Just take my car, don't blow the wind and fall down." ”

"Hmm...... All right. ”

She hesitated slightly, but agreed.

"Do you want to ride yourself?"

"Not really."

The seat of the car was cramped, and when she sat behind him and clung to his back, Naruse immediately understood.

“…… Didn't you wear it inside? ”

"The bra is still wet. But underneath wears ......"

"—don't tell me."

Naruse took a deep breath, "Sit tight." ”

"Hmm." She hugged his waist tightly.

With a twist of the accelerator, Naruse rode out of the courtyard of the hotel and sped towards the nearest convenience store.

After crossing the Thirteen Lakes Bridge and riding a few hundred meters forward, there is the small hospital where the two of them came in the morning, and the convenience store is not far from diagonally.

Stopping his motorcycle on the side of the road, Naruse glanced back at the light of the light.

She pulled her coat up to the neckline, and she couldn't see anything at all through the two pieces of clothing.

"What's wrong?"

"It's okay...... It seems to be just this convenience store here, and there are quite a lot of things in it. ”

"Ah, that's great."

The two walked into the store, and Naruse looked left and right a few times, but there was no one except the clerk and aunt at the front desk.

After all, it's not too early.

Turning around, he just grabbed a snack because he wasn't very hungry.

Hikaru Takikawa took a lot of things, and he couldn't hold them anymore.

“…… Can you finish eating? ”

"I'm so hungry."

"Then buy something to fill your stomach."

Naruse walked over and stuffed the things she was holding in her arms back onto the shelves, "Isn't there a rice ball or something over there?" ”

"Okay."

She stood still, and when he was almost done, and was about to speak, he stopped.

"Give me these, you go get the rice balls."

"Okay."

Naruse went to the checkout with a bunch of snacks.

Drip, drip, drip–

The clerk was scanning the code, and Hikaru Takikawa came over with two rice balls and two bottles of drinks.

"Together?"

"Yes."

Naruse took out his wallet, and Hikaru Takikawa stood in front of him and squeezed him back, "I'll pay." ”

I cut back a lot of snacks and still packed a big bag.

"Ah, put it in two bags."

"Okay."

Hikaru Takikawa carried the bag, waited for Naruse to turn his head, and sat down behind him again.

"So much, I feel like I can eat all night."

"You can't sleep yet."

"I guess I'll be able to fall asleep after eating."

"You can hide in the bathroom and eat, don't interfere with my sleep."

"It's too much." She leaned forward and smacked her chin on his back.

Naruse ignored her and continued to ride towards the hotel.

When he reached the Jusako Bridge, Hikaru Takikawa asked him to stop.

"Let's stop here for a moment."

She got out of the car first, and Naruse rode the bike onto the sidewalk and stopped.

"Give."

Hikaru Takikawa took out a rice ball and handed him another bottle of drink.

Naruse took it, leaned against the bridge, opened the rice ball and took a bite.

"How's it taste?"

"It's okay, I can eat it."

"Eh, is it just 'can eat' this level......

Hikaru Takikawa leaned next to him and also took a bite of the rice ball.

"Hmm...... It's delicious, isn't it? ”

"Everyone's tastes are different."

"What makes it delicious for Haruhi?"

"Naoko did it."

“……”

She opened her mouth, smiled, and lowered her head to bite into the rice ball.

Naruse opened the drink and took a sip and looked at her again.

She was really hungry, and she was intently nibbling on the rice balls in her hands, her mouth moving.

After looking at her for a moment, he turned his head to look at the dark seashore again.

Whoop –

The sound of the waves continued, but there was no light, and nothing could be seen.

"The sea at night is scary."

Hikaru Takikawa also turned around, "It's more scary to see than to see." ”

"Hmm."

"Ah, yes...... Before I go back tomorrow, let's go to the place where I cried. ”

Naruse looked at her.

"Hmm."

She continued to eat, and he continued to nibble on the rice balls.

After eating and drinking, and eating the rice balls, the two did not stay long on the wind-blown bridge, and rode back to the hotel.

"It's so quiet."

"Can't you hear the sound of the waves?"

"It's just the sound of the waves that makes it so quiet...... There were no human voices at all. ”

"It's the middle of the night, Sister Hikari."

"Haha."

Back in the courtyard of the inn, Hikaru Takikawa got out of the car first, and Naruse parked the car in the carport.

She walked over and touched her car.

"I'm running out of gas, remember to remind me to refuel tomorrow."

"Hmm."

Back in the room, Hikaru Takikawa put down the large bag of snacks and took off his coat.

"Let's go to sleep after eating."

"Hmm."

She leaned against the bed and sat down directly on the floor.

"Isn't the floor cold?"

Naruse went to the tatami mat and took two cushions, turned on the TV, and sat down beside her.

"Which snack to start with?"

"Whatever. And you don't have to finish it, you can take the rest back tomorrow. ”

"Is it a Thirteen Lakes specialty?"

"Hmm."

She looked at it, picked up a bag of jelly, and put it back down.

"This jelly tastes good, let's bring it to the starfish tomorrow to try."

Naruse took a look, it was the kind he bought in the morning.

"You can buy it at the convenience store across the street from your house."

"That's different."

"What can be different...... Naruse didn't say much, picked up another bag of snacks and opened it.

Hikaru Takikawa climbed forward and came to the TV cabinet.

"I don't know if there are any movies to watch...... Ah, there really is. That's a lot of movie discs. ”

"What's there?"

"It's basically foreign films...... Ah, Raiders of the Lost Ark! I miss it so much.,Everyone used to watch it together at Chunhai's house.,Let's watch this, right? ”

“…… I just watched it last week. Naruse said.

She turned her head, "I want to see it." ”

She crawled to her knees, the neckline of her T-shirt hanging low, and it was unobstructed from his vantage point.

"Look, look." Naruse turned his head, got up and walked to the bathroom again, "I'm going to change my clothes." ”

Changing back into a yukata and coming out, she urged him.

"Hurry up, just wait for the spring sea."

He sat down before she pressed play.

The familiar opening appears on the screen, followed by Harrison Ford's back, and the ensuing scenes are all too familiar to him.

Who told him to see it at home with Naoko only last week.

"It seems that there are one to four here, so let's read them all?"

“…… Don't say such scary things in the middle of the night, do you want to sleep? ”

"Okay."

She turned her head and smiled, handing over the snack in her hand.

"Some popcorn?"

Click.

(End of chapter)