The next morning, when Naruse woke up, it was dark outside.

Realizing that he was holding someone in his arms, he instantly sobered up for the most part, and then remembered that this was not a hotel by the lake, and he had returned to his home.

And the one who is sleeping in his arms is also his well-deserved girlfriend.

“……”

The tense body relaxed, and he hugged Naoko tighter again, buried his head behind her neck, and breathed deeply.

"Hmm......"

Feeling his embrace in her sleep, she slowly rolled over, curled up in his arms, rubbed her head against his chest, and soon stopped moving.

After looking down at Naoko for a moment, Naruse raised her eyes and looked out the window, which was dim and unusual.

It's raining......

Whoop –

And it's heavy rain.

I really don't want to get up in this kind of weather......

Looking at the time, it was only five o'clock.

Glad that he could lie in bed for a little longer, Naruse immediately realized that with such heavy rain, he wouldn't be able to ride to school today.

And the rainy season in Aomori has just begun......

Sighing, he hugged his girlfriend tightly, pulled the covers on each other's bodies, and closed his eyes.

But after a while, he opened his eyes again.

It was still early to wake up, but when he woke up, it was difficult for him to fall asleep again.

Looking at the ceiling for a while, Naruse picked up his phone and looked at the weather for the next period of time.

"Wow......"

The next week was all rain.

He doesn't hate the rain, but he also doesn't want the new car he just bought to be left in the garage to eat dust after just two rides.

He looked down at his girlfriend lying on his chest again.

He hadn't even ridden Naoko to school.

Looking through the weather forecast, for no reason, he searched the water level of the Iwaki River again.

"Not too optimistic......"

In some of the narrower places downstream, the river is already flooding to a worrying extent.

But it can't be flooded on Aoyagi's side.

They are considered to be the upper reaches of the Iwaki River, there are no tributaries flowing in, the water flow is not large, and the terrain is not so flat, so the water does not accumulate here.

After flipping through it for a while, there was a lot of messy information, and Naruse lost the interest to continue paying attention.

He didn't know why he was suddenly concerned about such a thing.

Continuing to lie down for a while, Naruse carefully lowered Naoko's arm and left her arms for the time being.

Getting out of bed, he walked to the window and looked.

Whoop –

When the window was opened, the sound of the rain became clearer, and the smell of moisture came to the face.

The sky was shrouded in a layer of gray that could not be touched and could not be seen, and the rain was falling, and I did not know how long it had been falling.

Dusk morning.

After looking at it for a while, Naruse slowly closed the window so as not to wake up his girlfriend on the bed, only to turn his head and find Naoko looking at him.

"Wake up."

"Hmm......"

He walked over, climbed onto the bed, and sat at the head of the bed.

Naoko approached and hugged his waist.

"Why did Harumi wake up so early?" She asked, closing her eyes.

"It's raining."

"Hmm......"

Instead of turning her head to look out the window, she hugged him tighter.

"Is it going down?"

"Our house is going to drift away."

“……”

She laughed and pinched the hand around his waist.

Naruse also lay back in the quilt, hugged her, and prepared to lie down for a while before getting up.

Just open your eyes again, and it's already time for the alarm clock to go off.

The pillow next to it was empty, and Naoko had already gotten up.

Maybe because he woke up once an hour ago, Naruse quickly sobered up.

Going downstairs to wash up, and then going to the kitchen to help prepare breakfast, looking at the red mark on Naoko's neck, he leaned over and took a bite again.

She shrunk her neck, "Spring Sea ......"

Prepare breakfast and lunch, and when it's time to go out after eating, the rain outside has not become lighter, and Naruse can only go out with an umbrella.

"I haven't ridden to school yet...... Not counting yesterday's noon. ”

"Just wait for the rainy season to pass."

Bang -

The rain seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, knocking on the umbrella of the two people, weaving a fine rain curtain between heaven and earth.

By this time, it was a little brighter, but it was still dark.

When I came to the bus stop, there were few people, and Morimi, who had always been an early riser, didn't come.

There was a large pool of water on the ground by the roadside, like a pond, and it seemed to be expanding.

With such heavy rain, she shouldn't be able to ride a bike......

Naruse thought to himself.

After a while, it was the starfish that came first.

"Good morning......

"Good morning, starfish."

The three of them greeted each other under the umbrella, and the pouring rain couldn't stop the two girls from chatting a few words.

"Starfish came early today."

"It was raining so hard that I woke up at five o'clock...... I slept in the back for a while, and got up as soon as the alarm clock went off. ”

Naruse glanced to the side, and could only see Naoko's umbrella.

"I'm going to prepare my own bento today, the starfish haven't forgotten."

"Nope."

The dense sound of rain was mixed in the conversation between the two, and he couldn't hear it clearly, and he didn't listen carefully, when he suddenly noticed a small whirlpool in the waterfront on the side of the road.

Looking left and right, he wanted to throw something in, a piece of paper, or a leaf, but it had already been washed away by the heavy rain.

"Good morning~"

He looked up, and Hikaru Takikawa came over with an umbrella.

"Good morning."

She stopped beside him, leaned over, and said hello to Naoko and Starfish on the other side.

"Good morning, Naoko, starfish."

"Good morning, Hikari."

Leaning too far forward, Hikaru Takikawa shook and was pulled by Naruse's reach.

"It's raining heavily!"

"yes, I can't ride a bike."

"I don't want to wear a poncho either......"

"In the end, it has too much impact on the field of vision, and it is not very safe."

"Yes."

Naruse replied casually, and turned his head to look at her again, only to find that she was staring at his face.

The point of his gaze seems to be his nose...... Or the mouth?

"What's wrong?"

"Huh?" She tilted her head.

"It's okay......"

Naruse looked away, and his gaze fell on the small beach in front of him again.

"It's waterlogged here again."

"Ah, it's blocked again." Takigawa Hikaru is very experienced, "There's a drain here." ”

"Yes." Naruse didn't even pay attention, no wonder there was a small whirlpool on the water.

She looked left and right, as if looking for something.

"What do you want?"

"Whatever...... It's better to have branches, I want to dredge the blocked places, otherwise the water will accumulate more and more, and it will be difficult to get on the bus later. ”

So Naruse also helped find it.

It's just that this is not a field or a forest, where can you find tree branches.

Looking for no result, Hikaru Takikawa simply collected the umbrella in his hand, squeezed under the Naruse umbrella, and then poked it in the water with the tip of the umbrella.

"I said you ......"

"The whirlpool has grown!"

“……”

As the umbrellas rose and fell, some broken leaves floated up, and the whirlpool on the water surface really grew a little bigger.

However, the effect of using only an umbrella was limited after all, and after poking a few more times, seeing that the whirlpool was no longer expanding, Hikaru Takikawa simply bent down and reached into the water.

"Light ......"

After fumbling for a while, she fished out a large handful of broken leaves from the water.

"Wow...... I knew it was these things. Every time. ”

Naruse held an umbrella for her, and after a while, he stuffed the umbrella to Naoko, and also squatted down and got busy.

"Spring Sea ......"

Naoko was helpless, but she couldn't stop it, so she could only hold an extra umbrella with Starfish to block them from the heavy rain that was still falling.

And under the continuous dredging of the two, the whirlpool on the water surface is getting bigger and bigger, like a crocodile hiding under the water slowly opening its big mouth.

"Why do you still have broken leaves floating over......?"

Naruse glanced up, and then saw Hikaru Takikawa casually throwing the broken leaves that he had just fished out into the road.

“……”

He took a deep breath as he followed the clump of broken leaves that slowly drifted by, and then watched it slam into the drain with the water flowing towards the drain, crashing between his fingers.

"I said ......"

"-What are you doing?"

The two looked up, and Morimi walked across the road with an umbrella on his face.

"How old are you, and you're still playing in the water on the side of the road."

"No, we're cleaning up the garbage that is blocking the drain."

"Then it's not playing in the water?"

“……”

Throwing the last crumbling leaves on the sidewalk, Naruse casually washed his hands, and then took a tissue from Naoko's hand and wiped it.

"With such a heavy rain, you dare to walk by the river, there is only a dirt road over there."

Looking down at his shoes that had been stained with a lot of mud, Morimi's face was a little more helpless.

"I can't ride, it's too far to go that way."

Hikaru Takikawa also stood up, "But the path by the river is slippery." ”

"It's okay, I'll keep an eye on it."

"Haha, the water is almost flowing."

Through the efforts of the two of them, the small water beach has shrunk to a small area.

"Good work." Naoko also gave her a tissue to wipe her hands.

Morimi looked at the drain that had been dredged on the ground, then at the two of them, and shook his head.

"It's so idle."

"If you don't clean it up now, you'll have to wade and get on the water later."

After another few moments, the bus finally arrived.

Several people put away their umbrellas, got into the car one after another, and found a place to sit down.

"It's wet everywhere...... The rainy season is really uncomfortable. Starfish said as he looked at the rain dripping on the floor.

"It's not all bad, either."

Morimi sat next to her and looked at the back in front of her.

"At least we can go to school together again."

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(End of chapter)