The sunny days of the rainy season are always short-lived, and even if there are no clouds one day, there is a chance that it will rain heavily the next morning.

The rain lasted for a few days, and the starfish always felt a musty smell in the house.

When he mentioned it to his father at the breakfast table, he nodded.

"When the weather clears, let's clean up inside and out...... I also have to find someone to look at the roof, and the room upstairs where Chunhai lived seems to be leaking a little. ”

Since he moved out, that room has not been occupied, and now it has almost completely been reduced to a utility room.

The starfish was stunned for a moment, and then asked:

"What about the contents of that, do you want to throw them away?"

Seiichiro Maki thought about it for a moment, but nodded his head.

"If you don't need anything, throw it away. Sooner or later, it's going to have to be cleaned up. ”

Starfish took a bite of food and didn't speak.

"By the way, there seems to be a little bit of something left over from the previous spring sea in the room, Starfish go and ask him if he wants it."

"What is it......?"

"Toys or something."

"Then he definitely doesn't want it...... No, I'd better ask. ”

After a few more mouthfuls of rice, the starfish wiped his mouth.

"I'm done."

After packing the lunch, she lifted her school bag and picked up her umbrella.

Recently, even if it is sunny in the morning, you have to bring an umbrella, not to mention that it is raining happily outside.

"I'm out of the house."

"Be careful on the road."

Bang -

As soon as the umbrella is opened, the rain plays.

Before it was too late, the starfish walked slowly, carefully avoiding the hidden "mine" bricks on the sidewalk.

"Ahh

It's just that she didn't pay attention, but she still stepped on it.

The sewage splashed between the cracks in the bricks instantly stained her thighs, and it had rained for so many days, and the water in it was not dirty, but it still made her sick for a while.

"It's really ......"

The starfish stomped his foot in annoyance, and the bricks on the other side were also loose......

"Ahh

She turned around and ran home.

"Starfish?"

"I'll wash ......"

Taking off the shower head, Starfish lifted her skirt, rinsed the water stains on her legs, wiped it slightly, and hurried out again.

When I arrived at the bus stop, Hikari, who usually went out at the latest, had already arrived.

"Good morning."

Hikaru Takikawa waved his hand, greeted her, and raised his chin in the direction she had come.

"If the starfish arrives a little later, we'll have to run after the bus."

“……”

Starfish turned around and realized that the bus had already arrived.

"Good ...... Risk"

"Wake up a little earlier."

"I ...... Wait until I get out of the car and tell you, I'm angry. ”

Hurriedly got on the bus, found a seat and sat down, his legs were still wet.

She pulled out a tissue and wiped it slowly.

"Did you splash the water?" Morimi, who was sitting next to him, asked.

"Hmm...... I stepped on a 'landmine', so I went home and washed it, but I stepped on the ...... on the way over."

Morimi looked at her sympathetically, and continued:

"On a rainy day, let's go straight to the bottom. Two idlers cleaned all the drains on this road after school a few days ago, and now there is no water on the road when it rains. ”

One of the idlers sat down in front of them and turned his head to look.

"Who's talking about it?"

"What do you think...... Where are you looking? ”

“……”

Although he was caught, Naruse still glared at Morimi.

He was just attracted by the starfish's action of rubbing his legs, and looked down slightly.

And the starfish lowered his head and didn't speak, his face was a little red, he continued to rub his legs, and pulled his skirt up seemingly inadvertently.

"What's wrong?" Naoko also turned around.

"It's fine."

Naruse quickly turned around and put his arm around her shoulders again.

"Why are your skirts so high, you didn't splash here?" Morimi pulled down the skirt of the starfish's uniform, "Be careful of being looked at." ”

"I've seen it all." Hikaru Takikawa, who was sitting on the other side of the aisle, smiled.

"It would be nice to be able to fill in the tiles that splash water."

"Aha, that's a bit too much......"

The bus swayed, the rain was still falling outside, and there was a rumbling noise, and several people in the bus were pulling back and forth without saying a word.

"Next week, it seems that interns from the Department of Education will come to Tsugao to take classes."

"Is there a second grade too?"

"There are all kinds of people in every grade, and it's only three days."

Bang -

A sudden gust of wind blew all the rain onto the windows of the car, and it was constantly beating.

"Wow, it's windy...... I hope you don't get out of the car so that the wind doesn't blow suddenly. ”

Naruse stared out the window for a while, "It seems to be raining heavily, too." ”

Naoko sighed, "Get out of the car and walk to school, your shoes will definitely get wet again......"

"In my old house, there is a warehouse in the yard that has leaked terribly." Morimi said.

Takikawa looked over, "It doesn't matter, right?" ”

"It's okay, it's all unwanted."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Starfish was reminded and told Naruse who was sitting in front of him what his father had told him in the morning.

"My stuff?"

He looked back at her, "That room on the second floor?" ”

"yes."

"What else didn't you take with you at the time?"

"Dad said it was a toy or something. I used to put it somewhere else, but when I found it, I put it in that room. ”

“……”

Naruse blinked, in a slight trance.

"I see...... After school, I'll go to your house. ”

"Okay."

He quickly turned back and whispered something to Naoko.

After staring at the back of his head for a while, Starfish turned his gaze and found that Hikaru Takikawa, who was sitting on the other side, was also looking at him, a little distracted.

And the latter quickly noticed her gaze.

"From the spring sea to the starfish's house, to now, many years have passed all of a sudden." Hikaru Takikawa smiled.

"yes."

Is it reminiscing about the past......

Across the starfish, Morimi looked at her silently, and quickly withdrew his gaze.

For no reason, she was a little annoyed and irritated, and looked out the window again.

The rain pooled and flowed down the glass windows, obscuring the receding scenery outside.

In the wind and rain, the bus continued to run, and it didn't take long to get the students to the station.

"It's good that the rain didn't fall heavily, let's go."

Several people stepped on the rain to come to the school, and after going upstairs, they separated and came to their respective classes.

The rain stopped by noon, but it was still overcast, making people ignore the passage of time.

When I came back to my senses, it was already time for school in the afternoon.

After looking at the weather forecast, judging the sky with the naked eye, and estimating that it would not rain for a few hours, Naruse and Starfish took the bus back first.

The two hadn't been alone for a long time.

On the bus home, with Naruse seated first, Starfish hesitated, but still did not sit next to him, but sat behind him.

He tilted his head slightly, "There shouldn't be much." ”

"I don't know...... It was Dad who said it. ”

Naruse nodded, afraid that she hadn't noticed, and answered again.

"Let's go and see."

"It might be a bit messy inside......"

"It's a utility room, isn't it?"

"Hmmm......"

He exhaled slowly.

"Time flies."

Starfish lowered her gaze and did not speak.

More than twenty minutes later, the two returned to Aoyagi. Naruse didn't go home either, and went directly to her house with the starfish.

"Spring Sea is coming."

"Mr. Seiichiro."

After saying hello to Seiichiro Maki, the two went upstairs, and Naruse opened the door to the room that once belonged to him, and a musty smell came to his face.

"It's a bit musty."

"Hmm...... This room is a bit leaky. ”

Naruse looked up and turned on the light again, and the corner of the ceiling was a little darker, and the place where the rain leaked should be there.

"Dad said to wait for the weather to clear, find someone to come and see." Starfish said behind him.

"Is this room going to be cleared?"

"I don't know...... I'll clean it up a bit. ”

Naruse didn't say anything, put down his bag at the door, and walked in.

There was everything in the room.

Miscellaneous items such as cardboard boxes and discarded furniture are placed haphazardly, and all kinds of things are piled up on them, such as pictorials of tired celebrities, changed curtains, and even old pajamas that are not worn.

“……”

Recognizing the pink dress he was holding, Starfish hurriedly snatched it and stuffed it into another cardboard box next to him.

Naruse glanced at it, a little helpless, "There are so many boxes and miscellaneous items, how do I know where to put my things." ”

"I don't know."

He looked back at her, "You asked me to come over, you didn't ask me to clean up, did you?" ”

Starfish didn't know what to say, so they could only bury their heads and help find them.

Looking around the room, Naruse looked at her again, and had no choice but to continue rummaging.

And in order to improve efficiency, he simply helped clean it up.

"Look at the contents of the box, if you still use it, put it by the door, and put it outside if you don't need it, and throw it away later."

"Oooh."

Sooner or later, the room had to be cleaned up, and Starfish was happy to be his "deputy", and she would do whatever he said.

And he picks and chooses in the box, and he will look at it himself, and then give it to her to judge whether to keep it or throw it away.

Until he picked up a notebook.

[X month X day, week X day, rain

Harumi moved out, and we broke up. 】

(End of chapter)