Buzz –

After glancing at the message he had just received, Hikaru Takikawa put down his phone and looked out the window again.

The rain was still falling, and there were not many people on the road outside Hakaino Cafe.

She's here to wait for a starfish.

Maybe it's Friday, or maybe it's just because it's raining, and there are a lot of people staying here, and the café is still a little busy, and the starfish don't have time to take a break.

"Light."

Delivering a small cake to the table next to her, Starfish stopped beside her, "The store manager said I'll have to wait a little longer......"

"It's okay, it's still early."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "Naoko is still in school, I told Harumi that I will take Naoko directly with me later." ”

"Okay."

Starfish breathed a sigh of relief, smiled at her, and went on to get busy.

"Wait a minute."

She looked back, "Light? ”

"Bring me another cup of coffee."

"Good~"

Back at the front desk, Starfish put down the tray in his hand, "Another cup of coffee at table four." ”

"OK~ What kind of coffee do you want?"

"Hmm...... Same as the previous one. ”

"No problem."

With no coffee or snacks to deliver and no guests to greet at the moment, Starfish leaned against the front desk and looked at the rain that was still falling outside.

Why isn't the rainy season over......

While it's not entirely bad that it rains all the time — he can't ride a motorcycle when it does, so he's on the bus with them — it's always sunny than a dark, damp rainy day.

The rain kept falling, the sky was always cloudy, and the sun never saw the sun, and people were about to get depressed......

Thinking like this, Starfish couldn't help but look at Table 4 not far away.

For example, the light of the recent period.

The light is in a daze again.

Although she was often in a daze before, she was in a daze for a long time at that time, and when she came back to her senses, she was still smiling;

And now, she was always in a daze and then suddenly sighing, and then in a daze, and then sighing, until someone interrupted her daze.

"Starfish, send it over."

She turned around and had an extra cup of coffee on the tray.

"Table Four?"

"yes."

Starfish picked up the coffee and brought it to Hikaru Takikawa's table.

"Thank you~"

She smiled at her, picked up her coffee, and took a sip.

Glancing over the counter, Starfish sat down.

"Do you want to taste it?"

The cake on her table was only slightly eaten.

Starfish wanted to say that he didn't sit down to eat the cake, but he just looked at the cake, and he couldn't say anything if he refused, so he swallowed it with his saliva.

Hikaru Takikawa smiled and pushed the plate over.

"Eat."

Starfish picked up the spoon, "I'll take a bite." ”

"Haha, eat them all, I don't have much appetite."

The starfish stopped again and looked up at her.

"Light is near...... Are you not in a good mood? ”

Hikaru Takikawa looked at her, and the smile on his face did not change, "Why did you suddenly say that?" ”

"Because Hikari has been in a daze lately......"

She propped her chin and tapped her other hand on the table, "After all, I'm at this age." ”

"Huh?"

"Haha, let's eat cake first."

Starfish looked at her for a moment, scooped up a spoonful of cake, and put it in her mouth.

The cake was still just as delicious, but at this time, she wasn't in much of the mood to enjoy it.

"Has Hikari found what she wanted to do now?"

"Nope. If it were so easy to find, you wouldn't have to travel that far......"

Hikaru Takikawa said, his eyes unconsciously looking out the window, an indescribable expression on his face.

Starfish wanted to say something, but there was a shout from the front desk.

"Starfish—"

Hikaru Takikawa came back to his senses in an instant and smiled slightly, "It seems that today is really busy." ”

"yes!"

Starfish pushed the cake back in front of her and got up and walked over.

Hikaru Takikawa turned his head to look at it for a while, retracted his gaze, took another sip of coffee, picked up the small spoon of eating cake, scooped up a spoonful, and put it down.

When Starfish came back again, it was already ten minutes later, and by this time she had already changed into her café uniform.

Today's part-time job is over.

"Naoko."

Naoko had come here five or six minutes earlier, waiting for her with Hikaru Takikawa.

"It's not too early, let's get over."

"Uh-huh."

The rain outside was a little lighter, but it didn't stop completely, and the three of them each held an umbrella and walked back and forth.

"Is that place hard to find?" Naoko asked.

"Hmm...... Not easy to find. ”

Hikaru Takikawa immediately slowed down and walked side by side with her, "It's not easy to describe that address." ”

"Okay." Naoko smiled, "There are so many places that Hikari has been. ”

The road was so wide that Starfish followed the two of them, and only when they reached the intersection did they squeeze into the gap.

"Is it an izakaya?"

"yes."

"You can eat it with a free stomach."

"We ate too much to catch the bus back, and we didn't ride today." Hikaru Takikawa smiled.

"Hmm......"

After crossing the intersection, she continued to walk with the two of them, and it didn't take long for them to come to the quiet izakaya.

"Chunhai said it was in the fifth private room."

The three of them looked over and opened the sliding door, and Naruse looked over and stood up.

"I haven't ordered yet, so Naoko come with me."

"Uh-huh."

The schoolbag was placed casually inside the door, and Naoko took his outstretched hand and followed him to the front desk.

When Hikaru Takikawa and Starfish entered, they saw Morimi sitting on the side of the edge, looking back at them, with glasses in his hand.

Neither of them paid attention at first, only to find that the frames of her glasses had been deformed and the lenses had cracked.

"Kazuha's glasses ......"

"Got trampled."

Morimi squinted, his face full of helplessness, "That guy stepped on it like this." ”

"Spring Sea?"

"yes."

"Let him pay for it." Hikaru Takikawa smiled and sat down next to her.

"Of course."

Starfish took a look at the broken glasses, and after a while, Naoko and Naruse returned to the private room.

"Just order some, don't order enough."

"Did you order a drink?"

"Hmm."

The two also came to the edge side, and Naoko looked at the small courtyard outside, the rain had almost stopped, and the courtyard was fresh.

"It's not like an izakaya at all."

"It's unique, isn't it?" Hikaru Takikawa was the first to pick up her words.

"How did Hikari find out here?"

"Came with a friend."

After sitting and chatting for a while, the door of the private room was opened, and the staff of the izakaya brought a few people's drinks first.

"Let's go sit over there."

Several people got up, and Naruse was just about to go over, when he was suddenly pulled along.

Morimi grabbed his arm and stood up, squinting his eyes, "Take me over." ”

“…… Do you have myopia to this extent? ”

"One meter away, I can't even tell if you're a man or a woman. If your glasses are broken by you, you will be responsible. ”

Naruse didn't believe it, and was about to say something, when a hand suddenly hit his waist, and then rubbed his body and stretched over, holding Morimi's hand.

"If you can't see clearly, just sit next to me." Naoko said.

“……”

Morimi struggled a little, and found that he couldn't break free, and then she was pulled to the low table.

Hikaru Takikawa and Starfish were both seated, each taking one side, and Naoko sat down next to Starfish before letting go of her hand.

"Just sit here, and when the food is delivered, I'll tell Yiye about it."

“……”

Morimi rubbed his wrist and narrowed his eyes again.

"No need, just kidding, I can still see it clearly."

"That's good." Naoko smiled, "I thought that Kazuha couldn't even see clearly. ”

“……”

Looking at Morimi, whose cheeks instantly flushed, Hikaru Takikawa looked away.

And after a silent sigh, she quickly raised her glass.

"Come over here, let's toast together-"

(End of chapter)