Leaning against the door, Naruse looked down at the menu in his hand and quickly made a decision.

"Five more chicken and onion skewers, one large portion of fried chicken, and then ...... Do you want oden? ”

The first sentence was said to the clerk waiting outside the door, and the second sentence was to ask the four companions inside.

"I want to." Starfish said.

Hikaru Takikawa nodded, "Then I'll have a copy too." ”

"I can't eat much, just eat one with Chunhai." Naoko looked at him and said.

"Hmm."

Naruse looked at the only one who didn't speak, "What about Morimi?" ”

"What?"

She looked up, apparently distracted.

"Harumi asks if you want oden." Hikaru Takikawa said.

“…… I'm casual. ”

Naruse looked at her, then at the clerk, "Five...... Four parts oden. ”

"Okay. Need anything else? ”

"So be it." This is the second time they've added some food.

"Okay."

The clerk nodded, closed the door and left.

Naruse sat back down beside Naoko, picked up the little juice that was left, and took a sip.

"You can go back almost after eating, otherwise you won't be able to catch the last train."

"Ah, what time is it?"

"It's not too late, enough for us to finish our meals and walk to the bus stop at our normal speed."

The business of this izakaya is not booming, which may be a bit regrettable for the store, but for the customers, it also means that the food is served faster, which is still very satisfying.

It didn't take long for several people to deliver chicken and onion skewers, fried chicken nuggets, and oden.

"Hmm, the chicken is so tender...... Actually, I'd like to ask for another chicken meatball. Hikaru Takikawa said.

She barely stopped talking tonight, she kept talking, she was always looking for topics, and she didn't have time to worry about her own things anymore.

Naruse took a bite of the meat skewer and said vaguely: "When you ordered just now, why didn't you say it." ”

"Hey, I forgot. I seem to be a little drunk. ”

"What ...... stupid thing to say"

With a little force, he bit down on the chicken piece on the bamboo skewer, "Can you get drunk with juice?" ”

"Maybe there's alcohol in it."

"How dare you think about it. You might as well report it, and if it succeeds, we won't have to spend money on this meal tonight. ”

"Hahaha...... But I remember saying on TV that the juice that has been left out for a long time will ferment into fruit wine or something. ”

"It's not that easy."

And the only person who has been picking up her various messy topics is him.

Naoko occasionally spoke, starfish ate most of the time, and Morimi barely said a word, and had gone to the bathroom alone for a long time before.

"Let's order too many fried chicken nuggets, can we finish such a large portion?"

"There are five of them. Hurry up and eat, and so do the three of you. ”

Eating meat skewers and fried chicken nuggets, as well as the fragrant oden, several people were actually almost full, and they couldn't eat it, and they didn't force it.

After about ten minutes, the tables were in disarray, and this was the end of today's dinner.

Naruse went to settle the bill, and the four girls followed him out and waited outside.

The rain had stopped, and the sky had long since turned dark, except for the faint hint of a faint light in the western sky.

"You can still walk, right?" Hikaru Takikawa swept the faces of the three of them one by one.

Naoko smiled, "No problem. ”

Starfish nodded as well.

She looked at Morimi again, who didn't speak, but also told her with his eyes that there was nothing wrong with him.

Naruse quickly settled the account and came out, "Let's go." ”

"How much is it?"

"I didn't eat much today, and the total cost was less than the last time I went to the izakaya near the station."

The nearest bus stop from here was a few hundred meters away, and a few people led by Hikaru Takikawa looked for it, and the starfish sat down.

"I can't walk......"

"How far has it been."

It didn't take a few minutes for the bus to come.

Morimi was the first to get in the car, and Hikaru Takikawa followed, watching her walk to the corner of the last row and sit down, and then looked back at the three people who came up one after another.

"It's going to take half an hour to get back from here, and I hope it won't rain when I get home." She spoke.

Naruse looked at her, then at Morimi, who was sitting alone, and pulled Naoko to sit down nearby.

"I hope so."

Starfish sat behind the two, and Hikaru Takikawa sat next to Morimi.

The bus was soon restarted.

The two people in front of them leaned together while chatting, the starfish turned around, and the two people in the corner of the back row were also talking about something.

"Can't you just leave me alone?"

"I'll just think I'm not there."

Looking at his smiling companion, Morimi sighed and turned his head to look out the dark window.

Half an hour later, the bus arrived at Aoyagi.

The five of them got out of the car one after another, and when they arrived at the intersection of Takigawa's house, Hikaru Takikawa suddenly grabbed Morimi and said goodbye to the other three.

"Kazuha is going to stay at my house tonight."

Not only the three of Naruse, but even Morimi himself was surprised, "When was this decided, why haven't I heard ......of it?"

"It's not too late to hear about it."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled at her, "After the moon is gone, I'm very lonely, Kazuha will come to my house today to sleep with me for one night." ”

"Don't talk like that...... All right. ”

Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the line of sight next to her, and she still verbally agreed.

The three of them didn't say anything, said goodbye to them, and went home separately.

Morimi looked at the dark and blurry sky, and the rain had already stopped, and there was no sign of rain for the time being.

"Just send me home, on your motorcycle."

"Don't stay overnight?"

She shook her head, "Next time." ”

Hikaru Takikawa smiled and didn't say much, "That one leaf will wait for me for a while." ”

"Maybe you're going to wait for me, I want to go to the convenience store and buy something."

“OK。”

Walking into the convenience store, Morimi took a turn and bought only two bottles of juice.

At the time of checkout, because she was not wearing glasses, the clerk aunt looked at her twice before confirming that it was her.

"Ahh

"No, it's the glasses that are broken."

"No wonder Kazuha's face isn't very good-looking."

“……”

Morimi barely managed to squeeze out a smile.

A whistle sounded outside, she picked up her drink, nodded to the clerk again, and turned to go out.

Hikaru Takikawa rides on a motorcycle, and Morimi passes over and gives her one of the bottles of juice.

"Thank you." She opened it and took a sip.

Morimi sat behind her, and when she arrived at her bookstore, she went in to say hello, and soon came out again.

"Let's go."

Leaving the bookstore, passing by Starfish's house, turning a corner at the intersection of the county road, the two of them were the only ones left on the long and dark road.

"It's the first time I've felt so embarrassed when I've grown so big." Morimi said suddenly.

"What is Kazuha talking about?"

"It's just me and you here, what are you pretending to be stupid."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, but then didn't say anything.

Morimi fell silent again, holding the helmet he didn't wear, tilted his head, looked at the dark sky, and let his body continue to follow the motorcycle.

"It sucks......"

Whether it was the glasses being trampled on, or being ridiculed by Naoko bluntly but implicitly.

No, glasses or something, it's not important at all.

["I thought Kazuha couldn't even see the distance clearly. ”】

“……”

Morimi's eyes closed, his heart tightened suddenly, and then he became more and more bored.

The sense of humiliation that hooked up with someone else's boyfriend and was caught lingered, and in her non-stop rumination, it further fermented.

Naoko only said that, but she preferred her to say a few more words.

She didn't want to admit it, but this time, it was indeed she who "crossed the line".

How could he say that to him in front of Naoko......

Is it because he agreed to many requests while his glasses were broken, so he got a little carried away?

Or was it that nearly half an hour of solitude before they came over that made her let her guard down?

What a shame......

It's so humiliating......

"Ahh

Hikaru Takikawa suddenly spoke.

Morimi lowered his head, and was about to ask, when a drop of coldness hit his face.

“……”

She was stunned.

"It's raining." Hikaru Takikawa said.

As she rode the bike, the light shining ahead, she saw the rain shining through the pillar of light earlier.

Morimi closed his eyes, and the raindrops falling on his face became more and more numerous.

"Sorry, Hikari ......"

"It's okay, can I hide from the rain for a while at Yiye's house."

"Of course."

"Hide for the night."

“…… Do you want to live in my house? ”

"Is that okay?"

"As long as you don't dislike it."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "By the way, lend me a set of pajamas." ”

"Hmm."

Morimi wiped it on his face.

"Thank you...... Light. ”

Whether it's sending her back now, or looking for topics to talk about during the dinner just now, trying not to stiffen the atmosphere, she doesn't feel her kindness.

Hikaru Takikawa just looked ahead.

"You're welcome."

What she couldn't say was that looking at her painful and tangled appearance at this time would make her feel a little relaxed......

Before the rain was completely heavy, the two finally arrived at Morimi's house.

Riding the motorcycle to the carport and parking, Hikaru Takikawa hurried to the door and found Morimi staring at his phone.

"He asked me if I was home."

"Because Harumi also noticed that it was raining suddenly."

"Hmm."

took off his shoes, and Takikawa Mitsu suddenly reacted.

"Huh...... How did Harumi know that Kazuha was still home? ”

Morimi wanted to laugh but couldn't.

"Guessed it."

Hikaru Takikawa was about to say something, but suddenly he also received a message.

Chunhai: Is there time on a bright day?

Harumi: Take Morimi to buy a new pair of glasses, and I'll pay for it.

(End of chapter)