At ten o'clock in the evening, Takigawa Yohei, who had finished work, drove home, passing by the intersection near Dacheng Elementary School to pick up his second daughter and several of her friends.

Opening the door, she sat in the passenger seat, instead of mingling with the girls as usual.

Yohei Takikawa was a little surprised, but the tiredness accumulated after a day of work made him instinctively refuse to think too much about such subtleties.

The remaining four people also quickly got into the car.

"It's raining heavily." He looked back.

"yes." Naruse sat behind the driver's seat, next to Naoko, "I always feel that this year's rain is particularly heavy." ”

"Some places in the lower reaches of the Iwaki River are already flooding."

The wipers kept moving, but it didn't have much effect. Yohei Takikawa carefully observed the road conditions and re-drove the car.

Whoop –

The sound of stagnant water being stirred up was already faint in the car.

Almost nothing can be seen outside.

Morimi took off his glasses, closed his eyes again, and rubbed them slightly.

There were too many tears to shed tonight.

"One Leaf ......"

Starfish sat next to her, looking at her with some concern, but Naoko and him were sitting in the front row, and it was not easy to say anything.

"It's fine."

Morimi leaned back, opened his eyes again, and looked at the side face in the passenger seat through the oncoming headlights.

"Are you tired?" The one who turned around was Naoko.

"Ah...... Well. "The starfish responded.

Naruse also turned his head, "Haven't starfish been to an arcade before, when I was hanging out with those hot girls." ”

"Nanako, they don't have much interest in arcade machines, they say it's for children......"

"We're kids." Hikaru Takikawa, who had been silent for a long time, also spoke at this time.

"Hmm...... All in all, I didn't have much opportunity to go to the arcade before. ”

"Earlier, when Haruhi went to the arcade, he always left us behind." Naoko said.

"After all, that kind of place is mixed, and it's not good to take you there."

"But every time it brings light."

"Well, she's rough-skinned and thick-skinned, and she can protect me."

"What......"

Morimi looked out the window again.

The rain continued to fall, and the car kept moving forward, splashing through the drenched darkness.

More than ten minutes later, at the intersection, Naruse pulled Naoko to get out of the car first.

It was still raining heavily, and several people didn't talk nonsense, saying goodbye to each other simply and calmly.

The door closed, and he continued on, to Starfish's house, where he stopped again.

"I'm going down......"

Morimi nodded, held her hand and squeezed it gently, "Good night." ”

The starfish opened his umbrella and looked at Hikaru Takikawa, who was looking back at him.

"Good night...... Light. ”

"Good night."

The door closed again, and he drove towards Morimi's house.

In order to make it easier to get out of the car, she had already sat in the middle row, where Naruse had just sat before.

After a short drive straight, I turned a corner and the fields became darker.

Hikaru Takikawa suddenly turned around: "I'm going to stay overnight." ”

“……”

Mori was stunned and pursed his lower lip again.

"Okay."

"Huh?" Yohei Takigawa glanced at his daughter, "Won't Hikari go home?" ”

"Well, I'd like to stay at Kazuha's house for one night."

"I brought a little cake."

"Aha, let's keep the cake."

"Mommy, what's going on."

"You'll get fat if you eat cake at night."

"It's so selfish."

"Okay, let's bring it to Mom, we just had ice cream."

Soon arrived at Morimi's house, because it was not convenient to drive into the yard, Takigawa Yohei stopped on the side of the road.

Hikaru Takikawa got out of the car with an umbrella, and stood in front of the car door behind him and waited, and Mori saw it, looked at her, and still got under her umbrella.

"Light."

"Daddy?"

Yohei Takikawa handed out a bag from the car window, "Cake." ”

"Eh......"

"Bought two copies."

"I knew it." Hikaru Takikawa smiled and took the cake, "Be careful on the road." ”

Takigawa Yohei nodded, and then looked at the other girl under the umbrella, "Don't affect the rest of the leaves." ”

"I know."

"No, it won't." Morimi also spoke.

Seeing him turn around and leave, the two of them walked towards the large, silent courtyard.

"Ahh

When he got to the door, Morimi opened the door, and Hikaru Takikawa put away his umbrella and followed in.

Clicking, touching the light in the hallway, she sat down and looked at her.

"Why stay overnight."

Closing the door with one hand, Hikaru Takikawa lifted the bag in his hand, "Let's eat cake together." ”

“……”

Morimi closed his eyes, buried his head in his knees, and after a while took off his shoes and got up, and walked into the house.

"Eat in the living room."

She looked back at her, "Whatever." ”

Coming to the living room, Hikaru Takikawa sat down at the low table, opened the bag, and took out the small cake inside.

The portion size is not much, and it is just right for two people to eat.

She froze for a moment, realizing that her father had lied to her, and that her companion had disappeared for too long.

"One leaf?"

She hadn't shown up for more than ten minutes.

Hikaru Takikawa got up to look for it, but there was no one in the room, and then he found that the bathroom door was open and it was dark inside.

"Why don't you eat cake first?"

Crash.

The sound of water sounded in the darkness, and it was a moment before she spoke, "No appetite." ”

"After all, I just finished eating ice cream." Hikaru Takikawa said, unbuttoning his shirt and taking off his skirt again.

Although he could barely see anything, Morimi could still hear her.

"What are you doing?"

"I should be able to sit down."

Taking off the last piece of underwear and throwing it on the stacked clothes, Hikaru Takikawa reached out to test the temperature of the water and slowly sat down on the other side of the tub.

Whoop -

"Ah, it's still a bit crowded."

“……”

Morimi took a deep breath, "Can't you just leave me alone." ”

"No, let Kazuha stay by himself at this time, maybe he'll come up with some bad ideas."

"Don't you already know everything?"

"Well, I know a little."

"That's all."

Hikaru Takikawa didn't answer, and slid down again, letting the hot water submerge his body.

"I'm so tired...... It's really comfortable to be able to take a bath at this time. ”

Morimi didn't speak, his eyes closed, leaning against the bathtub.

With their own thoughts, the two soaked silently for more than ten minutes, and suddenly a light lit up in the darkness.

Buzz –

It's a cell phone that is placed outside.

"Is it mine?"

"Hmm."

"I don't know who it will be......"

Morimi didn't speak.

The sound of water sounded, and Hikaru Takikawa still got up to get his phone.

Morimi turned her head to look, she picked up her phone, and then said "hmm".

She didn't ask, and she walked over with her phone and sat down by the bathtub.

"A schoolgirl."

Hikaru Takikawa replied to the message, "I met when I went to karaoke in the afternoon, and asked me to go out tomorrow." ”

"Yes."

"Refused."

"Yes."

After a few replies, putting her phone back on the washing machine outside, she walked in again, but didn't sit in the tub again.

"Do you want to continue soaking in a leaf?"

"I'm waiting for you to get out."

"It's too much."

"If you don't wash your body and go straight into someone else's bathtub, who is more excessive."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "I'll wash it now." Can I turn on the lights? ”

"Whatever you want."

Smack.

The bathroom lit up all at once, and Morimi squinted as she walked over to the shower and rinsed off.

Whoop –

The sound of hot water falling continued to break the silence in the bathroom and echoed in all directions, drawing her eyes to the source of the sound.

Even though I didn't wear glasses, I could still see this distance clearly.

"Even though they're all girls, I'll feel shy if I keep staring."

"If you're really shy, you would have turned your back to me."

Without waiting for her to answer, Morimi said again: "Hurry up and wash, I want to stay alone." ”

"Okay. Pajamas ......"

"You know where, go get it yourself."

Rinsing off his body, Hikaru Takikawa wiped it casually, wrapped in a bath towel and went out first.

"Do you want to turn off the lights?"

"Hmm."

Crack, the bathroom is dark again.

"I'll wait for a leaf to eat cake together."

“……”

She didn't respond, she didn't leave.

After another moment, she sighed softly.

"Hmm."

(End of chapter)