After eating a few pieces of barbecue and filling their stomachs slightly, several people deliberately controlled the speed of eating. So when the night gradually fell and the campfire in the courtyard began to play a role in lighting, they were still in high spirits.

Hikaru Takikawa threw a few more sticks of wood into the fire, returned to the edge and sat down, staring at the dancing flames for a moment.

"The campfire in the school should be big."

Naruse stood in front of the grill and glanced at her, "Haven't you participated?" ”

"Nope." Hikaru Takikawa shook his head, "I don't like to make up for anything." ”

"Mainly because there's nothing but a campfire."

"Haha."

Naruse picked up the beef from the grill and flipped it over, "I don't know who will go to the night festival over there." ”

"There are quite a lot of people." Starfish suddenly spoke, his gaze swept over their faces, "It is said that there is a legend on the night after the festival......

Morimi looked over, "Isn't it the kind of vulgar legend that you can dance together in front of a campfire and get together?" ”

“……”

"It seems to be."

Naruse sandwiched a slice of freshly roasted beef to Naoko, "But if the night after the night festival is also the content of my responsibility, I will definitely let people promote it everywhere." ”

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "It's terrible." ”

"Otherwise, who would go?"

"If you prepare carefully, someone will still go, such as providing food or something."

"That's another budget." Morimi said.

Naruse waved the clip in his hand.

"If you want to have a bonfire party without spending too much money, it's actually very simple: cancel the activities for the next two days of the festival, shorten the lantern parade to an hour, and then go to the playground to participate in the bonfire, eating, drinking, and playing...... If I did, I would be able to close my eyes and remember this night in about 10 years. ”

Morimi looked at him and said with a smile, "Why don't you do it next year?" ”

"I'd be happy to just participate, but if I want to prepare, forget it, I'm too tired."

"yes, I think our chairman is quite happy with it......"

"-The Tsutaka Festival is over, so let's talk about something light." Naoko suddenly spoke.

“……”

Morimi pursed his lower lip and inhaled again.

"Yes."

Hikaru Takikawa looked at her and got a calm look from her.

"The meat is going to burn." Starfish kept staring at the grill and opened her mouth to remind Naruse, who was standing stupidly and didn't know what he was thinking.

He came back to his senses, "Well, this is for you." ”

"Huh...... All right. ”

"Don't bully the starfish."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, took the initiative to take the slightly hard roasted beef, blew it twice and put it in his mouth, and asked him to sit down, and she came to barbecue.

Naruse sat down next to Naoko, picked up a drink and took a sip.

"If you drink too much soda, you won't be able to eat meat." Hikaru Takikawa said.

"What are the people who have already had a drink talking about?"

"I've had a busy day and I'm dying of thirst."

"I'm really busy."

The two of them said a lot of nonsense, and Naoko and Morimi also joined in the conversation, and finally diluted the solemnity that gradually took shape in the atmosphere.

"I should have bought some chicken wings or something, skewered them with iron skewers, and roasted them on the fire over there."

"Do you have experience grilling chicken wings?"

"No...... But it shouldn't be difficult, I watch TV and you can eat it just by baking it. ”

"Well, you can eat it with a roast, and then bite and bite the blood."

"Wow, it's disgusting! …… The chicken wings in the supermarket, how can there be blood. ”

After sitting here for a while, Naruse got up again and went to the campfire and added two sticks of firewood to it.

Naoko followed, crouching next to him, looking at the dancing flames.

Naruse handed her a piece of firewood.

Naoko smiled and carefully threw the firewood into the fire.

"How long does this firewood last?"

Naruse looked back, "Save a little burning, it should be able to burn until tomorrow morning." ”

"So long?"

"Well, you see this big piece of wood, if you leave it alone, it can actually burn for a long time."

Looking at the red-hot wood in the fire, Naoko unconsciously stretched out her hand and baked in front of the flames.

It's hot......

It's summer.

She quickly came back to her senses and was a little embarrassed to see her boyfriend looking at her silently beside her.

"It's a great place to build a fire in winter......

"Well, but only before the snow falls...... When it snows, there's nowhere to build a fire. ”

"It's really not good indoors."

The two of them squatted by the fire, adding wood from time to time, and the flames quickly rose.

The other three people gathered around the grill watched them, and no one passed.

"You say, did she mean it?"

The starfish was stunned, and when he turned around, Hikaru Takikawa stared at Morimi, who had spoken.

"Don't overthink it."

"You must think more than I do." Morimi looked at her too, "Don't look like I'm going to destroy the world at any time." ”

“……”

The two looked at each other in silence, starfish shrinking their heads.

Can't you concentrate on barbecue...... There is still so much meat to eat, are they already full?

What time is it......

She looked at the two people around the campfire with their backs to each other, and an impulse suddenly welled up in her heart.

"Spring Sea!"

She called him, but it was Naoko who turned back first.

“…… Naoko...... The meat is grilled. ”

Naoko smiled at her, then pulled Naruse back to the side.

Morimi looked at the starfish, and then looked at Hikaru Takikawa.

She didn't think about the meaning of her glance, and said, "Have you eaten enough, just go and squat over there." ”

"It's a little cold, bake it for a while."

"What nonsense, let's barbecue in the spring sea."

Naruse took over from Hikaru Takikawa, and looked at the charcoal under the grill, "It's almost burning, let's add a piece of charcoal." ”

“OK…… Hmm, it seems that you can use the coals in the campfire? ”

"That's different, it's ordinary wood over there, and it's going to burn out soon."

"Oooh."

A piece of charcoal for barbecue was added, and several people took turns to barbecue meat and continue to eat and drink.

"Do you have any plans for tomorrow?"

"Rest at home. I'm really tired. ”

"Okay."

Now it is Naoko who is in charge of the barbecue, and Naruse sat on the side of the edge and turned his head to look at Hikaru Takikawa: "Do you have any plans?" ”

She laughed, "Go out for a ride." ”

"I knew it."

"It's been a long time since I've gone for a ride."

I've been busy with the Tsutaka Festival for the last two weeks, and it was mostly rainy days before, so it's been a long time since they've been out for a ride.

And last time I went for a ride......

Naruse looked at Morimi, and she looked at him too.

The eyes met, and the corners of her mouth suddenly curved.

"Where are you going for a ride, Lake Miyama?"

“……”

Hikaru Takikawa immediately glared at her.

"I'm not going." Naruse said, looking at Naoko who turned around, "I said I wanted to rest at home." ”

She smiled and turned to continue roasting.

"Okay......"

Hikaru Takikawa seemed to want to say something, was silent for a moment, and swallowed again.

"Naoko, do you have any freshly grilled meat, bring me a few pieces~"

"Yes."

Roast and eat, get up and move for a while, or go to the campfire to add a few sticks of firewood, stay for a while, or even go to the vegetable patch in the backyard of Morimi's house to pick up a few pieces of vegetables, and then come back to continue eating and drinking.

Except for Hikaru Takikawa, everyone was completely relaxed.

Time passed slowly, and the night grew deeper. The barbecue had been eaten, and several people gathered around the campfire.

Seeing that the fire had become smaller, Morimi turned around and picked up another piece of wood and threw it into the fire.

"Throw it back, how long do you want it to burn." Naruse said.

"Hmm...... What time is it? ”

"It's almost half past ten." Naoko said.

Hikaru Takikawa also glanced at his phone, "It's already so late." ”

"Are you going to stay at my house today?" Morimi said coldly, "If you stay overnight, you can play a little longer." ”

“……”

Several people were stunned for a moment, and Starfish was the first to nod, "Okay." ”

Naruse and Naoko glanced at each other, each asking for the other's opinion.

And Naoko turned her eyes on the faces of the three girls next to her, and also nodded.

"Then let's stay overnight." Naruse said.

He didn't need to speak, the three of them had already seen eye contact between them.

"Okay, then I'll stay too." Hikaru Takikawa said.

"Then you can take turns taking a shower now." Morimi said, "Otherwise, if we rush together, we will have to wait for a long time." ”

"I'll wash first."

Hikaru Takikawa got up, and Morimi followed, "I'll get you clothes." ”

Back in her room, she rummaged through the closet, her back to her.

"Are you tired?"

"Hmm."

"I said I wouldn't do anything, and I've been on guard, isn't that what I deserve?"

Hikaru Takikawa didn't speak.

Morimi turned his head and looked at her for a moment.

"If I said that I let you stay overnight to attack him at night, aren't you going to sleep tonight?"

(End of chapter)