When he was lying in a daze, Naruse suddenly felt a sinking on his body.

When he opened his eyes, Naoko, who had changed into a yukata, sat on his waist and slowly leaned down.

"Hmm......"

Lips and tongues hooked, and she quickly lay down completely, continued to kiss his cheek, and asked in his ear:

"Why did Harumi come up so quickly?"

Naruse was already awake, and put her hand into her yukata, "It's not interesting to soak alone, so I came up." ”

"yes, I feel pretty comfortable soaking, especially after an afternoon of shopping, I didn't notice how quickly time passed...... Has Spring Sea been around for a long time? ”

He leaned down again, and when she thought he was going to continue, he pulled up her yukata instead.

Then, she was pulled to her feet.

"Let's go eat first, it's past six o'clock."

"Huh...... Good. ”

Naoko sat up, adjusted her yukata by herself, and looked at her boyfriend again.

He doesn't seem to be in the right shape......

"Is Harumi in a bad mood?"

"Nope."

He answered quickly and calmly, without the slightest surprise at her question.

This already says something.

Naoko looked at him again, and Naruse put her arms around her and touched her belly through the yukata.

"I'm hungry, come back in the evening and continue."

"Hmmm......"

She smiled, "I'm hungry too." ”

The two kissed again and went downstairs to the restaurant.

There are no separate private rooms, all the guests eat together, the tables are full of food, and a few tables of guests are already seated.

The two of them came to a table by the window, sat opposite each other, and then both looked down at the stool beneath them.

"What a strange height ......"

"Hmm."

The dining table is not high or low, just at a relatively awkward height, and there is no way to sit on the tatami mat to eat, and it is a little awkward to sit on a chair that is only a dozen centimeters high. In particular, Naruse is tall and tall, and sitting at the dining table, he is like an adult eating in a kindergarten.

Naoko is petite, and although she is not used to it, there is no big problem.

"Can Chunhai's legs be straightened?"

"I'll tweak ......"

Naruse dragged the chair to adjust for a long time before finding a more comfortable distance.

He turned his head to see that all the tables and chairs in the dining room were like this, and they weren't the only ones who felt uncomfortable.

"Is this also the style of the Edo period?" Naoko asks her all-knowing boyfriend.

"The shop that provided such awkward tables and chairs would have been cut down by the samurai in the Edo period."

"Huh?"

"Just kidding, I don't know...... Good thing only to stay here for one night. ”

Naoko smiled, moved twice, and grabbed his outstretched leg, "Then enjoy the dinner that only has one meal." ”

"Hmm."

The tables and chairs are awkward, and the dinner is still quite satisfying. It's not too hearty, but it's all food that two people can eat.

Crispy tempura, tofu with a tender sauce, soba noodles in a pot, sashimi, and bowl...... There is also a unique soba sushi.

Except for the rice and the refreshing buckwheat, the other ingredients are no different from ordinary sushi, and the seaweed is wrapped in ham, tamagoyaki, and crisp cucumbers.

In the aluminum pot are some local mushrooms and vegetables, plus chicken meatballs, when the two of them sat down, they could already smell the aroma of water vapor escaping, open the pot, the white mist rises, and soon disperses, the bubbling soup will be integrated and become more dense The aroma of vegetables and meat pushed in front of the two, and the breath can be smelled.

Naruse scooped up a small half bowl of soup, blew it twice, and took a small bite, the soup was slightly salty and wrapped in endless deliciousness from vegetables and chicken.

"How?"

"It's fresh, but it's a little hot, let's put it in a bowl first."

"Good~"

The two ate unhurriedly, almost sweeping away the contents of the table before it ended.

"If every meal tastes like this, then it's not unbearable to have tables and chairs like this."

"yes."

After dinner, it was already past seven o'clock.

The Kabuki show at the tourist center entered at half past seven, and officially started at eight o'clock, and the two of them went straight over without delay.

There was a fee of 500 yen to enter, and Naruse handed out a thousand-yen bill for two people, and the staff took two bags of red and white confetti and some coins to them.

Naoko didn't quite understand, "This is ......"

"It's used to make 'flowers.'"

"Flowers?"

"It's a reward for a kabuki actor." Naruse explains, "When you fold red and white colored paper into the shape of a flower, stuff it into a coin, and throw it on the stage at a certain time, you will have the effect of 'flowers blooming all over the ground.'" ”

"That's ...... I know a lot of what kind of flowers to fold into. ”

"There should be an explanation in this...... Ah, there it is. ”

Naoko took the instruction manual and looked at it, quickly understood, and asked for the colored paper and coins in his hand.

It's half past seven, and you can go straight in.

The two came to the performance venue, the seats were several rows of folding chairs, very close to the stage, Naruse chose a central position to sit, Naoko sat down next to him, and as soon as he sat down, he began to fold the paper flowers.

"How do you feel that Naoko's fold looks better than the one on this schematic."

"It's alright."

"This is the strength of the Minister of Handicrafts."

"Hey, hey."

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Kabuki performance officially began.

The performers are actually some local kabuki lovers, not professional kabuki performers, and of course the standard is far from good, but Naruse and Naoko came with the mentality of watching the excitement and didn't care.

Accompanied by rhythmic music played by instruments such as shamisen, snare drums, and flutes, a kabuki actor dressed as a beautiful lady took the stage with a flower umbrella and swaying it.

Click!

Naruse turned his head to look in front of him, and a foreigner with a European and American face held up his mobile phone and took a special picture of the actor who had just appeared on the stage.

He leaned over to Naoko's side, "Filming is not allowed in official Kabuki performances in Tokyo. ”

"It shouldn't matter here, right?"

"It seems that I haven't seen any warnings prohibiting filming all the way, so it shouldn't matter."

"Actually, I want to shoot too." Naoko whispered.

Naruse smiled and took the folded paper flower in her hand, "Let's shoot." ”

Tonight's play consists of three acts, from beginning to end, for nearly two and a half hours.

Naruse had little interest in Kabuki, and he had already learned about the original story of the play he was performing today, but Rao was like this, and less than ten minutes into the performance, he was still deeply attracted by this form of interpretation and unconsciously engaged in it.

Naoko watched intently, and when she reached the final curtain and saw the ending of the characters represented by the three Kabuki actors, she was stunned and didn't recover for a long time.

By the time I came back to my senses, the performance had long since ended, and now it was time to interact with the audience.

The kabuki performers kept their movements unchanged for the audience to take pictures, and those who wanted to take a group photo were also welcome.

Naruse held her hand, "Do you want to go up and take a picture?" ”

Naoko looked at the stands and shook her head, "Forget it." ”

"Then let's go back."

"Okay."

When the two of them left the tourist center, it was already dark outside.

The show started at eight o'clock and lasted for more than two hours, and it was late at night.

The night in the mountains is purer than in the countryside of Tsumae, the sky is starry and clear, and the five fingers are not visible where there is no light on the ground.

"There's no moon tonight."

"Good thing there are lanterns on the side of the road."

The two of them followed the dim lantern beside the ancient road, climbed the stone ramp, and it didn't take long for them to return to the White Horse House.

The bathroom is downstairs, and the two of them wash up before going up, and in the room, the bedding has already been laid.

Naoko dragged the two of them together, and Naruse turned on the TV, then opened the sliding door completely, and lay down on the futon with her.

"The rooms are spaced apart, it's completely unnecessary."

"I think so too......"

Naoko rolled over to his side and squeezed into his arms.

Naruse lowered her head and kissed it, her hand slipping into her neckline.

Pleasing each other, from calm to intense, to calm, to falling asleep, it has been a long time.

The night was getting deeper.

"Spring Sea...... Spring Sea ......"

Calling twice, the person next to the pillow breathed evenly and did not respond.

After waiting for a while, Naoko slowly reached out and picked up his phone.

(End of chapter)