Four o'clock in the afternoon, Prefectural Tsu High School, Library.

Closing the book in his hand, Morimi looked at the cover for a while, reminiscing about the harvest of this afternoon's reading.

It's a good book, she said to herself, as long as she reads it.

In the spirit of sharing, she decided to recommend the book to Naruse.

took a photo of the cover, she clicked on the album, and saw the "book recommendation" photo that she had taken before but had no chance to send out.

The more recent the date, the larger the scale.

The most recent one, the book was open and placed between her legs, and the book was the only cover for the lower half of her body.

The strong hint contained in it made her blush and heartbeat when she saw it now, but because he couldn't bear it, these photos didn't have a chance to be sent.

stared at the thumbnail of the photo for a while, she didn't click on it, hesitated for a while, and didn't delete it, but clicked on the photo she had just taken and looked at it.

She was sure that there was no book in her bookstore, so she thought about it for a moment and took a picture of the code attached to the book, saving him from looking around.

Sending the two photos to Naruse, he quickly read the message, but there was no reply, and she didn't care, put away her phone, and looked at the starfish next to her.

She's been sleeping on her stomach for half an afternoon.

Morimi was a little helpless, but he didn't wake her up, after all, it was too difficult for her to sit and read a book for a day like her.

Sleep at least doesn't disturb others.

She looked around again, during the summer vacation, there were not many students who came to stay in the library, and at the end of the day, there were only a dozen or twenty people.

Some came alone, and some came in groups, and the latter gathered around and seemed to be discussing the plan of the cultural festival.

At present, it is still relatively early, and the preparations for the cultural festival by various associations have not yet begun, or they are still in the hands-on stage.

In a week or two, the school will be lively......

Morimi thought attentively, and the phone suddenly vibrated one after another, it was a message from the group.

Naoko: [Picture]

Naoko: [Picture]

Naoko: [Picture]

Naoko posted a bunch of photos of Shirakawa-go.

There are views from the observation deck and close-up shots deep into the Shirakawa countryside. The gassho-built house, which has a slightly bizarre shape and a roof angle of nearly 60 degrees, is named because it resembles a folded hands, and its structure is clearly displayed under the camera.

She is not good at photography, and her recent interest in selfies on a whim is mainly due to some ambiguous thoughts, but she can also see that most of these photos do not look like they were taken by Naoko herself.

To put it bluntly, it's more like a photo taken by Naruse holding her phone.

Hikari: What a strange house.

Light: The roof is too steep too.

Naoko: Shirakawa has a lot of snow, so the roof is so that the snow will slide down naturally so that it doesn't overwhelm the house.

Seeing this news, Morimi was even more certain: such a tone is definitely not wrong for him.

Did these two people exchange phones?

Why......

Wait, if that's the case, the message she just sent was actually sent to Naoko?

“……”

She suddenly had a feeling of the aftermath of her life.

Flipping through the photos in the album just now, at a certain moment, she actually had the urge to send them to scare him.

It's good that I didn't really send it...... Fortunately, the photo was taken on the table, not on the thigh.

Buzz –

Hikari: Harumi?

Sure enough, the light was visible.

Naoko: Hmm.

Naoko: I'm taking pictures with Naoko's phone.

Naoko: If you look at the photo taken when you visited the interior of gassho-zuku, you didn't pay attention to your feet when you went down the stairs, and you almost fell and your phone flew out and broke it.

Light: Ah......

Hikari: Are you alright?

Naoko: It's okay, I was just shocked.

Naoko: I'm afraid I'll smash something here, and if I can't afford it, I'll be in trouble.

Light: Hahaha

It turned out that the phone was broken......

Morimi looked at the message above and breathed a sigh of relief.

Buzz –

The continuous movement of the mobile phone finally woke up the starfish lying on the table.

She shuddered, then slowly stretched, and with a lazy moan, she sat up.

"Hmm...... The neck is so sore...... What time is it. ”

"At half past eight in the evening, we were locked in the library and couldn't get out."

"Huh!" Starfish stood up suddenly.

“……”

More than a dozen lines of sight converged around, and Sen saw that he was a little helpless, and pulled her to sit down again.

"Just kidding...... Did you sleep stupidly, the reaction was so big. ”

“…… Really! ”

Feeling the eyes of the others in the library who had not yet looked away, Starfish was very embarrassed.

Although she tossed it like this, she also woke up instantly.

Glancing at the mobile phone that had been vibrating since just now, and finding that it was only four o'clock now, Starfish breathed a sigh of relief.

"You've sent a lot of news."

"They sent it, I haven't said anything yet."

The starfish flipped over, and suddenly there was a "huh".

"Harumi's phone is broken......"

"Hmm."

"It's going to be a hassle if your phone breaks outside."

"It won't be too much trouble, and as soon as he returns to Takayama City, he will probably buy a new mobile phone and replace it."

"yes......" Starfish lay down on the table again, continuing to flip through the news.

"They're going back, are we going home too?"

Morimi glanced at the time and nodded, "It's not too early." Let's go back. ”

Getting up to pack up his things, Starfish followed Morimi and suddenly ran back again.

Morimi stopped and waited for her, and then saw that what she almost dropped was the bag containing the uniform.

"I didn't use it for a day today."

"Kazuha himself is wearing a uniform, so he can't understand my mood." Starfish said.

Morimi was stunned, she really didn't have the experience of coming to school without wearing a uniform.

"You're right."

The two of them walked outside, and when they passed the front desk of the library, a first-year girl got up to say hello to Morimi.

"Are you going back?"

"Yes."

"Be careful on the road."

"Well, goodbye."

As she walked out of the library, Starfish quickened her pace and followed her.

"Yiye really looks like a senior sister......"

She smiled, "Starfish is also a second-year senior now. ”

"But no first-grader took the initiative to greet me and call me senior."

Morimi glanced at her hair, "The blonde hair of the starfish will make people preconceived that you are a bad person, and then stay away." ”

"Eh, isn't it a beautiful elf?"

“……”

Morimi opened his mouth, but he didn't think of what to say in response.

Starfish's face quickly turned red, "Just say that......"

"She only says nice things. When you go to Tokyo in the future, don't be fooled by someone who is full of sweet words, whether the other party is a man or a woman. ”

Morimi shook his head and looked at her again, "Elf...... Although it does feel that way. ”

After leaving the school, the two did not stop here, and went back directly by car.

When he arrived at the door of the bookstore, Morimi whispered: "I'll go back to change my clothes later, and I'll still go to his house at night, so let's see the time by myself." ”

"Ah...... Good. ”

Back at home, saying hello to Dad, Starfish went straight to the upstairs room and lay down on the bed.

After a moment's pause, she grabbed the clothes on her body and sniffed them twice.

Does it smell...... It doesn't seem to be obvious.

She got up and locked the door, took off her T-shirt, put it over her head and sniffed it again.

"Hmm...... It seems to have a bit of a girl's flavor. ”

Starfish inhaled deeply and imagined him sniffing his T-shirt over his head.

It seems to be perverted......

She shook her head, cleared her mind, took her T-shirt off again, and checked it back and forth.

Fortunately, it didn't get dirty after wearing it for a day, and it didn't leave any stains.

All that was left was the sweat that was no longer visible, the sweat of going out to eat ramen in the scorching midday sun.

The evening passed quickly, the twilight became dark, and she had eaten dinner and was ready to go out to Naruse's house.

"Are you going to Yiye's house today?" Seiichiro Maki asked.

"Hmm...... I've been chatting with a lot lately.。 ”

He nodded, and didn't ask more.

When they arrived at the bookstore, Morimi was no longer here, and Starfish wasn't sure if she was at home or had already passed.

And when she came out of the store, she suddenly saw her father standing at the door of the hotel, looking at this side.

“……”

In front of him, Starfish had no choice but to turn around and walk towards Morimi's house, and only when he came to a place where he couldn't see did he stop and wait for him to enter.

And this wait is about ten minutes.

When he finally turned around and returned to the store, Starfish seized the opportunity and rushed past the door of his hotel.

Panting and coming to Naruse's house, the door was closed, and Morimi was not inside, so she went in first.

Feeling dark and going upstairs, she took off her T-shirt and hung it back in his closet.

"That's it......"

(End of chapter)