In a daze, there was a soft but annoying touch on his face, and Naruse raised his hand and grabbed it, but he didn't catch anything.

And as soon as I put my hand down, the same feeling came again.

He frowned, and what little consciousness he had left drove his arm up again, still scratching into the air.

Morimi walked over and stood next to him and saw the repetitive process, "Stop playing, call him up." ”

"Okay." Hikaru Takikawa looked up and smiled, then pushed Naruse on the floor, waking him up completely.

"It's time to eat."

He quickly opened his eyes, still a little irritated, but he didn't know where the anger came from, and he quickly turned to a daze.

Looking at Hikaru Takikawa, who was crouching next to him, and the already dark sky, Naruse sat up and wiped a handful on his face.

In the living room, the boiling pot on the low table was steaming in the light, and Starfish and Takikawa Tsuki were already sitting down next to them, and Morimi glanced at him and turned around.

"It's time to eat." Hikaru Takikawa said another word and pulled him up.

"Hmm."

When he sat down, the aroma of meat and vegetables kept drilling into his nose, quickly awakening his hunger and expelling all the confusion that he had woken up.

"It smells so good."

Naruse took a deep breath, picked up a slice of almost cooked beef, put it in a bowl and stirred it, and then put it in his mouth.

"Hmm...... It's also delicious. ”

"Of course other people's beef is delicious." Morimi sat next to him, "That's what I burned." ”

Naruse didn't speak, and put another slice of raw beef into the pot. She snorted softly, and stared at the piece of meat again.

"The sauce tastes good, right?" Takikawa Tsuki's face was colorful, "This is my own concoction, and no one else has eaten it." ”

"Very good." He nodded, glanced at the sauces in the bowls of several people, and it seemed to be the same.

"The vegetables are almost scalded, you can eat them, let's eat them together with slices of meat, and the nutrition is balanced."

While sandwiching it outside, it was added to the inside, and there were always slices of meat or tender vegetables floating in the pot, and the dinner for a few people began.

"When Sister Yue usually lives alone, does she also make shabu-shabu?"

"Yes, after all, it's easy to prepare, and it's not troublesome to clean up."

"Is it easy......

"It's five people today, so I have to prepare a lot, and it's a little troublesome, if I eat alone, the ingredients will be ready quickly."

Takigawa took a slice of freshly cooked beef, sandwiched two slices of tender green vegetables, wrapped them in a bowl of sauce, dipped them, and put them in his mouth.

"Hmm...... In winter, you can eat yellowtail fillet, and I'm already looking forward to it. ”

Morimi smiled, "Sister Yue is also very happy in Sendai alone." ”

"Of course you have to be happy......"

Takigawa Yue seemed to be a little emotional, but he just looked at the rising water vapor for a while, but he still didn't say anything, and continued to scald the meat slices.

Hikaru Takikawa looked at her sister, and only smiled a little.

"Ah, Harumi took my meat slice away again!"

"Don't talk nonsense, I burned it myself."

"What about my meat?"

"Ask the one next to you."

"Starfish?"

"He eats bare meat, I can see it!"

"Tsk."

"Spring Sea!"

While eating and chatting, when the topic is no longer limited to the dinner table, there are many things to talk about.

"If Miss Matsu was filming in Karuizawa some time ago, the content of that special episode is likely to be the one that happened three years ago in the previous episode."

"I guess it'......"

"What should it be, didn't Chunhai ask?"

"Didn't ask."

"Obviously there is such a unique opportunity?!"

"Sister Yue, calm down......"

Morimi fished out a piece of white and tender meat from the boiling pot, "Then again, since Hikari and Harumi have returned to Tsumae, then Starfish and I can also go to the training center to take classes." ”

Hikaru Takikawa didn't speak for a while, looked at the slices of meat she put in the bowl of Naruse, and looked at the two of them separately.

"When are you going to start?"

Naruse picked up the piece of beef and ate it, and then moved the bowl to the side.

Morimi saw it in his eyes and just smiled, "Tomorrow? ”

"Not tomorrow, I'm going out."

"Where are you going?" My sister asked.

"Thirteen Lakes." Hikaru Takikawa said, "Go over there and have a look, and I'll be back the same day." ”

"Thirteen Lakes? Why? ”

She glanced at Naruse and smiled, "Just go and see." ”

"You've just come back, and you're going to run around again." Takigawa took a slice of cooked vegetables into her bowl.

"I'll be back soon, not far."

"You're going too?"

Morimi asked Naruse beside her, and although the two looked at each other for a short time, it also made her realize that there seemed to be some secrets hidden between them.

"No, no."

Morimi was surprised.

"Then wait for the light to come back, and start again the day after tomorrow."

Hikaru Takikawa nodded, and Naruse didn't say anything, picking up a slice of raw beef and scalding it in the pot.

The starfish held up the chopsticks and glanced at the three of them separately, and his eyes fell on the piece of meat that had just been put into the pot.

Eating and chatting, the meal took more than an hour to end.

Naruse, who had been lying on the floor during the preparation stage, took the initiative to help wash the dishes and chopsticks at the end of the day, and Morimi was with him.

"How's the shabu-shabu today?"

"Very good."

She looked over, "Don't you have any more comments?" ”

Naruse rinsed the small bowl used to hold the sauce and didn't look at her, "What else can there be." ”

"It's delicious, I want to eat it often."

"It's because you eat less that you feel delicious."

"I don't think shabu-shabu belongs to the category that will get tired if you eat too much."

Naruse shook his head, not knowing what to say.

Whoop –

Unscrewing the faucet to allow for a larger flow of water, Morimi rinsed the pot and set it aside to dry.

"Bright Sky is really going to Thirteen Lakes?"

"Hmm."

"You're not going?"

"Didn't you just say it when you were eating?"

"It's hard to say if this is a rhetoric to prevent me and the starfish from going with the past."

Naruse glanced at her, "You think so much." ”

Morimi smiled, "After all, she's still my rival." ”

He didn't say anything and continued to wash the dishes.

She leaned over a little, "You can come over for dinner often." ”

"Your home is too far away."

"Then I'm going to your house for dinner?"

“…… Don't come. ”

"I said hello to Naoko first."

"Let her wait for you with a knife?"

Mori smiled, but quickly relented.

"If it does end up like this, who will you help?"

Naruse looked at her with a frown.

"Just kidding, you're taking it too seriously." Morimi said, "I don't want to be like this, after all, we still have a long time to get along in the future." ”

"Then you don't do anything, let it be, and we will still be good friends in the future."

“……”

She sneered briefly, but after just two glances at him, she swallowed the not-so-nice words.

"Wash the dishes, when I didn't say anything."

"Washed up."

Putting down the last bowl, Naruse turned and left the kitchen.

Outside, all three of them were sitting on the edge of the edge, and as soon as he walked over, he smelled the smoke of burning mosquito coils.

"Are there a lot of mosquitoes?"

"It's fine to light a mosquito coil." Hikaru Takikawa moved to his sister's side, patted him twice, and motioned for him to sit down.

"If you light a bonfire, the mosquitoes will all be smoked away."

Naruse sat down and looked at the dark courtyard, and suddenly the image of the bonfire burning there suddenly jumped in his mind, "You just want to play with fire." ”

"Hey, hey."

After a while, Morimi also came out.

"Do you want to stay overnight?"

"Forget it for today." Hikaru Takikawa said.

Morimi just asked casually, and after being politely refused, he didn't bother to ask Naruse and Starfish's opinions, after all, one would not agree, and the other didn't need her to take the initiative to open up if he wanted to stay overnight.

"Tomorrow is the day of the pendulum, and Yiye's parents should all come here."

"Hmm."

Naruse frowned, "I suddenly remembered that I haven't prepared anything yet." ”

"It seems that you have been really laid back these days." Morimi looked at him, "Or is it that Naoko has gone back to her own house, and you don't know what to do?" ”

She had a prickly voice, and he ignored it.

"It's okay, it's too late to prepare tomorrow afternoon." Hikaru Takikawa said, "If you don't know what to buy, I'll come over and help Harumi buy it." ”

"No, you don't."

Naruse shook his head, then stood up as well, "It's almost time to go back." ”

Disappointment immediately appeared on Morimi's face, and because of the unpleasantness just now, she quickly hid her emotions.

Although he has seen it.

"Yes, be careful on the road. Starfish ...... him"

"I'll stay."

"Huh?"

Glancing at Naruse beside him, and then moving his gaze to Morimi's face, Starfish said, "I want to stay overnight today." ”

She saw her emotions too.

His gaze rolled over her face, and Morimi nodded.

"Okay."

(End of chapter)