Taking two freshly cooked takoyaki from the stall owner, Naruse stepped back and handed one of them to Hikaru Takikawa, only to realize that there seemed to be someone missing.

"Sister Yue didn't come over?"

"The moon is still over there."

Hikaru Takikawa took the takoyaki and pointed to the place where a few adults were standing, "She probably already thinks of herself as an adult, and she didn't come with us 'children' just now." ”

Naruse also glanced over there, and had a more realistic guess about the reason why Takikawa Moon stayed there.

But it doesn't matter.

"Try it, freshly made takoyaki."

He and Naoko share one portion, and the other three share another, the night is long, and there are a lot of things that can be eaten at the festival, so now they just eat casually, and pad their stomachs first.

Using a toothpick, she picked up a piece of takoyaki dipped in sauce and wrapped in bonito flowers, and Naoko blew it twice before putting it in her mouth.

"Slow down, it's a little hot." Naruse reminded.

She nodded, and took a bite down, easily biting the crisp but not hard shell, the temperature inside was still relatively high, she exhaled a few breaths, and then carefully continued to chew.

Looking next to him, Hikaru Takikawa, Starfish, and Morimi also each forked an octopus and burned it into their mouths.

Maybe it's because they're wearing yukatas, so everyone is very careful about their actions, as if they're afraid that the sauce will get on their clothes.

"How's it taste?" Naruse asked.

"That's good." Naoko took his arm, "The little octopus inside is also chewy. ”

"I still prefer this crispy." He picked up another takoyaki, "The last time I went to the izakaya, the takoyaki at that house was slimy, and although the sauce tasted good, the texture was not good at all. ”

"Are you alright?" Hikaru Takikawa put forward a different opinion, "I feel okay, but the outermost layer is a little soft." ”

"No, it's the outermost layer of crispy."

"Strange Quest ......"

Standing next to the stall, there were not too many people, and a few people finished eating the takoyaki in their hands before continuing to shop.

As with any other festival, there is something familiar everywhere you look, and nothing new. However, this does not discourage people from participating in the festival every year, after all, the fun of the festival is never just the festival itself.

"Do you want to play goldfishing?"

"Okay."

Hikaru Takikawa pulled the starfish to a goldfish stall, and the other three followed, watching the two play for a while.

"Look at my ...... Ah, almost. ”

After breaking the paper nets of the two fishing, Takikawa Hikaru quickly became proficient, one by one.

The starfish was far away, and they didn't catch a single goldfish for half a day, and there were more and more broken paper nets left at hand.

Naruse stood behind and watched, and soon he couldn't stand it anymore.

"That's not how you fish."

He suddenly crouched down, and Naoko and Morimi, who were originally standing on his left and right, glanced at each other, smiling at the same time, and at the same time shifting their gaze to him and the starfish.

"That's how you got it?"

"She's scolding you."

"Hahaha, don't say that...... I'll catch another one, and the starfish will take a closer look. ”

Morimi looked down, waited for another attempt by the starfish to fail, and then raised his eyes to look around.

As the sky gets darker, the number of people who come to the festival increases, and the surrounding area becomes more and more lively.

They had been strolling around for a while, and the few adults waiting outside didn't know where they had gone now.

After slowly scanning for a week, there was a sudden cheer of surprise in front of him, and Morimi looked down to see that the starfish had finally picked up a goldfish.

"Congratulations~"

Hikaru Takikawa smiled at her and handed over two more nets, "Let's do it again." ”

"Uh-huh."

"Aren't you playing?" Morimi opened his mouth and said to Naruse, who only spoke but did not move.

He turned his head to look at her, didn't say anything, and when he turned back, the paper net handed by the starfish was already stretched out in front of him.

“……”

He took it anyway.

Staring at the various small fish swimming back and forth in the water, Naruse waited for a while, and suddenly made a move, and he easily fished up a black goldfish.

"Chunhai is very powerful."

"After watching it for a long time, it's time to know." Putting the goldfish in the bowl, he looked at it twice and said, "Good luck, too." ”

Paper nets are fragile, and it does take some skill to catch goldfish, but luck is still an element that cannot be ignored.

"You guys try it too."

Naoko and Morimi were also pulled to play for a while, and there were more and more small fish in the bowl. But when it came time to leave, they only had one.

The black goldfish is carried in a transparent bag and carried in the hands of starfish, still swimming around.

"Be careful, don't get crowded."

"Uh-huh."

Leaving here and continuing to walk forward, the appetite aroused by a few takoyaki became more and more intense under the seduction of the aroma of various foods wafting in the air.

"Do you want to eat fried noodles?"

"Okay. But if you eat a serving of fried noodles, you won't be able to eat anything else. ”

"I'll see if there's a small portion I can buy...... Or one serving for the two of you. ”

"That's fine."

Naruse squeezed to the stall to buy fried noodles, Takikawa Hikaru glanced at it a few times, dropped the sentence "Harumi may not be able to take it", and it passed.

"The ingredients in the fried noodles are quite hearty."

He glanced at her, then turned his head to look at the three people standing on the outside, "Well, it's a lot of weight." ”

"It's a pity that there is no meat."

"I didn't just pass by the yakitori stall, if you want to eat meat, go over there and buy some."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "I feel like I'm going to stain my yukata, so forget it." ”

Naruse looked at the clothes on her body again, she was wearing a dark blue yukata today, without too many pattern embellishments, which was relatively simple in a women's yukata.

"How?" Seeing his undisguised gaze, Hikaru Takikawa smiled and asked as well.

"Very good."

"Thank you~" The smile on her face was even bigger.

After waiting for a while, the two fried noodles that Naruse asked for were finally ready.

Looking at the stall owners inside who were so busy that they couldn't stop, Hikaru Takikawa sighed with emotion: "It's so busy." ”

"Hmm."

She lowered her voice slightly, "I feel like I can make a lot of money in one night." ”

Naruse smiled and nodded again, "But it's true that it's hard." ”

"We got the food, he made the money, and everybody was happy."

"Hmm."

After taking the packed fried noodles, the two squeezed out, found the three of them, came to the location where there were no people on the side, and ate the fried noodles.

"Well, it's delicious!"

Starfish tasted it and immediately opened its eyes.

Hikaru Takikawa also took a bite and tasted it, nodding constantly, "I would have asked for an extra one if I had known." ”

Morimi finally took the fried noodles, "What you can't eat or can't eat enough is the most delicious...... Don't look at me, I'm just talking about fried noodles. ”

“……”

Hikaru Takikawa didn't say anything, looked away, and looked at Naoko and Naruse who were eating a portion of yakisoba next to him.

"It tastes really good."

After tasting it, Morimi also gave a relatively high evaluation of the fried noodles, "It seems that I was lucky this time." ”

"Ha ......"

It's not uncommon to buy something that looks good but not delicious at a festival, and the stalls are hard to remember.

A few people divided the fried noodles, continued to shop, continued to eat, and continued to play, and when they passed by the place where the Obon dance was performed in the middle, Naoko suddenly grabbed Naruse.

The other three also stopped, looking inside.

"When to buy yukata ......"

Looking at the unique figure wearing a mask and sunglasses in the crowd, Naruse looked nearby again, and sure enough, he soon saw Hikaru Takikawa's parents and this flower Tetsuya.

And Takigawa Moon and Kazuko Hanasa also mixed in the crowd and danced strange dances together.

"Let's go in and jump together."

He turned his head, and Hikaru Takikawa pulled the starfish, who shook his head.

"If she's not happy, forget it."

She looked over with the starfish, "Do you want to be with Chunhai?" ”

"I don't want it either."

"Okay."

Hikaru Takikawa was not reluctant, stuffed the things in his hand into them, trotted to his sister's side, and jumped up with them.

"The light dances pretty well." Naoko said, holding Naruse in her hand.

"It's probably not the first time she's experienced such an occasion."

"Hmmm......"

"If there's a bonfire in the middle, the atmosphere of the festival will be even better."

Naoko turned her head to look at Morimi, who was standing beside her, and quickly smiled and nodded.

"Yes."

She looked at the familiar figures in the center of the field again, and the two people next to her looked at each other silently.

Morimi tilted his head slightly, and the corners of his mouth curved.

“……”

Naruse quickly looked away and looked ahead.

The starfish carried the bag of fish, and his eyes circled on the faces of the two of them, and finally landed on Naruse's face, puffing out his mouth slightly.

Eyebrows......

(End of chapter)