At five o'clock in the afternoon, when Naruse was sitting in the department of the handicraft club reading a book, the school radio sounded.

"Teachers, students, and guests, this is the end of the first day of the Tsuzen High School Cultural Festival, so please leave the school in time. ...... of classrooms and club offices"

The radio was still ringing, the first broadcast had just ended, and the second had not yet begun, and there was already a burst of cheers in the department.

"It's over—"

"The first day ended successfully~"

"It's finally time to take a breath......

"How can you be so tired."

Closing the journal of the art department, Naruse looked around, and smiled at Naoko next to him.

"It's over."

"Uh-huh."

Then she stood up, raised her voice, and repeated the words on the radio, telling the members to pack up early and go back as soon as possible.

The cultural festival is not more than usual, and she has to stay at the end to leave the ministry to rest assured.

"Minister, I'm going back."

"Okay, be careful on the road."

"I'll go first, Naoko."

"Bye-bye~"

"Minister, I'll come over early tomorrow."

"It doesn't need to be too early."

People kept coming to say goodbye to Naoko, and she responded one by one.

Naruse slightly packed up the few magazines he had brought, sat down next to him and continued to wait.

After a while, he saw Morimi, Hikaru Takikawa, and Starfish all appear at the door of the department, and looked inside.

He raised his hand and motioned for them to come in.

"You can't go back yet."

"Almost." Naoko said.

The members of the handicraft club have dispersed, and she has begun to pack her things.

Glancing at the starfish that was honestly peeking at him, Naruse looked at Morimi and Hikaru Takikawa again, "Where did you go in the afternoon?" ”

"Just wandering around the school." Morimi said, "I've been sitting in the gym for a long time. ”

"There are always performances over there, and when one is over, the other one will be picked up immediately, and you can't finish watching it." Hikaru Takikawa added.

Naruse looked at the two, "It's only the first day, are you already going to the gymnasium to watch a show to pass the time?" ”

"Nope." Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "I just passed by and thought it was interesting, so I sat down over there." ”

After greeting another member of the departing department, Naoko asked, "Is there any particularly interesting performance?" ”

"Something interesting...... Well, I think the rakugo workshop performance is quite interesting. Hikaru Takikawa said, "The performer is a third-year senpai, and there will be another performance tomorrow, so Naoko can come and see it." ”

"Tomorrow afternoon?" Naruse asked.

"Hmm."

He glanced at his girlfriend, "Naoko can go and see it then." ”

"Well, let's talk about it tomorrow."

After waiting for a while, the members of the handicraft club left one after another, Naruse and Hikaru Takikawa helped check the doors and windows, and Naoko finally locked the door and left the department together.

Downstairs, you can still see a lot of active figures in the school.

"At least after half past five, the talent will be clean."

"I guess it's going to be dark."

Riding out of school and riding back along the other side of the street, Naruse slowed down and looked at the poster he hadn't seen in the morning.

The festival is open to the public from day one, but it is not until the weekend of the third day that a large number of people from outside the school come to visit. These propaganda outside the school can play a little attraction.

"I've seen the third flea market poster."

"On the other side of the street, there should be quite a few." Naoko said.

"Come over there tomorrow morning."

"Okay."

After crossing the Shinteramachi Bridge, Naruse picked up his speed again and rode back towards the sunset.

Back in Aoyagi, he didn't go home directly, and continued to move forward with Naoko, preparing to go to the supermarket to buy some ingredients to bring back.

"Bye-bye."

"See you tomorrow."

When he arrived at the door of his bookstore, Morimi stopped, looked at Naruse who continued to ride forward, and then looked at the starfish that stopped at the entrance of the hotel.

Looking at the direction in which the two left, and looking back to find that she was looking at her, Starfish was stunned for a moment, kicked on the ground, and rode over again with a turn of the car.

Morimi stopped and stopped, "Come in and talk for a while?" ”

"Uh-huh."

Starfish followed her in and said hello to the owner of the bookstore.

Morimi gave up her place and space for her daughter as usual, and asked more than usual, "Did you have fun at today's cultural festival?" ”

"Not bad, right?" Morimi said, and the starfish also nodded, "It's very lively." ”

"Mom and Dad can come over tomorrow afternoon to visit our flea market and maybe buy something back."

"Are there any old books?"

"It's still a little." Morimi said.

He nodded, turned and went inside.

Morimi also sat down at the counter and looked at the starfish: "After watching the movie in the morning, the starfish has been staying with Harumi?" ”

Although they came to the craft club together after school, Starfish only met them when they went upstairs.

"No...... It's not entirely nothing. Starfish shook his head, "I took a spin around at noon and ate something together." ”

She paused, looked at her friend inside, and continued, "I watched the movie together again in the afternoon, and then ...... And then it was separated. ”

Hearing that they had watched the movie again, Morimi raised his eyebrows, "With Naoko?" ”

"Hmm."

"No wonder ......"

She didn't say much about it, "If the starfish has nothing to do tomorrow, you might as well follow us." But tomorrow afternoon might be a bit busy. ”

Starfish nodded, looking forward to tomorrow afternoon's event, but also a little nervous.

"Then again, the magic department's show ......"

The two chatted for a while about what they had seen and heard today, and a whistle sounded outside the door.

Starfish turned around, Naruse looked inside the bookstore, didn't stop, and twisted the accelerator again.

"The soul is gone." The girl at the counter spoke.

She came back to her senses, turned her head to look at Morimi, wanted to ask something, and held back.

He'll tell her soon anyway.

"I'm going back."

"Let's go back. Don't get too excited at night and go to bed early, or I won't be waiting for you tomorrow morning. ”

"...... will go to bed early"

Leaving the bookstore, Starfish rides home, and as expected, is asked the same question again.

"It's funny. By the way, there is a flea market organized by Chunhai tomorrow, does Dad want to come and see it? ”

"Then let's go check it out." Seiichiro Maki said.

"Send me a message when you come, and I'll come out to pick you up."

After the sun goes down, time flies.

Eat, wash, play with your phone to pass the time, and suddenly it's time to go to bed.

"Lying in bed again until now......"

Starfish sat up, still in good spirits, and then got up and sat down at the desk.

She feels that the main reason why she often can't get up in the morning is that she can't sleep at night. Even if you put down your phone and don't play, it's still the same.

Telling Morimi about this, she gave her a piece of advice:

Let the sleeping place only be used for sleeping, so that when it's time to sleep, you can quickly get into the state - that is, don't lie in bed if you have nothing to do.

But Starfish had a hard time doing it, and when she got back to her room, she lay down on the bed, which was too natural for her.

So she came up with a compromise: before going to bed, she would leave her bed and sit somewhere else for a while.

Whether it worked or not, at least for the last few days, she had done so.

After sitting at the desk for a while, Starfish looked out the window, got up and turned off the lights in the room, and went to the window again, leaning out to look out.

The moonlight was like water, falling from the sky, shining evenly on the earth, and the countryside at 90 o'clock at night was already quiet.

She looked by the window for a long time, but there was still no one on the street.

"It's not ten o'clock yet......

Even though she was ready for bed, she still felt that it was still early.

The silver-white moonlight that fell on the ground, after looking at it for a long time, looked a bit like snow.

The starfish was lying by the window, stretching out its thin white arms, wanting to touch the moonlight.

Is the end of summer the end of the summer vacation or the end of the cultural festival?

(End of chapter)