By seven o'clock in the evening, the izakaya was already completely lively.

The hall was almost full, and all kinds of people were scattered everywhere, conforming to the atmosphere and making a lot of noise.

When he came back from the bathroom, Naruse deliberately looked for it and found that there were quite a few Tsu High School student groups gathering here, and there were many people he knew.

"Naruse is here too?"

"Well, I came here with the people from the handicraft club and had dinner."

"Haha, do you want to come here for a drink or two?"

"It's not drinking...... Forget it. ”

After a slight walk around the hall and a few acquaintances, Naruse returned to his seat.

The four of them and the handicraft club next to them came relatively early, and at this time, they had actually eaten almost, but the atmosphere was still warm, and everyone didn't want to leave.

"I said, let's continue drinking in a different place after that?"

"You should be drinking, there are two meetings, three meetings, just eat and drink here."

"Okay."

Listening to the conversation of the members at the other table, Naoko smiled.

At the beginning, she sat with the members of the department, ate and drank for a while, and when the atmosphere became warm and the members were happy, they changed the table and sat next to Naruse.

"When are you going to meet today?" Returning from the bathroom, Naruse sat down and asked.

"Does Harumi want to go home?" Naoko asked rhetorically.

"No, just ask."

"Well, I don't know...... Let everyone decide for themselves. ”

Naruse nodded, didn't say much, picked up his drink and took a sip.

"Do you want to eat some more?" He looked at the three people opposite.

Hikaru Takikawa shook his head, and Starfish shook his head when he saw this, "No need." ”

Morimi shook the soda in the cup, "I really don't need it." ”

However, there are still a lot of people who can eat at the handicraft club, and while a few people are talking, someone called the clerk and ordered some food.

"Then again, is the cost of this kind of dinner included in the expenses of club activities?" Morimi asked, "That's the kind that uses club funds." ”

"It's not." Naoko shook her head, "Before the dinner, we had already collected a fee from the people who attended the celebration party once. ”

"I've heard that it's usually 500 yen per person?"

"So do we."

"It feels like a good deal."

Naoko smiled, "Because Izakaya is here." ”

Continuing to eat and drink, and continuing to chat, Naoko would occasionally be called back to the Craft Club to have a drink with her friends in the club and chat for a while.

Naruse still ordered some more skewers and shared them with the three of them.

After sitting for a while, Morimi stood up, "I'll go out and take a breath." ”

Changing into her shoes, she looked at Hikaru Takikawa, "Do you want Hikaru together?" ”

The latter thought about it for a moment and nodded, "Okay." ”

The two left the table temporarily, and the starfish looked back for a while, and Naruse spoke: "You have to go with you, at least finish what you have in hand first." ”

"Oh......"

She continued to bite on the skewers, and when she was done, she didn't mean to get up, and picked up another skewer at random.

"I'd better order a few more strings." Naruse said.

"No need!" She immediately put it down.

He smiled, "It's not that you won't be allowed to eat it." ”

"I'm full...... This time it's true. ”

Starfish also got up and went out.

Outside, it was already dark, and she withdrew from the lively atmosphere, and when the evening breeze blew, she felt that her whole body had become much more sober.

Morimi and Hikaru Takikawa were standing outside the izakaya, side by side, chatting about something.

She walked over, and Morimi raised her arm and touched Hikaru Takikawa.

The two looked at each other, "The starfish also came out." ”

"Hmm...... What are you talking about? ”

Glancing at Hikaru Takikawa, Morimi said, "It's nothing, just casually chatted about tomorrow's plans." ”

"What are you going to do tomorrow?" Starfish asked.

The festival had taken up a day of the weekend, but there was still one day left, and she didn't have any plans other than that, and she didn't know what they were thinking.

Morimi shook his head, "My plan is to have a good rest at home for a day." ”

"...... like this"

"Me too." Hikaru Takikawa said.

Starfish looked at the two of them, and her instinct told her that this was definitely not the topic they had been talking about.

They really had something to hide from her.

“……”

A thought in her heart suddenly became much stronger.

"Did he finish the stuff he just ordered?" Morimi suddenly asked.

"Huh...... No. One more point. ”

"Then let's go back and finish eating." She turned and walked inside, "After eating, it's almost time to go home." ”

Hikaru Takikawa patted Starfish on the shoulder, "Let's go in." ”

"Hmmm......"

Back inside and sat down, Naruse sat alone, while Naoko was still at the handicraft club.

"How did Chunhai eat it all by himself?" Hikaru Takikawa wanted to eat a little more, only to find that the plate that had just been delivered was empty.

"I thought you weren't eating it." He glanced at her and Morimi, "More?" ”

Mori saw that he was noncommittal, looked to the side, and lowered his voice slightly: "Naoko's side, aren't you planning to end yet?" ”

"End? It's only a few o'clock, but people really have something to celebrate, which is different from those of us who rub rice. ”

"Speaking of celebration, don't we also organize a big event like a flea market?"

"That was all yesterday."

Naruse said, still raising his hand to call the clerk, "A day and a night have passed, and there is no feeling like when the flea market just ended." ”

"Yes."

Morimi held his chin with one hand and looked at him with both eyes, and it was vague that he couldn't tell if he was dissatisfied or something else.

"After all, a lot of things happened today."

“……”

Naruse looked at her, then at Hikaru Takikawa, finally convinced that she already knew about them.

"I'm going to tell you when I get a chance."

She snorted with her eyes.

The clerk also came over at this time, and several people looked at each other, and still ordered a few things to eat casually.

Although I have been eating and drinking, and I have been saying that I can't eat anymore, I can always eat a little more after stopping for a while.

"I feel that the taste of this house is not as good as the place we went to before."

"After all, consumption is not the same."

"By the way, what are the average prices for izakaya in Tokyo?"

"It's a lot more expensive than here."

"You've been running to the izakaya since you were in Tokyo?"

"Of course, going out with 'friends' is all paid for by me."

"What are you proud of......"

There are four people at a table, you can always find new topics, and the table of the handicraft club next to it is still lively.

Eating and drinking, it was almost half past eight, and the celebration party was really over.

"The advantage of eating out is that you don't have to wash the dishes and you don't have to clean up anything."

"If there are so many guests in the house, how busy will it be?"

The four of them stood next to the motorcycle, chatting as they watched Naoko say goodbye to the members one by one until the last person left.

With a long breath, Naoko dragged her tired body to several companions, "You can go home." ”

"Good work." Naruse took her hand and squeezed it for a moment.

"It's tiring, but it's a time like today, and I'm happy."

Naoko sat down behind him, put on her helmet, and hugged his waist tightly, "I suddenly felt a little sympathetic to Sugiyama-senpai at last year's celebration." ”

“……”

At the celebration party that should have been celebrated happily, most of the elite backbone of the community was poached from another club, which must not be a good taste for the head of the club, but in the end, this is also the bitter fruit of her own inaction.

Naruse didn't want to say much on this topic either, "Let's go home and rest now." ”

"Uh-huh."

He twisted the throttle and rode forward, and Hikaru Takikawa and the three quickly followed.

Passing through the lights of the city and breaking into the dark night as far as the eye could see, only a few pillars of light illuminated the road ahead, Naoko looked up and suddenly felt that the starry sky was a little dark.

Is the sunny day finally coming to an end......

(End of chapter)