On Friday, the day before the weekend, daylight hours pass quickly.

The clouds in the sky have been rolling for more than a week, and the sun has not been seen, and the weather has become colder and colder.

After school in the afternoon, Naruse hurriedly packed his things and prepared to go back.

"Take me back too." Morimi said, "If I don't go to the school today, I won't have anything to do while I stay at the school." ”

"Okay."

Because she can't go with him, Starfish is going to stay and work at the café today, and Hikaru Takikawa is also with her.

After saying goodbye to the two, Naruse took Morimi and braved the cold wind to go back first.

"Do you want to go home, I'll send you back directly."

"No, I'll go to the bookstore when you're gone."

"Okay."

When he got home, Naruse took down the luggage he had already packed, counted the things he should bring, and it didn't take long for the reserved drop-off taxi to come over.

Loading his luggage into the car, he squeezed his girlfriend's hand.

"I'm leaving."

Morimi grabbed him, and the two hugged for a while, and she took a light bite on his face.

"Remember what you said last night."

"Hmm."

She let go of him, "Be careful on the road." ”

"I'm leaving." Naruse got in the car, took a taxi, and drove out quickly along the path.

Looking back at the house where he had spent the night last night, Morimi lifted the bag on his shoulder and walked to his bookstore.

Half an hour later, the taxi arrived at Aomori Airport.

By the time the plane took off, the sky was dark, and it was already past five o'clock.

An hour and a half later, the plane landed at Nagoya Airport, the closest airport to Takayama City, and it was already dark.

Coming out of the airport, Naruse boarded a direct JR train to Takayama City, and arrived at the hotel where he had stayed for a while during his summer vacation.

It's just that this time it's just him.

"It's even worse here......"

It was raining here in Takayama City, and it was late at night, and the cold rain was dripping, and Naruse was hungry and cold, so he ate something casually and went back to the hotel.

It's getting late today, so I'll have to start looking for it tomorrow.

"Let's go to Miyagawa Asai City first......

After taking a bath, Naruse soaked in the huge bathtub while looking through the map of Takayama City.

"Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow."

After soaking for half an hour, he lay down on the bed, sent a message to Mori and a few people, and fell into a deep sleep.

The night passed, the next day, Saturday morning.

"Hmm......"

There was no alarm clock on the weekend, and Hikaru Takikawa woke up early, and the first thing he did was to pick up his phone and look at it first.

No news.

After staring at the last message of the two of them last night for a while, she didn't take the initiative to send him a message, whether he was awake or asleep now, she didn't want to disturb him.

Putting down the phone, Hikaru Takikawa didn't feel sleepy anymore, and got up after lying down for a while.

When she came to the window, she felt that the sky was extremely gloomy today, and the dark clouds were almost pressing down on her face.

Looking at the latest weather forecast, there is a high chance of snow this afternoon.

"Is the second snow of this winter finally coming......

She flipped back, and it was mostly snowfall. The cold winds from Siberia are coming across the sea, and the snow season in Aomori is about to begin.

"Will it affect Harumi's flight back tomorrow......"

After standing by the window for a while, Hikaru Takikawa changed his clothes and went downstairs, and his parents had already gotten up.

"It looks like it's going to snow today."

"Well, if you just want to go out, don't ride a bike." Yohei Takigawa said, flipping through the newspaper that had just arrived in the morning.

"I haven't started yet."

Hikaru Takikawa went to the kitchen to look at the breakfast that her mother was preparing, and then returned to the living room, "Although I don't have any plans to go too far today." ”

Takigawa raised his eyes, "Where is the light going?" Are you going to find Harumi again? ”

"No, Chunhai is out of the house, not at home." She shook her head, "I might go to the Yiye family's bookstore in the afternoon." ”

"Where did Harumi go?" Dad asked again.

"I'm going to find Naoko."

“……”

"Harumi said that Naoko may have gone to Takayama City, he went over there to find it, and he flew over last night."

Takigawa put down the newspaper in his hand, was silent for a while, and then shook his head.

"Haruhai's kid...... What the hell are you thinking. ”

"He wants to get Naoko back."

"Doesn't he understand why Naoko left?"

Hikaru Takikawa sat down next to her father, "However, Naoko is definitely not willing to leave Harumi either...... If Harumi can really find Naoko, he should still be able to bring her back. ”

"And then when nothing happened in the past?"

"No, it is precisely because of what we have experienced that we can live together in a new relationship in the future."

“……”

Takigawa Yohei was speechless for a long time, staring at his daughter for a long time.

"Are you going to abandon your parents?"

"No—"

Her eyes widened, "Why do you say that all of a sudden?" ”

"Because the light doesn't seem to be going to take our feelings into account at all."

He paused and continued: "Two days ago, Hikari told his mother that he would die if he left Chunhai, how could he say such things to his mother? ”

"I'm sorry ......"

Hikaru Takikawa hung her head and apologized quickly, but it didn't mean she changed her mind, "because that's what I thought in my heart at the time." ”

"And now?"

"And now, too."

Yohei Takikawa leaned back, and he didn't want to read the newspaper.

"I'm really going to abandon my parents."

Since this incident was exposed, Hikaru Takikawa has never given up on convincing his parents, and today is no exception.

She moved to her father's side, "Why can't mom and dad agree to what you want me to do?" ”

"Because it's not just a matter of light and spring sea, it's okay if you want me."

She blurred the point, "Everybody's willing to do that, too." ”

"Then why did Naoko leave?"

"Hmm...... I'm willing, I'm with Kazuha and Starfish. When Naoko returns, she will be willing. ”

"It's just a temporary state."

Takigawa Yohei shook his head, "You children, it is only by virtue of an adolescent impulse that this unstable state has been formed.

If you are a little more mature, you will realize how ridiculous this is. And at that time, even if we don't stop it, your relationship will collapse on its own. ”

Hikaru Takikawa was silent for a few seconds, "Then why can't Dad wait until we disintegrate ourselves?" ”

He looked at his daughter, "Because in the process, the light will get hurt, and maybe even gradually lose trust in everyone, and dad can't watch the light get hurt." ”

Hikaru Takikawa also looked at his father, "Then in this world, is there a choice that will not be hurt?" ”

"Nope."

Yohei Takikawa shook his head, "But that doesn't mean that I can accept Hikari on a path that is destined to hurt......"

"-This aside, what does Dad think of Harumi?" Hikaru Takikawa asked suddenly.

Yohei Takigawa paused, "Of course it's too good to be a good boy." ”

"People are smart, aren't they?"

"Well, it's about the same as the moon."

"The character is also very good."

"That's right."

"I am also very serious and responsible for the people around me."

"Hmmm......"

"Then does Dad want me to be deceived by a strange man you have never seen in the future, or will I be deceived by Harumi who knows the roots?"

“…… Can't you just find a good man! ”

"Chunhai is a good man, Dad admitted it just now!"

“……”

Yohei Takikawa almost didn't catch it in one breath, and turned his head to look at the kitchen.

"Midoriko!"

"I'm going to help my mother~"

Hikaru Takikawa also got up and ran to the kitchen.

As she embraced her parents' thoughts, she believed that it wouldn't take long for them to go from opposition to consent—as long as they acquiesced like Starfish's father.

"Light has made Dad angry again."

"Nope."

The sky outside was always overcast, and by four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the snow was still falling, and the two days of the weekend were also swept by in the snow.

On Sunday evening, Hikaru Takikawa called her boyfriend, who was traveling far away.

Whoop –

“……”

In the long silence, she could only hear the noise of the rain.

(End of chapter)