If nothing else, this moon will bloom in the garden for 12~20 days, and then wither and wither.

There are dozens of flowers blooming in the flower garden, and Kobayakawa Kazuki doesn't understand why Aokora happens to crouch down in front of it.

The back garden is a greenhouse with a glass dome covered.

These flowers were indeed planted by Ryoko, but there are quite a few people who take care of these flowers.

In order to avoid the sudden death of the flowers in the garden, the Kobayakawa family even spent a lot of money to hire a botanist.

The botanist was a graduate of Waseda University and is now well-known overseas.

However, the flowers that should be withered will wither, and even if the flowering period is extended with the right environment and medicine, it can bloom for a few more days.

Kobayakawa Kazuki recalled that a few days ago, in fact, they did not know each other, and it was the first official meeting between her and Aokuna in "Sakai".

Until then, Kazuki Kobayakawa had only seen photos of Na Aozora as a child.

At that time, she loved to laugh, and at that time she had dimples.

Kazuki Kobayakawa suddenly felt a little sad and didn't know why.

Obviously, from her position, she should hate their mother and daughter for making her mother wait for more than ten years, so that she has not had fatherly love since she was a child.

Maybe because death is the end of everything.

When she's dead......

Kobayakawa Kazuki doesn't know what Aokuna thinks now.

Her mother had just died, and the disease had set its sights on her.

It was like a curse, a curse for the continuation of the bloodline.

Maybe she has long thought about such a day, so she has been living a wonderful life all these years.

Musical instruments, painting, dancing......

She has dabbled in all of them, all of them are taught by famous teachers, and those teachers who teach her are all well-known figures in their respective fields.

These were not ordered by Shinsuke Aozora to be learned, on the contrary, she asked for them herself.

Her life has been spent in learning and then surprising others.

She does have a slight amount of autism, but that's just too lazy and unnecessary to talk to people.

Peers are too low for her.

It's like the smartest people don't play with stupid people.

"He's coming over in the evening?"

Last week, Shinsuke Aoku said in Sakai that he would come to Hanaen with Ryoko every Saturday, and there was a high probability that he would go to Sakai Sushi Restaurant for another meal of sushi.

"Sister, are you talking about Dad? He's definitely coming over in the evening, after all, I sneaked out, and he should be angry right now. Aokong Natra then said helplessly.

"He's also doing it for your good, you should be considerate of him."

It's not a nice thing to say, but it needs to be said.

"Of course I understand Dad, but am I okay now? I don't want to smell the disgusting disinfectant every day. Aokora pursed her lips, as if to savor the taste.

Mom has lived in that taste for more than ten years.

She watched her mother's face grow sluggish.

Mom used to be very beautiful, otherwise Dad wouldn't have fallen in love with Mom with Aunt Ryoko.

"What are your plans for the future?"

Kazuki Kobayakawa thought she was just annoyed and came out to relax.

In fact, she was a little surprised until now, and Aokong Nai actually secretly ran back to the flower garden.

But it's right to think about it, if she had gone somewhere else, Shinsuke Aozora would have arrested her a long time ago.

"Back to school." Aokong Na said matter-of-factly.

"Sister, why do you like Shiina-kun, I think he seems to be very ordinary."

She counted them on her fingers. "Lustful, and timid, except for some kindness, it seems to be no different from other boys of the same level?"

She remembered how he had protected her in the stairwell.

As for that basketball game......

It's also remarkable.

But if that's all she wants, she's seen a lot of boys who are better than him.

Many of those boys flattered her in every possible way, or wanted to indulge her, but she didn't bother to give her color.

Waste of time.

"If you like it, you like it, you don't need any reason."

This is the first time she has told others about her love for Shiina Mist, perhaps because she is a younger sister, or because of her illness.

"But there must be a reason for liking, otherwise why don't you like others, sister?"

Aokuna didn't understand it, she thought that the person her sister liked should be the best in Yuki High School.

Unfortunately, this is not the case.

He's good, too, but that's about it.

He was still a little, and he had no intention of glancing at her legs, four or five times.

If it wasn't for him who saved her in the stairwell, if the two weren't "lovers", if it wasn't him she borrowed from her sister.

She insisted that he taste the stockings.

After physical education class that day, she asked him how he usually coaxed his girlfriend, and he actually looked at her legs?

"What do you like to eat?"

Kobayakawa Kazuki did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

"Matcha cake." She eats matcha cake two to three times a week.

"Why do you like matcha cake?"

Aokora frowned. "Because I like the taste of it."

I liked it the first time I ate it.

"But I don't like matcha cakes, I like strawberry flavors. The strawberry-flavored cake is delicious on its own, but it doesn't necessarily suit you. ”

Aokuna was thoughtful.

"But sister, I can't find the matcha cake." She shook her head.

It's as if she and Shiina Kirishi held hands and walked around the Doraemon-themed restaurant that day, but they didn't find matcha cake.

If her life is seen by others, she must say a perfect sentence when she asks herself.

An impeccable countenance, an incomparably illustrious family, and a terrifying talent.

But she couldn't find someone she liked.

"I haven't been in a relationship yet, and I don't know what it's like to like someone."

She's been playing his lover, but she's just playing.

She didn't like him.

Kazuki Kobayakawa didn't know what to say.

Likes can be love at first sight, or they can be long-lasting.

But these likes need to be based on time.

Even if it's love at first sight, you need to take the time to wait to meet him.

But what Aokuna lacks most now is time.

That's why she wanted to eat her strawberry cake.

If she doesn't like others, the boy that her sister likes must be the best.

……

In a luxury manor house in Tokyo.

Shinsuke Aozora was sitting in his study, and the table in front of him was full of photographs, with the date written on the back of the photograph.

Those photos include Kazuki Kobayakawa and Nai Aoku.

In addition to them, there is another person - Shiina Kiri.

It's not the first time I've seen these photos, as someone handed him a photo of Kazuki Kobayakawa and Kirishi Shiina talking together a year ago.

Now it's just put together.

The farthest photo from now is on May 27 last year.

Shiina Kirishi and Kobayakawa Kazuki were on duty together in the classroom, talking and laughing.

I guess Shiina Kirishi himself forgot about this matter.

After all, who will always remember the picture of themselves joking with a boy in the classroom a year ago?

But it's all documented in the photos.

The closest one is Tuesday this week.

In the photo, Shiina Kiri and Aokora are sitting on an orange rubber boat drifting indoors, and Aokuna is leaning on Shiina Kiri, smiling happily with her hands open.

In addition, there are two people playing bumper cars, getting on the Ferris wheel, and eating matcha ice cream......

Shinsuke Aozora is a very open-minded person, and he has never interfered with Kobayakawa Kazuki's liking.

But now Aokora is also going to entangle with this teenager.

And she told him almost in front of him that she was going to fall in love with Shiina Kiri—that day Aoi Kuna asked Shiina to talk to her in front of the driver.

Shinsuke Aozora closed his eyes.

History repeats itself.

After all these years, he still can't keep her.

(End of chapter)