Back at the student apartment, Jingu Teratsuki meets Alice Arisugawa in front of the elevator.

Alice Arisugawa took the initiative to greet him, smiling and saying that it was very rare for him to eat out.

Jingu Terakitsuki hummed and didn't say much.

Basically, if there are no special circumstances in Jingu Temple, three meals a day are solved in the apartment.

Except for classes and going to the library, he barely goes out.

I often skip lunch directly, so I am often taught by Alice Arisukawa, who is like an old mother who takes care of several of them, worrying about their daily life.

Seeing Jingu Siyue's preoccupied look, she stood aside very interestingly, waiting for the elevator to come down and stopped talking.

When Jingu Teratsuki left the elevator, Alice Arisugawa couldn't help but call out to him.

Jingu Siyue turned her head silently, and when her words came to her lips, she had to squeeze out a smile and say goodnight.

He also said goodnight.

When I got back to my room, I collapsed on the bed in the dark, feeling that I couldn't do anything.

Whether it's studying, drawing, or reading.

I don't want to do anything.

It seems that the power of the whole body has been withdrawn, and it has returned to the confused state it once was.

What do you really want?

Why did you get admitted to the University of Tokyo?

He seemed to have fallen in the snow, and any cold and darkness enveloped him.

Close your eyes slowly.

The phone vibrated at this moment.

It took a long time before it was connected.

"Why did you answer my call so late today?"

"I just went back to the room, I'm a little tired, if you don't call, I'll almost fall asleep." Jingu Terakitsuki said.

"yes, I know."

"You know?"

"Because of the sound of the moon, it sounds very uncomfortable."

Jingu Terakitsuki's expression froze, and his eyes slowly looked out the window, and it was really difficult to see the stars in the night sky of Tokyo.

He said in a flat tone and disappreciatively: "...... Not really. ”

"What, you don't have to pretend to be an adult in front of me."

The Sakura Koji Sakura on the other end of the phone, the voice is full of vitality that he does not have, and listening to it makes people feel like a spring breeze.

"I'm not pretending again, and I'm already an adult."

"I know, Yue always likes to be strong, don't do that in front of me, I don't want you to be so tired."

Jingu Temple has been for a long time, without saying a word.

He looked out the window, the moon hung like a white and flawless mirror over the hustle and bustle of the city, Jingu Temple Moon tried to take care of it, but he couldn't see his own expression clearly.

Of course, it was the moon, not a mirror.

"Yue, are you crying?" On the other side of the phone, Sakura Koji Sakura's whisper.

“……… Not really. ”

On the other end of the phone came Sakurakoji's suppressed chuckle.

"What are you laughing at?"

"It turns out that even if it's a month, there will be times when you are discouraged like this."

"This is the time to laugh?"

"That's why I want to laugh, I want to cheer up even more, and be a happy Sakura Koji Sakura, so that you can feel my vitality."

"Ahh Why don't I sing you a song, to cheer up Tsuki. ”

"You don't have to, the emotions that are rarely brewing will be ruined by your incomplete five tones."

"Ah~~ The month is too good."

Sakura Koji Sakura shouted that he must look good after meeting and make him regret what he said today, Jingu Temple Moon curled the corners of his mouth shallowly.

It seems that if you close your eyes, you can see the smiling face of the lively girl and the cute expression of her puffed up cheeks.

It can't be said to be relieved, but the pent-up sadness in her heart has been washed away a lot by her.

Jingu Terakitsuki thought to himself that when he was in high school, he should have liked Hoshino Mori Seino.

Anyone will be attracted to excellent people, let alone people who have completely changed their youth.

It is also helpless to generate some good feelings.

Jingu Terakitsuki was just an ordinary person, a teenager full of prejudice against everything in the world, maybe he didn't know what his sincerity was at that time, and he was very arrogant that he didn't need that kind of thing.

Until after graduation, after becoming an adult, after meeting her.

I was finally able to objectively examine my past self and face him calmly at that time, without expressing my feelings.

At the same time, I also have a deeper understanding of how lucky it is to be redeemed by others.

Jingu Teratsuki felt that he was fine, and even if there was no goal for him to follow, he would find what he really wanted to do in the future.

Perhaps, it would be quite uncomfortable to admit this, this reunion is not for him to get an answer, but to make him cherish the people around him more.

Probably, Jingu Temple Moon will never know the true heart of Hoshino Mori Hoshino at that time.

But that kind of thing doesn't seem to matter to him anymore, and he made up his mind early to take care of Sakura Koji Sakura for the rest of his life.

So now, this idea will not change because of who appears.

"Yarn silos."

"I'm here."

"Yarn silos."

"Well, I'm listening."

"Yarn silos."

"Yue, what a coquettish ghost."

"Yarn ......"

"What's the matter, my coquettish."

"I want to see you."

"Well, so am I."

As if he was afraid that his feelings would not be able to be conveyed, Jingu Terakitsuki kept calling her name.

"Sakura, I'm ......"

"Yue doesn't have to say anything, I know everything."

"You know again?"

"Because just as the moon has been looking at me, I've been watching the moon too.

"Yue, I must have felt lonely."

“………”

"After going to Tsuki's apartment, I can understand that Tsuki lives in a different world from them.

"On the surface, Moon seems to be able to get along with anyone, but they don't really fit in, they each have their own lives, and even if Yue is not in that place, their lives will not change in any way.

"It's human nature, and we don't need to be alone about it."

Is that what it is?

Jingu Teratsuki wasn't sure, he thought he was making friends with those people from the bottom of his heart.

"Why, say that?"

"Because when I was in high school, I was obviously happier when I worked in the student council."

“………”

Jingu Terakitsuki didn't know what to say, and was silent as if she was acquiescing.

"It's very uncomfortable to be alone, and so am I, so I have to keep thinking about the moon, thinking about the memories between us, and imagining the future.

"If only Tsuki could think about my business when she feels lonely.

"But I can't guarantee that it will alleviate your loneliness, hehe."

Her lively and cute smiling face seemed to appear in front of her, and Jinguji Tsuki couldn't help but give her a reassuring answer.

“…… Well, I'll think about it. ”

"Really?"

"Absolutely."

"If you lie to me, I'll cry."

"No, I don't lie to you."

Sakura Koji Sakura chuckled.

"Yue, I miss you so much, I want to see you, I want to hug you tightly, I want to do more things between lovers with you."

Jingu Teratsuki glanced at the calendar on the bedside table, it was already winter, and it would be Christmas and then New Year.

"I'll be back for the New Year this year, and we'll be able to meet soon."

"I'll go back before Christmas, and I'm not allowed to be with other girls on Christmas Eve."

"Not usually."

"That's good, wait for me."

"Well, when you get back."

(End of chapter)