"Could it be that the shadow man is really you?"
Sekijou felt more and more convinced, but it was a shame that there was only a back view from start to finish in the video, even if it was just a small profile, she could recognize it.
"That's right." Naoki admits bluntly, "It's me."
"I don't believe it." Sekijou curled his lips lightly, and realized, "You were talking in the clubroom earlier, how could it be possible to appear on the carriage in the blink of an eye."
"That's Asakawa-san."
Ogata always tells the truth.
"Eh?"
Sekijou was startled, and looked at Ogata in surprise.
Ogata never lies, could that shadow man really be Naoki?
Impossible.
Certainly not.
"The distance is very far, are you flying?" Sekijou could only complain.
Naoki propped his chin up, and said seriously: "As a ninja, it's natural for me to be able to escape?"
Sekijou opened his eyes wide: "Ninja?"
Naoki continued: "During the Ninja World War, I made contributions to the village, shed blood, and finally succeeded in stealing the Hiraishin no Jutsu training method."
"It's a Naruto plot!" Sekijou couldn't help but complain, "The front has done a bloody and meritorious service, so why turn into thieves in the rear!"
A girl with glasses and a book in her hands passed by, and cleared her throat lightly.
Furuhashi whispered, "Everyone be quiet, don't make noise in the library."
...
Learning continues.
It gets dark very quickly in winter, and it gets dark just after five.
"Let's go." Naoki got up and said, "It's time to go back."
"Un, go home."
Several girls packed their school bags and left the library with Naoki.
The sunset is getting late.
The school has cooled down, and only the direction of the playing field can faintly hear human voices.
"Winter vacation is coming soon." Asumi looked at the empty school, and suddenly a lonely expression crossed her small face, "I won't be able to be with you guys in the future and study at the library."
"Asumi-senpai?"
Hearing those words, Furuhashi turned his head, and said in a soft voice, "There are many public libraries in Tokyo, even if senpai graduates, we can read books together anytime."
"That's right," Sekijou nodded, "There is a library next to the apartment I live in. When I have nothing to do, I often go there to read books by myself."
"I'm fine." Asumi smiled, put her hand beside her mouth, and exhaled lightly, "It's just that I studied too hard during this time, so I just expressed my feelings, and it will be easier when I go to college."
"Senpai is thinking too much." Naoki said on the side, "Medical university is really tough. When you get accepted to university, your studies will only be more difficult."
The smile on Asumi's face froze, and she glared at him with a murderous look: "...you're the one who talks too much!"
...
Everyone quickly walked to the school gate and said goodbye to each other.
"I go first." Asumi waved her hand, and walked towards the train station first, "I still have to go to extra school tonight."
"Until tomorrow."
They respond one after another.
Naoki was about to head back when Furuhashi suddenly called out with, "Asakawa-san, wait a moment."
"Hah?" Naoki stopped and looked at Furuhashi "What's wrong?"
Sekijou and Ogata also looked on curiously.
"Winter vacation is coming soon. For us, this is just an ordinary winter vacation. For Asumi senpai, this was a day to say goodbye to high school, and it must be very important. When I went to the library in the afternoon, there was only Asumi-senpai alone, with a very lonely expression on her face."
Furuhashi gently pressed her pink lips, "After New Years, Asumi-senpai will start participating in various activities. This kind of exam must be really hard, and I feel like there isn't much time to meet… Should we give Asumi senpai a present?"
There are only recent graduates in the school, and there are no repeat students.
After graduating from high school and not being accepted into college, of course she can repeat his studies, but the place of re-study is a special re-study institution, or she can repeat his studies at home.
Ogata was the first to agree: "I agree."
"I also agree." Sekijou immediately nodded "Asumi senpai likes teasing people, but also likes telling dirty jokes, she's actually a really nice person."
Naoki pondered: "...Send practice books and tutorial books?"
"Negative." Furuhashi approached angrily "I sent you the practice book now, you can't read everything."
"What about an academic talisman?" Sekijou suggested, "The talisman can protect Asumi-senpai from successfully entering university."
Whether you get accepted to university depends on your usual accumulations, and has nothing to do with Talismans. It's better to send snacks as a gift for study!
It's a shame that girls only believe in this. For example, daily horoscope analysis will be broadcast on TV stations in a big way. After Miku woke up every morning, she would watch the horoscope analysis in front of the TV.
"Send academic talismans."
"Asumi senpai must be really happy."
The three girls quickly finished their discussion, and as for Naoki's proposal to send snacks, they only got some pretty interesting looks.
"Today is late, let's go home first." Furuhashi pulled her hair that was blown by the wind to her ear, and said "After school tomorrow afternoon, let's go to the shrine"
...
Dark sky.
"Wang Wang."
As Naoki was passing through the park, the familiar sound of a dog barking suddenly reached his ears.
Following the prestige, a short-legged corgi stood at the garden gate, wagging its tail happily, and a girl stood by its side.
"Why do you always go out to walk the dog at night?"
Naoki walked up to Nanako.
"It's only past 5 p.m., so it's not night yet." Nanako gave an excuse. "It's so cold in the morning, I can't get up at all."
Naoki squatted down and stroked Kabuinujiro's head: "How did you get up for class?"
"You're looking for a beating?"
Nanako raised her eyebrows, and Anevo's aura was intimidating in all directions, startling the two elementary school students who came out of the garden, and hurriedly apologized:
"I apologize."
"That is none of your business." Nanako waved to the two elementary school students, "It's getting dark, hurry home."
The two disciples fled cautiously as if they had received amnesty.
"What should you do after being so fierce." Naoki sighed, "Only I dare to take you."
"Bah~"
Nanako spat lightly, folded her arms across her chest, and snorted disdainfully: "Tokyo's single fare is barely more than half, and one person can live a good life, what use are you?"
Naoki pondered: "Can you warm the bed?"
Nanako pursed her lips: "Who needs to warm the bed now, everyone is using air conditioning and kotatsu."
...
Naoki took the rope from Nanako's hand, and the two walked towards the park together.
After walking around the garden twice, the last rays of sunset in the sky disappeared, and night enveloped the land.
"It's getting colder." Naoki pulled the scarf and looked at Nanako "You haven't eaten yet, let's eat together?"
A doubtful expression crossed Nanako's face, she turned her head away and gently refused: "I still have something to do, go and eat yourself."
"Forget it."
The two of them walked to the garden gate together, and were about to part ways when Kabuinujiro suddenly lifted his front foot, pressed against Naoki's shoe, then barked.
"Um?"
Naoki looked at Kabuinujiro.
"Wang Wang."
Naoki listened for a while, then quickly frowned, turned his head to look at Nanako, and said earnestly:
"Have you been eating instant noodles lately?"
"Eh?" Nanako was taken aback, her face quickly turned red, she stared at the corgi, gritting her teeth in embarrassment, "Kabuinujiro, you are actually a traitor?!"
Kabuinujiro lowered his head sadly.
"Stop." Naoki shrugged "Kabuinujiro doesn't understand what you're talking about, I only know that you annoyed her, and you didn't give her delicious instant noodles to eat alone."
"Kabuinujiro told me." Naoki looked at Nanako with a serious expression "Last night you cried for a long time alone."
"I don't, don't talk nonsense." Nanako couldn't hold back her voice, she was so angry that her little tiger teeth stuck out, "I'm not crying!"
Naoki looked at Kabuinujiro "Is she crying?"
Kabuinujiro: "Wang Wang."
"Kabuinujiro said, the smell from your body is wrong, lost, and sad, just like crying children." Naoki looked at Nanako and said softly, "Until now, the smell on your body is happy, so don't let me go."
"This is too underhanded." Nanako opened her eyes wide and couldn't help but say, "Can dogs really smell so many things?"
Don't underestimate the dog, barking is never like dogs greeting each other, the smell of buttocks, age, emotions, do people have any ideas about mating, it's all in pheromones!
"So." Naoki looked at Nanako "Why were you crying last night?"
"I said I'm not crying anymore." Nanako turned her head away, her eyes obscured by the reflection of her drooping bangs, and her voice had the tone of night, "My business has nothing to do with you, right?"
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
Kabuinujiro was well aware of the tense atmosphere, and obediently covered his mouth, not daring to bark anymore.
Naoki didn't speak anymore, just looked at Nanako quietly.
Nanako's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she moved her lips, as if wanting to speak, but unfortunately she didn't say it in the end, she just bit her lower lip tightly, almost bleeding from the bite.
Regret and self-blame spread in his chest.
(Obviously I didn't want to say such a thing, I obviously wanted to vent... Why did I say such a thing?)
"What should I do at a time like this?" Naoki finally broke the silence, gently pressed the middle of his brow with his hand, and said casually, "Should I turn around and go, and tell you what it means to be arrogant and ruin your life?"
"Bah~"
The guilt and self-blame in Nanako's chest immediately melted away, and she couldn't help but glared, "Go as long as you want, I won't hold you back."
Naoki took half a step forward, grabbed the girl's soft and slender waist, and hugged Nanakk into his arms.
The four eyes face each other.
Breathe and hear each other.
The elegant and serene fragrance of a girl's body flowed to the tip of his nose.
"Fast." Naoki put on a straight and threatening face "I will kiss you if you don't say anything."
"You dare."
Nanako subconsciously muttered.
Naoki lowered his head, and resolutely kissed Nanako's soft and cold lips, proving with actions that slhe was really brave.
He thought he would be bitten, but he wasn't.
Nanako's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she quickly reached out, wrapping her arms around Naoki's neck.
After a few minutes.
Nanako was lying on Nakano's chest, her beautiful face was flushed, panting, her eyes were wet like a lake after the rain, and she was no longer as domineering as before.
"Can we talk now?" Naoki asked in a low voice.
"Do not tell."
Nanako still replied.
Naoki already understood the weakness of the girl in front of him: "Then kiss again."
"Bastard, give me enough time!"
Nanako lightly pressed her forehead against Nakano's chin, then groaned, "That fellow, Father..."
After a pause, Nanako lowered her eyes and bit her lower lip with her white teeth:
"Last night, I suddenly received a message from my father, saying that he would not be coming back for the New Year."
Naoki slightly raised his eyebrows: "Because your father was sent elsewhere, he never came back?"
"Not."
"Does he have to work overtime during the New Year?"
"Obviously not." Nanako shook her head, "The company father works for never works overtime during the New Year, let alone being sent to remote mountain areas now. It is clear that he is just eating and waiting to die . "
Hey, it's too much to describe your father as "eating and waiting to die"… Even though that's the truth.
Nanako's father drunkenly sexually assaulted a female passenger on the train, and nearly died socially. Finally, Naoki and Nanako save him from the brink of social death.
However, things have happened. Under the operation of competitors at work, prayers are sent to remote mountain areas to work. Most jobs in Japan last a lifetime.
There has to be a valid reason to terminate the employee, and a large amount of termination money has to be paid, which is not cost-effective.
Under such circumstances, people who lose out in competition at work are often sent to remote areas, such as rural areas, mountainous regions, or even Africa, where the treatment is casual, the wages are lowered, and there is no prospect of promotion for the rest of their lives.
Even so, annual leave certainly will not be reduced.
Unlike students, there are only three major social animal festivals a year, New Years, Golden Week in May, and Obon Festival in August. Any company that is working overtime at this time will have its head broken.
New Years is a time for family reunions.
Nanako's parents are divorced, and her mother has remarried. She currently lives in Kyoto and has a new child. Now that her father can't come back, that means... this New Year's holiday, only Nanako is left alone.
"If father doesn't come back, he won't come back. I don't want him back. Instead, I feel comfortable alone. Kabuinujiro has nothing to fear." Nanako pretended to be relaxed, but her tone was clearly a bit languid, "Ask him why he didn't come back. He didn't say it, it was annoying."
Naoki pondered and said: "It's winter break in two days, let's visit your father."
"See what he did?" Nanako turned her face away, "I won't go, and I have nothing to say when I see him."
"Two-faced."
"Who are you calling two-faced?"
Nanako glared at him in embarrassment, the small canines at the corners of her mouth glistening coldly.
"It's you," said Naoki fearlessly.
"Believe it or not, I will bite you to death?"
When Naoki heard those words, his gaze lowered subtly.
"Give up, go!" Nanako stunned, and suddenly remembered the urge after she fainted that night, her face quickly reddened, and she raised her foot to kick someone, "No way the second time!"
"The person who says this is usually the one who puts up the flag." Naoki shrugged "I guess you do too."
"Bah! Die a hundred times!"
....
Dog walks are over.
Naoki took Kabuinujiro's hand, and looked at Nanako: "Let's go, go to the supermarket to buy ingredients."
Nanako's eyelashes fluttered slightly, she folded her arms in front of her chest, and turned her head to hum softly: "No, I like to eat instant noodles."
"I didn't say I would cook for you." Naoki said slowly "Isn't Kabuinujiro allowed to eat?"
"Wang Wang."
As if understanding, Kabuinujiro quickly wagged his tail.
"Why do I feel Kabuinujiro can understand human language?" Nanako looked down, and was very curious, "Is it because she understands that you are cooking for her, so she wags his tail?"
"Unfortunately, it can't." Naoki patted Kabuinujiro's dog on the head, "Kabuinujiro just smelled the pheromone changes in your body and found that you are happy again, so she just followed along."
Some people always say that cats and dogs can understand human language, and that language exists to communicate with each other. Humans cannot understand dog language, so why do you think dogs can understand human language!
The two led the dog, went to the supermarket together, and quickly bought the ingredients.
"Buy snacks too?" Naoki asked.
Nanako turned her face away: "I don't want to eat."
"Then I'll buy some for Kabuinujiro." Naoki took a box of chocolates indifferently "Don't steal it when the time comes."
"Who will steal it!" Nanako wanted to bite someone after hearing this, "Wait, dogs can't eat chocolate, can they?"
Naoki took another box of chocolates: "I know."
....
After buying ingredients and snacks, the two head back to Nanako's house.
First pour dog food for Kabuinujiro, then cook with Nanako.
Dinner.
Naoki took a sip of tea, and looked at Nanako who was sitting beside him. The black silk on the girl's legs had not been removed, and was slender and strong under the light, shining sparklingly.
Feeling Naoki's gaze, Nanako quickly hid her legs to the side: "I only have two pairs of pantyhose, don't think about getting them dirty!"
Naoki paused: "I'm not that kind of person."
"You still say you don't?" Nanako folded her arms in front of her chest "I became an elementary school student last time, aren't it stockings still dirty by you?"
The problem is that your body is getting smaller and your mental age is still sixteen, so there is no problem at all.
Naoki refuted loudly: "Obviously you moved first."
"Pooh!"