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“Phew…..must be tired after going around so much……”
“Yeah. Toma kun, it’s time to walk.”
As expected, I was a little tired because I had been holding Chifuyu all the time while we were looking here and there.
When Chifuyu gets off and stands next to me, she immediately grabs my slightly feverish hand and says, ‘Your hand is so warm, Toma-kun,’ and laughs.
“Wanna have lunch? I want to eat someone else’s cooking with Toma-kun.”
“Yes. Then let’s go to the field. I’m sure they have yakisoba and okonomiyaki there.”
“Yeah.”
“Both of you, I’m going somewhere else for a while, so take your time. See you later.”
Madoka san was busy running down the hallway.
She didn’t watch Chifuyu as closely as she used to, but that made me even happier.
From her point of view, Chifuyu is already fine.
Holding hands, we slowly walked down the stairs to the ground where the food stalls were set up.
We walked around in a circle, looking at the students lined up as if lured by the delicious smells.
Chifuyu stopped in front of a takoyaki stand and said, “I want to eat this.”
“Hee, Chifuyu likes this kind of thing, huh?”
“……I really don’t like them. It reminds me of the way my father used to cook them at home.”
“T-then,……”
“But, you know, it’s rude to be concerned about takoyaki. And if I eat it with Toma kun, I’m sure I’ll have good memories of it.”
“……Yeah. Then, let’s get in line.”
“Yes.”
We lined up at the end of the line and waited for our turn, holding hands.
The heat and the good smell of the grill approached us and we bought a pack of takoyaki together.
I was about to cry a little when I saw Chifuyu receiving the bag and smiling at me, saying, “Toma-kun, that smells so good.”
I was so happy to see Chifuyu’s strong face of facing her past that I wanted to hug her right there and then.
“Let’s go to the shade and eat.”
Of course, it was in public and the back was crowded, so we couldn’t do that, so we left the line and sat in the shade of a large tree in the corner of the ground before opening our packets together.
“…. Chifuyu, be careful, it’s hot.”
“Yes. I’ll have some. …… ah hot.”
“Haha, that’s why I told you. Chifuyu, you have sauce on your mouth.”
“Can you pick it up for me? There’s no one here right now, you know?”
“Y-yeah.”
As requested, I licked and kissed Chifuyu’s mouth, which was covered with a little sauce and green sprinkles.
It tasted sweet.
Then, Chifuyu grabbed my sleeve and kissed me.
We kissed each other in the corner of the ground, listening to the birds chirping.
Someone might have been watching us, but I didn’t care anymore.
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“Toma kun, we had a good time, didn’t we?”
After lunch, we strolled around the school for a while and fully enjoyed the atmosphere of the festival, and once we were sitting on a bench in the courtyard taking a break.
The school announcement is going to start soon and the students who have nothing else to do should leave the school.
“Yes, but I’m a little tired. I have a day off tomorrow, and I don’t have a part-time job, so I think I’ll just relax at home for the first time in a while.”
“Yes. From the morning, we’ll do a lot of things.”
“Hahaha. Then I can’t relax.”
“No?”
“No, I want to do the same. When I’m with Chifuyu, my tiredness goes away.”
“Toma kun,……, I love you too. I love you, I’ll always love you.”
I wanted to kiss her, but just then the teacher walked by and saw me. I hesitated and pulled away from her, and she sulked, saying I was teasing her.
I patted her on the head and said, “I’m sorry, it’s a lie,” and she immediately laughed.
Afterwards, as we walk home together, Chifuyu looks back toward the school and says sadly, “I only have one more chance to come to the festival with Toma-kun.”
“Yeah, Chifuyu graduates first, right? But we’ll be together next year.”
“After I graduate, you can’t go around with the other girls, okay?”
“Of course not. Besides, everyone knows about me and Chifuyu.”
“If they didn’t know, would you do it?”
“Hahaha, You’re a worrier, aren’t you? I would never do it even if we were dating behind your back. Because there is no one prettier or nicer than Chifuyu.”
“……Yes. Toma kun loves me too, right? I’m sorry I was so mean to you.”
“No, I’m glad. I’m sad to think about next year too, but let’s enjoy this time that we only have now as much as we can.”
“Yes.”
Chifuyu is a senior, if I am not conscious of it, I almost forget that she is one year older than me.
That’s how childish and endearing she seems now.
When I first got to know her, she seemed like a mysterious and beautiful older woman.
People really do change.
I’ve probably changed a lot, too.
“Oh. It’s raining.”
Just as I was about to arrive home, a rain drops and hits me right on the tip of my nose.
Then as usual, Chifuyu always has an umbrella with her, so we’ll go home together.
“I forgot my …… umbrella.”
“Ah, that’s unusual. Then, we’ll have to go home soaking wet.”
“I’m going to take a bath right after I get home.”
“That’s right. Oh, it’s getting pretty strong.”
“……, the rain feels so good.”
“But we don’t want to catch a cold, so let’s go for a little run.”
“Yes.”
We ran through the rain while holding Chifuyu’s hand.
In the past, Chifuyu didn’t seem to care if there was a puddle or her shoulders got wet, but it was so cute to see her confused and saying things like, “Ah, it’s cold. My socks got wet.”
After we were all wet, we went back to our room and immediately took a bath together.
We hugged each other to warm our cold bodies.
We eventually got into the futon together again.
And morning came again.
The ordinary days passed with Chifuyu.
Winter came.
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