No smoking

10 pm

Nakano's family apartment.

"Enough here for today." Naoki closed his voice book a little tired, "I'll be back."

"Asakawa-kun, you've worked hard." Ichika yawned while propping her chin with her right hand, "It's already very late, otherwise..."

"No stay, goodbye."

Naoki firmly refused.

"I'm not done talking yet."

"I can tell what you want to say with just one glance."

"Asakawa-kun is really that strong?"

Ichika put her face in front of Naoki, and looked at him without blinking: "Asakawa-kun, guess what I'm thinking now?"

Naoki had to say that Ichika's eyes were quite beautiful, big, bright, clear blue, and he could even clearly see his own reflection in Ichika's eyes.

Four eyes facing each other.

Ichika closed her right eye, the corners of her pink lips lifted upwards, and her voice was sweet and pleasant: "If you guess correctly, there will be a prize."

"You're thinking..."

"What are you two doing!" Nino forcefully barged into the midst of the two of them, looked at Naoki, and said angrily, "Don't you want to go back, it will be dawn if you don't leave."

"I can still keep learning." Yotsuba raised his hand and said "Last night I studied at 11 pm, if we can continue studying and sleep in my room at night."

"Not." Naoki continued to pack his school bag "If I don't go, your father will break my leg."

Itsuki took out a bag of meat buns out of nowhere, and took a small bite when she heard those words and said:

"Father is not so cruel."

Your father looks like a cold-blooded killer in the movies. Naoki always felt that if he didn't agree, he would put someone else in a cement bucket and sink into Tokyo Bay!

"I go." Naoki took his school bag and waved at the quintuplets. "See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow." Miku whispered, "Be careful, don't play with your phone while walking."

Naoki pretended to hesitate: "What can I do if I can't help it?"

Miku stretched out her right hand: "Then confiscate the phone."

...

Taking the elevator to the lower floor, Naoki walked out of the apartment door, and a hot wind blew in his face.

It was already past 10 o'clock in the evening, and the heat of the day had calmly dissipated, and the night breeze had added a gleam of coolness.

The whole city was still brightly lit, and the streets were full of traffic and pedestrians.

Naoki carried his school bag and walked silently to the train station.

After the commuter train rush hour, the weather was definitely much cooler, and Naoki easily found a seat that was rarely seen during the day.

...

Since it wasn't a direct taxi, Naoki didn't return to the apartment until half an hour later.

The chandelier is on.

Naoki put down his school bag and poured himself a glass of water. Looking at the unusually quiet apartment, he suddenly felt a little chilly. When the quintuplets were there, he felt noisy, and when they left he felt lonely.

"Humans are really troublesome."

Naoki took the remote control, turned on the TV, turned up the volume, then turned and walked towards the bathroom.

...

Friday.

"Finally a weekend off!"

As the school bell rang, the ahohe hair on top of Itsuki's head shook, and she suddenly became happy.

"Asakawa-san." Itsuki turned to look at the table next to him, raised his book with both hands, covered his mouth, and whispered, "I have something to do this afternoon, so don't go to the library to study."

Naoki said unhurriedly, "What's wrong?"

"That…" Itsuki stuttered, looked away and said, "This is a girl's personal business."

I am afraid that it is not a girl's personal business, but you will participate in the eating contest!

When I followed you with Miku two months ago, I discovered your secret!

"Just that." Itsuki calmly waved, "See you in the evening."

Naoki shook his head: "I won't see you tonight."

"Eh?" Itsuki tilted his head. "What do you mean? Aren't there nightly lessons at night?"

"It's been a week of lessons." Naoki sighed, "I want to rest today."

Naoki told the remaining four girls about the decision on his cell phone, and was quickly unanimously agreed.

Ichika: "Asakawa-kun has worked hard, rest well at night."

Nino: "Just in time to go shopping with friends."

Miku: "Then I'll go home and play a game."

Among the crowd, only the Yotsuba hesitated.

"Or should I go to the tutor alone at night?" Yotsuba sent a message, "The final exam is coming next week, so if I take a break now, I feel uncomfortable."

"Just go and play." Naoki said simply, "Just trust me."

Yotsuba: "I know."

Naoki put down his phone and walked slowly out of the school.

On Monday night, suddenly Yotsuba came to the door, and asked for night lessons, until today, Friday, every night there is nothing left, even Naoki can't stand it.

Tomorrow is the weekend. Naoki didn't plan on going to the library to study today. He turned around and left the school and went to the arcade where he used to play games for a while.

Walking into the arcade hall, Naoki suddenly sees Nanako playing Street Fighter alone.

"Nanako." Naoki sat beside Nanako and greeted, "Good afternoon."

"You bastards." Nanako turned her head and glared at him, "Who allowed you to call my name?"

Naoki said calmly:

"It is clearly written in the Constitution that every citizen has the right to freedom of speech."

"Bah, stop talking nonsense." Nanako spat softly, pinched her finger and said, "It's boring to play alone, you came right, let's play together, I will press you to the ground and beat you."

Naoki took out a coin, bent down and put it in the coin slot under the machine, "The final exam is coming soon, do you have any questions?"

"This is wordy." Nanako wrinkled her nose and snorted, "You idiot when discussing studying while playing games."

"Um?"

Naoki suddenly raised his eyebrows, approached Nanako, and smelled her.

"What are you doing?" Nanako covered her chest with her right hand, leaned back, her face slightly hot, and pretended to be disgusted, "Believe it or not, I beat you."

Naoki frowned and looked at Nanako. "You're smoking?"

"Not."

Nanako turned her head guiltily.

"Then why do you smell like smoke?"

"Why do you care."

Naoki didn't speak, he immediately took Nanako's school bag, opened her school bag, and glimpsed a pack of cigarettes that had been unpacked.

"What's this?"

"You..." Nanako bit her lower lip, "You play or not, hurry up otherwise."

"I really want to play." Naoki said calmly, "The law stipulates that minors are not allowed to smoke."

"This sentence is just nonsense, no one takes it seriously." Nanako said sullenly, "Didn't the clerk sell it to me without saying a word?"

Japanese law stipulates that minors are not allowed to smoke or drink alcohol, but the specifics are pretty lax – convenience store cashiers think you're over 18 and can sell you tobacco and alcohol right away.

In fact, most cashiers will turn a blind eye, and will not carefully check your valid identifying information, especially when meeting a bad girl like Nanako.