You're a Coward

"Cough cough cough..."

Nanako covered her mouth and coughed, raised her foot and kicked Naoki, and rushed to the bathroom.

Naoki tidied his clothes and followed.

Personal hygiene is important.

Washing is healthier.

After a while.

Nanako came out of the bathroom, her face was red, like a ripe apple, with drops of water on it, and she glared with embarrassment:

"There won't be a next time!"

"Yes."

The passage was narrow, and when the two passed, Naoki subconsciously made an evasive move.

"You're avoiding me?"

Nanako was shocked, and immediately became furious.

"I don't, don't think about it."

Naoki refuses to admit it.

If he dared to admit it, he would be beaten.

"Haha." Nanako clenched her fists tightly, apparently not so easy to fool, she tiptoed slightly, and approached Naoki, "Since you said no, then give me a kiss."

Naoki took half a step back: "Go and brush your teeth first."

"Fuck you!"

Nanako is angry. When bullying others, Naoki holds back and doesn't let go. Now that she was being bullied, he was starting to dislike her. Boys are really big pigs!

"This is mainly because it is difficult to accept psychologically..."

Naoki protested wisely.

"It's hard for you to accept, do I like it?" Nanako snorted angrily and wanted to take a bite, "Do you know how bad it is?"

"I am sorry."

"If the apology works, the police won't be needed."

Naoki's face sank and said:

"If you are not like this, I can only retaliate tooth for tooth, eye for eye."

"What?"

"It's impossible to kiss you now, but we can be reciprocal."

Nanako immediately understood what reciprocity meant. She took half a step back in panic, covering her skirt with her hands, her face flushed and kicking.

"Sine!"

Reciprocity is absolutely impossible.

Maybe they could try it at home, but absolutely impossible on the Shinkansen.

In fact, Nanako now regrets it.

Impulse is the devil.

She really couldn't be too impulsive.

She kicks Naoki angrily, and Nanako turns and leaves.

Naoki went into the bathroom, cleaned himself up, and returned to his seat.

The night is getting dark.

The wind and snow howled.

The shinkansen is empty, with few passengers.

The two hugged each other, with the scarves on their feet, and continued to play the game comfortably.

As long as the battery doesn't run out, it doesn't matter how long the Shinkansen lasts.

2 hours later.

The wind and snow gradually stopped.

The Shinkansen continues its journey, through the dark snowy night and wilderness, and finally arrives in Tokyo.

"It's time to stop."

Nanako looked sideways at the cold snowy night outside the window, and muttered under her breath.

Looking back now, it's hard to believe that he would do such a bold thing.

But... Not sorry at all.

On a snowy night before the new year, she gets stuck in a snowy wilderness train with the boy she likes. No matter whether to part in the future, it will be an unforgettable memory for a lifetime.

"Get up." Naoki tied the scarf, reached out and stroked Nanako's hair, "It's time to get off the Shinkansen."

"Don't touch my head!"

Nanako bared her canines and opened her mouth to bite.

Being stranded in the wilderness for two hours, it was almost 12 at night when they got off the Shinkansen.

"Good luck." Naoki looked at the neon lights of the city "I can still get on the last subway."

Unlike Nara, where nothing is visible at night, even in the middle of the night, there are still many pedestrians to be seen on the streets of Tokyo.

Naoki and Nanako got into the last subway and sat in a corner.

"The last subway before midnight feels different than I imagined." Nanako exhaled softly.

Naoki: "What's the difference?"

"There are too many people." Nanako complained. "I thought the last subway would be empty, but I didn't expect that there would be so many people."

At first glance, there were more than a dozen passengers in the subway car they were traveling in. Compared with noon, of course it is very small, but now it is midnight, and the number of people exceeds expectations.

But without exception, except for Naoki and Nanako, the other passengers, male and female, were all office workers wearing suits.

"Social animals are very loud." Naoki sighed.

"It's really hard work."

Nanako nodded in agreement, suddenly remembered something, and whispered in her ear: "By the way, has the clown who set fire to the train been punished?"

"If you don't tell me, I will forget." Naoki shook his head.

Human memory has always been very short, the super locust plague that swept through three continents, and the herd of wild elephants that accidentally strayed into the city were all subconsciously forgotten, and few people know what will happen next.

Whispering his ear all the way, the subway will soon be at the station.

Naoki and Nanako got out of the subway and walked home.

The snow has stopped.

There was a thick layer of snow on the ground, which was very soft to step on.

At midnight.

It was already 12 at night, and the streets in the residential areas were very quiet. There are no pedestrians on the street, there is only one independent street light.

"So cold, froze to death."

Nanako put her hands around her mouth and let out a soft breath.

"The current real-time temperature is minus five degrees, which is really cold." Naoki turned and turned, and pulled Nanako, "Do you want me to hug you?"

"What did you say?"

Nanako narrowed her eyes, "Did you just reply or hug?"

"Of course I hug you." Naoki patted his arm and said seriously, "Walking with you on your back would be unstable."

"Bah!" Nanako couldn't help complaining, "Unstable walking while holding it!"

Naoki refuted loudly: "I took you home two nights ago, where is it unstable?"

"How dare you say that!"

...

Talking along the way, two footprints followed behind the two of them, and they returned to the door of the house subconsciously.

"I'm back."

Nanako took out the key and opened the door.

Kabuinujiro in the house heard the movement and ran over excitedly, shaking his head and tail in great joy.

"I am home." Naoki waved his hand, preparing to return to the apartment.

"Wait a moment."

Nanako suddenly shouted, pinched and said indifferently: "It's too late, it takes a few minutes to walk back... Since you go out with me all day, it's okay to let you stay."

"Please let me stay the night," said Naoki firmly.

"It's just a sleepover, don't think about doing weird things!" Nanako's eyes were alert, "...I'm in a bad mood today!"

Naoki said in a disappointed tone: "Didn't you say you weren't angry before?"

"I wasn't angry before, but now the more I think about it, the more angry I am!" Nanako snorted softly, "... Come in quickly, what are you still bothered about?"

Naoki walked into the entrance, turned around and closed the door.

"Do you want to take a shower?" Nanako came to make a cup of tea.

"Lets take a bath." Naoki said, "I feel like my body is full of smell."

Nanako raised her eyebrows: "You don't like my smell?"

"Speak to your conscience." Naoki took a sip of tea and said slowly, "If I don't like you, will I hug you and hold you high?"

"Bah~"

Nanako spat softly, "Because you are a pedophile."

"After sitting inside the Shinkansen all day, it is inevitable that some of the odors of other passengers inside will be contaminated." Naoki said "Would you like to take a shower?"

Nanako hesitated: "Let me take a bath too."

"It's almost 12:30 midnight." Naoki glanced at the time on the phone, and made a serious suggestion, "Showing separately is just a waste of time, why don't we bathe together?"

"You think beautifully."

Nanako said annoyed: "It's a waste of time and water to wash together."

You think too much, a place like the bathroom is slippery and small, if you accidentally slip and fall, the injured person will cry, even if you take a bath together, you won't stay too long!

Naoki went to take a shower first.

Considering it was late, he simply rinsed it off, soaked in the bath for a few minutes, and walked out.

"I take a bath."

Because she didn't wash her hair, Nanako took a very quick shower.

Even so, by the time the two finished washing up, it was already 1 a.m in the morning.

"How to sleep at night?" Naoki asked "Or will I sleep on the couch?"

"Okay." Nanako nodded in agreement "You can sleep on the couch at night."

"It's so cold, you let me sleep on the couch?"

"You who want to sleep, it has nothing to do with me."

"I'm sorry, I want to sleep in the room."

"Don't push yourself too far!"

...

The two of them went upstairs together and walked to Nanako's room.

The standard building area of a household is indeed not large, but when there is only one person living alone, it will definitely look empty and lonely.

Turn off the light and get into bed.

The room quickly fell silent, only the faint sound of two people's breathing could be heard.

"Good night."

Naoki closed his eyes and started to sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, a finger suddenly stretched out and gently poked his waist.

"What do you want to do if you don't sleep?" Naoki said slowly.

"Can't sleep." Nanako whispered, "It's after 1 a.m, and I thought I could fall asleep when I lay down... Who knows I'm not sleepy at all."

Everyone has midnight insomnia, life is always like this.

"You can count sheep."

"Sheep is a way of inducing sleep for Europeans and Americans, so there's no point in changing it to another area."

"You really know?"

"I am not stupid."

There was a rustling sound.

Nanako suddenly squeezed from the bed next to him, then sat up, condescendingly, her face flushed and said:

"Should we try it?"

"...You lie down first."

"Hah?"

"You let the heat dissipate."

Nanako was furious: "Goodbye, never see you again."

Naoki stretched out his hand to hug Nanako: "Since I can't sleep, don't sleep tonight."

"Wait, forget it." When the matter was over, Nanako suddenly backed away, "It was really painful, and tomorrow I have to sell things for Mami-san. If the walking posture is weird, I will become a joke?"

You are the Anego of the school who bleeds but sheds no tears, who dares to laugh at you!

Naoki sighed: "You're a liar."

"What did you say?!"

Nanako suddenly became furious and bit Naoki's shoulder.

Then...

...

The next day.

The bright sun shone through the gaps in the curtains, and it was clearly a clear day after it had snowed.

Naoki opened his eyes, picked up his phone to check the time.

It was already 9:30 am, and he had gone to bed so late last night that his biological clock had failed.

Incredibly soft touch on the arm.

It is a great thing that humans chase all their lives, and it is a mountain that requires constant effort to climb.

Naoki suddenly realizes a philosophy of life.

Those who stand at the foot of the mountain will never know how successful it is to climb the mountain.

"Ummmm..."

A soft snort sounded, and Nanako opened her eyes in a daze, her face was full of sleepiness, her voice was hoarse for some reason, and she said the words girls would say.

"You pressed my hair!"

"I am sorry."

Naoki apologized silently.

The girl who woke up was quite scary.

"Didn't you say you were going to help today?" Naoki reminded.

Nanako's blonde hair shook slightly, her voice full of tiredness: "I'm so tired, I don't want to move at all."

Naoki quickly said: "Then don't go."

"Wait, you are still here, let go of your hand." Nanako hurriedly stopped, "The bones are about to break!"

"That's because you have less meat."

"Fuck!"

"Let me treat you first."

Adding a healing buff to Nanako, Naoki goes downstairs to feed Kabuinujiro.

A moment later, Nanako whose health had fully recovered recovered her spirits and walked down the stairs.

"Good morning." Naoki says hello.

"It's clearly the middle of the day..."

The four eyes face each other.

A blush spread quickly on Nanako's cheeks, quickly covering her entire face.

"I will sell things for Mami-san." Nanako turned her face away as if nothing happened "You can go back."

"I just made an omurice." Naoki pointed at the table, "Eat first."

"Humph."

Nanako sat down and took chopsticks.

"Too bad there's no red bean..."

Nanako was so angry that she kicked under the table: "If you miss, keep talking!"

The two quickly ate, washed the dishes, and left together.

The sun was right outside, and the sky after the snow was very clear.

The snow on the railings and roof had not yet melted, and as far as the eye could see it was completely covered in silver.

At first, Nanako was a little worried about the uncomfortable movement. After walking a few steps, she found that her body was extremely relaxed. Then she was relieved, turned to look at Naoki who was following ger, and glared at her.

"What are you following me for?"

Naoki said slowly, "Are you going to the International Convention and Exhibition Center?"

"How do you know?" Nanako was surprised.

"Because I'm going too." Naoki picked up his phone "Nanjo sent me a message and asked me to help move things."