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Kitagawa Ryo showed a bitter smile and stretched out his hand to hold a fallen leaf.

"Well, I'm here today to cooperate with Kitagawa-senpai's confession plan."

Karuizawa Megumi nodded and held out three fingers:

"Actually, senior has organized this date in advance from the beginning. The so-called random bus routes are all fake, because senior has already investigated the order and arrival time of the buses. As for the park, as long as he senses that it is approaching, Just ask to get off here when you stand."

"Although I don't know what arrangements senior made, senior will definitely arrive at the temple with Ichinose-san at noon, and then make the first attempt there. From the information I noticed at noon, it should be related to the marriage lottery. Because the rule of not understanding the marriage sign is too concerning."

"Then the top of the mountain should be the final place to express my love, but because of this incident I haven't had time to go up yet, so I can't guess."

Karuizawa Megumi smiled sheepishly, then pointed at himself and said:

"As for my role, it is to break up with senior there."

"Judging from the results, I, the actor appointed by my senior, failed in my performance. I should be the audience in the end."

"No."

Kitagawa Ryo suddenly laughed, but he didn't feel happy at all:

"Fanbo's performance is probably the worst. It's so bad that I can't play opposite her, so bad that I can't handle all the baggage, and so bad that I can't say the lines or make a poker face."

"senior..."

Karuizawa Megumi looked at Kitagawa Ryo with some worry.

"Ah, I'm fine."

Kitagawa Ryo took out a beautifully packaged box from his pocket:

"I gave it to you, just think of it as the audience's recognition of your acting skills."

"Perfume?"

Karuizawa Megumi took the box lightly and rubbed the delicate and beautiful patterns engraved on it:

"Would the rose flavor be too mature?"

"If you don't want it, I'll throw it away."

Hearing Kitagawa Ryo's muttering, Karuizawa Megumi quickly put it into her bag, her blue pupils smiling like a crescent moon:

"That's not okay. This is the first gift that senior has given me."

"I said it was just a reward for your help today and compensation for being blocked."

Kitagawa Ryo just stood up and walked down side by side with Karuizawa Megumi.

"benefit."

She heard him call her name and turned around.

"Thank you very much."

"Is this sentence staged?"

"of course not."

"Humph, I believe senior."

[Plot CG: Actors, finished reading. ]

ps: This chapter has 7,000 words, so I would like to ask for a vote.

ps2: The four people who appear in the actor CG, except for the gangsters in the situation, are actually performing desperately according to their own positions, and they are all for the people they like, so the annotation of this CG is "I am forcing the one who loves you the most." "Impromptu performance", by the way, the name of the talent that formed the childhood sweetheart relationship between Ichinose Honami and the protagonist is "One Promise Thousand Gold". This is a foreshadowing that has been withdrawn, and the rest will appear together in the last CG, and then finally Leading to the ending "Dream".

Ichinose Honami's summer reappears: I'm sick and take a day off

I had some stomach discomfort yesterday, so I took some medicine and wrote yesterday's update. After getting up this morning, I still felt uncomfortable. I thought about it and asked for a day off. However, if I feel better in the afternoon, I might update. Anyway, I hope all readers are in good health. , by the way, don't turn on the air conditioner all night when you go to bed at night. If you do, I hope you don't have the same bad habit of kicking off the quilt like me. _(:з　∠)_

Summer Reappearance of Ichinose Honami: Chapter 15: Hairpins, Hot Cocoa and Sickness

[Day 9: Today is Ichinose Maki's birthday. Ichinose Maki secretly sent you an email last night, to the effect that she would sneak out after eating dinner and cake with her mother and sister. I hope you can come out. Find her. After all, because of Ichinose's mother's prejudice against you, you are basically prohibited from entering Ichinose's house, especially after you moved out of that apartment a year ago, you have never even entered that building again. . ]

[Although the idea is very exciting and seems feasible, you still refuse Ichinose Maki's request. You tell her that birthdays are indeed a privileged day for children to ask for gifts, but you must also remember this at the same time. This day is also your mother's Good Friday. You have never meant any disrespect to Ichinose's mother because of her prejudice against you. After all, you have lived there since you were a child and you are the person who knows this mother best besides Ichinose Honami. . ]

[You know that not only Ichinose Honami is working hard for this long-lost birthday party, but Ichinose's mother, who has never been good at expressing herself, has suddenly increased her work this month. If you guessed correctly, she should also I want to save up enough money for a gift before my daughter's birthday. ]

[And according to your investigation, the item she bought should be the same as what Ichinose Honami wanted to give her. They are both hairpins that became popular because of a certain idol last year. They have noticed it a long time ago. Ichinose Maki's wish. ]

["Wouldn't the gift conflict???"]

[Ichinose Maki sent this question. Although she has always been very sensible, Maki is indeed eager for this gift. It would be a pity if her mother's gift conflicts with her sister's gift. ]

["It's like the text I learned in the textbook last semester.'(°�`°〃)"]

["The Gift of the Magi"?" Of course you have also read this famous short story by O. Henry. It tells the story of a wife who sold her proud hair for her husband on Christmas Eve to buy a platinum watch chain for her husband. , used to decorate her husband's ancestral gold watch, but what she didn't expect was that her husband also sold his gold watch for his wife and bought her a set of combs that she had wanted for a long time. A story full of drama A heart-warming story. ]

["You can give the hairpin that Fanbo gave you to Fanbo. Her birthday will be in two days. As for the hairpin that aunt gave you, I think you can also put it on for her yourself and tell her." Thanks for your hard work'."]

["Sounds good! (�R?�Q)ノ"

"But then I won't have a card issued?"

The belated reaction made you feel a little funny. You seemed to be able to imagine Maki's expression across the screen. You smiled and continued to reply:

"I'll give it to you."]

["Brother, do you want to put it on me personally? (* /ω＼*)"]

["Put it on yourself, and go to bed early."]

[The two of you made a tacit agreement not to mention what happened today. After saying goodnight to each other, you each went offline. ]

[When you opened your eyes again, the time had actually reached nine o'clock in the morning. It was a rare day when you didn't get up early. After stretching on the bed, you picked up the fully charged mobile phone by the bed and discovered Karui. Zehui's message to you. ]

["Good morning, senior Hi~ o(*￣�￣*)ブ"

"Maki-chan invited me to her birthday party, but I don't know the specific address of her home. Can you send me there? (つω｀)~"

"You haven't replied to the message and it hasn't been shown as read. Are you sleeping? (o???)"]

[You obviously feel that you are only one year older than Karuizawa Megumi, but you basically don't use emoticons very much. You were bombarded by such messages as soon as you got up. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that Maki also uses emoticons frequently when chatting. Fanbo has no such habit. ]

[Looking at the time, the latest message was displayed half an hour ago, at 8:30. When you were about to reply to the other party, Karuizawa Megumi's message had already been sent to your phone:]

["Senior, have you gotten up? The message status has changed to read. (o???)"]

[You hold your forehead and sigh. Although you don't know if the other person is staring at the phone 24 hours a day, you can at least be sure that Karuizawa Megumi is different from when they first met a few days ago. It seems that Did she become more comfortable with you after yesterday's climbing incident? You searched your mind for a long time, but couldn't find a suitable word to describe it. ]

[You don't know whether this development is good or bad. In fact, you and Karuizawa Megumi have only known each other for a few days. You have always adhered to the principle of 'never talk about superficial friendships' when it comes to making friends, but When facing Karuizawa Megumi, this principle was easily broken. Being unconditionally trusted by someone is certainly something to be proud of, but it also means...]

[Thinking of this, you dialed Karuizawa Megumi's phone. Compared to text chat, you would rather communicate face-to-face with a person and judge a person from the other person's demeanor, actions and tone. This skill is also yours As the heir of the Kitagawa family, he has learned and mastered a skill since childhood. ]

[Perhaps the other party really didn't leave his phone for a moment. Just two seconds later, the girl's lively and slightly nervous voice came from your receiver. You heard the TV news broadcast in the background. She should still be there. You haven't left home yet, and you have no intention of chatting, so you directly asked Karuizawa Megumi to come out to meet you. The place was the coffee shop where you met Maki at that time. Although Karuizawa Megumi had only been to that shop once, her memory was still there. Not bad, actually remembered the specific location keenly. ]

[Get up, wash up, and eat some bread in one go. Half an hour later, you packed yourself up and went out. Because there was a car from home to pick you up, you arrived earlier than the agreed time. You ordered a glass of iced Americano and sat down near the window. From your position, you began to lazily observe the flow of people going back and forth throughout the mall, but today there was no one sitting next to you to make up stories with you in boredom. ]

[The temperature in the morning was not too high. After taking a few sips of the iced Americano, you put down the cup. When you raised your eyes, you saw Karuizawa Megumi walking into the coffee shop. You waved to her, and she sat down with you with a smile. You are sitting opposite, and because you don't know what the other person likes to drink, you don't take the order for Karuizawa Kei on your own initiative. After she sits down, you ask her what she wants to drink. ]

["Cocoa, you want it hot."]

[Karuizawa Megumi replied, the steaming cocoa was quickly served, and it was only then that she seemed to notice the glass of iced Americano in front of you:]

["Senior, drinking ice in the morning won't be good for your stomach, right?"

She pointed to her untouched hot cocoa:

"I think I should drink something warm in the morning."]

["Just take two sips." You shook your head, stirring the ice cubes with a straw while looking at the girl sitting across from you who was sipping hot cocoa. She seemed a little afraid of the hot cocoa, so she took two sips. It looks a little cute. ]

["What gift do you plan to give Maki?"]

[After hearing your question, Karuizawa Megumi pinched her hair a little embarrassed and replied that she didn't have much money to buy, and she didn't have enough time to do anything fine, so she just stayed up late and folded a hundred for the other party. There were many small stars. After speaking, she took out a transparent glass bottle from her bag. As expected, there were a large number of colorful five-pointed stars of the same size inside, which made a rustling sound when shaken. ]

[After this topic ended, you and Karuizawa Megumi fell into silence for a while. In the coffee shop that was already empty in the morning, you two were the only ones left, boringly stirring the ice cubes with straws or touching the walls of the cups. the sound of. ]

["Speaking of which, there will be a fireworks display in two days. Do you want to watch it with Ichinose-san, senior?"

The way Karuizawa Kei struggled to find a topic made you laugh a little. ]

["If I had asked this question a few days ago, my answer would have been yes without hesitation."

You took a big sip of the iced Americano, and the cold and bitter taste exploded on the tip of your tongue. ]

["If senior can't find anyone at that time, you can try calling me on the phone. I'm very good at fishing for goldfish, shooting at targets, and circling!"

Karuizawa Megumi, who had a straw in her mouth and spoke incomprehensibly for a long time, did not even dare to raise her eyes to look at you. It was as if there was some treasure location carved on the outer wall of the cup of hot cocoa. She almost opened her eyes. They all looked in. Of course, maybe she is observing your reaction through the bright tabletop at this time. ]

[Karuizawa Megumi is a girl who grasps the boundaries just right. When she occasionally crosses that line cautiously, she is like an abandoned little beast, staring at you with her big watery eyes, but if If you refuse, she won't really cry. This kind of pretending to be strong can be considered a special attack on men at this age. ]

[You stirred the ice cubes in the cup. The ice cubes collided with each other and made a crisp sound. Suddenly, a strange thought came to your mind: Will drinking iced Americano and hot cocoa together make you feel sick? The temperature difference between them Approximately how many degrees did it exceed? ]

["Senior, you are in a daze. Are you feeling unwell? Or did you turn on the air conditioning again last night?"]

["It's okay." When Karuizawa Megumi leaned forward and put his fair right hand on your forehead, you woke up from your daze. You held the other person's wrist with your right hand and pushed Karuizawa Megumi back to his seat. You looked at the concern in the other person's equally blue eyes and felt inexplicably upset. ]

["Wow, senior's hands are so cold." Seeing that you have returned to your original state, Karuizawa Megumi smiled and broke away from your right hand. Also, your right hand had been holding the ice cream, and it suddenly touched your skin. If you come in contact, it will indeed feel extremely cold. ]

["My hand is very hot, it's the power of hot cocoa!" You feel the warm and soft little hand hold your right hand again, close to the palm, the excessive temperature difference makes the heat seem unexpectedly real, Karuizawa Megumi raised her eyes and said seriously:]

["If you drink iced Americano in the morning, your tongue and hands will be cold, and your stomach and blood will also become cold. Girls don't like cold boys. Please drink hot milk and hot cocoa next morning. ."]

["Okay." After your palms warmed up again, Karuizawa Megumi let go of his hands and drank hot cocoa with satisfaction:

"Although the body surface temperature of human beings is between 36 and 37 degrees, you can still clearly feel the difference if you hold hands. Isn't it amazing, senior?"]

[After that, you exchanged some future arrangements with Karuizawa Megumi. When the bottom of the cup of hot cocoa was visible, your conversation also ended. What was different from the past was that you had about half of it left. Glass of Ice Americano. ]

[This whole day, apart from liking the birthday photo Maki posted on social media that night, you rarely had any contact with Ichinose Honami, although you wanted to compliment him on the new hairpin on his head. She, but you still didn't send this message in the end. ]

[Day 10: You felt a little dizzy when you got up early. You had obviously turned off the air conditioner before going to bed last night. Looking back now, it was probably because you ran around in the forest the day before yesterday and then went home and turned on the air conditioner. Maybe that The cup of iced Americano also made matters worse. You fumbled for the thermometer from the cupboard, put it under your arm and measured it vaguely for a while. You blinked and noticed that the temperature was 37.9 degrees, which was just a low fever. ]

[You live alone in this fairly spacious house. Although you have not had much contact with your parents since you were a child, you have always maintained a respectful and close relationship with them. They work overseas all year round, and you have three friends with them. There is one phone call every day and one video call every week. At your strong request, except for the housekeeper who is now a full-time driver, no one else is in this house. ]

[Anyway, you are used to taking care of yourself, and you have prepared common medicines at home. After washing your face with hot water, you took cold medicine according to the instructions. You could obviously tolerate the bitter taste of coffee, but you unexpectedly resisted taking the medicine. It was not easy. You found a relatively sweet infusion and drank it in one gulp, without even noticing its expiration date. ]

[After taking the medicine, you crawled back to bed. Your throat began to hurt, and you didn't have much strength in your body. You obviously thought that your physical fitness could at least outperform more than 90% of your peers, but in this sudden situation, You didn't seem to last longer than others when you caught a cold. When you woke up again due to thirst, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. ]

[You realized that you seemed to have only eaten a little bread in the morning today. You stood up unsteadily and planned to call the housekeeper. There must have never been a moment when you felt that iced American food was so hateful. When you clicked on your phone, you noticed something Both Maki Nose and Megumi Karuizawa have sent you messages, but at this time you have neither the mind nor the energy to click on it. After forcing yourself to send the message to the housekeeper that you have a cold, you thought unsteadily. Go out of the room and find something to eat. ]

[You obviously overestimated your will and current physical condition. You stumbled and fell beside the door. When you fell, your arm seemed to have knocked something down. There was a crisp sound behind you. Come. ]

[Until the next gust of melodious wind blows in from the closed window, you suddenly see colorful paper cranes flying in front of you, and then they fall on your head, back, and even in front of your eyes. ]

[So lovely. ]

[You thought this for a moment before losing consciousness completely. ]

ps: Ichinose Honami will always choose to escape when he can't solve the problem, whether it is sealing himself off for half a year after stealing, or being tricked by Sakayanagi and unable to leave the dormitory, or being crushed by Ryuuen during the command tower. She dared to take a shot, but in fact it was not because of herself, but because of others. The reason why she escaped was not because she had made a mistake, but because she felt that her mistakes would affect others. This sense of guilt forced her to bring more Heavy shackles.

Even in the original work, Ichinose Honami still did not truly get rid of her own shadow. Ayanokouji's persuasion to her only allowed Ichinose to transfer this atonement feeling. Therefore, in the scene of Gujiao's confession , she even gave up her position as the leader of Class B and went to find Ayanokouji at the risk of dropping out of school.

This contradictory and dangerous character who likes to hurt himself at the same time but is also very capable of action after confirming his mind, coupled with the unexpected appearance of Karuizawa Megumi, finally constitute the entire content of this line. I hope you all like it.

The Summer of Ichinose Honami Reappears: Chapter 16: The Coming End

["Yes, the young master has not woken up yet and is receiving infusion. The situation is not particularly serious. It is just because he took expired cold medicine and did not rest well. Yes, I will ask the young master to call back after he wakes up."

"Is it my dereliction of duty? What? Let the young master go there early? I remember that the previously scheduled time should be August 9th, two weeks in advance. Okay, I will tell the young master when he wakes up."]

[You seem to have regained your body bit by bit, and your six senses are also recovering. First, your nose smells the unique smell of disinfectant and medicine in the hospital. You have stubbornly called this indescribable smell the smell of medicine since you were a child. , It seems that when you come to the hospital, you don't need injections or infusions, just smell this special smell, and all the germs in your body will be wiped out at once. ]

[The next thing you hear is your hearing. You seem to hear someone talking on the phone outside the ward. Although the man's voice was deliberately lowered, you immediately recognized that this was Mr. Izaki, who has been your housekeeper for twenty years. Judging from his tone, he should be talking to your father or mother. ]

[The remaining four senses suddenly returned to your body. You could feel the softness of the quilt under you. When you looked up, you saw the white ceiling. There seemed to be a bitter taste in your mouth. You stretched out your right hand from the quilt. During the IV drip, drop after drop of liquid drips from the infusion bottle and enters your blood vessels along the infusion tube. ]

[You finally remembered what happened before you lost consciousness. You remembered that you had a fever and called the housekeeper, then you collapsed, knocking over... something on the floor, and your mind started to feel dizzy again. , your eyelids also became heavy, you bit the tip of your tongue and tried to cheer yourself up, swallowed your saliva to warm your dry throat, and planned to call the housekeeper outside the door. ]

[Coincidentally, the butler just opened the door and walked in. Mr. Izaki, who was in his early fifties this year, looked a bit younger than his real age. However, unlike most people's stereotype of a butler, he neither wore a suit nor wore a suit anytime and anywhere. With his beard neatly trimmed and his skin smoother than that of an ordinary old man, he looked like an ordinary old man. ]

["Master, you're awake."]

[When he saw you open your eyes, he immediately came over and poured you a glass of hot water while ringing the bell to call the doctor. ]

[You can hear crackling sounds coming from the windows, and occasionally a few muffled thunders make you realize that it may be raining now. Summer rains are never governed by weather forecasts, and even the time of the fireworks display is not governed by the weather forecast. Specifically avoid times when the chance of precipitation is high. ]

[Mr. Isaki took two steps forward and pulled the heavy curtains tighter. After the movement of �O�O�@�@, the sound of wind and rain was immediately blocked out. After you drank the water, it was inconvenient to look at the hanging The clock on the wall said it was already seven o'clock in the evening. Calculating this way, you were probably unconscious for about four hours. ]

["Ahem." There seemed to be something blocked in your throat, with a burr-like feeling. You couldn't help coughing a few times, then turned to the housekeeper beside you and asked: