I have pure love with them

Complex emotions suddenly exploded in her heart, and then turned into a long sigh.

She did not go forward to ring the doorbell, but silently withdrew her gaze and turned away without being noticed by the other party.

'Is it the unique smell of the place where the elderly live?'

Because they had already been in contact when he came here, he knew that the two old people were going out to attend an event today, but he was also told where the key was. Quan walked slowly into the living room, looking at the clean and tidy environment with a faint sandalwood scent, he breathed a sigh of relief.

After looking around, he walked towards the second floor with his travel bag on his back, and found the room where he and Aine lived when they were children. He found that the room was very tidy. It should be that the old man had tidied it in advance after knowing that he was coming.

“These are still there.”

After entering the room and looking at the furniture that was full of age and the small toys placed on the furniture, Quan chuckled and walked to the desk and picked up the exquisite and small racing car model on the table.

Because it was made of metal, it felt quite heavy when held in the palm of his hand, but the paint on it had faded and peeled off a little. After he put it down again, a lot of flaked metal paint was left on his palm.

"Air conditioning, was it installed recently?"

Looking at the air conditioner in the room, a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

The market price of an ordinary air conditioner is generally around 6 yen. He was only staying here for a week or so, and the two elderly people specially installed an air conditioner for him, which made Quan silent and sighed helplessly.

He withdrew his gaze, put his travel bag in the corner, took out the gifts prepared for the two old people, and placed them on the desk. When the two old people came back, he would teach them how to use them.

After finishing what he was supposed to do, he suddenly had some free time. Quan walked to the closet in the room, slowly opened it, and was about to put his clothes in it. However, he found that some of his and Aine's clothes from childhood were still in it.

“…Are these still there?”

Looking at the clothes that no longer fit him, Quan, who was standing in front of the closet, had a somewhat subtle expression. He sighed and closed the closet again.

But not long after closing it, he silently opened the closet again, his eyes fell on Aiyin's clothes when she was little, and a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth...

Yuqiu.

"Ah sneeze——!"

During the lunch break, Chihaya Aine and Takamatsu Touma were in the astronomy club's activity room, discussing the lyrics for the band's new song.

When they were talking about the crucial moment, Chihaya Aion suddenly felt an itch in her nasal cavity, followed by a sneeze, which made Takamatsu Deng stunned for a moment, and looked at Chihaya Aion with a caring look that Shiina Riki had never felt before.

"Aine-chan, are you okay?"

Chihaya Aine rubbed her delicate nose tip, a subtle expression appeared on her face. After hearing Takamatsu Deng's concern, she shook her head gently.

"It's okay... I just suddenly felt a little itchy. Maybe that guy is thinking about me."

"Ok?"

Takamatsu Deng looked at Chihaya Aine in confusion.

"Izumi, he went out today to Gifu. He won't be back for about a week. Maybe he missed me after he left."

Thinking of what happened last night, Chihaya Aine's face turned slightly red, but soon returned to normal. She explained to Takamatsu Deng with a smile, which made Takamatsu Deng, who was originally a little confused, suddenly understand what she meant, and then looked at Chihaya Aine with some envy.

"You have a very good relationship with your brother... I'm a little envious."

If it were usual, Chihaya Aine would not have any reaction to Takamatsu Tomori's answer, at most she would just smile "hehe", but... not long ago, Izumi and Shiina Riki talked about Takamatsu Tomori.

Even though she knew that Izumi at that time was just trying to provoke Shiina Ryuki, Chihaya Aine still couldn't help but feel nervous at this moment. Her eyes stayed on Takamatsu Deng, and after hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but ask a question.

"Deng...what do you think of Quan?"

"Ok?"

Not knowing why Chihaya Aine suddenly asked this question, Takamatsu Deng looked at her with confusion. After a brief thought, she gave an uncertain answer.

"A gentle... person?"

Chihaya Aine, who was originally a little nervous, put aside her worries when she saw Takamatsu Deng's innocent expression.

"For a lamp, it's still a little too early to say 'like' it."

At the same time, she thought about Izumi again. Knowing that Izumi would leave Tokyo today and she wouldn't be able to see him for a while, Chihaya Aine felt a little disappointed. She couldn't help but wonder whether she should go to Gifu to see Izumi after the test.

'When he is about to return to Tokyo, I will go to Gifu to meet him a day in advance, and then go back to Tokyo with him. He should be very touched, right? '

Thinking of the scene where Izumi picked her up at the airport, Chihaya Aine suddenly became eager.

……

"That's it."

After taking some photos of Aine's childhood clothes, a satisfied smile appeared on Quan's lips. When she was resting at home at night, he could send all these photos to her and see how she would react.

"You can also contact us directly via video."

Chuckling, he opened the window and looked out.

The window of his room faced a wide street. He could see occasional passing vehicles on the road. In the distance was a bamboo forest, which was a bamboo park.

"If we go one day further, it will be the Nagara River."

Together with the Kiso River and the Ibi River, they are collectively known as the Kiso Three Rivers.

"I remember that people often go camping in that park, right?"

Looking at the bamboo forest opposite, recalling the spring in his childhood, he thought of some things about the bamboo forest. Then he shook his head gently, slowly retracted his gaze, and closed the window.

"It's already noon. Let's go out for a walk and then take care of lunch. Also, let's see if there are any ingredients left."

Now that he was the only one in the house, Quan had no intention of cooking, so he decided to go out to have his lunch. In addition, he also wanted to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment and recall his childhood.

The two old people would probably not be back until the afternoon, so he had plenty of time to familiarize himself with and recall the surrounding environment.

'By the way, let's go see her. I wonder if she still lives in this area.'

Thinking of the girl who was going to marry him when he grew up, who had already arrived at the door, Quan couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

"Aine actually dislikes her. If I take a photo with her and send it to her, I wonder how she will react."

With curiosity in his heart, Quan started walking along the road, but before he had taken two steps, he saw a coffee shop, which made him stunned.

“Is there a coffee shop here?”

I glanced at the distance between the coffee shop and my home and found that it was only about a hundred meters. I hadn't noticed it before because I hadn't walked this road.

“This should have been an empty space before, right?”

Quan, looking somewhat surprised, walked slowly into the store. After being welcomed by the waiter, he sat down, opened the menu, and ordered a glass of juice and a chicken meal. The appearance of the menu alone gave him a good feeling.

"1,350 yen, if it's the same as on the menu, it's not expensive."

The atmosphere in the store was good, with soothing music playing. There were also some other customers sitting in the store, and it looked like business was good. Quan withdrew his gaze and waited quietly.

……

After finishing lunch in the store and taking a short break, Quan gave this coffee shop a good review in his heart.

After leaving the coffee shop, Quan walked towards the home of the girl in his memory. He didn't know whether the girl was at home, but now he had nothing to do and could only kill time by reminiscing about the past.

If the other party still lives here, he can try to meet him and talk about the past. If the other party has moved away... then he can only go somewhere else.

'It's a bit strange to appear in front of each other again after so many years.'

Not sure whether the other party still remembers him, Quan feels a little weird while walking on the road.

"So hot."

Looking up and glancing at the sun in the sky, Quan sighed slowly and began to think about what he should do at night.

"Let's go to the bookstore later and buy some books. We can spend the evening reading."

For a moment, Quan felt that it was a wise choice for Aine not to come with him, but he couldn't help but think that if Aine had come with him, he probably wouldn't have to think so much. As long as he had someone by his side, he wouldn't feel lonely no matter what he did.

"It's just ahead."

After walking for a while, Quan looked towards a house not far ahead and a faint smile appeared on his face.

387. Husband and wife are family members, and brothers and sisters are also family members.

"Did you start missing him the first day you left?"

The band's activities had not yet begun. During the break, Nagasaki Shoyo looked at the absent-minded Chihaya Aine and found that she did not seem to be in a good mood, so he smiled and started teasing her.

While she was still thinking about whether her vacation time could allow her to go to Gifu to meet her before Izumi returned to Tokyo, she suddenly heard Nagasaki Soyo's question. She couldn't help but stop thinking, slowly raised her head, and looked at Nagasaki Soyo in front of her.

Ever since she heard Izumi's "hmm", Chihaya Aine found that she seemed unable to look Nagasaki Soushi directly in the eye. Once her eyes fell on Nagasaki Soushi's face, she couldn't help but imagine how intimate she and Izumi would be and what kind of expressions they would show when they were alone.

"Is your relationship with Izumi closer... and deeper than mine?"

She felt a little unwilling in her heart, but having been comforted by Izumi before, Chihaya Aine pursed her lips lightly and suppressed these chaotic thoughts in her heart. Under the gaze of Nagasaki Shoyo, she nodded slightly.

"Izumi and I haven't been back for a long time. Now he suddenly goes back to that place alone. I don't know if he can adapt. Hmm... I feel like he will stay there for three days and then come back."

If it was only three days, then Chihaya Aine and Nagasaki Soushi would have already finished their tests and started their vacation, so it could be seamlessly connected with their vacation. But if it was only a week, that would mean Izumi wouldn't be able to see her for a long time.

It's not that Nagasaki Soyo, who meets Izumi every day, can't accept such a life. Anyway, she can contact Izumi through the phone or 'Line', and she can suppress the urge to hug Izumi if she tries hard. But Chihaya Aine, who lives with Izumi every day, is not used to such a life.

"Wouldn't that be nice?"

"...I just don't know if he will come into contact with someone he knew before while he's there. If that guy still remembers Quan, then things will be a lot more troublesome."

Sighing, Chihaya Aine didn't think in her heart that she still had the same pure and strong admiration for Izumi as she did when they were children. After such a long time, the admiration should have faded, or even disappeared.

"That guy?"

A confused expression appeared on Nagasaki Shoyo's face. He felt a little curious about who Chihaya Aine would refer to as "that guy", especially when he felt that "that person" might have some relationship with Izumi.

"When I was a kid, Izumi and I didn't know anyone there. We just met that girl by chance. At first, she looked like a boy... When we were kids, everyone's voices hadn't changed yet, and there weren't any obvious physical differences, right?"

Chihaya Aine stretched out her hand and swung it lightly in the air, originally wanting to point out the differences between boys' and girls' bodies, but she stopped when she thought that such an action might be a little indecent. After swinging her hand in the air for a circle, she placed her hand back on the table.

Listening to Chihaya Aine's description of Nagasaki Soushi, a rather bad word, a very bad word for her, emerged in her mind - childhood friendliness.

"Then, after Quan recognized her gender as a girl, she was very angry at first, and seemed very dissatisfied with Quan, thinking that Quan was looking down on her... Well, she attacked Quan roughly, but was knocked down by Quan in one fell swoop. She originally hated Quan, but by accident, she and Quan helped a girl who was bullied by others, and she suddenly changed her mind about Quan..."

When Chihaya Aine said this, her face suddenly became disgusted. The change in her expression made Nagasaki Shoyo stunned for a moment.

"One day, she suddenly changed her dressing style, like a girl...ah, she was originally a girl, anyway, she suddenly became very clingy."

Unable to help but pout, Chihaya Aine was not able to tell Nagasaki Souyo that she and that girl had done a lot of things that seemed childish now in order to fight for the ownership of Izumi.

After listening to Chihaya Aine's words, Nagasaki Shoyo couldn't help but fall into silence. His eyes fell on her, and Nagasaki Shoyo slowly spoke -

"So, her relationship with you and Quan can be considered childhood sweetheart?"

Chihaya Aine couldn't help but fall silent about this question. She didn't know if it could be considered as childhood friendship. They only spent one summer together and had no contact after that.