I have pure love with them

"babble--!"

Instantly, Aiyin, who was lying on the bed, tried to retract her feet as if she had received an electric shock, but she was held tightly by Izumi and could not break free for a while.

The cute cry made Quan couldn't help but laugh.

"Wait! What are you doing? Let go!"

Chihaya Aine's face flushed instantly when she heard Izumi's laughter. She had originally looked sullen, but now she opened her eyes wide and stared at Izumi with an expression full of shame and anger.

But Quan did not give any answer, but just stroked the sole of her foot again through the pure white cotton socks.

Still like a conditioned reflex, she wanted to retract her feet, but did not struggle out of Quan's hands. However, compared to last time, Aiyin did not make any cute sounds this time. Her lips were bitten so much that they turned white, but her face was red.

"Let go! I'm getting mad!"

Chihaya Aine blushed and looked at her brother in embarrassment and anger. She never expected that he would do such a boring thing.

"Feel sorry."

Facing the already somewhat angry Aine, Izumi, who knew when to stop, did not continue to stimulate her, loosened his palm, and let go of her slender white calf.

"This isn't about an apology, is it? You're already in high school, and you're still doing something so boring... Really..."

Although Izumi let go of her hand, Chihaya Aine, who had been teased by Izumi twice, was still in a bad mood at the moment. She stared at Izumi in front of her sullenly, and a thoughtful expression appeared on her face, thinking about how she should "retaliate" back.

"Aren't you worried at all that I might tell Shuangshi about the 'good deed' you did?"

Looking at the fearless Izumi, Chihaya Aine frowned slightly again. She didn't understand why Izumi could maintain such a calm expression and feel fearless.

Quan did not answer his sister's question immediately. Instead, he looked around the room, then stood up, walked slowly to the desk, picked up the slightly faded stuffed bear on the desk, walked back to the edge of the bed and sat down.

"Do you think this stuffed bear is valuable to you?"

"..."

Looking at the stuffed bear that Izumi handed to her, Chihaya Aine was stunned for a moment, then she stretched out her hands, gently hugged the small stuffed bear, and after fiddling with it in her hands for a while, she gave an uncertain answer.

"Yes?"

She vaguely remembered that this stuffed bear was the prize that Quan won for her at a shooting booth during a past summer festival.

At first, she treasured this teddy bear very much, but like other children, her attention to this teddy bear only lasted for a short period of time. Later, she lost interest in it unconsciously... and left it here when she returned to Tokyo. Now when she saw this teddy bear again and recalled the dusty memories, her expression was a little subtle, and she didn't know why Quan suddenly asked this.

"Do you think this stuffed bear is valuable to other people?"

"..."

Probably of little value.

Chihaya Aine seemed to understand what Izumi meant, but after understanding it, she felt even more confused and puzzled. She opened her mouth and wanted to ask, but Izumi lay down beside her and closed his eyes.

"These things have nothing to do with you, so don't take them to heart. I will explain it to Shuangshi myself. Now, I'm a little sleepy, so I'll take a rest first."

"..."

Chihaya Aine stared blankly at Izumi with her eyes closed, with a subtle expression on her face.

She remembered that she should be thinking about how to "retaliate" against him?

But why did the topic suddenly become...

Chihaya Aine was about to say something, but when she saw Izumi with her eyes closed, as if she had fallen asleep, she was silent for a moment, then lay back on the bed sullenly, and silently kept a certain distance from Izumi.

"Well, I'll take a break for a bit."

The girl closed her eyes and lay quietly beside Quan, preparing to spend the rest of her time in Gifu in hibernation.

When Quan was not around before, she was restless and couldn't sleep, but now Quan was by her side, she felt peaceful inside and even a little sleepy...

'It's so warm.'

When Quan opened his eyes, he felt a little hot in his arms, and when he glanced towards his arms, he saw Aine curled up in his arms.

The girl's defenseless and peaceful sleeping face made Quan unable to take his eyes away. He kept looking at her for half an hour before he slowly got up from the bed and left.

In the evening, the dim afterglow of the setting sun made Quan, who had just woken up, feel a little melancholy.

Looking at his sister lying in bed who had not yet woken up, he quietly left the room and went to prepare dinner by himself.

He had intended to wake up Aine who was resting in the room after preparing dinner, but before he could prepare dinner, Aine, who was still resting, woke up first and came to the living room. Seeing Izumi who was preparing dinner, she started to complain to Izumi.

"Why didn't you wake me up when you woke up?"

"Ok?"

Aine woke up and straightened her long hair. After waking up from her nap, she found that it was already evening and she felt a little depressed.

"After sleeping for so long in the afternoon, it will be hard to fall asleep at night... I feel like when I return to Tokyo tomorrow, I will be so tired that I will have to lie down on the bed and rest again, and my sleep and rest schedule will become strange."

The girl walked to the dining table, propped up her cheek with one hand, and looked at Quan who was preparing dinner with a listless look.

"After dinner, go out for a walk. When you're tired, you can fall asleep quickly."

“…I don’t want to sweat.”

"So, aren't you going to take a bath tonight?"

After hearing what Izumi said, Chihaya Aine couldn't help but pout and showed an annoyed look.

Now she doesn't want to move at all.

But... she had already sweated a lot in the morning, and if she didn't take a shower in the evening, she would feel uncomfortable.

"wash."

His eyes fell on Aine and he glanced at her, Quan looked helpless as he silently prepared dinner for the two of them.

……

The scent of shampoo drifted into Quan's nose. Quan, who had just walked out of the bathroom, felt cool all over. He looked slightly to his side. Aine was lying next to him. She also had her eyes open, staring at the roof.

But due to her myopia, the girl's eyes had no focus and she just stared blankly at the roof.

"What are you thinking about?"

The lights were off, but the moonlight outside the window made the whole room not seem dark. In the quiet night, Quan's gentle voice sounded, asking Aine who was beside him.

"Nothing..."

After a moment of silence, Aine slowly answered.

At this moment, many images and content emerged in her mind, but they were very fragmented, and she herself didn't know what she was thinking at the moment.

"Where's Quan?"

Aine, who didn’t know what she was thinking, asked Izumi a question after giving her answer.

"I?"

After hearing Aine's question, Izumi, who was staring at her, smiled softly but did not give an answer, just staring at her sister quietly.

Under the soft moonlight, Aine's already lovely face has an extra layer of hazy beauty.

Right now, his mind is full of Aine...

399. Soyo: I always believe that Aiyin is my comrade

"I'm not a child, why did you buy this for me?"

Sitting on the train back to Tokyo, Chihaya Aine frowned slightly, looked down at the gray rabbit doll placed on her legs, and asked Izumi in a depressed tone.

It is cute, and if she was still in elementary school, she would definitely like it very much. But now, receiving such a gift from Izumi, Chihaya Aine always feels like she is being treated like a child by Izumi.

"I bought it because I thought it was cute. Why, do you think it's annoying?"

Quan, who was sitting next to her, was originally looking at the scenery outside the window. After hearing his sister's words, his eyes slowly fell on her.

"I wouldn't say I hate it, but... it just doesn't seem to suit me."

Chihaya Aine gently grasped the two long ears of the gray ragdoll rabbit with both hands, and after gently fiddling with them for a while, she felt that the touch was quite good, and could not help but gently rub it again, looking towards Izumi beside her.

"What are your plans after returning to Tokyo?"

Noticing that Izumi was also looking at her, Chihaya Aine couldn't help but retract her gaze, and then looked at the doll on her lap.

"Go home and clean up first, then take a rest. Then go out for a walk and hang out in the evening. Do you want to join us?"

His gaze stayed on Aine for a moment, and Izumi looked at the scenery outside the window again, and seemed to answer casually. After hearing what Izumi said, Chihaya Aine guessed in her heart that Izumi was going to see his lover, and imagined Nagasaki Shoyo, who had not seen Izumi for a week.

'When two people meet, who knows what kind of intimate actions they will do... Well, forget it, it has nothing to do with me.'

Pursing her lips, Chihaya Aine gave a rejection answer.

"After I get back, I'll go home and rest first. In the evening... I have my own things to do, so I won't go out. If you... go out, remember to go home early."

She couldn't help but look at Izumi, worried that Izumi was spending too much time on Nagasaki Soushi and not going home at night, which might lead to some accidents. She would suddenly have a nephew or niece, which were things Chihaya Aine didn't want to see at the moment.

'Will the child be like Quan or Shuangshi?'

A strange thought came to Chihaya Aine's mind. She overlapped the hazy faces of Izumi and Shoyo, and then she couldn't help but curled the corners of her mouth. It was difficult to imagine the true face of their child.

Izumi, who didn't think Aine would agree to it, wasn't surprised at all, and didn't ask what the 'thing' was that Chihaya Aine was talking about. She sat quietly on the train, feeling the slight swaying, and then the two of them remained silent until they arrived at their destination, Tokyo Station.

……

From Tokyo Station, I took the subway all the way back home.

When they used the key to enter the house, they found that there were only the brother and sister at home. As for their parents, they had to wait until the evening to return home due to work.

As soon as he entered the house, he smelled the familiar scent of Izumi, and a look of nostalgia appeared on his face. He had only been away for a week, but he felt like he had been away for several months. Thinking of Izumi here, his eyes couldn't help but look at Aine behind him.

'When she returned home after studying abroad, her feelings should be stronger than mine now, right?'

Chihaya Aine, who was suddenly stared at by Izumi, always felt that Izumi's gaze towards her was a little impure. She didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. A vague feeling of shame and annoyance emerged in her heart, which she couldn't control.

"What are you looking at?"

"…Nothing, I just haven't been home for a while and found that my home is still the same as before I left, so I felt a little emotional."

"Only a week has passed. How could there be any changes at home?"

After hearing what Izumi said, Chihaya Aine suppressed the dissatisfied expression on her face. After putting down her luggage, she walked to the refrigerator, looked at the green tea she had chilled in it, took it out, poured two cups, walked to Izumi, and handed him a cup.

Looking at the tea in the cup, recalling the experience in Gifu, it seemed hazy as if in a dream. I gently stroked the wall of the cup with my index finger. The cool and moist touch made Quan suddenly chuckle.

Ai Ne drank the cold tea in one gulp to quench her thirst, and then she saw Izumi holding the teacup with a dazed smile on his face. She didn’t know what was wrong with him, and couldn’t help but look at him with a strange yet concerned look.