I have pure love with them

"Sorry, uncle, I invited Goto to watch a live house performance, and it will probably be very late. By then, Goto may go home late at night. I would like to invite Goto to rest at my house for a night, is that okay?"

"OK"

"..."

Goto Ichiri, who was standing next to Izumi, had a stiff expression on her face. She raised her head blankly and looked at Izumi in front of her.

"I have already contacted my parents and they have no problem with it."

"But, but..."

Goto Ichiri was in a weird mood. She didn't know when Quan had exchanged contact information with her father. Looking at her father's straightforward answer, she always felt like she was being betrayed, but the strange thing was... she wasn't too scared?

"What is this fluttering feeling in my heart? Chihaya-san, could it be...?"

Izumi, who was standing in front of Goto Ichiri, looked at the girl with some hesitation.

"If Goto-san goes home now, it will be late at night. I'm afraid he won't be able to rest for long before he has to get up to go to school. That will be very harmful to his body, right?"

"But...it will disturb Chihaya's family and cause trouble for her, right?"

Goto Ichiri, who lowered her head and hesitated inside, slowly raised her head and looked at Izumi in front of her. She was still a little hesitant in her heart.

Her father already believed Chihaya, so she felt that there was no need for her to worry. However, she still felt a little uneasy about going to someone else's home.

"Don't worry. Under normal circumstances, my parents would have rested at this time, so there wouldn't be any impact."

After Izumi's persuasion, although Goto Ichiri was still a little uneasy, he agreed, nodded, and followed Izumi to leave "STARRY". Before the two returned to Chihaya's house, Izumi went to a convenience store with her, bought lunch and drinks, and then took the subway back to the Setagaya residential area where Chihaya's house was.

Under the light, Goto Ichiri followed Izumi closely and listened to Izumi talking about him and his sister, as well as some interesting things that happened in his family.

Each thing that deepened Goto Ichiri's understanding of the Chihaya family gradually reduced her uneasiness, but there were still things she didn't understand. She looked at Izumi who was walking in front of her.

“Ah…um, why did Chihaya insist on asking me to stay? No…um, I don’t doubt Chihaya, I just feel…”

Hearing the doubtful voice of the girl beside him, Goto Ichiri lowered his head again and avoided Izumi's sight when he looked at her.

Looking at the girl walking beside him, his eyes fell on her soft, smooth pink hair.

"Why...why does Goto-san want to learn guitar?"

Instead of answering Goto Ichiri's question, Izumi asked her a question in return.

'To attract everyone's attention and become popular.'

Goto Ichiri was completely speechless. Looking at Izumi who was walking in front of her, she didn't want to deceive him. The expression on her face became a little conflicted and she didn't know how to answer.

She cared too much about her 'first friend' and because of this, she couldn't speak her mind. She was worried that her answer would affect Quan's opinion of her.

"My sister likes to be in the spotlight and have others pay attention to her. If she learns a musical instrument, I think she will definitely learn guitar."

hum.

Goto Ichiri felt as if she had been seen through. In this season when the temperature was still a little chilly, she could feel sweat starting to form on her forehead.

"She is more proactive in doing things, which is completely different from Goto-san. However, I can always vaguely see some of her shadow in Goto-san."

"Do I look like her?"

After hearing Izumi's explanation, Goto Ichiri stopped, slowly raised his head and looked at him. He felt a little relieved, but also had an inexplicable unwillingness.

Looking into Izumi's eyes, this time Goto Ichiri's gaze just dodged slightly before settling down. His clear eyes stared straight at Izumi.

45. You can sleep in my sister's room.

Being treated as a substitute by others is tantamount to denying everything you originally have.

No matter how timid Goto Ichiri was, she could not accept becoming a substitute for someone else. She stopped and looked at Izumi in front of her, pursing her soft lips with some uneasiness in her eyes.

Seeing Goto Ichiri stopped and looking at him, Izumi also slowed down his pace and stopped, facing Goto Ichiri who was looking at him.

There was a hint of uneasiness in those clear and watery eyes, yet they longed for an answer. He saw a rare trace of courage in the girl's eyes.

“That’s not a good answer.”

Facing Goto Ichiri's gaze, Izumi was silent for a moment, and the answer he gave made Goto Ichiri disappointed.

“No…it’s okay. I, I…I shouldn’t have asked such a strange question. I’m sorry for troubling Chihaya-san.”

"But it's not that I can't answer it, eh."

When Goto Ichiri was feeling disappointed, Izumi took out the drinks he had bought in the convenience store from the shopping bag in his hand. There were drinks of the same brand with different flavors in the bag. Izumi took out the two drinks and shook them in front of Goto Ichiri.

"If Aine, my sister, is the peach flavor, then Gotou you are probably the lime flavor. Although they seem to be similar, they are not exactly the same. Normal people can tell which is peach and which is lime. Gotou-san is Gotou-san. Aine is my only sister, and Gotou-san is the only one in this world."

'Only, only? ! '

Goto Ichiri, who lowered her head out of frustration, suddenly blushed after Izumi's explanation. She glanced at Izumi's serious gaze, took the drink handed to her by Izumi with both hands, and while holding the drink in both hands, she couldn't help but lower her head.

"Let's go, we'll be there soon."

"Okay, okay!"

Goto Ichiri, who was about to go to Chihaya's house and meet Izumi's parents, felt uneasy again after a brief moment of joy, and began to wonder how she should introduce herself to Izumi's parents.

But when the two of them arrived at the door of Chihaya's house together and were invited into the house by Izumi, she let go of her nervousness and anxiety, but felt a sense of loss.

The light was on in the entrance hall, but the living room was pitch black and Quan's parents were nowhere to be seen.

"It's almost 22:, so they should be resting. Goto-san should wear these."

A pair of pink slippers was delivered to Goto Ichiri, which surprised her a little because her family rarely wore shoes indoors except in winter.

"Are these Chihaya-san's sister's shoes? Is it okay? Will she mind?"

But looking at Izumi in front of her who had already put on her shoes and was waiting for her, Goto Ichiri still bit her lip, rubbed her heels lightly, took off her brown uniform shoes, and stepped on the heels of the slippers with her slender feet covered with classic black knee-high socks. After sliding in lightly, she looked up and found that Izumi was staring at her legs.

"Eh? What's wrong... Is it because it stinks so much that Chihaya-san is concerned? What should I do? Should I apologize?"

For a moment, Goto Ichiri became nervous again.

"Goto-san."

“Yes, yes! S-Sorry——”

"Goto-san's legs are very nice, although I never noticed them before."

"Can't you help me...eh?"

Goto Ichiri raised her head in panic, and Izumi, who was standing in front of her, looked at Goto Ichiri's legs. Her eyes fell on Goto Ichiri's face again, and she smiled softly at the dull expression that seemed to be shocked by her words.

"I'm sorry, I seem to have said something strange, please don't take it to heart, let's go, the room is upstairs."

“…Okay, okay.”

Faced with Izumi's praise, Goto Ichiri was completely confused.

"Beautiful? My...legs, or me? Is he hinting at something? Did I...misunderstand something? But..."

Goto Ichiri, who is not good at speaking but has a rich psychological activity, followed Izumi up the stairs and went upstairs with Izumi. Izumi pushed open the door of Chihaya Aine's room and introduced her to Goto Ichiri.

"This is Aine's room, but she is abroad now, so it has been unused. Goto-san can sleep here tonight. I will bring the quilt and pillow later. The bathroom and toilet are downstairs. I will take you there later. You can rest here first."

Leading Goto Ichiri to his sister's room, Izumi introduced him to it, left the fast food he had bought at the convenience store, and went back to his own room.

Since Chihaya Aine went abroad, the original bedding and pillows in her room were packed up, so Izumi had to take his set of bedding from his room and give it to Goto Ichiri to use.

"Ah...ok."

Watching Izumi leave the room, Goto Ichiri was left alone standing in the room a little nervous. He looked around the environment and made sure that there was nothing strange before he felt relieved.

"Girls...Chihaya-san's younger sister's room, yeah, her name is Aine, right?"

The room was clean and tidy, and the layout gave people a warm feeling. It was completely different from her room, and she spent a lot of time resting in the closet.

Soft carpet, neat bookcase, small table lamp and wardrobe.

Looking around at the furniture and layout of the entire room, Goto Ichiri always felt an inexplicable sense of loss.

"A girl's room... is supposed to be like this, right? Mine..."

Thinking back to how she had always been squatting in the closet, Goto Ichiri felt, in comparison, that she had been expelled from the female gender. She lowered her head dejectedly. She was carrying a guitar bag, and for a moment she didn't know what to do. It felt like nothing she could do was appropriate in someone else's home.

A sense of restraint arises spontaneously.

"Just sit anywhere and treat it like your own home."

Just when she was feeling restless, a familiar voice came from the door. Quan entered the room holding a quilt and a pillow. He pulled open a chair-like piece of furniture, which instantly turned the sofa into a bed. Then Quan placed the quilt and pillow on it.

Looking at the deformed sofa, Goto Ichiri opened his eyes wide.

"Wow, that's amazing!"

It was the first time she had seen this kind of furniture in person.

After putting the bedding away, Izumi saw that Goto Ichiri was still carrying her guitar bag, so she walked up to her, took the guitar bag from her, and placed it on the edge of the bed.

"Is it okay to put it here?"

"Eh...Okay."

46. ​​Two completely different people

Goto Ichiri is taking a bath.

He took out Chihaya Aine's pajamas and gave them to her, then sent her into the bathroom and told her how to run hot and cold water, then he returned to his room.

“I wonder how Aine would react if she knew about this?”

Quan thought that Aine wouldn't have any special reaction to someone staying in her room, but she would probably have a big reaction to him letting someone stay in her room without informing her.

"No one is at home anyway, let's wait until she comes back."

Leaning back in his chair and looking at the computer in front of him, Izumi originally wanted to read the current news related to 'FX', but due to the influence of his own body, when reading the news, he would always think of the incident of Goto Ichiri in the bathroom from time to time.

Izumi, who couldn't calm down, simply stopped watching the news and used things related to Aine to gradually calm herself down.

There's nothing wrong with just becoming friends with girls, but dating and love would affect his life too much, unless... the other person likes My Little Pony as much as he does, and is willing to accept him drawing some restricted content every day.

"My little pony~"