As the footsteps got closer, Mrs. Chihaya, who was learning about Nagasaki Soyo's family situation, slowly raised her head and looked at her son.

"Is it sorted out already?"

"I haven't sorted it out yet. I just put it in the room first. I'll sort it out when I have time later."

"Is that so... Then I won't bother you guys for now. Shuangshi will stay tonight and have dinner with you. I'll go out and buy some ingredients first."

He just left the living room for a short while, and when Quan returned to the living room, he heard that his mother had left Nagasaki Soyo behind. Quan didn't feel surprised to hear this. His eyes fell on Nagasaki Soyo, and then he nodded slightly.

After Mrs. Chihaya went out to prepare dinner, Nagasaki Shoyo looked at Izumi.

"Aine, is she in her room?"

"Well, let's go to my room first."

Although Mrs. Chihaya had already gone out, Izumi was still reluctant to stay in the living room. His eyes fell on Nagasaki Soushi and he invited him to his room.

Nagasaki Shoyo was very happy about going to Izumi's room. He smiled and nodded, then followed Izumi down the stairs to the door of Izumi's room. When Izumi opened the door, Nagasaki Shoyo glanced towards Chihaya Aine's room.

"It looks neat and clean. Did you clean it up just now?"

When I stepped into Quan's room and entered the Nagasaki Soseki in the room, I did not feel the turbidity and depression that would occur when one is away from home for a long time. The whole room looked very clean and tidy. There was no dust on the table, but it reflected a dazzling light.

"During the time I was away from home, my family helped to tidy up and keep it clean."

Nagasaki Soushi slowly walked to the edge of Izumi's bed and sat on it. Her hands lightly pressed on the neat sheets and her eyes slowly looked at Izumi in front of her.

"This vacation trip is a little different from what I imagined."

"disappointment?"

Looking into the girl's eyes, Quan smiled slightly and then asked.

"Some... I didn't expect to have so little time alone with you, but it's still an experience I've never had before with so many people in one room."

With his eyes lowered, Nagasaki Shoyo pursed his lips as he recalled his experiences during this period.

It wasn't that she was completely lost. During this period, she did feel some feelings that she had never felt before. When she was with a group of people with similar hobbies, it was actually difficult for her to feel lonely.

“Are you going next year?”

"..."

Hearing Quan's question, Nagasaki Shoyo slowly raised her head, her eyes fell on Quan, and her eyes wandered for a moment.

This year, there is already a Goto Ichiri. It is hard for her to imagine that if she agrees to Izumi now, when they go on vacation to the beach again next year, there will be someone else who will become close to Izumi.

"This... let's wait until next year to consider it."

She wasn't sure whether her band and the other party's band would be able to survive until next year.

After all, so-called bands generally do not have a long-lived existence, and it is not easy to say such things directly, so Nagasaki Shoyo gave Izumi an answer that sounded a bit perfunctory.

"Want to stay tonight?"

His eyes fell on Nagasaki Sōyo, and as he looked at the girl sitting on the edge of his bed, Izumi asked.

When he was still thinking about how long his band could last, and whether the so-called "lifetime" was possible, the question from Izumi made Nagasaki Shoyo stop thinking, and he raised his head and looked at Izumi in front of him.

"Today...not possible."

Nagasaki Soushi showed a regretful expression, she also wanted to stay with Izumi overnight.

"I have already contacted my mother when I came back, so I have to go back to meet her tonight. She will also ask me some questions about this vacation. There will be nothing to do tomorrow, so it doesn't matter if I accompany Quan all day."

As he talked about reporting back to his mother about the trip, Nagasaki Shoyo observed the expression on Izumi's face.

However, under the girl's observation, Quan's face did not show any nervous reaction, he just nodded slightly.

"I really need to meet my family first and let them know that I'm safe... so let's wait until tomorrow."

As for Izumi himself, he also had some things to do after returning to Tokyo, but those things were not very urgent, so even if he accompanied Nagasaki to enjoy the world tomorrow, it would not have any impact on him.

"Hey, Quan..."

"Ok?"

Nagasaki Soyo's voice suddenly became gentle and charming, which made Izumi, who was thinking about her itinerary for the next two days, look at Nagasaki Soyo with confusion. The girl pursed her lips lightly, stretched out her hand towards Izumi, and spread out her palm.

“…Aine is right next door.”

After looking at the object in her palm, Quan's expression seemed a little subtle.

"Mom, she knows I prepared this."

"..."

It sounded a bit like a threat, and Quan's gaze towards Nagasaki Souyo became subtle. He seemed to be hesitant to speak, and then walked to the door of his room in silence. After locking the door, he walked towards Nagasaki Souyo who was already lying on the bed. He didn't want to be caught by his sister "bullying" Nagasaki Souyo.

……

After dinner, Izumi walked Nagasaki Soyo back to her apartment. On the way home, he bought some drinks to replenish his energy at a convenience store.

"Will you be with her all day tomorrow?"

Thinking of what he had promised Nagasaki Souse, Izumi reached out and gently pressed his forehead on his way home.

Judging from the current situation, the person who needs to worry about whether he can "hold on" is not him, but the one who needs to worry more about Nagasaki Souyo.

"Toyokawa Shoko... we should meet tomorrow. Let's contact her tonight, so that she won't show up in the apartment tomorrow and something embarrassing will happen to everyone."

423. Chihaya Aine: Izumi? (Don't care

After returning home, Quan opened the door and did not see Aine in his room. He walked slowly into his room with shopping bags, put the drink on the desk, and then sat on the edge of his bed.

The window was open a crack, allowing air from outside to flow into the house. During the time that Quan had been out, the mixed smell that had originally existed in his room had been diluted a lot with the passage of time.

He casually took out a bottle of drink, unscrewed the cap, and poured the drink into his mouth.

"Although I was a little sleepy, I was a little uncomfortable returning home from outside."

Reaching out and scratching his hair gently, he stood up again and prepared to go to the bathroom to take a shower to see if he would feel a little more sleepy after taking a shower.

He went to the bathroom, took a quick shower, and then returned to the spring in the room. He had only watched videos for half an hour in front of the computer when he felt sleepy. After lying on the bed, he fell into a dream in less than half an hour...

There was no such thing as a cute little sister rushing into my room, shouting "Onii-chan" in a lively voice, and sitting on me.

The overly bright sunlight shone through the window onto Quan's face. Quan, who had just dreamed of standing among endless sunflowers, slowly opened his eyes under the stimulation of the bright sunlight.

His lips moved slightly and he looked up at the roof of his room with sleepy eyes. But in front of him, he vaguely saw the large field of sunflowers before he woke up from the dream.

"Where is that? "

Although it was a scene in a dream, in Quan's opinion, there must be such a place somewhere in this world.

'A white house nestled in a field of sunflowers... a dreamlike scene.'

Recalling the scenes in his dream just now, Quan, who was lying on the bed, slowly sat up, looked out the window, stared at the clear blue sky, slowly stretched out his hand, gently covered his eyes, telling himself that it was time to return to reality.

"…It's morning already."

He glanced at the clock on his desk and saw that it was almost noon.

"Did you sleep for that long?"

Izumi noticed that the time on the clock was already '10:23', and recalled the time when he fell asleep last night, and how he felt after falling asleep. He didn't feel at all that he had rested for 12 hours.

I reached out for my cell phone. It was clearly not on silent mode, but I was completely unaware of any text messages from other people.

"A bunch of unread messages."

There are news from Goto Ichiri, from Nagasaki Soyo, and even from Shioyama Hiroto.

"Come to think of it, I did tell him that when I return to Tokyo..."

After clicking on the message from Hiroto Shioyama, Izumi recalled that when he was on vacation, he had talked to the other party about going out for a while, and told the other party the approximate time of his return to Tokyo. Unexpectedly, he had just returned to Tokyo and the other party couldn't wait to contact him.

The content was quite brief, just asking whether Quan had returned to Tokyo.

[I'm back, but I have some things to deal with in the next two days, so I don't have much time for the time being.]

After editing the content and sending it to Hiroto Shioyama, Izumi started to look at other people's messages. It seemed that Goto Ichiri just said "good night" before going to bed. Since he was a little tired last night, he temporarily forgot the "routine" with Goto Ichiri.

After expressing his apologies for not seeing her message and editing some content to comfort her feelings, Quan looked at the message sent by Nagasaki Shoyo.

9:10-[Are you awake?]

10:15-[It's almost noon?]

There were not many messages sent by Nagasaki Shoyo, only two in total, but looking at the time when the other party sent the messages, he probably woke up early and was waiting for Quan's contact, and when he did not take the initiative to contact him, after some consideration, he sent the message to Quan according to the time.

'I think he wanted to send me a second message at 10 o'clock, but he was worried about my reaction, so... when it was 10:10, he waited a little longer and didn't send the second message until 10:15.'

Based on his understanding of Nagasaki Soushi, Quan inferred in his heart what Nagasaki Soushi was thinking when he sent the message.

Sitting on his bed, he dialed Nagasaki Soyo's number.

"..."

In the apartment, sitting on the sofa, watching the movie being played, absent-minded Nagasaki Soushi was waiting for Izumi's reply.

hum-

When the ringtone suddenly rang, Nagasaki Shoyo's heartbeat accelerated for a moment. She looked at her mobile phone, and after noticing the identity of the caller, a hint of nervousness and surprise flashed in her eyes. She slowly stretched out her hand, restraining her inner nervousness.

"Izumi-kun?"

After adjusting his mood, Nagasaki Shoyo slowly spoke to the person on the other end of the phone.

"Sorry, I went to bed a little late yesterday, so I woke up a little late as well."

The slightly low voice also made Nagasaki Shoyo's mind emerge with the scene of Izumi waking up half asleep. Knowing that Izumi had just woken up, she felt a little relieved.

"It's okay. I just returned to Tokyo too. I have a lot of things to deal with. I've just finished dealing with most of them."

"I'll get up now, wash up, and see you at the apartment later."

"...Well, I'll wait for you."

After briefly explaining the situation, the two hung up the phone. Quan glanced at his mobile phone, reached out and gently rubbed his hair, then went to do the washing. When it was almost time, he went out to the apartment to meet Nagasaki Sose.

"Is Aine at home today?"

He was a little surprised that he didn't see his sister after waking up.

Something was wrong when she didn't show up in front of him last night. She didn't come to disturb him all morning, and even at noon, she was not seen, which made Quan start to worry.

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