I have pure love with them

Izumi, who was originally half-conscious and about to fall asleep, became a little more awake due to the nervousness displayed by Aine. He slowly opened his eyes and slightly tilted his head to see the uneasiness in Aine's eyes.

He turned sideways and met Aine's nervous eyes, then suddenly lowered his head, his forehead bumping against Aine's, causing the girl to cover her forehead with her hands instantly and let out a painful groan.

"pain!"

"Don't think too much. Your nervous breathing keeps me from sleeping well."

"…There's no reason to hit my forehead then!"

Aiyin lowered her voice, feeling a little annoyed. While rubbing her forehead, she couldn't help but retort to Quan.

"It's just to calm you down and get some rest. If you can't sleep, just sing me the theme song of My Little Pony and let me fall asleep first. You can worry about it by yourself later."

"..."

Izumi’s words calmed Aine down, she rubbed her forehead with both hands and muttered to herself in a depressed tone.

She was no longer as nervous as before, but when she heard her parents' footsteps and the sound of the door opening outside the room, her hands unconsciously grabbed Quan's pajamas.

"It seems that you haven't learned to grow up yet."

Quan closed his eyes, feeling his pajamas being held tightly. He didn't say anything, just lay quietly on the bed...

In the early morning, a dazzling light slowly woke Chihaya Aine from her dream. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and then she slowly opened her eyes. The surrounding environment became clear from hazy. Not far in front of her, a person in pajamas was standing in front of the window, letting the cool morning breeze blow his soft short hair.

"woke up?"

Looking at Aine who had propped herself up on her bed, Izumi who had woken up before her, opened the window of the room, letting the cool breeze blow into the room. He also calmed down and asked Aine who had woken up with a calm expression.

"Um……"

Sitting on the familiar bed, looking at the familiar person in front of her, she woke up from a fragmented dream, with one hand supporting her body and the other hand rubbing her sleepy eyes.

The quilt covering her slowly slid off, and her snow-white legs sat down on his bed.

"..."

After taking a look, Quan turned his head and looked at the blue sky outside the window.

"I have to go to school today, and the other two have to go to work, so you will be alone at home during the day. You have to take care of your own lunch. Mom has called us just now. Get ready and go downstairs for breakfast."

"……Um."

After hearing what Izumi said, Chihaya Aine, who was feeling a little uneasy, knew that she couldn't continue to avoid it. Following Izumi's instructions, she slowly got up from the bed and went back to her own room.

After making some preparations, she went downstairs with Quan, went to the living room, and met the parents she was afraid to face.

"You slept in Quan's room last night?"

But when she came to the living room, she was surprised that her parents did not blame her for coming back from studying abroad. Instead, they asked her about her resting in Quan's room last night.

Aine was nervous. After hearing her father's question, she slowly raised her head. Facing that serious and earnest face, she hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.

"You're not a child anymore and you have your own room. Why are you sleeping in Quan's room?"

"I……"

"She just returned to China and is still a little uncomfortable, so I was worried that she couldn't sleep, so I let her rest in my room. Her room also needs to be tidied up a little before she can move in."

Before Aine could speak, Izumi, who was standing beside her, walked towards the dining table and helped Aine answer.

78. My favorite episode

To Chihaya Aine's slight surprise, her parents didn't seem to care much about her not being able to stay abroad. Instead, they seemed to have a lot of complaints about her staying in Izumi's room last night, and their attention was completely shifted from her to Izumi.

Looking at her father and brother who were suddenly arguing with each other, she didn't dare to say a word, and sat down at the dining table with her head lowered silently.

Only with the mother's comfort did the father and son calm down.

"Have you considered which school to go to after Aine comes back?"

Mrs. Chihaya saw the father and son arguing, so she interrupted their quarrel and looked at Aine who remained silent, asking her what she thought.

Aine, who had discussed this matter with Izumi a long time ago, said "Higaoka" without thinking when she heard her mother's question.

There is no point in caring about the past. Before Aine came back, Izumi had done a lot of ideological work on the Chihaya couple. Although they were disappointed about their daughter's failure to study abroad, after actually seeing their daughter, they decided to let go of the past and focus on Aine's future.

"The Yugaoka Girls' Academy, which focuses on further studies? If... it is indeed a suitable school for you, then I will go back and ask if I can process your admission procedures in the near future."

"……sorry."

After hearing what her father said, Aiyin couldn't help herself and lowered her head to apologize to her father.

Mr. Chihaya, who had been arguing with Izumi before, looked at his daughter who lowered her head. His heart trembled twice. He let out a breath, adjusted his emotions, and comforted his daughter who felt guilty.

"Now that you're back, just stay in the country and focus on your studies. I'll find a way to handle the admissions issue. You don't need to worry. The past is in the past. The only thing you have to do now is to pass the admissions interview. Do you understand?"

"Ah."

Seeing the harmonious atmosphere between father and daughter, Quan silently picked up the miso soup and ate breakfast quietly...

"When will you come back?"

After breakfast, Izumi was ready for school. When he put on his school uniform and prepared to go out, Aine hurried to the door and asked Izumi what time he would be back.

"3pm, but...something might happen today, so I'll be back a little later, but probably no later than 5pm. What's up?"

Originally, Izumi should have returned home immediately, but thinking of the agreement between himself and Akatsuki, he decided to let the other party take a little time to fulfill the agreement, and then return immediately, so he should be able to get home before 5 o'clock.

"I wanted you to go with me to buy some daily necessities, but since you're coming back so late, I'd better go alone."

After hearing Izumi's answer, Aine's mood suddenly dropped.

"Tomorrow is a holiday, can't we go tomorrow?"

"That's not a problem, but don't you have anything to do during the holidays? Now that you've entered high school, don't you have friends to go out with during the holidays?"

"..."

Seeing Aine’s expression full of confusion but without any other meaning, Izumi, who was standing in front of the door, couldn’t help but remain silent for a moment.

"There are some things, but it's just time to buy some daily necessities, so I can definitely squeeze it out."

"Then let's do it tomorrow. There are some other things I can handle on my own."

Although she really wanted Izumi to accompany her, Aine thought that Izumi had just entered high school and had a lot of things to deal with. She felt that it was not appropriate to trouble her brother for everything, so she decided to handle some simple and urgent matters herself first.

"Let's get a new phone number first."

"I know!"

"Well, then, I'll be out first."

Izumi didn't comment on Aine's answer. He had to go to school, so he took the initiative to end the conversation with Aine.

"Well...be careful on the road."

Although she really wanted to talk more with Quan, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, about things that happened when she was not at home, but seeing that the time left for Quan to go to school was getting less and less, she suppressed her dependence on Quan and stood at the door to watch Quan leave.

Both her parents had gone out, and Quan had also left home, leaving Aine alone. After returning to the living room, she looked at everything that was familiar around her, and she no longer felt the strangeness and loneliness she had when she was abroad.

"But... I still feel a little lonely. It's hard to contact the people from my high school years now. If they knew that I failed in my study abroad..."

In middle school, I managed to retain the perfect image of the student council president in everyone's mind.

Even when she graduated, everyone thought she could successfully study abroad.

Once she contacts her former classmates, wouldn't her perfect image in their eyes completely collapse?

"You might also be questioned and laughed at by others. That kind of thing...never let me do it!"

She clenched her fists, bit her lips, and stood silently in the living room for a moment. Then she slowly returned to her room, reorganized the daily necessities she brought back from abroad, and rearranged her room.

"It's almost time. Let's go get a new phone number."

After tidying up the room, she glanced at the current time and slowly walked out of the room...

"Chihaya-san, you seem to be in a good mood."

In the library, when he was sitting with Goto Ichiri and discussing how to improve Goto Ichiri's grades, Goto Ichiri suddenly said something that made Izumi stop the tutoring plan he had specially prepared for Goto Ichiri and gently touched his cheek with his left hand.

"Is it obvious?"

“…Should, should it be considered quite obvious…right?”

Although Quan usually kept smiling, it was just like the "welcome" from a store clerk, formal and without any sincerity. But the attitude he showed today and the atmosphere he exuded were as if he had encountered good things.

'Is there a new My Little Pony game coming out?'

Goto Ichiri looked at Izumi who was in a good mood and couldn't help but guess something in his mind.

In fact, after becoming friends with Izumi, Goto Ichiri, who knew that Izumi liked My Little Pony, also took some time to watch it at home, but she found that she didn't really like this kind of animation. On the contrary, her sister Goto Jiri really liked watching My Little Pony. Now, whenever she has nothing to do, she will let her play My Little Pony on the computer.

"If that's the case, Erli would be happy if he knew about it."

After some guessing in her heart, she looked at Quan and expressed her guess.

"Could it be... that the work that Chihaya-san likes has released a new work?"

Facing Goto Ichiri's question, Izumi was also stunned for a moment, not knowing why the other party thought so, but then she thought about it, with Aine's return, she would go to Haneda to go to school, and then trigger a series of events, leading to Nagasaki Shoyo knowing the school where Toyokawa Shoko was...

'A shocking moment, my favorite episode.'

Under Goto Ichiri's gaze, he still shook his head slightly.

"No, it has nothing to do with the work I like. As for why I'm in such a good mood, you'll know when the weekend comes."

Looking at Izumi's gentle smile, Goto Ichiri felt a strange feeling.

'weekend……'

79. What if I refuse?

"Is this... a love letter?"

After everyone in the family went out, Chihaya Aine was alone at home. After she tidied her room, she had nothing to do and suddenly wanted to go to Izumi's room to check on her. She convinced herself that she wanted to help clean it up.

Even though there was no one there, he still pushed open the door cautiously and entered Quan's room. A familiar, gentle and mellow fragrance came towards him.

Last night, although she lived in this room, she was still deliberately restrained when observing the environment in the room in front of Quan, and did not show it too obviously. Now that Quan was not at home, Aine, who was standing alone in the room, gradually changed from being reserved to bold.

Wearing white socks and slippers, she walked with light and nimble steps to Quan's desk.