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Shinto's house is fairly close to mine.

Although you need to change trains to get there on different lines, the straight-line distance is much shorter than the railway distance.

Since he decided to play chess at my house, he always rides to my house by bicycle.

We are all people who don't know the time when we play chess.

At the end of the day, even the terminal tram has stopped.

At first I would tell him to go back the next day, anyway, I have a guest room at home.

But he said:

"I'm sorry to live at your house! It's not too far to ride a bicycle for 10 minutes, so it's better to go back!"

"It's good to ride a bicycle. It's been cold recently and I haven't exercised enough. It's just enough to exercise my muscles and bones."

In short, he just refused to live in my house.

It seems that

The last typhoon Tianmother and the others temporarily decided to come back, there was still a certain sense of fear for him.

I really don't understand why he doesn't want to meet his father so much.

After getting off the tram, go through the ticket gate, come to the No. [-] exit that Shinto said, and walk out of the station.

"It's so cold." His exhaled breath turned into white smoke.

The snow has stopped, but the temperature is a little lower than in the morning.As soon as I walked into the open space without heating, the biting cold wind hit my cheeks immediately, and I hurriedly wrapped the scarf that I took off during the hitchhiking around my neck, and put my hands in the pockets of the black coat.Standing next to the pillar, I looked around.

It's not here yet... 10 minutes to six o'clock.How long will I have to wait this time?

Shindo himself admitted that he was not the kind of person who would arrive early.

Should I come out when the time comes as said in the email?

Sighing lightly, that breath turned into a puff of white smoke and disappeared into the night.

"You're still early."

A familiar voice came from behind the pillar. Shinto, wearing a dark green down jacket with a hood on it, crossed his arms with his arms folded, and walked around me with a sullen face.

"Isn't it good to come out after writing the time? There are still 10 minutes."

"Aren't you here too? Just right."

"It's just a whim, a miracle that only happens once in a hundred times."

"It's really an honor for me. I saw the miracle with my own eyes." He replied as if challenging.

"Che, I can't say no to you. My house is in this direction. Let's go!"

Shinto pointed to the road behind Exit No. [-], and led me to his house.When I turned my head, I caught a glimpse of a paper bag in my hand, and there was a box in the paper bag.

"Taya, what are you holding?"

"Dafu."

"What is it for?" Shinto's face seemed to be getting darker and darker.

"It's for Auntie. It's my first time as a guest, so of course I can't come empty-handed."

Shinto pressed his eyebrows, with a helpless expression,

"Oh my God, you are really a top student! Among the friends who came to my house, you were the first to bring a hand-mixed gift. I have never brought it to anyone's house. I really admire you..."

"Really?" But my mother always did that when she visited someone's house.I don't think I've done anything to impress him so much.

"Let me get it, anyway, it's for my mother, right?"

"All right."

"Thanks."

When I handed the paper bag to Shindo, I accidentally touched his hand, and I found that his hand was much hotter than mine.Is my cold hands and feet getting worse again?Or is it true that the kid's body temperature is always higher as he joked about himself?

We didn't talk about anything along the way, but we just walked towards Jinteng's house under the thin snow and the street lamps.

This is the first time for me to enter Fuji's house. I don't know which way to go, and I don't know where it is.

I only know that along the way,

Consciously or not, Shindo's eyes always chase the silvery moon in the sky.

***

Just as the county road was about to turn into a residential area, Shindo pointed to the convenience store on the side of the road and told me that he wanted to buy something.We went in.

As soon as the automatic door was opened, a smell of Oden cooking came from the counter, and the heater warmed my body even more. I had a feeling that I didn't want to go out if I could, and wanted to stay here for a while.The temperature difference between inside and outside the store is too great.It's so warm inside.

As soon as Shinto entered the convenience store, he walked towards the daily necessities section. I had nothing to buy, so I naturally followed him.

"Sure enough, there aren't many styles, and they're all very simple. ... Forget it, it's too fancy anyway. ... Rabbit fur? Convenience stores also sell this kind of thing, I didn't expect..."

Shinto held two pairs of knitted gloves in his hand, standing in front of the iron frame and muttering to himself.He always buys things very quickly, and he always leaves immediately after taking them. Today is very abnormal, thinking about it for so long.

"Taya, which one is better, gray or dark blue?"

It's really weird that he actually asked me?

It's not just once or twice that he dresses like an old man for pastime.

And today he actually asked me which glove is better?

He actually asked my opinion on something to be worn on the body?Did I hear you wrong.

"Which one?"

"grey."

"Then this one." Holding the gray gloves, Shinto went to the counter to check out, while I stood by the door and waited.

"Shinto, come and sing with us once in a while? What's the fun in playing chess all day long?" The waiter was a man who seemed to be about the same age as Suto, who should be a high school student, talking to him while giving him some money.

"Playing chess is not just for fun, it's work. You should tighten your grip, the boss inside is watching! Hehe, break it."

Shinto motioned to the monitor hanging on the wall with his chin.After being answered by the other party, "Mind your own business", he left the counter with a smile and walked over.He said "friends who sing together" to me.I nodded to the other party and the other party returned a salute, and then we walked out.

This kind of thing often happens, "friends who play ball together", "friends who play video games together", "friends who find delicious ramen restaurants together", "friends who fight together"... I have seen it for a while.

When I came outside, the cold wind that almost froze human blood was blowing on my face.

When going out, I should put a warm pack in my clothes. In order to buy Daifuku at the old wagashi store that my mother often goes to, I had to go out early, let alone a warm pack, and I didn’t even have time to get my gloves.

Maybe I should take it and go out, although this may result in the first late record in my life history.

Standing in front of the trash can outside the door, Shinto opened the transparent plastic bag that wrapped the gloves, tore off the thin thread connecting the two gloves and threw them directly into the trash can, then handed the gray gloves to me.

Why?With such doubts, I glanced at Shinto.

"Put it on as a birthday present."

"..." Why did the four words "birthday gift" come out of Shinto's mouth?

"What expression? Isn't today your birthday?"

"How do you know?" I never followed up with Vine.

"Of course I know. I asked Brother Awara before. I'm sorry, I thought that instead of giving you anything, you might be happier playing chess with you all day. But..."

Shinto looked at the FOSSIL watch on his left hand, and smiled regretfully:

"There are only six hours left until twelve o'clock, and I have already slept more than half of it today. Hehe..., I'm so sorry. Take it, happy birthday."

The gray knit gloves felt fluffy to the touch and felt warm and comfy...,

but,

"I want to play shogi all day." I said the most sincere wish in my heart and returned the glove to Shinto.

"You! ──Tsk, what should I do then! Turn back time? Please teach me if you can. Of all the superpowers, I want to learn this trick the most!"

"I won't."

"That's it! Just accept it! Although it's a cheap item from a convenience store, this one must be more practical than any chess pieces or chess boards!"

"I don't want to accept it. I haven't given you anything for your birthday." It was already the next day when I found out.

"Giving a gift is a thought, not a transaction. How boring is it to send it back and forth? Put it on, if you don't want to wear it, I'll help you put it on!"

Shinto threw the paper bag containing Daifuku to me, and Jinzi grabbed my right hand and tried to put the glove bag into my hand with brute force.It's a pity that my hand is holding it, it's not that easy.This is my last struggle.

"Don't be naive anymore! Compare five!"

"Who is naive! Can't I choose not to?"

"It's fine if your hands are hotter than mine!

If the quarrel continues, the police uncle in our town will come over to take care of us!Hurry up than five! "

As I followed the vine and the stalemate lasted longer and longer, the number of people watching the excitement seemed to have a tendency to increase.After all, this is the entrance of a convenience store, and people come and go.Every time I follow up a vine fight I forget to pay attention to my surroundings and let the angry wildfire burn everywhere.

I'll take a step back this time, who told me that this is Shindo's territory.

Only obediently make five gestures.

While walking away from the right and wrong place, Jinto put the gloves on my hands. Because it is knitted wool, the material is relatively soft, and it got stuck halfway through the fingers. part is too loose.As if he was helping himself to put on a glove, Shinto carefully pulled the excess part squeezed at the tip of my finger, so that my finger could wear the glove to the end.

Through the gloves, he could still vaguely feel the warm body temperature coming from Shinto's fingertips.

It all surprised me.

Shinto, who helped me put on my gloves with a different, focused and careful look, is of course,

I didn't resist at all, let Shinto take care of me so meticulously myself.

"Being cared for" especially Shindo,

For me in the past, it was obviously so unacceptable, and I tried my best to avoid it.

What happened to me today?

What are you trying to prove...

"Put it on!" He grabbed my hand and looked back and forth, as if looking for something that could not be worn properly.

"Thank you." Withdrawing his hand, he moved his finger joints, not wanting Shinto to see what I was thinking now.With thick lines, he will always show his keen observation skills when unexpected.

"The other hand!" Taking out the other glove that had just been stuffed into his pocket, Shinto spread out his palm and motioned for me to extend my left hand without the glove.

What is there to prove?

Didn't Shinto know that he has many friends?

It's different from me who only has him as a friend.

Return the paper bag to Shinto,

"I can wear it myself." Taking the glove from Shinto, I put it on my hand.

Seeing me wearing gloves, Shinto suddenly said with emotion: "Hmm~, you know it!"

"Who wouldn't!"

Shinto smiled, as if the words just now were deliberately said to annoy me,

"Because you are not good at things, sometimes it really scares me."

"You always surprise me because you know how to do that kind of thing." Whether it's repairing the roof or finding gas leaks, I really couldn't believe it when I heard it.

"Hey, is that so?" Shinto shrugged with a smile, and glanced at the moon indiscriminately.

I have a feeling

Shinto now is just like him in the Hokuto Cup.

He was absent-minded while talking in front of me while walking.

There seems to be something heavy in my heart that I don't want to be interfered by anyone.

"Why do you keep looking at the moon?"

"?" It was as if he discovered his behavior after I asked him this question,

"You can't answer my question again?"

"Not at all. How should I put it... I was just thinking... Is it the full moon of the [-]th night, or the full moon of the [-]th night? Today is the [-]th night, right? No matter how you look at it, it seems to be no different from yesterday's moon. You What do you think?"

Shindo always pays special attention to the old calendar and some traditional solar terms, which is one of the things that surprises me.

"Maybe. I heard from the school teacher before, and some scholars measured it, and it turns out that the moon in Izayoi is actually the roundest."

"Really?"

"Yeah. But celestial bodies are inherently fleeting. Maybe the moon was indeed the roundest during the fifteenth night of ancient times."

"Oh~, you really know a lot. Did you learn it from Xiao ○ton again?"

"Didn't I say it was taught by the school teacher!"

"Why didn't we teach it in our school?"

"You don't have to be awake during teaching, do you?"

"Taya, don't you think you're talking too much?"

"I'm just telling the truth."

"Your attitude will hurt others. If I hadn't been magnanimous, I would have quarreled with you."

"We've been arguing for a long time. That's why your heart is not magnanimous!"

……

And just like that, we started talking again.

There is a feeling that Shindo has returned to this world.

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