【Round Flame】Sun Flower Field

Lately... Homura has been a little weird.

I don't feel very energetic. I accidentally cut my finger while chopping vegetables yesterday.

The school suddenly sent a message about the assignment preparation for the next semester. The content was that Yuan wanted to be in charge of the Chinese language for the senior three candidates. Yuan had never taken an exam class before. second chance.

The summer vacation is also very busy. These few days, I have been running to Chuang Lu, the deputy head of the Chinese language group, to move those textbooks to study. From now on, I will collect more problem sets from previous years.

... In short, busyness can be regarded as a matter of work, because there are text messages or calls with Yan, so I didn't notice anything wrong.

"Is Yan not there?"

Staggered again.

Pushing open the store door and entering the store, the cat lying on the bar raised her head to look at her, but she didn't see Homura when she looked around, and only Baijiang Nagisa was in the store.

"Sister Xiaoyan, I'll go out in the afternoon."

"Where to go?"

"I don't know, she didn't say."

again...

The round eyebrows furrowed in displeasure, what was the matter.Madoka also asked her directly, but Homura seemed very hesitant, and said that it was something in the store, but asked if there was any financial difficulty, and shook his head again.

Ahhh... really.

Yuan has the urge to ask a private detective to follow Homura, but thinking about it, this involves personal privacy, and random investigation is too much, so there must be some reason for Homura not to say anything...

"deer…"

But... Homura and I are lovers, so there's something you can't say to me...

"Deer eyes?"

"Hey, ah."

"What's the matter, I don't have much energy today."

Senior Chuanglu brought out green tea as a treat. The tea box Yuan on the cabinet was seen in the store. It was a very expensive type of Uji tea, and Yuan hurriedly thanked him for using such a high-grade tea.

"Probably... I've been a little tired recently."

Yuan does not drink green tea, especially sencha... very astringent.The same is true for the cup that Chuang Lu brought over. The tea liquid slid over the tongue and frowned unconsciously, but after the bitterness passed, the aftertaste was very fragrant.

"Isn't this tea expensive?"

"It's okay? Someone gave it to my ex-husband."

Senior Chuanglu sat down at the table, muttering "even tea leaves are more reliable than people", and put away a thick stack of materials and pushed them to the side.

"Huh?...Aren't you going to continue?"

"Mental state is very important. When students are studying, they can't see things when they think about it. Of course, the teacher is the same-you just sat for a long time and didn't even turn five pages."

……really.

After reading a few sentences, I couldn't help worrying about where Homura went in the afternoon, and it took a long time to reply to the text messages. After reading a few lines, the words were interrupted, and I had to start from the beginning.And once you see it, you forget it, and you can't remember it at all.

"Sorry, I'm a little tired from busy work."

"lie."

"……Hey?"

Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

"Kamame, you are not good at lying at all." Senior Chuanglu pushed his glasses, Madoka understood why those students were always afraid of her, "You wouldn't show such an expression when you read the textbook."

"........."

don't say anything...

Senior Chuanglu is not someone who would leave a way for others like himself. Sometimes, Yuan also envied her for being so decisive.

Yuan talked about a part, omitting the part that the lover is a woman.

"...Huh?...Why are you so indifferent, Kamu?"

Senior Chuanglu was very excited when he heard this, he slammed the table down, the tea almost splashed out, Yuan was taken aback.

"What, what's wrong?"

"Isn't this obviously an affair! An affair!"

"Not married yet..."

Even so... Madoka knew what senior was referring to.

How could it be possible, Homura wouldn't be like that...

I also said that I like it... Although Madoka was prepared from the beginning that "this kind of relationship may not last a lifetime", but...

"I don't have proof... so I guess—"

"Are you an idiot!" Senior Chuanglu reprimanded loudly, Yuan couldn't help shrinking his head guiltily, "It's too late to wait until the evidence is found."

Yuan glanced at the wall, where there was a rectangular mark, lighter in color than the rest of the wall.

"That's the case for married people, but you, Kame, who are still in love, must be careful."

——That outline, it was originally a photo frame...

The senior was still chattering, Yuan stared at the empty silhouette in a daze.

She basically didn't listen to what Senior Chuanglu said later... and she didn't really want to hear it.

In the evening, I still eat at Yan's house, but I can obviously feel that the dishes are cooked in a hurry.

The band-aid that Yuan put on her thumb yesterday came off, revealing a dark red scab.

...was it out of distaste or—wait.

Yuan shook his head in his heart, and told himself not to be influenced by the words of his predecessors, the bandages were always wrapped in airtight, but it was not good for the wound to heal.

"That, circle."

"exist."

"I have something to go out tonight—"

"Ah... well, I see. I have to go back and sort out the materials later."

Nagisa won't come to work at night, and if Homura goes out, the store will have to be locked. Madoka can still hear this level of polite refusal, and Madoka nods and says that she has something to do, so she can find a way out for her.

But Homura didn't seem to care at all whether this sentence was Yuan's original intention, packed up the dishes and went straight to the kitchen.

Madoka didn't really want what senior said to be verified, but recently Homura has become really cold.

"...I'm leaving."

Packing up her backpack, Yuan walked to the door of the shop—she couldn't lock the door without going first.

When passing by the kitchen, Yan leaned out, thinking for a moment whether it might be to persuade him to stay...

"Good night, be careful on the road."

……really.

Homura just said so.

……feeling bad.

Stepping out of the store, the sweltering heat of summer nights is suffocating.