Chapter 43 The weather is getting cold, keep warm.

Natsuki Aoi was shocked beyond words.

Just staring dumbfounded at this new grade in red A letters, this, this ……

“Natsuki? What’s wrong with you?” Keiko Hayakawa’s voice came.

Aoi Natsuki responded, but was still a bit distracted, and looked at her face again, saying, “No, it’s fine, how do you feel now? Better?”

“Well …… it’s already much better.” Hayakawa Keiko pursed her upper lip, suddenly thought of something and quickly waved her hand, “I’m sorry haha, for you to see me like that just now, I, I’m just too touched ……”

“Well.” Aoi Natsuki’s face gradually regained its calmness as well, handing over the gift box to her, the corners of her mouth once again hanging up in a smile, “Take it, but for the sake of mystery, should I go back and open it again?”

Hayakawa Keiko bared her teeth and laughed out, her body becoming slightly more restrained and her voice becoming more and more gentle, “Natsuki is really a gentle person.”

“But it seems that gentle personalities are very unpopular these days, look at me, I never seem to have much luck.” Aoi Natsuki teased, pointing at herself.

“No it won’t, isn’t there an old Chinese saying that after the hardships come the good days, am I right? It means that after the hardships, the good days will come.”

“In that case, you’ve learned quite a lot, Hayakawa.” Aoi Natsuki casually said.

Hayakawa Keiko suddenly began to tense up, her head also slowly underneath, after a few moments of silence, spoke somewhat brokenly in a high voice, “Natsu, Natsuki you, do you still remember me, our first time meeting! That, that time you said something to me before saying goodbye, just care about those who care about you and ignore those who resent you, that way life will go wonderfully, so ……”

Aoi Natsuki tilted her head to look at her, with only a faint bright light coming from the living room, and the floating red of Hayakawa’s face blending into the color of this starry sky outside.

“So?”

“So Natsuki your life will be better from now on! I promise!”

Hayakawa Keiko even held up three fingers, and that look couldn’t have been more amusing.

Aoi Natsuki laughed out loud and followed up with a chorus, “Thank you so much then, well, it’s cool outside, so it’s almost time to go in.”

“Uh-huh!” It was only after Hayakawa Keiko said those words that she felt increasingly shy, so shy that she just wanted to run away from this place on the spot, and when she heard him say enter, she also hurriedly jogged and rushed to the door of the balcony, pulled open the door and walked in.

At that moment, Aoi Natsuki was the only one left on the balcony, his back leaning on the railing, his gaze lingering longingly on the doorway where Hayakawa had just left.

This was really a path he had never had to imagine!

……

Day two.

It was a Saturday, and the birthday party had run late last night, and the members of the old people’s club, who had been expected not to come, had finally and surprisingly arrived near nine o’clock, and all at once the whole place was buzzing with excitement.

Eventually, I don’t know who suggested it, but a group of people began to dance freely as seniors.

Ayano had specialized in learning, and taught the rest of the group a few simple steps to follow the music and blend into the big picture.

It’s been a long time since there’s been such a buzz, and even though it’s a bit raw, the seniors from the Senior Citizens’ Association are giving away gifts that give them away.

A hand-woven scarf.

The color is slightly old-fashioned, but it looks very warm.

Looking at them, Takahashi Midu also blushed in a rare way and finally expressed her gratitude.

And because of that, both of their sisters slept in today and didn’t wake up until close to noon.

The two of them came into the living room, looking at the mess in front of them and the ribbons all over the floor for a moment a feeling of powerlessness came up from within.

“Right, sis, shouldn’t you be opening your presents? I’ve already opened all my gifts yesterday, huh~ Look!”

Ayano pulled out a star film from her pocket and displayed it in front of her.

“This is an autographed postcard from the Yokozuna Shiratsukubo contestant, oh! Ahhh, this is so valuable!”

The so-called Yokozuna refers to the highest title in the sumo world, which is quite a high kind of lifelong honor, and in the minds of the Japanese people sumo occupies a not inconsiderable position, and the number of fans it possesses is also exceptionally high, so a lot of women dream of being able to marry a sumo rikishi, and Shiratenpeng Yokozuna is the most outstanding sumo wrestler in recent years, unlike other rikishi who possess exceptionally high weight bases, but with the same amazing explosive power. Small is better than big, and that’s why he’s known as the king of sumo.

“Well, congratulations then.” Takahashi Mito wasn’t really interested in that, but Ayano had a point; she’d been too busy last night, so she hadn’t had time to open her gift.

But whatever they send, Takahashi Mitsuru should be quite happy.

“Ah, I think this one is from that boy, right? Let’s see, Aoi Natsuki?”

Ayano still has a better memory.

Takahashi Mito set her eyes on the light blue gift box Ayano was referring to, it didn’t look too big, was it hard to believe it could be some cosmetics or something like that?

That would be too straight!

Mito Takahashi demolished the other copies first.

Hayakawa sent her …… Hmm? It’s a notebook.

She opened a look, it is surprising that the whole subject of the knowledge points explained, and it is also a lot of wrong analysis with a convenient sticker, Takahashi Meidu then remembered that the monthly examination will be coming, Hayakawa she ……

“Wow, so attentive.” Ayano exclaimed from the sidelines.

Takahashi Meidu with a smile on her face lightly nodded her head, in fact, Hayakawa gave her whatever she likes, obviously this notebook is relatively more meaningful, can imagine Hayakawa day and night making notes to work hard, just think of it feels very warm hearted.

Down the same.

Sakurajima apricot gave her an unknown animal bone bracelet, not to mention the shape is quite chic, just …… is this really for girls to wear?

But thinking that it was Sakurajima Apricot, Takahashi Midu didn’t feel surprised.

Next is Lina, Lina gave her little buttery cookies that she helped make, it smells like they have cheese in them, Takahashi Metu tasted them, they tasted unexpectedly good eh!

“I eat too ……”

Takahashi Midu hastily wrapped the cookies into his arms in a protective manner.

The two sisters looked at each other.

“Cheapskate!”

In the end, there was only Natsuki Aoi’s gift left to open.

Takahashi Mito stared at the unassuming flat square of the gift box, which was really kinda thoughtless if it really contained cosmetics.

She unwrapped the gift wrap and opened the box.

The first time a picture frame appeared in her sight.

The picture in the frame was of an Akita dog with its tongue out at her.

Here’s a photo of a pair of gi sauces!

And look at the texture, it looks like it was taken by a special pet photo studio.

Surprised, she picked up the frame and looked at it halfway through, then also realized that there were a couple of other pictures of Yoshi’s sauce from other angles pressed underneath the frame.

Takahashi Ayano is also more of a dog lover, I’ve heard my sister talk about Yoshi-san before, but I’ve never seen it before, and now that I look at it through the photos, it’s really good looking! This is too thoughtful!

Takahashi Mito couldn’t help but smile as one photo flipped down, and the last one was none other than a group photo of Yoshizou, Rina, and Aoi Natsuki.

The family feel is full of atmosphere.

This atmosphere instantly infected the two people looking at the photos as well, and there was instant silence.

It took a long time before Takahashi Midu turned her head to look at Ayano, who looked at her in the same way.

“That’s nice nah, I’m gradually understanding a little bit now why you were able to be friends with him sis, he’s a guy who doesn’t look like he’s doing too well but he really puts his heart into it.” Ayano said with emotion.

She also had to take back the prejudice she had first held against him before, the man actually had a sparkle to him.

Takahashi Midu fell silent, her eyes fixed on the album in front of her, her fingers stroking the outer frame, and her favorability value once again had a boost.

At this point, the favorability had come to -8, a value that was not far from reversing to zero.

Takahashi Meidu felt also very amazing, obviously she was so so hate this guy in the beginning, but with this period of time together down, that original aversion to him is gradually decreasing, she originally thought that it was her own misogynistic state of mind is getting better, but with other boys in a piece, that kind of aversion is still there, and that’s when she was surprised to find out a little bit.

Natsuki Aoi wasn’t the boy she hated the most anymore!

Even ……

At the thought, Takahashi Midu’s breath caught in his throat, licking his dry lips and shaking his head, trying to keep his brain from thinking about it.

“Well …… me, we still have lunch, noon ……”

When she turned back, her eyes once again fell upon the scene of the mess.

Ha ……

The disheveled feeling of powerlessness surged through his body again.

……

Aoi Natsuki didn’t have a bad night’s sleep either, her mind was basically filled with what happened to Hayakawa last night.

If leveling up is possible, then the original series of ideas can be further expanded.

Even an amazing theory popped into his head.

S-Class girls will no longer be a priority?

Mito Takahashi is not the only way out!

If it’s the perspective of a nurturing game …… this enters his intellectual blind spot, and with that, he spends the entire morning searching the computer for various nurturing game categories as well as mechanics.

Today he was destined for a day of hard work.

……

The corners of her mouth couldn’t help but rise when Keiko Hayakawa received a text message from Midu Takahashi expressing her gratitude.

It would be nice for Metro to be able to enjoy her gift.

The notes had taken her two whole weeks to put together, and she hoped they would help her with her monthly exams.

It is said that the first monthly exam of the first year of high school is particularly important, and that it will become an assessment of many teachers’ abilities for different students, as well as affecting subsequent matters such as whether or not they will be able to make good school connections, or enter the student council, and so on.

Keiko Hayakawa was looking forward to the job of student council secretary, busy yes, but as a student experience to be included in her resume, it would help her a lot in the future.

She twirled the ballpoint pen in her hand, her eyes slowly glancing over to a small bear hand puppet sitting on the left side of the table, tiny just the right size to grasp in the palm of her hand, and the workmanship looked quite exquisite.

It was given to her by Natsuki, when she first opened it she was also adorable by the cuteness of this hand puppet, for this reason last night one night didn’t have much sleep, hugging the same pillow as Little Buried has been rolling back and forth on the bed, until three o’clock in the morning to slowly enter the dreamland.

“Sister?”

Outside the door, Hayakawa’s younger brother Koizumi walked in with an impish grin on his face, last night when he went to the bathroom he had heard the sound of his sister’s room whispering all the time, and thought to himself that there should be nothing that would excite his sister so much except for boys.

At the same time he saw the bear hand puppet in his sister’s hand, and the smile on his face intensified.

“Sis, I don’t suppose this hand puppet is from the boy you care about?”

“Eh!” Keiko Hayakawa froze, “Uhm ……”

No more words could be said, and once she thought of Natsuki Aoi, she was often too nervous to speak.

“That’s great! It’s true that ordinary and common are a perfect match! Go for it, sis! Take advantage of the victory! This is the perfect time to do it!”

“Eh! Too, too much of a rush ……”

“Strike while the iron is hot! Love is like a boxing match, catch the opportunity and give him a powerful uppercut! Even if it only grazes a centimeter, then the opponent will likewise lose his balance and can’t stand up due to a small concussion, and that’s a complete ko victory for you, sis!”

Koizumi is a boxing fan, so the theory would be relatively wacky, but not unreasonable.

Keiko Hayakawa listened to all of it, and slowly her thoughts fell into a little bit of her own.

……

“Sis, if you’re really struggling, maybe you could have dinner with Aoi sometime?”

Ayano ate her sister’s handmade egg fried rice, the flavor …… seemed a little salty.

Takahashi Mito stopped moving her chopsticks and frowned, “Why would I want to eat alone with that guy? Ayano, you’re not thinking too much!”

Hearing this, Ayano’s face showed even more surprise as she shouted, “What? Of course I meant to bring Rina along! Did you have it in your mind that you were thinking of having dinner alone with the two Aoi, sis!”

Takahashi Midu’s heart shook, and in the end, unable to say anything, she could only give her sister a vicious glare and put down her chopsticks instead.

“No more food, I’m going to rest some more.”

With that, he returned to the living room, grabbed all the gifts, and headed up to the second floor at a gradually increasing pace.

After returning to her room, Takahashi Mito’s mind was a bit messed up, somehow, the fragmented images of Aoi Natsuki and her before were always in her mind.

You’re going to die! Takahashi Mito!

What you’re thinking!

It was a particularly strange mental activity; could it be that she really did consider him a friend in her mind?

A boy?

It was something she hadn’t thought about since she was a little girl.

Being friends with a boy?

She buried her head into the pillow and stayed there for a while, feeling in her heart that it was better to talk to Aoi Natsuki about this in person, so that he could put himself in his place and not get so close to her la!

It made her very uncomfortable!

It was a simple helping relationship between her and him, the other man had helped adopt Jijang and she was grateful, but that was all!

Yes, that must be it!

Takahashi Mito took out her cell phone, opened her contacts, and sent a text message to Aoi Natsuki.

“Do you have time for dinner tonight? Bring Lena along.”

The text message shows that sending is complete.

What followed was a pretty long wait.

About five minutes later, a text message came back.

Takahashi Mito opened it and immediately frowned.

“Not at home, no dinner.”