I am only one world away from Yukinoshita.

The two stared at each other for a while, not too close, not too far, and then suddenly burst out laughing at the same time.

"Can we take a walk together?"

How could Kiyori refuse Yukinoshita's invitation?

They strolled along the path lined with cherry blossom trees next to the school, but it wasn't cherry blossom season yet, so there were very few people there.

"Akira... How did Tanaka-senpai do on the exam?"

Kiyoyori glanced at Yukinoshita with a puzzled look. "She's already been accepted to the University of Tokyo. She performed very well."

"Yeah……"

They walked and talked, mostly with Yukino asking questions and Kiyoyori answering.

"Senior, is this all you wanted to tell me?"

Kiyoshiro had to admit that he was looking forward to being asked out by Yukinoshita, but that indescribable anticipation was slowly worn away by their unrelated conversations, and Kiyoshiro was prepared to be rejected.

Yukinoshita turned around and looked up earnestly into Kiyori's eyes.

This was perhaps the first time since then that I had been able to look directly into the other person's deep blue eyes.

Yukinoshita reached out and gently stroked Kiyori's cheek. "Of course I have something else to tell you."

There are so many things I couldn't say back then.

"But let's keep it for now, until you remember it."

Kiyotsugu frowned in confusion, only to find that Yukinoshita's face suddenly loomed larger before him.

The soft touch on the corner of the lips was fleeting.

"This is my answer to you."

finally found you,

Chiang Rai.

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On the day of his third-grade graduation, Kiyora did not go to the square where everyone gathered to say goodbye to his seniors. Instead, he sat on a stone at the school gate early in the morning, waiting for someone to appear.

"Are you coming to find me later?"

Yukino stood beside Kiyori and gently brushed the snow off Kiyori's shoulder with her hand.

“Yes, I’ll come to the student council to find you after I’ve finished dealing with things here,” Kiyoyori said, taking Yukino’s hand and warming it to her lips. “Asuka should be out soon.”

"You really know her."

"Are you jealous, senior?"

Kiyori's mischievous smile didn't last two seconds before Yukino pinched his nose.

"No way!"

"Ah, I didn't see anything!" The person who suddenly appeared at the entrance of the teaching building covered their eyes with their hands. "I didn't see Qinglai and his girlfriend being all lovey-dovey at all! How shameless! Acting all lovey-dovey in front of the school gate~"

"Asuka..."

Kiyoshi looked helplessly at the person who was pretending to cover his eyes but was actually openly spying.

"Then I'll take my leave," Yukino said without changing her expression, releasing her grip on Kiyori's nose. "Congratulations on your graduation, Tanaka-senpai."

Thanks!

After Yukino left, only Kiyoyori and Asuka remained at the school gate.

Aren't you going to say goodbye to them?

“I’ve never really been comfortable in those kinds of situations,” Asuka said, slinging her backpack over her shoulder. “Doesn’t Kiyori know this very well?”

"How cunning, sneaking away like that."

"What does it matter?" Asuka's smile remained unchanged. "It's time to leave, so of course it's cool to leave decisively."

"Are you trying to run away?"

Kiyoshi stood up and brushed the snow off his clothes.

"Isn't Kiyori the one who's good at running away?"

Kiyoshi smiled and said, "The one who's not allowed to run away next is Asuka. From now on, you'll be watching my back."

"Hmph, don't get too cocky," Asuka said, hands in her pockets, raising an eyebrow. "Kiyori is a hundred years away from catching up with me!"

Don't give up, Qinglai.

Because you carry the dreams of more than one person.

I won't.

So don't stop moving forward.

This is our agreement.

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Two years later

"Waaaah! Senior Qing! Don't graduate!"

Kiyoshi patted Ririka's shoulder with a hint of helplessness; she was Ririka's junior in the oboe club.

"You're about to enter the third grade, and you're crying like this. You're losing face in front of the younger students."

"Ririka doesn't really have much face to begin with~"

Standing to the side, Isshiki Hachiman, of course, didn't forget to tease her.

"I do not care!"

Lilihua continued to cry loudly, completely unaffected.

"Iroha, you should stop now..."

Qinglai looked at the two clowns beside him and felt a headache coming on.

"But it's alright. If you're so reluctant to part with Kiyori, why don't you just let Ririka go to Tokyo University of Music too?"

Ririka immediately stopped crying. She had just lifted her head from Kiyora's arms when she heard Iroha say:

"Ah! But once Kiyoyori goes to Tokyo, he probably won't have time to deal with anyone else, after all, he and Yukino-senpai have been in a long-distance relationship for a whole year! They should definitely be enjoying their time together from now on!"

Before Riri could cry out again, Kiyoshi blushed first.

Some time ago, the two finally confirmed their engagement, and Yukino's apartment was ready for another person to move in.

Thinking about it this way, I'm actually a little excited!

"See, Kiyori completely ignores you when Yukino-senpai is mentioned."

Caiyu covered her mouth and chuckled, continuing to provoke Ririka.

This time, Ririka stopped crying and instead threw herself into Iroha's arms.

Just as Qinglai was about to break up the fight, he spotted a familiar figure in the distance.

"Yukino!"

She jogged over to Yukino. "Why did you come over?"

Gently straighten Kiyoshi's collar. Because the junior had taken the buttons off his shirt, Kiyoshi's collar was now loosely open.

"Didn't my sister say she booked plane tickets for us to go on a trip?"

"Ah, that's true..."

"It's today."

"what?"

“There are still two hours until boarding,” Yukino sighed helplessly, “so I came to pick you up.”

"That guy really does whatever comes to mind..."

Kiyoyori still gets the same headache whenever he thinks of Haruno, "Is she going to keep an eye on our entire trip?"

Yukino frowned slightly. "Even my older sister wouldn't do something like this."

"Then..." Kiyori suddenly grabbed Yukino's wrist, "Let's run away! Let's go somewhere unplanned!"

"That way, no one will be able to find us."

Subconsciously, she started running after Kiyori, and Yukinoshita smiled gently.

"it is good."

As long as I'm with you,

Anywhere is fine.

Chapter 69 Yukino's Side Story: A Long-cherished Wish

Sunny

The previous issue was resolved "perfectly," and even though I didn't like the solution, it was undeniably the most suitable one I could think of at the moment. Where will the brass band go from here? Will those seeds that were planted sprout...?

Tachibana Kiyori, who exactly are you?

**

The incident was "successfully" resolved, and Yukino's life seemed to return to normal, if one ignored the fact that she occasionally swapped bodies with another girl.

Yukino never figured out who this person really was.

Although the body swapping is very clear, the memory of the swap becomes blurred after it ends. They usually use notebooks to exchange information, but they don't want to use more modern means of communication.

It took Yukino a long time to memorize Kiyoyori's phone number, but when she dialed the number with trembling hands full of hope, a strange man answered the phone.

She didn't dial the wrong number.

But it wasn't Tachibana Kiyori on the other end of the phone.

Many times, Yukino wanted to leave such a message in her notebook to ask the other person, but for some reason, all the words in the notebook disappeared without exception.