I push the kid!

"How about drinking the sake here?"

"Aren't you still a minor?"

"Have a sweet dream!"

"Tonight will do."

"I hope so." She closed the book and raised the corners of her mouth in a beautiful arc.

In the hotel room, the fire on the stove flickered.

Outside the shutters, the sky was dark and deep, but the mountains were glowing with a lovely white light.

After the fire and lights were extinguished, the two slept on opposite sides of the bed, back to back.

The moonlight filtered through the gaps in the blinds and scattered onto the floor, making the view incredibly brighter.

In the quiet space, someone made a sound.

"Makimura-kun."

"I'm here."

"Makimura Taku."

"I'm here."

"Makimura."

"Yes."

"You have to say I'm here."

"I'm here." said Taku Makimura.

"Can I call you Makimura?" Hoshino Ai's voice came from behind.

"No problem, I don't care about that."

"Makimura."

"I'm here."

After a moment of silence, Hoshino Ai's voice came again: "I'm actually not good at remembering people's names, do you believe it?"

"This is not a lie."

"But I still remember you." said Hoshino Ai.

She seemed to have turned around.

"I remember your name is Makimura, your full name is Makimura Taku. Although I have always called you Makimura-kun, I just remember it."

Makimura Taku looked at the silver light falling on the ground.

He responded gently: "Thank you, I remember your name too."

"explain."

"Hoshino Ai."

"You always call me Miss Hoshino."

“But I just remember it.”

"Thank you."

She seemed to turn around again.

"To be honest, I always call my guardian's name wrong. Is it Saito, Sato or Saito? I can't tell them apart every time. Isn't it ridiculous?"

"Quite cute."

The sound seemed to disappear again in a flash.

The moonlight stretched the shadows cast by the wooden bars of the shutters.

after awhile.

"Makimura."

"I'm here."

"Perhaps I remember talented people more deeply." Hoshino Ai's voice floated gently into the darkness.

Makimura Taku responded to her: "To be honest, I often think that I am a talented person."

"Not modest at all."

"I'm influenced by you."

"What talents do you have?"

"He's handsome."

Hoshino Ai smiled pleasantly: "Even so, looks are not a talent."

"Well, I keep exercising, I like reading, I'm polite, I treat people equally, I never slack off, and my grades in high school were basically in the top five in the grade. Do these count as talents?"

"You are so powerful?"

"Yes."

"amazing!"

"That's amazing Taku Makimura." said Taku Makimura.

"The amazing Makimura Taku!" Hoshino Ai repeated, "As amazing as Makimura Taku is, in my opinion, there are even more amazing things about him!"

"what?"

"secret!"

"I knew it."

"whee."

Under the moonlight, they talked and chatted aimlessly, as if they really wanted to finish their life's work tonight.

"What do you like?" Taku Makimura asked her.

"It's a secret." Hoshino Ai replied.

“What’s your favorite book?”

“This is also a secret.”

"what do you like eating?"

"That's a secret too."

"Have you ever been in love?"

"secret."

"What's your favorite type?"

"secret."

"All secrets?"

"It's all secrets!" Hoshino Ai said with a smile, and that smile was more beautiful than her singing.

Makimura Taku didn't care and continued to ask: "Can you sing?"

"Sing?"

"Like the light music club yesterday."

"I can't sing that well," Hoshino Ai paused, "I don't really like singing."

"It sounds nice."

"I really appreciate your compliments."

"Can you sing it once?"

"Ok?"

"Sing it once, quietly."

"No."

"pity."

"Even the singing is a secret!" Hoshino Ai told him happily.

At that time, the stars were twinkling in the sky and the moon was motionless.

The next morning, before the sun rose, the two woke up early and packed their luggage.

They went to the nearby area to buy some biscuits, bread, chocolate, candy and other foods that could be used to replenish energy, and then packed them into their backpacks.

After breakfast, they walked out of the hotel. Outside the door, there were still traces of their footprints from when they returned home last night.

But it will probably be unrecognizable soon, thought Taku Makimura.

On the way to Echigo-Yuzawa Station, the sunlight was as gentle as a spring day.

Next to the sidewalk, the snow had melted to such an extent that there was almost no trace of it, and water was dripping down from the giant billboard.

Apart from the green vegetation, the earth was pitch black.

There was little water on the road, and no matter how you looked at it, it looked like a bright sun shining after a summer rainstorm.

When they arrived at the station, they checked their tickets and boarded the train. They got into the carriage with their luggage and found seats by the window. They were facing each other again.

Halfway through the drive, a couple was talking next to us.

“I was staggering in the car.”

"You said 'swaying in a car' instead of 'riding in a car'."

"right!"

The scenery outside the window changed rapidly, and next, they would go to Karuizawa.

Thanks to [Long Yi] for the 1000 points reward.