I push the kid!

"Ok?"

The two walked into a Western restaurant, and Tomoki Ogura ordered a lot of things in one go.

It was as if all the food on the menu was free for her. Even the waiter in the restaurant had never seen such a gesture and whispered a few words of advice to her.

"Is it okay to order so much?" Takuya Makimura was a little worried.

"No problem." She picked another dessert in a huff.

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Chapter 19 Goodbye

Chapter 19 19. Goodbye

After dinner, it started to drizzle outside, like a layer of light fog in the air.

"You don't have to work part-time at the store today."

"Okay." Makimura Taku opened his umbrella. "Then I'll go back first?"

"Don't be like this." Ogura Yuki pulled the corner of his sleeve.

"I'll send you back first." Makimura Taku gestured to her not to worry.

Ogura Tomoki lowered his head, as if looking at the raindrops falling in front of his shoes: "It's rare for you to come out, can you stay with me for a while longer?"

"Aren't we going to have a meal?"

"What can I say? A girl's mind can change at any time!"

He suddenly remembered that Hoshino Ai had said something similar.

But he could hardly remember what that sentence was, when it was said, and where it was said.

Only a cute and mysterious smile with the corners of his mouth raised still vaguely floats in my memory.

"Forget it." He said, "Let's do it next time. It rained today and I want to go back early."

The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Someone was running past them with a newspaper covering his head, saying "Oh no" as he ran.

What Makimura Taku said blended into the sound of rain, and Ogura Tomoki looked a little lost when he heard it.

She didn't know how she raised her head and how she turned her head. When she came to her senses again, only the profile of Taku Makimura looking at the rain curtain occupied her entire field of vision.

He seemed to be looking at someone, but that person was definitely not himself, because eyes cannot deceive.

On the morning of December 24th, Christmas Eve, the weather was sunny.

"Hello, I'd like an Americano."

"Okay, a cup of American coffee," the waitress wrote on a piece of paper in a fine coffee shop, "Would you like some sugar?"

"Milk, please."

"No problem~"

After she left, Taku Makimura took out the book he borrowed from the library. The title of the book was "Light and Shadow" written by Jun'ichi Watanabe.

He basked in the warm golden sunlight coming in from the window while leisurely reading the words in the book.

At around nine o'clock, the waitress brought the coffee and he said thank you.

"Please enjoy."

"Thank you," he said again.

"Please, take your time," someone said from behind.

"Don't you have to open the store in the morning?"

Ogura Yuki walked around to the empty seat in front of him and sat down, putting his hands on the table: "No place for me?"

"Just tell me in advance."

"Is it too late now?"

"There's still time." He called the waitress who had not gone far away and ordered another cup of the same coffee.

Ten minutes later, the waitress left the freshly brewed coffee on the table and turned away.

"What book are you reading?" Ogura Yuki asked him after taking a sip of coffee.

"Light and Shadow." Taku Makimura turned the cover of the book to her.

"Does it look good?"

"I quite like it."

"Let me borrow some comics next time!"

"Sexy comics?"

"Sexy comics." She smiled.

Taku Makimura looked at her smiling face. The sunlight was shining impartially on it, as if it favored her. He also smiled, looked away, and turned the page of the book.

"Makino," after a while, Ogura Tomoki took a few sips of coffee and looked at the pedestrians outside the window, and suddenly said as if he remembered, "Tonight is Christmas Eve."

"December 24th." Makimura Taku said softly, without looking up, as if he was reading something from a book, "Indeed."

"Would you like to go to the movies with me tonight?"

He raised his head.

"Come and see a movie with me," said Tomoki Ogura.

"never mind."

"Forget it again," she gave Bai Mucuntuo an unpleasant look, "You clearly said you could come out with me next time, and the weather is so nice today, why are you unwilling?"

"The weather is so nice, I want to go to bed early."

"Excuse."

"It's indeed an excuse."

"Don't make me beg you," she looked at me steadily, her lips slightly parted as she spoke softly, "Okay?"

After she finished speaking, the surroundings suddenly became quiet, extremely quiet, and the only remaining sound seemed to come from the other end of the phone. It was as if they were not in a coffee shop, but in a classroom for an exam.

Only Makimura Taku and she were looking at each other, and their eyes seemed to be gazing at the scenery in the distance.

At this moment, there was a bang and someone knocked over a glass. The sound was very harsh, bringing back all the noises of reality: the sounds of footsteps, turning pages, conversations, and clinking glasses, just like a train yard.

The waiter ran over while apologizing. Two men nearby were talking about the snow in Echigo Yuzawa. They heard that it was snowing very heavily.

"Is it okay?" said Ogura Yuki.

If it was before he met Hoshino Ai, Makimura Taku would definitely agree without hesitation, but now he doesn't like the feeling of being together and then having to separate, especially when he thinks of Hoshino Ai leaving, that feeling is lingering.

"No."

"Row!"

"A wandering lonely soul needs no place to be bound."

"From "My Teen Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected."

"you know?"

"I know."

"So no."

"Why not?"

“I prefer solitude.”

"Can't you and Miss Hoshino Ai be together?"

"That was before."

"I don't care." She really said it without caring about anything, her face puffed up into a ball.

Makimura Taku stared at her for several seconds, and finally said helplessly: "Forget it, just this once."

"It's so kind of you!"

"Thank you."

At 8:10 in the evening, they met in front of the pet shop. It got dark very early. The sun was still out in the morning, but at night, a light snow like coarse salt was falling. The snow seemed black, and there was no wind on the street.

"coming!"

"I've been waiting for a long time." said Taku Makimura.

He looked at Ogura Tomoki, who was wearing a short camel-hair cotton jacket, an over-the-knee skirt, black tights underneath, and brown short boots with five-centimeter heels. She was not wearing gloves or a hat, but was wearing a white scarf. She had light makeup on, so it was difficult to see clearly in the night.

"You should say just arrived." Ogura Tomoki complained and blew on his hands.

"Okay, I just got there then."

"Who would buy your sudden change of words?"

"How come it's my problem?"

"Thank you." She smiled and said, "Say that to other girls next time."

"remember."

They didn't hold umbrellas, just walked in the light snow.

The streets are colorful, with colorful lights and Christmas trees arranged everywhere.

A group of children were singing Christmas songs on a special wooden stage, someone was playing the violin next to them, and the parents watching were taking pictures and cheering. Tomorrow is Christmas, and the staff dressed up as Santa Claus have already jumped out with a giggle. It is a warm and beautiful scene.

"I'll watch Bouquet of Love tonight."

"'Love Like a Bouquet'?" Makimura Taku turned his head to look at her.

"How do you like it?"

"It doesn't sound disgusting."

"That's fine."