I won't be a loser.

"Aren't you afraid that those two will misunderstand?"

"What's the misunderstanding?"

"Girlfriend's matter..."

"But aren't you my girlfriend?"

"What about your 'other girlfriend'? Wouldn't she mind?"

"Let's talk about whether you or I will sleep inside tonight."

It is indeed better not to talk about this topic. After Futaba Rio opened her mouth, she felt a little gloomy in her heart, and even the wiping movement of her hands became a little rough. Looking at the red marks on her fair back and the traces of previous surgery, her movements suddenly became gentle.

"Did your family contact you?"

"It's turned off. I didn't notice."

"Reply the message, at least let your family know you are safe."

"......"

Futaba Rio remained silent, while Xianren closed his eyes and looked at the bubbles on his body. He casually picked up a handful, put it in front of himself, and blew it gently.

“Like a child.”

Seeing Xianren's actions, she couldn't help but laugh.

"Yeah, like a little kid."

After shaking off the foam on his hands, Xianren slightly raised the corners of his mouth and responded with some emotion.

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Another year of budding: 305. Try twisting it?

On the river in spring,

It is a bucket of indigo flow.

Late at night, under the persuasion of Kento, Futaba Rio turned on her cell phone, looked at the call logs that filled the screen, was silent for a moment, and replied to a text message.

"At a friend's house."

Xianren, who was standing nearby, naturally saw her text message. He looked at the content and then glanced at the girl in her pajamas. He was so concerned that he wanted to ask what had happened.

Never mind, just ask directly.

"what's going on?"

"I thought you would hold back and not ask."

"I've been holding it in for a long time, but I'm still a little curious, so I asked. Is this something I can't ask?"

Looking at the text message that came back quickly, Futaba Rio just glanced at it and quickly closed her phone. She looked at the wise man in front of her, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise. The subtle smile made the wise man have a bad premonition.

"Is it too late not to ask now?"

"I was seen."

"Huh? Your parents found out I was with you? They installed hidden cameras in the house?"

"I'm not that bored. It's just that when I wasn't home, my mom, who was resting at home, came to my room to clean up and saw the medicine in my drawer."

Probably guessing what the medicine was, he looked at the girl in front of him silently, but still asked.

"contraception?"

Futaba Rio did not answer. She walked quietly to the edge of the bed, lay down on it, covered herself with the quilt, turned her back to Xianren who was standing at the edge of the bed, and did not speak again. Xianren, who was standing, looked at the girl's back, was silent for a moment, walked quietly to the edge of the bed, and sat down.

Looking at Rio Futaba who was already lying down with her eyes closed to rest, he did not disturb her anymore. He lay down silently and closed his eyes to rest.

A night of silence, the next morning.

Machida Sonoko and Fuuokala Mari, who needed to work, got up early. They were busy in the living room for a while and prepared breakfast. At that time, Kento, who was lying in the house, opened his eyes.

When someone sleeps next to him, he always sleeps lightly and is easily awakened by noise.

Outside the room, the noise from the living room downstairs is not very loud, but even though it is soundproof, you can still hear a little.

After opening his eyes, he sat up, glanced towards the bedroom door, looked at Futaba Rio who was still resting beside him, rubbed his forehead with his hand, did not wake up the person who was still sleeping next to him, put on his slippers, and quietly left the bedroom.

"You're up really early. I thought you wouldn't wake up until the afternoon. Is there something wrong?"

Machida Sonoko was preparing breakfast, and Kazeoka Mari was sitting at the dining table, drinking coffee. She was a little surprised to see Kento appear in the living room.

"School hasn't started yet, has it?"

"I just happened to wake up. By the way, do you have anything to do today?"

"work."

Machida Sonoko responded quickly, and her eyebrows twitched slightly as she watched Kento sit down at the dining table.

"Would you like to prepare your breakfast?"

"sorry to bother you."

"Where's your girlfriend? Maybe you can take her share too."

"It might take a while for her to wake up. Let's help prepare her breakfast first. It will be soon anyway, so she should be waking up soon."

Naturally, there was no problem for Machida Sonoko. It wasn't a complicated dish anyway. There was no essential difference whether there was one more person or two more people. She prepared breakfast for both of them.

Xianren, who was sitting in the living room, went back to his bedroom first. Seeing Futaba Rio still resting, he did not disturb her and went back to the living room to continue having breakfast.

"Going to work is such an unfamiliar word."

"Don't you need to go to work? Oh, you're a student, you don't need to go to work yet."

Machida Sonoko rubbed her neck and felt that something was wrong with her. Why did she suddenly ask such a question?

"Well, even though I don't need to work now, I'll still have to work when I get there. For a house like this, the annual property tax must be very high, right?"

"It's not low, but after asking a tax accountant to help me deal with it, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"I remember that if I sold it to someone else, I would have to pay a huge tax?"

"Second-hand, I think about 30 percent?"

Machida Sonoko thought for a moment and started talking about reselling second-hand properties.

Xianren, who had no such thoughts, naturally would not care about these things. Looking at Machida Sonoko who suddenly became excited, he glanced at Fuuka Mari and found that the other party looked indifferent and had no intention of participating in the topic.

After chatting for a while in the living room, it became quiet again. Mari Fukaoka and Sonoko Machida went to work, and the cleaning was left to Kento.

"Good morning."

Rio Futaba appeared in the living room. Kento, who was clearing the table, did not expect her to appear at this time. He looked back at the stairs and saw Rio Futaba in her pajamas.

"Breakfast is on the table. It's just right. It shouldn't be cold yet. Do you want me to prepare another one?"

"no need."

After waking up, Futaba Rio came to the living room, looked at the breakfast on the table, and sat down.

He poured a cup of tea and handed it to Futaba Rio, then continued to clean up. The girl looked at the breakfast in front of her, picked up the fried egg with a fork, and when she put it into her mouth, it was still warm.

"Any plans or preparations for today?"

"No."

"School?"

"I'm not going."

After responding to the wise man's words, Futaba Rio also looked at the boy in front of her.

"What's wrong with you today?"

"No, I've been pretty free. I was just asking casually. Since you don't have anything to do, do you want to go out for a walk?"

The girl thought about it. After leaving home, she couldn't go to the places she usually went. She felt idle all of a sudden and became confused. It was likely that she would have nothing to do if she stayed here.

It might be more interesting to go out for a short stroll, and besides, she rarely went shopping with Xianren.

"Ah."

Rio Futaba, who had no plans or goals yet, agreed.

Hearing the girl's agreement, Xianren quickly thought about today's itinerary. He probably couldn't stay near Bunkyo Ward, and it would be troublesome near Shinjuku and Shibuya. He wondered whether he should accompany Futaba Rio to the Minato Ward, or go to places like the library?

"Let me see what's going on. Wanna go see some Kabuki?"

Without giving an answer, Futaba Rio just looked at Xianren calmly.

"Okay, I get it. What about the other thing.....Saitama flood?"

When I was checking for any activities, I unexpectedly found a piece of news related to Saitama Prefecture.

"But it was already yesterday's news. The two places where the flooding occurred were Tamagawa and... Akanuma? They are both very unfamiliar places, but there seems to be a Kasuga Shrine near Tamagawa."

He clicked on the map, looked at the warning information on the map, and noticed the shrine near Saitama. A look of surprise appeared on Xianren's face, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"what happened?"

Hearing the sage's chuckle, Futaba Rio's eyes fell on him, not knowing what was so funny about this matter.

"No, it's nothing. Let's see what's going on in Tokyo today... Is there a dormitory next to Azumi Gakuen Women's University?"

When Xianren clicked on the map and looked at it carefully, he was stunned for a moment. He hadn't noticed that next door to him was a special dormitory for a women's university. This was the first time he knew about it after staying here for such a long time.

No wonder he often saw those young women on the street. Their dormitory was right next to his, only about ten meters away, but he had never noticed them.

"You are very happy?"

Sensing a hint of danger, Xianren, who was still surprised, stared at the line of sight on his screen and suddenly glanced at Futaba Rio who was sitting at the dining table. He noticed that the other person was also looking at him, and he couldn't help but choked.

"No, I'm just a little surprised. I originally thought they were students of Ochanomizu University, and since that's nearby, I thought it was normal that there were more girls there. I just didn't expect there were special dormitories for women's universities nearby, so I feel a little weird."

"There should be more than just those two universities around here, right?"

"Well, after looking around, it seems there are many other universities and high schools, and even elementary schools. After all, it's in Bunkyo Ward, so it's normal to have more schools."

I looked carefully at the information on the map. I only took a cursory look at it at the time. Now I opened the map and looked at it carefully again. I found that the environment here is, in some senses, "uniquely blessed".

"Going to the bookstore today?"

"A bookstore?"

Futaba Rio didn't have any objection, but she looked at Xianren and found it hard to imagine that the person in front of her would be interested in going to the bookstore.

"The look in your eyes is a little rude, full of distrust of me."

"No, I just didn't expect you to suggest going to the bookstore."

"Don't I look like someone who would go to a bookstore often?"

"Although we've been to a bookstore together, it's only been once in such a long time. Most of the time, I feel like you're more like..."

"Ok?"

"Are we leaving soon?"

"Just go out now, there's nothing to deal with anyway."

"Ah."

After confirming the itinerary and packing up the dishes, the two changed their clothes and put on spring clothes, which was a white shirt with a dark blue vest, and a light gray coat. In the temperature of 16℃, they did not feel cold.

Futaba Rio also put on the new clothes she bought last night. When she stood with Kento, the two looked very compatible.

"Set off?"

"Ah."

After confirming that Futaba Rio had not left anything behind, the two of them went out together and took the subway to Shinjuku.

Kinokuniya.

The most famous bookstore in Tokyo not only has a large number of books, but also sells rare minerals. Different types of minerals can be seen in the store here, and you can even see expensive rare fossils.

In addition, you can also see items such as pipes and dolls for sale in the store.

"It looks like a cool model, but it's 30,000 yen, which seems a bit pricey."