Chapter Twelve Kyoko Shiratori Doesn't Want to Let Go
When Izumi Toru left the station, it was already late at night.
When I reached the intersection, I happened to encounter a red light.
Looking up, mist-like clouds enveloped the waning moon, making it look a bit eerie.
Are you going to meet a monster?
Thinking of this, he trembled all over and quickly looked away from the moon.
Then, he saw a girl with glasses and a braid walking forward with her head lowered across the road.
Shiratori Kyoko was still thinking about what Jinguji Kiyohime said.
[If you like Izumi-kun, it’s okay to be bolder]
Be bolder?
no no!
How could you think that!
Kyoko Shiratori stopped and shook her head desperately, trying to get rid of the tempting thoughts that had just occurred in her mind.
At this time, she suddenly heard a harsh whistle.
Looking sideways, she saw a truck heading towards her.
The girl's pupils shrank instantly.
He wanted to dodge, but his legs were as hard to move as if they were filled with lead due to the fear of death.
I'm dying?
As soon as the thought passed, she felt her body being pulled.
The next moment, the biting wind blew up her hair, and a truck roared past her face.
Plop!
Plop!
Plop!
The heart is beating wildly.
The frightened girl hid in Izumi Toru's arms, her hands unconsciously tightening his clothes.
The truck left scorched skid marks on the road and then sped off.
Shiratori Kyoko was stunned for a long time before she recovered.
He raised his head and was about to express his thanks when he met Izumi Toru's somewhat angry gaze.
This made her panic.
It seemed like this was the first time I saw him angry.
Izumi Toru stretched out his hand and hit her forehead hard.
Boom!
In an instant, the girl's fair forehead turned red.
"It hurts!" Kyoko Shiratori cried out, covering her forehead.
"Do you know why I hit you?"
The unkindness in Izumi Tetsu's tone made her shrink back subconsciously.
Shiratori Kyoko lowered her head and whispered: "I know...I know...I'm sorry..."
Seeing her pitiful look, Izumi Tetsu's heart softened.
He sighed and said: "Every elementary school student knows that you have to wait for the street lights to cross the road! Are you worse than a primary school student?"
The girl's head is lowered.
"Looked up."
"……oh."
Shiratori Kyoko raised her head cautiously and saw Izumi Tetsu staring at her seriously.
"I won't always be there when you need me."
The extremely serious tone made her feel aggrieved.
It’s all because I’m thinking about you that I’m like this. Normally I wouldn’t run a red light!
But she couldn't say this sentence.
Because we are friends, we cannot say such things.
The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt.
So Izumi Toru saw that Shiratori Kyoko's eyes were filled with tears, which made him panic.
"Ah! Then, that...I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I was wrong, I shouldn't have said that! Don't, don't cry..."
Kyoko Shiratori quickly wiped the tears on her face, and said to him who was at a loss: "No, it's nothing, it's not because of Izumi...senpai. I, I just thought of sad things...
....”
Izumi Tetsu breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's it."
"Um."
The street lights and moonlight cast a hazy light on Izumi Tetsu's face at this moment. When Shiratori Kyoko looked at him, she always felt that he seemed even more beautiful than when they first met.
In a situation that shouldn't have happened, Shiratori Kyoko couldn't help but said: "Izumi-san, you are so beautiful."
Izumi Tetsu was stunned for a moment.
Why do you suddenly say such things?
But seeing the girl's sincere face, he scratched his head and responded:
"Thank you, you are beautiful too."
Shiratori Kyoko lowered her head shyly, feeling a little happy inside.
Say I'm beautiful...
Huh?!
Why did I suddenly say such things!
This, what is this?
Confess your love?
Seduction?
What ah ah ah ah ah!
At this moment, she suddenly blushed, and her ears and neck also turned red.
Izumi Toru saw that she was still silent, and noticed the blush on her earlobes and her body trembling with shyness.
Surprise, sadness, and emotional instability triggered [honesty]?
He guessed the answer.
At this time, the green light's rising sound sounds.
(Japanese traffic lights have different beeps for different colors)
"Let's go."
Hearing Izumi Toru's words, Shiratori Kyoko grabbed his clothes without thinking.
Izumi Tetsu paused.
"What's wrong?"
"Senior, where are you going?" the girl asked nervously.
"I'll take you home."
"oh....."
Shiratori Kyoko was relieved.
I thought Izumi-san was going to abandon me.
She wanted to stay with him for a while.
Izumi Toru walked in front.
Kyoko Shiratori grabbed his clothes and followed him like a child.
After a while, the girl realized how childish her behavior was.
However, she still didn't let go of him.
Because, Izumi-san didn’t refuse.
She convinced herself this way.
It was silent all the way, but it didn't seem boring.
When they arrived at the station, Shiratori Kyoko reluctantly let go of his clothes.
"Um, thank you..."
Before the girl finished speaking, she saw Izumi Toru swiping his card and entering the station.
Why are Izumi-san going in?
She was a little confused.
"What are you still waiting for? Come in. Wait! Didn't you bring your card again?!"
Hearing his words, Shiratori Kyoko hurriedly touched her pocket.
When she touched the rectangular hard card, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"I didn't lose it this time." She took out the card and said proudly.
Izumi Che curled his lips and waved to her: "What's there to be proud of? Come in quickly."
"oh......"
Kyoko Shiratori, who choked, swiped her card angrily and entered the station.
While waiting for the bus, she remembered to ask: "Senior, where are you going if you don't go home so late?"
"I'll take you home."
"Oh..." She nodded subconsciously, and then she realized something was wrong, "Eh? Eh?! Eh!!!"
"With the way you are today, I don't feel comfortable letting you go home alone. What if you run through the red light again?" After saying that, the train arrived at the stop, and Izumi Toru stood up, "The train is here, let's go."
The girl muttered "No way" in a low voice, and then trotted after him.
For a few short stops, the two didn't talk.
Kyoko Shiratori is still thinking about how to avoid exposing her identity.
【We arrived at Shimoda Station】
【We arrived at Shimoda Station】
Izumi Tetsu was about to go out, but saw Kyoko Shiratori still sitting.
"Bai, cough cough cough! Um, school girl? Where do you get off at?"
Kyoko Shiratori entangled her index fingers with her hands and said hesitantly, "I, I'll get off at Ueda Station."
Why do you say next stop?
Izumi Tetsu immediately guessed the reason.
"oh......"
Anyway, the two stations are not far apart.
If she's willing to take a few more steps, that's fine.
Just think of it as punishment for not walking attentively.
Izumi Toru thought so.
.....
"You won't run a red light again, will you?"
"Won't!"
"Really not?"
"Absolutely not!"
"Then do you know the way home?"
"Of course I recognize it!"
Being questioned by Izumi Toru, Shiratori Kyoko finally couldn't hold it back any longer, stamped her feet vigorously, and stared at her angrily.
Izumi Tetsu also knew that he was too sensitive.
After what happened just now, she would definitely cross the road carefully.
"Then, am I leaving?"
"Go back quickly! Otherwise, you won't be able to catch the tram!"
Kyoko Shiratori pushed his back hard, signaling him to go home quickly.
"Is this your attitude towards the senior who went out of his way to send you home? Thank you at least! My heart is broken!"
Although she knew that Izumi Toru's sadness was fake, the girl still felt a little guilty.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I, I was wrong."
"If my apology is useful, why do we need the police?"
The boy pretended to be fierce, but the girl couldn't help but laugh.
"What! Did I commit some crime?"
Izumi Toru nodded and said, "Yes, you committed a crime."
"What crime?"
"You were smiling so beautifully, but just now you were crying so sadly. To me, this is an unpardonable sin."
Kyoko Shiratori could not see Izumi Toru's expression at this moment.
She just stared at his back until he disappeared around the corner and was never seen again.
She remembered again the face she saw when she raised her head from hiding in his arms.