Chapter Nineteen Taking the White Bird into His Arms
Izumi Toru came out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel.
Shiratori Kyoko looked at his freshly washed face, wet hair, and the neck and fair skin underneath revealed by the untied bathrobe, and a scene suddenly flashed in her mind.
After getting married, Izumi Toru would look like this after taking a shower every day, and then walk towards her with a naughty smile.
She couldn't help but take two steps back, folded her hands on her chest, and looked at Izumi Tetsu in panic.
Like seeing the big bad wolf and the little white rabbit.
Seeing how nervous Izumi was, Izumi felt a little restrained.
Perhaps, because I was in the same room with an innocent and innocent girl, even I, who was originally a bad person, was infected by her and became innocent and innocent.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing.
I still have an introverted side.
The laughter broke the silence and relieved the nervous Shiratori Kyoko.
"Izumi-kun, what are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing. After spending so long with the stupid Shiratori-san, I've become stupid myself."
"Huh?! How can you say that to me?!"
The girl was a little dissatisfied and pouted.
With her bulging cheeks, she looks very much like the kind of hamster Izumi Toru likes.
Her semi-dry black hair is draped behind her back, her eyes are as clear as a lake, her mouth is pouted, and her cheeks are flushed with a nice pink color. She looks so cute no matter how she looks.
Seeing that he was staring straight at her, Shiratori Kyoko lowered her head shyly.
"I, I won't stay... hmph..."
The last "hum" sound was not only not angry at all, but only shy.
After a while, she heard Izumi Toru calling her.
"Shiratori-san."
"Um?"
"Actually, I should have hidden the umbrella in my schoolbag just now. Then I lied that I didn't bring an umbrella. In this way, wouldn't I be able to ask you to take it in?"
Kyoko Shiratori thought about that scene for a while.
"But, that's a lie."
"Izumi Tetsu is good at lying."
"Oh...that's right..."
The girl agreed with his words.
Yes, Izumi-san always lies.
But why did he even forget his best lie?
"As expected... Izumi-san has also become stupid... Hehe..."
Izumi Toru looked at the cute and cute smile on her face, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
"But Shiratori-san, who knew I was lying but still planned to take me in, is the stupidest one."
Shiratori Kyoko felt panicked.
Again, here we go again!
Izumi-san started to say something that people couldn't respond to again.
"You are so stupid." Izumi Toru said again.
"No, that's not right...I, I'm not stupid...I won't take you in..." Shiratori Kyoko retorted weakly.
But this objection has no basis at all.
Izumi Toru threw away his umbrella in front of her and asked her to take it in, which was also a lie.
There is no difference between the two.
"Really not? That would make me very sad..."
Izumi Toru said, his eyes seemed to be a little sad.
"No, I won't..." The girl's voice became lower and lower, and finally it was trembling.
Stop asking.
I can't even hide my words and can't even speak out anymore.
Seeing her eyes gradually filled with water mist caused by shyness or nervousness, Izumi Tetsu felt itchy somewhere in his heart.
She looks so cute like this.
But we can't let her really cry.
It's just the right amount of cuteness to bully someone to the point where she's about to cry.
"Shiratori-san, I just saw that you seemed to have forgotten to throw your clothes into the washing machine."
"Oh, oh, I'll go right now!"
Shiratori Kyoko fled into the bathroom as if she had been granted amnesty.
click
The door was locked again.
Her restless heartbeat gradually returned to normal.
After a while, the girl covered her mouth and answered in a low voice that the whole world could not hear:
"I know how."
…
When Kyoko Shiratori came out, Toru Izumi was sitting by the bed reading a book.
He lowered his head and stretched out his long fingers to carefully turn the pages. This scene made the girl fantasize again.
After marriage, he must have been like this, reading while waiting for the woman he loved to come out of the bathroom.
Then if the woman he loves is me...
No, I can’t think about it anymore!
Shiratori Kyoko shook her head desperately before throwing away the thought she just had.
She held her hands behind her back and approached him softly.
Izumi Toru found the first volume of "Blue Pig" from her bookshelf and was reading it.
At this moment, he was seeing the part where Sakuta and Mai had their first date on the beach in Shichirigahama.
…
【So, what kind of person is he? 】
【Um?】
Sakuta pretended to be stupid on purpose.
[An innocent girl who believes in your nonsense.]
【Do you care?】
【What is your name?】
【So you care.】
…
The tip of Izumi Tetsu's nose smelled the same fragrance as the shampoo he just used, but more pleasant. Immediately afterwards, Shiratori Kyoko sat next to him, tilting her head and reading the novel with him.
Vaguely, it seemed that the girl's body temperature could be felt.
The warm breath carries a sweetness that can refresh the heart and spleen.
Izumi Toru closed the book.
"Huh? Why don't you continue reading?" Kyoko Shiratori, who was sitting next to him, asked with some dissatisfaction.
She hasn't finished reading this page yet.
"I'm so tired of turning pages, please turn it." Izumi Toru handed the book to her.
"oh……"
Izumi-san is so lazy.
Muttering in her heart, Shiratori Kyoko happily took the book and turned to the page Izumi Toru was reading just now.
Why did the two of them want to read one when there were so many novels? Why did they invite Izumi Tetsu to come up but they didn't say a word and just read the novel.
Shiratori Kyoko didn't want to tell the answer, and Izumi Toru didn't ask.
The distance between the two people is very close, they seem to be cuddling together, but they don't seem to be.
Izumi Tetsu reads novels very quickly.
Before he saw the next line of words, his memory had already dug up the subsequent content and placed it in his mind.
Kyoko Shiratori reads very slowly.
The green-green fingertips moved little by little along her line of sight, while she silently recited what she saw.
Izumi Toru did not rush her, but tried his best to eliminate the influence of memory and read slowly at her pace.
Suddenly, he felt his shoulders sink.
Kyoko Shiratori leaned on his shoulder.
The girl said nothing and even pretended that nothing happened.
However, her fingertips stopped somewhere on the page and stopped moving.
Izumi Toru turned his head and glanced.
The rain gradually became lighter, but it still didn't stop.
Just as he was about to say something, Shiratori Kyoko spoke first.
"Everything in the book is false. Reading novels like this is not convenient at all...even for the handsome Izumi-san."
After saying that, she sat up straight and turned to smile at him.
Izumi Toru thought for a while.
"Not available?"
"……Um."
Despite some hesitation, Shiratori Kyoko nodded.
Because I can't read it at all, so it's just inconvenient.
Just after she finished speaking, she saw Izumi Toru taking off his slippers and sitting on her bed.
What do Izumi-san want to do?
When the girl was confused, Izumi Toru put his hands on her shoulders and turned her back to him.
Then,
He stretched out his arms, wrapped them around her belly, hugged her from behind, and pulled her body into his arms.
"It might be more convenient to look at it this way."
The warm breath penetrated from the girl's ears into her brain and heart.
Shiratori Kyoko had twenty minutes, or half an hour, or maybe forty minutes, she wasn't sure. In short, for a while, the memory seemed to have completely disappeared.
…
Wow!
The novel turns to the next page.
Sure enough, this is much more convenient.
The girl leaning on someone's arms was thinking while reading a novel.
The heart has adapted to the warmth, so it beats as often as before.
However, every time it beats, it is more cheerful and clearer than ever before.
Kyoko Shiratori was extremely certain.
The rain outside the window finally stopped.
The warm arms are gone.
"Shiratori-san, the rain has stopped."
"oh……"
Although the book is not thick, Shiratori Kyoko did not have the strength to close the book.
"I haven't finished reading it yet, and you're not allowed to finish it either. We'll do it together next time."
These words made the girl who was still lingering on his chest and refused to get up immediately feel full of strength.
Then she closed the book and stood up.
"Um!"
Izumi Toru took out the clothes that had been dried but were still damp from the washing machine, put them on, and then walked out.
Kyoko Shiratori was standing on the balcony in a daze.
Coming behind her, he heard a faint sigh from her.
"It would be nice if the rain didn't stop."
He poked her back.
"Shiratori-san."
"What's going on!"
As soon as the girl turned around, Izumi Toru flicked her forehead.
Very hard.
Ignoring the girl's aggrieved expression, Izumi Toru said seriously: "Even if the rain doesn't stop, you have to drive me out."
"Why, why?"
"How can there be so many reasons? I'm leaving."
Izumi Toru waved his hand at her.
Shiratori Kyoko was stunned for a second and quickly ran over to see him off.
"Okay, just stay in the house. No need to send it away."
"oh……"
Izumi Toru changed his shoes, opened the door, and was about to go out when he suddenly turned around.
"Shiratori-san."
"Um."
"When you go to the flower shop, don't forget to bring an umbrella."
"Oh...I know..."
Izumi Tetsu then left.
Shiratori Kyoko returned to the room and couldn't help but roll on the bed several times.
"Oh hey hey..."
The girl closed her eyes with a happy smile on her face.
At this time, Izumi Tetsu's parting words made the smile on her face freeze.
[When you go to the flower shop, don’t forget to bring an umbrella]
Izumi-kun, why do you know I'm going to the flower shop?