Sakurai Ruiko lowered her head and watched Izumi Toru pour the water from his palm on the instep of her feet. A strong sense of peace of mind spread from the insteps throughout her body.
But at the same time, she felt a strong sense of guilt.
"Izumi-kun."
"What's up?"
"Why do you want to do these things for me? Obviously, I did that to you before..."
Izumi Tetsu stopped, raised his head, and looked at her calmly.
Being stared at directly by him who didn't speak, Sakurai Ruiko shrank her neck in fear.
"What, why are you looking at me like that?"
"You don't think I like you, do you?"
"Huh?!" The girl panicked, "You, you, what are you talking about!!!"
Seeing the girl's helpless look, Izumi Tetsu curled his lips.
He took a towel and wiped her white feet, then put her legs on the bed and went to the bathroom with water.
"After I go out, I probably won't come back tonight. So, I'll give you a minute to think about what you need me to do."
Seeing Izumi Toru disappear from her sight, Sakurai Ruiko said "oh".
However, after thinking for a while, besides being more grateful to Izumi Toru, she couldn't think of anything else that he needed to do for the time being.
Instead, she thought he did too much.
Not to mention that he needs to spend time with him, she knows no less than three girls who are close to him in school alone, and she already feels very uncomfortable just having to take care of her fiancée behind her back every day.
Moreover, she was very worried about whether his fiancee would quarrel with him if she found out that there was a girl hiding in his house...
Izumi Toru walked out of the door and was a little surprised to see Sakurai Ruiko with her head lowered and silent.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?"
Hearing his voice, Sakurai Ruiko took a deep breath.
"Izumi-san, I need your help with something!"
"Well, tell me."
"Well, actually..."
After hesitating for a while, the girl finally spoke with difficulty.
"I, um...I'm already very grateful to you for taking me in recently...not to mention helping me take care of my foot injury, teaching me how to play games, and helping me buy, buy that...ahem, clothes..."
Because it was shameful to say "buy underwear", she deliberately changed the words.
"...You should spend your time on those people who deserve to be with you more...right..."
After saying this, the girl felt relaxed for a while.
However, inexplicably, she felt that there was insufficient oxygen, so she took several deep breaths.
"call--"
There was relief and heaviness in his exhalation.
Izumi Toru scratched his head.
"Well, Sakurai-san..."
"What's wrong?" Sakurai Ruiko asked with a smile.
"You look a little ugly now."
As soon as Izumi Toru finished speaking, the girl's eyes suddenly froze.
Why?
Why is it ugly?
Obviously, it should be easier.
At this time, Izumi Toru held his chin and thought for a while, then muttered: "But, maybe I really should come back later every day."
Sakurai Ruiko heard his muttering, and a soft smile appeared on her face.
"Indeed. After all, they all..."
Izumi Toru continued [inference]: "In this way, you can hide the comics when I come back."
"Eh?!!! That, that's that! That..."
The girl's face instantly turned red.
She waved her hands and wanted to explain, but she didn't know how to explain.
Izumi Toru smiled and waved his hand.
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous. After all, at this age, both boys and girls will be curious about certain things. Some girls will be particularly curious, I understand."
With that said, Izumi Toru picked up his phone and checked the time.
"Ah, I have to go, bye!"
Before the girl could react, Izumi Toru walked out and closed the door.
Click!
After the door closed, the whole room fell into silence.
Sakurai Ruiko sits on the bed like a sculpture.
After a long time, she suddenly fell on the bed and covered her face with a pillow.
"Woah! That's not what you said!"
Only then did she begin to refute Izumi Tetsu's words.
However, she couldn't tell exactly what it was.
She just feels shy.
She took away the pillow and revealed her red face,
He murmured: "That's not what it is... right?"
Sakurai Ruiko herself was not sure anymore.
Because she was wearing a nightgown that was so thin that her underwear was barely visible, and she was lying on the boy's bed. She was teased by him until her face turned red, but she couldn't help feeling happy...
I don't understand, I really don't understand.
Hiding in Izumi Toru's room felt like a girl hiding in the cracks of the world. Sometimes she was gnashing her teeth, sometimes blushing and her heartbeat was beating. She was uneasy and worrying about gains and losses. But the source of all this - Izumi Toru went to the flower shop and made a few flirtations.
Kyoko Shiratori, who was in her schoolgirl state, then bought a bouquet of flowers and went to the cafe.
Asazuki Koine, who had been waiting for a while, saw Izumi Toru and immediately waved to him.
"here!"
But Izumi Toru put his index finger to his lips and made a silent gesture to her.
Asazuki Hongyin didn't know what he was going to do, but she felt very happy.
When she saw Toru Izumi walking towards her with flowers in hand and a smile, she suddenly felt a little nervous.
Her sitting posture also became stiff unconsciously.
Izumi Toru walked up to her and stopped.
"one person?"
Asazuki Hongyin bit her lower lip lightly.
"……Um."
"I'm alone, so can I sit here?" Izumi Toru asked, pointing to the seat opposite her.
"Please, dress up!"
Oops! Bit your tongue!
Asazuki Hongyin hurriedly covered her mouth.
Izumi Tetsu almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
He put his index finger across his lips and coughed lightly before sitting down.
"By the way, this is for you." He handed over the white rose.
Qianyue Hongyin took the flowers happily, then pouted and asked: "Junior, didn't you say we met by chance? How can you give flowers as soon as you come up?"
"I met a little girl selling flowers on the road. Seeing how pitiful she was, I bought a bouquet of flowers. But there was no one around to give them to me. I wanted to throw them away, but I thought it was too wasteful. What if I gave them as a gift?
The most beautiful woman today is the best."
Izumi Tetsu was full of lies, but Asazuki Koine even breathed happily.
"So, have you met him?" she asked with a smile.
Izumi Toru scratched his head in embarrassment.
"I should buy all that girl's flowers and give them to you. One bouquet is not enough."
The woman's face was instantly dyed red.
Like a little girl with newly awakened sexual desire, she slightly covered her mouth with her hand and did not raise her head to look at Izumi Toru.
Even his younger brother felt a little embarrassed to be praised like this.
Soon, the waiter put down the coffee Izumi ordered and pushed it in front of him.
"Sir, please take your time with the coffee you ordered."
Izumi Toru picked up a small spoon and gently stirred it in the cup a few times.
Then, he picked up the slightly hot coffee, looked at the beautiful woman in a white-collar uniform across from him, and took a sip, and then another sip.
Who says beauty should be paired with fine wine, coffee, or just water? What you put in your mouth is a rare treasure in the world.
Izumi Toru thought so.
The quiet night gradually deepened, and the contents of the cup reached the bottom. Only Izumi Tetsu's eyes gradually became brighter like the rising sun.
"Sister~"
"Um?"
"I'm here today to find a single beauty to spend the night with."
Asazuki Hongyin's eyes were panicked for a moment.
But before she could speak, Izumi Toru crossed the table and took her hand.
"Sister, tomorrow morning, there will be a bouquet of roses on your bedside."
Asazuki Hongyin had no resistance at all to his words.
Although she understood that Izumi Tetsu had other thoughts.
Just like yesterday...
…
Just like yesterday, Sakurai Ruiko is still alone tonight.
In the quiet Qingshui Residence, apart from the rustling of leaves in the wind, there was only a faint sound coming from the other side of the wall.
Although the sound was inaudible, to Sakurai Saeko, it seemed as if it was coming through the wall, through the blanket, through the gaps between her fingers, through the eardrums, and directly from the depths of her mind.
Her whole body felt as if she had been scratched by a cat.
The girl with red cheeks curled up into a ball.
In my mind, I was thinking about what I saw in the comics.