Lonely Rock for the Blind

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"Is this a call from Ijichi-senpai?"

Kita Ikuyo looked at Nekoyashiki Haru who had put down his phone and asked.

"Well, they said they were sending lunch boxes, but unfortunately I'm really full."

"Um…"

Kita Ikuyo nodded.

Nekoyashiki Haru frowned.

"The air is getting increasingly humid... Yudai, it's probably really going to rain."

"Eh?"

Kita Ikuyo looked up and saw that the clouds in the sky had gathered into one.

"...seems...indeed?"

"Let's walk faster, maybe we can still make it..."

snap…

Raindrops fell on Nekoyashiki Haru's shoulders.

They were both stunned at the same time.

Crash, crash, crash, crash!!!

Then, like a torrential downpour, heavy rain suddenly fell on the two of them.

"?!"

Kita Ikuyo opened her eyes wide.

Oh no! It’s raining!!

The weather forecast is really unreliable! I didn’t bring an umbrella!

Kita Ikuyo was stunned where she was, when she was suddenly pulled over by the cat named Haruya Shiki next to her.

"!"

呲la.

After unzipping, Nekayashiki Haru took off his jacket and held it over Kita Ikuyo's head.

"?!"

Kita Ikuyo stared blankly.

"Hold the cane for me! Find a place to shelter from the rain!"

Nekayashiki Haru's voice was urgent.

"it is good!"

Kita Ikuyo reacted, took the blind stick, and then pulled the corner of Nekayashiki Haru's clothes.

A place to shelter from the rain...

Glancing at the park in the distance, Kita Ikuyo's eyes lit up when she saw the space under the children's slide.

"here!"

Chapter 98: Down the Slide (Yet)

Crash!

The raindrops hit the ground violently, making a chilling symphony.

“It’s actually… raining…”

Kita Ikuyo looked at the coat draped over her body and pursed her lips.

Only the surface of the coat was wet; the inside was still dry.

The girl's beautiful red hair was now half wet by the rain, and her bangs were completely stuck to her forehead, no longer as bright and beautiful as before.

It's only been exposed for a moment and it's become like this... Senior...

Kita Ikuyo looked at Nekoyashiki Haru.

The black hair on his forehead was completely wet, as if he had just washed his hair.

There were raindrops all over my body, even on my sunglasses.

The shirt underneath was completely soaked, revealing the skin underneath...

"?!?!"

Kita Ikuyo covered her face with her hands, although she completely avoided her eyes.

Woo…Woohoo?!

Wet temptation?!

“A-choo!!!”

Nekayashiki Haru suddenly tilted his head and yawned, which immediately calmed down Kita Ikuyo, who had been excited.

“…That’s why I don’t like rainy days…”

Nekoyashiki Haru said with a sigh.

"…sorry…"

Kita Ikuyo lowered her head and apologized.

Nekayashiki Haru was stunned for a moment, then turned to Kita Ikuyo.

"It's all because I asked Senior out...that's why this happened...I'm sorry..."

Kita Ikuyo said dejectedly.

"No, there's nothing to be sorry about."

Nekoyashiki Haru shook his head.

"The weather forecast was wrong. Who could have predicted it would rain? And it was raining so heavily..."

Nekoyashiki Haru smiled.

"Yuyo is right."

"... "

Kita Ikuyo looked up at Nekayashiki Haru, who continued.

“And I’m quite lucky.”

"Eh?"

"Luckily you called me out. If you had come to dinner alone, you would have been completely soaked by now. You would have caught a cold the next day and couldn't participate in practice. You would have been out for three days."

Nekoyashiki Haru smiled.

"So I'm quite lucky. Luckily I'm here too. Two people are always better than one."

"... "

Kita Ikuyo stared blankly at Nekoyashiki Haru.

He brought his legs together in front of him and pulled his jacket tighter with his hands.

Kita Ikuyo lowered her head and said nothing.

Nekayashiki Haruya fell silent.

An...is comforting ineffective?

Nekoyashiki Haru felt a little uneasy.

Crash...

The rain continues outside.

Under the only dry slide, the two people's little world fell into silence.

The boy and the girl listened to the sound of rain outside. The symphony did not become softer, but it was no longer frightening.

“…Senior, you’re completely soaked…”

Kita Ikuyo suddenly spoke up.

"Hmm? I'm fine."

Nekoyashiki Haru shook his head.

“…What if I catch a cold?”

Kita Ikuyo asked.

"That's okay, my cold won't affect you."

"... "

Kita Ikuyo's grip on the coat grew tighter and tighter.

“I feel like my seniors don’t think highly of me.”

Suddenly, Kita Ikuyo spoke without any context and moved closer to Nekayashiki Haru.

“…It’s really nothing to look at or take seriously…”

Nekoyashiki Haru narrowed his eyes behind his sunglasses.

"Actually, you guys hold a very high position in my heart now."

"Higher than yourself?"

Kita Ikuyo asked.

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru didn't answer.

Kita Ikuyo moved a little closer to Nekoyashiki Haru.

"Not really...it's just that I'm looking forward to it."

Nekayashiki Haru answered, then continued to Kita Ikuyo.

"Sometimes I dream that you are on the stage at the Budokan, with a huge crowd of people in the audience, and I am sitting in the front row listening."

“…Aren’t you going on stage with me?”

"There's no need for that. You guys are a girl band, it's better if I don't join."

"... "

Kita Ikuyo felt a little angry.

She leaned against Nekayashiki Haru.

"! Yudai? What's wrong?"

Nekoyashiki Haru was startled and asked.

Kita Ikuyo didn't answer, but put the coat back on Nekayashiki Haru's shoulders and then sat in his arms.

"?"

"This way both of us can stay warmer... isn't that right?"

"No…that does make sense."

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded and said.

Kita Ikuyo turned and looked at Nekoyashiki Haru.

In the yellow-green eyes, the boy's wet figure was so clear.