I won't be a loser.

Xianren, who still remembered where the toilet was, looked at Sanye beside him and pointed in the direction.

"The toilet is right there. Maybe she drank too much iced drink just now. Sanye, please go with her. I'll wait for you outside."

"Um, um, tissues?"

Nodding, Sanye stretched out her hand, held Siye's hand, and when she was about to go to the bathroom, she looked back at her brother beside her. She was a little hurried when she went out, and she was in an unfamiliar environment and not prepared, so she didn't bring any tissues.

Not to mention the younger Yotsuba, who probably couldn't imagine what to prepare for in a big city.

Xianren, who is a little bit of a germaphobe, always carries a pack of tissues with him. Sanye has known this since she was very young.

After handing the tissue to Sanye, Sanye led Siye and half walked and half ran towards the toilet, hurried over, while Xianren followed behind them. After watching them enter the toilet, he waited quietly outside the toilet, looking at the surrounding environment, and continued to think about where to go later.

"No, the first thing we should consider is Yotsuba's problem. She drank a lot of cold drinks while shopping just now, so she must have a stomachache."

Careless.

I forgot that Yotsuba is still a child and her body is still relatively fragile. It would be better for her to go back and rest early at night.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, Yotsuba finally came out of the bathroom with Mitsuha, looking weak. Looking at Yotsuba's expression, Xianren looked at Mitsuha beside him.

"Yoshiha has a stomachache now, so you should go back early tonight. If you have any other places you want to go, wait until tomorrow to see how Yotsuha is doing before considering it."

"It doesn't matter to me."

Mitsuha, who had already wandered around Tokyo, was not so anxious in her heart. Her sister was weak now, and she could not insist on continuing to wander around here without caring about Yotsuha's health.

"Then go back first."

Seeing that Mitsuha was fine, the three of them reached the side of the road. Xianren simply reached out and stopped a taxi, and got off near Horizaka.

"How is your health now?"

"My stomach feels a little uncomfortable..."

"There's a small clinic at Korakuen Station in Koishikawa. Yotsuba and I will go take a look. Mitsuha, are you planning to go back to the apartment first, or—"

"There's nothing to do at home alone, so I might as well go with you guys."

After hearing what the wise man said, he gave his answer before he finished speaking.

She was alone in the apartment with nothing to do. She had to wait for the two of them at home, not knowing when they would come back. It would be better for her to just go to the clinic with them.

"Then let's go together."

After arriving at a nearby clinic and waiting for a while, when the previous patient recovered, it was Siye's turn. After an examination, it was found to be just a common diarrhea. The doctor prescribed some medicine and told Siye to go home and drink some water, which made Xianren and Sanye feel relieved.

When they returned to the apartment, Xianren started preparing dinner. Mitsuha and Yotsuha sat in the living room, sitting on the bed, and Mitsuha poured her a cup of hot water.

"Take the medicine first?"

"Not for now. Let's take the medicine after dinner."

"Let Yotsuba sleep in the bed tonight."

"Ah."

He already has diarrhea, and if he continues to sleep on the floor, he doesn't know if it will get worse. To be on the safe side, it's better to let Siye sleep on the bed. In addition, even the air-conditioning temperature in the house has been slightly raised, so staying in the house won't be as stuffy as outside.

Considering Yotsuba's sake, the dinner was also relatively light. When seeing the dinner, Xianren clearly saw that Mitsuha's expression became disappointed, but he still sat down, closed his eyes and picked up the bowl...

The cleaning was left to Sanye, while Yotsuba sat at the desk. Xianren turned on the computer and played some animations. He seemed to be so engrossed in watching them that he seemed to have forgotten even his physical discomfort.

He prepared the medicine for her and handed it aside, asking her to wait until it cooled down before drinking it. After cleaning the table, Sanye went into the bathroom and turned on the hot water.

"Yoshiha, the water is hot, you can take a bath!"

"Wait a minute, let me drink the medicine first!"

Siye forced herself to frown, and shouted towards the bathroom with the loudest voice she could make at the moment. She picked up the medicine that had already turned warm, and swallowed it in one gulp. Her little face was tightly wrinkled, and she let out a painful "Ah——" and ran towards the bathroom.

There were two unfamiliar female voices again.

Hifumi Takimoto, who was sitting in her room, heard the noise from next door, looked at the wall, then lowered her head silently and continued watching TV.

She had just finished work a while ago and had no tasks for the time being, so she had some free time to do her own things.

'Moving?'

'No, forget it.'

Takimoto Hifumi was silent for a moment, then sighed and looked at her little hedgehog, Sojiro.

It would be great if the room next door could be as quiet as Sojiro's. With this impossible wish in her heart, Takimoto Hifumi watched the anime, hugged her knees, and no longer cared about the strange noises coming from next door.

"sleep early."

When Xianren heard these words from Sanye's mouth, he looked at Yotsuba who was lying on the bed, and Sanye who was already lying on the floor. They seemed very reluctant. Xianren stretched out his right hand and gently rubbed his forehead.

"You won't sleep in the bed?"

"The bed isn't very big. If I sleep on the same bed with Yotsuba, I don't know if I'll roll off at night. It's better to just sleep on the floor."

"........"

It sounds like there is no problem, but I always feel that there is a big problem. Looking at Sanye who doesn't even look at himself, Xianren sat down at the desk.

"You guys go to sleep first. It's been so long, I should catch up on the manuscript a little bit."

After hearing the wise man's words, Sanye just closed her eyes silently without saying anything else. Due to her age, Yotsuba had walked such a long distance during the day and was already exhausted. In addition, she had a stomachache and her body became weak. She lay down on the bed and fell asleep as soon as her little head touched the pillow.

The wise man sat at his desk, looking at his documents with a slightly complicated mood. After a moment of silence, his hands began to type on the keyboard. He slowed down his speed so that the noise would not disturb the two people who were resting...

Rubbing his eyebrows, he saved the document, looked at the white light on the computer screen in front of him, closed the notebook casually, looked back at the two sleeping girls, and slowly walked to Sanye's side. Looking at the sleeping girl, he lay down beside her.

'Good night.'

He muttered something in his heart, then closed his eyes and rested quietly.

Just when Xianren closed his eyes, Sanye beside him slowly opened her eyes and lay quietly beside Xianren without moving around. After an unknown amount of time, she heard Xianren's soft breathing beside her, and then she slowly turned sideways to look at Xianren.

"..."

At night, the room was dim and hazy, and the outline of the sage's face could be vaguely seen.

Blinking gently and gazing at the familiar face, Sanye couldn't help but slowly move closer to Xianren, gradually reducing the distance between them. Unconsciously, their bodies were pressed against each other. She woke up from her trance and stopped.

why?

Just looking at the familiar facial features, I felt an incredible peace in my heart. Before I knew it, I was already sticking closely to the other person.

"I should have hated him... No, not that much. I just went a little too far, leaving Itomori alone..."

Recalling those memories of being held in each other's arms when we were young, the two of us walked together on the cement road, picked up grass leaves from the roadside, shook them, and held them in our hands to let the wind sway. In the afterglow of the evening, the two of us walked one after the other.

They are no longer the carefree children they were back then. Both he and she have grown up.

He came to Tokyo alone to study, and she was still in Itomori. The distance between the two of them would probably become farther and farther in the future. They both had girlfriends, and their relationship seemed to be still so good.

Even in the future, if she came to Tokyo to study, she would definitely live alone. He would spend more time dealing with his relationship with his girlfriend. Then the two of them would go to college together, and she would be alone again...

I can't catch up with the other party.

From now on, the distance between the two will only continue to widen, becoming more and more distant, until the day when he starts his own family.

She couldn't help but bite her lips. Thinking about the future, Sanye felt more and more lonely.

唦——

The sound of hair moving on the pillow suddenly rang out. Before Sanye could react, she saw a pair of eyes in the dark night looking at her.

"Well--"

Mitsuha pursed her lips to prevent herself from screaming out. Looking at Xianren who was not asleep, her mind went blank.

"Were you pretending to be asleep just now?"

Looking at Mitsuha beside him with a smile, Xianren narrowed his eyes, and in a deliberately lowered voice, he came in front of Mitsuha and asked her a question.

Looking at the face so close to her, Sanye could even clearly hear Xianren's breathing and the aura on his body.

"certainly not."

"real?"

"...asleep."

Closing her eyes and listening to the breathing sounds so close to her, Sanye felt a little nervous. Xianren, who was standing next to her, looked at Sanye for a while, then lay down on his side again and closed his eyes to rest.

When Mitsuha opened her eyes again, all she saw in front of her was the back of Xianren's head.

"........"

He also turned to the side, and after Sanye lay down, he fell asleep again.

Sekai Saionji sat on her bed, next to the window, staring through the telescope towards the direction of Xianren's apartment, but unfortunately she could see nothing.

It has been two days since she returned from Itomori, but Kento has not contacted her during these two days. The only information she got was that she contacted Setsuna today and learned that Kento and his two sisters went shopping.

"Ha—with my sister."

Although she knew this was a very normal thing, but watching Kento being monopolized by her sister, Saionji Sekai still felt a little jealous. If she was Kento's sister...

"How can you say that? It's a bit too shameless to think like that. If we become brother and sister, we can't be together...right?"

Looking at the dark residential area, Saionji Sekai closed her eyes and sat quietly on her bed, thinking about what she should do next.

"It's time to think carefully about the future. If we continue like this, won't we become dispensable?"

Starting to care about his future, Xiyuanji Sekai also became more serious. He left the telescope, lay down on the bed, and closed his eyes to think -

In the morning, after Yotsuba woke up, he asked her how she felt. It seemed that after taking the medicine, she felt much better and there didn't seem to be any major problems. Xianren was completely relieved. He looked at his sister and then at Sanye who was still sleeping beside her.

"Get up."

"Um—what time?"

"It's eight o'clock."

"Well......."

Mitsuha, who was lying down, still showed no intention of waking up. Xianren looked at her and couldn't help shaking his head. Looking at Yotsuha who had already put on her clothes, he went to prepare breakfast.

The task of waking up Sanye was given to Siye. Anyway, it was Siye who was responsible for waking up Sanye in such matters.

When Xianren was preparing breakfast, Yotsuba came to Mitsuha's side, put her face close to Mitsuha's ear, and took a deep breath.

"and many more!"

Before Yotsuba could speak, Sanye opened her eyes, subconsciously turned sideways to avoid Yotsuba, covered her ears with her hands, and then stood up.

"I'm up!"

Siye, who was squatting, looked at Sanye who had stood up with regret, curled his lips, and silently pushed the bed up.

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When the Summer Cicadas Chirp: 236. Sanye, you don’t want your mother to see it, right?

"Are you back in Tokyo, Xianren?"

"I'm already back in Tokyo. What's wrong? Why did you contact me suddenly? Is there something wrong?"

"forgotten?"

While I was staying at home, I suddenly received a call from Akihisa Yoshii.

"what?"

"Beach, beach! Didn't we say at school that during summer vacation, we would go to the beach together to find our own happiness?"

For some reason, when Yoshii Akihisa heard that he seemed to have forgotten about going to the beach, he suddenly became furious, as if he was facing a comrade who had betrayed his faith. He was very passionate and wanted to give any wise man standing in front of him a friendship punch.

After thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is the case.

"But my sister is at my house too, so it seems impossible for me to come alone."

"cute?"

On the other end of the phone, the man who was so passionate just now suddenly lowered his voice and asked the wise man with some hesitation.

"Still an elementary school student."

"Uh... no, it doesn't matter. Even if it's an elementary school student, it's not impossible... right? Maybe?"