I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

Hirakawa Tetsufumi raised his head and stared at her until the girl stopped pointing her fingers.

"Alive."

"You've been thinking for a long time."

"is it?"

"So, is there any result?"

"Of course."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi nodded, collected his scattered thoughts, and focused his attention on Hazuki Reiya.

"Of course, thank you for your help."

"..."

Ye Yue Li Ya stiffened for a moment and looked away.

"Okay...it's just a small matter, no need to be so serious-now, can I go back?"

"My questions are over, so of course there's no problem. But you look anxious, aren't you?"

Hazuki Reiya looked up at the night sky.

"I completely forgot about it. I didn't tell the store manager about what happened in the store at all."

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was stunned for a moment.

"So, the convenience store was completely empty for so long?"

"Ah."

“…Will I be fired?”

The first thing that came to his mind was dismissal, and Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt very emotional.

This is the sadness of the workplace, and he has also worried about such things.

"Maybe, right? The manager is a very nice person." Ye Yue Li Ya said this in a tone that was not very sure.

"..."

"Anyway, I'm leaving. Goodbye." The girl withdrew her gaze from the sky and said goodbye to him.

"Goodbye--" Hirakawa Tetsufumi also subconsciously said goodbye, but soon found something wrong.

"and many more."

"what happened?"

Ye Yue Li Ya stopped and was about to turn around and leave.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked around helplessly: "Ye Yue classmate, this is my first time in Kyoto."

"..."

Just now at the convenience store, I was dragged by Reiya Hazuki and ran to an unknown alley. After the incident was over, I came out of the alley and arrived at Uji River in a few steps.

As it was his first time to visit Kyoto, Tetsufumi Hirakawa naturally didn't know the way back to the hotel.

So, we still need this student to lead the way.

Anyway, just like that, he and Hazuki Reiya walked back to the convenience store together.

-

There was an accident on the road.

"Hey."

"what?"

Ye Yue Li Ya, who was walking a little ahead, turned around and shouted at him. Hirakawa Tetsufumi, who was looking at the unfamiliar night view of Kyoto, responded casually.

"It seems to be raining." Ye Yue Liya stopped and said hesitantly.

"Is that so?" Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't feel any rain.

"some."

Ye Yue Li Ya raised her hand, and in the dim light from the roadside, she could see a few crystal drops of water on it.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa had to stop and look up.

"Hmm—it seems so."

While I was still in doubt, a drop of cold rain fell and landed on my face.

He reached out and wiped it, but more raindrops fell immediately.

"It's raining. Luckily I brought an umbrella with me when I left the hotel."

The rustling sound of falling rain gradually rang in my ears, and at the same time, a pleasant inquiring voice in Kansai accent also entered my ears.

"And the umbrella?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked to his left hand and saw a red empty Coke can that he couldn't throw away because he couldn't find a trash can.

I looked to my right, and it was empty.

"…Where's the umbrella?"

Ye Yue Li Ya suddenly laughed: "Yeah, where's the umbrella?"

As the cold raindrops dripped on his face, Tetsufumi Hirakawa seized the moment to recall the past.

After a few seconds, he remembered.

"…Maybe it was because of what happened just now, so I left it in the convenience store."

After he finished speaking, amid the pleasant laughter and the sound of gentle rain, Hirakawa Tetsufumi wiped his face with his hand again and asked Hazuki Reiya who was a few steps in front of him.

"How far is this place from the convenience store?"

With her free hands, Ye Yue Li Ya pressed down the brim of her cap.

"If we hurry up, it will only take about 5 minutes."

"..."

-

Running in the rain in a slightly awkward manner.

The increasingly heavy rain wet the hair on his forehead, and Tetsufumi Hirakawa had to reach out and smooth his hair away.

Reiya Hazuki was also running beside her, but her neat bangs were still neat because of her baseball cap.

He even had time to glance at the teacher next to him, who was breathing heavily and chuckling.

"You look, like, a little embarrassed."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi glanced at her in confusion.

"What are you laughing at? You're not doing any better."

His physical strength was better than that of the high school girl, and his breathing was relatively stable. Although he didn't have a hat, so his hair was messy, but running in the rain and panting was obviously not elegant.

Generally speaking, the two are in about the same situation.

However, Ye Yue Li Ya was still laughing while panting, and because of Hirakawa Tetsufumi's question, she laughed a little happier.

"But don't you think it's funny that a person who was still saying that he was omnipotent a few minutes ago has become so embarrassed now?"

"..."

There was silence.

The only sounds left in my ears were the clattering of their footsteps and the sound of Hazuki Reiya's laughter and breathing mixed in with the sound of rain.

He looked ahead. There were not many people on the residential street at night. All he could see under the street light ahead was a figure holding an umbrella.

There is no way to refute it.

"If this person is not me, probably."

"laugh."

-

With their bodies almost soaked, Tetsufumi Hirakawa and Reiya Hazuki successfully reached the convenience store.

There was no one in the store, and bright lights shone through the glass door.

"It seems... nothing happened... not bad."

At the door, Ye Yue Liya took off his baseball cap and was still breathing heavily.

"Where's my umbrella?"

Hirakawa Tetsufumi's voice also seemed a little fluctuating, but that didn't matter. He pushed open the glass door and walked in first.

The moment he entered, his body trembled.

My wet body felt too cold when the cool air in the store hit me.

"It's so cold." Ye Yue Li Ya, who followed him into the store, also shrank her neck.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked back at her. The girl was wearing a convenience store employee's uniform.

"What's wrong?" Ye Yue Li Ya noticed his gaze, quickly crossed her arms, and said vigilantly, "Are you disappointed that there was no wet temptation?"

——He spoke this sentence quite coherently, in one breath, and then he began to breathe.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi ignored her, endured the cold air, and looked around.

"found it."

His umbrella was lying quietly on the cash register.

I totally forgot when I put it up.

-

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stood at the door of the convenience store holding an umbrella, facing the rain in the night.

Behind him, Ye Yue Liya pushed open the door of the convenience store and walked out.

"Hey."

"what happened?"

"Would you like to wipe it off?"

"what?"

When Hirakawa Tetsufumi turned around, he saw that the girl had long hair that reached her shoulders. She had probably changed her damp clothes in the staff lounge into Yushan's school uniform.

She stretched out her hand, holding a brand new white towel that must have just been taken off the shelf.

"Ok?"

Confused, Ye Yue Li Ya stretched out her hand again: "Towel."

“…Oh, thank you.”

It took Tetsufumi Hirakawa a while to react and take the towel.

To be honest, I never expected her to be so thoughtful.

He put down the umbrella in his hand for the moment - when he put it down, it was taken by Hazuki Reiya - then he wiped his face and hair with a towel.

"Thank you."

After wiping it, he thanked her again, handed the towel to Ye Yue Li Ya, and took the umbrella from her.

"It's okay." The girl replied politely.

"Well, I should go too. Goodbye."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa formally bid farewell and his right hand had already touched the switch of the folding umbrella, but he quickly stopped the action.

"What? Do you have something to say?"

Against the bright lights in the convenience store, under her neat bangs, one can see the slightly hesitant look of the girl in front of him.