I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

School started in April, and we re-entered the wind band. We had a training camp in May and practiced the new year's etudes together in the concert hall. We rushed towards June together in the familiar and nostalgic daily life, and then in the blink of an eye it was summer vacation in July.

For both Hirakawa and Shinohara Shiori, summer vacation is indeed the most important time.

At this time last year, the girl who knew everything was doomed to go wrong took a big step towards the wrong path... She expressed her feelings.

A year has passed and there is still no progress.

Shinohara Shiori looked at herself in the mirror, lost in thought.

It wasn't until the phone on the table vibrated slightly that I came to my senses.

It's time to go out.

After looking at the message on her cell phone, Shinohara Shiori picked up the phone and stood up. Before walking out of the room, she took a last look at herself in the mirror.

……

The summer heat did not dissipate so quickly. Although the sky had turned gray, in the direction of the setting sun, there was only a skyline that gradually changed from orange to gray-blue, and the vague outline of the clouds. Above the head, most of the sky on the other side had completely fallen into the gray twilight. Even the outline of the clouds disappeared, completely covered by the background color of the sky. However, the ground that was scorched by the August sun during the day, even though the sun was gone, still rose with faint heat in this evening as it was heading towards night. The air was flowing from the bottom to the top.

The exposed skin, especially the head, can clearly feel this temperature. This is the temperature of summer, and it is warm when the wind blows.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at the figure slowly walking towards him from the front.

The cherry-colored yukata had a belt tied very neatly, without any wrinkles. The Y-neckline revealed a clean and beautiful neck, so clean that one would want to lean in and take a bite.

She was wearing wooden clogs and holding a small handbag in her hand that was sticking out from her yukata. Although she was in the crowd, she stood out so conspicuously that the figures around her seemed to be blurred by a filter, and were automatically blurred by the brain. Only this girl was left in the eyes.

She walked towards him, and her unhurried steps seemed to contain a brisk impatience.

Finally came in front of me.

The girl raised her hands, and the sleeves of her yukata slid down a little, revealing her white wrists. She slowly turned in front of him.

Thus, the dim light of the evening faithfully reflected the girl's entire body in his eyes.

The chest was wrapped in the yukata so that even the slightest fluctuations disappeared, and the back was equally flat. The long hair that was scattered behind her was tied up with a red hairband, revealing the girl's equally beautiful neck.

When he turned around, the girl was standing in front of him, with a flawless face, a small and cute nose, eyes that seemed to sparkle in the twilight, and a gentle smile at the corners of her mouth.

"Teacher Pingchuan, does it look good?"

The warm evening breeze with a hint of summer ruffled my hair. The girl in front of me ran her fingers across my face, brushing my hair away.

Following the oncoming wind, I can smell the girl's body fragrance and hear her clear and pleasant voice.

"Shiori is of course beautiful."

From the moment he saw this young lady, Hirakawa Tetsufumi couldn't help but smile. He took a step forward, stretched out his hand and held the girl's hand with her snow-white wrist exposed in mid-air.

Fingers crossed and hooked together.

"Mr. Hirakawa didn't admit it so frankly last year."

Their hands dropped, fingers linked, and they turned to face the entrance to the busy street of the summer festival.

"Sorry, I was stubborn last year." Hirakawa Tetsufumi said sincerely, still looking at the stunning profile of the girl next to him that he never got tired of looking at.

Until he couldn't bear it anymore, he leaned over and kissed the girl's fair cheek.

A kiss on the side, and when leaving, Shinohara Shiori also turned her cheek to her.

"What's wrong?" asked Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

Shinohara Shiori looked up and down at the blue yukata on Hirakawa, and Hirakawa Tetsufumi couldn't help but look down at his own outfit.

"What, isn't it appropriate?"

"It looks weird."

"… Such hurtful words."

"You wore it especially for Shiori?"

"Yeah, I wore it on purpose but was told it was weird."

Shinohara Shiori laughed: "I'm just a little uncomfortable with it. Shiori didn't say that Mr. Hirakawa is not handsome."

"so?"

"Of course. Also, why does Teacher Hirakawa have a little girl's aura?"

"Correction: Wanting to show a better side to the person you like is not just something that little girls have... Even I would have such thoughts."

"Teacher Hirakawa likes Shiori?"

"There's no need to ask this kind of question. Of course I like Shiori, I like her, I like her very much." When he said the latter part, Tetsufumi Hirakawa said it in Shinohara Shiori's ear.

The voices in her ears and the vague voices in the background... Shinohara Shiori clenched her hands.

The smile on her lips is so beautiful that one can't take their eyes away.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi heard her say, "Shiori asked this just because she wanted Mr. Hirakawa to say so."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa also held his hand tightly.

"If you want to hear it, just say it directly."

"Then Shiori wants to hear it."

"..."

"What's wrong?" Shinohara Shiori looked at Hirakawa Tetsufumi who suddenly paused.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi smiled at him and said, "Well, it's so sudden, I'm still a little overwhelmed... well... I like Shiori."

"Teacher Pingchuan's tone is too calm."

"You don't have to be so strict, right?"

Miss Shinohara remained noncommittal.

In the end, before walking into the busy streets of the summer festival, all she left for Tetsufumi Hirakawa was his handsome profile and the slightly curved rosy lips.

……

The next sentence was among the crowd, and the girl next to him was staring at the stalls on the street that belonged to the summer festival.

"Teacher Hirakawa, do you remember this time last year?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa followed Miss Shinohara's gaze and saw an air gun stall.

"Of course I remember. The only thing I have no doubt about is my memory."

"So, what about the rabbit that Mr. Hirakawa shot?"

"..."

"Hmm?" Shinohara Shiori withdrew her reminiscing gaze and stared at him in silence.

“Well…how should I put it…”

"Forgot? Lost?"

"How can it be."

"That?"

"Last year... I put it in the cabinet after it ended, and I don't think I've ever taken it out." After weighing the pros and cons for a few seconds, Tetsufumi Hirakawa told the truth.

"..."

"..."

The girl's eyes spoke.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi quickly assured: "I'll take it out when I get back."

Miss Shinohara let him go for the time being.

She took his hand and walked towards the air rifle booth.

……

I never expected that even though I was so lost last year as if in a dream, this year is not as good as last year in terms of air guns.

I didn't pay attention to how many times she hit him, but I knew it was inevitable. When Tetsufumi Hirakawa and Shiori Shinohara walked out of the crowd surrounding the stall, the only thing the girl was holding in her hand was a gray cartoon wolf doll.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stared at the wolf doll in the young lady's hand.

"Teacher Hirakawa, what's wrong?" Holding the doll, Shinohara Shiori noticed his gaze and looked up at him.

"Well..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked away from the doll, "So why is it a wolf?"

"Because wolves eat rabbits."

"…I am a wolf?"

"Shiori is a wolf." Shiori Shinohara said it seriously. She raised the doll in her hand and pounced on Hirakawa with the wolf's mouth. "Teacher Hirakawa is a rabbit."

"..."

"Teacher Hirakawa was eaten by Shiori."

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at his arm bitten by the cartoon wolf doll, and for a moment, he couldn't help laughing.

"what."

Miss Shinohara also laughed, but that light smile was much more beautiful than Hirakawa's rough smile.

"Then I'll leave this at Shiori's house."

Finally, she stopped laughing, Shinohara Shiori held the wolf in her hand, and said very seriously.

"Okay." Tetsufumi Hirakawa nodded.

"Teacher Hirakawa, remember to let the rabbit out."

"definitely."

"..."

"..."

"Why is Mr. Hirakawa always looking at Shiori?" Shiori Shinohara noticed that his gaze never moved away.

After being discovered, Tetsufumi Hirakawa's eyes overlapped with the girl's, and he still did not look away.

"Because I feel like Shiori is a little different today."

"no the same?"

"Yes."

"What's the difference?"

Hirakawa Tetsufumi lowered his head slightly and bit the girl's cheek.

"It's cute in a different way."

"..."

Shinohara Shiori silently turned her face to the side, and with one hand, wiped the saliva on her cheek onto the yukata on the arm of Hirakawa Tetsufumi.

After wiping, he simply didn't let go, holding his arm with his cheek against the arm.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi laughed again and continued forward with the girl.

……

The next stop was a shaved ice stand.

"Shiori." Hirakawa Tetsufumi watched the stall owner skillfully making shaved ice, paused and said, "Do you know what I'm thinking of now?"

Shinohara Shiori leaned against Hirakawa Tetsufumi's arm, raised it and took a look, then the corners of her mouth curved into the same smile as Hirakawa Tetsufumi.

She lowered her mouth.

"What did Mr. Hirakawa think of?"

"I thought of choosing the flavor myself." Tetsufumi Hirakawa said, pursing his lips.

"Teacher Hirakawa, do you want to eat shaved ice? Shiori wants it too... Shiori wants..." Miss Shinohara said to herself.

"Stop." Tetsufumi Hirakawa called for a stop.

"Ok?"