CH 89

About an hour after taking the train, Rin and I arrived at a seaside park.

The sun, which had been shining brilliantly earlier, had already set, and the sky was a deep blue.

A strong gusty wind was blowing from the ocean, and even on a summer night, it was cold enough to make me want a jacket.

The indescribable wind seemed to be heralding the end of summer, relentlessly irritating the “hole” in my chest.

It’s almost the end of summer…….

It’s strange how just thinking about it makes my chest feel tight.

I’ve never felt this way before.

Ah. I know why.

It’s because the connection that was formed at the end of a long period of loneliness has somehow eaten away at me.

As if to express my complicated state of mind, the sea spread out before me was stained black.

–The sound of the waves was deafening.

As I looked out at such a sea, I saw a half moon above the silver waves of the night sea in front of me.

The moon reflected off the surface of the water, making it look like a full moon.

And the moon and the figure walking in front of me overlapped exactly, looking like a messenger appearing from the moon.

The scene seemed fantastic and one could not help but admire it.

And then—

“Towa-kun, are you trying to look a little cool?”

“…… Separately.”

Rin, who was walking in front of me, looked at me.

Her cute face and big eyes were at close distance.

Is the sentimental time over ……?

I took a step away from Rin and chuckled.

It’s okay…… at least a little bit.

See …… A man alone in the sea at night.

It’s kind of a melancholy atmosphere, or the image of a man longing for, isn’t it?

“Well, anyway, …… that’s not the point, Rin. I was just thinking ……”

“You’ve been talking to me for a while now, haven’t you? I don’t mind.”

Rin looks at me with a stern stare, and I cough deliberately.

But Rin still doesn’t seem to be bothered by this and continues to stare at me.

And when I turn my head away from her, she giggles and says, “It’s no use fooling around, is it?” She smiled wickedly and gave me a peck on the cheek.

“Don’t poke me…….”

“Even Towa-kun touches my cheeks a lot. Now I know how it feels to poke a cheek. …… This feeling is addictive.”

“I don’t think mine is that comfortable to the touch.”

I don’t have goddess-level fineness like Rin.

Boys are just plain lumpy, so to be honest, it should be subtle.

Well, at Kenichi’s level, they are beautiful because they are perfectly groomed.

“It’s okay because I like it.”

“Hey, Rin. By the way, you don’t have the right to veto …………, well, of course you don’t.”

“You understand perfectly well.”

“Why don’t you refuse to force me?”

“Right. If you’re denied, how about using your ‘woman’s weapon’ to the fullest and screaming?”

“Hey, don’t be evil……. It’s not cool for Rin to say it, okay?”

“I know, I know. I was kidding, of course.”

“Geez……”

She swears and sighs.

If Rin were to hypothetically say, ‘Pervert! Or try saying ‘I was sexually harassed.’ ……

It would really end your life, not in a figurative sense.

No, it could even be physically ended if you’re not careful…….

Just imagining it is terrifying…….

“I mean, Rin. Isn’t it usually dangerous to come to the beach at night? I’m pretty sure schools weren’t allowed to do that either…….”

“Oh, …………. is fine as long as you don’t go in.”

“Hey. You absolutely forgot just now.”

Rin looks away and turns away with a clear face like ‘I don’t hear anything’.

It was like a child who can’t hear anything that’s inconvenient, which I found funny.

“It’s childish, isn’t it? You used to be more like a daughter of a wealthy family.”

“It’s true that in front of Towa-kun, I feel much more broken down.”

“I guess so. It makes me nostalgic for a while ago.”

When I first saw you, you seemed to be a wary bunch.

Now it is no different than a cat that is playing with you.

It’s kind of funny when I think about it.

“…… Towa-kun.”

“What ……?”

“May I talk to you for a moment?”

She looks at me with serious eyes, unlike the way she looked at me a moment ago.

I gulped slightly as I saw a hint of anxiety in her eyes.