Chapter 268 Family Trip (1)
The leaves of the beech trees in the courtyard have shed their buds, and the streets and alleys of Shinjuku have welcomed the feast of early summer. Toru Watanabe begins preparing for their relationship anniversary.
"Going on a trip?"
"No time."
"No time means nothing can be done. This is our one-year anniversary, Meiji, can't you take a day off for love?"
A scornful smile appeared on Kujo Miki's lips, and her charming eyes stared at Watanabe Toru absently.
Because of the novel submission matter, she also sat at the beech table, face to face with Kiyono Rin.
"From the evening of the 28th to noon of the 30th," she said.
"We can only travel within the country in one day." A map of the island country appeared in Watanabe Toru's mind.
The southernmost part is Kyushu and Okinawa, a little further north is Shikoku, and further north is Wakayama, Nara, Osaka, Kyoto...
"Just traveling?" asked Miki Kujo with a smile.
“Of course not. Stay tuned for the follow-up. You won’t be disappointed.” In fact, he hadn’t thought about it at all.
Kujo Miki saw through it, but didn't say it out loud.
If she is not satisfied at that time...'You are not ready until the last minute. I see you don't take me seriously at all. Tell me I love you ten thousand times' - this sentence is already prepared.
Watanabe Toru came back to his senses.
He had never been to Shikoku or Wakayama, and had no idea which places were worth visiting, so he was simply reviewing geography.
"Qiono-san, do you know what's fun?" He looked at the literary girl by the window.
Qingye Rin stopped writing, supported her chin with one hand, looked out the window, and with her other hand picked up a strand of long hair that fell in front of her chest and played with the ends of her hair.
The sadness of a literary girl comes over me.
"What are you doing?" Toru Watanabe asked curiously.
"Alas." Qingye Rin sighed sadly and beautifully, and the roses by the window lost their luster.
Her every move touches people's hearts.
Unfortunately, her beauty can only be seen by flowers. The three people in this activity room have long been accustomed to each other.
On this day last year, if Kiyono Rin got too close to him, Watanabe Toru's heartbeat would speed up; as for Kujo Mihime, he was so engrossed in her that he had forgotten about Ochanomizu.
If a hero is tempted by beauty, blame him for being a hero.
The two beautiful girls also turned a blind eye to Watanabe Toru, the beautiful boy who was firmly at the top of the Kamikawa pyramid.
"Can't write a novel?" Watanabe Toru asked again.
Kiyono Rin played with her neat and beautiful hair: "Watanabe-kun..."
"Wait, what are you going to do?" Watanabe Toru felt a chill in his heart.
"Don't you think you're being too cruel?"
"cruel?"
"You went traveling with Kujo-san, and you came to ask me where the fun things were. You are so heartless and you hurt my girlish heart." Kiyono Rin seemed to have been abandoned.
"What's wrong with you again?" Miki Kujo frowned and stared at the literary girl.
Qingye Rin smiled, sweeping away the sadness just now and regaining his previous confidence and pride.
"A way to make Watanabe-san love me more." She spoke elegantly, her voice clear and pleasant. "Even if that's not possible, at least make him think of me from time to time when he travels with you."
"Watanabe Toru has a girlfriend, you will only make people dislike you by doing this." Kujo Miki said with a sneer.
"Don't use the morality of ordinary people to restrict me. In this school, I only care about what Watanabe-san thinks of me."
Then, Qing Ye Lin smiled and looked at Watanabe Toru: "Watanabe-san, do you hate me for doing this?"
"Going further north from Kyoto, you'll reach Toyama Prefecture. I heard that it snows a lot there, so women's skin is as white as snow. No, no, no, there's another prefecture between Kyoto and Toyama Prefecture. What's its name?"
"Fukui Prefecture." Kiyono Rin reminded.
"That's it." Watanabe Toru nodded. "Kiyano-san is better at geography than me. But there's nothing interesting in Fukui Prefecture. Miki, should we just cross this place out?"
Miki Kujo narrowed her charming and sharp eyes and looked at him.
Avoiding the question is equivalent to admitting that you don't hate it.
If he just avoided the question, she would be angry, but Watanabe Toru did not answer and instead thought about the places they would travel to. Even if she scolded him, he would have an excuse to argue.
Don't offend either side, but be slightly biased towards yourself.
Does this man think he doesn't know what he is thinking?
The chat ended here, and the three of them continued to think about writing the novel with a prize of 200,000 yen.
They don't take the bonus seriously.
It is unclear what Kiyono Rin's spending habits are, but when Kujo Miki and Watanabe Toru were shopping, they bought accessories worth millions of yen like they were buying ice cream.
The key to this matter is that the two people who didn't win the grand prize wore maid costumes for a week and poured tea for the winner.
Even if Watanabe Toru didn't care about his reputation, he didn't want to fall to that level - it would definitely become a black history in his life, and he would be ridiculed by the two of them in his later years.
If he is like this, what about the two arrogant young ladies?
It is no exaggeration to say that they are arrogant. These two people are indeed not good people.
After school, we had dinner at the teacher's house.
"Teacher Koizumi, you often travel. Do you have any good places to recommend?" Watanabe Toru asked while eating.
"What? You want to go out and play with Aona?" asked Miyazaki Miyuki.
"We can't go on dates. What if someone sees us?" said Koizumi Aona.
"Then we two can go too and cover for you." Akiko thought of a plan. "If someone finds out, we can say that Watanabe is too pitiful to be alone in Tokyo, and the teachers should take him out to play."
Without saying anything, Koizumi Aona waited anxiously for Watanabe Toru's answer.
There was an atmosphere of anticipation at the table, and the three female teachers were like high school students who were going on a school trip tomorrow.
"..." Finally, Toru Watanabe decided to tell the truth, "I am going with Miki . The 29th is our one-year anniversary."
The joyful atmosphere disappeared in an instant.
"Eat." Akiko's tone was flat.
After dinner, Akiko and Miyazaki Miyuki washed the dishes, while Watanabe Toru and Koizumi Aona sat at the dining table.
"teacher."
"Yeah." Aona Koizumi, who was handling the work, responded.
Judging from her tone, it seemed no different from usual, even softer.
"I'm sorry." said Toru Watanabe.
"Why should I apologize for taking my girlfriend out on our first anniversary?" She took out a form and copied something down.
Watanabe Toru looked at her.
He could have actually agreed to it and found a chance to go out and play with Koizumi Aona.
But at that moment, the thought of the divine girl came to mind.
We can go out anytime, is there any need to lie and say that you were planning to go with her?
Lying to someone you like or someone who likes you?
"I don't want to lie to you," he said.
Koizumi Aona paused for a moment and continued to copy with his head down.
"Anyway, you asked me to be your girlfriend because you were moved. You never liked me at all and didn't want to date me. I can understand that Kujo found out."
After saying this, Koizumi Aona felt a pang of bitterness in her heart.
The paper was wet and the tears flowed down on their own.
Last night, Miyazaki Miyuki only said a few simple words. She fantasized about sharing the pressure of adolescence with Watanabe Toru in the future, and she didn't sleep well the whole night.
Today, she cried again because of a trivial matter.
I haven't cried for ten years, but this is the second time since May 2nd.
"It's hard for people to change." Watanabe Toru said softly, "Teacher, you clearly forgot about that month, but you still worked hard for ten years to come to Kamikawa just to see me. I'm dating you not because I love you so much, but mostly because I'm touched and I feel that I can't let these ten years go to waste."
Koizumi Aona's tears were flowing more and more, and she couldn't see the form clearly.
She wiped it with her hand, more welling up from her eyes.
"But if I say I don't like you, that would be a real lie. I don't need many touching reasons to like someone. Teacher, you are gentle, kind to me, and beautiful. I like you, but I used to restrain myself and think about you occasionally in my heart."
Koizumi Aona didn't say anything.
"Meiji, Mai-senpai, teacher, I love Meiji the most, but please believe me, even if Meiji finds out, I will not separate from you, nor will I allow you to leave me."
"Meiji and Kiyono are selfish. They will fight for the happiness that they want from the person they like no matter what."
Toru Watanabe looked at the rose on the table. Today it was Diana, with pink petals.
"Ten years ago, you said I was gentle, but in fact, I am the same as them, all selfish."
Toru Watanabe turned his eyes away from the rose and looked at the silent Koizumi Aona.
After watching quietly for a while, he stood up, walked behind her, and put his arms around her slender shoulders.
He whispered softly but firmly in her ear:
"Koizumi Aona agreed to be my girlfriend and I hugged her. So no matter what she thinks, likes me or hates me, she must belong to me for the rest of her life. I am so selfish."
Koizumi Aona was hugged by Watanabe Toru and listened to his words. The sad mood just now turned sweet in an instant.
Even in the arms of her students, she still wanted to maintain her authority as a teacher.
"Anyway, you can get into the University of Tokyo if you just study hard. You are that kind of people, but I am not." The words sounded sour when spoken in a crying voice.
She blushed.
"It's true that you don't need to study too hard to get into the University of Tokyo."
Aona Koizumi struggled to get out of Toru Watanabe's arms.
"Watanabe-san, what are you doing! Let go of the teacher!" she scolded in a low voice.
Toru Watanabe used a little force and pressed her back into his arms.
"Teacher, Qingnai," the two of them put their faces side by side, looking at the pink roses on the dining table together, "You can cry or laugh, this life is over like this, you can only be in my arms."
After a brief silence, Koizumi Aina asked to herself, "Never date in your life?"
"If you want, we can go now. Let's go to the movies, walk around the park hand in hand, buy tickets and go to Kamakura to stay overnight, and come back early tomorrow morning."
"Really?"
"Well, but Miki can't find out. I can't do anything to her." Watanabe Toru said with a little helplessness and warmth.
"You really like her more."
"Of course, didn't I tell you that I like her the best among the three of you?"
Aona Koizumi began to struggle again, trying to take away the arms that Toru Watanabe was holding around her with her hands.
"Because I don't want to lie to you, teacher."
Watanabe Toru hugged her tighter, and their cheeks were slightly concave due to the pressure on each other.
"I'm dating you because I'm touched, so I don't want to lie to you; I like you in my heart, so I don't want to lie to you; I can't let Meiji find out, so I don't want to lie to you; even if I'm found out, I won't leave you, so I don't want to lie to you; because of your status as a teacher, I'm proud of myself, so I don't want to lie to you; I want to do a lot of things with you that you don't allow, so I don't want to lie to you."
Koizumi Aona didn't move, leaning in Watanabe Toru's arms, feeling his strong heartbeat.
"...Really?" The girlish tone reminded Watanabe Toru of her ten years ago.
The one crying in the firefly, Aina Koizumi.
"Yeah." Toru Watanabe separated his face from hers and stroked her cheek with his hand.
Face to face, he kissed her lips which were dry from crying.
“…”
Before their lips touched, Koizumi Aona held Watanabe Toru's chin with her palm and lifted his face up.
"No physical contact until you graduate!"
"Teacher Koizumi, you don't know that for young people nowadays, kissing is not considered physical contact, but a manifestation of intimacy." As he said this, Toru Watanabe moved his lips closer again.
Koizumi Aona covered her mouth with her hands like a mask.
Watanabe Toru kissed the back of her hand.
The two people's bangs are blended together.
The ends of Koizumi Aona's hair tickled Watanabe Toru's forehead, and Watanabe Toru's nose touched hers.
"Hmmmm!" said Aona Koizumi while wearing a "mask".
"What did you say?" Watanabe Toru left.
"Huh!" Letting go of her hand, Koizumi Aona breathed a sigh of relief, "You still said you didn't lie to me! How can kissing not count... ugh!"
Looking at Toru Watanabe's face approaching quickly, Koizumi Aona covered her mouth again in panic.
But Toru Watanabe didn't mean to kiss her.
He simply leaned down so that their eyes were at the same level.
"Teacher," he ruffled Koizumi Aona's thick black hair, "I like you."
“…”
Even through my hair, I can still feel the warmth of your palm.
Koizumi Aona's eyes, which had stopped crying, were filled with water again because of shyness, happiness and surprise.
After two seconds of silence, she pushed Watanabe Toru away and stood up.
"It's very late, go back and take a shower and go to bed! You can't be late in the morning, understand!" She pushed Watanabe Toru to the entrance.
When he was gone, she covered her face with her hands.
"Ah——" She jumped, danced, and twisted her body, then fell on the sofa, hugging the pillow tightly.
"Koizumi Aona agreed to be my girlfriend and I have hugged her. So no matter what she thinks, likes me or hates me, she must belong to me for the rest of her life."
"Hmm..." With her face buried in the pillow, the sound from her mouth became muffled and she rolled to the right.
"Teacher, I like you."
“Hmm——” The body rolled to the left.
The two kissed each other across their palms.
“Hmm——” He turned over, lay on the sofa, and kicked his legs hard.
Akiko and Miyazaki Miyuki came out of the kitchen and looked at Koizumi Aona like this.
Akiko silently took out his cell phone and clicked on the camera.
…
Toru Watanabe returned to Room 502 without taking a shower.
He walked to the balcony and looked out at the Jingu Outer Gardens at night. In the dark forest, the Jingu Stadium was brightly lit.
After enjoying the evening breeze for a while, I took out my cell phone and called Kiyono Rin.
"What's the matter?" A cold voice and the sound of a towel wiping hair.
"Just finished a shower?"
"Um."
"What a shame. I should have gone in and showered. I might have bumped into you and we could have rubbed each other's backs."
“Hang up.”
"Wait, wait, I have good news for you."
"Not going on a trip?"
Watanabe Toru turned around and leaned against the balcony in a leisurely posture: "Is this good news for you?"
"Bad news for Kujo Miki is good news for me."
"What if something happened to me?"
“…Hang up.”
"I was wrong, really wrong, God Kiyono, please forgive your believers." Watanabe Toru's posture was still leisurely, and his voice was full of smiles.
"One word."
"How about two sentences?"
“Beep, beep, beep.”
Miss Kiyono keeps her word.
Watanabe Toru smiled and sent her a message via Line.
"Kiyono, I want to try to slowly become an honest person."
The message was read, but no reply was received.
Toru Watanabe threw his phone on the table, took his clothes and went to take a shower.
If you go fast, you might be able to smell the scent of Kiyono Rin wafting from the luxury apartment at Yotsuya Station.
As the water in the bathroom started to run, the cell phone on the table lit up silently.
A message popped up on the screen of the photo of Kujo Miki in kimono.
"It's good news."
