Chapter 288 Birthday (End)
While traveling, the weather was sunny, on the slope of Atami beach, I met my beloved at the corner.
Koizumi Aona wanted to run to Watanabe Toru, but in the end she just walked over quickly.
Aona Koizumi wanted to get into Toru Watanabe's arms, but finally restrained herself.
"Why are you here?" She couldn't help but smile.
"I came to see you."
Their eyes met, and Watanabe Toru naturally reached out his hand to hold her in his arms.
"No." Koizumi Aona whispered to stop her.
"Why not?"
At this moment, what Koizumi Aona needs is not gentleness, but an unquestionable strength - this thought popped into Watanabe Toru's mind.
It has been like this since the beginning:
Whether facing Kujo Miki, Kiyono Rin, Asuka Mai, or even the two wives or any other woman, he always knows what the other party sincerely wants him to do and to what extent he can do it to make the other party happy.
Is this self-righteousness, or is it better to call it enlightenment?
Watanabe Toru exerted a little force, and Koizumi Aona only resisted slightly, then fell into his arms as if unable to resist some kind of suction.
That is the chest of a young man that can satisfy all a woman's fantasies about the opposite sex.
Koizumi Aona's fair little hands gently grasped his baseball jersey, feeling the fresh scent of his body, and immersed in happiness.
The sunlight shone on her profile, which was resting on Watanabe Toru's chest, and Koizumi Aona closed her eyes just like that.
It seemed like a long time had passed, but also like I had just closed my eyes when I heard footsteps behind me.
"How long are you two going to hug each other?" Miyazaki Miyuki teased.
"We've been standing there stupidly for ten minutes." Akiko pretended to be dissatisfied.
Ten minutes? Already ten minutes?
Koizumi Aona suddenly woke up and hurriedly left Watanabe Toru's arms. Just as her bodies were separated by a distance large enough for the wind to pass through, he hugged her back tightly.
"...He didn't let me go." Koizumi Aona felt relieved and continued to laze in the arms of her lover.
"It was only two minutes, how could it be ten minutes?" Watanabe Toru's voice came from above his head.
His chest rose and fell slightly as he spoke, and he could feel the vibrations, since they were so close.
Once she realized this fact, Koizumi Aona felt indescribably sweet and happy.
"If you don't leave now, someone will come." Miyazaki Miyuki reminded.
At this point, Koizumi Aona finally made up her mind that no matter how hard Watanabe Toru tried, she had to leave his arms.
I put my hands on his chest and pushed hard...but was pushed back.
"This is Atami, not Tokyo, so it doesn't matter if we're seen." Koizumi Aona buried her face in Watanabe Toru's chest and wrapped her arms around his waist as if she had given up completely.
There were indeed strange footsteps approaching.
The closer the footsteps got, the deeper she buried her face.
When the footsteps began to weaken and gradually became inaudible, she finally left Watanabe Toru reluctantly.
The four of them stood on the sunny slope and chatted, with the blue sea behind them.
"Did I disturb you by coming here suddenly?" asked Toru Watanabe.
Time spent with lovers is certainly important, but it cannot replace time spent with friends.
"No." Koizumi Aona shook her head slightly.
I could meet the person I like and be with Toru Watanabe, even if it's just for two minutes.
"You are quite creative, you even came to Atami secretly." Akiko crossed her arms and nodded as if acknowledging him.
"But don't do that next time," Miyazaki Miyuki said, "Akira and I are just unmarried girls in our twenties. It's easy to have dreams when you see us at night."
"Don't take me with you, idiot!" Akiko yelled with a red face, "Who would be interested in a second-year high school kid!"
"Here." Miyuki Miyazaki pointed at Aona Koizumi.
"This... Qingna, I'm not talking about you. I mean, that, you understand, right? You know what I'm talking about, right?" Akiko herself didn't know what she was saying.
"Actually, Mr. Koizumi fell in love with me when he was sixteen," Toru Watanabe answered on behalf of Aona Koizumi, "Isn't that right, teacher?"
Facing Watanabe Toru's mischievous eyes, Koizumi Aona's eyes were filled with sweetness and coquettishness.
"Sixteen years old?!" Akiko was surprised. "How old were you then? She is twenty-six now, so sixteen was ten years ago, which means you were seven years old? Qingnai, do you like shota?"
"What nonsense!" Koizumi Aona cursed with a smile, "Watanabe and I are just an ordinary sister-brother relationship, right, Watanabe?"
She looked at Toru Watanabe with the dignified expression of a teacher.
"I prefer the term teacher-student love to the term sister-brother love." Toru Watanabe said with a smile in his tone.
"It's normal for high school students to admire young female teachers." Miyazaki Miyuki nodded and said, "Aona, it seems that even if you don't do it with him, you still have unique advantages."
"Do? What?" Watanabe Toru asked naively.
"Miyuki!" Koizumi Aona was about to stomp her feet.
"Watanabe boy," Akiko patted Watanabe Toru on the shoulder, "Do you want to hear about Qingnai's plans for your future?"
"I came all the way from Tokyo to Atami just to listen to this."
"Don't say that!" Koizumi Aona was about to cover Akiko's mouth.
Akiko turned slightly, and the two of them played hide-and-seek around Watanabe Toru.
"She said that she's not jealous of you buying an apartment and giving money to Asuka Mai," Akiko said while dodging, "She will only ask you for money for raising the child when you have one, and she'll even buy a crib together!"
"Oh! It's up to you!" Koizumi Aona gave up trying to catch Akira and blushed as she stole a glance at Watanabe Toru's expression.
Watanabe Toru looked at her.
"Don't just stand here," Miyazaki Miyuki interrupted Akiko at some point, "Let's talk while we walk."
"Where are you going?" asked Toru Watanabe.
"Yuzen Shrine," Koizumi Aona answered, and then, as if she suddenly remembered something, she asked, "Did you just get here? Did you go to the water park?"
"Not yet. I was just about to go there to find you."
"Then let's go back and walk again," Koizumi Aona turned to look at her two best friends, "Is that okay?"
"Of course!" Akiko said without any hesitation.
Miyazaki Miyuki also nodded and said, "Anyway, there is no destination that we must go to, and we are not in a hurry, so let's go see the sea again."
"Let's go!" Koizumi Aona said happily to Watanabe Toru.
"good."
The four of them walked down the slope together, preparing to return to the beach.
While going downhill, Koizumi Aona finally sobered up a little from the joy of seeing her lover.
Thinking of the hug they had shared when they first met, she felt ashamed of her careless behavior, yet she also yearned for the sweetness of that moment.
At the bottom of the slope, the seaside is just across the zebra crossing.
The four people were divided into two groups, front and back, and walked across the zebra crossing while chatting and laughing. At the end of the zebra crossing, there was a wide-angle lens.
Koizumi Aona looked up and saw in the wide-angle camera that Miyuki and Akiko were going away. Standing in the center was a beautiful and happy woman and a handsome and elegant boy.
The woman wore a long skirt with an elegant cardigan over it.
The boy's red and black baseball uniform and dark blue pants make him look very young, handsome and fashionable.
Does it seem a little too big for me to stand next to him? Perhaps, Kujo Miki is the most suitable person to stand next to him.
The four of them came to the water park.
There are old people basking in the sun with their dogs, couples walking along the waves, bachelors feeding seagulls, and many white yachts docked on the beach.
It is a quiet and pleasant little beach
"You two go for a walk, Akiko and I will rest here." Miyuki Miyazaki said.
As she spoke, she sat down on a bench under the tall palm trees.
"Let's go together?" Koizumi Aina said shyly, "Didn't we just take a break?"
"Go!" Akiko pushed her towards Toru Watanabe.
Their shoulders touched each other, and Koizumi Aona secretly looked at Watanabe Toru, who was also looking at her.
"Well," Koizumi Aona tried to speak in a normal tone, "I'll take Watanabe for a walk and come back soon."
"Okay, go ahead." Miyazaki Miyuki said nonchalantly.
Koizumi Aona took Watanabe Toru to the seaside.
In fact, there was nothing to turn around, and all the scenery could be seen at a glance. The two of them just walked along the seaside and on the beach.
But even so, even if it was the second time she left, Koizumi Aona's heart was filled with joy. If her best friend hadn't been watching from a distance, she would have almost taken small steps.
"I'm so happy!" she couldn't help but say.
"Is there something good that makes you look so happy?" asked Toru Watanabe.
Of course I can’t just say ‘I’m very happy to be with you’ because I’m a teacher after all.
"I said they are so happy." Koizumi Aona pointed at the children throwing stones into the water at the beach.
A group of children took off their shoes and coats and placed them on the pile of rocks. Then they rolled up their trouser legs and walked on the waves, competing to see who could throw the stone farthest.
It was just throwing stones, but they had so much fun.
"So cute." Koizumi Aona couldn't help but say.
"Well, but my girlfriend is cuter." Toru Watanabe learned and put it into practice.
"Hmm?" Koizumi Aona turned her head and looked at him, without any happiness or shyness.
She retracted her gaze, looked back at the group of children, and said:
"Kujo-san is indeed very cute."
"..." Watanabe Toru held his right hand with his left hand, put his right hand on his chin, and imitated Kiyono Rin's tone: "I see."
"What's wrong?" asked Koizumi Aona.
"What you learn from books must be combined with reality. If you have three girlfriends, you really have to be specific about which one you want."
"What are you talking about...ah!" Koizumi Aona finally reacted and realized that the girlfriend Watanabe Toru was talking about was her, and the person who was cuter than a child was also her.
Her face blushed as she looked at the distant coastline, the rolling waves, the azure blue water, the piled up white clouds, and Watanabe Toru in her peripheral vision.
"This is my first time taking a walk with a boy." She said softly after a while.
"Teacher," Toru Watanabe turned his head and slowly moved his face closer, "Your first time is all mine."
"...Yeah." Koizumi Aona lowered her head, then immediately raised it again: "I didn't agree, you have to wait until after graduation, don't let your mind wander!"
"Yeah, I want to eat braised golden eye snapper."
"Now?" Koizumi Aona looked in the direction of the seaside restaurant, then turned back and looked at Watanabe Toru and said, "Tell Miyuki and the others, I'll accompany you..."
She couldn't continue speaking, as Toru Watanabe's face was already very close to her.
The two men's steps became slower and slower, and finally they stopped.
"Watanabe? They are watching us." She didn't dare to open and close her lips normally, only opened them a little bit, for fear of being attacked.
"teacher."
Even though she was whispering, her lips were finally occupied.
After an unknown amount of time, the two separated.
"It's delicious." Amid the sound of the waves, she vaguely heard Watanabe Toru's voice, "It's juicy, tender, and lightly braised alfonsino. I like it."
Koizumi Aona bit her crystal lower lip and stared at him with her watery eyes.
"You don't learn your lesson." This was the angriest thing she could say at this moment.
…
After the two left, Akiko sat down next to Miyazaki Miyuki.
A group of fearless seagulls gathered around my feet, waiting for them to feed me.
"Aona just pretended to invite us, and look at how she is now." Akiko teased.
Miyuki Miyazaki looked at the two people walking along the beach.
Koizumi Aona's steps were lighter than usual, her skirt was blown up by the sea breeze, and just by looking at her back, you could tell how excited and happy she was.
"The boy's head was getting closer and closer, and he was about to be kissed," she said.
"Huh? Really?" Akiko quickly took out his cell phone, pointed the camera at the two of them, and adjusted the zoom function to the maximum.
After waiting for a while, she held the mobile phone in one hand and excitedly pulled Miyazaki Miyuki's sleeve with the other hand.
"Kiss, kiss!"
"I see." Miyazaki Miyuki grabbed her shoulders to prevent her clothes from falling off her shoulders.
"Wow! Tongue, tut tut! Disgusting!" As he said this, Akiko kept his eyes fixed on the scene, watching with great interest.
When the two came back, Akiko kept smiling at Koizumi Aona, who was pretending nothing happened, and her face quickly turned red.
The four of them did not rush to leave the beach. Instead, they sat together on chairs under the palm trees and looked out at the beach.
"I feel like I can stay here all afternoon." Koizumi Aona enjoyed the sea breeze leisurely.
"Sure, no problem, it doesn't matter." said Toru Watanabe.
Koizumi Aona suddenly remembered what happened ten years ago or in April of this year, and nudged him lightly with her shoulder with a smile and dissatisfaction in her eyes.
"I can't stand it." Akiko shook his head and stared at the seagulls at his feet.
Watanabe Toru turned his gaze to the seagulls and said, "Can you line up in a row? (Order)"
"How could the seagulls line up in a row..." Akiko widened her eyes and looked in disbelief at the seagulls lined up in front of the four people.
Although some of them looked forward, some looked backward, some looked at each other, and some looked at other birds' butts, they were indeed lined up in a row.
"How is this possible!" The three of them couldn't believe it.
"Come to my hands!" Akiko said tentatively.
No seagull paid any attention to her.
"Seagull also likes handsome guys from Tokyo?" She looked puzzled. "Watanabe, how did you do it?"
"I don't know either."
"Try it again?" Koizumi Aona said expectantly.
"Then... arrange it into this shape. (Order)" Toru Watanabe made a heart with his fingers.
The seagulls flapped their wings in unison, fighting for each other, pushing each other, and finally it turned into a love heart.
"It's amazing!" Koizumi Aona covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes sparkling, looking at the seagull and then at Watanabe Toru.
"Strange." Miyazaki Miyuki held her chest with her arms and murmured in disbelief.
Akiko took out her phone and started snapping photos: "Watanabe, keep going! Hurry up!"
"Fly to the seaside and then fly back. (Order)"
The seagulls flew away in a rush, attracting many companions around, and then flew back.
Even the seagulls in front of the bachelor who was feeding him bread were attracted.
Children, couples, and elderly people walking their dogs all gathered around.
Toru Watanabe performed two more commands and then let the seagulls disperse.
"This is so fun, how did you do that?" Akiko asked as he put away his phone.
"Tokyo handsome guy, keep 30% of mystery." Watanabe Toru said in a profound manner.
Then he changed the subject: "It's a pity that there is no hat. If there was, put the hat on the ground. You have already earned the round-trip fare."
"Then I can go wherever I want to go, with these seagulls!" Akiko said excitedly.
"Before that, I have to save money to buy a stroller." Watanabe Toru said seriously.
Koizumi Aona glared at him as if angry or happy, and the other two burst into laughter.
After sitting for another ten minutes, Akira couldn't sit still anymore and suggested going to other attractions.
"I won't bother you anymore." Watanabe Toru said suddenly.
"What?" Koizumi Aona turned her head to look at him.
"Teacher Koizumi, you play with them, I'm going back to Tokyo," he said.
"Why?"
"I didn't bring any spare clothes." Toru Watanabe stood up.
If he was around, Koizumi Aona, Akiko and Miyuki wouldn't have enough fun, and they couldn't let go with him, so they might as well let them have fun this time.
"Is it not possible to not change clothes for a day?" Huangzi asked curiously.
"You don't have to change if you don't want to soak in the hot springs, but you can't come to Atami without soaking in the hot springs. What's more, I came here to eat golden eye sea bream. After eating it, I will naturally go back."
Watanabe Toru was waiting for a taxi on the roadside.
Three people saw him off, and Koizumi Aona was reluctant to leave.
Toru Watanabe reached out and pulled her into his arms, and Koizumi Aona did not resist.
He whispered in her ear, "Next time we go out together, just the two of us."
"When are we going?" Koizumi Aona's voice suddenly became cheerful.
"Wait until the rainy season is over, in the summer."
"Can you really come with me?"
"Of course, as long as you are willing, teacher."
The taxi arrived and Toru Watanabe got in under the gaze of the three people.
The car started slowly, driving along the coastal road, under the palm trees.
When he was about to leave the beach, Toru Watanabe looked back and saw Koizumi Aona standing on the side of the road, still looking at this place.
After the taxi disappeared, Koizumi Aona felt extremely sad. They were only separated for a short while and would meet again tomorrow.
On the way to "Yuzen Shrine", walking uphill again, she was looking forward to Watanabe Toru's reappearance. She said she was leaving just now, but she was actually lying to her to make her happy.
But it didn't appear.
She began to miss him and wanted to suggest to Akiko and Miyuki that they go back now and take the next train back to Tokyo.
But I can't say.
Although she couldn’t say it, when she lost interest in the attractions during the tour, she would unconsciously say, “Atami is still too small.”
“You can soak in hot springs anywhere.”
"I have classes on Monday, so I want to prepare early."
Akiko and Miyuki Miyazaki looked at her with a headache.
"Qingnai, just one night! We can meet tomorrow afternoon!"
