After a while, the sunset faded and the sky gradually darkened.
Until dinner time and Yue Du, who went out with Zong Gu in the morning, still did not go home.
"Will you not come back today?" Akane Kirino asked at the dining table.
"I don't know either."
Zong Gu shook his head and then sent a message to Yue Du.
Buzz —
Yuedu will reply soon.
After seeing the content of the news, Zong Gu announced that the meal would start and no longer have to wait for him.
"After the afternoon party, he was taken home by one of the friends he just met, and was in Kyoto... said he would come back tomorrow and he is playing games together now."
Akane Kirino thought for a while, "Male or female?"
He also looked at Wuling.
Zong Gu didn't know where he could only pick up his phone and ask.
"Female, college student. Confinement is now in the apartment she rents."
"That's how..."
Aka Kirino held her chin, "At the time, after going to college, I have to rent a house outside."
"certainly."
Looking at the phone, there was no new news for the time being. Zong Gu got up to serve the rice.
"When I came back, Kirino talked a lot with the female college student wearing glasses on the bus, about college."
"Yeah, that sister is a very good person...ah, thank you."
Putting down her and Chao Wuling's rice, he also served himself a bowl.
"That sister said that going to college is also the beginning of independent life."
"Um."
Zong Gu sat down opposite the two of them, Kirino Akane held the chopsticks and looked at him with both eyes.
"Will Zonggu continue to go to school?"
He glanced at her and picked up a piece of green pepper, "Of course."
"Then let's live together after we go to college."
“…”
Soya paused, and turned his head to look at Akane Kirino, but she herself didn't feel anything was wrong.
"We rented a bigger apartment together. Zong Gu was responsible for preparing three meals a day. I would also help with some washing clothes, cleaning and other housework, and then go to school together. How about it?"
“…”
Isn’t this just living together?
Zong Gu stopped the chopsticks and looked at her for a while.
"Why did you suddenly make this decision?"
Akane Kirino didn't continue to eat, and looked at him seriously.
"The college sister told me that she missed her high school years very much because she liked the feeling of being with her friends at that time. But after entering college, her former friends were scattered all over the world, and everything changed.
...Even if we meet again during the holidays, we don’t feel the same way we used to be."
"Then, I found that I also liked it very much... No, I liked it so much. If I go to college and have to separate from everyone, I will definitely miss it like that sister."
"I don't want to miss it." She unconsciously squeezed her hands tightly, and said firmly, "I don't want to separate from you."
“…”
Zong Gu took a deep breath.
After a while, he spoke: "It's only the first grade of high school now, so it's too early to worry about such things."
Akane Kirino took a bite of rice and looked up at him.
"But umm..."
“…Swallow it first.”
She swallowed the food in her mouth and drank miso soup again.
"But even in the second and third grades, I will not change my current thinking!"
Zong Gu also lowered his head and drank the soup, "That's hard to say."
"Won't!"
"No one can tell what will happen in the future."
"No, no!"
He ate a few bites of food and said, "I have promised the teacher that I will take care of the bell in the future."
He glanced at Wuling.
Akane Kirino tilted her head, "Ling was going to continue living with us?"
“…Is there Yoshikawa?”
"Of course."
“…”
Zong Gu pursed his lips and couldn't speak for a moment.
This is a bit different from what he thought of living together... but the problem did not disappear, but instead became more troublesome.
"Let me have a meal first, let me think about it."
"Songya agreed."
"I just said to have a meal first..."
"That's what you agree."
Seeing his helpless look on his face, Akane Kirino smiled sly, and then she was very dissatisfied with his various refusals.
"Don't Soya like the current state of living together? Why don't you agree?"
"Because Kirino thought too easily."
"It's obvious that I just live together."
“The conditions are so complicated…”
Soya looked at her, "Has Kirino decided which university to go to?"
"No."
“That’s the first question.”
He decided to convince the silly girl first and then have a good meal. "What should we do if everyone's wishes are different?"
Akane Kirino thought for a while, "It doesn't have to go to the same university, it's enough to be in the same area."
"for example?"
"With Hongzi's academic ability, I will probably go to Tokyo University. I haven't decided yet... Actually, I haven't considered it carefully, but I will definitely go to Tokyo."
She looked at Zong Gu and Chao Mu Ling respectively, "Song Gu and Ling's grades are similar to those of Hongzi, so she should also take the entrance exam for Dongda University, right?"
Soya: "I want to stay in Kyoto."
Asakiri: "I will stay in Kyoto."
Akane Kirino: "…"
She stayed for a moment, not quite able to understand their choice.
"I've been in college, why do I still stay in Kinki?"
"Kuno wants to go to a place outside Kinki, but I'm different from you."
Soya looked at her, "Don't forget, I came from the northeast. When I graduated from high school, I had only been in Kinki for three years. It's not time to feel tired of it. The ring...
It's not too much."
I've only been there for more than a thousand years.
After hearing this, Akane Kirino was silent for a while, and the entanglement was written on her face.
"Then I'll stay in Kyoto too."
Soya was surprised by her persistence, "Where is Kirino's volunteer?"
"I didn't have a clear choice at all. I just wanted to experience life in Tokyo, but I didn't have to go."
She looked at them, "If Akiko was willing to stay in Kyoto, then that would be fine, right?"
“…”
Zong Gu raised his eyes and looked at the chandelier in the kitchen.
It's strange if there is no problem.
But now it is not the time to raise the second question, and Akane Kirino's plans are still only verbal. The future is long, and under the influence of some things that will surely come, she will eventually change her mind.
By then, the relationship between them might have fallen apart.
“…”
The expected future is only dark. At a certain moment, Soya also hopes that their relationship will be as simple as Akane Kirino's vision in the future.
He didn't want to be separated from them either.
but……
"I guess so."
Akane Kirino was stunned and looked at Murito.
"Did Soya agree?"
"I also think the future envisioned by Kirino is very bright."
"Yes!"
She looked happy and then took out her cell phone, "I want to tell Hongzi..."
Crash.
As soon as the chair rang, Zong Gu stood up and grabbed her hand through the dining table.
Akane Kirino was stunned, "Soya..."
"Don't tell Yoshikawa for now."
Soya took out her cell phone from her palm, "Tungno can test Yoshikawa's wish first, but don't tell her about this."
She looked down at her phone and looked at him again: "Why?"
Because this is just a temporary stopgap solution.
"Believe me."
Soya looked into her eyes and said, "Telling Yoshikawa in advance is not a little good. If everything goes well, it will be too late to tell her in the third grade."
“…”
Akane Kirino blinked, the confusion on her face could no longer be concealed, but she nodded quickly.
"Well, I believe in Sonoya."
The argument ended. Both of them ate a little absent-mindedly for the next supper.
"I'm going to live here today...I'll go take a shower first."
"Um."
Akane Kirino left the kitchen, and Soya tidied up the dining table, put the dishes into the pool, and turned on the faucet.
The water rustled, unable to escape the chaotic thoughts floating in his mind.
There was another sound of footsteps behind him.
“…”
He looked down at the little hand holding his waist.