The wind blowing in the face was carrying raindrops, making it a little cold.
The flowering period has not yet ended, the cherry trees in the corner are bright and pink, and a few petals of cherry blossoms are floating in the wind.
Yoshikawa Anko raised her hand and pinched it, catching an empty hole.
She raised the edge of her umbrella, and light ink swirled in the gray sky. It had been sunny since the beginning of school, but it was a rainy weekend, which was really disappointing.
No, it's not the weather that's a letdown.
She continued forward, along the wet wooden fence, until she reached the yard of the Kirino family's old house.
"Excuse me..."
The host had already gotten up, and the front door opened as soon as it was opened. There were no guests' shoes temporarily placed in the entrance hall.
Yoshikawa sighed quietly, put away his umbrella and put it in the corner. When he turned around again, he was startled.
"…Soya!"
Zonggu brushed his teeth and couldn't speak, so he just nodded to her.
"Don't come out if your mouth is filled with bubbles."
Yoshikawa changed his shoes and walked into the house. He turned around and returned to the bathroom. After a while, a voice came out:
"I came out to see who was sighing in the hallway of someone else's house early in the morning."
"..."
Chaogiri Ling was sitting in the living room, with the morning news on the TV. He nodded when he saw her.
"Good morning, bell."
"Good morning."
After washing, Sogu also came here, "I thought Yoshikawa would come back later."
"I can't sleep, so I just got up." Yoshikawa watched him walk into the kitchen, "Isn't Soya the same?"
"You can't skip breakfast."
"What kind of reason is this?"
“If you miss a meal, you will always miss a meal.”
It is easy for people to overestimate or underestimate people whose attitude towards life is completely different from their own, but when it comes to Soya, Yoshikawa usually has reservations.
"I brought some 'Sweet Honey' desserts. My sister brought them home yesterday."
Soya poked his head out of the kitchen and glanced at the paper bag she put on the table, "Let's eat that later. Has Yoshikawa had breakfast?"
"I don't have anyone at home."
"Have the sandwiches and salad greens been abandoned too?"
"Not in the mood to do it."
"It's too exaggerated."
Yoshikawa glanced at him and said, "This is the first weekend after entering high school, so it has special meaning."
Zonggu's sense of ritual was relatively weak, and he didn't want to hear what the so-called "special meaning" was, so he turned back to the kitchen to continue preparing today's breakfast.
As for the reason for Yoshikawa's low interest, he does know a little bit:
Akane Kirino went to a relative's house with her parents today and won't come back until the evening. Before that, the two of them made an appointment to come together on the weekend to make up lessons for him and catch up on his study progress.
Such an accident is like a continuation of various situations since the first week of school. For example, the club Akane Kirino planned to establish has still not found a consultant teacher because it has not been able to find one.
However, Zonggu's own mood was not affected much, and he was still in a relaxed and even a little high-spirited state.
Because after the case of the peerless evil spirit was resolved, there was no more Underworld Daughter in Kinki.
Although the boundary between the other world and the human world is not repaired, it will be difficult to maintain this state for a long time, but it will not develop to the level of ghosts everywhere as before, and he can relax a lot.
He didn't try to hide it, his emotions were written on his face and everyone could see it.
"Come here, breakfast is ready."
"It feels like Zonggu has been in a good mood in the past few days."
Pulling out a chair for Asagiri Suzu, Yoshikawa then sat down at the dining table, "Did something good happen?"
"That's right."
"for example?"
"Teacher Usami from the home economics class said that I am very organized and pay attention to details when cooking, which is very rare."
"..."
Yoshikawa had nothing to say and glanced at Soya.
He also looked at her, put down the soup bowl in his hand, and suddenly leaned over.
"Eh..."
He didn't get too close, he raised his hand and picked something up on her shoulder, and put it on the table.
It is a field of bright cherry blossoms.
"Yoshikawa came from the north path."
"Qian is not at home, there is no need for me to take a long detour."
"Have the cherry blossoms there not faded yet?"
"It's only the beginning of April."
...
After breakfast, Yoshikawa made up lessons for Soya in the living room.
He entered high school without taking the entrance exam, and his self-study preparation for the high school entrance examination was only halfway through. If he continued to study slowly by himself according to the previous slow-paced plan, his high school studies would have been more difficult.
For this reason, Soya decided to use the weekend to catch up on the progress.
Kirino Akane and Yoshikawa Anko found out about his plan and offered to make up lessons for him.
Being able to get into Danhai High School has verified their academic ability, not to mention that the latter ranked first in the entrance examination, so Zonggu certainly did not refuse.
"Is this understandable?"
"Can."
"What about this?"
"No problem."
"Then try doing a question."
"good."
Yoshikawa took out a blank notebook, thought about it for a while, and began to write questions.
Zong Gu pinched the bridge of his nose and rubbed the corners of his eyes. He looked at the time and realized that two hours had passed.
"Want something to drink?"
She didn't look up, "What's there?"
"Tap water, green tea, and canned Coke."
"Does Soya also drink carbonated drinks?"
“I used it two days ago when I was trying new dishes.”
"..."
Yoshikawa raised his head, "Aren't you all exhausted?"
"There are still some that haven't been opened."
"Then I want a Coke."
Zonggu came back with three cups of Coke, she had finished her questions, and pushed her notes towards him.
"Let's take a look."
Drinking iced Coke at this time of year is still a bit exciting. The girl shrank her neck and said "It's so iced" from her throat.
After she slowly drank half a cup of Coke, Sogu also solved the problems in her notes.
"Did you make it? It was really fast. Souya doesn't really need Akane and I's guidance."
"There is no cover in the question. The content to be examined can be seen at a glance, and the rest is just calculation."
"Yeah."
Yoshikawa put down the glass, "After all, I don't have much experience in giving questions to others."
Zonggu didn't say anything, he turned the pen in his hand and looked at the title for a while.
After a short break, the two continued to study. Apart from occasionally looking up at them, Chaogiri Suzu spent most of the time staring at her phone.
The time soon reached noon.
Yoshikawa Anko came specially to make up lessons for him, so Soya was naturally responsible for her lunch.
It’s just that Yoshikawa said that she wanted to eat out on the weekend, and she could eat anywhere. Souya took her and Asagiri Suzu to a ramen shop at the intersection, and she looked quite satisfied.
Sitting at the bar, waiting for the ramen to be served, she suddenly sighed:
“On the first weekend of high school, I was still studying.”
"What if Kirino is here?"
"Then whatever you do is fine."
Soya shook his head, "Does Yoshikawa only have Kirino as a friend?"
"Of course there are more than that." She looked at him, "But making friends is not about studying. You don't need to take everything into consideration. Whoever you play well with will always want to play with her, right? For me, Akane is that kind of friend."
The first thing served was Asagiri Suzu’s tonkotsu ramen.
She sat next to Zong Gu. The chair was slightly high and she had to tiptoe to reach the ground. Her arms were always resting on the bar.
Seeing her sucking the noodles in small sips, Sogu looked at Yoshikawa on the other side after a while.
"How's it going at the Horticulture Department?"
She held her chin up and said, "Just so-so."
"I originally joined the club temporarily because it was quieter there and all the members were girls, but I didn't have time to go there these days."
"Is it because of finding a consultant?"
"That's right. Where is Soya?"
"Rishuken, it's slightly better than Yoshikawa."
Soya's ramen was also served. He opened his chopsticks and took a gentle puff of the rising white smoke.
"We have already made an appointment to cook outdoors during Golden Week."
"Eh..."
Yoshikawa was stunned for a moment, "Decided? You didn't discuss it with us at all."
"I'm talking about cooking."
"But the one who wants to go is Soya."
"Don't Yoshikawa and Kirino have any plans for Golden Week?"
"Speaking of someone who has just started school."
"At home."
"I will travel with my family only if I really have no other arrangements."
"Isn't that the case now?"
"..."
Soya picked up a mouthful of noodles, but before he could put it into his mouth, Yoshikawa grabbed his arm.
"Push it away."
"In this case, Ryuken's Golden Week outdoor cooking will also be ruined - most of the girls decided to participate because I was going."
She was startled, and then said: "But Sogu is not here, so I probably won't be able to ask Akane out on my own."
"That's fine." He glanced at her, "Maybe after a week of calmness, Yoshikawa can wake up from his obsession with Kirino."
"..."
Yoshikawa was so angry that he sat aside and didn't want to eat the steaming hot ramen when it was served.
Soya felt really sorry for that bowl of ramen with two large pieces of barbecued pork.