Along with the vibration, the alarm clock on the mobile phone rang for the fourth time, and was turned off for the fourth time by Haixing with his eyes closed.
Before the fifth time, her door was knocked first.
Dong Dong Dong!
Outside the door, Maki Seiichiro sounded anxious, "Haixing—why haven't you gotten up yet?"
"Well, it's so noisy..."
She closed her eyes tightly, burrowed deeper into the warm quilt, and then pulled the quilt up to cover her ears.
There is still a sound coming in.
It's not her father's voice, but the voice of another man who is very important to her.
"It's okay, Mr. Seiichiro, let Haixing continue to sleep. When she wakes up, tell her that we are leaving first, and we will definitely take her with us next year."
"..."
His voice was undisguised, or he deliberately raised the volume. Haixing opened his eyes and woke up instantly.
Let's go...next year...
She is leaving for a hot spring trip today!
"Ahhhh——"
She hurriedly climbed out of bed, not even bothering to put on her slippers, and rushed to the door.
"Wait a minute! I'm up!"
After opening the door in a hurry, Naruse and Seiichiro stood outside, looking at her helplessly.
"Guess what time it is now."
"I'm sorry...I'll get up right away..."
Seiichiro turned around and went downstairs. Naruse glanced at the pajamas she was wearing and then looked away.
"Hurry up and change your clothes, we'll wait for you downstairs."
"Okay."
Before going downstairs, he threatened again: "If it takes more than five minutes, we will leave first."
"It'll be ready soon!"
How sleepy a starfish was a minute ago is how awake it is now.
After closing the door, she took the time to change her clothes, then carried her luggage downstairs to wash up.
"No time to put on makeup..."
There was no time to put on contact lenses, so she could only wear the black-rimmed glasses first.
When she came out of the bathroom, Naruse had already picked up her things, and Hikaru Takigawa was waiting at the door.
"Hurry, Starfish, the bus is coming."
Saying goodbye to Maki Seiichiro in a hurry, the three of them ran to the bus stop, where Naoko, Morimi and Takikawa Yue were waiting for them.
Starfish turned back while running, fearing that the bus would appear behind him in the next second.
"..."
The bus is really here!
"The car is coming!"
"Faster." Hikari Takigawa grabbed her hand and dragged her forward.
Naruse held something in his hand and ran faster than them. "Don't worry, you can catch up."
The three of them kept walking, but were quickly overtaken by the bus.
The bus stopped at the platform in front, Shangzi got on the bus first, and the bus has been waiting there since then.
"Ha..."
Arriving at the platform, Haixing had no time to stop and take a breath before he was pushed onto the bus by Morimi.
When Naruse, who was left at the end, got on the bus, the driver looked in the rearview mirror and the bus finally started.
Morimi took the seat next to Naoko, while Naruse panted heavily and sat down next to Haixing, who was also panting.
"Chunhai..."
Shangzi looked back at him.
"It's okay." Naruse took a few deep breaths, and his breathing gradually calmed down, "Just take a rest."
Looking at the starfish next to it, it looks like it is about to die.
She held the backrest of Naoko's seat and closed her eyes for a long time without recovering. Takigawa Yue gently stroked her back in the back seat.
"Didn't I say yesterday that I would be able to get up in the morning?" Morimi also turned to look at her.
"Ugh...the alarm clock didn't go off...it doesn't seem to have gone off."
She raised her eyebrows but didn't point it out, and glanced at Naruse sitting next to her.
"I told you to leave early."
Naruse leaned back on the chair, "It was Morimi who told me to wait for another ten minutes."
"Really? I don't remember." She turned back.
Takigawa Hikaru leaned from the back seat and asked, "Is Haixing feeling better?"
She nodded, still feeling a little uncomfortable and not wanting to speak.
Upon seeing this, Naruse reached out and patted her lightly above her lower back.
"Would you like some water?"
Starfish nodded.
Naoko handed a bottle of water to the back. Naruse opened it and handed it to her.
The first day of the hot spring trip started with a panic in the morning.
The bus swayed, and after more than 20 minutes, Naruse and his party were dropped off near the central station.
Several people will get on the bus here and rush to Aomori to take the Shinkansen to Sendai.
The tram still had some time to arrive. Shangzi looked at Haixing's condition and said, "Haixing didn't have breakfast."
"Well... I don't have time to eat. I came here to catch the car as soon as I got up."
Naruse put down his luggage and walked away.
When he came back, he had two sandwiches in his hand.
"Let's make do with it."
"Thank you..." Haixing took the sandwich and started eating it.
After taking a few bites, she looked at the people who were looking at her, "Have you all eaten?"
"Hmm."
Naoko got up very early today, and Naruse had breakfast at home before going out as usual, as did the other three.
After waiting for a while, the tram finally pulled into the station.
The carriage was empty, but a few people were still sitting together.
Starfish hugged her bag and hesitated whether to use this time to put on light makeup.
"It used to take more than half an hour. If you want to put on makeup, you can certainly make it in time."
Morimi sat next to her and looked at the delicate skin on her face, "Although I don't think it's necessary."
Naruse also looked over, his eyes lingering on her face for a while, but he said nothing.
"Starfish look good without makeup."
Hikari Takigawa has no scruples and is more straightforward, "I prefer the way the starfish looks at ordinary times." Reading 溂
Shangzi also nodded in agreement.
"Makeup is not very good for the skin." Takigawa Yue said.
As soon as a few people talked about it, Haixing gave up the idea of wearing makeup, but the topic of makeup started talking about it.
Naoko and Morimi basically don't wear makeup, except on some special days, such as cultural festivals or when participating in activities with many outsiders;
The same goes for Yue Takigawa, the top student in the third grade, while Hikari Takigawa, the younger sister, never wears makeup.
"It feels a bit troublesome...and I'm in the sports department, so no one else has the habit of wearing makeup."
Therefore, Haixing is the one who puts on makeup most often, and her makeup skills are also the best among them, whether she is doing makeup for herself or others.
"Where is Harumi?" Takigawa Hikaru suddenly asked.
"...What are you talking about."
Haixing also looked over, "Do the female high school students over there in Tokyo wear makeup every day?"
"No." Naruse shook his head, "At least in the private school I went to before, no one wore makeup at all."
"Really?"
Haixing was a little doubtful, "I saw that's not what the magazine said...or was it actually wearing makeup, but you didn't see it?"
Naruse was silent for a moment, not as confident as before.
After all, he didn't look at any girl carefully at that time.
"It's true." Shangzi suddenly said, "The private high school that Chunhai studied in is a prestigious school, and the school rules are relatively strict. Girls are not allowed to wear makeup."
Haixing was startled: "Hey, that's it..."
"Is that so?"
Naruse himself didn’t even know that his old school had this school rule.
"Yes."
Naoko smiled at him and said, "I did a little research before, but Harumi may not have noticed it. After all, this is something that only girls pay attention to."
"That's it."
Morimi pushed up his glasses and glanced at the two of them.
Whether it’s the investigating party or the party being investigated, isn’t it a little too natural?
The tram stopped and stopped, and after a few stops, there were slightly more passengers in the carriage.
"They are all people going to Aomori."
"If you want to take the Shinkansen, you can only go there."
Half an hour after the train set off, it finally arrived at Shin-Aomori Station. Naruse and his party also had to transfer here and get on the Shinkansen bound for Sendai.