When Naruse and Takikawa Hikaru went downstairs, all the students in the last class had left the bathroom, and they were the only ones who wanted to take a bath next.
When the two came over, the teacher in charge gave a few more instructions, emphasizing again not to stay too long and not to cause trouble to the people in the hotel.
"Okay——"
No matter what they were thinking in their hearts, the two of them agreed obediently on the surface.
Watching the teacher leave, Takigawa Hikaru turned to look at Naruse: "Which way?"
"Stop making trouble."
"Haha."
The two of them walked into the men's and women's baths respectively.
Although he had already taken a bath, Naruse still rinsed himself briefly before opening the glass sliding door and sitting in the hot spring pool.
"Well..."
I soaked it again and it was still very comfortable.
Leaning by the pool, Naruse closed his eyes and soon heard the sound of the door opening again.
It's the women's bath next door.
Wow——
Then there was the sound of water entering.
"Spring Sea——"
"..."
Naruse opened his eyes.
"Spring Sea——"
"I heard it."
"What?"
"I said I heard it."
"Your voice is so quiet, come here."
Naruse had no choice but to stand up and move to sit next to the log wall that separated the men's and women's hot spring pools.
"What now?"
Takigawa Hikaru smiled, "It's much clearer now."
"Just hang out for a while, you also want to chat."
"Obviously we came here together, so it would be a bit boring to go alone."
Naruse didn't say much, and moved to the side again, leaning against the stones beside the pool.
"I just soaked for a while before, and I felt that the muscle pain was relieved a lot. The effect is really good." Hikaru Takigawa said.
"I feel the same way."
"I don't know if my body will still hurt when I wake up tomorrow morning."
"I hope not... I finally came to the ski resort. I want to ski a few more times."
"Me too."
She smiled, and then fell into a brief silence.
"Sorry, Chunhai..."
"The light was not intentional."
"Well...but, I'm sorry."
"Well, I accept it."
Naruse looked at the wooden wall in front of him, "Both of us were not injured, which is a blessing among misfortunes, so let's stop worrying about it."
"..."
After a brief silence, she laughed again.
"Thank you, Chunhai."
Naruse raised his hand and waved it on the water, making a sound as a response.
Relying on the moist and warm stones, your body and mind are constantly relaxing, and you even want to sleep here for a while.
"——I'm thinking about Yue."
Takigawa Hikaru suddenly spoke, dispelling the drowsiness that had just arisen in him.
"Sister Yue should be resting soon now," he said.
"No, I mean during the afternoon skiing."
"..."
The voice over there paused, seeming to be reminiscing.
"'What is Yue doing now?' At that time, this thought suddenly appeared in my mind, and then I couldn't help but think about it... In the blink of an eye, Harumi suddenly appeared in front of me."
"..."
Naruse looked at the sky.
This is what led to the two of them lying in the room all afternoon...
"You should be more focused when skiing...especially on advanced trails."
"I know...but the high-level Taoists here are just like that."
"Is this the point?"
Her tone, which had just risen a little, dropped again.
"I'm sorry."
Naruse was silent for a while.
"Guang still doesn't want Sister Yue to leave?"
"Yes...but I have understood a long time ago that Yue will leave sooner or later."
Hikari Takigawa leaned against the edge of the pool, raised his head, and looked at the dark sky above his head.
"Yue has understood what she wants to do and where she wants to go very early. This is good. There is nothing better than this... I will not stop her, but..."
She lowered her gaze and looked at her knees slightly above the water.
"If Yue leaves, I will feel like I don't know what to do."
Naruse was silent for a while and said, "Hikaru didn't come to this world just to take care of Sister Yue."
"What's that for?" she asked.
"To... to create the life I want."
"What is the life I want?"
"You have to ask yourself."
"I don't know."
"..."
"Then what does Chunhai want in life?"
"..."
The silence became longer.
The same question got the same answer from another person, "I don't know."
Both of them fell silent.
After a while, Naruse heard the sound of water coming from over there.
"Are you going out?"
"No."
She just said this, and the sound of water continued and gradually became distant.
Naruse listened for a while, thinking that she just wanted to change a place to soak, so he didn't care.
And after a while, he heard her coming back again.
"Light?"
"Well, I just went for a walk."
"'Go away'?"
"Take a walk in the hot springs."
Naruse is silent.
"It's so small here," she added.
"Hmm." Compared with several hot spring hotels I've been to before, the hot spring pool in this hotel is indeed not that big.
"Spring Sea."
"Hmm."
"Do you think this wall can be climbed over?"
"...Don't mess around."
Naruse carefully looked at the wooden wall separating the two sides and determined that at least on the men's bath side, it was impossible to climb over it with his own strength.
And Takigawa Hikaru just asked this question, and nothing happened after that.
"Light?"
"Hmm."
After confirming that she was still there, Naruse said: "Just wait for a while, the time is almost up."
"I'm soaking."
"Then keep soaking."
After a while, she suddenly said: "I am going to accompany Yue outside the examination room for the common examination on the weekend."
"Is the examination room for the common examination at Tianjin University?" Naruse asked.
"Yeah."
"Then the Northeastern University entrance exam will be passed soon?"
"Of course. I will send Yue there and come back with her."
Naruse responded without saying anything.
"Is Harumi coming?"
"I'll forget it."
"Just think of it as gaining some experience for yourself to take the entrance exam in the future?"
"It's not necessary. You only need the scores of the common examination to enter Tianjin University."
It took a while for Takigawa Hikaru to answer.
"...Okay."
Naruse wanted to say something else. She stretched and then seemed to stand up.
"I feel like I'm done soaking in it, let's go out."
Neither of them had their mobile phones with them, and the time could not be seen in the bath, but it should not be different by a few minutes.
"Hmm."
Naruse left the bath, put on his clothes and went out. Hikari Takigawa was waiting for him outside and smiled at him again.
"Drink a bottle of milk and then go up."
"Okay."
This time she will treat you.
At this time, no one can be seen in the hall.
The two of them were sitting on the sofa, drinking milk, and looking at the clock hanging on the wall at the same time.
"It turns out that only about fifteen minutes have passed..."
“Including the time to put on and take off clothes, it actually didn’t take long.”
"Then let's take a dip for a while?"
Naruse shook his head, "As soon as we came out, the hotel people went in to clean it. It's better not to embarrass them."
Takigawa Hikaru smiled, leaned back, raised his feet slightly, and held on for a while before putting them down.
After drinking the milk, the two of them didn't stay in the hall for long.
Ten o'clock in the evening is the time for teachers to make inspections. Although I have already greeted Zhongyuan Xue in advance, being questioned is also troublesome.
"Good night."
"Yeah, good night~"
Back in the room, Naruse opened the door and found that the lights inside had been turned off.
The five boys in the same group were lying quietly on the quilts, unable to be more honest.
"..."
He didn't say a word, and they didn't even dare to move.
"It's me."
"What the hell? It turns out to be Naruse... I'm so scared."
Not long after he returned to the quilt and lay down, there was a crash, and the door was suddenly opened. A figure stood at the door, and the shadow was lengthened by the lights in the corridor.
The real inspection teacher is here.
He also stood at the door longer.
Silent and anxious.
"...are you leaving?"
"No." The answering voice came from the door.
"..."
Takigawa Hikaru closed his eyes and didn't move, swallowed the next sentence, and then snored slightly.