The next morning, under the constant urging of the bedside alarm clock, Naruse opened his eyes with difficulty.
When the alarm clock turned off, he turned over and closed his eyes again.
Don't want to get up...
I stayed up until midnight last night and ate a piece of chocolate made by Naoko. The two of them talked some more before going back to their rooms to rest.
By the time he actually fell asleep, it was almost one o'clock.
Didn't get enough sleep at all.
Just a minute after I closed my eyes, another sound rang out, accompanied by continuous vibrations.
Jingle bell bell——
Buzz——
"..."
Naruse opened his eyes. The source of the sound and vibration was far away on the desk, and he couldn't turn it off without getting up.
It's the phone's alarm that's ringing.
He put this on purpose before going to bed last night, in order to force himself to get up from bed the next morning.
"..."
Sighing deeply, Naruse sat up, walked on vain steps, suppressed his tiredness and thoughts of blaming himself, got out of bed and turned off the alarm clock on his mobile phone.
The voice stopped suddenly. After all this tossing, he was much more awake than before.
Looking at the chocolates placed on the desk, he yawned again.
It's time to get up...
I have an exam today.
After putting on her uniform and going downstairs, Shangzi was still awake.
"Shangzi, Shangzi——"
He called twice at the bedroom door, but she had no response. Naruse walked in, stood by the bed and pushed her.
"Well..."
Shangzi turned over, opened and closed his eyes, and stretched out his hand to him.
Naruse held her hand and said, "It's time to get up."
"Well..."
With just a gentle pull, Shangzi sat up.
While her body was shaking, his hand touched her body.
"..."
Looking aside, I saw that the underwear I had taken off was casually thrown on the other side of the bed.
He looked at her pajamas again.
The pajamas that are held up high are vaguely visible inside.
"Shangzi doesn't wear underwear when sleeping now?" He was stunned for a moment when he asked the question.
But Shangzi didn't seem to mind and just smiled at him.
"Wearing underwear makes me a little nervous, so I took it off...isn't it okay?"
"No..."
She squeezed his hand again and slowly pulled it in front of her.
"Spring Sea."
She slowly let go, letting his hand fit tightly with her body.
"Sea of Spring...Sea of Spring!"
"..."
Naruse opened his eyes suddenly.
Shangzi stood by the bed, looking down at him, with a helpless smile on his face.
"Why can't I wake up... I've already come up and called Chunhai twice, and the alarm clock keeps ringing."
"Shangzi..."
Naruse blinked a few times, looked at her, and then looked out the window.
It's daybreak.
"Aren't you awake yet?"
Shangzi leaned down and touched his face.
"What time did Harumi go to bed last night? Was it very late... I shouldn't have let you eat chocolate before going to bed."
She came closer and was already restrained in her uniform.
What is in front of him is reality, and the intimacy just now was just his absurd dream...
Naruse looked away and took a deep breath.
"...No, I'm already awake."
Shangzi sat up straight, his face a little red, and then said
"It's getting late now. If Chunhai doesn't get up, we won't have time to have breakfast."
"Well, I'm just getting up..."
Naruse sat up, lifted the quilt, and quickly covered it again.
"...Shangzi, please go down first, I will get up soon."
"Yeah."
Shangzi stood up and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
"..."
Inside and outside the door, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Touching his still hot cheek, Shang Zi put down his hand and stayed there for a while.
She lowered her head.
Are you staring so bluntly because you haven't woken up...
After standing for a while, she suddenly remembered the breakfast in the kitchen, and hurried downstairs again.
"..."
Naruse sat on the bed and covered his face with his hands.
Why did you suddenly have that kind of dream?
Is it because of the piece of chocolate I ate last night?
After being dazed for a while, he finally got up before Shangzi came up to call him for the third time.
He took the time to change into his uniform, go downstairs to wash up, and then sat down at the dining table. Shangzi had been waiting for him for a while.
"When did Shangzi wake up?"
"A little later than usual. I thought Chunhai had woken up and would call me, so I slept a little longer. But..."
Seeing her expression as normal, Naruse secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"I don't know why I didn't wake up."
"Chunhai was sleeping deeply. When I went up, the alarm clock was still ringing."
"Ignore it for now, let's eat quickly."
"Yeah."
After breakfast, the two of them hurried out.
When they arrived at the bus stop, Morimi and Haisei had already arrived. As soon as the former saw him, he said, "It's much later than usual. Have you overslept?"
"You guessed it right."
"Because you're looking forward to today's chocolate?"
"Ha..." Naruse laughed dryly, not wanting to explain.
Morimi looked at Haixing, and Haixing looked at her, then looked at Naoko, and immediately looked away when she looked at her.
The two of them sighed silently at the same time.
Because Naruse Monk arrived a little late, not long after, Takigawa Hikaru also came.
"Good morning~"
"Good morning."
She walked closer and stared at Naruse, "Harumi seems to have not slept well."
"It's okay, I had a little insomnia last night."
She smiled and said, "Didn't you go back very early because you were looking forward to today's chocolate?"
Mori looked at him and smiled silently.
"... Just say so."
"Here comes the chocolate."
Takigawa Hikaru took out two pieces of chocolate from his schoolbag and gave them to him, "Happy Valentine's Day. There is another piece that Yue asked me to bring to Harumi."
Naruse took it and said, "Thank you."
"Today's fourth or fifth piece?" Hikaru Takigawa asked again.
He smiled and put away the chocolate, "The second and third pieces."
"Really..." She looked at Haixing and Morimi, and just as she was about to say something, the bus came over.
After squeezing onto the bus and grabbing a seat for Naoko with the cooperation of Hikaru Takigawa, Naruse fell back uncontrollably until the two people behind him used all their strength to hold him back.
"You can't retreat anymore, stand firm..."
He grabbed the armrest and looked back at Morimi and Haixing, who were supporting him behind him, "I would like to."
As everyone on the platform crowded onto the bus, the passengers in front finally stopped squeezing back.
Naruse held on to the armrest, tilted his body, looked at Naoko who turned to look in front of him, and nodded to her.
The bus quickly started moving and she turned back.
While shaking, Naruse was also trying to steady his body.
"Naruse."
After his body became more stable, he turned around.
Morimi looked at him, and Haixing next to him held a carefully wrapped gift box, which he also handed over when he looked at it.
"For you...Giri chocolate."
"Thank you."
"Happy Valentine's Day."
"You too."
Naruse took it and looked down. He couldn't spare the time to open it in the car, so he stuffed it into his schoolbag first.
The two looked at each other and looked away at the same time.
"It's just Giri chocolate..." Haixing whispered.
"I know."
She pursed her lower lip and nodded again.
While the car was still stable, Morimi leaned against her, took out the only chocolate he bought yesterday from his bag, and handed it over.
"Happy Valentine's Day."
"Thank you."
"Have you thought about the return gift for White Day?"
"Ah, it's so troublesome, I don't want it anymore."
"..."
She glared over.
Naruse took it anyway.
"Thank you for the giri chocolate."
"No, it's Benming Chocolate."
"..."
He glanced at her, and she just smiled.
"So when you repay the gift next month, you can't just use a book or something to deal with it."
Haixing looked at her and breathed a sigh of relief for no reason.
Are you just kidding...
"Let's talk next month." Naruse put her chocolates into her schoolbag.