Accompanied by a rush of footsteps, Haixing ran upstairs alone, and then there was the sound of the door closing heavily.
"Starfish!"
Maki Seiichiro looked up in front of the stairs below, but did not receive a response for a long time.
"Sorry." He looked at his newly married wife, "Haixing..."
Song Qianqiu shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't care, or that he had adapted to his stepdaughter's targeting these days.
"Spring Sea."
She then looked at her son, who was standing by the wall with his head tilted, "You just wanted to do something to the starfish, right?"
"...No."
Maki Seiichiro also came closer, "Sorry, Harumi, Miss Matsu, Haixing just said too much..."
"——Is anyone there?" Someone suddenly shouted from the store outside.
Matsu Qianqiu looked at him and said, "Mr. Seiichiro, please go over and leave it to me."
Maki Seiichiro looked at Harumi again and nodded.
After her husband went out, Song Qianqiu knelt down and touched her son's face.
She made a face, but failed to make him laugh.
As he grows older, this trick becomes more and more difficult to work.
"Harunami just wanted to hit a starfish, right?"
"..."
He did not deny it this time.
"Who told her to say that just now?"
Song Qianqiu sighed softly.
"Haixing just has some misunderstandings about me and her father. We will find ways to resolve these misunderstandings, but we can't solve the problem by taking action - Chunhai has fought with Haixing several times in the past half month." p>
"She was the one who started it all." Chunhai said.
Song Qianqiu looked at him without saying anything.
After being stared at for a while, Chunhai lowered his eyes to avoid her gaze, "I was the one who made the first move twice..."
"Only twice."
"...Maybe five times."
Song Qianqiu didn't know what to say except sighing.
"In short, Haixing is Harumi's younger sister now, you are not allowed to bully her."
"What if she bullies me?"
"Brother will be bullied by his sister."
Chunhai immediately raised his head: "How can there be such a thing——"
Song Qianqiu smiled and continued:
"Haixing is a girl. If she just loses her temper, Harumi will tolerate it for a while; if she takes action..."
"——I can hit her."
"No."
Song Qianqiu glared at his son and pinched his wrist, "If Haixing hits you, wouldn't it be enough if Harumi just grabs her hand like this so that she can't hit you? Isn't Harumi not as strong as a girl?"
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"How is that possible!... But the strength of light is about the same as mine."
"Hikaru... Hikari's situation is another matter. In short, don't do anything to Haixing anymore - Harumi clearly liked Haixing before and even said he wanted to marry her."
Harumi curled her lips, "I will not marry her even if I marry Kazuyo."
"Don't say such disrespectful words."
Song Qianqiu poked his son's head and said, "Isn't Yiye, a small and skinny boy, very cute? And I think that child is also very smart."
Harumi avoided her finger and did not ask her why she thought Yiye was smart.
"Okay, it's getting late. Let's go wash up and then go upstairs to sleep." Song Qianqiu stood up and touched his head again.
"Where's mom?"
"It's not closing time yet." She pointed outside, "Mom wants to help dad."
Chunhai didn't say anything and went to wash up.
After washing up, he came to the second floor. Haixing's door was tightly closed. He glanced twice and opened the door of another room next to it.
This is the new room he has lived in for just over half a month.
The initial strangeness gradually faded away. He pulled out the bedding from the closet and spread it on the floor. He was already somewhat familiar with this matter.
Before lying down to sleep, he opened the window again and looked at the street.
His room is on the side, and the view outside the window is slightly worse than that of Haixing, but he can still see the Morimi Furu Honten diagonally opposite.
"Is Kazuyo smart?"
Looking at the bright light sign at the door of the bookstore, he muttered, then closed the window and went to sleep.
But for children, the night is just too long.
The night was getting deeper and deeper, and it was getting quieter and quieter outside, but he kept awake.
I don’t know how long it took, but there was a sound of footsteps outside the room.
Then, the door was opened.
He closed his eyes, and the person walked over quietly, pulled up the quilt on his body, and went out again after not staying long.
It's mom.
"Is it closed..."
Chunhai pricked up his ears in the darkness, and soon he heard the sound of the rolling shutter door falling.
He closed his eyes and prepared to sleep seriously.
And just when the consciousness was gradually blurring, there was another burst of much lighter footsteps outside.
The door was opened again.
The slight footsteps did not stop until they were behind him.
The darkness returned to silence.
"..."
I don't know how long it took, but his quilt was suddenly lifted, and someone got in.
There was a cold touch on my back and waist, and a sob sounded in the darkness.
"Harumi...don't hate me."
A little moisture slowly spreads behind my back.
Many years later, when she hugged him from behind again, Naruse thought he was dreaming.
"...So you weren't asleep?"
She hugged him tightly, resting her head on her back.
"Wake up..."
Naruse regretted his unnecessary actions before falling asleep. He struggled twice and grabbed the wrist at his waist.
"What are you doing..."
Haixing didn't say anything and rubbed his head gently on his back.
Hua Hua——
The rain outside is getting heavier.
"Are you hungry?"
"No..."
Lying on the tatami, Naruse looked at the yard with only a little light and asked in a low voice: "What exactly does Haixing want to do?"
Starfish was silent again.
Sensing the moisture coming through the yukata, Naruse took a deep breath.
"Why are you crying."
Only then was the sob allowed to leak out a little.
"I don't know...I don't know..."
Haixing repeated it several times, her voice getting lower and lower.
"Starfish..."
"...It's so strange to be like this now."
Naruse pursed his lower lip.
"We travel together, eat sukiyaki together, and sleep together at night...it's so weird."
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Haixing raised his hand and wiped it under his eyes, "Have you forgotten what happened in the past?"
"...No."
"So...are you pretending that nothing happened now?"
After a few more seconds of silence, Naruse said, "Isn't it the same with starfish?"
"..."
She was speechless for a moment, and tears flowed down again.
The heavy rain roared in the yard.
The two of them were deadlocked in silence, and Naruse broke away from her arm and sat up.
His eyes had adapted to the dimness. He looked at Hikaru Takigawa, who was sleeping soundly, then looked down at Starfish, took a deep breath and said:
"When my mother and Mr. Seiichiro separated, our relationship was already over. At that time, Haixing had already accepted it."
"..."
She lowered her head, huddled under the quilt, and mumbled something inaudible.
Naruse lifted the quilt a little, and she shrank again.
"...I don't want to accept it."
He took a deep breath and spoke slowly.
"At that time, I told Haixing clearly: I pretended to like you just to hurt and retaliate against Haixing.
Even now, I don’t think my way of revenge is correct... No, there is nothing right or wrong, you and I were only thinking about hurting others at the time."
Naruse reached out and pushed down the quilt, forcing her to look at him.
"Haixing said at the time that he already knew that I was lying to you and was just cooperating with me. So at that time, all the real and false relationships between us were over."
Starfish was speechless, and tears suddenly welled up in his eyes.
Naruse let go of his hand and looked away.
"Now we travel together, eat together, and sleep together because we want to get along with Haixing normally as ordinary friends... It has nothing to do with the past."
Haixing didn't speak, and after a while, he sat up from his bed.
She lowered her head, her hair had become messy from the previous tossing and turning, and her voice was a little hoarse.
"Friends..."
"Yeah."
There was another moment of silence.
"Look at me."
Naruse turned his head, "What..."
She suddenly approached and kissed her without any warning.
"Well..."
Although they have been unfamiliar for a long time, their lips and tongue still responded subconsciously.
Soft, moist, cold and hot.
Rough request, painful pleasure.
"..."
Naruse finally reacted and pushed her away.
She still wanted to get closer, but he pushed her down on the quilt and strangled her neck with one hand.
He looked at her coldly, but couldn't use his hands.
"I said, it's over...everything is over."
The rough collision left painful results, and a trace of bloody smell filled each other's mouths.
"This feeling..." Kanshu La
Being strangled, Haixing looked at him motionless, "I can't forget it."