"It's too dark, I'll see you off." Hanyu Qing'an said standing at the door.
"No, I'll take a taxi back." Suzuki Sonoko lowered her head, not daring to look at him, feeling confused.
Hanyu Qing'an pondered for a moment, feeling that if he insisted on seeing her off, it might be more embarrassing if he remained silent on the road, so he nodded and said: "That's fine, then I'll see you off in the car."
Hearing what he said, Suzuki Sonoko felt a little unhappy, so she stopped insisting on asking me?
"this is for you."
"What?"
Suzuki Sonoko looked up and saw a small paper figurine in the hand held out by Hanyu Kiyosu. She had found this thing on Yuzu, but she had always thought it was made by Hanyu Kiyosu for Yuzu to play with.
"Get up and say hello."
Hanyu Kiyosu poked the little paper man with his other hand. The little paper man who was pretending to be dead suddenly turned over and climbed up. He held Hanyu Kiyosu's slightly bent fingers with both hands and looked at Suzuki Sonoko curiously.
.
"This is……"
Suzuki Sonoko was a little surprised, but it suddenly dawned on her that Hanyu-kun was an Onmyoji, so it seemed unreasonable for the little paper man to move.
"Little paper figurine." Hanyu Qing'an grabbed Suzuki Sonoko's hand and put the paper figurine in her hand, "Take it with you so that I can know where you are at any time."
Even in the middle of the night, taxis are not completely safe. If there is an accident, he can find the person through the paper man, which is a precautionary measure.
Suzuki Sonoko: He wants to know where I am at all times... What does that mean?
"Normally, it can also help with simple housework or accompany you to relieve boredom."
Suzuki Sonoko: Is this a token of love?
"Sonko?" Hanyu Qingan waved his hand in front of Suzuki Sonko. I don't know why she suddenly became stunned.
"Oh, I understand, I'm leaving first." After finishing speaking, Suzuki Sonoko turned around and ran down as if she was still angry, but the little paper figurine in her hand was held tightly.
Hanyu Qing'an followed quickly and hadn't even been sent to a taxi yet.
The two waited on the side of the road for a short while without talking to each other until a taxi passed by. Hanyu Qing'an stopped it and asked Suzuki Sonoko to get in and paid the fare in advance.
"Bye~"
As the car started, Suzuki Sonoko waved to Hanyu Qingyasu through the window glass, and then immediately turned her head away without waiting for Hanyu Qingyasu's reaction.
Looking at the taillights of the car going away, Hanyu Qingan thought thoughtfully, "It seems like he is not angry anymore."
Then she shook her head again. The girl's thoughts couldn't be that simple, but it was strange. Sonoko seemed to be particularly close to herself and Yuzu.
After careful calculation, it seems that she has not known each other for long, and she is willing and dared to sleep here?
Although I planned this because I thought I wouldn't come back tonight, would any girl be willing to sleep in a man's bed for no reason?
Hanyu Qing'an couldn't help but think about some aspects, is Sonoko... interested in him?
On the way to send Sonoko home, Anko Daifuku, Sonoko helped tie her tie, took care of Yuzu, and dried her hair... all the things before came to mind one by one.
He had never thought about this before, but now that he thought about it, his thoughts suddenly opened up. If it was really what he had guessed, then her words and deeds would make sense.
But... could it be that she is overthinking? Is it just an illusion of life? She is just closer to Yuzu?
The evening breeze was blowing and it was a bit cool. Hanyu Qingan's head suddenly cleared up and he burst into laughter. What was wrong with him? Did he hold it in for a long time? Or was his young body overloaded with hormones?
Shaking his head, he turned and went upstairs.
…
Suzuki Sonoko held the little paper figurine tightly with both hands, her face suddenly turned red, sometimes she became angry, sometimes she frowned, sometimes she giggled, and her whole person seemed to be broken.
The uncle driver of the car glanced at the rearview mirror for the nth time. From the beginning, he felt that this little girl was weird, and what was even weirder was that she came out of the entrance of the funeral home at night.
Suddenly, the little paper figurine in Suzuki Sonoko's hand moved. Probably the little paper figurine felt uncomfortable being pinched by Suzuki Sonoko and wanted to change its position.
As a result, he was caught sight of the driver, and he was immediately frightened. As an experienced taxi driver, he was quite confident in his dynamic vision, which was also the basis of his job.
It definitely moved! That pale paper man definitely moved! It wasn’t the little girl playing with it, it was the paper man who moved it himself!
The driver was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. The car shook. He quickly turned his attention to the front and stabilized the car.
"ah--"
There was a short scream, and the driver quickly looked in the rearview mirror.
There is no one left!
Just when he was hesitating whether to stop the car, a hand touched the headrest of his seat...
"Mr. Driver...can you drive more steadily?"
The driver stiffened and replied loudly: "Hi! I'm extremely sorry!"
The second half of the drive was very comfortable, and the car drove very steadily, but Suzuki Sonoko always felt that the driver seemed tired, sweating profusely, and his hands were a little shaking.
She wanted to ask several times if she needed to go to the hospital, but the driver got excited when she moved, and she was so scared that she didn't dare to speak.
Fortunately, the road was not far away, and Suzuki Sonoko got out of the car. The driver very respectfully returned all the money that Hanyu Qing'an had paid in advance. Without waiting for Suzuki Sonoko to refuse, he drove away quickly, for fear of being caught up.
Who knows if anything weird will happen after receiving this money? There are many urban legends in the taxi industry...
"???"
Suzuki Sonoko looked at the money in her hand in confusion, feeling confused. Although the advance payment was a bit too much, the change wouldn't be so big if she gave the wrong change, right?
She scratched her head, wondering, and turned around and entered the house.
It was already very late and the whole house was quiet, but Suzuki Sonoko was very energetic and ran towards her sister's room happily.
Open the door and go straight to the bed.
"Sister, I want to learn tea ceremony!"
Suzuki Ayako had just fallen asleep when she woke her up and rubbed her head helplessly, "You're back? Let's talk about it tomorrow if you have anything to do."
"But it's a bit late. If you don't learn, it will be too late."
Suzuki Sonoko promised Hanyu Qingan very happily before, but she only learned a little bit about it and almost forgot it.
Unexpectedly, Hanyu Qing'an received another commission so soon, and was about to use the tea ceremony. Time was running out, so she put her hand under Suzuki Ayako's clothes and started to tickle her.
Suzuki Ayako was so troubled by her that she couldn't laugh or cry, "Stop it now, I promise you."
"mua, sister is the best."
"Oh, you slept during the day and are energetic, but I don't. Staying up late is very harmful to the skin..."
Suzuki Ayako said this, but she patted Suzuki Sonoko's head lovingly, got up and turned on the light in the room, flipped a book about tea ceremony from the bookshelf and handed it to her sister.
Suzuki Sonoko reached out to take it, but Suzuki Ayako suddenly took it back, "It's okay for me to teach you, but you have to tell me first, are you in love?"