[SD] Late Summer

"Ah, Ruo-san, why did you come back now? Hurry up and get ready, it's too late, really!" As soon as Ruo-san entered the classroom door, what Ruo-san expected was waiting for them, Kumiko Asakawa scolded them.

"I'm sorry Kumiko, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Ruosang clasped her hands together as a gesture of repentance.

"Really, okay, hurry up and change clothes!" Asakawa said as he pulled her over, and then turned around and said to Fujima, "I'll leave it to you here."

When he saw the kimono, Ruo Sang suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.

Is that the so-called providence?

Her kimono was exactly the same as that of Imai Ruka.

"How about it, isn't this dress beautiful? It was brought back by my cousin when she went to Kyoto last year. It is said that there are only two pieces in all of Japan. But she has always been very stingy and never borrowed it from anyone. This time I paid for it. It took a lot of effort to convince her. Ruo Sang, you put on... Ruo Sang?"

"what?"

"what happened to you?"

"Kumiko, I think..."

"what?"

"These two kimonos, which are the only ones in all of Japan, are probably going to collide today..."

"Eh?"

"How is it?" Asakawa asked anxiously.

"It's true, that Imai Ruka is wearing this dress, and... she is in class now!"

"How could this be?!" Asakawa said incredulously.

"Imai Ruka came just as she came, why did she just wear such a dress?!"

"That's right! By the way, why did she come to our class? And the other girls from Santa Maria seem to be there too!"

"Yeah, and Kazama Kagami, she seems to be the vice president of the Santa Maria Student Union, and she has always been very unfriendly to Xiangyang."

"What should we do now?"

"Would you like to borrow it first?"

"Where are you going? Is there still time?"

"It's okay, it's okay, Ruo-sang, put it on first!" Asakawa pulled off the clothes and pushed Ruo-sang to the changing room, "I don't believe that you will look worse than others!"

After a few minutes.

"That...Kumiko..." Ruosan called weakly at the changing room.

"what happened?"

"Can you help me, this is really troublesome."

"Understood, here we come."

Afterwards, Ruo Sang came out after getting dressed, and everyone couldn't help being amazed.

"Sure enough, Ruosang, you are not bad..."

"That's right, it will look better with makeup on."

"That's right, I even forgot that you are the pride of our Xiangyang girls."

Everyone chattered around her.

"But... this is not good after all..."

"That's what I said..."

Everyone is still troubled.

While speaking, Teng Zhen's voice suddenly came to mind at the door.

"Song Yu-san, how are you getting ready?"

"Teng Zhenjun?" Ruo Sang looked at the door unexpectedly.

"I'll go and open the door." Asakawa walked to the door, "Fujima, we've got something wrong here." She moved away as she said that.

Seeing Ruosang inside, Fujima was also stunned.

"It's really surprising, isn't it? It is said that there are only two in all of Japan." Ruo Sang smiled helplessly.

Indeed, at the first glance, Tengzhen was completely attracted and surprised by the clothes on Ruo Sang. However, although they were two identical clothes, the person wearing them now was completely different in front of his eyes.

From the beginning to the present, Fuji really felt that it was becoming more and more difficult for him to define the status of Matsuba Waka-san in his life and mind.The stunningness when we first met has gradually returned to the ordinary, but every bit of this ordinary reveals her uniqueness.

Just don't know if it's just for him or not.

"It's a little bit." Fuji really looked at her, "But it's not that bad, is it?"

"Eh?"

"Even if the clothes are the same, the people who wear them are different."

Hearing Tengzhen's comforting words, Ruosang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

She still knows herself more or less.

Imai Ruka is worthy of the title of "Yamato Nadeko" from both appearance and interior. Her natural classical temperament can make the kimono the most appropriate.And Ruo Sang has not been influenced by any traditions, the elegance and delicacy accumulated bit by bit in life over the years cannot be expressed by a few movements of a piece of clothing.

She doesn't have the confidence.

Seeing Ruo Sang with her head lowered, Teng Zhen walked up to her in a few steps and pulled her to the huge mirror.

I have rarely seen her look so depressed in my impression.

Although Matsuba Ruosang is not a very flamboyant person, however, she has her own self-confidence.She always works very hard to do something, even if it's not her intention.Therefore, her talents are always hidden in those bits and pieces, covered by her own brilliance, and remain unknown.

Fujima remembered the scene when they practiced the tea ceremony together these days.

I can always quickly comprehend what he said, and I am so meticulous in practice, even though it is just a class activity in the eyes of others.Even if she sometimes said something insignificant, she could be found to be listening so seriously.It is also very easy and can always reach his heart.

There are some people in this world who can be so patient and attentive, so indifferent and peaceful even though they are just doing some ordinary and trivial things.

Perhaps, this is the talent of this girl named Matsuba Waka-san.

"Matsuba-san, we never expected things to turn out like this. Now you don't have to think so much, just look at yourself in the mirror and recall the scene when we talked about the tea ceremony in the Japanese room. If you can't achieve With inner emptiness, a cup of tea is nothing. Everything else is insignificant."

From the young man's palm, Ruo Sang felt a force called firmness, and at this moment, Tengzhen's eyes were full of encouragement and confidence in her.

"That's right, Ruosang, just like Fuji Masaki said."

"Yeah, you just have to be yourself. You're good enough."

"Vice monitor, we support you!! Come on!!!"

"That's right, that Ruka Imai is just a cloud, a cloud, just ignore it."

……

In this way, Ruo Sang dragged the kimono and came to the classroom.

"Ah, it's finally over."

"That's right, I'm really exhausted today."

"School celebrations are really the most annoying!!!"

"Hey, who was jumping up and down with excitement?"

"That's right. Why do you want to act in a drama, it will definitely be more tiring!"

"But we can do it next year, I'm so looking forward to it~ I've never performed before~"

"Ah, ah, ah, let's talk about next year's affairs next year."

After finally finishing the tea ceremony, Ruosang rubbed his numb legs and carefully tidied up the tea utensils on the tatami.

"Thank you Waka-san." Kumiko Asakawa came to help her.

"Thanks for your hard work."

"It feels pretty good."

"Eh, really? Kumiko, don't comfort me." Ruosang said with a smile.

"Well, this is just a class activity after all, so what should I really do? Originally, Ruo-san, you don't know how to do it. It's not that Mr. Nakagawa is difficult. Ah, speaking of teachers and people? Isn't she the most active one who said that she wanted to see Ruo-san wearing a kimono? Is it? As a result, there is not a single figure!"

Indeed, their homeroom teacher, Nakagawa Raiyue, never showed up from the beginning to the end.

"Maybe the teacher has something to do with her."

"Forget it, what can she do, isn't it just continuous blind dates and then failed blind dates and then failed again? But those who come to Xiangyang are either parents who have long been husbands, or those so-called celebrities. All of them are middle-aged and bald, which is unsightly. Mr. Zhongchuan's taste is not like this. Or do you want to marry to this extent?"

"Kumiko..." Ruo Sang was sweating beside him.

"Okay, it's almost done, Ruo Sang, are you going to change clothes?"

"Well, okay. I'll return these later." After speaking, Ruo Sang stood up and looked around subconsciously.

Fujima-kun, it seems that he hasn't been around since the show ended.

Sure enough, I still can't achieve that state of inner emptiness.

Those who have watched the real tea ceremony performance will understand that the state of the unity of man and nature, the feeling of being in a state of being in harmony with nature, that feeling as if time is stagnant and breathing is still, cannot be cultivated overnight.

This is the case with Ruka Imai's tea ceremony.Once you have seen it once, you will never forget it for a long time.

"What's the matter, still not leaving?"

"Ah, here we come."

"Kenji, I'm really bothering you, but you still have to send me here."

"It's nothing."

"But I really didn't expect it. Ms. Matsuba in your class, Kanji, is pretty good at the tea ceremony. Isn't she from the tea ceremony club? I saw her there just now."

"she is not."

"That's it. Come to Santa Maria next time if you have a chance. In fact, I really wanted to come to Xiangyang at the beginning. But father..."

"St. Mary's is also a good school."

"Ah, yes..."

"The car is here." Saying that, Fujima opened the door for Imai Ruka.

"Thank you. Goodbye, then."

"Well, goodbye, Ruka."

"That Kenji..." The moment the car door closed, Imai Ruka rolled down the window again, and said to the young man standing against the light: "Kenji, you seem to be really far away from me."

Fujima just smiled slightly, then watched the car leave.

Ruxiang, it's not that our distance is far away, but that everyone has to go their own way.We are just getting started.

How many childhood playmates will become strangers or even rivals in the future.

With a life like theirs, wherever they go, they are alone.

"Ah, such clothes are really troublesome." Ruosan and Kumiko spent a lot of time changing the clothes before changing them off.

After that, the makeup on the face and the hair accessories on the head have to be removed.

"Well, it's okay if you get used to it." Asakawa Kumiko said lightly, "But it's a pity, Ruosan, I want you to dye your hair black. Actually, wine red really suits you."

"Really? I don't think so. After all, it seems that black is more suitable for students."

"That's right. Maybe Ruo Sang is more suitable for you to wear a dress. It looks like the models in those print advertisements, modern and fashionable."

"Maybe." Everyone has his own way to go, and everyone has a unique temperament that belongs only to him.She is different from Ruka Imai, their beauty and their lives have always been different.One is classic, one is modern, one is elegant, and one is bright.

Ruo Sang was born in this busy and flashy era, without the influence of family background, and he is still young.The concept of time has no precipitation on her body, only infinite youth, reflecting the prosperity of this city.

"Hey, Kumiko, my performance today... isn't it... a little disappointing." Ruo Sang looked at herself in the mirror, and after changing that outfit, she really was nothing.

"Why did you ask so?"

"Just now... Actually, I didn't dare to look at the stage, what is the state of selflessness and emptiness, I was just... just afraid." Ruosang lowered his head, "I don't know everyone's expressions, maybe, I have failed your expectations ..."

Kumiko Asakawa looked at the beautiful girl in the mirror.Ruo Sang has always been outstanding, and it's not just about her looks.No matter the situation, no one would ignore her presence even if she never spoke.

Yes, this girl, just sitting there, is also radiating light.

What's more, she herself is so crystal clear.

"Ruosan... do you take yourself too seriously sometimes?" Kumiko walked to her side, "Look, you are already so beautiful and enviable. You know, everyone likes you very much. It's not because Your family background, your background, just because you are you. Besides, this time it’s just a school festival, no one cares so much. If we really wanted to get No.1, we would have thought of a more creative event in the first place Yes. Because, everyone thinks what Fujima said, the important thing is not the event, but the feeling of everyone working together during the event, right?"

"You...you really know how to comfort people..." Ruo Sang raised his head and smiled.

Song Yu Ruo-san is not a person without courage, but she has too little experience, and she will always be confused and uneasy.Especially, when she started to have someone she cared about.

Perhaps, youth itself is confused.And after we have met those people, those things, experienced those sorrows and troubles, we should start to say goodbye to it.

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