Crimson Garland

How to pretend that they arrived at the same time inadvertently, without revealing the actual long wait?

H stacked the three couriers on the bench in the veranda, looked at the dark night outside the gaps in the vines, and brushed off the water droplets falling from the top of the leaves on his shoulders.

The sky was dim, and there was some fog at night, and the street lights were blurred in it.

H was spinning his phone boredly, leaning against the veranda pillar, looking at the corner where i might appear.

"Is it h?"

Suddenly, a voice that was not too familiar came from behind, very close at hand.

H turned around, and saw I was shaking the drizzle-stained umbrella behind her, staring at her.

"Hmm...um." H was attracted by the little bit of water vapor on the tip of her soft hair, subconsciously stretched out his hand, picked up the strand of hair with his fingertips, and hooked away the little drop of water.

When she regained consciousness, I had already put the umbrella on the corner of the bench in the veranda, and both of them were staring at the strand of hair wrapped around H's fingertips.

The distance is very close, so close that h can see the tiny fleece on i's fair cheeks just by raising his eyes.

"..." H realized that her actions seemed to be too intimate for the relationship between the two, so she immediately held her breath and let go of her fingertips.

The strand of hair that was soaked in moisture also slipped down the fingertips and fell back to I's shoulder.

"Didn't you bring an umbrella?" Compared to h's self-consciousness, i didn't care about these things. Instead, after h let go of his hand, he looked up at her somewhat wet eyelashes and somewhat messy forehead hair.

H is half a head taller than her, and if i wants to see the moisture on those eyelashes clearly, he has to raise his head consciously.

It was always hasty before, so that she didn't notice this, so it wasn't until now that the two of them were facing each other, that I discovered this frustrating fact.

"Well, I didn't bring it." H blinked, and reached out to rub the mist off his eyelashes.

As she said that, she had already taken out the book of i from her satchel and handed it over.

"what."

I was stunned after reading the book, and then uttered a monotonous syllable to cover up the embarrassment.

Previously, she had been thinking about meeting H, and the inexplicable anticipation and tension had filled her mind, so much so that she completely forgot about the book.

"..."

"I'm sorry...I forgot to bring it."

I tried to be cute and pass the test, and raised her head and smiled sweetly at h.

This smile was stained with late spring mist in the dark night, H knew it was impossible, but she seemed to have tasted some sweet sophora japonica at this moment.

It doesn't matter if you bring the book or not.

"It's ok."

H also smiled shyly, and said: "Just take it again, anyway, if you want to see it, you can see it anytime."

After speaking, both of them were silent for a moment.

The fine rain in late spring dripped from the wet wisteria flower tips, and the mist filled the street lamps, blurring the light.

In the silence, the thoughts in the hearts of the two people were very similar.

Do you still want to meet again?

How many times do we have to see each other?

So can we meet often?

If possible, can we be friends?

......

Thinking of this, I couldn't help feeling a burst of anticipation in my heart.

Thinking of this, she raised her eyes slightly and looked towards H beside her.

It was a coincidence that this glance, H was also thinking about it, looking at her silently.

The two looked at each other unexpectedly, as if they had been captured alive, they quickly looked away after being startled.

The rain outside the veranda seems to be getting heavier, and the sound of dripping on the leaves is ticking.

"Then, let's go back first. Are you going back? Together?"

After I looked away, I stood up suddenly, shook the umbrella in my hand, and said, "We can share an umbrella."

H was also feeling embarrassed about being caught peeking just now, hearing what she said, he couldn't help standing up immediately, and took the umbrella in I's hand.

"Well, okay, go back, thank you."

So the two walked out along the veranda, all the way in the rain at night, silently.