fictional spring

Hearing that Miko-sama's expression changed slightly at an extremely fast speed, she seemed to be happy at first, and there was even a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, but after a while, she seemed to remember something bad Memories, the expression on his face tightened in just a moment.

She was silent for a while, and she seemed to have thought it through before slowly opening her mouth, "I will always be by your side."

As if making a solemn promise, she gave me an affirmative answer.

I believe every word Miko-sama said, and I also believe every promise she made to me, just as I care about her, in my opinion, Miko-sama must also care about me that much.

What to do between good friends?

When I thought of this question, my head suddenly stopped moving.Just because I have never had such an experience before, I think about it more solemnly and cautiously.

Seeing the untouched dining table at Miko-sama's door, I suddenly had an idea——

So I decided to ask Satoko to bring the lunch that was supposed to be delivered to my room to Miko-sama's room, and wanted to dine with her here.

After expressing my thoughts, I asked Miko-sama for her opinion: "I hope to have lunch with you, is that okay?"

"..."

Hearing this, Miko-sama's face changed slightly, but she still nodded in agreement.

Her agreement seemed a bit reluctant, and even her nodding was a little stiff.

Seeing this, I wanted to say that if there is any inconvenience, then there is no need to deliberately cater to me, but I was unable to say this, and the mistress saw through my thoughts.

"I said yes."

Her tone carried the usual incredulity.

I swallowed back the words I couldn't say, got up and went outside the door to inform Lizi on the opposite side, and put Miko-sama's food table in front of her.

After a while, my wish became a reality.

It would be a lie to say that she was unhappy, and the joy in her heart could not even be described in words, but if she made any disrespectful actions, she would definitely leave a bad impression on Miko.

Taking a step back, even if she doesn't care if I'm rude, I don't want her to see my bad side.

I want to show her my best self, and I want to...

She can like me more.

Although this kind of thinking seems a bit strange, it is indeed my true thinking. My mother once said to me that a so-called friend is someone who can share all the joys, sorrows and joys with me.

Although I could understand my mother's thoughts at that time, I didn't think I would meet such a person.But those thoughts disappeared the moment he saw Miko-sama.

It can even be said that the feelings I have now may be separated from Miko-sama.

I didn't know how long I thought about it before I finally came back to my senses, but before I raised my eyes, I saw that the food on the Miko-sama's food table was not at all passive.

"Are you hungry?" I asked her subconsciously.

"……Do not."

Although she answered in this way, Miko-sama's expression became a little strange, and she didn't see her pick up the chopsticks for a long time, obviously a pair of duplicity.

I became a little puzzled: "Is that because you don't like today's dishes?"

Hearing this, the Miko seemed to have come to her senses suddenly, showing a look of sudden realization. She raised her sleeve to cover her lips, and replied, "I really have nothing today..."

Miko-sama's eyes also became erratic when she said this, but when she slid to my face, she stopped, looked at my face and put down her sleeves.

As if compromising for something, she said to me: "I really don't have anything I don't like today."

I tilted my head, and always felt that Miko-sama's words seemed to be more forceful, but I didn't know what she was thinking, so I didn't delve into it further.

After having lunch together, it should be a very suitable time to take a walk together, but for Miko-sama, this is the only point that she will not agree to anyway.

Even if I held her arm and looked at her with pleading eyes for a long time, I couldn't make her let go.

— but got her explanation.

It is said that because of a strange disease since childhood, as long as the skin touches the sun, it will be burned, which will not only cause severe pain, but if the skin is exposed to too much sun, it may even leave extremely ugly scars.

I froze for a moment.

"Sorry……"

It is too much to make such a willful request without knowing the specific situation.

Miko gave me a heavy look, then suddenly reached out and touched my face: "There is no need to blame yourself."

She said to me, "It's not your fault..."

I don't know if it's my delusion or other reasons, but I always feel that there are some other emotions hidden in Miko-sama's words.

It's just like……

self-blame or something.

When we were talking, Lizi also brought me the waka collection that my mother gave me when I was young. Her original intention was to hope that I could understand these, but in my opinion...

"What do you think is the use of knowing Waka?"

While flipping through it, I asked Miko-sama for her opinion.

Just from the surface, it makes people think that she doesn't look like an illiterate Yamano shrine priestess, but like those noble ladies with superior education in those big shrines.

In fact, when she saw the Wakabook in my hand, she could indeed recognize the Chinese characters written on it.

"To convey my heart."

She said that.

"If words are inconvenient to say, we must use words to convey."

I blinked and suddenly asked, "Have you ever written a waka for that person?"

Hearing that, the Miko lowered her eyelids, turned her face slightly, and looked at me slightly.

With a soft side face and good eye shape, the moment he saw those red plum-colored pupils slightly raised, it seemed that even his heartbeat slowed down by half a beat.

Miko-sama suddenly laughed.

"Written."

I unconsciously moved closer.

She said: "I handed waka to that person, and I also received waka from that person."

Hearing this kind of answer, I was suddenly a little curious about what happened between her and that person, which is why they separated.

They are clearly in love with each other...

But I didn't ask her.

For some reason, a voice suddenly appeared in my heart to stop me, as if telling me - don't ask anything about the past.

If you know everything, it is not a good thing.

So I calmed down and sat beside Miko-sama and read the waka book together with her.Occasionally, if she stays on a page for a while longer, Miko-sama will chant those waka in a soft voice.

Although it didn't directly shine on us, the sun still warmed the air, and the tiredness that came with this warmth invaded unconsciously, and the eyelids became a little heavy.

Originally, he just wanted to lean on Miko-sama's shoulder, but at some point he was completely swallowed by sleepiness, and when he woke up, he found himself lying in Miko-sama's arms.

The light-colored feathers covered my body, and what I saw when I opened my eyes was Miko-sama's white blouse.

When his consciousness was not fully awake, he even rubbed against it, until his vision was completely clear, and he raised his head to see the expressionless face of Miko-sama, and finally realized what he had done.

"..."

I was speechless for a while.

All kinds of chaotic thoughts flooded into my head, but before I suppressed them and thought of a really suitable word to speak, the Miko spoke first: "The room is a little stuffy, if you want to get some air, you can go to the corridor Walk."

I blinked, and subconsciously looked in the direction of the door—the sky was not as bright as it was before I fell asleep, and it was probably close to sunset.

The time that elapsed while I was asleep... didn't seem too short either.

Miko-sama's room faces east, and there is no sunlight at the door at this time, so if you want to go out for a walk, it probably doesn't matter.

When I thought of the fact that I accidentally fell asleep and caused the Miko to sit with me for a long time, I felt a little bit unsatisfied in my heart. I was thinking about how to make up for something, but suddenly realized...

"Your ears...is it because the room is too stuffy?"

That's why even the tips of his ears turned red.

In the past, I was often unable to open the door to blow the air, so I am very aware of this situation. In addition, I have a similar physique. Once I go to a colder or stuffy place, my cheeks will be flushed, and it often takes a long time to fade away.

But something is weird... I touched my cheek—

Did not feel hot.

Miko-sama's expression became a little...how should I put it?Are you cramped?As if some secret had been punctured, he showed a nervous and flustered look.

This is really the first time I have seen such a Miko-sama.

When her eyes flickered, she suddenly stopped on my face again. It seemed that because she saw my expression, she quickly restrained the emotions on her face, and asked me, "What are you laughing at?"

I thought about it: "I just think that Miko-sama looks good no matter what she looks like. When I think about this, when I see you, I can't help but want to smile."

It wasn't my delusion. I heard that Miko's ears seemed to turn red, but when I couldn't help but want to reach out and touch her, she got up and opened the barrier door.

"Sure enough, the room is still too stuffy. Didn't you say you want to go out for a walk?"

After finishing speaking, Lord Miko walked out first, stopped at the door of the room and turned around: "Aren't you coming out yet?"

I stood up on the tatami mat, smoothed out the wrinkles on my clothes, came to Miko-sama, and held her palm when she stretched out her hand.

Suddenly there is a very strange feeling.

It was as if someone had reached out to me earlier—but the person in my memory was probably not as gentle as Miko-sama.

Because in those unclear memories, the palm I was holding was far paler and weaker than Miko-sama's.

More importantly, it seemed to be a... man's hand.

Holding Miko-sama's hand and walking on the wooden veranda, avoiding the places where the sun shines, I suddenly stopped when I saw the mottled light and shadow moving in my line of sight.

"The sun is setting."

For some reason, this sentence popped out of my mouth suddenly, and I subconsciously raised my face to look at the sky.

Then suddenly discovered——

Tonight, it's a full moon.

"It's almost winter..."

While feeling so emotional, Miko-sama also raised her face, but asked a more strange and jumping question.

She asked me: "Do you like Spring Festival?"