Sumire Tohsaka

For couples, any holiday can become Valentine's Day.Christmas is no exception.Men and women who looked like couples could be seen everywhere on the street. Sumire Tohsaka and Touji Soya mixed among them holding hands. They seemed to be just an ordinary couple of high school students.It's just that because of the high value of the two people, walking together attracted the attention of many passers-by.

"It's so cold..."

After leaving the store, Sumire Tohsaka couldn't help shivering.I didn't feel it when I ran all the way to see Soya Touji earlier, but after the heat brought by the exercise faded, facing the cold wind at the end of December became a particularly difficult thing.

Especially for a date today, she deliberately wore a skirt that would reveal the beautiful lines of her neck and collarbone... There are many things in the world that cannot be balanced, such as beauty and warmth.

When she couldn't help but shrugged her shoulders against the cold wind pouring into her neck, a piece of soft fabric suddenly fell on her shoulders. The check cashmere men's scarf was carefully wrapped around her neck, and the part that was close to the skin was still With a slightly higher body temperature for men.

Sumire Tohsaka raised her head subconsciously, just in time to meet Touji Soya's downcast gaze.Unlike ordinary male high school students with excess self-awareness, Sogu Touji doesn't put on a great look and give a lecture like "You idiot Barabara". He just naturally takes off his scarf and wraps it around her. On the bed, he took her hand, which was a little red from the cold, and put it in the pocket of his warm coat.

After doing this, he raised his head again and looked forward, not to be considerate of her emotions, nor to change the topic, as a matter of course, he usually asked about the next plan while walking.

"Would you like something to drink first? Or go to the movies first?"

"Let me think about it..." Tohsaka Sumire quickly took out a small notebook from her handbag with the other hand, and handed it to Soya Touji, "I have made several plans, which one do you think is better, Touji?"

Soya Touji also leaned his head over, and after roughly scanning the neat and beautiful handwriting on the small book, his eyes fell on the girl's red ears from the cold, and silently tapped the "PLANC" with his fingers. one line.

"Ah, should we go to the coffee shop for a while?" Tohsaka Sumire nodded, looked left and right, and quickly determined the direction, "Go over there, it will be faster from there."

Touji Soya nodded silently, but when he followed the girl away, he suddenly made a wrong footstep, turned his head subconsciously, and looked around the crowded street.

The streets of Kyoto at Christmas are almost full of people coming and going. Many stores on this shopping street have put up Christmas atmosphere decorations. People of all kinds walk on the streets, from door to door In and out, even at this moment, someone is passing them by.

In such a crowd, it is extremely difficult to identify someone.

"What's wrong, Dongji?"

Because he stopped suddenly, Sumire Tohsaka, who was holding hands with him, also paused for a moment, Soya Touji looked away, and shook his head slightly at her.

"It's nothing."

It's just that there seems to be some kind of sight.

While following Sumire Tohsaka to the coffee shop, he subconsciously lowered his eyes and looked at his fingers.

The intuition that would appear every time he made a bad move, the feeling as if the skin on his fingertips were peeling off, the indescribably wonderful uneasiness...floated into his consciousness again.

This subtle feeling has been following their footsteps. It was not until entering the coffee shop that Sogu Touji felt that strange feeling gradually faded away.

The aroma of coffee and the warm atmosphere in the store enveloped them like a cloud of mist, combined with the warm and sweet aroma from the baking of dim sum, it made people relax involuntarily.

"So warm..."

The girl breathed a sigh of relief, recovering from the chill that made people's minds go numb.At Christmas time, the business of this kind of store is always very good, but it is also a coincidence that they did not wait long for a vacancy.

A cappuccino that is steaming hot and filled with milk froth makes people feel warm from their fingertips just by holding it in their hands.Tohsaka Sumire leaned against the back of the seat, stretched her legs a little, and pressed against Soya Touji's calf.

"What are you thinking?" She held the coffee cup, her cold green eyes followed Sogu Touji's line of sight and looked out, "Is there something wrong with the recent game?"

"No." Soya Touji also took a sip of his black coffee, "The ranking has risen, and I have thought of a new chess strategy. You can try it in the next game."

"That's good."

Sumire Tohsaka's tense shoulders relaxed, she held the cup in both hands, and took a sip of cappuccino with a small smile.After a few seconds, Soya Touji heard her voice, which was softer than usual, like muttering to himself.

"...I've always been worried, what if Dongji loses because of me."

The girl lowered her eyes, avoiding Soya Touji's gaze.

"If Touji loses because of me... I won't be able to forgive myself."

"Why do you think so?"

Soya Touji looked at the girl in front of him, there was no questioning, surprise, or anger in his eyes, just asking calmly.But under such eyes, the girl who was always too frank and straightforward, couldn't help showing an expression that she had never shown in front of him, that she was holding back something.

"because……"

The girl clasped her wrist tightly with one hand, and her fingertips sank into the flesh. She opened her mouth, and finally only uttered a short sound.

"I……"

Because I might want you to lose.

Because I might want you to be distracted by me.

Because just as I think of you all the time, I hope you think of me all the time.

However, if I make a wish rashly again...if I twist even this point...

"No, I'm just asking, why do you think I can't lose?"

The boy's voice was like a white bird flying over the ice sea, gently passing over her heart.Sumire Tohsaka raised her head and met his gaze.

Calm and stable, like a clear and deep lake, the eyes that make the noise in my heart quiet down at this moment.

"Even I will lose." He stated the fact calmly, "All along, the winning rate has been around [-]%... recently it's probably... around [-]%. In other words, there are at least three out of ten rounds I will lose."

"..."

Hearing the unexpected words, the girl opened her eyes slightly.

"No one can do it without losing even once, no matter how powerful a professional chess player can be."

Soya Touji rested his cheek with one hand, watched her quietly, without any attitude of being handsome or trying to be brave, and said the common sense that was very strange to Tohsaka Sumire as a matter of course.

"Luck, health, state... besides strength, there are many factors that can affect the chess game. Moreover, many of the people I play against are people with outstanding talent, hard work, and experience. If you lose, There's nothing weird about it - it just didn't win this time."

If you lose this time, keep working hard and try to win it back next time.

The gaze of the person in front of him spoke as a matter of course.

"So, even if you lose, although you will be very unwilling and ashamed, it is not an 'unforgivable' thing."

The man's gaze told her this.

The fingers that had been pinched into the flesh slowly relaxed, and Sumire Tohsaka looked at the fluctuating coffee liquid level because her hands were shaking, and slowly put down the cup in her hand.Then, facing the coffee-colored water surface that was gradually regaining its stability, he showed a wistful smile.

"What, if you say that, I've been worrying so much that you might lose, and I'm so distressed... don't I look like a fool?"

"Not like."

Soya Touji's words made Tohsaka Sumire look up at him, but this time, it was the boy who avoided her gaze.She heard his voice, steady and firm.

"Not at all like a fool."

"..."

"I'm worried because I care."

As if to say "this worry is the proof of liking", the boy turned his head slightly and avoided meeting her eyes by looking out the window.

"I've been worried about you too."

——As much as you care about me, I have always cared about your affairs.

Words that she never expected to hear suddenly reached her ears.Tohsaka Sumire looked at him blankly, opened her mouth slightly, but couldn't say anything.

After a long time, she smiled wryly.

"Okay." She stroked the coffee cup with her fingers, and there was a little sweet distress in her voice, "Then there are two fools."

Two fools in love.

so……

Sumire Tohsaka reached out and held the boy's hand tightly.

...I will never let go.

Even if it came from twisting, in order to keep this person by her side, so that he can continue to talk to herself like this, she will twist to the end.