[Comprehensive] Hello, Junko Fujiwara

There was some awkwardness between the two of them, and it was inevitable that someone with a more reserved personality would be a little awkward when they met for the first time.

"I forgot to introduce myself before," Shunzi thought for a while, and took the initiative to start a conversation. After all, he was holding someone else's cat in his arms, "I am Fujiwara Shunko, and my mother is Uncle Shi's cousin. I am a high school student at Tokyo Hyotei Academy .”

"I'm Natsume Takashi," he also began to introduce himself, "I moved here last year, and now I'm a sophomore in Jingwen Gutian High School."

Sunja looked at Natsume Takashi, who was one step ahead of her, and the cat on his shoulder, and the hand hanging by her side was about to move.Meowji is so cute!She silently covered her face in her heart, she really wanted to hold her in her arms and rub her hard...

Madara, curled up on Natsume's shoulder, suddenly felt a strange gaze staring at him.It turned its head with difficulty, and met the girl's delicate and gentle smile.Natsume followed its movements and turned her head, seeing Junko's pure and innocent smile.

"It's...a bit fat." Shunzi cleared his throat, restrained his ready-to-move hands, and told him to hide it.

"Yes, it's really a bit heavy." Takashi Natsume couldn't help nodding when he thought of the strange names his friends called Mr. Kitty after being recognized as a pig more than once.

"But, it's so cute..." She was a little embarrassed, pinching her index finger and middle finger together, and asked hesitantly, "Can I... hug it?"

"Huh?" Natsume was a little surprised. Apart from multi-tracks, I have never seen anyone who likes Madara in the form of a cat. After all, she is a bit fat and her personality is not the cuddly and coquettish type.

"It doesn't matter if it doesn't work, I'm just talking," Shunzi quickly waved his hand, "After all, cats have different personalities, so it's not good to scare them."

One person and one cat looked at each other, and he clearly understood the negotiating terms of "Give me the snacks from Nanatsujiya" revealed in the cat's eyes.

"It's okay, Teacher Cat is not afraid of people." Pretending not to see, he hugged the big fat cat on his shoulders and handed it to Shunzi, "It's just a bit heavy."

She couldn't wait to stretch out her hand, happily hugged the big fat cat in her arms, stroked the cat very skillfully, rubbing her chin on top of its head from time to time.The hair-smoothed Madara was extremely comfortable, and there was a gurgling sound in his throat, which gave Shunzi a sense of accomplishment.

The weight of the cat in her arms was not beyond her expectations. After preliminary weighing, it was almost as heavy as two Tachibana Taro, but it was still super cute.Shunzi couldn't help hugging him even tighter, looking even more naive.She sighed softly while smoothing her hair: "Sure enough, except for humans, any creature looks good when fat..."

Natsume Takashi, who heard this sentence by accident, couldn't help laughing, and Sunja also laughed.Fortunately, with the existence of this cat, Shunzi and Natsume are not extroverted people, and the awkward atmosphere that permeated the first meeting between the two dissipated a lot because of this sentence.

"I also have a cat named Tachibana," Shunzi picked up the cat in his arms, inevitably thinking of his sweetheart. They all hold my hand," said Tachibana, her eyes were crescent-shaped, "Because I eat too many snacks and don't like to exercise, I'm getting fatter now."

Normal cats can be coquettish and well-behaved...Natsume Takashi glanced at the big fat cat who was reluctant to leave in the arms of the girl next to him, and a sense of disgust arose spontaneously. Singing after getting drunk, and bickering with himself every day... Fortunately, Madara was very happy with Shunzi Shun Maoshun, otherwise they would have trouble again.

"Why would Mr. Guizhi want to keep a cat?" She looked down at the big-headed lucky cat with narrowed eyes and its smooth and shiny fur. "Keeping a cat is actually very tiring."

"Ms. Kitty is a very important friend," Natsume thought for a while, and replied with a smile, "I guess he relied on me when we first met."

He is a very gentle and kind boy. Shunzi turned her eyes to the boy beside her, feeling a little puzzled. Natsume also seems to have a very quiet personality. Why would Aunt Tako say he is naughty?

Shunzi didn't have many things, just a backpack for clothes, and the newly bought easel drawing paper this morning.

"Did Shunzi-san learn to draw?" Natsume asked curiously.

"I learned it when I was a child, and I also wanted to go to art university." Shunzi walked in front of him carrying another bag, "I went to Mt. Myogi today and realized that the forest here is so beautiful. Yahara has the idea of ​​sketching."

"It's amazing," he couldn't help admiring, "There are so many cute animals in the forest, and there are also many flowers and plants."

"Actually, when I came down from the approach to the shrine today," Shunzi opened the window and looked at the endless forest in the distance, "I thought this might be a very suitable place for youkai to exist."

The big-headed beckoning cat in his arms suddenly opened his eyes, Natsume Takashi was startled, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, "How... how?"

"Is it strange?" His undisguised surprise made Shunzi feel as if she had said something wrong, and she explained with a somewhat embarrassed smile, "It's just an atmosphere given to me by the forest, and it's my own wild imagination."

"No, nothing," Natsume hurriedly waved his hands, "I'm just curious, just curious."

"Scared me," Shunzi breathed a sigh of relief, "Your expression just now made me think that there really are monsters here."

The cold sweat on Natsume Takashi's back was about to break out.

Shunzi put his right hand out of the window, and laughed at himself: "Learning to draw is probably a little more than ordinary people think, and it may be because I have been watching Tsukioka Yoshinen's prints recently. He is a famous monster print in the late Edo period. Master, that’s why I’m a little dazed.”

"No, maybe Shunzi-san is more sensitive." Natsume calmed down and explained for her.

"The master of folklore Yanagita Kunio once said that primitive environments such as forests and water can best stimulate people's sense of fear and mystery." Shunzi turned to look at him with a serious expression, "And these emotions are not exactly the culture of monsters. Is it the foundation of the birth?"

When she returned from the shrine, she stared at the forest, the deeper it went, the more it gave people a sense of depth and gloom.She closed her eyes and felt it carefully, as if a banshee with the head of a wheel was hiding in the dark and spying on the people going back and forth on the approach.

Afraid of being threatened, afraid of being hurt, and the resulting fear, pain, and sadness... Shunzi finally felt a little bit of her mother's mood when she was creating.Among the group of monsters, there must be hidden secrets.

"When I look directly at the forest, I inevitably think of monsters, but the monsters in my mind are not limited to the ghosts, nor are they just the images in prints or other paintings, but all belong to the A monster of my own imagination."

She doesn't want to be covered by her mother's shadow all her life, she wants to find her own way.

"Gentle, ferocious, lonely, cruel...the forest hides their secrets. I want to draw them." Shunzi looked at him firmly.

Natsume, who was looking at her, saw the unusually brilliant and warm light in her black and clear eyes.

That was what she was pursuing with all her heart and soul.

The two looked at each other speechlessly, and Shunzi came back to her senses, realizing that she might have said something that the other party didn't understand. "I'm sorry," she quickly bowed and apologized, "I said something strange again."

"I can probably understand," Natsume smiled softly, "it's a very great dream."

Shunzi, who was recognized, looked at him with bright eyes, "Really?"

"I can take you to Yayuan. I have a friend who lives in Yayuan's temple." He nodded, "I am also familiar with Qisen."

"Then I'll leave it to Natsume-kun." Shunzi thanked him very gratefully.

"You're welcome," he shook his head, "Aunt Tazi also asked me to take care of you."

When they came out of the hotel, Natsume was carrying the drawing board on her back and her handbag in the other hand, while Shunzi was carrying her own backpack, holding a lucky cat in her arms, and accompanied them back to Fujiwara's house.

"The sunset here is even more beautiful than Tokyo," Shunzi raised his face, covering his eyes with one hand to see the gorgeous sunset glow in the west with gold borders. "So many colors, it's like an overturned paint bucket."

"Indeed." Natsume squinted his eyes and looked over, cicadas were singing everywhere in the tall and dense forest, the rolling hills were covered with a golden veil of the setting sun, and birds flew over in the distance.

"Natsume—" a loud shout pulled the two people who were immersed in the beauty of the sunset back, and he looked back to see Nishimura and Kitamoto, who were happily riding their bicycles, "What are you doing?"

"Good afternoon, did you go to the river to play?" Natsume waved to them and asked with a smile.

"We've been catching fish all afternoon!" Xi Cun stopped the brakes, his face was still dripping with water, and his trousers were half wet. "The water in the river is very comfortable."

"Oh--" Seeing Shunzi, Nishimura's eyes lit up, "Natsume Natsume, who is this? New friend?"

"My name is Nishimura Satoru, a classmate of Natsume, and a good friend who has a good time." Before Natsume could answer, he greeted Shunzi with a smile.

"This is Junko Fujiwara, Aunt Toko and Uncle Shi..." Natsume thought for a while and explained their relationship carefully.

"Kizhi-kun's cousin," Shunzi interrupted him, nodding politely, "I'm here to visit my uncle's family these few days."

Natsume Takashi was taken aback for a moment, and laughed involuntarily.

"It's Natsume's cousin," Nishimura repeated with a smile, "It's the first time we meet, please give me your advice."

"It's the first time we meet, please give me some advice." Shunzi bent and bowed, with a gentle smile on his face.

"Sunko-san is studying in Tokyo, and he came here to travel during the last part of the summer vacation." Natsume introduced for both parties, noticing Kitamoto's doubts about the easel behind him, "Of course I have to sketch."

"Kizhi-kun," a gust of wind blew past and messed up her short hair, Sunja turned to look at him, "We..."

As soon as the words came out, Natsume Takashi next to him put the handbag on the back seat of Nishimura's bicycle, took off the easel on his back and stuffed it into Kitamoto's hands, "Please help me send Shunzi back..."

"Where are you going, Natsume—" Nishimura called him very puzzled as he watched him leave everyone and run away alone.The big-headed beckoning cat in Shunzi's arms struggled to get out of her arms, and ran away quickly after bouncing.

"I'm in a hurry now..." Before he finished speaking, he had already run away.

"Here we go again..." Nishimura covered his forehead with a "slap", and the uncontrolled bicycle fell to the ground.