[Free! ] Dolphin rearing posture

Although it's a pity that Minamoto didn't come to see this game, after all, at the moment of the final overtake, the splash of water from his paddling surprised her eyes.

"Hmm~ Yaya is the student council president after all! She will be very happy when she hears the news!" I don't know if it's Arisa Higurashi who is cute or Arisa Higurashi who is cute, but it may be that she looks dumb In fact, you may know everything inside.

"Well... congratulations first..."

"Oh, thank you Rui-san!~"

"Don't touch me, Xiaozhu!——"

On the Monday morning of the second week after returning to school, after seeing the congratulatory banners hanging on the teaching building congratulating the swimming department for entering the national competition, listening to the principal's yawning carelessly, Rui who put forward higher demands on them, the whole time The face did not wake up.

Oh, Mr. Principal, please don't glance at her like this. Hey, wait a minute, what do you mean by Minamoto's eyes!

Seeing Mina Yami turning back expressionlessly and continuing to maintain the original elegant standing posture, Rui twitched the corners of her mouth and silently shrugged.

The water in the West Lake makes me cry...it's strange.

Then, as usual, when he returned to his seat in the class and sat down with his chair stretched out, Jun Nakajima turned around as usual and pushed his glasses: "Well, congratulations, the swimming team entered the regional competition or something. "

"...Please tell Nanase and Tachibana-kun in the next class."

"But lately, it's been rumored in grades that you have a good relationship with Nanase..."

...Where did they hear it? No, which eye could see it? Hey!

"Nakajima-san." Rui smiled silently, "Are you willing to believe in rumors, or are you willing to believe in morality?"

"……I was wrong!"

"Well, dear." Smiling with satisfaction, Rui patted Jun Nakajima's shoulder with a look of relief, "This is my good engine oil, aren't you right~"

... Mama, this is obviously a kind smile QAQ.

"By the way, do you want to go with me?"

"What the hell?"

"That's it... the festival, the temple fair of the Hachiman god."

"... Huh?" Is there such a thing in Yanyuan? Could it be that her childhood memory is too vague so she forgot all of it?

Ruyi silently lay down on the table, nodded, and responded with a muffled voice.

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"Wow, is it really a beauty potential stock, Tianhai!" The sound of clogs rattling echoed rhythmically, and then the owner of the sound lit up the glasses behind the lens after seeing the comer.

"No... It's probably the first time I've worn... a yukata since I grew up." The temple fair of Hachiman God is in a relatively coastal place, because Osaki Shrine is there.It was the first time she was asked out by the opposite sex, and it was Jun Nakajima, who had a good relationship with her in the same class, but even so, Rui still silently turned her face away and said in a low voice, "Let's talk about it first, absolutely...no...no You must laugh at me!"

"I didn't laugh at it..." Jun Nakajima laughed a few times, scratching the back of his head, "Yeah, I'll draw it when I get back to my mind. I remember Tianhai, your birthday is in midsummer, right?" .”

"Ah...that's right." Ruyi raised her head after breaking her fingers, "I remember it seems to be... at the end of July, around July 7th?"

"This is the first time I've met someone who can't even remember his own birthday..."

"... Long-winded! Who cares about such things!"

"Ah... Well, if you have a childhood sweetheart or a friend of the opposite sex who has been good with you since before, you must be familiar with this kind of thing by heart."

Friends of the opposite sex who have played very well since before... Yes, there are, but I am not used to him being too happy.

Ruyi looked away guiltily.

The squid lamps emitting warm light are lined up neatly, as if embellishing the entire temple fair into an underwater city.The laughter of children, the conversation of adults, and the faint sound of taiko drums were very lively.

On the other hand, she, who specially tied her hair with balls, was standing there in a yukata embroidered with unknown flowers on a lavender background, with a few strands of black hair hanging down her ears on both sides.The way she turned her face away as always, didn't look like the usual inherent feeling, but instead had, um, an inexplicable girlish air.

Perhaps it is the feeling brought by the temple fair.

"...What are you looking at, let's go!" Really unable to stand the current atmosphere, Rui patted Jun Nakajima on the back, maybe it was to cover up the expression on her face.

"Take care of our chairman—"

"Speaking of which, the temple fair here still hasn't changed, apple candy, squid, squid, squid!"

"Ah..." It turns out that the temple fair of the Hachiman God is mainly squid.

"Do you want to eat something...?" Stopping by the stall at the temple fair, Jun Nakajima handed her apple candy with one hand, "here, let you try one of the characteristics of the Hachiman temple fair."

"Ah no... I really still..."

"Eat it, eat it, it's not something bad to eat. And you should have tasted apple candy, I remember girls like this."

It was useless to refuse, Rui stared at the crystal-clear candy shaped like a small Japanese apple reflecting the lights of the temple fair for a while, and then took it into her mouth.

Well, it feels a bit too sweet, but the taste is good, but I will definitely not eat too much of this kind of thing in the future orz.

"Let's catch squid again, squid heaven!"

"No, I really still..."

"——Jiang, I'm fine." It was a voice she was very familiar with, and there was a trace of helplessness.

"Didn't Aya-senpai say that she hasn't been to the Hachiman God's temple fair for a long time? Then let's play all the events this time!" Matsuoka's tone was lively, perhaps to make Minamoto Aya happy.

The very close conversation made Rui's hand still holding the apple candy tremble, it was a girl in two bathrobes passing by her, a faint familiar body scent that was suddenly near and far away made her Can't help but turn around.

...It's really Aya Minamoto and Matsuokae!

But they didn't notice the appearance of her and Jun Nakajima, fortunately... otherwise she wouldn't know what kind of expression she should use to face them.

"Hey, Tianhai, I'll give you some apple toffee..."

"...Can you wait." She hasn't finished eating the apple candy yet.

"Well, it's just right now, come eat squid paella, it's fresh out of the oven!"

"I told me..." I really couldn't understand how that idiot Jun Nakajima, who only thought about painting, could walk so fast, Rui bit off the last bit of apple candy, and then threw the wooden stick into the trash can beside him , I want to quickly catch up with Jun Nakajima.

However, she obviously forgot that she was wearing a bathrobe now, and she couldn't take a big step at all... So she was staggered and pushed forward by the stream of people.

It's so sad... I won't wear clogs anymore, I just make my feet suffer.

Slowly lowering her gaze, Ruyi knelt down and rubbed her feet silently. Maybe there were too many people coming to the temple fair. Even during the time of rubbing a little, she was still being squeezed by people.

Immediately put one hand behind her, Rui breathed a sigh of relief as if she had been saved, then she put the other hand on the other side of her body, trying to get up, but found that her feet were a bit painful.

Never wear clogs to walk such a long distance in the future, I am so tired.

"... Rui?"

"……Eh?"

The moment she raised her eyes, a pair of sea-blue eyes were as clear as usual, and more of a pure and distant sky.

Only then did she realize that this was a rest stop, and Nanase Haruka was standing on the edge of the seat for some reason, holding cuttlefish burnt in her hand.

"...your feet."

"It's okay, you don't need to worry about it." The hand next to her was pushing hard, but it was still useless, maybe the angle of the force was wrong, or there was something wrong with the way she supported her body, so she sat on the ground as before, From the hem of the yukata, one could even see her smooth legs.

...Of course, it was Haruka Nanase who helped her up and hugged her shoulders so that she could use him to sit on the seat.

"Hey... Nanase, why are you here?" Rui asked casually after taking the cuttlefish Yaki that Nanase Haruka handed her.

"They went to buy drinks."

"Is that so..."

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent, Nanase Haruka did not intend to stand, but sat beside her, although there was some distance left, it still made Rui a little uncomfortable.

Especially after knowing that he has that strange habit.

"Hey, Nanase..." When she made up her mind to say something to Haruka Nanase, she stopped talking.She felt the warmth from the palm of her hand, and she was squeezing her hand little by little.

"Do you want to know... my past?"

After a while, she calmed down, looked at Nanase Haruka who was silently scooping squid paella, and asked softly.

He stopped the spoon and looked up at her without answering.

"If it's something you don't want to recall." He drooped a spoonful of paella again and brought it to his mouth.

"It doesn't matter if you don't say it, just keep it in your heart."

"Hmm..." Being rejected by Nanase Haruka for the first time, I always feel a little unhappy, obviously she made up her mind to let him know... Well, Nanase Haruka is indeed Nanase Haruka.

Then this atmosphere was interrupted, Ye Yuezhu also seemed a little sneaky along the way, although Tachibana Makoto looked more natural, but when Nanase Haruka said that she was going to the toilet, her expression became a little stiff.

"Ami, she too today..." When they finished going to the bathroom and were going to play water polo, Arisa Higurashi held Tachibana Makoto's hand while walking beside Rui, looking a little frustrated.

"Still so indifferent, as if they almost don't know us at all."

Turning her head away silently, she walked to the water polo booth and stopped, Rui patted Arisa Higure on the back.

"Shasha, I'm sorry, it's my waywardness."

"But if I had told the truth at that time, it would have been the same as it is today, even worse than the Cold War."

"Awei..." Higurashi Arisa looked at her worriedly, "Is it really all right..."

"It's okay." Rui shook her head and smiled at her, "I'm not fragile, so..."

"don’t worry."

Catching water polo is a headache for her, but Nanase Haruka next to her is still very good at catching water polo, he gently hooked up a few water polo with his little finger, but I didn't care, and continued to stare at Watching the water polo rolling and spinning in the pool.

Fishing for water polo...?

Seeing Nanase Haruka handing the water polo she picked up in her hand to the star-eyed child next to her with a soft expression, and seeing them laughing and running away with the water polo, Rui lowered her head and looked at the beautiful water polo in her hand. Assorted water polo.

At that time...it was also like this.

After being given a water polo, she raised her head, but she couldn't find the warmest support in the vast sea of ​​people. In an instant, she fell from heaven to hell.

At that time...she was thrown into the temple fair by her parents.

In her eyes, the pool rippled with circles of water.

"...Hey, Ru... Why are you crying, Miss Rui!"