I saved the fallen beautiful girl!

The two blonde girls, Chiyuki Hoshino and Kirino Kousaka, hit it off right away and started calling each other "senior" and "junior".

"Senior's grades must be very good, after all, he is in a place like Sobu High School."

"Hehe, it's not bad. I think my score is probably in the top 30 (class ranking, and there are 40 students in total)."

"Top 30 (grade ranking)! That's amazing. I will definitely go to Sobu High School like Ayase in the future. Can I ask you to teach me how to study?" Kousaka Kirino said in a very admiring tone: "I am a little unconfident about my grades."

"Relax, junior." Hoshino Chiyuki raised her chest, clenched her fist and said with great momentum: "As long as you work hard, everything is possible!"

......

On the other side, Aragaki Kaede and Ochiai Sengoku had already arrived at the viewing lawn.

After looking around, I didn't find any trace of Anlegang Hanabi and others.

"I guess there are too many people and it's a bit difficult to get here. Let's find a place first." Xinyuan Feng said.

"Yeah, I brought a picnic mat!" Ochiai Shanyan took out a folded mat from the universal canvas bag and said happily.

"Thank you for your help, Shan Yan." Xin Yuanfeng was a little surprised. He really forgot about this matter and originally wanted to ask Hua Huo if she had taken it.

But I didn't expect that Ochiai Shanyan, who is usually the most unreliable, would be unexpectedly reliable for once.

The two found a suitable place and placed some of the things they bought along the way on it.

Then he sat down quietly.

Looking at the gloomy JK who was in a daze, Xin Yuanfeng brought up the topic and said:

"By the way, what did you divine just now? Of course, you don't have to tell me if it's inconvenient."

"No...no, it's mainly about schoolwork and stuff." Ochiai Shanyan smiled a little reluctantly: "After all, I have exams to take."

Chapter 2.5: Dark Future (K)

Where is the best place to watch the fireworks?

On the nearby mountain road, on the nearby stands, and on the lawn on the other side of the river.

Different people have different opinions.

At this time, Aragaki Kaede and Ochiai Sengen were sitting on the picnic mats laid out on the lawn, waiting for Hanabi and Chiyuki.

Chatted for a while.

Shan Yan noticed that many people nearby came alone. They set up a camera and then waited there alone for the fireworks to arrive.

"Feng." Luohe Shanyan said in a low voice.

"Ok?"

"Many of them are...alone."

"Yeah, after all, there are only a few people who bring their lovers here to show off their love." Xinyuan Feng sighed.

There are many office workers who come to the fireworks display alone.

The colleague I knew was not in the mood to appreciate these things, and since he didn’t have a girlfriend to accompany him, he had to come here by himself.

"Actually... I've been here alone before." Ochiai Shanyan whispered, "The last time was in junior high school."

Xinyuan Feng looked up at the depressed Luoai Shanyan, probably remembering some bad experience in the past.

At this moment, she rested her head lightly on her curled legs, and two strands of hair faintly covered her rosy cheeks.

He didn't ask questions like why she didn't come out with her family. Since he met Shan Yan, Xinyuan Feng had never heard this gloomy girl talk about anything about her family.

I guess everyone has things they don't want to say.

Ochiai Shanyan closed his eyes gently, and the memories of being alone once came to his mind.

The loneliness when people around you are laughing.

The fascination when fireworks bloom.

There is also the helpless feeling of not being able to find the direction when leaving.

"..."

She opened her eyes, and although she couldn't see, she knew that Aragaki Feng was very close to her.

This feeling.

very quiet.

It's comfortable to be around each other.

When you feel the warmth of another person, you will feel very safe.

Even though that temperature...doesn't belong to me.

Why does he think of so many things from the past every time night comes? Ochiai Shanyan doesn't quite understand.

But perhaps it is the lonely self in my heart that is showing my increasingly thin sense of existence.

The night is always a time for people to daydream, especially the atmosphere at this moment, which enhances people's sensibility to the extreme.

"Feng." Sitting diagonally in front of Aragaki Feng, she once again called out the name that was lingering in her mind.

"Ah."

The other party answered immediately as usual, but did not look over, as if he was staring at the river not far ahead.

"When I was in junior high school, no, I should say that from the time I started to realize this, I was already alone," she said.

"I get out of school alone, I go home alone, and I go home alone."

"Fireworks displays, New Year's visits to the shrine, studying at the library... well, I can't really learn anything."

Luohe Shanyan laughed twice at himself, raised his head and moved his body.

With her bun undone, her black hair spread out like a waterfall in the darkness, reflecting some lights from afar.

She hid half of her face under her bangs, as if this could conceal her unspeakable emotions.

"Speaking of which... does Feng like taking pictures?"

Without waiting for the other party to reply, Ochiai Shanyan continued: "If you like taking pictures, you should understand that people often blur or cut out some unimportant things to highlight the protagonist, and I am the one who is excluded."

Her delicate fingers moved slightly and she tapped her arm gently.

I have always been like this, and it is wrong to say something that would ruin the atmosphere in this environment.

But the urge to talk is irresistible.

When two people are alone at night, people always imagine other things.

"A person." Xin Yuanfeng slowly uttered a few words.

Is he empathizing with his past experiences? Ochiai Shanyan couldn't help but think.

But in fact, there was no need to do so. After all, those were worthless times. She was already very grateful that he listened to her complaints carefully. The girl had already decided to cherish every moment of her life in the future.

"Actually...if it weren't for those things, we probably wouldn't be who we are today." Xinyuan Feng said.

"......Um."

"Of course, if you had jumped from a different teaching building that day, we probably wouldn't have met."

"......Feng, actually, your skills in comforting people need to be improved." Ochiai Shanyan turned into the dark JK who loved to complain again.

The atmosphere at this moment was a little less depressing.

"No, I just want to say." Xinyuan Feng threw his body onto the mat and looked at the illusory stars.

"Sometimes it doesn't have to be a person, the cat you meet by chance on the way to school, the photographer who takes a picture of your back at the fireworks display, and the shy boy who falls in love with you at first sight in the library..."

"No, the last one is impossible." Dark JK interrupted him in time.

"No, no, I think it's still possible. Don't underestimate your looks, Shan Yan."

(What about you?) Ochiai Shanyan opened his mouth and buried the words that were about to come out in his heart.

(What about Feng? Has she ever been attracted to me now? Even for just a moment...)

"Life is made up of unexpected encounters like this, just like that time on the rooftop. Who would have thought that I would save a JK like you."

"..."

"So, there is no such thing as value in life. Maybe every step has its own purpose."

Ochiai Shanyan listened quietly, and his expression gradually became gentle.

Yes, if the past life was worthless, how could I be here quietly talking and quietly waiting for the upcoming fireworks?

"And..." Xin Yuanfeng sat up and took out his cell phone: "Fan Yan!"

"Ok?"

Ochiai Shanyan turned around and looked back to see Aragaki Feng holding a cell phone and looking towards him.

Click!

The voice sounded.

He held the phone in front of his eyes, and the scene just now was shown on the screen.

I turned my head, and my flying hair was set against the shimmering river behind me.

Yukata, girl, riverside, and bustling summer festival make up a photo full of summer atmosphere.

And I am in the center of the photo.

"Very beautiful, isn't it?" Xin Yuanfeng looked at herself and said, "Just like the protagonist."

【And I am the one who is excluded】

Ochiai Shanyan stared at her own photo in a daze, the previous words still echoing in her mind. At this moment, she understood one thing.

Perhaps I am not the unnecessary background.

(In Kaede's world, am I also... the protagonist?) Such a greedy thought came to my mind.

From the very beginning, the slight grievance that I felt because my yukata was not praised disappeared instantly.

boom!

A brilliant flame reaction appeared in the sky.

The fireworks display has begun.

The people around me also started shouting, and they were all trying hard to record this beautiful moment.

The noise around me could not cover up the sound of my anxious heartbeat.

His pupils trembled slightly, and Ochiai Shanyan's uncontrollable emotions surged out.

They turned into tears as pure as gems, dyed with the color of fireworks, and slid silently down the cheeks.

I have been accustomed to loneliness for a long time.

I thought being ignored wouldn't cause me much of a mood swing.

I thought this was a world where I had no sense of existence.

But the moment my emotions were caught up, I burst into tears.

Luohei Shanyan turned his head away, unwilling to look at Xinyuan Feng's expression at this moment, and even more unwilling to let him see his vulnerable appearance.

(Hanabi...) She murmured the name.

She is her best friend.

As the will to live grows stronger, the wall between the two becomes higher and higher, and becomes increasingly insurmountable.

As for their relationship, she hoped for parallel lines rather than intersecting lines that would have to move away from each other after just one touch.

At least, always maintain a warm distance.

"maple."

"Ah."

"As expected, I..." Luohe Shanyan raised his head, letting the sad emotion flow down his face: "I still want to live well."

(As expected, I still like you the most.)

As long as there is happiness in front of me, that’s enough, she told herself.