Ome Quartet of Snow Country

136 The Long Night
After soaking in the footbath, when the three of Naruse returned to the hotel room, the low table in the bedroom had been put away, and six futons were neatly spread on the tatami from inside to outside.

Shangzi and the others haven't come back yet.

"I still feel a little cold in my body, do you want to go down to soak in the hot spring for a while?" Mori Jian invited Hai Xing.

"Okay."

"Is Naruse coming?"

"Shall we soak together?"

Sen Jian glanced at him, pushed his glasses, "Okay."

"Then you go first, I'll come right away."

Starfish also looked over.

"Don't take it seriously."

"……Oh."

The two returned to the room and didn't stay for a while, then went down together with the towel.

Naruse was too lazy to go to the hot spring by himself, turned on the TV, and sat on the futon with the best viewing angle.

"Well, it just so happens that there are variety shows to watch at this time."

A few familiar faces appeared on the screen, and if he remembered correctly, he had dinner with one or two of them.

After watching for a while, Naruse took out his mobile phone and looked at the communication with Matsu Chiaki in the past two days.

"She seems very busy there."

Not long after, the three of Shangzi finally returned to the room.

"Is the quilt already laid out? It's really considerate." Hikaru Takikawa opened the sliding door and came in. "Why is there only Chunhai alone, Yiye and Haixing?"

"Go to the hot spring."

Naruse looked at the three people with ruddy complexions, and his gaze stayed on Shangzi's face, "How does it feel to take a rock bath?"

"I've been lying on the hot slate, sweating a lot." She smiled, "It is said that it can detoxify and reduce fat."

"Then I'll try it out tomorrow."

"Okay." She looked at the empty quilts on his left and right, hesitated, "Does Chunhai want to sleep here?"

"I haven't slept yet." Naruse said, "Watching TV."

Shangzi didn't say anything, and sat down on his quilt as well.

"Well!"

On the other side, Takigawa Tsuki lay down on another futon in a prostration posture.

Naruse glanced twice, "What's wrong, Sister Yue?"

"It's okay, it's just that the body is too relaxed." Takikawa Hikari smiled at him.

"It's about to fall apart!"

Takikawa Tsuki turned his head, "Massage hurts... They are all elderly grandmas, but their hands are as strong as light."

"...Really, that's quite powerful."

Naruse only thought she was exaggerating.

If the hand strength of those old grandmas can really compare with Takikawa Hikaru, then she probably can only hum at the moment.

"The granny who massaged is really strong, but after the massage, the body is really comfortable."

Shangzi moved closer and pressed against his shoulder, "The entire massage room is filled with Sister Yue and Guang's screams."

"Light too?"

Takikawa Yue was weak and couldn't stand the massage. He could understand that Takikawa was naked and healthy, so he didn't look like he would scream when he was massaged.

"The first few strokes were really painful, but after that it was called for fun."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, and sat down, "Otherwise, Yue is the only one screaming there, and I feel a little ashamed."

"Ugh..."

Takikawa Tsuki buried his head in the pillow.

"Are you watching a variety show?" Takikawa Hikaru also looked at the TV after comforting his sister.

"Well, just take a look."

"Ah, it's this show. Will there be Chunhai's mother in this episode?"

Takikawa Tsuki immediately raised his head, while Naruse shook his head, "She doesn't have time for variety shows now."

"Is the shooting time tight?"

"Well, before the director fell down and stopped shooting for a few days, the impact on the shooting plan seems to be quite large."

"Is that so..."

While watching TV, several people chatted endlessly, and after more than ten minutes, Morimi and Haixing also returned to the room.

Shangzi leaned on Naruse and looked at the two of them, "There should be no people in the hot spring pool at night."

"Yes."

Morimi looked at her and Naruse, and nodded, "The old people seem to go to bed early."

"What time do we go to bed today?"

Hikaru Takikawa asked his companion beside him, "It feels like it's still early, and I'm going to stay here for another day and night tomorrow."

"Of course I sleep when I'm sleepy..." Naruse said, but he didn't have the confidence.

Shangzi looked at him.

"Are there no other activities besides watching TV?"

"No."

"Ok."

Takigawa Hikaru didn't force himself, lay down next to the futon where his sister was lying on her stomach, and got up on her side.

"It's better to think about what else to do tomorrow, there is nothing to play here." Naruse said.

"If I knew it, I would only book for one night... I didn't expect this place to be so small."

Saying that, she sighed.

"It's okay. If you only stay for one night, you have to check out at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, and it feels a bit rushed."

Naruse turned his head to comfort him, and then said: "It's okay to stay one more day, see if there are other places to play near Obanazawa City. If it's not too far away, we will go with the hotel car tomorrow morning Go out and come back tonight."

"Okay."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled again, thought for a while and said, "The next time we go out to play together, Harumi will be in charge of things like the itinerary, just like the last time I went to Kyoto. Because Haruhi is more thoughtful." .”

Naruse stared at the TV, noncommittal.

"Spring Sea?"

"Let's talk later."

If she agrees easily, there is no guarantee that she will suddenly come up with a plan to skip school.

"Then where shall we go next time?" Starfish asked.

"Next time."

Naruse glanced at her, almost forgetting that this person was also an extremely unstable factor.

"If Starfish still wants to come out to play together, we have to wait for you to pay off the 'debt' first."

She pursed her lips and leaned closer to Senjian.

She smiled at her, "Let's see where we can go tomorrow first."

"Okay." Takikawa Hikari crawled over, took out his mobile phone, and looked at the travel guide near Obanazawa City.

"Or go to that... that place that I saw on TV this afternoon."

"Zao Onsen?"

"That's right, it's the place where supernatural phenomena appear."

"Zao Jubing? That's not a supernatural phenomenon...but I also want to see it with my own eyes."

Naoko also moved her body and sat on the side facing them, still leaning on Naruse's back.

"If you go to Zao Onsen, you have to get up early."

The evening time passed slowly amid the discussions of several people.

At a certain moment, Takikawa Hikari couldn't help but yawned.

"Well……"

She looked back and saw that her sister was lying on the quilt and had been silent for a long time.

"Yue is asleep."

Hikaru Takikawa got up, lifted another quilt next to him, carried his sister to put it down, and looked at the time again.

"It's about this time... Is Haixing still not sleepy?" She looked at Haixing and Mori, who were still very energetic.

Naruse, who was sitting on the other side, didn't speak much, but it was obvious that he wasn't sleepy either.

Shangzi, who was leaning on him, had been yawning just now.

"Well...I'm not too sleepy yet."

"Don't get too excited, don't you have to go to Zao Hot Spring tomorrow?" Naruse said.

Starfish pouted.

And not because of the can of coffee he bought.

"It's almost time to go to bed." Mori Jian sat up and glanced at the remaining quilts.

"Can you sleep now?" Haixing looked at her.

"If you want to sleep, you can still sleep."

Sen Jian smiled, "Let's lie down first."

Naruse raised his arm and touched Shangzi, "Go to sleep."

"Ah."

Shangzi sat up, crawled to the innermost bed by the window, lifted the quilt, but didn't get in, but looked back at him.

Naruse didn't say anything, got up and went over, and lay down there.

"Let me turn off the lights." Takikawa Hikaru said.

"Okay." Shangzi lifted the quilt next to Naruse and lay down.

After Haixing and Morimi got into bed, Hikaru Takikawa turned off the lights.

Suddenly, the room darkened, but there was a little glimmer of light reflected from the snow outside the window, so it would not be completely dark.

Staring at the ceiling, Haixing turned his head to look at Morimi next to him, and Shangzi on the other side, neither of them fell asleep immediately.

"What time is breakfast tomorrow." She broke the sudden silence after the lights were turned off.

"Seven to eight." It was Naruse who answered.

"Oh."

Hikaru Takikawa turned sideways to the inside, "It's seven or eight o'clock in the morning, can starfish wake up?"

"It's hard to say..."

It was very comfortable to lie in the bed, but Haixing still didn't feel sleepy at all. She could already foresee that she would not fall asleep until late at night, and that she would not be able to get up again in the morning.

"Feel sorry."

Morimi next to him suddenly said, "I'm used to drinking coffee, and it doesn't affect my sleep that much. I forgot to consider the condition of the starfish."

"fine……"

Hai Xing shook his head, raised his body slightly, and glanced at Naruse who was sleeping in the innermost part.

He lay motionless, and he couldn't tell if his eyes were still open.

Obviously he also drank coffee, why don't you say something?

She glanced at Shangzi, who was sleeping between the two of them, suddenly turned around and looked over.

"..."

Hai Xing moved her body, pretending that she just wanted to sleep a little higher.

"Does Yiye often drink coffee and stay up late to study?" Takikawa Hikaru asked.

"more or less."

Mori closed his eyes, "Sometimes I don't complete the target learning progress, so I will rely on coffee to refresh myself and study for a while."

"Yeah, I'm different."

Hikaru Takikawa lay flat on his body, "Even if it's the review before the exam, you still have to rest when the time comes."

Sen Jian smiled, "Everyone has different goals."

"But rest is also very important. Yue is to rest when he is tired from studying, at least he will not push himself too hard when he is sleepy." Takikawa said, and looked at his sister who was sleeping outside.

Takikawa Tsuki woke up a little earlier, but now fell asleep again.

Mori was silent for a few seconds.

"Actually, recently, I have been much more relaxed than before..."

She subconsciously looked towards Naruse, and could only see starfish staring at the ceiling in a daze.

"Go to sleep." Sen Jian closed his eyes again.

Takikawa Hikaru looked at her, pulled up the quilt, "Well, good night."

"Good night."

Both fell silent, and the silence quickly spread in the room, urging people to dream together with the night shrouded outside the window...

——Sleep now?
Hai Xing turned his head and stared at Sen Jian for a while.

Can you really fall asleep?
And she stared until her eyes were sour, and Sen Jian lay flat and didn't move, as if she fell asleep the moment she said good night.

Hai Xing closed his eyes a few times hard, moistening and drying the eyeballs.

She turned her head to look to the other side, and Shangzi turned his back to her, or his face.

Controlling her breathing, she raised her body carefully, looked at Naruse inside, and lay down slowly again.

Still can't see...

Haixing let out a breath slowly, and couldn't help but look at Shangzi again.

Before turning off the lights, she was still thinking about who and who would sleep next to him, but Shangzi directly drove him to the innermost place, and used herself as a barrier between him and everyone.

And everyone didn't seem to find it strange, she could only adapt to the atmosphere and pretend that everything was normal.

Because he's the only boy...

Obviously, everyone is already close enough to live in the same room, there is no need to deliberately distance themselves when they fall asleep.

——It was Shangzi who "occupied" him.

A trace of dissatisfaction just rose in his heart, and Hai Xing took it for granted again.

Isn't that what their relationship is?

Owning each other to the exclusion of others.

If she was in that position next to him, she would do the same.

—but she never really had him.

"..."

Hai Xing kicked off the quilt, took another deep breath, and stopped herself from thinking about it.

But her consciousness is extremely clear, she always thinks of something.

The more quiet the time, the more so.

The bottom of her heart was depressed, and the soft bedding under her body was like a fire-roasted iron plate, constantly tormenting her.

Hai Xing turned over and looked at Mori on the other side.

For no reason, the image of her leaning on his shoulder came to mind again.

just relax a little...

Besides Shangzi and Guang, would Yiye be so close to him?

Although he avoided it, he didn't show any resistance.

All he resisted was her.

"..."

Starfish bit her lip.

Isn't this so unfair?
"...Can't you sleep?"

After an unknown amount of time, a very soft inquiry suddenly sounded in the darkness, right in front of him.

Hai Xing blinked his blurred eyes, "Yiye..."

Her voice was a little hoarse, she coughed lightly, and pretended to wipe her eyes casually.

"Hmm...can't sleep." Hai Xing replied with a suppressed voice.

"Me too."

Morimi let out a breath, "That can of coffee is too bitter, and the refreshing effect is a little stronger than I thought."

She smiled.

Suddenly there was a ray of light in the darkness.

"Have you been lying down for almost an hour?"

Morimi put down the phone and raised his voice slightly, "Is Naruse asleep?"

There was no response over there, and she didn't think he was asleep, so she curled her lips.

Freed from wild thoughts, Hai Xing was very happy to have an extra companion who stayed up all night, and went to her side.

"I feel like I won't be able to wake up tomorrow morning..."

"It's okay, I'll call you."

"It's hard to wake up."

"Then don't call?"

"No, let's call... Even if I can't say it, you have to pull me up." Hai Xing was very clear about his state when he woke up.

Sen Jian smiled, "Okay."

Although both of them tried their best to lower their voices, but the night was quiet, Naruse could still hear a little bit, but not clearly.

He couldn't sleep either.

Lying down for a while, he heard a rustling sound, he raised his body slightly, only to find that the starfish had crawled into Morimi's bed.

The two huddled together, still covered by the quilt, and their voices were even lower.

"..."

He's still awake.

But he couldn't get into Morimi's bed too.

Naruse could only lie down and stare at the ceiling in the darkness.

Everything was silent, and the sound of running water from the small river beside the street could be faintly heard.

The old window shakes slightly, it is the wind and snow outside again.

After staring blankly for a while, Naruse turned to look at Naoko who was sleeping next to him.

He had been listening to her breathing, and he couldn't be sure if she was really asleep.

Looking down, he noticed that her hand had been stretched out of the quilt.

After taking a look, he held her hand and sent it under the quilt.

When she was about to pull away, she suddenly tightened her grip.

"..."

Naruse pursed his lower lip.

"Shangzi?"

She didn't answer, her breathing was still as calm as before, and the handshake was more like an unconscious natural reaction in a dream.

Naruse was silent for a while, closed his eyes, found the most comfortable position to lie flat, and held her hand tightly.

If you can't sleep, you have to sleep, and you have to get up tomorrow morning.

There is a bathroom in the hotel room, but there is no separate bathroom, so you have to go outside when it is convenient.

Climbing out of the bed, Starfish first took a big mouthful of fresh air.

"bored to death……"

Morimi also showed his head, shook the quilt twice by the way, and took a breath.

Neither of them could fall asleep, and they have been hiding under the covers and chatting until now.

"Do you want me to go with you?"

"Okay." Hai Xing didn't want to go to the bathroom alone.

"Be gentle, they're already asleep."

"Oh..." Starfish immediately slowed down.

Sitting up, she was afraid that what she had done just now would wake up Shangzi, so she turned her head and took a look.

"..."

Seeing her suddenly froze, Mori Jian, who had already got up, touched the glasses and put them on, "What's wrong."

"It's okay..." Hai Xing got up and shook her head numbly.

Morimi also glanced over there.

Beside the half-covered quilt, two hands were clasped together.

　Two in one
　　
　
(End of this chapter)