Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 426 Guard
After soaking for a while, Naruse climbed out of the bathtub and picked up a towel to dry himself.

Before putting on the guest yukata Morimi brought, he picked it up and smelled it.

It seemed that no one had worn it for a long time, and it had a faint smell of mothballs.

After shaking his hands, Naruse put on his yukata. He glanced at Haixing's clothes in the dirty clothes basket and immediately looked away.

Returning to the living room, he immediately saw several quilts spread on the floor.

"……What does it mean?"

"Hikari said he wanted to fall asleep while looking at the bonfire," Morimi said, "so he spread the bedding over here in the living room."

"But I have no intention of doing so."

"Shangzi agreed."

"..."

He looked at Shangzi, and she nodded, looking a little helpless.

"It's rare to stay overnight, so let's sleep together."

It was probably Hikari Takigawa who convinced her.

Naruse didn't say anything. He wiped his hair and sat down on the quilt on the far side of the bed. "Naoko, go wash it."

"Ah."

She stood up, glanced at a few people in the living room, and went to the bathroom.

"Look at your girlfriend, it seems like if she leaves, we will eat you up." Morimi suddenly said.

Naruse ignored her, picked up his phone and looked at the time, only to find that it was past midnight.

"It's already early in the morning, aren't you going to sleep yet?"

"Don't you wait for Naoko?" Takigawa Hikaru said.

"I don't believe you fall asleep when you lie down."

"That's almost it." She smiled and yawned again, "I'm actually quite sleepy."

"Then why are you still awake? Just lie down."

Takigawa Hikaru also got into her bed. Before lying down, she looked at Morimi again and said, "Kazuyo, come here too."

"I'll sit down for a while...what are you doing...wait...hey..."

Under the silent gazes of Naruse and Haisei, Morimi was dragged to the leftmost quilt by Takigawa Hikari.

"Ichiyo, just sleep here. I'll sleep next to you and I'll watch over you all night."

"..."

Being pressed on the quilt, Mori Jian stared at her, unable to move no matter how hard he struggled.

After looking at each other up and down for a long time, she sighed and finally gave up.

The gap between the two in physical fitness and strength was wider than the gap in final exam rankings, but this time, she was not the one with the upper hand.

"Let go...I'm ready to sleep."

"Really?"

"Even if it's fake, can I escape when being stared at by a strange and powerful woman like you?"

"hey-hey."

Hikaru Takigawa got off her body, watched her get into the bed helplessly, and then lay down too.

Pulling the quilt on his body, Morimi turned his head and looked at Naruse on the other side, and he looked away.

"why are you laughing."

"It's nothing. I just suddenly discovered that your relationship seems to be better than I understand."

"Yes." Hikaru Takigawa moved towards her, "I will stare at Kazuha all night."

"..."

Sen rolled his eyes, took off his glasses without saying a word, and lay down with his back facing them.

"Aren't you asleep yet?" Naruse looked at Haixing again.

"Just fell asleep..."

She lifted the quilt next to him, but she couldn't lift it halfway. When she lowered her head, she saw that he had stepped on it.

"The starfish sleeps in the middle." He pointed at the quilt next to Takigawa Hikari, "Let Hikaru protect you by the way."

Hikaru Takigawa turned around and said, "Come on, Starfish."

"..."

Starfish pouted and crawled over.

The three of them lay down, and Naruse looked at the bonfire in the yard outside. The firewood he had added before was almost burned.

"Harumi, please remember to add fuel to the bonfire." Hikaru Takigawa said.

"More additions?"

"Why else would we be sleeping here?"

Naruse shook his head, stood up and went out, throwing a few more thick logs into the fire.

Surrounded by walls, there is no wind in the yard. Even if no one is watching at night, there is basically no need to worry about the fire blowing away.

After stirring the coals and squatting beside the campfire in a daze for a while, Naruse turned around, and the three people who had been lying down all sat up again, looking over here.

"..."

He suddenly felt like a teacher in a kindergarten. If he relaxed a little, the children would not take a nap honestly.Why stay overnight?

His thoughts suddenly returned to the original question.

Before he could think of the answer, Shangzi had already finished taking a shower and came out.

Glancing at the three people who were already sitting on the quilt, she came straight out and stood next to him wiping her hair.

"It's so warm..."

"Ah."

"Harumi isn't sleepy yet?"

"Waiting for my girlfriend."

She curled her eyes, smiled slightly, moved to his side again, and rubbed his body with her calves.

Staring at the dancing flames, Naruse turned to look at the pajamas she was wearing.

"Is this pajamas a bit too big?"

She stared at him, "It's just a little long."

He smiled, stretched out his hand to hold her ankle, and stroked it gently.

The girls were all wearing Morimi's pajamas.

"Does Harumi's yukata fit you?"

"That's it, at least there's no discomfort."

"That's good... wipe your hair for me."

Naruse stood up, took the towel, put it on her head and wiped it.

"Well……"

Shangzi closed her eyes, enjoying her boyfriend's service while feeling the warmth rushing towards her face in the cool night.

His eyes were bright red.

"We can also set up a bonfire in our yard."

"It's possible... the key problem is that there is no firewood."

"That's it."

"Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"

"I just thought of..."

"Ah."

He wiped it for a while, then held her hands down, "It's almost done."

Shangzi looked back at the living room. The three people who were sitting just now were all lying down.

Before she could look at it, Naruse turned his attention to the fire on the ground.

He now knows the answer.

"Just let the bonfire continue to burn?" Shangzi asked.

"Well, that's it. It shouldn't last long. Go to bed."

"it is good."

The two of them also returned to the living room, Naoko lay down first, and Naruse went to turn off the light.

Snap, the living room suddenly became dark.

The moving light came from the courtyard. It was not very bright, but it made people unable to take their eyes away.

"It's time to turn off the lights a long time ago..."

Takigawa Hikaru didn't know when he sat up again, staring blankly at the bonfire over there.

"There's also firewood, just throw it all in."

Naruse got into the quilt, "Are you staring?"

"Yes." Hikaru Takigawa took the pillow to the other end of the quilt, "I will watch until it goes out."

"Then you can add firewood yourself, I'm sleepy."

"Ok."

Takigawa Hikaru stood up and went over, throwing the few remaining firewood into the fire.

When she came back and lay down again, she lay on the pillow at the end of the bed and continued to stare there.

As fuel was added, the flame gradually rose and more than doubled in size.

The firewood quickly burned out, and the flame gradually fell, until only a pile of red charcoal remained.

After the firelight dissipated, the night became deeper and quieter.

Morimi opened his eyes.

Just as he moved, his ankle was suddenly held.

"...I just rolled over."

　The leader of the book club [Salary Star] adds an update.

　　Bad news, I'm taking tomorrow off.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)