Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 49 Aquarium

Although he has become a high school student, Naruse finds that he still suffers from insomnia for the next day's long journey, just like when he was in elementary school.

Waking up in the morning, the memory of falling asleep last night is long gone, accompanied by gradually blurred dreams.

Naruse couldn't keep his eyes closed, so he lay down for a while before sitting up and looking out the window.

The weather is fine and suitable for long trips.

"Spring Sea."

Shangzi's voice came from outside the door.

"I'm awake."

"it is good."

She quickly went downstairs again.

Entering October, the daylight hours are shortening, and the temperature continues to drop, even cold in the morning.

Naruse felt that he was not sensitive to temperature changes, but his body didn't think so, and he slept better in the morning.

But now that he's awake, he won't stay in bed for too long.

After getting up and going downstairs, he went to the kitchen to say hello to Shangzi, and the two eyes fell on each other's clothes at the same time.

"Why is Shangzi wearing casual clothes?"

"Chun Hai is the one, why are you wearing a uniform?"

"Over there in Tokyo, even if you go hiking, you have to wear a uniform."

"It's not here." Shangzi in casual clothes smiled slightly.

Naruse wanted to say something, but he was sleepy, so he yawned first.

"Ha...that's it, I'm too lazy to change."

"uh-huh."

After washing up, the two had breakfast together.

All the things to bring for the hike were packed last night, but when she went out, Shangzi asked Naruse to wait for her for a while.

She returned to her home, and when she came out again, she also changed into a uniform.

"After thinking about it, casual clothes are really too conspicuous."

"What are you talking about? Today's situation is just the opposite."

"I'm worried that Chunhai will be embarrassed in uniform alone."

"would not."

The two went to the bus stop to wait for the bus, and found that among the casually dressed Tsuga students, Morimi was also wearing a uniform, no different from usual.

Standing not far away, Hai Xing was wearing a hoodie and jeans, looked at the "outlandish clothes" of the three, but said nothing after all.

When I came to the school, the first-year students were all in uniforms, at least in Class C, only Naruse and Shangko wore uniforms.

Suzuki and Mirai greeted Shangzi, looked at their outfits, and whispered:
"One-day limited couple outfit?"

Shangzi just smiled.

Takikawa Hikaru came later than usual, saying it was to comfort Takikawa Tsuki who suddenly remembered that the school trip had been postponed after waking up.

"Sister Yue didn't cry, did she?"

"I cried."

At 08:30 in the morning, the first-year students of the prefectural Tsu High School gathered downstairs under the sad eyes of the third-year students, and got on the bus to Mutsu Bay.

At [-]:[-], the team started on time.

The destination is the side of Mutsu Bay in Aomori City, to be precise, the Asamushi area in Aomori City, which is famous for its hot springs.

It takes more than an hour to pass from Jinqian.

The bus was traveling at high speed, staring at Naoko's side face outside the window for a while, Naruse closed his eyes to rest, but Takikawa Hikaru's voice came from above his head:
"Chun Hai didn't sleep well last night?"

"more or less."

"Me too."

She lay on the back of the chair and smiled at Shangzi who was looking over, "I'm still dreaming about the past."

Naruse couldn't fall asleep either, and looked up at her: "The time when we went to Asamushi Aquarium together?"

"Huh? Nope."

Hikaru Takikawa shook his head, "I dreamed about myself. A certain girl who was on the basketball team and entered the national competition together is now in a high school not far from Asamushi Onsen."

"Ah, I played in the semi-finals again in my dream, I was exhausted, even though I still lost in the end.

Then, after the game, the girl asked me why I stopped playing with everyone after entering high school.

Very baffling, right?Obviously everyone has been assigned to different schools.I was about to explain to her when I woke up suddenly. "

Hikaru Takikawa fell silent after speaking, as if recalling the dream from last night again.

Naruse looked at her, "Do you feel regretful?"

She thought for a while.

"It doesn't feel like that anymore."

She put her hands down and supported him on the left and right shoulders, "Compared to this, Chunhai and Shangzi will be there later, do you have any plans?"

"After visiting the aquarium?"

"Yes."

After visiting the aquarium, there are two hours of free time.

Naruse glanced at Naoko, who shook her head.

"Is there any arrangement for light?"

"Let's go on a yacht together."

The two agreed.

"OK~ then it's done."

Squeezing Naruse's shoulder again, Takikawa Hikari sat back in his seat and chatted with others.

Naruse continued to rest with his eyes closed, listening to the humming and roaring of the engine, as well as the whispered laughter in the car.

After an unknown amount of time, his shoulders sank.

He didn't open his eyes, and leaned in slightly.

The first stop of the first-year excursion in the prefectural Tsu High School is Asamushi Aquarium, which is surrounded by mountains and sea.

After getting off the bus, under the leadership of the teachers in each class, the students poured into it one after another.

Standing in front of the huge aquarium, Zhong Yuanxue was wearing a pale pink gauze hat, sunglasses on the neckline, and no uniform. Rather than being a teacher, she looked more like a tourist who had inadvertently mixed in.

"The next step is to visit freely, but you can't leave the aquarium. In addition, there will be a dolphin show at the dolphin pool at ten o'clock. If you miss it, you can only wait another hour and a half."

"Yes--"

The students of Class C beside him dispersed at once, and Naruse held the tour brochure and looked left and right.

This aquarium has two floors on the ground and one floor underground. There are many places to visit.

In the aquarium on the front, silver-white squids swim freely.In the water tank next to it are a few strings of cultured scallops that are not moving, and directly opposite is a data wall showing how to cook scallops.

It is said that scallops have more than 200 eyes. I don’t know what they think when they see those pictures...

Seeing him staring at the scallop in a daze, Shangzi suggested: "Let's go to the underwater landscape tunnel first."

"it is good."

Bypassing the aquarium with a giant sea turtle lying on its stomach, and following the crowd, the two came to a landscape tunnel more than ten meters long.

Naruse raised his head, and through the completely transparent glass, countless sea fish shuttled back and forth in the blue water, leisurely.

He stared intently for a while, when a huge ray suddenly swam past above, revealing a slightly ferocious face below.

"...It still feels shocking."

Naruse was completely attracted, and only heard the second half of Naoko's words.

"Yes."

He didn't look back until the ray swam far away.

The two walked to the glass, looked at the swimming fish inside, observed their leisurely swimming and movement, or suddenly reflected a large piece of silver light, or quietly disappeared in the deep color.

"Is this what the bottom of the sea looks like?"

"In the real seabed, the situation is a little more complicated... The water may not be so clean."

After staying in the underwater landscape tunnel for a while, Naruse and Naoko continued to move forward.

"What a big piece of coral reef."

"There are a lot of jellyfish here..."

The two stopped in front of the aquarium they were interested in.

"Narase—"

A boy leaned over, "Would you like to go to the snack corner? Tuchuan said that it seems that you can taste the scallops raised by the aquarium."

"...I'm more interested in live scallops now."

It's still early, and he doesn't have much appetite, so he can go and have a look at it at noon.

"Ok."

Watching the boy walk away, Naruse looked at Naoko again, surrounded by a few girls who seemed to be chatting happily.

He didn't go to bother, turned around and looked at one aquarium after another, and continued to wander around and visit.

Today is not a weekend, and there are not many idle people in the aquarium, most of them are students of Jin Gao.The classes of the first grade had already dispersed, and after strolling around, Naruse followed the flow of people to the second floor, and saw Starfish and Hikari Takikawa who were getting together.

"Touch zone?"

Glancing at the sign on the wall, Naruse walked over to the starfish lying on the edge of the pool, about to reach out to touch the marine life inside.

"Are you going to meet..."

Her hand was probing downwards, but she didn't dare to take another look. She turned her head and stared closely at Hikaru Takikawa who was leaning on the side.

"Don't be afraid, it's just a sea cucumber."

"I can't stand that...don't rush me."

"It's almost here."

Hai Xing suddenly opened his eyes wide, took a deep breath, poked his finger down, and immediately felt a cold and slippery feeling from his fingertips.

"Ah ah ah."

Takikawa laughed.

"Well, it feels amazing."

Starfish turned his head and glanced into the water, then immediately looked away.

"Ahhh... so disgusting! So disgusting!"

Shouting disgust, her hand never moved away, stroking the sea cucumber back and forth non-stop.

Naruse wanted to laugh.

"Ah, Harumi." Takikawa Hikari finally noticed him.

Hai Xing turned back, and when he saw him, the expression on his face suddenly subsided, and he quickly took out his hand.

"I'll go ahead and have a look." She said to Takikawa Hikaru.

"Don't you touch it?"

"Well... that's enough."

"Chunhai has already gone down."

"Eh?"

Hai Xing turned his head again, and Naruse's head just disappeared under the stairs.

"Haixing obviously liked Chunhai very much before."

"..."

Starfish pursed her lower lip.

"That was all a long time ago. Isn't it just then."

In other words, in that distant time, there was no girl who didn't like him.

"Yes."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "But I still like Harumi very much now."

"..."

Starfish froze for a moment, curled his lips again, turned and walked to the aquarium on the other side.

"That's not what I meant...forget it, let's go over there."

(End of this chapter)