I push the child!

Chapter 3 3. Onsen Hotel in Echigo Yuzawa

In the early morning, the train passed through the tunnel and drove into the mountains, and the surroundings were completely lit up.

The scenery outside the window seemed to be covered with a thin layer of white gauze.

Snowplows in dark windbreakers, low wooden buildings dotted with snow, and green onions on the roadside in twos and threes.

No matter what you see, there is always a sense of dream floating with the blue sky and white clouds in your heart, and you feel extremely relaxed.

In the carriage, Ai Hoshino, who woke up from sleep, groaned, rubbed his eyes and raised his head, looking at the white ice and snow, stretched long.

"Are you there?" she asked in a soft voice.

"Three 10 minutes." Makimura Taku said.

He took out the remaining half pack of low-sugar soda crackers from his bag and handed them over: "Just make it. Breakfast."

"Thank you." Hoshino Ai said softly, spread her hands to take it, and then asked suddenly, "What about you, do you have anything else to eat?"

"I'm not too hungry."

"Not hungry?" She tilted her head.

Makimura Taku hummed in an unclear voice.

He closed the zipper of his backpack, raised his head, and pointed at the tip of his nose with a finger as clean as white jade.

"What are you doing."

"Lie!" Ai Hoshino said with a smile.It was a mischievous laugh that resembled a prank.

"It's true." Mu Cuntuo moved her fingers away, and said nonchalantly, "Besides, I'm the only one who can see through lies, and I'm the only one in the world. You can't."

"How can there be such a stupid ability." Ai Hoshino pouted.

"It's amazing."

"No one will believe it."

"It's okay when I'm joking."

As he said that, he took out the travel guide that he had read yesterday, and tapped it vertically on the desktop, preparing to review it again before arriving at the station.

At this time, there was a clicking sound from the side, as if something was broken.

Mu Cuntuo raised his head in doubt, and then handed half a biscuit to his mouth.

"Here." Ai Hoshino said.

"Thank you." After giving up the plan to take a bite, Makimura Taku took it.

After the two had breakfast, they looked at the various illustrations and copywriting on the guide together for a while.

Because the paper can only face in one direction, Ai Hoshino asked him to sit next to her, saying it would be more convenient.

Makimura Taku didn't refuse, and the two sat on the side, keeping a distance between them.

Hoshino Ai mainly read the illustrations, but he read them very carefully, which gave Makimura Takumi time to finish reading the copywriting.

Among them was a group of photographs that were quite exquisite, and the two of them specifically looked at the photographer behind him, whose name was Kaguya Shinomiya.

"Makimura-kun," Hoshino Ai asked him, "You think the person who can take such interesting photos must be a very interesting guy, right?"

"Really?" Makimura Taku noticed something else.

"You too." Ai Hoshino turned to him with a lovely smiling face.

He smiled noncommittal.

Before arriving at the station, Makimura went to the toilet at the end of the aisle, and Hoshino Ai helped him keep his backpack, luggage, plastic bottles and other things.

After returning, the two tidied up their things, cleaned up the trash, and stared out of the window tacitly.

The sun climbs up from the end of the snow-capped mountains, and the world is covered in silver, but with a little warmth.

The softness of the wind, the greenness of the grass, the clear sound of the train: No matter how many springs and autumns you experience, this will become a memory that is still fresh in your memory. That day is November [-]th.

They filled the time before the station with a neutral silence.

After the train arrived at the signal station, the two got off the train back and forth.

After leaving the station, Taku Makimura did not expect that the autumn here would be so cold, even though he had expected it.

He tightened his thin clothes and took a few short steps.

Ai Hoshino glanced at him, and took off the white scarf wrapped around her neck: "Do you need it?"

"Thank you, but forget it." Mu Cuntaku waved his hand and refused.

"Cold how to do?"

"No, I exercise when I have nothing to do, and my physique is not bad."

"People who exercise regularly are prone to colds."

"yes."

"Okay..." She seemed unwilling to explain any more, folded the scarf in half and held it in her hand, "Squat down."

"...Squat?" Makimura repeated like a robot.

Hoshino Ai thought for a while: "Does it have to be 'obedient'?"

"I'll do it myself." Makimura Taku said.

"Then I'll trouble you." She smiled cutely, and handed the scarf to Taku Makimura.

The two waited for about 25 minutes and left by bus from the bus stop not far from the platform.

According to the travel guide, they found a hot spring hotel called HatagoIsen to stay.

There are not many guests, but there are only single rooms left, and the others are fully occupied by family tour groups. They plan to open two rooms.

"Would it be better to have one room?" Hoshino Ai asked him at the side when opening the room, "If you open two rooms, it will cost more than 2 more per night."

The price for one room is 370 yen.

Mu Cuntuo was stunned for a moment: "It doesn't matter if I'm a boy, but you are fine? Live with me, don't you be afraid of what I will do to you?"

"What about me?" Hoshino Ai put on a strange expression.

The young woman in kimono who was in charge of registering passenger information at the front desk looked at the two with a smile and said:
"For couples, registering a room is actually enough. Although it is a single room, the beds in our inn are quite big, and the pillows are enough for two people to sleep."

"Sorry, we're not a couple." Makimura Taku replied.

"I'm sorry," the woman in the kimono felt a little regretful, "Seeing that the two look so well-matched, and their temperaments are also very good, it is completely suitable for a man and a woman... They are not a couple."

Mu Cuntuo pondered for a moment: "Maybe there are some similarities."

He was about to take out enough cash from the dark layer of the bag when a voice suddenly interrupted his movements.

"Please book a room instead." Ai Hoshino said to the woman in kimono.

"Miss Hoshino?"

"Listen to me." She looked at Makimura Taku with unquestionable determination.

Makimura Taku licked the tip of his teeth and did not answer.

The woman in kimono at the front desk looked them back and forth: "My guest, how many rooms did you decide on in the end?"

"One room." Hoshino Ai said to him again.

A middle-aged man in a coat and a black wool hat to keep out the cold came in from outside the hotel, his rubber-soled shoes made the floor creak.

When passing behind the two of Makimura Taku, a unique scent of Japanese sake emanated from him that could not be concealed. .

"Okay..." Mu Cuntuo sniffled and nodded, "Please book a room."

"Ok."

They paid the room fee for five days first, and they didn't need to pay a deposit. The money was paid [-]-[-] between the two.

After returning to the room to tidy up, Makimura Taku took off the scarf as if remembering.

Looking back, Hoshino Ai was lying on the tatami with a thick quilt with a face full of enjoyment.

"It's so comfortable!" She couldn't help exclaiming.

Makimura Taku spread the scarf on her body casually, just covering the ups and downs of her chest.

She stared at it blankly: "Is it no longer needed?"

"Yes."

"Okay." She remained motionless, feeling the warmth from the quilt.

At this time, the wind stopped completely, and even though the windows were open, the room didn't feel too cold.

Makimura Taku went to his bag and took out a book to read. It was not too thick, and it was "The Great Gatsby" in the original English language.

It was not the same woman as before, but the same woman in kimono knocked on the door and brought them hot tea.

The two thanked each other, and the woman in kimono left the saucer and left with it.

After a period of time, although they stayed in the same room, the two were doing two completely unrelated things:
One is drinking tea and reading a book, while the other is lying on the tatami mat with nothing else to do.

Although the atmosphere is still harmonious.

After looking at the wooden ceiling for a while, Hoshino Ai knew everything about where there was a tiny gap, where there was a little cobweb that hadn't been cleaned completely, and where there was a creaking sound.

Without warning, she straightened up and stared blankly out of the window for a moment.

"Makimura-kun," she said in a voice that didn't use much but was enough to reach every corner of the room, "in the afternoon, let's go climbing."

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