Seeing that they had no concrete plans, Ajitani delighted her. She quickly pulled four tickets from her bag and handed them to Shouko, excitedly saying,
"There's a limited-edition Kissla exhibition on August 15th. Do you want to go?"
Kissla...
Tsuna, sitting nearby, couldn't help but glance at the backpack she was carrying.
She'd heard her mention it before, and it seemed to be the limited-edition Kissla model she'd mentioned.
"Okay," Shouko took one without hesitation. "How much is one ticket? I'll give it to you now."
She reached into her bag for her wallet, but Shouko stopped her.
Shouko looked at her in confusion, only to see her shake her head and chuckle. "These tickets are free. Consider it my invitation to accompany me."
"Isn't that bad...?"
"They're not expensive. Take them."
Ajitani ignored Shouko's hesitation and pressed one of the tickets into her hand, then handed the remaining three to Tsuna and the others.
"Thank you."
"Don't worry, Ajitani. I'll definitely be there."
"Thank you, me too!" As Nishikata said this, he stole a glance at Takagi.
"My parents are waiting for me at the school gate. I'm leaving now. See you on August 15th!"
Seeing everyone else accept their tickets, Ajitani waved and left the classroom.
"Then let's go too."
"Yeah."
The four of them walked and chatted until they separated at the school gate. Tsuna and Shouko went to the left, while Takagi and Nishikata went the other way.
"Tsuna, are you planning anywhere this summer?" Shouko suddenly brought it up on the way.
Tsuna thought for a moment: "Not sure yet. I'll see what Mom arranges."
He was planning to spend the next month or two looking for novels and sleeping.
Or maybe he'd just try to pick a Japanese novel he'd read in a past life, write the opening chapter, and submit it.
If he succeeded, he could ask his mother to sign the contracts for him, and then he could come forward on his own when he came of age.
However, he has no plans to tell Shouko about this idea for the time being.
"That's right." Shouko nodded when she heard it.
Aunt Miyamura usually arranges the holidays, and most of them are trips to famous tourist attractions, but they may also be spent at home watching TV series.
But no matter which one it is, she doesn't care; anyway, she has Tsuna by her side.
If she is really bored, she can invite Miu, Chika, and Nene to come out and play.
Perfect!
Thinking of this, Shouko collected her thoughts in her mind, took his hand, and said excitedly: "Let's go, Tsuna, let's speed up!"
"Why are you walking so fast? Aren't you likely to have your period in the next few days?" Tsuna suddenly pulled her and asked her to slow down, "If you feel uncomfortable, blame me."
Seeing this, Shouko stopped speeding up, frowned at him, and snorted.
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"Tsuna, I feel a little bit uncomfortable in my stomach... (╥ω╥)."
Someone was woken up by Shizuka early in the morning to eat breakfast. Sitting at the dining table, chewing slowly, Tsuna suddenly received a text message from Shouko on his phone.
"That one came, right?"
"Hmm..."
"Did you take the special painkillers that Mom bought for you?"
"No, I didn't take them because I didn't think it hurt that much."
"Then I'll come to see you after breakfast."
"Also, my stomach is upset, so please don't add any emojis, okay..."
"I don't. (ˇˇ)."
Tsuna was a little speechless after reading the message, put his phone aside, and quickened his chewing.
On the second day of summer vacation, Shouko's relatives arrived as scheduled. He also made a note on the calendar and memo for the 12 months.
Next month, whenever these days come, he will be reminded on time, so that Shouko's diet can be restricted in advance, and more preventive preparations can be made.
"Is Shouko having her period?" Shizuka, who was chewing slowly like him, asked in confusion when she saw him suddenly speed up his eating.
"Yeah," Tsuna nodded. "Mom, how did you guess that?"
"Hehe..." Shizuka swallowed her sandwich. "It's so early this morning, and you don't have anything to do during your summer vacation, so you were taking your time eating breakfast. Then you suddenly sped up. Just now, your phone said you had a text message. Anyone with eyesight could tell."
Tsuna stuffed the last bit of his sandwich into his mouth and said, slightly speechless, "Mom, you knew it was my summer vacation? You woke me up so early..."
Shizuka ignored his expression, poured him a glass of milk, and pushed it in front of him. "If I hadn't called you today, you wouldn't have been able to see Shouko's text message first, so you should thank me."
Tsuna took the milk and finished it in two or three gulps, standing up and offering a few perfunctory words of thanks.
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"Excuse me!" Tsuna called inside after unlocking Shouko's front door with his key.
"Woof!" Hachiko was the first to come out to greet him.
Tsuna saw him wagging his tail excitedly and couldn't help but rub his head hard.
"Tsunayoshi, have you had breakfast yet?" Ito, who was watching TV in the living room, asked with concern when he passed by the entrance.
"Good morning, Grandma Ito," Tsunayoshi paused, greeted her, and shook his head. "I've already eaten. I'm here to look for Shouko. Is she in the dining room?"
"If you haven't eaten enough, there are some buns and dumplings on the table."
"Yes."
"Shouko is resting in her room. You can just go find her there."
"Okay."
Ito watched him disappear through the other side of the living room entrance before looking away.
Hachiko, who was following Tsunayoshi, quietly walked over to Ito and lay down beside her, joining her in watching TV.
"Knock, knock...!"
"Shouko, can I come in?"
"Yes..."
"Click...!"
Receiving the response, Tsuna turned the doorknob without hesitation. As soon as he pushed the door open, a faint scent of a young girl filled his face.
He first glanced at Shouko's room.
It was similar to his room, with the only differences being the pink curtains, pink quilt, a white wardrobe, a desk, and two armchairs.
Of course, the room was also decorated with the dolls he had given her over the past ten years or so.
A few dolls with special meanings were placed on her bed.
Since she had drawn the curtains, the room was a bit dim. He then turned his gaze to Shouko and locked eyes with her.
"Really? It's not like you haven't been here before, so why do you have to look at it every time?"
"Because I want to see if there's any difference from what I remember the last time I was here."
Tsuna walked into the room and gently closed the door.
Shouko was lying on the bed, holding the panda doll that he had won at the fireworks festival in sixth grade. Hearing this, he asked curiously:
"Really? What's different from last time?"
(End of this chapter)