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"Tomori-chan…?"
Under the gaze of the two, Takamatsu Tomori's small face slowly turned red, and then she didn't say a word and turned her head to look elsewhere.
(She didn't even offer a word of explanation, Tomori-chan, you're too honest!)
Chihaya Anon couldn't help but complain in her heart.
(But… that's the towel Tomori-chan uses to wipe her body, and she's willing to take it out for Kitahara-kun to use, could it be that Tomori-chan has already…)
Thinking of this, Chihaya Anon suddenly felt an unspeakable sense of frustration in her heart.
At the same time.
Kitahara Makoto quickly wiped his face clean, then returned the towel to Takamatsu Tomori:
"Thank you, Tomori-chan… I'll see how long the rain will last."
Taking out his phone, Kitahara Makoto quickly frowned after looking at the weather.
"Kitahara-kun, what does the weather forecast say?"
Chihaya Anon asked curiously.
Kitahara Makoto raised his phone, his tone somber: "The rain won't stop until three hours later."
Chihaya Anon: "…"
Takamatsu Tomori wiped the rainwater off her body and said calmly:
"The rainy season is like this."
"…"
After simply wiping their bodies, the three looked together at the vast rain and fog outside.
The rain might not really last for three hours, but it definitely wouldn't stop in a short time.
"Ugh~ it's so cold."
A gust of cold wind blew, and Chihaya Anon hurriedly hugged her arms, involuntarily shivering.
Completely soaked, with the cold wind blowing on them, they only felt the cold seeping into their bones, especially damp and cold.
"Ah-choo—"
Takamatsu Tomori covered her nose and suddenly sneezed.
"I didn't expect it to be so cold in summer… Ah-choo!"
Before she could finish speaking, Chihaya Anon also started sneezing.
Kitahara Makoto's current physical fitness was not afraid of this bit of cold, but the two girls obviously couldn't handle it. If they continued to be blown by the cold wind, they would definitely catch a cold.
"This won't do."
Kitahara Makoto frowned slightly and said in a deep voice:
"You guys wait for me here for a while."
Takamatsu Tomori raised her eyes to look over: "What does Makoto-kun want to do?"
Kitahara Makoto said simply:
"You two stay here and don't move. I just searched the phone map and roughly know where the convenience store is. I'll go buy an umbrella and then come back to pick you up."
"Eh?" Chihaya Anon was slightly stunned, "But the rain is getting heavier."
Kitahara Makoto said calmly:
"Anyway, my clothes are already soaked, it doesn't matter if I get rained on a little more."
"But…"
"No buts." Kitahara Makoto handed the schoolbag to Takamatsu Tomori, "The rain will last for a long time, and your clothes are soaked, and you're constantly being blown by the cold wind, you'll definitely catch a cold, even with a shrine to shelter from the rain… In short, wait for me to come back."
After saying that, Kitahara Makoto simply rushed into the rain and fog, and his figure quickly disappeared.
Looking at Kitahara Makoto's quickly disappearing back, Chihaya Anon murmured softly:
"Kitahara-kun is unexpectedly reliable… Ah-choo!"
Chihaya Anon hugged her arms and sneezed again, looking pitifully at Takamatsu Tomori:
"Tomori-chan, we won't really catch a cold, will we?"
Takamatsu Tomori already felt that her nose was not right, and said calmly:
"If this continues, the probability of catching a cold exceeds ninety percent."
"No way." Chihaya Anon cried out in sorrow, "I don't want to catch a cold at all, coughing is very uncomfortable, and the worst thing is a runny nose, how can a beautiful girl have a runny nose!"
"…"
Time quietly passed in the two girls' agonizing wait.
Completely soaked and with the cold wind attacking, they didn't even have the heart to play with their phones.
Not knowing how long had passed.
Kitahara Makoto's figure finally reappeared.
"He's back, he's back!"
Looking at the figure appearing in the rain and fog, Chihaya Anon's eyes suddenly lit up, and she shouted happily: "Tomori-chan, Kitahara-kun is back!"
Takamatsu Tomori's eyes also lit up:
"I see him."
After a moment.
Kitahara Makoto walked into the shrine with an umbrella.
"Kitahara-kun~" Chihaya Anon looked over pitifully, "Why did you take so long to come back?"
"It only took ten minutes to go back and forth, that's already very fast." Kitahara Makoto shook off the rainwater from the umbrella and couldn't help but complain, "Do you think I'm the Flash?"
Chihaya Anon raised her pretty face: "Kitahara-kun is not the Flash, but the Superman in my and Tomori-chan's hearts."
I didn't realize you could flatter people!
"I have bad news to tell you." Kitahara Makoto raised the umbrella in his hand, "It was too late, all the umbrellas in the convenience store were snatched up, leaving only this last umbrella."
"Eh?" Chihaya Anon looked down at the umbrella, hesitating, "One umbrella is not enough for three people to share, is it?"
Takamatsu Tomori said softly: "We should be able to squeeze together."
"It's okay." Kitahara Makoto had already thought of a solution, "If the umbrella is not enough, I'll stay here with Tomori-chan, and Anon can go back to the apartment to get an umbrella."
"Ah, that sounds like so much trouble…"
Chihaya Anon muttered quietly to herself, then said, "Anyway, let's try it first. If it really doesn't work, I'll go back to my apartment to get an umbrella."
Kitahara Makoto walked to the edge of the shrine, raising his umbrella again: "You two come in and try."
…
The two girls, one on each side, came to Kitahara Makoto's sides, barely fitting under the umbrella, and then the three of them walked into the misty rain together.
"Ugh, my shoulder got wet…"
The umbrella was only standard size; it was barely enough for two people, and definitely not enough for three.
"Actually, we could squeeze in a bit more…"
Takamatsu Tomori suddenly reached out her arms, hugged Kitahara Makoto's arm, and then calmly said, "Sure enough, this way I won't get rained on."
"Eh?"
Chihaya Anon blinked, hesitated for two seconds, bit her lip lightly, and then, with a flushed face, hugged Kitahara Makoto's other arm.
"It, it really won't get wet…"
Hold it in!
Don't mind it!
It's just hugging an arm… It's not like they hadn't hugged when they took couple photos that Saturday.
Chihaya Anon silently excused herself in her heart.
(Although I could hold an umbrella and go back to the apartment first, then come back again… but it's too much trouble.)
(Cold and hungry, and my clothes are soaked; once I get back to the apartment, I won't want to go out again…)
(N-no choice, this is the only way…)
Though she said this, Chihaya Anon knew very well in her heart that the reason she was willing to hug Kitahara Makoto's arm to shelter from the rain, besides the reasons above, there was actually a hidden reason.
That was because the person holding the umbrella was Kitahara Makoto, not someone else.
If it were an unfamiliar stranger, or a disliked boy, Chihaya Anon would rather endure hardship than ever hug the other person's arm.
"Speaking of which… Kitahara-kun's arm is so warm…"
Chihaya Anon was initially a bit nervous and shy, deliberately maintaining physical distance, but as Kitahara Makoto's body temperature transferred to her, she quickly felt her entire body warm up.
"H-hug tighter…"
Chihaya Anon's pretty face was slightly flushed, her heart raced, and she secretly absorbed the warmth.
At the same time.
Kitahara Makoto's mood was quite subtle.
He unexpectedly unlocked the achievement of being embraced on both sides, but it was a pity the targets were wrong.
Anon, needless to say, had an unremarkable, flat figure that didn't pique any interest, but Tomori-chan was different; as a hidden expert, Kitahara Makoto could clearly feel the soft touch that seemed to engulf his entire arm…
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