Toru Watanabe lay in bed, thinking about what happened during the day.
He kept thinking about that sentence -
"You and Kiyono Rin are so close that you can't think calmly and objectively. You think about everything from her perspective."
It is almost impossible to think calmly and look at it objectively.
Every time he saw Kiyono Rin, Toru Watanabe felt that she seemed to become more beautiful, as if she was glowing.
To see beyond her eyes, her smile, her long beautiful hair, her lake-like clear and majestic figure, to see what she really looks like -
Unless he is not himself, it would be impossible to do it.
Miki Kujo came out of the bathroom: "Help me blow dry my hair."
Toru Watanabe sat up, adjusted the temperature of the hair dryer, and slowly blew her hair.
Miki Kujo's long hair is very gorgeous. The difference between her and Kiyono Rin's is that one's hair is as black and shiny as lead powder, while the other's is as deep and charming as the night.
Miki Kujo closed her eyes, felt the heat from the hair dryer, and let him play with her long hair.
After blow-drying her hair, she tossed and turned in front of the mirror for a while. When she came back and just lay down on the bed, Watanabe Toru pulled her into his arms.
He put his arms around her waist from behind, pressing every part of his body against her back.
"Not today, I have to get up early tomorrow."
"Yeah." He responded like a child, his forehead resting on his shoulder.
Miki Kujo felt Toru Watanabe's affection for her.
It's so comfortable to be hugged by him in the warm bed.
"It's really difficult to think calmly." The hot air from Watanabe Toru's mouth hit her skin through her pajamas.
"What?" she asked, "Are you still thinking about Qingye Rin?"
" I tried to look at her objectively, but it didn't work."
“Is it that difficult?”
"It's like I can't look at you objectively." Watanabe Toru rubbed his face against her back.
From his movements, she could sense that he also enjoyed holding her in his arms.
"Why do you need to look at me objectively? You should be completely on my side." Kujo Miki turned her head slightly and said to him.
"Metaphor, give an example."
"That won't work."
"No, then no." Toru Watanabe looked at her delicate little face. Because of her turning back, her hair fell on her face.
He reached out and gently pushed her lips apart, looking at her rosy lips, he couldn't help but kiss them.
After just a short kiss, Kujo Miki pushed him away - if they continued, it would be more than just a kiss.
She had her back to Toru Watanabe and was hunched slightly in his arms.
"How do you want to view me objectively?"
She doesn't allow Watanabe Toru to look at herself objectively, but she is interested in how he intends to look at herself objectively.
“It’s really an example.”
"You didn't fall for it. You're a good boy."
"Of course, I'm smart." Toru Watanabe still hugged her from behind.
"As a reward, I give you permission."
"Allow what? This?" Watanabe Toru reached out for her abdomen, but was pulled back.
After hitting Watanabe Toru's hand, Kujo Miki said, "Please allow me to talk about how to view me objectively."
"How can we look at this objectively?" Watanabe Toru couldn't move his hands, so he could only put his lips on her snow-white neck. "You killed someone before, and you have a bad temper. You still make so much trouble just by going out for a meal."
Miki Kujo sneered, left Watanabe Toru's arms, turned around and kicked him to the edge of the bed.
"Meiji?"
"You will sleep there today."
"Just listen to what I have to say." Watanabe Toru crawled back with a smile.
"Asleep." Miki Kujo wrapped herself in the quilt and turned her back to him.
"I told you that you can't look at it objectively," Watanabe Toru leaned his upper body on her, hugging her together with the quilt, "Even if you have done a lot of bad things in the past, and your personality is still bad now, and your mysophobia is troublesome, I still like you."
"How dare you continue talking?" Miki Kujo turned her head and looked up at him.
"I can't just say that Meiji is gentle and kind and rubs my back every day, right?" Watanabe Toru laughed, "Do you believe it when you say that?"
"I believe it, why not?"
"You are so shameless."
"Shameless?" As she said that, Kujo Miki was about to kick Watanabe Toru away again.
Watanabe Toru turned away, took the opportunity to lift the quilt, crawled in, and continued to hug her tightly from behind.
"open."
"No."
"Toru Watanabe."
"exist."
"I'll let you go."
"Go to bed. We have to get up early tomorrow."
Miki Kujo twisted a few times in his arms, and finally stopped moving.
The bedroom was so quiet that you could almost hear the sound of wind blowing through the leaves in the forest.
After a long while, Kujo Miki's voice rang out in the darkness:
"Have you kissed enough?"
Toru Watanabe's lips left the back of her neck for a moment.
"roll!"
Watanabe Toru's lips began to attack the collarbone and chin.
Miki Kujo held his hands tightly, her neck felt comfortable and itchy, and she couldn't help twisting it a few times.
"I said I won't do it today!"
Then there was silence again, but this time there was a sound coming from the bedroom.
After a while, Kujo Miki panted and said, "When I say calm and objective, I don't mean that you should put her in the same position as everyone else."
"Uh-huh."
"Listen to me!"
"You tell me, you tell me."
"You can't look at her objectively because... well."
When their lips parted, Kujo Miki continued speaking while controlling her body:
"You just want me to reconcile with her, then you just need to look at both of us objectively."
"If I don't favor you, who can compare with your character?"
"What did you say?"
"My character should always be..."
"Don't stop."
Watanabe Toru was too lazy to explain and focused on his own work.
"Compared to her, my character is not good enough? Who else but me would agree to allow you to have two lovers?"
"Well, you're the best."
"And it has nothing to do with personality. When it comes to reconciliation, look at how she treats me and how I treat her - that's enough."
"…makes sense, there's no way you two could be friends with anyone other than each other."
"Do you know how to be calm and look at her objectively?"
"In fact, I had some ideas this afternoon, and now my mind is more open."
Kujo Miki sighed comfortably: "...What are you going to do?"
"Let her take the initiative to reconcile with you."
"Let her take the initiative? If you can do that, I'll give you a back rub."
"You're so eager to help me, and you want to reconcile with her so much?"
"yes."
Watanabe Toru stopped.
"What's wrong?" Miki Kujo turned around and looked at him.
Looking at the blushing face and sweaty bangs, Toru Watanabe stared at her.
"Meiji, believe me, you don't need to worry about our relationship."
Kujo Miki turned her face away: "I see you like her so much that you are about to give up everything."
"I can give up anything, but I can never give up you. I will always belong to you."
"Humph, who knows."
"If I say I can't look at it objectively, I can't look at you objectively now either."
"You're not saying that I have a bad temper and you think I'm troublesome."
"Your temper is adorable, and you always accommodate me whenever I ask you to. There's nothing better than your troublesome cleanliness. I wish you wouldn't touch anything except me."
"Really?"
"Um."
Toru Watanabe hugged Kujo Miki from behind and buried his face in her beautiful hair.
"From now on, no matter how hot the weather is, I will wear a coat; no matter how cold the weather is, I will take off my clothes."
"...Can you continue? Otherwise I'll go to sleep."
"Are you shy?"
"Sleep... um—"
…
After breakfast, Xiaolian learned foreign languages ​​with Qingye Rin on the villa terrace.
"The English word for dragonfly is dragonfly, spelled d·r·a·g·o·n·f·l·y."
"dragonfly."
"Read it again, dragonfly." Kiyono Rin's English is beautiful and standard.
"dragonfly." Xiaolian imitated her accent.
While studying, her eyes were always looking at the path leading to the road from the villa .
When we parted yesterday evening, Kaori told her that he would come to play with her early in the morning, but it was almost eight o'clock and he still hadn't come.
I learned three more English words: "lawn", "finger" and "friend". The sound of bicycle bells came to my ears.
"Lian-chan!" A large group of children, all about her age, swarmed over on bicycles.
"Kaori-chan!"
"Want to go play?"
Xiaolian looked at Qingye Rin and said, "Sister Rin, we want to go play with Kaori-chan."
Qingye Rin looked at the time, it was exactly eight o'clock.
"Don't go to remote places, and remember to call me if you have any problems." She said to Xiaolian.
"Um!"
Xiaolian left the terrace and pushed her children's bicycle out of the house.
She walked towards Kaori and the others. The clothes she wore, which she had bought in Karuizawa, were as fashionable and beautiful as those of the others.
"Kaori-chan, where are we going today?" she asked in a serious tone.
"Today I have to teach these people how to ride a bicycle first." Kaori pointed to the children with training wheels behind them and said in a little adult tone, "I don't know if they are smart enough. I hope they won't cause me too much trouble."
"I'll be the first to learn!"
"I'm the first one!"
A group of little girls started to make a lot of noise.
"Xiao Lian, you can ride a bicycle too, why don't you be a teacher?"
"Oh! I can ride a bicycle, I want to be a teacher!"
A group of children left in a noisy manner, and the sounds of birds in the forest could be heard again.
Mrs. Qingye came out and glanced at the three people on the terrace: "Xiao Lian left? We agreed to go horseback riding today."
"Take a day off." Qingye Rin said, having already taken out a book and prepared to read.
"How can that be possible?" Mrs. Kiyono said as if she had suddenly come up with a good idea, "How about playing tennis? Let's have a match, and the loser will be responsible for today's lunch and dinner."
"All lunch and dinner for this month," said Toru Watanabe.
"You seem very confident, Watanabe-kun." Mrs. Kujo came out from behind Mrs. Kiyono.
"It's just because I don't want to, otherwise I would have no problem winning the world championship." Toru Watanabe said lazily.
"Since you are the world champion, the four of us will form two pairs and take turns playing against you, is that ok?" Mrs. Kujo patted Watanabe Toru on the shoulder.
Kujo Miki stared at her mother's hand.
"Rin," Mrs. Kiyono said happily, "Come on, I'm counting on you."
"In the school's physical education class, he had to use despicable means to deal with me alone, not to mention doubles." Qingye Rin said lightly, still looking at the book.
"That's for you." Watanabe Toru said, "I'll let you know what despair is later. Despair, d.e.s.p.a.i.r."
"Rin, can you continue to let him be so arrogant? I can't stand it anymore." Mrs. Kujo still had her hand on Watanabe Toru.
She was talking to Kiyono Rin, but it seemed like she was in the same group as Watanabe Toru.
Qing Ye Lin closed the book and said, "Who am I in a group with? Meiji?"
"I would also like to arrange it this way, but Meiji probably won't agree," said Mrs. Kiyono.
"Rin and I are in a group." Kujo Miki said, staring at her mother's hand.
"After defeating Watanabe-kun, it will be a showdown between mother and daughter. Go change into your tennis clothes!" After saying that, Kujo Maki patted Watanabe Toru on the shoulder, turned around and went into the house with Kiyono Yuko.
Toru Watanabe brushed his shoulders as if there was something dirty on them.
Indeed, there is Mrs. Kujo's conspiracy - she will do anything to make Kujo Miki and Kiyono Rin a team.
The four of them changed into tennis uniforms and wore tennis caps. It was a foul to put four pairs of bare long legs on the court - it would easily distract people.
"Let's go, Watanabe-kun ." The four of them were waiting for him outside the villa.
Toru Watanabe flipped out directly from the terrace, pinched the hem of Miki Kujo's skirt with his fingers, lifted it up and took a look.
"Yeah." He put it down contentedly.
"Ah." The other three looked at him inexplicably.
Their skirts were long enough, almost reaching their knees, but they still had to wear safety pants.
"Does it look good?" Miki Kujo said, pulling his ear.
"It looks good." Watanabe Toru nodded, "Safety pants are simply the greatest invention in the world."
"So that's why." Mrs. Kiyono smiled with her hands covering her mouth. "Aren't you going to check on Rin-chan?"
"Don't worry, I'm wearing it." Qingye Rin covered the hem of her skirt and looked alert.
“…”
"Watanabe-kun, I also..."
"Mother Kujo, are you okay?"
"You know I'm your mother, why don't you take the initiative to help me hold the racket." Mrs. Kujo's expression changed instantly, she put on the posture of wearing a kimono, and lectured in a light tone full of majesty.
"Meiji." Toru Watanabe patted the little hand on his ear, signaling to let go, and he went to get the racket.
"Um?"
"Well, my mother called me."
Seeing this scene, Mrs. Kujo and Mrs. Kiyono burst out laughing.
We came to the tennis court surrounded by green trees. Perhaps because it was still early, there were only two girls playing.
The movements looked quite professional, and the tennis skirt she wore was incredibly short, but she also had safety pants on.
Watanabe Toru stood on the field and said arrogantly, "Which group will go first?"
Qingye Rin sneered, took the racket and went on the court, showing the same arrogance.
Miki Kujo glanced at Rin Kiyono and followed her onto the stage.
"One ball, one point. The first one to score ten points wins!" Mrs. Kiyono acted as the referee.
Toru Watanabe serves first.
He patted the tennis ball on the ground, threw it into the air, and hit the ball with a light swing of the racket.
Rin Kiyono, who was standing in front, easily hit the ball back at a tricky angle.
The ball landed on the far left side of the tennis court and Watanabe Toru caught it accurately.
Just as Qingye Rin was about to move, he stopped when he heard footsteps behind him.
There was the sound of sneakers stepping on the grass, and Miki Kujo jumped up and hit the ball to the far right of the court with a graceful and powerful posture.
"Long live Lady Miki!" While shouting, Watanabe Toru ran and hit the ball back.
As soon as he finished speaking, Qingye Rin hit a sinker ball that fell sharply as soon as it passed the net.
"Not bad, not bad." Watanabe Toru ran to the net with agile steps and a strong body and hit the ball back easily.
Miki Kujo swung her racket hard again, and the ball shot to the back of the court like a bullet.
"Long live Lady Meiji!" Toru Watanabe jumped up and hit the ball back neatly.
On the other side, Kiyono Rin shot from a tricky angle towards Watanabe Toru's left side.
"Actually, I'm a two-sword master!" Toru Watanabe quickly changed rackets and hit the ball back.
In fact, there is no need to do this, but looking at the beautiful legs and flying skirts of the two young ladies, the mood is inevitably high.
"This is ball feeding." The two ladies watched the back and forth, a tennis match that looked like it would last until the end of the world.
The angles of the balls hit by the two young ladies were very tricky, and it was a double play, one of them hit the previous ball to the far left, and the other one hit the next ball to the far right.
If it were someone else, even if they could cope with it for a while, they would get tired after a while and their legs would be unable to run.
But Toru Watanabe caught it easily and hit the ball back at the angle that was easiest to catch.
After going back and forth, Qingye Rin was exhausted and dropped her tennis racket on the ground.
Although Kujo Miki often took [Qi and Blood Medicine], it was just for physical conditioning and she didn't exercise. Her physical strength didn't increase much and she soon ran out of strength.
Because he was too tired, he didn't have the strength to catch any ball, so Toru Watanabe won "easily".
"How much physical strength does this guy have?" Qingye Rin said hatefully while sitting on the bench.
Toru Watanabe ran all over the court, shouting "Long live Lady Miki", "Good shot", "Wow, despicable Kiyono-san", etc.
"There are more than you can imagine, and it's not just physical strength." Kujo Miki took a sip of water, "Do you know why I can't get up in the morning?"
Qingye Rin looked at her coldly, and Kujo Miki took another sip in a happy mood.
Enter the two ladies.
"Watanabe-kun, we won't let you rest."
"Don't say it's an unfair victory."
"No, come on."
Mrs. Kiyono served the ball with style and seemed as agile as her daughter.
Toru Watanabe hit the tennis ball with his racket like a knife.
"Bang!"
The ball hit Mrs. Kiyono's feet at an extremely high speed and then bounced out of bounds.
"Hey, Watanabe-kun," Mrs. Kiyono responded, "You weren't like that just now."
“World champions, of course, have different styles of play.”
"That's just what I want." Mrs. Kujo held the racket with both hands and accepted the challenge. "I don't find the slow match just now interesting. Let's have a real match."
Toru Watanabe serves.
When throwing the ball, it seems like it is going to be thrown into the clouds; when jumping, it seems like it is going to fly.
"Bang!"
The ball had hit the wire fence behind the two ladies.
"Hey, Watanabe-kun, that's not how you played just now," Mrs. Kujo said.
With that attitude, it was obvious that he had forgotten what he had just said about wanting a real match.
"These two ladies," said Toru Watanabe, "are the only ones who are special to me."
"Wow, they are so bold." Mrs. Kiyono said like a little girl. At the same time, Mrs. Kujo secretly served the ball over.
Watanabe Toru stepped to the left with his left leg, swung his arms, and returned with a super high-speed ball.
"One is my best friend and the other is my girlfriend."
"Watanabe-kun, look." Mrs. Kujo turned around gracefully and her skirt flew up.
Mrs. Kiyono took the opportunity to serve - it was clearly Toru Watanabe's turn to serve.
"Who wants to see an old lady's safety pants?" Toru Watanabe pulled the ball back.
Mrs. Kujo came over with a sullen face, her arms folded and her racket folded.
"Wrong, wrong, sorry! You're the youngest! And the prettiest!"
"Hey!" Mrs. Kiyono served the ball secretly.
The ball whizzed through the air and bounced to the ground with a crisp sound.
"Great! 1:0!"
Mrs. Kujo, who was about to fight just now, happily high-fived Mrs. Kiyono.
"Forget about the sneak attack, but what about the three points I scored?" Toru Watanabe shouted.
"That was just a warm-up!"
"Referee!" Toru Watanabe shouted at the two young ladies.
"1:0" said Kujo Miki.
"I protest! The contestant bribed the referee, and they are relatives!"
"The protest is invalid and the original verdict is upheld."
"Where's Kiyono-san who never lies!"
Qingye is looking at the floating clouds in the distance to relieve the chest tightness after strenuous exercise.