Chapter 30 Chapter 30 Secretly Sticking
Momozawa Airi went to Osaka for a few days.
Not only did he not call Jinpei Matsuda.
We rarely chat.
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
It was at times like this that he would truly realize that his girlfriend was essentially a naive JK who was just on the verge of graduation.
There are so many fun things to do when traveling that I don’t have time to take care of my boyfriend who is far away.jpg
The naive college student Jinpei Matsuda pondered for a long time, and finally secretly sent a carefully chosen opening statement.
[Matsuda Jinpei: ...Is Osaka fun?]
[Momozawa Airi: It’s fun, fun, fun! ]
Then a long string of gibberish voice messages came.
[Momozawa Airi: Hey! Haven't you been to Osaka?]
Jinpei Matsuda pondered for a moment.
【Matsuda Jinpei: No】
[Momozawa Airi: Then I'll send you more photos of Osaka in the future! You've definitely been there!]
So, from that day on, Momozawa Airi would send Matsuda Jinpei a bunch of travel photos every day.
For example, the castle tower.
For example, the meal we had today.
For example, I met a kid on the street who seemed to be solving a case: "Which kid stole the chocolate from the canteen?"
Airi Momozawa also commented: "This kid is a bit dark... Reminds me of someone I know."
Momozawa Airi would always send him a bunch of photos quickly and would not bother to look through them after sending them.
Once, she accidentally sent some personal tourist photos to Jinpei Matsuda without realizing it.
Jinpei Matsuda slowly enlarged each picture, examined it carefully, and then saved them one by one.
After confirming that the withdrawal time had passed, he replied leisurely: [There is a photo of you with a silly smile.]
Then, I received a ten-minute bombardment of resentful phone calls from Momozawa Airi—
First phone call in days.
At first, they were arguing about meaningless nonsense like "This photo is not silly" and "It's just very silly", but then they started to stammer and talk about some things that were barely related to love.
Momozawa Airi suddenly stuttered: "It's been a long time since I last saw you, Senior—"
Matsuda Jinpei pretended to be reserved: "Yeah."
Momozawa Airi still stuttered: "I, I, I, I want to -"
The call ended abruptly.
Because Momozawa Airi was called by the grandmothers to play cards.
Still not as important as playing cards: Matsuda Jinpei: "..."
*
As the youngest member of a senior travel group, Momozawa Airi feels like she doesn't fit in.
Drinking tea, maintaining health, and hiking.
The travel guides prepared by Momozawa Airi were of no use.
When they entered the teahouse for the third time, Momozawa Airi softly suggested, "Can we go shopping and drink milk tea? I saw an Instagram post about a popular place in nearby Shinsaibashi."
The grandmothers have already started to discuss excitedly what tea to order.
No one paid any attention to her.
Her grandmother, Ms. Momozawa Haruna, even turned her head and advised seriously, "Drink less milk tea. You've become a little rounder lately."
“But it feels really good to the touch.”
Grandma made amends.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Momozawa Airi sat at the table and took out her cell phone angrily.
She recalled the date of playing claw machines and watching a movie, her fingers clicking as she typed.
…
"Zhenping-chan should be going to the engineering department."
Kenji Hagiwara yawned and lazily flipped through a page of the menu.
"There's still a year until the division."
Jinpei Matsuda leaned back in his chair, tilted his head back and took a sip of Coke.
The cool water droplets on the Coke can slid down the can and landed on his hand. Matsuda Jinpei wiped them away casually: "Yeah, Hagi, aren't you the same?"
Hagiwara Kenji raised his eyes and curved them: "Yes."
"But after the split, we'll have to move campuses. We won't be on the same campus as the freshmen and sophomores of the Faculty of Liberal Arts."
Kenji Hagiwara propped his chin up in a meaningful manner.
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
True long-distance relationship.
Just as he was about to speak, the phone on the table rang.
Another sound.
One more time.
Hagiwara Kenji whistled softly, "So much news, Jinpei-chan."
Matsuda Jinpei glanced down and picked up the phone as if nothing had happened. "Yes, it's my girlfriend's."
"She went out to travel and sent me photos every day."
Hagihara Kenji: "..."
Matsuda Jinpei calmly unlocked his phone and said in a long voice, "So many messages! I really can't stand her."
Then he quickly swiped open the message page with a serious expression.
Hagihara Kenji: "…………"
Jinpei Matsuda thought this was also a new travel photo, so he casually swiped the chat page with his fingertips.
[Momozawa Airi: Wow, it’s still more fun to hang out with Matsuda-senpai qvq]
[Momozawa Airi: When can we go on a trip together? This summer is great!]
[Momozawa Airi: [Kitten rolling.gif]]
“…”
Matsuda Jinpei realized that the corners of his mouth seemed to be rising unconsciously, and he quickly suppressed them with pretended calmness.
His fingertips moved quickly on the phone.
【Matsuda Jinpei: You remember me now】
[Momozawa Airi: If we hadn’t broken up by then~]
Momozawa Airi, who has a strong sense of crisis: ovo
Matsuda Jinpei, who originally just wanted to say something awkward, said: "..."
Hagiwara Kenji, who openly observed the changes in Kokunen's expression, said: "."
Oh.
Just a couple's trick.
*
After the trip, Momozawa Airi is still very busy when she returns home.
Purchasing goods, watching the store and so on.
She didn't have time to hand over Kamen Rider to Jinpei Matsuda.
On the day she learned that she was admitted to the University of Tokyo, Momozawa Airi was sitting in the convenience store watching over the shop.
She excitedly called her grandmother who was traveling in the countryside to share the good news.
Grandma seemed to be visiting a chicken farm. The noisy sound of chickens came from the other end of the phone: "Not bad, not bad. Our Lili is really great."
Clack, clack, clack.
Grandma generously promised: "Lili, you can steal as many snacks from the store as you want today - I'll buy you some extra eggs to take back."
Clack, clack, clack.
Momozawa Airi, who had been eating secretly for most of the day: "..."
After finishing the call with her grandmother, she called Jinpei Matsuda.
"Now I'm your real junior, and my relationship with Matsuda-senpai has become a little closer."
Momozawa Airi chuckled.
"Not entirely."
Jinpei Matsuda suddenly retorted.
Momozawa Airi: "?"
Momozawa Airi explained seriously, "I got into the University of Tokyo, so I'm your real junior—that's what I meant. Didn't you understand, senior...?"
She explained it as carefully as if she were explaining a bad joke.
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
Matsuda Jinpei chuckled and drawled lazily, "It was very close to begin with."
Momozawa Airi was confused: "But we were not in the same school before——"
Matsuda Jinpei's voice interrupted her.
"You're my girlfriend."
“…”
Momozawa Airi was silent for a few seconds, and her face began to heat up uncontrollably.
An ambiguous blush gradually climbed up her cheeks.
Matsuda Jinpei waited for her for half a minute, but still heard no sound.
"Tsk, where have you been daydreaming? Why aren't you talking?"
"Could you please come to my graduation ceremony, Mr. Matsuda?"
Momozawa Airi suddenly spoke, drowning out Matsuda Jinpei's voice.
Even a new topic without a beginning or an end.
Before the other party could reply, she added, making it even more obvious: "...It's so that I can bring Kamen Rider to you, Senior! My high school is much closer to you than my home..."
Momozawa Airi tangled her hair with her fingertips, becoming less and less confident as she spoke.
"OK."
Matsuda Jinpei paused and answered slowly.
"I'll come."
*
On the day of the graduation ceremony, the school was filled with joy.
The most cheerful one was Umetaro Nozaki.
Momozawa Airi watched him looking around with the sketchbook in his hands, the pen moving rapidly.
"...You didn't forget to work even at the graduation ceremony."
When passing by Nozaki, who was radiating energy and muttering "This is how a graduation plot can be drawn", Momozawa Airi sighed.
Her words were heard by the sharp-eared Nozaki.
Nozaki turned sideways, and Momozawa Airi realized that the equally energetic Sakura Chiyo was standing next to him.
...Sakura Chiyo was completely blocked.
She held a gift bag in her hand.
When she saw Momozawa Airi, Sakura Chiyo's eyes lit up: "Airi! So you're here!"
She excitedly handed the gift bag to Momozawa Airi: "Nozaki-san, I heard that your boyfriend will also be attending the graduation ceremony today, so I specially gave you an extra graduation gift!"
Momozawa Airi: "..."
I have a feeling that Nozaki wants to use her as a subject for his interview.
Momozawa Airi weighed the gift bag in her hand and felt something soft inside.
Like a set of... clothes?
Nozaki Umetaro explained aptly, "It's the boys' uniform of our high school."
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Well, it is certain that Nozaki definitely wants to use her as a subject for his interview.
...and Matsuda-senpai.
Sakura Chiyo looked around secretly: "Where is Airi's college boyfriend!"
Momozawa Airi was a little frustrated: "He hasn't come yet, and I can't get through on the phone."
Some time has passed since the time she and Jinpei Matsuda agreed to meet, but he still hasn't arrived.
After a brief chat, Momozawa Airi thanked them and walked forward with the gift bag to meet her grandmother.
Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu are not in Tokyo these days because they are participating in competitions and cannot make it to her graduation ceremony.
Maeno Takeshi is here.
Half an hour ago, he looked at her for a long time with an extremely tangled look, and finally, as if he had finally made up his mind, he confessed: "Airi, it seems that a classmate of mine has a crush on you."
Momozawa Airi was shocked: "?"
Maeno Takeshi took a long time to utter, "Matsuda Jinpei, he always asked me about you."
He said in a very low voice.
Momozawa Airi suddenly realized: "Oh~"
She threatened the other person viciously: "Don't tell my grandma."
Maeno Takeshi: “?”
After taking the photo, Maeno took a walk and looked back several times, saying that he was going to the concert.
...Momozawa Airi didn't know where he had so many offline concerts to attend all day long.
"Airi——Don't be deceived by men——"
Maeno Takeshi waved his hand at Airi and shouted a warning like an old father.
The students around turned their heads.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
She angrily punched Maeno: "Keep your voice down, are you a fool——"
After taking the photo, grandma wandered around and happened to meet Momozawa Airi, who had just received her gift, at the entrance of the teaching building.
Momozawa Airi held the gift bag and couldn't help but keep looking down at her phone, frowning anxiously.
...Why hasn't Mr. Matsuda arrived yet?
She stood on tiptoe and looked eagerly towards the school gate.
Grandma glanced at her calmly and asked, "Is Lili waiting for someone?"
Momozawa Airi shuddered, her heels landing on the ground with a click: "No, no! I just wanted to take a few more looks at the school!"
She looked around in an exaggerated manner.
"I love my school! I miss it so much!"
grandmother:"……"
Grandma thought about what to do at the graduation ceremony.
Group photos and the like.
She found she was almost done.
Grandma looked at Momozawa Airi who was cowering and suddenly laughed out loud.
She sighed and raised her hand to rub Momozawa Airi's head.
"Lili has grown up too."
【Don't let me know which little bastard it is. 】
Momozawa Airi: "?"
Grandma withdrew her hand and made up an excuse like "going to attend a tea party for senior citizens on the street" and slipped away.
"I have to go home tonight."
Before leaving, grandma gave calm instructions.
Momozawa Airi: "?"
Momozawa Airi nodded blankly, not quite understanding what her grandmother meant.
*
Only Momozawa Airi was left.
She was holding a gift bag, standing at the door of the teaching building, staring at her toes in boredom.
...Matsuda-senpai is so slow.
Momozawa Airi curled her lips, feeling an inexplicable resentment in her heart.
Wait, when she sees him later, she must get really angry...!
Just when Momozawa Airi was secretly planning, "When he apologizes for the third time, he will say that if he was late for the graduation ceremony, he will be late for the wedding in the future," the voice of Matsuda Jinpei suddenly sounded in front of her.
"Sorry I'm late."
He was panting, his voice a little low.
Momozawa Airi deliberately waited for a while before slowly raising her head and looking at Matsuda Jinpei.
A thin layer of sweat seeped out of Jinpei Matsuda's forehead. He was holding a large bouquet of flowers, and his collar was a little messy, hanging down at the side of his neck.
"..." Momozawa Airi paused and said unhappily, "It's not hot today, is it?"
She took out her cell phone from her pocket, turned on the clock, and held it high in front of Matsuda Jinpei's eyes: "Matsuda-senpai, you are so late!"
Momozawa Airi puffed her cheeks in dissatisfaction.
"……Feel sorry."
Jinpei Matsuda held the flowers in one hand and smoothed his messy hair with the other.
"Something's wrong."
He looked vague and lowered his eyes to look at the bouquet in his hand.
Momozawa Airi also followed his gaze.
The bouquet of flowers looked like it had been destroyed, with petals of several flowers falling off.
Matsuda Jinpei seemed a little annoyed and raised his hand to poke the petals: "Ah...it's really easy to damage flowers when riding a bicycle."
"?"
Momozawa Airi accurately caught the clues in the other person's words.
"……bike?"
The road is quite long, why not take the tram... ?
It's tiring to ride a bicycle here.
Momozawa Airi curled her lips: "You're late for our first meeting in such a long time... Senior, please explain clearly."
"There was a case on the way, and several trains were suspended... I borrowed a bicycle to get here."
Jinpei Matsuda tightened his grip around the bouquet somewhat awkwardly.
"...How can I borrow a bicycle so easily?"
"I just happened to come across a shop Hagi and I often go to," Matsuda Jinpei explained casually. "I couldn't get a taxi right away, there's no direct bus, and it would take a long time for the train to resume, so I rode my bike here."
He rode very fast all the way, but was still a little late.
Although I tried hard to protect the bouquet of flowers, many petals were inevitably blown away by the strong wind.
Jinpei Matsuda looked at Momozawa Airi with a frown on her face without any expression.
...He must be angry.
It is an important graduation ceremony after all.
Many people have almost left.
"..." He was holding the bouquet of flowers and thinking rapidly about how to continue speaking when Momozawa Airi suddenly spoke.
"I'm very angry."
Momozawa Airi looked up at him and spoke in a sullen voice.
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
really.
Momozawa Airi said casually, "Senior, you're already panting after riding such a short distance. You must be out of energy."
Matsuda Jinpei: “?”
Is this what makes you angry?
Wait??? There’s still a long way to go???
He was slightly stunned and looked up at Momozawa Airi.
There was a hint of smile in the other person's eyes.
He doesn't look angry at all.
Matsuda Jinpei blinked and was about to speak when Momozawa Airi reached out and took the bouquet of flowers.
"I'll accept the apology gift."
By the way, he handed the gift bag in his hand to Jinpei Matsuda.
"I want to punish the senior."
Momozawa Airi said confidently.
"As punishment, you have to wear this and take a photo with me."
"That way I won't be angry."
*
Jinpei Matsuda washed his face with cold water in the bathroom.
After wiping the water off his face, he opened the bag that Momozawa Airi handed him.
...a high school uniform?
Jinpei Matsuda looked at it for a moment and found that it was the boys' uniform of this school.
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
He changed his clothes quickly and walked out of the bathroom.
Momozawa Airi was waiting for him at the door.
Noticing the movement around her, Momozawa Airi turned her head and stared at Matsuda Jinpei, who was wearing a high school uniform, for a while.
After a while, she whistled: "It suits you very well, pure DK."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
He raised his hand and pinched Momozawa Airi's face viciously: "I haven't seen you for a while, you've become a lot bolder."
So soft.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
How many times has she heard the voice of "so soft"?
Does Jinpei Matsuda think she is soft everywhere?
Momozawa Airi decided to show her tough side: "I have always been a brave and fearless person, learning from... Jinpei Matsuda."
She deliberately called out Jinpei Matsuda's full name.
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
Momozawa Airi pointed ahead domineeringly: "Let's go to my old classroom to take pictures. Most of my classmates have already left, so there won't be anyone there."
…
The classroom was empty, and most of the students who attended the ceremony had already left.
Momozawa Airi led Matsuda Jinpei to her seat with ease.
The desks are empty.
The seat is by the window.
The wind blew up the curtains, isolating her seat from the others.
Momozawa Airi sat down on the desk and placed the bouquet of flowers beside her.
She rummaged through her schoolbag, trying to find a napkin to wipe the water dripping from Matsuda Jinpei's face. "I brought Kamen Rider with me. I'll give it to you before we leave... Let's take pictures with our phones today."
There was a lot of messy things in the bag, and she searched for a long time but couldn't find any tissues.
Just as Momozawa Airi started to rummage through the compartments of her school bag, Matsuda Jinpei suddenly said, "Hey, this uniform is yours, right?"
Before she could answer, Matsuda Jinpei added, "Will it be a problem if it gets damaged a little?"
"Yeah, it's mine because it was given to me by a friend." Momozawa Airi took out the miscellaneous items from her bag without even looking up. "It's totally fine. I'll graduate after today, and the high school uniform will be in the bottom of my closet."
She was still rummaging through her bag, and Jinpei Matsuda beside her didn't say anything.
Momozawa Airi thought it was just a casual question and didn't take it seriously.
After a while, she finally found the tissue hidden in the corner: "Senior, come and wipe it——"
Momozawa Airi raised her head and was about to hand over the tissue in her hand, but she found a hand already waiting in front of her.
Jinpei Matsuda held out his hand toward her, palm facing up.
There was a round button in his hand.
"...the second button."
Matsuda Jinpei cleared his throat pretending to be calm and explained vaguely.
The base of his ears was stained with an unnatural layer of red.
Momozawa Airi looked in surprise and found that, as expected, the second button of Matsuda Jinpei's uniform was gone.
“…”
Momozawa Airi gently reached out her hand, intending to take the button from Matsuda Jinpei's hand.
"Senior is offering flowers to Buddha again."
"The same thing happened with the pear and orange juice last time."
She hummed and complained softly, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.
The moment Momozawa Airi's fingertips touched the button, Matsuda Jinpei suddenly bent his fingers.
Wrap her hands and the buttons together in her own.
"If you don't want it, forget it."
Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyebrows nonchalantly, deliberately misinterpreting her meaning.
He also gently pinched the palm of her hand.
“…I want it!”
Momozawa Airi struggled weakly, but found that she could not break free from Matsuda Jinpei's shackles.
She raised her head and looked at Jinpei Matsuda in front of her.
The other person was wearing a high school uniform and standing there neatly.
It was as if he was really her senior from the same school.
"..." Momozawa Airi paused, and suddenly an impulse surged in her heart, "Today is my last day as a JK."
"Hmm?" Matsuda Jinpei looked at her and continued.
"From now on, I will be your real junior in college, and our relationship will be a little closer."
Momozawa Airi spoke slowly.
Matsuda Jinpei pointed out rather unpleasantly, "...You said that before, didn't you?"
Momozawa Airi ignored him and continued, "We're close now, but we can get even closer."
"?"
Jinpei Matsuda was stunned for a moment and was about to speak when Momozawa Airi suddenly grabbed the tie on his chest.
He was forced to bend down slightly and get closer to Momozawa Airi.
"Matsuda-senpai."
Momozawa Airi looked at him with sparkling eyes.
"You're wearing this uniform, so you're considered my senior in high school... Even though I'm the oldest graduate now, don't worry about these details."
She approached Jinpei Matsuda with a smile on her face.
"The relationship has gotten a little closer."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
His breathing stagnated slightly. He felt that Momozawa Airi's train of thought was really weird, while staring at the other person's face so close to him.
...too close.
I want to kiss you.
"No."
Momozawa Airi in front of him seemed to know what he was thinking and responded sincerely.
"Our school's discipline committee doesn't allow students to kiss in the teaching building... Even though we're graduates, we should still abide by the school rules for one last day."
"But you can sneak a little closer."
She pulled down Matsuda Jinpei's tie again, forcing him to lower his head.
Momozawa Airi sat on the desk, tilted her head slightly, and kissed Matsuda Jinpei's cheek very gently.
One on each side.
There were still drops of water on Jinpei Matsuda's cheeks.
It was icy cold, forming a sharp contrast with the other person's hot body temperature.
Momozawa Airi released her hand that was pulling at the other person's tie, raised her hand and gently wiped the water marks on his jawline with her fingertips.
"I'll use paper to wipe it for you—"
She was about to lower her head to pick up the paper, but Matsuda Jinpei stopped her from moving her head with his hand.
He lowered his eyes and looked at Momozawa Airi with a straight gaze.
The Adam's apple rolls slightly.
"...No kissing in the teaching building."
Sensing the dangerous aura, Momozawa Airi warned honestly.
She subconsciously shrank back, and stopped abruptly the moment her back touched the bouquet.
——It can’t be crushed.
She was only distracted for a moment, and Matsuda Jinpei held her head, took the opportunity to lean over, and kissed the teardrop mole at the corner of her eye.
Feeling the soft touch at the corner of her eyes, Momozawa Airi subconsciously closed her eyes, and her eyelashes trembled slightly.
[…Her eyelashes are so long.]
Eyes are always fragile, and the skin around the eyes is also somewhat sensitive.
Matsuda Jinpei's hot breath fell on her ear.
Momozawa Airi didn't dare to move and just sat there blankly.
One of her hands was still clasped with Matsuda Jinpei's, but at some point their palms had been touching.
The small button was sandwiched between their pressed palms, gently rubbing against Momozawa Airi's palm.
With eyes closed, hearing becomes more sensitive.
Momozawa Airi could clearly hear the voices of the students downstairs coming from outside the window.
Reason told her that the sound was not coming from the corridor outside the door.
But Momozawa Airi, who was a little dazed, felt nervous subconsciously.
Will it be discovered?
"Don't……"
She reached out to push Matsuda Jinpei's head away, but her hand was gently held by him.
Momozawa Airi suddenly opened her eyes and just saw the wind blowing up the curtains.
The curtains swung up, isolating her seat from the others again.
She and Jinpei Matsuda were the only ones left in this small world.
Matsuda Jinpei did not stop, his lips were still pressed against the corner of her eye, as if he was moving towards her eye.
Momozawa Airi closed her eyes again reflexively, her eyelashes fluttering.
For a long while, the other party did not move.
Momozawa Airi slowly opened her eyes, thinking that everything was over.
Matsuda Jinpei had already stepped back a little, loosened his hand that was supporting her head, and looked at her with his eyes downcast: "When I was in high school, I didn't care about school rules."
Momozawa Airi: "?"
Momozawa Airi criticized sternly: "Then you are not a good child."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
He paused and continued, "So I don't care now."
Momozawa Airi: "?"
Before she could react, Jinpei Matsuda suddenly moved closer to her again.
Momozawa Airi subconsciously shrank back.
Jinpei Matsuda stopped just when he was about to kiss her.
He observed Momozawa Airi's confused expression and said slowly:
"But since you care so much, I'll reluctantly let you go."
"Good girl, Momozawa Airi."
Matsuda Jinpei deliberately dragged out his voice, his tone playful.
Feeling that she was being ridiculed, Momozawa Airi said: "..."
She looked at Jinpei Matsuda stubbornly, and a one-sided confrontation began inexplicably.
The curtains were still fluttering in the air, wrapping them in this small, secret corner.
Only Momozawa Airi and Matsuda Jinpei were left.
She didn't want to lose, so she opened her eyes and looked at the side of Matsuda Jinpei's face, which was still dripping with water, and said, "Senior is still sweating."
"I'm out of breath after just a short ride."
Momozawa Airi knew that it was actually the clean water she had just used to wash her face.
...and in fact, the other party rode a very long distance.
But she couldn't think of any excuse to mock him at the moment, so she could only use this.
The fearless Momozawa Airi blinked and gave a brief comment.
"Jinpei Matsuda."
Even calling each other by their first names.
…to show her hard side!
"You have very low stamina."
Matsuda Jinpei, feeling like he was being mocked, said: "..."
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