Chapter 35 Chapter 35 He is very introverted, shy and conservative
Because she and Jinpei Matsuda had planned to go out together this weekend... to the tool store. After checking the navigation, Momozawa Airi realized that the tool store was closer to the apartment, so she didn't go home.
She told her grandmother in advance that it was a rare weekend that she would stay in the small apartment.
On Friday night, after taking a shower and doing skin care, she lay in bed and watched an episode of a TV series.
It was almost half past eleven, and Momozawa Airi put down her phone and prepared to go to bed.
She snuggled into the soft quilt.
Close your eyes.
Open your eyes.
Close your eyes.
roll.
Open your eyes.
…
After an unknown amount of time, Momozawa Airi opened her eyes in despair and looked into the pitch-black room.
Can't sleep.
In the afternoon, after saying "It's better for you not to know some ideas", Matsuda Jinpei didn't talk about this topic anymore. He raised his eyebrows and said that her cheating just now didn't count and they should play another game.
She was tortured by curiosity and reached out to touch Jinpei Matsuda's hand several times.
Nothing was found.
The other person was just thinking in his mind whether it would be more appropriate to go home and dismantle the washing machine or the microwave oven tonight.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Not long after that, Jinpei Matsuda returned home, saying righteously, "I still have things to do when I get back."
Momozawa Airi resisted the urge to complain, "It's just dismantling the washing machine and microwave oven," and forced a kind smile, watching Matsuda Jinpei slowly leave.
...After all, she has revealed enough flaws today, so stop complaining.
Thinking of this, Momozawa Airi couldn't help but pound the quilt.
She was furious for a while, then angrily pulled the quilt over her head.
“…”
Then he suddenly opened his eyes again under the quilt.
"ah--"
Damn it, what on earth is this idea that I can’t let her know!!!
People who run away after saying something are really lame!!
*
Jinpei Matsuda stood at the entrance of the tram station, looking at Momozawa Airi who was slowly floating towards him like a ghost.
She walked towards him with her head down and unsteady steps at a speed that would make passers-by think she was about to fall to the ground.
"..." Matsuda Jinpei waited for Momozawa Airi to move closer, then he put his arm around her waist, firmly supporting her body as it slid downwards as if drunk. "Where have you been?"
Momozawa Airi slowly raised her head, the dark circles under her eyes clearly visible. "...It's all your fault."
Matsuda Jinpei: “?”
Momozawa Airi said lightly, "It's all your fault."
She repeated it.
Matsuda Jinpei: “……?”
Momozawa Airi glared at him resentfully.
The curiosity that was successfully aroused ran wildly in her mind all night like a wild horse.
When she closed her eyes, she could remember the words "It's better not to know some ideas."
...Although she doesn't really want to hear other people's thoughts, the more she said this, the more curious she became.
"..." Momozawa Airi paused and righteously accused, "It's all your fault that I didn't sleep all night."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
Matsuda Jinpei: “?”
Momozawa Airi felt dazed and too lazy to listen to the countless random thoughts in her head. She yawned with droopy eyebrows and said, "Let's go, let's go to the tool store... Maybe I'll wake up after getting off the car..."
The more he spoke, the quieter his voice became.
He looked like he was about to fall asleep.
“…”
Jinpei Matsuda tilted his head to look at Momozawa Airi, who looked drowsy as if she was drunk, and felt that she would fall down in a matter of minutes.
He slowly loosened his hand around her and said, "Stand still. I'm going to buy something."
"What are you buying..." Momozawa Airi rubbed her eyes and said softly, "Let's buy it after we get off the bus..."
Matsuda Jinpei didn't respond. After making sure that she wouldn't suddenly fall to the ground, he left quietly.
Momozawa Airi yawned again and stared blankly with her eyes half closed.
I’m so sleepy…
So sleepy...
Okay...eh eh eh???
There was a sudden cold and stimulating sensation on my face.
The moment the wet water droplets landed on her cheeks, Momozawa Airi shuddered all over and suddenly woke up.
The reason wasn't the sudden chill, but rather—
"My makeup ahh ...
She frantically waved her hands to get rid of the thing stuck to her face—
It's an ice juice can.
Momozawa Airi opened her eyes and met Matsuda Jinpei's gaze with a hint of smile.
He withdrew his hand, casually opened the ring of the can with one hand, and handed the can of ice juice to Momozawa Airi: "Are you awake?"
Momozawa Airi didn't answer, but quickly took out a mirror from her bag and looked at herself.
"Phew, luckily I didn't spend it..."
After confirming that her makeup was still intact and exquisite, she put away the mirror with a sense of relief, and when she raised her head, she looked angry.
"How could you suddenly rub my face, you idiot Jinpei! Can't you see I'm wearing makeup today?!"
Matsuda Jinpei held up the juice can. "Ah—no different from your usual self."
"?"
Momozawa Airi was furious and was about to retort fiercely when Matsuda Jinpei spoke again with a trailing tone: "They are all equally cute."
It's rare for him to speak frankly.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
She was like a deflated balloon, and before she could even get angry, she was blocked by the other party's words.
Momozawa Airi pursed her lips: "...What do you mean! You're saying it doesn't matter whether I wear makeup or not... Do you understand what light makeup means..."
As she spoke, she reached out and tried to take the juice from the other person's hand.
The moment Momozawa Airi's fingertips were about to touch the juice can, Matsuda Jinpei suddenly raised his hand, tilted his head back and took a big sip of the juice.
Momozawa Airi's movements froze in mid-air.
Momozawa Airi: "?"
She was dumbfounded: "Huh? Not for me?"
Matsuda Jinpei lowered his head to look at her and licked his lips: "There's still half left."
Airi Momozawa stared at him blankly, then suddenly jumped up and rushed over to pull Matsuda Jinpei's clothes: "Jinpei, you are a big idiot——"
A can of ice-cold juice rested against my cheek again.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Jinpei Matsuda took out the hand that had been behind his back and pressed the juice can against her cheek again.
This time it was the other cheek.
"Here's yours."
Jinpei Matsuda curled the corners of his mouth, looked at her casually, and slowly revealed a smug smile.
He stared at the stunned Airi Momozawa, withdrew his hand, and placed the juice can in front of himself.
With a bang, Jinpei Matsuda opened the pull ring of the can with one hand again.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Momozawa Airi: "Ahhh my makeup——"
*
Five minutes later.
Momozawa Airi, whose makeup was still intact and delicate, and Matsuda Jinpei, whose face had been pinched several times, stood shoulder to shoulder at the entrance of the tram station drinking juice.
Momozawa Airi drank the icy juice in small sips and felt her heavy body suddenly become much lighter.
She sighed inwardly: Sure enough, the world needs ice drinks—
Matsuda Jinpei had finished drinking long ago and stood aside, watching her: "Since you are so sleepy, why don't you catch up on some sleep at home?"
Momozawa Airi felt the refreshing peach flavor dancing on her tongue and answered his question seriously.
"I promised you, I must do what I promised."
"Besides, if you suddenly cancel a date before it's too late, the other person will definitely be a little disappointed. I like you very much and don't want to let you down... This juice is really delicious.
As she spoke, she happily held the can of juice in front of her and looked at the brand.
It's a brand I haven't heard of.
Momozawa Airi silently took note and decided to buy more in the future.
After waiting for a while, she realized that Matsuda Jinpei hadn't spoken a word, so she turned her head to look at him in confusion: "Why are you ignoring—"
Halfway through her words, she was suddenly interrupted.
Jinpei Matsuda leaned over and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.
Just a light taste, a rare gentle kiss.
It was different from his usual fierce style.
[…Peach flavor.]
After just a moment, Matsuda Jinpei separated from her and stood up.
...How cunning.
He had a silly expression on his face, but he could say such...straightforward and frank words so naturally.
At the entrance of the busy tram station, Matsuda Jinpei suddenly felt that he could no longer hear the noise of the crowd.
Momozawa Airi was much shorter than him, and she seemed to have not reacted yet after the kiss. She kept her head slightly tilted back, and looked at him with her dark eyes in a daze.
Wet eyes.
She is wearing a pink dress today, her face is rosy, and her makeup is...
Jinpei Matsuda didn't know how to describe the girl's makeup, but it was similar to peach juice.
He saw Momozawa Airi's mouth open, as if she wanted to say something.
Jinpei Matsuda inexplicably tightened his grip on the juice can, causing the can to make a slight popping sound.
Momozawa Airi: "...I've used up the one for this date."
Matsuda Jinpei: “?”
He was stunned for a few seconds before realizing that the other party was referring to the previous agreement of "only one kiss per date".
...You're actually talking about this now? ?
Momozawa Airi looked at him, thinking he hadn't heard clearly, and repeated sincerely, "The one chance to kiss on this date has been used up."
Momozawa Airi is very principled: "No kissing later."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
Momozawa Airi pushed harder: "Fortunately, you kissed me so gently, otherwise my lipstick would have gotten on me...Jinpei who's wearing lipstick."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…………”
There is no atmosphere at all.
*
The owner of the tool shop is an uncle.
He was out for a while and asked them to help look after the store.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
So sudden.
She was about to say something when she saw Matsuda Jinpei beside her nodding familiarly and leaning nonchalantly against the shelf: "Let's find another place to smoke?"
The boss chuckled and rubbed his hands: "A cigarette after dinner."
His eyes moved back and forth between Momozawa Airi and Matsuda Jinpei several times, and his smile gradually deepened.
"You can do whatever you want. I don't usually have many customers here anyway."
The boss glanced at Matsuda Jinpei and patted him on the shoulder: "You are already at this age."
Momozawa Airi blinked, not quite understanding: "?"
…
As expected, there were not many customers.
Only she and Jinpei Matsuda were in the store.
Momozawa Airi was standing in the tool shop, surrounded by a large number of various gadgets.
Saws, screws, screwdrivers and so on.
She wandered around aimlessly, picked up a screwdriver and looked at it, but couldn't tell whether it was good or bad.
“It feels quite heavy in the hand.”
Momozawa Airi commented seriously.
There was no reply for a long while.
She turned around and found that Jinpei Matsuda, who had been by her side just now, had disappeared.
Momozawa Airi: "?"
She looked around for a while and found Jinpei Matsuda squatting in the corner they had just passed, banging on an old electric fan.
Momozawa Airi slowly moved over, holding a screwdriver, and complained casually, "Why did you disappear so suddenly?"
She straightened her skirt and squatted down beside Matsuda Jinpei: "If we dismantle the boss's electric fan, won't we be blacklisted by the store?"
Momozawa Airi complained while watching Matsuda Jinpei's neat movements.
There were spare parts all over the floor, and next to him was a pile of tools that he had taken out from somewhere.
Jinpei Matsuda's hands moved flexibly on the old electric fan, knocking here and there, assembling something quickly.
Momozawa Airi didn't quite understand, but she vaguely understood that Matsuda Jinpei was dismantling the electric fan.
"...There's something wrong with the sound of his electric fan. It makes a creaking noise." Matsuda Jinpei's eyes were fixed on the fan as he casually explained, "I've been coming here often since I was a child, and I'm quite familiar with him."
Momozawa Airi uttered an "oh" and supported her chin with her hand, her gaze gradually moving from the electric fan to Matsuda Jinpei.
Jinpei Matsuda's hands were steady.
Also very flexible.
He casually rolled up his sleeves, and his slender muscles showed signs of exertion.
Jinpei Matsuda disassembled the creaking electric fan with ease, proceeding through each complex step in an orderly manner.
The dim light in the tool shop fell on Jinpei Matsuda, casting a faint shadow and making his profile more three-dimensional.
He pursed his lips slightly, and his eyes no longer had the usual careless look, but were now filled with concentration and seriousness.
Momozawa Airi tilted her head and felt that Matsuda Jinpei inexplicably exuded a mature charm at this moment.
“…”
Well, maybe it’s not one, but two.
Three o'clock.
...Anyway, I just feel like there's something different about the temperament.
"Jinpei." Momozawa Airi stared at Matsuda Jinpei for a moment, her eyes curved. "Isn't there a tool shop right outside our school? Why did you come all the way here?"
"..." Matsuda Jinpei's expression was a little subtle, and he glanced at her sideways.
Momozawa Airi smiled knowingly.
"Zhen Ping, what do you want to do in the future?"
Warm yellow dim light.
It's just the two of them in the shop.
A bunch of old stuff that I dug out from nowhere.
Very growth-oriented questions.
Momozawa Airi feels that if she and Matsuda Jinpei were childhood friends, the warm atmosphere at this moment would be even more like "childhood sweethearts hiding in an empty corner, fiddling with the electric fan of their familiar boss and asking about each other's ideals."
An extremely youthful and energetic story of childhood sweethearts.
"..." Matsuda Jinpei glanced at her nonchalantly and sarcastically said, "Are you an elementary school teacher on your first day of class? Do you want me to introduce myself next?"
Momozawa Airi: "..."
The atmosphere was gone.
Momozawa Airi squatted down and gently nudged Matsuda Jinpei: "Just tell me when I ask you."
Matsuda Jinpei didn't move at all, but she herself staggered a little due to the shaking of her body.
Momozawa Airi managed to steady herself and complained, "...Jinpei, you're so heavy."
Matsuda Jinpei snorted, but didn't stop moving his hands: "Stop struggling, or you'll end up falling on your butt."
Momozawa Airi simply leaned her head on Matsuda Jinpei's shoulder: "You are so good at dismantling equipment, are you going to -"
Matsuda Jinpei looked up at her lazily, thinking that Momozawa Airi would say something like "mechanical engineer".
Momozawa Airi: "Become a tool shop owner."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
Momozawa Airi looked around and pointed. "For example, open a tool store similar to this one, and then catch the unlucky customers passing by to help you watch the store while you go out to smoke or something."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
[Ah, I really want to tear it apart and see.]
What exactly is the structure?
【What a mess of thoughts all day long.】
Momozawa Airi: "..."
In order not to reveal her true identity again, she silently resisted the urge to complain, "Are you whispering about me in your heart?" and pretended to be innocent as she rubbed her head against Jinpei Matsuda's shoulder.
"Is that so?"
[Tsk, my hair is so hairy and itchy.]
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Furry... What kind of animal is she...
She deliberately rubbed it a few more times.
Matsuda Jinpei wanted to pat her head, but after looking at his hands covered in dust, he finally restrained himself and said, "No."
Momozawa Airi was a little shocked: "Huh? Then what do you want to do? Mechanical engineer or something?"
Jinpei Matsuda: "...Police."
Momozawa Airi: "???"
It's totally unrelated???
Momozawa Airi: “Eh??? I can’t tell at all???”
Momozawa Airi felt her shock was too obvious, and quickly tried to make amends, "I didn't realize you really like being a police officer."
Momozawa Airi remembered that Furuya Rei had always wanted to be a police officer, and was about to say, "I know a senior who also wants to be a police officer. Maybe you two could meet, hehe," but Matsuda Jinpei interrupted her calmly, "I don't think so."
Momozawa Airi: "Hmm?"
Matsuda Jinpei: "I wanted to give the Superintendent a beating."
Momozawa Airi: "??"
The police...are all bastards.
Whether in reality or in his heart, Matsuda Jinpei said in his magnetic voice words that were enough to shock Momozawa Airi for eight hundred years.
Momozawa Airi: "???"
She swallowed hard what she was about to say.
Or...or maybe we shouldn't let Jinpei Matsuda and Rei Furuya know each other...
Momozawa Airi: "...W-why...? It's true that the security in Beika Town is not very good, but that's because there are too many bad guys."
She blinked.
I rarely hear such comments.
Matsuda Jinpei glanced at her, paused, and finally said briefly, "My dad was mistakenly arrested before... Now he's doing... okay. He has a job."
Momozawa Airi was furious: "Is there such a thing as this?! Who caught him?! This is too much! I get angry just hearing it!!"
Matsuda Jinpei yawned, "The one I want to beat up."
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Momozawa Airi said wilfully, "Your ideals are quite ambitious then."
She thought for a moment, straightened up, and earnestly placed her hands on Matsuda Jinpei's shoulders, her eyes sparkling. "Then you must study hard for your ideal, Jinpei. You still have a long way to go."
Momozawa Airi scratched her head: "But... if you hit the Superintendent, that would be considered assaulting a police officer."
Momozawa Airi was very distressed: "I plan to study law in the future...I wonder if I will see your lawsuit one day..."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
He looked at Momozawa Airi, who had a look of distress on her face, and suddenly tilted his head and kissed her.
Momozawa Airi: “Hmm——”
The first time is over!! This is the second time——
This time it wasn't as gentle as before.
As if infected with the cold and hard atmosphere of the tool shop, Matsuda Jinpei's kiss this time was a little fierce.
Pry open her teeth and attack directly.
Momozawa Airi's legs were sore from squatting, and she was almost swaying and about to lose her balance when the other party finally let her go.
Momozawa Airi: “…Twice!”
Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyebrows: "Because there is dust on my hands."
Momozawa Airi: "?"
Matsuda Jinpei: "I wanted to hit you on the head."
Momozawa Airi: "..."
She looked at Matsuda Jinpei angrily, and suddenly seemed to have discovered something new: "You really got my lipstick on you."
A hint of red appeared at the corner of Matsuda Jinpei's lips.
Momozawa Airi stared for a moment, then suddenly reached out and gently stroked the corner of Matsuda Jinpei's lips with her thumb.
"...I'm helping you because you have dust on your hands."
She explained calmly.
"By the way, I need to think about your punishment first. I'll leave it for next time."
The store is very quiet.
[…It’s a bit cold.]
The slightly cool fingertips started from the corner of his lips and wiped away the red spot. Momozawa Airi looked at him blankly without stopping.
The fingertips gently slid across Matsuda Jinpei's warm lips and stopped at the lip beads.
“…I thought you were going to bite me.”
Matsuda Jinpei said leisurely: "...Are you disappointed?"
Momozawa Airi: "Not really...it's just that the atmosphere is right."
She looked around.
"Being alone in a dimly lit shop or something... Ouch!"
The soft fingertips were pressed against the sharp teeth, and I felt the gentle force of the teeth biting. A faint electric shock-like sensation slowly spread from that point.
Momozawa Airi looked at Matsuda Jinpei in a daze, as he looked as if it was a matter of course.
He smiled casually.
"What a mess you've been thinking about all day long."
Jinpei Matsuda continued to tinker with the electric fan.
He curled the corners of his lips imperceptibly and deliberately ignored the complaints coming from around him.
"I don't understand your train of thought, idiot."
*
Before knowing Jinpei Matsuda's ideal, Momozawa Airi didn't care whether Furuya Rei would know about her relationship.
After knowing Jinpei Matsuda's ideal, Momozawa Airi is very concerned about whether she will be discovered by Rei Furuya.
After finding out, with such a close relationship, maybe she would even ask her to bring her boyfriend to dinner together...
We'll probably chat a little while eating... maybe we'll even talk about life plans...
Momozawa Airi recalled Furuya Rei's attitude when he mentioned the police, and felt that Matsuda Jinpei might... dislike him.
She decided to take the simplest approach - to keep it a secret first.
The school campus is quite large, and it is difficult to meet him on the street unless you make an appointment.
Moreover, she and Matsuda Jinpei mostly dated outside of school, such as going to the mall to watch movies or something, and sometimes they would go shopping together, but rarely dated in school.
Because she thinks there is nothing fun in school =v=
...I think we won't be discovered.
Momozawa Airi had not deliberately concealed the fact that she was in a relationship before, but Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu were very busy during this period and had not seen her much, so they did not find out.
It's different now.
…It’s better not to find out yet! We’ll talk about it later!
Momozawa Airi thought to herself in despair.
Maybe someday everyone's ideas will change! We'll see then!
Leave it to time!
…
It was not until the end of the final exams that Furuya Rei and Morobushi Kagemitsu asked her out for dinner, saying that she had not celebrated properly since coming to the University of Tokyo.
Momozawa Airi looked at the restaurant location sent by Furuya Rei with a serious face.
...You must not let anything slip!
This is the master of flattery, Jiang Gu Ling! She has been flattered since she was a child!
…
As a result, I was asked questions shortly after I sat down.
Furuya Rei: "What is Airi busy with lately?"
Momozawa Airi answered honestly: "Studying and working part-time."
Furuya Rei seemed to be thinking: "Very busy."
Momozawa Airi nodded: "Yeah."
Zhu Fujingguang gently poured her a cup of tea and asked, "Have you made any new friends at school?"
Momozawa Airi gradually let down her guard: "Yes! There are quite a lot!"
Furiya Rei drank a sip of tea as if nothing had happened: "Do you have a new boyfriend?"
Momozawa Airi said casually, "No, it's always been the same."
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Momozawa Airi: "…………"
She saw Furuya Ling narrow his eyes slightly and reveal a somewhat subtle smile: "Sure enough, the reason you suddenly asked me for that men's clothing last time was probably because of this."
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Momozawa Airi: "…………"
It’s been half a year!! Do you still remember it!!
I actually endured it for so long without exposing her! !
Zhu Fujingguang: "Ah, we could have asked him to come and eat together."
Momozawa Airi stood up suddenly: "No!!"
Fūya Rei, who had originally just asked casually, asked: "?"
Zhu Fujingguang, who had just mentioned it casually, asked: "?"
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Her mind raced: "Because... because..."
Momozawa Airi suddenly had an idea.
Momozawa Airi: "Because he's a very introverted, shy, and conservative boy! He can't meet strangers!!!"
Jianggu Ling: "?"
Zhu Fujingguang: “?”
Momozawa Airi felt increasingly guilty: "So...so...we're still in a secret relationship...If you see us at school in the future...please don't come up to say hello...he he he he he will blush so much that he will run away..."
As if to confirm her authenticity, she paused and repeated, "He is very introverted, shy and conservative, really."
There is no silver here.
Jianggu Ling: "?"
Zhu Fujingguang: “?”
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