Chapter 72 Cocoa Milk Pudding Summer Festival Fireworks
For the next few days, Miyako and Miyako would still knock on Amaho's door early in the morning and then take Amaho and Akina out for a run.
After a semester, Akina Amaho's physical strength had indeed improved a lot, at least she was able to keep up with their pace at the beginning. Of course, even so, she still couldn't run very far.
In the afternoons, sometimes she would be pulled out to play volleyball with them, sometimes she would sit on the sidelines with her sketchbook and watch them practice, and sometimes they would play games together for a while. Of course, most of the time, in preparation for the upcoming matches, the volleyball club would train together, and at that time, Akina Amami would continue to practice her sketching.
Soon, it was time for the summer festival.
Miya Yu was naturally unhappy that Miyaji had invited Amaho Akina first, but since the three of them were traveling together, it didn't bother him.
[Miyayu: Akina, let's go out this afternoon. Let's buy something to eat together at the stall.]
He was already happily thinking about what he should treat Akina to to a meal.
[Ten-Sui: Okay, then let's meet at the tram station.]
[Miyaji: No problem.]
After putting down her phone, Akina Amasui straightened her yukata again, looking unusually nervous.
Today she is wearing a gold and blue kimono adorned with crane patterns. In addition, to match, she has some accessories in her hair, which are a circle of flowers and butterflies.
She carefully straightened her clothes, turned around in front of the mirror to make sure there were no problems, swallowed hard, opened the door, and went out to the tram platform.
It seemed she had arrived a bit too early; she hadn't seen the two people on the platform.
Akina Amaho waited at the platform for a while, and from a distance, she saw two people walking over. They were Yuu Miyako and Osamu Miyako.
They were both wearing yukatas; Miyaji wore a silver-gray one, while Miyayu wore a black one. Both of their clothes had the same pattern, only the lines were slightly different.
They also spotted Minna from afar, and then they all paused in their tracks, seemingly stunned by what they saw.
Akina Amane was the first to raise her hand: "Yu, Osamu, over here."
I don't know why they stopped.
"Ah, oh, you're here. Mina, your outfit looks so good today." Miyako only then realized who he was, hurriedly took a few steps toward him, and coughed lightly.
"Really? I was a little worried that this outfit wouldn't look very good, but I'm relieved now." Akina Amaho breathed a sigh of relief.
“I really like Mina’s outfit today.” Miyaji nodded.
Akina Amako lowered her head slightly, looking a little embarrassed.
"Alright, everyone's here, let's get going."
The three of them boarded the tram together and soon arrived at the location of the festival.
The sun had not yet set; it was still dusk. Vendors began to appear one after another, and Amaho Akina naturally took the hands of the two of them.
“By the way, Mina, since we’re here for the summer festival, we should wear a mask to complete the event,” Miya Yu suddenly said.
He saw a vendor selling masks ahead, so he grabbed Akina Amaho's hand and ran over.
Akina was still holding Miyaji's hand, so it looked like the three of them were dragging each other along as they ran past. However, passersby didn't really notice this, since everyone else was enjoying their own festival.
"Ayu, don't run so fast." Tensui Akina was panting heavily. She was the most difficult one to coordinate with, as she was sandwiched between the two of them. Although neither of them ran too fast in order to accommodate her speed.
But when I was sandwiched between them, I always felt that the temperature in the air rose a bit.
She was starting to regret taking their hands in the first place, but now it was impossible to get them to let go.
"I'll be more careful next time," Gong You said absentmindedly, his mind completely absorbed by the masks hanging on the stall.
Amane Akina watched as Miyako bought two identical golden fox masks, one of which he wore on his head, while the other was carefully hung on Amane Akina's head.
Gong Zhi's expression was rather unpleasant. Gong You's behavior seemed to be declaring that this was his possession. Looking at Gong You's smug expression, it made him grit his teeth even more.
Akina Amako condoned this behavior, simply saying, "Osamu, why don't you buy one?" She had also seen other types of masks at the stall earlier.
Miyaji simply shook his head: "No, there are other stalls up ahead, I'll buy something else." And while I'm at it, I'll give one to Amaho Akina too.
Akina Amako nodded, and the three of them slowed their pace slightly. After a while, Miyaji saw a stall ahead and pointed to it, saying, "Let's go there."
She looked over and saw a stall selling goldfish bags.
"Ah Zhi, you're actually going to wear this?" Gong You said.
“Of course, not only that, I also want to give one to Mina,” Miyaji said.
He immediately took a liking to a goldfish bag on the stall. It was a goldfish bag with silver threads hanging from it, and the little goldfish swimming inside were also silver, with red patterns flowing on them.
Gongji picked up the two goldfish bags, paid the bill, and hung one of the goldfish bags on his waist.
As for the other one, he bent down slightly and hooked his arm around Akina Amaho's waist.
This satisfied Miyaji.
Now it was Gong You's turn to look unhappy, but after glaring at Gong Zhi, he decided not to say anything more.
After all, some decisions had already been made beforehand.
Akina looked down at the goldfish bag. She had to admit, it was quite pretty. She liked both the mask Yuu bought and the goldfish bag Ji bought.
Akina Amane said, "Okay, let's go buy some takoyaki. I'll buy you two something else later."
The three of them walked towards the takoyaki stall together. Akina Amaho ordered three boxes of takoyaki, one box for each of them.
Miyaji took the first bite and then commented, "The taste is not as good as what Amaho Akina made."
Gong You also took a bite and nodded: "Indeed, the taste is a bit average."
Amane Akina sighed, "You two shouldn't have such high expectations. And don't say things like that while standing in front of someone's stall."
As she spoke, she took a bite of takoyaki. Since she couldn't free her hands, she could only signal with her eyes for them to leave quickly. Didn't they see that the stall owner behind them was already glaring at them with great anger?
The three of them walked quickly forward. Akina bought a white and blue fox mask and handed it to Miyaji, and a blue goldfish bag with a goldfish swimming in it and gave it to Miyayu.
As darkness fell, a goldfish scooping stall appeared before them.
"Give it a try." Akina Amaho rolled up the sleeves of her yukata, grabbed a paper net, and tried to scoop it up.
The paper net tore, and although she initially managed to scoop up several goldfish, she was unsuccessful in bringing them back.
"Let me try." Gong You squeezed next to her, took a paper net, and tried to scoop it up.
This time, he successfully caught three goldfish without tearing the paper net.
Gong You started beaming again, and even hummed twice: "Hmph~ This is my strength."
Gong Zhi rolled his eyes at him and also started catching goldfish. The paper net didn't break either, and this time he caught five.
Amamiya Akina: "I didn't expect you two to be able to do this. It seems that I'm actually the worst."
Her expression was slightly troubled. She had clearly figured out how to proceed from the beginning, and her theory was sound, but she couldn't do it perfectly in practice.
It seems that the thin paper mesh is still a bit difficult to handle.
“It’s okay, we can teach you.” As he spoke, Miyaji naturally took Amaho Akina’s hand and guided her in the movement, and then successfully scooped the goldfish out.
There are four goldfish that have fallen into the paper net.
"So you guys helped me out, isn't that cheating? I still haven't learned it," Amamiya said with a smile.
"As long as we have fun, who cares if it's cheating?" Miya Yu said, and when Miyaji let go, he grabbed Amaho Akina's hand in return, dipped the paper net into the pool, and when it came out, there were six goldfish in the net.
“See, Mina, don’t I do better than Osamu?” Miya Yu said.
Miyaji clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction.
Amane Akina shook her head helplessly, wondering why they would still argue about something like this.
"Alright, you two are both very capable. But we can't possibly take all of these goldfish with us. Let's just pick a few to take with us."
Finally, Miyako chose a golden goldfish with red markings, Miyaji chose a silver-white goldfish with patterns, and Amako Akina chose a light red goldfish.
The three people, carrying goldfish, left them at the stall, intending to take them with them when they left.
It seems the time for the fireworks display is approaching.
"Amina, the view is better from here." Miyaji took Amaho Akina's hand and gestured for her to follow him to a place.
That's the place I discovered a few years ago when I came to the fireworks festival.
Gong You followed behind, muttering, "This place is so remote, no wonder I couldn't find you a few years ago."
The three of them climbed a small hill in a secluded place and watched the fireworks rise into the sky and bloom in the distance.
Illuminated by the twinkling fireworks, the faces of the three people flickered between light and shadow.
“Let’s watch the fireworks together next year too,” Akina Amasui suddenly said.
Her gaze remained fixed on the fireworks, the colorful bursts reflected in her blue pupils.
“Okay, let’s come together next year too,” Miya Yu and Miyaji said in unison.
Under the fireworks, their hearts seemed to race, but in the end, they simply held each other's hands tightly.
The fireworks display ended, and the three of them took their goldfish and walked together toward home, as if they could walk a long way and keep walking like that forever.
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