[Black Basket] Winter Cherry Blossoms

Akashi and Saya followed the flow of people and slowly moved from the neighborhood where they lived to the venue.Along the way, I passed the commercial street that I usually go to, and found that it was also infected by the atmosphere of the festival, surrounded by people shopping in yukata.Among them, the young girls wearing all kinds of yukatas are the most conspicuous. Some of them play together, and some go out with their boyfriends or family members. The dessert sellers are also booming because of the increase in the number of girls.

The high street is a dangerous place at a festival.

Saya has been complaining more than once in her heart.

At night in Xiaoshan, it is normal to have a lot of people, but finding a handsome guy to strike up a conversation with is another matter.Several times, Saya did not leave Akashi half a step away, some female high school students gave Akashi a glance from the crowd, and others made excuses to ask for directions, and took the opportunity to strike up a conversation. Faced with this situation, Akashi did not wait for Saya If there is a chance to be jealous, I have already taken the first step to keep those girls away.

"Saya, come closer and don't get separated from me."

Letting go of Saya's hand on the arm, Akashi put his arms around her waist instead, so that the two could walk closer together. This move successfully made the girls who approached him quit, and also announced to the boys around them that the relationship between the two is true. She belongs to him, so no one should think about it.

"But……"

Saya wanted to say that it's okay to hold hands, but facing Akashi's tough attitude, she had no choice but to take back what she hadn't finished speaking, let him put his arms around her waist, and continued walking towards the exit of the commercial street.

"Tonight is our date, don't let outsiders ruin the good atmosphere."

The longer he stays in the commercial street, the more accidents are likely to happen. Not wanting the date between the two of them to become complicated, Akashi simply led Saya through the crowd, away from the commercial street, and rushed to the festival site.

This time, the two did not stay on the road, but followed the direction of the crowd to their destination tonight.At this time, night has fallen, and the shopping malls and shops on both sides of the road are lit up.In addition to the alms cart placed in the middle of the road and decorated with lanterns, the whole street suddenly becomes a shining light belt, shining brightly in the night, making it difficult for the eyes to see.

Saya was born in Kyoto, so she is no stranger to the Gion Festival.

When she was a child, every time her mother brought her to a festival, she would first go to pray for the fortune of "Kagawa", hoping that the business of the store would become better and better.Now, Saya is also continuing her mother's practice. As soon as she arrives at the venue, she takes Akashi to visit the stall that sells rice dumplings.

"Big brother, do you want to buy misfortune dumplings with Sister Saya?"

No need for the two of them to search in front of various stalls, there were people shouting at them from the stalls around the bowl car. When the two turned their heads, they found a little girl in a red bathrobe happily waving to them.

"Sayuri, why are you here?" He walked to the booth with Akashi, and Saya immediately recognized that the little girl selling things was the granddaughter of her handicraft teacher.

Sayuri didn't answer immediately, but just blinked her juicy eyes, looked at Akashi next to Saya, and immediately showed an ambiguous smile on her face, she asked softly: "What about Sister Saya? Tonight is with this big brother Dating?"

"You're right." Before Saya could respond, Akashi had already answered for her.

"Then you two will be together in the future?"

Sayuri's question immediately stopped Saya from asking.No one can tell what will happen in the future, and she doesn't know how to answer it. After all, emotional matters go both ways, and time is a severe test.

"Don't worry, I won't let her go."

Even though he was asked so bluntly, Akashi just smiled and did not explain the development of his relationship with Saya to the other party.His eyes fell on the stall, and he wanted to buy two Doom Browns to pray for the future of the two, but at this moment, a small item on the shelf behind the stall caught his attention.

"Big brother, do you also fancy those hairpins?"

Sensing Akashi's eyes drifting to the back of the stall, Sayuri hurriedly gave him a sales explanation: "Those hairpins are very popular, many sisters only like to buy pink ones, big brother, do you want to pick one for Sister Saya?" ?”

"I want the red one." Akashi immediately took a fancy to the hairpin made of red flowers. Its design is very special. It is not as cute as other small fresh or pink styles, but it is specially designed for some formal Accessories made for the occasion.

"Big brother has a good eye. I heard from grandpa that the hairpin can match the wedding kimono. Could it be that you..." Sayuri glanced at Akashi, then at Saya, and finally changed her words hastily, "Hehe, I have you as Saya's sister My boyfriend, she is so happy, I wish you a happy date first, please work hard."

"Come on, Saya, let's go somewhere else."

After helping Saya put on the hairpin, and buying the bad luck rice dumplings, Akashi left in a hurry with his lover, without giving Sayuri a chance to tease her.For him, getting along with lovers is a private matter, and he doesn't want to share it with others, let alone teach children badly.

"But there seem to be a lot of people in front, can we really squeeze in?"

To be honest, it is good to feel the lively atmosphere at the festival site, but it is not very comfortable if there are really crowds.Looking at the dense crowd ahead, Saya suddenly felt a little tired.

"Don't be afraid, there is a good place here, where we can get together alone and feel the atmosphere of the festival."

Saya's concerns had long been expected by Akashi, coupled with the deliberate arrangement of the two elders of the Hashimoto family, the two were able to quickly transfer from the festival venue to the destination, which was completely within the dating plan.

"Seijuro, you seem to have dug a hole, waiting for me to jump in?"

Even if Saya sensed Akashi's intention from his smile, it was too late.Under the influence of another emotion, the attractiveness of the festival is slowly declining. At this moment, she is looking forward to the next surprise in her heart. Where is the good point that Akashi said?Was it just an ordinary dinner, as grandparents said?

"That's right, I dug a hole, so do you want to jump?"

Akashi looked at Saya with extremely serious eyes, as if she dared to say words of rejection, even if she jumped into the pit, she would definitely be punished with other punishments.

"Whoever is afraid of you, just jump."

A head-to-head confrontation with Akashi who instantly turned on the devil mode, the result is doomed to failure.The position of the predator and the prey has been arranged, she is powerless to resist, well, no matter what kind of pit, just let the horse come over, she Hashimoto Saya will take all the moves.

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However, there is always a long distance between speculation and reality.

Especially when Saya followed Akashi into the depths of the festival venue, she truly understood that the so-called surprise was completely beyond her imagination, no, it was unimaginable at all.

It turned out that the good place that Akashi mentioned was the branch in Kagawa. She rarely came here as a trainee, and her grandmother usually took care of it.But she knew a lot of employees inside, and some of them were transferred from the main store to help, so when she and Akashi came to the branch store, there were already people waiting at the door, but weird things also happened at this moment.

There are no customers in the store?What the hell is going on here?

According to common sense, the branch store is located in the middle of the festival venue, so the business should be booming and busy.But Shaye only saw an eye-catching wooden sign hanging on the gate - "Today our store has been reserved".

Chartered?You mean her and Akashi?Standing blankly in front of the entrance of the store, Saya hadn't fully understood the situation when she saw the waiter in charge of reception approaching, first bowed deeply to Akashi politely, and then said to him respectfully——

"Master Zheng, your room is in the Japanese room on the second floor. Everything has been prepared and we are waiting for you to take your seats."

"Thank you, I really troubled you tonight." Akashi nodded to the waitress, "Saya and I want to be alone for a while, please don't come and disturb us during that time."

"Yes, Master Zheng."

Because the head of the house had already given instructions in advance, the waiters didn't say much.They just dutifully completed the work of leading the way, and then returned to their jobs wisely to complete other tasks arranged by the owner.

Seeing the shop assistants leaving with envious eyes, Saya felt more and more that there was something wrong with the Japanese room on the second floor. She walked into the shop and wanted to go upstairs to find out, but she didn't expect that she hadn't reached the stairs yet. He had already held her hand first, and personally led her to reveal the secret on the second floor.

"Saya, before you know the secret of the second floor, you promise me that you will never run away when you hear what I say."

Stepping up the wooden stairs in the store, Akashi took Saya to the second floor, and stopped in front of a Japanese room named 'Winter Sakura'. He didn't open the door immediately, but turned around and asked Saya to promise him proposed conditions.

"Okay, I promise you."

Saya answered very simply, anyway, she has jumped too many holes that Akashi dug.And tonight there must be something hidden in this hole, she really wanted to know what kind of things Akashi could treat so seriously, she didn't hesitate to make arrangements in advance before she dared to formally explain the situation to her.

Hearing Saya's answer, although Akashi was not completely relieved, most of the hidden worries in his heart disappeared, so he opened the door of the Japanese room, allowing the scene in the Japanese room to come into her eyes.

"Is this... New Year's Eve, or a belated feast for the Doll's Day? Why is sea bream even served?"

Looking at the dishes on the long table, Saya was stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.Hey, today is just her high school graduation, and it just happens to coincide with the annual Gion Festival. Why is the celebration banquet so rich at night, even the steaming hot pot with fresh fragrance of king crab appeared?

This is even more exaggerated than the Chinese New Year!

"Saya, come back to your senses, your saliva is about to flow down."

Akashi smiled and stretched out his hand to gently pinch Saya's cheek, asking her to take her eyes off the food and focus on tonight's focus.

"No, I just think the food tonight is too exaggerated."

Well, Saya admitted in her heart that she was indeed a little hungry.Especially after seeing a table full of food, her eyes will be attracted by it, but she is hungry, she still has a question that has no answer, that is what kind of topic Akashi is about to say, what kind of topic will make her run away ?

"Don't you think that this is the secret I want to show you?"

Akashi slowly approached Saya, and then, he took out a red silk cloth from nowhere, and quickly covered her eyes.

"Seijuro, don't play too much, now is not the time to play blindfolded hide-and-seek."

The vision suddenly became pitch black, Saya wanted to remove the silk cloth covering her eyes a little angrily, but Akashi grabbed her wrist and asked her to keep her original state and not allow her hands to touch the silk cloth.

"Who told you it was just for fun? I'm serious about discussing that with you."

Too much nonsense can't explain his intention tonight, Akashi decided to explain it with practical actions.I saw him holding Saya's hand, leading the way in front of her, and slowly leading her to the compartment of the Japanese room, a place where real secrets are kept.