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◎Every year looks like today◎

The voice of Mari Nishijima's name was getting closer and closer in the corridor, Mari Nishijima bent down and ran out from the gap between his arms.

She jumped up the steps in twos and threes, and then turned around, standing in the sunlight, shining brightly.

"Let's go, my dad is urging me."

"... just come."

Mr. Nishijima finally found Echizen Ryuya and Nishijima Mari at the end of the corridor.

He looked at the two suspiciously, but did not see anything suspicious for the time being.

Mr. Nishijima raised his face: "Where did you go? Didn't you say that we will leave after completing the discharge procedures?"

Nishijima Mari: "Longya and I went for a walk in the small garden."

Mr. Nishijima looked suspiciously at Echizen Ryuya, and Echizen Ryuya nodded: "I just went to the small garden with Truth to bask in the sun."

Mr. Nishijima believed their words for now.

But he kept a straight face, and on the way back, he kept blocking Mari Nishijima and Ryuya Echizen to separate them.The old father has the words 'Don't fall in love' written all over his face!

Echizen Ryuya moved out of Mari Nishijima's apartment, and quickly rented a room opposite Mari Nishijima.If it weren't for the fact that Nozaki Umetaro already lives next door to Mari Nishijima, he would probably still want to live next door to Mari Nishijima.

Mari Nishijima returned to school soon after being discharged from the hospital.After all, she is now in her third year of high school, and facing the pressure of the college entrance examination, it is best not to miss classes as much as possible.

Originally, Mrs. Nishijima also said that she would take Mari Nishijima to the temple to worship, so as to get rid of bad luck; as a result, Mari Nishijima was quickly overwhelmed by the sea of ​​questions in the third year of senior high school, because she was busy with the entrance exam, and even the update of the manga was postponed. Two issues and one update.

Fortunately, Echizen Ryuya came over every week to help her draw, otherwise, Nishijima Mari would die suddenly on the way to study sooner or later.

In the twinkling of an eye, winter turned to spring, and Nishijima’s national examination in January ended, and she completed the comprehensive ability examination in February.

While waiting for her grades, she also had free time, and agreed to go to a nearby temple to attend a party with Sakura Chiyo and the others, and she could also pay her respects by the way.

The originally agreed time was six o'clock in the evening.But at one o'clock in the afternoon, Sakura Chiyo came to find Mari Nishijima in advance to choose clothes together.

Nishijima Mari's room was not tidy at first, but when the floor and bed were covered with all kinds of kimono accessories and cosmetics, the whole room looked even more messy.

Mari Nishijima sat on the floor, with a bathrobe in each hand, with a serious expression: "Do you think it's better to choose the pink one or the blue one?"

Sakura Chiyo touched her chin with one hand: "I think pink is cuter! But blue looks so temperamental."

After hearing Sakura Chiyo's words, Mari Nishijima suddenly became more entangled.

She looked at the one on the left, then the one on the right, and muttered, "Why doesn't Jieyue come? If she comes, we can vote by three people and choose the clothes two to one!"

Sakura Chiyo was helpless: "Because Yuzuki said she was going to wear sportswear directly..."

Mari Nishijima: "...Yes, as expected of Yuzuki Seo."

Sakura Chiyo coughed dryly, and reminded: "Do you want to send a message to ask what color clothes Echizen-kun will wear? After all, if he also goes, this is considered a date, right? Wearing clothes of the same color will make you feel like a couple. .”

Nishijima Mari: "You're right!"

She immediately took out her mobile phone and happily sent a message to Echizen Ryuya.Echizen Ryuya replied quickly - she hurriedly scanned the reply letter and threw the phone on the bed.

Orange was startled by the cell phone that fell on the bed suddenly. After observing for a while with wide-eyed eyes, he was convinced that it was just a harmless cell phone, and then lazily lay back on the bedding.

It was originally a dangerous orange color, but recently, under the careful feeding of Mrs. Nishijima, its body has become more and more like a ball.

Sakura Chiyo lay beside the bed and poked the orange.

The big cat raised its eyelids and glanced at her, then closed them calmly.

Sakura Chiyo: "Is the orange too fat?"

Mari Nishijima held her cheeks in distress: "When I took it for a physical examination last month, the doctor also said that it was a little fat. I am planning to lose weight for it recently."

Although the effect is minimal.

After the two girls decided on the bathrobes to wear at night, they still tried all the other clothes with great interest; the beautiful skirts looked very pleasant, especially when there was another lovely girl beside them. Helping groom each other, doing makeup and curling hair together became fun.

Soon the agreed time came.

Sakura Chiyo is going to meet Seo Yuzuki and the others first, while Nishijima Mari wants to go out with Echizen Ryuya.The two of them bid farewell at the door of the apartment building, and Mari Nishijima took out her mobile phone to send a message to Ryuya Echizen.

She had just typed a line in the dialogue box, and before she could press Enter to send, the mobile phone was suddenly taken away from behind - the mobile phone was twirled between the young man's slender fingers, and he bent his lips with a smile: " Waiting for someone? Miss."

Mari Nishijima raised his head, looked at the young man in a dark green bathrobe, and sighed, "Are tennis fingers so nimble?"

Echizen Longya put her mobile phone back into her handbag and said, "Generally speaking, people like me are rare."

Mari Nishijima couldn't help laughing out the hidden meaning of 'because I'm a genius' from her boyfriend's euphemistic words.

She took Echizen Ryuya's arm and shook her handbag, "They said that there might be fireworks at this party."

Echizen Ryuya: "Do you like fireworks?"

Mari Nishijima: "Because I haven't seen fireworks with my boyfriend yet, so I'm looking forward to it!"

Echizen Ryuya smiled, lowered his arms, and took Nishijima Mari's hand, and the two of them habitually interlocked their fingers.

The temperature in early spring has not risen much, but the girls at the party have already put on single-layer bathrobes, coiled up their hair, and inserted beautiful silk flowers.

Walking through these colorful streams of people, you don't feel cold at all, and even feel a little hot.There was an aroma in that dry heat, the aroma of young girls' sleeves, the fluffy aroma of freshly blown hair, the sweet aroma of candy apples.

Echizen Ryuya asked Mari Nishijima if she wanted apple candy.

Nishijima Mari shook her head: "Go and make a wish first, I want to make a wish."

Echizen Ryuya took her hand through the crowd, walked to the pool of the shrine, picked up the long-handled wooden spoon hanging next to it, and filled it with water—Nishijima Mari obediently stretched out her hand, and the cold water flowed from the wooden spoon It dripped out and poured into the palm of Mari Nishijima.

She washed her hands, wiping the droplets off with a handkerchief.

Passing the road next to the pool and going straight ahead is the hall, and the charity box with wooden lattice pattern is placed in the most conspicuous position.

Mari Nishijima opened the handbag, took out the change that he had prepared earlier and threw it in, then shook the hemp rope in front of the hall—the wind chime on the hemp rope was jingled.

Amidst the crisp ringtones, she quickly closed her eyes, clapped her palms a few times, and then clasped her hands together to make a wish.

When the bell stopped, Mari Nishijima just finished making her wish.

She opened her eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and when she turned her head, she saw Echizen Ryuya waiting for her behind.

Mari Nishijima jumped up and down in front of him, panting with his hands on his knees.Echizen Longya bent down to support her, and chuckled lightly: "What are you doing so fast? I'll wait for you here, and I won't run away."

Mari Nishijima stood up straight and asked, "Aren't you going to make a wish?"

Echizen Ryuya shook his head: "No."

Nishijima Mari: "But I heard that making a wish here is very effective!"

Echizen Longya took her hand, held it in front of the two of them, and shook it: "But my wish has come true now."

"..."

Mari Nishijima turned her head quickly, her eyes wandering, and some hair that was wet with sweat when she ran just now was against her flushed cheeks.

The night light fell on her face, casting a shy blush on her whole body.It was hard to tell whether it was her blushing or the light from the lanterns falling from all sides.

The two walked hand in hand for a while, and the palms of their hands were quickly warmed by each other.

There were more and more people around, Nishijima Mari looked left and right, turned his head and said: "There are a lot of people, you are taller, have you seen Sakura and the others?"

Echizen Longya glanced down at the dense crowd, "I didn't see it—but I saw apple candy over there, do you want to eat it?"

Nishijima Mari looked in the direction he pointed, but only saw the shoulders of a bunch of people.She tried to jump up and look out, and the clogs made a 'tapping' sound on the ground.

Echizen Ryuya touched her waist with the back of his hand: "Do you need help?"

Comprehending what Echizen Ryuya meant, Nishijima Mari felt insulted to her height.She refused sternly: "I don't want it!"

"...I want to eat candy apples."

"Then go buy it."

Echizen Longya easily located the apple candy vendor in the crowd.

He held the hand of Nishidao Zhenli through the crowd, and his arms always separated Nishidao Zhenli from the crowd just right.Finally, the two came to the stall of the candy apple vendor. Echizen Ryuya bought two candy apples and handed one to Mari Nishijima.

Mari Nishijima tried to take a bite.

Then failed.

She licked a piece of candy that she had gnawed, and a sweet taste spread in her mouth.

Echizen Ryuya: "There are too many people now, it is a bit difficult to find Sakura and the others."

Mari Nishijima took out her mobile phone and showed Echizen Ryuya the text message: "Chiyo also sent me a message! She said that there are too many people, let's go free first, and then we will gather at the ramen shop for supper later—" —What should I do next? It feels like the fireworks will take a long time to start.”

Echizen Ryuya thought for a while, and made a suggestion: "Do you want to draw lots or hang ema?"

Mari Nishijima's eyes lit up: "That's right! We haven't hung emas yet! Let's go—"

They first went to the conferment office to buy emas. Mari Nishijima noticed that amulets were also sold next to them, so they spent money and bought a lot of colorful amulets.

Echizen Longya looked at a large string of colorful amulets hanging on her wrist, and laughed dumbfoundedly: "Buy so many amulets?"

Nishijima Mari has a serious expression: "In case there is a talisman that really resides in the blessing of the gods or something..."

Echizen Ryuya: "Have you been watching god-like anime recently?"

Mari Nishijima scratched her cheek, showing a shy smile: "Recently, I revisited the relationship with Sakura."

Echizen Ryuya understood it, and didn't say anything more, just asked the staff for a pen and began to write the content of the ema.

Mari Nishijima also asked the staff for a pen, and leaned against the counter to write down her wish seriously.

The painted horses in the shrine are hung on a huge ancient tree.According to traditional superstition, the higher the wish is, the easier it is to come true.

When Mari Nishijima walked under the old tree, he was sad to find that all the hanging places of 1.6 meters were basically occupied.She turned her head to look at Echizen Ryuya - Echizen Ryuya didn't even bother to jump, she just raised her hand and threw the ema up.

He obviously didn't care about throwing it out at all, but the ema he threw was always hanging on the high branch just right, entangled firmly, and was blown back and forth by the wind.

Mari Nishijima waited for him to finish throwing it away, and immediately raised the ema in his hand to Echizen Ryuya, looking at him with bright round eyes: "Longya, hang it up for me, hang it higher!"

She was looking forward to it so much that when she smiled, there were really stars in her eyes.

In an instant, Echizen Ryuya had no intention of making fun of others.The frivolity and viciousness of the prodigal son in him turned into a softer emotion at this moment.

He said, "Okay."

Taking the ema made of thin wood from Mari Nishijima, Echizen Ryuya glanced at the content on it.

It was Nishijima's usual scribbled and brisk handwriting.

[May we have today every year, and today every year. 】

The piece of wood was thrown high, hung on the branches, and was slightly shaken by the wind.

The leaves rustle lightly, entwined with ema-colored silk threads.

May we have today every year and the present every year.

-Complete-