To the eternal you

it rained today.

When it ticks on the ground, it makes a crisp rattling sound, and the wind blows the paper windows whirring.

"It looks like it's going to get bigger...the weather was fine not long ago."

Qi stood in the corridor, gazing at the deserted courtyard. When it rained, the dust in the air was much less, making people feel a lot more refreshed, and their hearts were extraordinarily peaceful.

She likes it very much when it rains, which means that she can stay with her family, lie on the table together, enjoy the warmth of the kotatsu, eat some fruit occasionally, and talk about some thoughtful words.

It's like the distance between hearts is getting closer.

Similarly, she also likes to stand here alone and watch the rain fall, the world will become very quiet, allowing people to calm down and think.

"Pray, why are you staying here?"

Ying walked out from the corner, the furisode kimono on his body was under the rain scene, and the cool-toned clothes looked even more cool, perhaps because of the water vapor contamination, even the gentian flowers on it looked extraordinarily delicate.

"Ah... I was just in a daze for a while, what does Mom want from me?"

"Well, I actually want you to accompany me to the Gaoge side."

As Ying approached, Qi also noticed the oil-paper umbrella in her other hand, which was printed with ukiyo-e-style patterns.

"is it okay?"

"Well, no problem. Shall we go now?"

Qi naturally held her arm, and the warmth conveyed by the close contact was very precious in the colder weather, and Ying rubbed his daughter's little head in satisfaction.

"Yes, there is something I want to tell you."

Opening the umbrella, the slender figures of the two people also entered under the umbrella. After walking into the rain, they could feel the sense of security conveyed in the small space.

"Isn't Mom trying to make excuses to lie to me and lock me up there again?"

The girl asked jokingly.

"Does Qi still remember what happened at that time..." Ying looked a little astonished, but quickly suppressed the surprise in his heart, "I won't do that again, I will respect Qi's thoughts."

"You obviously did such a shameful thing the day before yesterday, but today you are unexpectedly serious."

"That, that's just a temporary obsession!"

Looking forward to Ying's mother who was blushing and hastily explaining, she couldn't help laughing softly.

Under the pale buildings, the hydrangeas planted on both sides of the road are blooming. The yellow and purple petals are filled with rainwater, and they are delicate and beautiful.

Perhaps indulging in this tranquility, the two of them did not speak tacitly, but walked forward seemingly casually, just like ordinary mothers and daughters, but they kept paying attention to each other from the corner of their eyes.

The journey was not far away, and when he came to the stairs, Qi quickened his pace and took the lead to stand on the stone steps, holding the hand of Yingmama holding the umbrella handle with her tender hand.

"pray?"

Because of the rainy weather, his hands also seemed to be cold, Qi folded his hands together and hugged them, and then exhaled.

"Huh~ha~" With warmth, and a faint hazy mist, Qi's face looked very similar to her sister after that, but... Qi is Qi.

"Mom, let's exchange it next~"

Standing on the stone steps, the girl who was barely at eye level with her showed a gentle smile.

"No, no need, just let me hold it."

"No—my mother has been holding it for a long time, and I want to help my mother hold the umbrella for a while."

Really... Knowing to say something that is hard to refuse, Ying smiled helplessly and let go of her hand, watching her take the handle of the umbrella.

"Qi, do you care about your height?"

While walking forward, Ying turned to hold Qi's hand, watching her take the next step faster, trying to be equal to himself.

"It's better to hold an umbrella for mom, isn't it~"

"But," Ying pulled her arm slightly, and stood on the same step as her under the girl's puzzled eyes: "In that case, kissing is not so comfortable."

The distance between each other seems to be pulled in a little bit, Ying hangs her head, her hair is stained with water droplets, and the rain falls, her cheeks are more soft and pink, and her spring eyes blink slightly with a trace of sadness and love.

One tall and one low figure held an umbrella under the rain, like a blooming lily.

About three seconds later, Ying's hand climbed onto the handle, gently grasping the girl's catkin, with a gentle voice blowing across her cheeks like a breeze.

"Then let's hold on together."

In the eyes of each other, Mother Ying won. For the first time, she didn't dodge her gaze, but let the girl blushed and lowered her head first.

"...Mom is so crafty."

"Yes~ Be careful where you step."

Moving forward together, the people next to each other seemed to be able to feel the rising body temperature through their clothes, and their heartbeats gradually accelerated.

The shy look of the girl counting the stairs with her head down looks extraordinarily cute.

Until walking up the stairs, Qi didn't get out of that shy atmosphere, but turned his face away, only showing his pretty side face and hot red ears.

"Qi, do you care about kissing?"

Ying looked at her amusedly, his eyes were filled with the figure of a young girl.

"...not at all."

He pretended not to care, but the strength in his hand increased a bit, and then he quickly let go, the appearance of wanting to pretend to be very obvious.

"Kissing... is to express liking. After all, Qi is very cute, so... there is no way to be liked by mother."

Shadow put down the umbrella and gently shook off the rainwater on it, and the ukiyo-e patterns became more vivid after bathing in the rainwater.

"Then, would you please let me kiss you?"

"...this and that..."

The shy girl didn't respond, she just faltered and couldn't speak a complete sentence, then hurriedly pushed open the door of the high cabinet and ran in.

"Is she so shy...?"

Ying tilted his head slightly, looking at the girl who had turned into a steam princess, with some hesitation.

The girl in the past didn't show it so clearly at that time... What's the reason?

The girl hiding behind the door sticks out her small head, her tender eyes are also stained with a little pink at the moment, and her tightly pursed mouth looks like cherry petals.

"I, I, I, I, I'm ready, I'm ready..."

"Well—does Qi like me?"

Shadow put the umbrella aside, and the water droplets slid down the umbrella tip, splashing crystal clear droplets, and soon accumulated into small puddles.

"su...su..."

The completely flustered girl hid behind the door, blushing and a little bit speechless.

But soon, when she was trying to hide in, Ying grabbed her wrist, and the concealed door was pushed open, and the spring thunder that struck behind Ying made the girl tremble even more.

"Forget it! I don't, I don't like it, I don't like it!"

The approaching shadow wore a morbid smile, and the flushed cheeks looked strangely charming against the snow-like skin.

"If you don't like it, allow me to kiss... Hehe, Qizhen..." She stuck it next to the girl's earlobe, and said in a hoarse and delicate voice: "Femininity を 好む."

In the gradually heavier rain outside the house, the purple petals of the hydrangea fell into the water, and the petals of the cherry blossoms blown by the wind happened to fall at the same place.

at the same time--

Yae Kamiko looked at the damaged shrine, and the cherry hair was blown by the increasingly manic and chaotic wind, and the extremely unstable thunderstorm was carried by the heavy rain and landed on the entire Yae Island.

"Now...it's troublesome."

When she frowned and whispered, a deformed ghost appeared behind her.

PS: I'm considering whether to offer a reward, how about counting the votes to confuse me?