Cherish the time

After the game is over, at the entrance of the Chess Academy.

Seeing Ogata and Taya walking out of the gate together, Shinto waved to them.

Ogata nodded and walked towards him, while Taya trotted two steps to Shinto's side.

"Why so late?" Shinto asked casually.

He went out just after the match with He Gu, but ended up standing outside and waiting for more than ten minutes.

"We discussed it for a while," Ogata pushed his glasses, and handed the paper bag he had been carrying to Shindo, "Happy birthday, please open it when you go back."

"Ah...thank you." Shinto took it without thinking too much, and saw the new ring on Ogata's finger in a blink of an eye, "Huh? Are Mr. Ogata and Miss Shimizu engaged?"

"Is this?" Ogata raised his finger to glance at it, smiled noncommittally, and changed the subject, "Where are you going? I'll take you there."

The silver sports car carried Shinto and others to the gate of Shinto's house.

"Here we are." Ogata slowly parked the car on the side of the road.

Shinto turned his head to look at his side face, paused for a moment and then said, "...If it's convenient, would you like to have a light meal with Mr. Ogata?"

Ogata tilted his head and raised his eyebrows, his lips parted lightly, "...Are you... inviting me?"

"Otherwise?" Shinto also imitated him and raised his eyebrows - although this time it can be said that he has learned a lot, but the objective age is there, so that he not only failed to make Ogata's casual Sex, on the contrary, reveals a bit of cuteness.

A smile flashed in Ogata's eyes, "Then I'll... be disrespectful."

— have a light meal.

That's what Shinto had planned.

So he only invited Taya, Gu and Mingming, and the other friends simply did not notify.

But when he opened the door—

"Happy birthday!" At the same time as the unanimous blessing, there was the sound of the firework tube bursting.

Shinto, who was covered in colored stripes and gold powder, pushed aside the colored stripes that blocked his sight with his hands, "...It's really...!"

"Dangdangdangdang~" He Gu threw himself on his back happily, "Did you feel very surprised?"

"I'm not surprised, but I'm more or less happy." Shinto patted the back of his hand on his shoulder angrily, "When did you make an appointment?"

"A week ago." Shigeru Kurosawa thoughtfully handed him a wet towel that he had prepared long ago, "You took down Honinbo and celebrities one after another, but didn't even give us a chance to help you celebrate?"

He was explaining in disguise the reason why their large group of people appeared here.

"Ah..." After hearing this, Zuowei immediately fell to their camp, "Xiaoguang, thank you soon. 』

"Sorry..." Shinto apologized and let the three guests behind him in, "I just don't think it's necessary to make it so grand."

"There are only seven titles in Japan, and you took two of them at once—" Wada rubbed his hair unbalanced, "You don't celebrate at this time, don't you want to wait until you get the 'Grand Slam' Come once?"

"Oh, why are you standing here?" Shindo Mitsuko walked over from the other end of the corridor carrying a snack, "Xiaoguang, let your friends sit in the living room."

Shinto casually placed the gift from Ogata on the shoe cabinet in the entrance, and walked forward consciously to take the tray of snacks from his mother, "It's all here—go to the living room and sit down. "

The number of guests has ballooned from three to eight, and the planned potluck has become unreliable.

Shinto first spent about 10 minutes roughly cleaning up the ribbons and gold powder that fell on his body, and then asked everyone for their wishes for dinner.

Perhaps due to the majority of children present, a group of people finally voted to eat pizza.

But on the taste of pizza, everyone had some disputes again.

In the end, Jinto made a decision and decided to have the same taste that everyone mentioned.

However, he added such an additional condition with a smile: "Whoever ordered is responsible for finishing the meal."

The pizza frenzy lasted from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm.

Seeing that it was getting late, Shinto Mitsuko persuaded everyone to stay here for one night.

"Although the place is not big, at least there are enough quilts." She sat on the sofa and said softly, with a reassuring taste in her words.

In the end, except for Mingming, who lived nearby, and Ogata, the adult who drove here, a group of boys decided to sleep at Shinto's house for a night.

As the host, Shinto sent the two departing guests to the door, and Ogata expressed in a gentlemanly manner that he would drive Fujisaki back.

"It's not safe for a girl to walk alone at night."

Akira Fujisaki hesitated for a moment, then subconsciously glanced at Shinto.

Shinto agreed without hesitation, "Then I will trouble Mr. Ogata."

After Fujisaki sat in the passenger seat, Shinto carefully closed the car door, turned around and told Ogata jokingly, "Send her back safely."

"..." Oo took a step forward, and the distance between the two suddenly shortened to less than five centimeters, Shinto could even vaguely feel the temperature from his chest.

"... Huh?" He raised his head and looked at this strange man.

"...Don't worry." Ogata paused for a moment, and finally just stretched out his hand to rub the top of his hair, and agreed in a low voice.

Then he quickly walked to the other side of the sports car as if he was hiding from something, and got into the driver's seat.

"Really..." Shindo sighed, and took two steps back to make it easier for the vehicle to start.

"...Always being treated like a child..." He sighed to Zuowei with some resentment.

"That's because Xiaoguang, you are a 14-year-old kid! Sawei, who also didn't find anything wrong, stood aside and responded cheerfully.

After watching the two leave, as soon as Shinto returned to the living room, he was hit by a large number of pillows, which made him bend over to avoid it.

Zuo Wei's body was pierced by two pillows, so scared that he immediately ran to stand in a corner far away from Xiao Guang.

"Hey!" When the intensive attack finally came to an end, Shinto yelled seriously, "Whose idea is this!"

"He!" A group of people immediately betrayed Yamazaki Makoto who stood at the back without hesitation.

"Really..." Shinto paused for a moment with his head down, grabbed the two nearest pillows with lightning speed, and threw them towards Kazuya who was closest to him, "——Die!"

He Gu was caught off guard by his unreasonable attack, and could only lay down on the bedding with his head in his arms.

A group of people who are always good at seizing opportunities immediately swarmed up.

Even Taya, who has never been very playful, joined in this laughing and joking pillow fight.

Seeing the flying pillows and the innocent smiling faces of everyone, Zuo Wei, who was standing in the corner with lingering fear, couldn't help smiling.

—God.

If this is a dream, please let me, don't wake up from this dream.