The Beginning of the Fireworks

　　After Yotsuba left, Shinichi withdrew his suspicious gaze, and turnedshe to Furuhashi, wondering if he had seen what Yotsuba was hiding behind her.

　　But he found that she was staring at Yotsuba's back in a daze, her eyes slowly moving up and down with a certain frequency, and her eyes gradually filled with horror.

　　"The shaking range is comparable to a small marble..."

　　While muttering, Furuhashi lowered her head and stared at her chest, trying to imagine the scene of a violent fluctuation like Yotsuba.

　　Then comes the conclusion.

　　[A world where possibilities don't exist and is full of despair. —— Furuhashi Fumino]

　　Shinichi looked away, and took the lid off the kettle which had been emptied, to hide his sympathetic expression.

　　Why do people always like to hurt themselves?

　　At this time, Furuhashi suddenly opened her mouth.

　　"Asada-san..."

　　"...Sometimes, silence hurts too, right?"

　　Shinichi was about to open his mouth: "You..."

Furuhashi shook her head again.

　　"No! Don't entertain me! That will only make the truth stab into my heart even more, like silver iron piercing a vampire's heart, I don't even have the fat to withstand that attack…"

　　Kneeling weakly with both hands on the ground, there was an emotionless laugh at the corners of her lips.

　　"Hehehe hehehe..."

　　In this way, Furuhashi fell into a deep depression, her soul was greatly damaged, and she was unable to recover.

　　(What do you want me to do...)

　　Shinichi held back a sigh, for his sake bring a towel and tea for himself, let's stay here with her until her depression ends.

　　Looking around boredly, Shinichi found that Furuhashi was carrying a bag, which seemed to contain towels and the like.

　　(Did she prepare it for me...)

　　The reason for coming here in tracksuit seemed to have been explained. Shinichi glanced casually into the bag, and a neatly folded girls' school uniform came into view. There seems to be a pure white cotton cloth inside.

　　After staring wide-eyed at the cloth for about three seconds, Shinichi returned to his expressionless face, looked up at the sky and asked Furuhashi in his heart.

　　It's normal to bring a uniform to change, but why... Even panties?

　　She was clearly sitting there without exercising, what's the point of bringing panties to change...

　　Thinking hard, Shinichi glanced at Furuhashi, while she still lowered her head sadly, she didn't notice the astonishment he was showing at this moment.

　　This is also good, to avoid embarrassment. As long as he didn't bring it up, she wouldn't ask about this discovery.

　　In this way, an ending where no one gets hurt is reached...

　　Taking a deep breath in his heart, Shinichi also came to a conclusion.

　　[If one can't arrange his eyes well, he should manage his expressions well, no matter how big the problem is, don't panic. —— Asada Shinichi]

　　Furuhashi, who was looking down, appeared a blush at the base of her ears, which were covered in a ponytail.

　　...

　　Evening.

　　Shirogane House.

　　In a small, dilapidated apartment, a girl is talking to an older brother.

　　"Kei-chan, are you going to the fireworks show on the 5th?"

　　"Hah?" Holding orange juice in her hand, Shirogane Kei spoke in an irritated tone, "Does this have anything to do with you, Nii-san?"

　　Already used to his younger sister's rebellious attitude, Shirogane Miyuki sighed helplessly: "Everyone in our high school's Student Council wants to participate together, so I'm just asking if you'd be interested in tagging along."

　　"Everyone in the Student Council..." Kei was taken aback, and her expression softened slightly, "Including Chika-Nee and… Shinomiya Senpai?"

　　"That's right..."

　　Kei hesitated for a moment. Before long, she shook her head, "Unfortunately, I'm leaving that day, but I already made an appointment with Moe…. Send my greetings to Shinomiya Senpai."

　　"I see." Shirogane nodded, the conversation between the two ended, and the small, dilapidated apartment fell silent again.

　　That's right, this is a real scene of brothers getting along.

　　...

　　"Fireworks festival...?"

　　Shinichi rarely puts aside his official affairs and studies, and checks information at fireworks festivals.

　　Including location, size of temple exhibit, map, booth overview, time of fireworks display, mode of transportation etc. Investigate in advance, so that he can leave and return in peace on the same day.

　　After all, everyone was going together, so there was no need to plan routes like shopping at a mall.

　　After thinking about it, he compiled the checked information into a form and sent it to Itsuki, and received a grateful reply from her not long after.

　　After finishing these things, Shinichi turned off the computer, took the document aside, and examined it carefully under the light of the desk lamp.

　　"The forest school is being held at... Wait a minute, this place..."

　　....

　　Ding dong!

　　After reading the file Shinichi sent, Itsuki smiled and passed it on to the quintuplets group.

　　Putting the phone aside, she continued to type files in front of the computer.

　　"Before I enjoy it, you have to finish everything first…"

　　"Don't make Asada-kun work too hard!"

　　Since adding to his training schedule, he's been giving himself a bit of rest. As an assistant, Itsuki absolutely couldn't allow this to happen, even if she couldn't stop him, she at least wanted to do her best to help him a little.

　　Even though this kind of rush was just a drop, it was better than watching and worrying from the side.

　　Her eyes behind the pink-rimmed lenses stared at the screen more seriously, her hands that were typing stopped, and she suddenly let out a sigh.

　　"If only he could go to the fireworks festival..."

　　Going for a walk around the food stall, plus the five of them by your side, watching fireworks and celebrating birthdays with jokes and laughter, can certainly relax your mood, relieve fatigue, and raise your work efficiency to a higher level.

　　Even though it was the first time that a non-family member had participated in this kind of family activity with five people, if it was Shinichi, Itsuki thought that she would not refuse.

　　Unfortunately, he was busy that day...

　　...

　　"Number five... Well, I see, call you that day."

　　After hanging up the phone, Ichika leaned weakly against the head of the bed, and looked up at the ceiling.

　　"Suddenly changing the date, and the timing was so coincidental... Hahaha, things really didn't go well..."

　　He slowly lowered his gaze over the messy pile of clothes on the floor were the scripts for the auditions and the unfinished accounting sheets.

　　Ichika stared at them for a long time.

　　The cellphone suddenly rang, which brought her back to her senses, and she opened the cellphone screen beside her, and found that Itsuki sent a file about the information of the fireworks festival, and there was a special note below made by Shinichi

　　"Shinichi-kun..."

　　Saying that name softly, the words he spoke on the roof seemed to echo in his ears.

　　[You don't understand Ichika's power.]

　　"If he thinks so, then I have to live up to his expectations..."

　　After a moment's hesitation, he turned around to pick up the accounting sheet.

　　"Now, try to finish Shinichi-kun's explanation as much as possible. After this is over, think of a way to make a breakthrough in my acting skills…"

　　He started making plans.

　　Then, the fireworks display and birthday celebration should not be left behind, enjoy together, have fun and laugh.

　　As long as he worked harder, what he wanted was within reach, so he couldn't stop here.

　　A strong person, when faced with many obstacles and difficulties, will not think about what to do, but will want to do something first.

　　Therefore, Ichika decided to become a strong person.

　　"Then the first step…" There was a playful smile at the corner of her mouth, and a faint blush rose to her cheeks, "Let's take a selfie first~"

　　Holding the accounting sheet in one hand, she picked up the phone with the other, so that the neckline of her pajamas showed a little bit of her skin, but the scale was in a perfectly healthy range. After taking the selfie, he sends it to Shinichi and writes him a message of thanks.

　　Then he looked at her rebuke, and smiled.