Chapter 28 Section 3

Koizumi walked very fast. We drove for a long time, but there was no sign of the sun setting.If I had known this, I might as well have brought my backpack with me, and I regretted it. We walked across the weedy fields looking down at the coast to our left. "There is a place in front where flowers are blooming, it's very beautiful." Koizumi pointed to a raised hill ahead and said.He doesn't seem to care about time. We walked for a while and looked at the place where he just pointed, but we didn't see any beautiful flowers.Seeing me looking around, Koizumi said, "It's right there. Look, do you see it?"

Said, and pointed to the front.Only then did I see white flowers blooming densely on a slope facing the ocean more than two hundred meters away from us. "That's it, let's go there." He said, waving his hand lightly in front of me. "No need, just get here, there is not much time." "That's right, then watch the sunset here." He sat on the grass and I sat down beside him. "Does Mr. Koizumi often come here for a walk?" "Yeah, this is a good place, no matter how many times I come here, I won't get bored. I also know the seasons here like the back of my hand. This is the fun that living in the city can't experience."

"I really envy you." "Is it? If only you had the chance." "yes." I nodded and looked at my watch again.The time for the ride is approaching.Better go back to the lighthouse, I thought. "Have you decided where to stay tonight?" He seemed to sense my thoughts and asked.I shook my head and replied that so I want to return to Station X as soon as possible so I can find a place to sleep for myself. "In that case..." he said, "how about you just spend the night here tonight?" "Spend the night here . . . at the lighthouse, you mean?"

"Yeah," he nodded and smiled. "We usually sleep here, so we have bedding and so on. There are only two people, and we can sleep comfortably in a spacious room, but it's not very clean, hehe." "That will disturb your rest." "It's okay. I'm alone. I'm very lonely. I just want to talk to someone." "but……" "Don't hesitate, just go for it, and save yourself the cost of staying in a very expensive hotel." "Then I'll be bothering you." I complied on impulse.Spending the night in the lighthouse can be called a miracle, but I have to talk to Yusuke, so that this guy always thinks that I am the kind of son who only lives in hotels.

"Okay, then it's settled. We have to think about what to do with dinner. Shall we go shopping together?" Koizumi stood up, and I was a little flustered. "Well, don't we still want to see the sun sinking into the sea..." "Ah, that's right. I was so busy talking that I forgot even the most important things." He smiled wryly, and sat back on the grass again. After I took enough pictures of the beauty of the sun setting into the Sea of ​​Japan, we walked back.After walking for about ten minutes, a small food store appeared in front of me. "Although people are traveling, there is no need to force yourself to taste the local specialties. It is more important to experience the customs and customs here."

Saying that, Koizumi put some curry seasoning and canned sardines in olive oil into the shopping basket.Coming all the way here and having to eat fast food products, I am a little unhappy, but I can't say it. After walking out of the food store, he went to the small hotel next door to buy two one-liter bottles of local brew. "It's fate that we can meet like this. Let's just get drunk tonight. Can you have a drink?" "Well, I can have a drink." Probably because of heredity, but my alcohol capacity is quite good. By the time we walked out of the small restaurant, the food store had already closed, and some surrounding shops were also getting ready to close.For a while, only the two of us walked silently on the dark path.

When I walked past the bus stop, I inadvertently looked at the timetable, and suddenly found that there was a temporary bus at station X, and it was about fifteen minutes before the departure.I couldn't help but stop. "What's the matter?" Koizumi, who was walking in front, stopped and asked. "Mr. Koizumi, I'd better go. There is a temporary bus here." "What did you say?" He turned around, looked at the timetable, and looked down at me again, frowning. "But you don't have a place to live, do you?" "Well, I can always figure out a way. There must be a business hotel nearby."

"What a disappointment!" He said loudly as if venting: "It's so boring to travel like this, isn't it a waste of money! Don't talk too much, just sleep with me for one night!" "But……" "We've bought everything we eat, and even the wine, please don't disappoint me. Besides, you're still a student, so staying in a hotel is too extravagant!" There was obvious anger in Koizumi's voice.I was a little scared, thinking why he had to be so serious.Probably saw me as a student traveling alone and wanted to lend a helping hand.It was a good intention but was rejected, so it's because of embarrassment?

If that's the case, it's inconvenient for me to refuse his kindness. "Very well. Then I will disturb you all night." "Ah, that would be great." Koizumi nodded heavily, carrying food and wine in both hands, and continued to walk forward. As soon as we returned to the lighthouse, we started making dinner arrangements.In fact, it is just to heat up the curry, and then pour the sardines in the can into the plastic dinner plate.There's no decent cooking utensils here either, so I had to grab a fruit knife with a rolled-up blade and slice cheese. Dinner is finally ready.Koizumi took out two glasses and poured them full.

"Cheers to your trip alone!" "Thank you very much." We clinked glasses. A bottle of one liter of wine will see its bottom in the blink of an eye.Koizumi drank quickly, and I was also excited by his persuasion. "Ah, how can you really drink?" He said as he opened a second bottle of wine. "Drink often?" "I don't drink much, but I like it." "What kind of wine do you like to drink? Whiskey?" "I don't have a particular favorite either. But among my friends there are people who only like bourbon." That's Yusuke.

"Well, I only drink Japanese sake. Foreign liquors like whiskey and brandy are ridiculously expensive, but they don't taste good at all." He said, and filled it up for me again. We drank and chatted.They talked about everything from each other's backgrounds to culture and sports, and vented their dissatisfaction with the current political arena loudly.Strangers who were strangers just now became hot friends in a blink of an eye. The tension and excitement brought about by this transformation is something I have never experienced in my life. I drank more than half of the second bottle of wine. "I said" A meaningful smile leaked from Koizumi's lips, his eyes became a little drunk, probably he was almost drunk.I thought I was quite sober. He raised a little finger and asked: "Have you had any experience with that?" "Ah, well, it's hard to say..." "What, what's the point? Do you have a girlfriend?" He looked at me mockingly, showing two front teeth.The sardine skin I just ate was stuffed between my teeth. "Not now, but I dated one in high school." "Well. Then why did you break up?" "There is no particular reason. Because her father went to work abroad, she also went to the United States to study at a university. We think it will be difficult to meet again in the future, so..." As soon as I said this, Koizumi burst out laughing. "What is this? So you were dumped by her!" "But we're still communicating." "Really? But believe me..." He poured more wine into his glass and drank half of it in one gulp.Then he wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, "So, how far have you and that girl developed?" "What's the meaning?" "Stop pretending to be confused, have you two ever done that?" "what……" I don't know how to answer.After thinking about it, I had to simply say: "Well, it's up to you to imagine." He still refused to let it go: "Yes, I think you have experienced that." He nodded repeatedly as if satisfied, then raised his face, and asked again: "Is that the first time you did that kind of thing?" I almost choked on the wine. "That's also left to your imagination." "What, just tell me the truth. You can't be gay, haha. I haven't had enough. I wish I could buy another bottle of wine." He tipped the bottle and I offered the glass reflexively.In this way, staying with this lighthouse keeper made me feel painful, but I didn't know how to get out.