As a result, while everyone was waiting, until the start of the third class in the morning, there were knocks on the classroom door.
Then the door was pushed open, and a beautiful boy who looked like he walked out of a cartoon, with a faint smile, wearing the uniform of Raizen High School, stood there quietly. A gust of cold wind blew in from the window, blowing the boy's not short yellow hair---
For a moment, I don't know how many girls were mesmerized by the sight ---
"Please come in. Are you feeling okay, Katsu?" The elderly history teacher looked at Katsu with a kind smile, as if he was looking at his favorite student.
"Ah, I'm fully recovered now. Thank you for your concern, teacher."
"Hahaha, I'm glad you're okay. Go back to your seat. During the days you were away, I noticed that many girls in the class were listless. Now that you're back, I won't worry about the next monthly exam anymore."
"Teacher, please stop making fun of me," Katsu said with a smile, then walked into the classroom. Amid the various looks of his classmates, he walked towards his seat - the seat in front of Shidou.
If not for being in class the other spirits might have jumped directly to hug him and celebrate.
Origami smiles lightly seeing that Katsu has recovered.
"I miss you guys"
Seeing everyone's happy face, Katsu shows an inexplicable smile.
On the morning of the first day of December, Katsu huddled in his quilt, shivering. He had just left the quilt to go to the toilet. Because the window in the toilet was not closed, he was only wearing a thin pajamas and was hit by a gust of cold wind, almost dying on the spot.
"It's so cold..." Katsu murmured as he curled up in anger at the weather.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the window: "Katsu, it's time to get up. We need to prepare breakfast and lunch."
"… …" Katsu's eyelids twitched slightly… He didn't want to get up, but… breakfast and lunch for so many people… Shidou really couldn't handle it all by himself---
There was no other way, so Katsu had to make up his mind, throw off the quilt, get dressed and get up! … …He was just getting up, but if you didn't know him, you would think he was going to the battlefield---
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...
After getting dressed and washing up, Katsu did not go to Shidou's house to cook immediately but went to Yoshino's room quietly first.
Katsu looked at Yoshino curled up in the quilt, with a smile on his face that he could hardly hide. How could there be such a cute girl?
He walked forward to cover the sleeping Yoshino with the quilt, then turned around and quietly left Yoshino's room.
... ...
After breakfast, at the fork in the road between Raizen High School and the junior high school where Kotori and the others were attending, Katsu half-knelt down to help Yoshino put on her clothes and tie her scarf: "Okay, let's go."
"Yeah." Yoshino nodded obediently, then followed Kotori and Natsumi walked towards their junior high school.
Katsu, together with Shidou, Tohka, Kaguya and Yuzuru, went to Raizen High School.
"It's so cold---" Katsu muttered.
As if to prove that this statement is true, this morning's cloudy weather made it the coldest weather of this season.
Whenever the withered branches of trees sway in the wind, pedestrians on the road can't help but curl up to keep warm.
The sky was covered with clouds and looked white, and the breath he exhaled was also snow-white.
When the temperature drops, the air feels clear. Is it because the cold air reminds us of clear, transparent ice? Or is it because the cold air also reduces the activity of bacteria or harmful substances? Of course, it is also very likely that our own sensory organs have become dull.
Shidou blew a breath to warm his frozen hands. His cold fingertips instantly warmed up - but after the moisture in his breath cooled down, it became even colder than before.
"Ah...it feels like the temperature has dropped a lot all of a sudden. We should have worn a scarf or gloves earlier." Shidou said to Katsu next to him.
Katsu shrugged his shoulders. "It can't be helped. We got up early in the morning and were busy all over. We were sweating all over. As a result, we misjudged the temperature..."
Like Shidou, Katsu's current outfit is his normal uniform with a thick coat.
Katsu was called by Shidou to cook in the early morning. He worked all morning and was sweating all over. He was too hot to feel cold. Besides, his body is much stronger than normal human, so he think he can live with the cold.
Shidou's situation was much simpler. He thought... it wouldn't be that cold even in December, so he didn't take it seriously. But it seems that he underestimated the power of winter.
Moreover, he had been feeling unwell since the morning, perhaps because he had caught a cold due to the large temperature change from night to early morning.
Should I go back immediately to get some warm clothing? Shidou fell into deep thought...
"Katsu, do you want to go back and get some warm clothes?" While he was struggling, Shidou subconsciously asked Katsu next to him for his opinion.
"…Forget it. It's probably too late to go back now."
"Yeah... that's true..." They now halfway from home to school. If they go home now, they will probably be late for school.
"Maybe this will help." Katsu said as a faint hot glow emitted from him using Kotori's ability he adjusted his temperature lightly, Shidou quickly feel better.
"Hmm, is it cold, Katsu?" After saying this, the one who looked at Katsu was Yatogami Tohka who was walking beside him. She looked up at Katsu with a pair of dreamy crystal eyes, and her long hair as dark as the night swayed in the cold wind.
She was now wearing a uniform, a tweed coat that looked very warm, a plaid scarf around her neck, and mittens on her hands. Maybe it was a psychological effect, but it felt like the socks she was wearing were also made of thick fabric. She was dressed like she was in winter.
By the way, Tohka went out with other spirits and Reine to buy winter supplies a few days ago, and she probably chose them at that time.
The black coat paired with the red scarf is a perfect fit for Tohka.
"My body can handle it... if not I can decide to use my power."
After Katsu finished speaking, Tohka let out a "Hmm..." sound and put her hand on her chin, staring at Katsu's face. Then, she pointed at the scarf around her neck.
"By the way, Katsu, this is for you! It's fluffy and very warm!"
"Eh? No need, won't you be cold this way?"
"Well... it's okay for me, because I have gloves!"
Tohka said, moving her fingers up and down to fiddle with her cute mittens. Katsu gave a weak, wry smile.
"Well, I don't think my neck will be warm if I just cover it with gloves..."
"Hmm..." After hearing what Katsu said, Tohka pondered for a while, then pounded her palm as if she had come up with an idea.
"Got it! I have a good idea!" Tohka made an excited sound, untied a circle of the scarf, leaving half of it still around her neck, and then handed the end of the scarf to Katsu.
"Okay, let's gather around. This way, Katsu and I will both be warm." Tohka said this with a broad smile on her face.
"This... this, there's no need for that..." However, Katsu declined with a wry smile, and at the same time looked at Shidou next to him, asking for help, but Shidou turned a blind eye and watched their show coldly...
The method proposed by Tohka might indeed help the two of them keep warm, but she didn't know how her classmates would look at her if she went to school together with a scarf, just like a couple in a comic book.
No, it's not that she can't imagine it, but they would definitely look at her with envy, jealousy, and murderous intent.
However, Tohka did not back down. She let Katsu hold the end of the scarf and urged him to wrap it around his neck quickly.
"What are you talking about? You'll catch a cold if you do this."
"This... what you said is true, but... if I'm the only one like this, wouldn't Shidou be very pitiful?" Katsu said with a smile as if he had suddenly thought of a perfect reason.
So when he turned his head to signal Tohka to look at Shidou---
"Hey, Katsu, this is for you----" Kaguya untied half of her scarf and tied it around his neck without hesitation, sharing a scarf with Kaguya.
"Hey, is my idea first." Tohka puffed her cheek and quickly used her scarf to tie Katsu.
"Disagree; Katsu should be sharing with me," Yuzuru said and did the same as the other two.
In the end, Katsu becomes tangled by 3 people.
Shidou smiled lightly, seeing Katsu's situation, and completely forgot about the cold.