Reborn In Tokyo After Picking Up Sayu Who Ran Away From Home

   Chapter 216 about the future

   "Yusuke..."

"Um."

   "I still have...clothes not collected..."

"Um."

   "Hmmm...and Yusuke...don't you have to learn...huh..."

"Um."

   "Then, let me go... 呣! The neck can't work!"

"why?"

   "will, will leave... traces, traces..."

"do not like?"

   "Because...it's so, so obvious...Hmmmm~~"

   "Didn't you treat me the same just now?"

   "...That, that is force majeure...!"

   The soft and gentle voice was mixed with a suppressed snort, and the girl tried her best to push the person who was buried deep in her neck, her face exuding an astonishing charm.

The    expression was both joyful and painful.

   The dry hair towel that was originally covering the head also fell to the ground at some point, exposing the two to the light again.

   "Sayu."

"Uh-huh…"

"sorry."

   "That's why they told you to let me go..."

   "Not that one."

"Um…?"

   Holding the girl in his arms tightly, Kato Yusuke murmured, "I'm sorry, I didn't protect you..."

   is like a basin of cold water pouring down from the top of the head, the drowsy brain first stagnates, and then slowly becomes clear.

   Looking at the person who was close at hand with a pair of blank eyes, Sayu asked with a bewildered face, "What are you...what are you talking about?"

   The low hoarse voice resounded in his ears again: "I'm sorry, I clearly said that I would protect you..."

   "No no no, you are not wrong."

   "It was my fault that I failed to protect you."

   "You have protected me!"

   Sayu shouted, and his body trembled as if frightened by his own voice. Then he shook his head sharply.

   "You obviously have to protect me..."

   Here, the brain is completely awake.

   Without thinking about other things, she broke free from the opponent's arms and cast her eyes on the gloomy and handsome face.

   Then he repeated it seriously: "You obviously have to protect me...isn't it?"

   His dark eyes moved, as if there was an insoluble swamp inside.

   Kato Yusuke swallowed his throat, raised his eyes slowly, and then said, "If I could have paid more attention to that matter earlier, you would not have been hurt."

   "There's no such thing!"

   Sayu firmly denied it with a firm tone, and stared into his eyes intently.

   Amber eyes flickered, as if some kind of emotion was quietly brewing inside.

   As if trying to prove something, her mouth kept opening and closing, and her fast-running brain was carefully choosing her words.

   "Before I came here - I thought no one would be willing to help me at all."

   said softly at a slow pace, and Sayu put his hand into his. It is as if it is drawing power, and it is like transmitting power.

   "There are some unpleasant things around me, which makes me want to escape. I know clearly that some things can't escape no matter what, but I still can't stop myself from escaping, so I have always been in pain."

   "In order to escape from those sad things, I even felt that it didn't matter if I was used, because I could use the other person in turn. My mentality at that time was so distorted."

   "But..."

   Sayu paused for a while and closed his eyes. She took a slow breath and let it out. Then she opened her eyes with a very soft and natural smile on her face.

   "After meeting Yusuke, you protected me for the first time. After meeting Mami, she also accepted me."

   Having said this, Sayu slightly wet her eyes.

   "After living with you, I finally...finally..."

   looked into his pupils and squeezed his hand hard.

   "There is...there is a way...to think about the future."

   "Future..." Kato Yusuke also murmured.

   "Well, the future." Sha Shangli nodded, and continued to speak despite his tearful eyes.

   "I'll think hard about where I'm going, not where I'm going."

   "I would really think about...what I should do, what I want to do."

   "I'll muster up the courage...so..."

   Speaking of this, Sayu's face was filled with clear tears.

   "Would you like to... accompany me a little longer?"

  「A little more company──」

  As these words came to his ears, Kato Yusuke's body couldn't help trembling, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

   "No... can't you..."

   "Not once—"

"…Eh…?"

   Facing Sayu, who was holding back his tears but didn't want to take his eyes off his face, Kato Yusuke put his hand on the other's head and rudely rubbed the girl's head, allowing her hair to become messy.

   "So say no."

   picked up the little face with pear flowers and rain, and then gently wiped away the tears on it.

   He said solemnly: "No matter what happens, I will face it with you, including the home you want to escape from, and the past you want to escape from."

   These words made Sayu widen his eyes.

   And Kato Yusuke continued: "Everything - we will face it together, and you will not be left alone, so rest assured."

The moment the    voice was settled, Sayu immediately wet his eyes, and rudely wiped with the sleeve of his shirt.

   Facing what he said, the girl first took a breath, which was about to be plugged, and then nodded vigorously in response.

"Um!"

   grinned, and there was a childlike smile on his face, full of attachment.

   Immediately wiped the corners of his eyes as if he was shy about his appearance, and said, "Ah, sorry, I forgot to put the dried clothes away, I'll go now."

   As soon as he said that, he wanted to get up from the ground, but someone grabbed his little hand.

   "Let's go together."

   Naturally crossing his fingers, Kato Yusuke involuntarily led the girl to the bathroom to pick up the laundry basket, then returned to the living room together, and then pushed open the glass door and walked to the balcony.

   "Okay, okay, now it's my job, Yusuke is here to look at it." Sayu changed his weakness just now, and overtook him and started to collect clothes.

   Upon seeing this, Kato Yusuke did not refuse, but just leaned against the wall gently and observed the girl's work, with a warm smile on his lips.

  The summer night breeze came with a little coolness, mixed with a few cicadas.

  The small balcony suddenly filled with a warm taste because of the existence of two people.

   His eyes stayed on the girl.

   looked at her shirt thoughtfully, and asked, "Will you feel cold if you only wear a shirt at night?"

   "Huh? There's nothing like that, it'll be done soon anyway..."

   Having said that, Sayu suddenly stopped talking.

   “Zizzizizi—”

   "That way it won't be cold."

   The subtle zipper sound and the gentle voice of the boy came to his ears, and his body was wrapped in warmth.

   Looking down at the jacket that completely wrapped himself, Sayu muttered in a low voice, "Like this...how do you want people to collect clothes..."

   complained like this, but his body suddenly relaxed and leaned on the person behind him, and put his head on the other person's shoulder.

   The slightly rounded eyes slowly relaxed, and then curved into crescents.

   At this moment, neither of the two spoke, but quietly felt the temperature of each other's body and the warmth of being wrapped in the same clothes.

At this moment-

   "Kala kala kala..."

   Accompanied by the sound from the balcony next door, a man with a cigarette in his hand came out of the house at this moment.

   Probably also attracted by the lights here, the other party looked over subconsciously.

   followed by—

   The action that originally wanted to light a cigarette stopped in his hand.

"good evening."

   Kato Yusuke nodded.

   "Oh oh... night, good evening."

   The other party responded with some embarrassment.

   Sayu, who was accidentally witnessed by the neighbors, buried his head deeply like an ostrich.

  …

   (end of this chapter)