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

   Chapter 373 Happy Birthday, Kato

  —Om long.

   The sound of the hair dryer rang low in the apartment and stopped after 5 minutes.

  Click, click.

   The door to the bathroom was opened, and the girl's light voice came out.

   "Well, thank you for lending me the bathroom... The water in the bathtub hasn't been drained yet, do you want to use it?"

   "No." Kato Yusuke responded.

   "Really? Well, then I see."

  The door was closed again.

   It took a few beats.

   When the girl came out of the bathroom, the clock on the wall had reached 7:55.

   pat pat pat...

   Accompanied by soft footsteps, Megumi's figure also came to the living room.

   Kato Yusuke turned his head to look.

   Appears in front of a girl in a school gym uniform.

  The loose coat and trousers wrapped around the slender body, and both the sleeves and the trouser legs were obviously much longer, so the other party had to roll up these two places separately.

   A pair of snow-white feet lightly treads the floor, the insteps are smooth and delicate, and the delicate toes are slightly reddish, showing an unusual side, and thus brings different feelings.

  He raised his gaze and saw slightly damp hair, hot cheeks, flawless skin, and a pair of smart and clear eyes.

"that…"

   Kato Yusuke walked to the entrance without saying a word, took a pair of slippers, placed them on the ground a step away from Megumi's feet, and stepped aside.

  See here.

   The girl thanked him softly, and then gently stretched her foot to wear it.

   "So, it's almost time for dinner, can I just have creamy bacon pasta and miso soup?"

   Megumin walked over to the kitchen and rummaged through the plastic bag she brought.

   Kato Yusuke was silent for a while, "...Yesterday's curry is left over."

   "Hey~~ curry, if you leave it for too long, the flavor of the spice will be lost, right?"

   "It's 8 o'clock now." Yusuke, who glanced at the time, reminded.

   However, the girl seemed to be completely unaware, and responded like this: "That's right, you must be hungry, right? Then you have to hurry up."

   Kato Yusuke stopped talking.

   Not long after, the kitchen sounded a cooking melody similar to yesterday.

  While cooking, Megumi inadvertently glanced back at the living room.

   I saw that the young man still had an indifferent look on his face, with a bit of depression in his out-of-focus eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

   So he withdrew his gaze and concentrated on the matter at hand.

  Time passes safely in the busyness…

  After half an hour, dinner was ready.

  The two sat at the low table in the living room like yesterday.

   "Spaghetti + Miso Soup" is placed on the table - this combination of Western food and Japanese food is very similar to the set menu in some restaurants.

   Kato Yusuke habitually took a sip of the soup first, then fell silent.

"How about it?"

  “…”

  Mei raised her gaze slightly and asked, "Does it suit your taste? Miso soup."

"Oh, that's alright…"

  “Oh~”

  The girl snorted, looked away, reached out and picked up the fork beside her, reached into the plate in front of her, rolled a bit of pasta wrapped in sauce, put it in her mouth, and chewed it.

   Kato Yusuke continued to drink the miso soup and said, "You don't need to do this."

   "Hmm~ I know, after all, I helped put the cup noodles in the cupboard. That amount is probably enough for Yusuke to eat for a month, right?" Megumin said that with a hint of surprise, but also sarcasm.

  “…”

   "But that's that, but I'm not here to make fun of you... Anyway, let's talk about the specifics later."

   After eating and washing the dishes, the time has come to 9 o'clock.

   Looking at the girl who still had no intention of leaving, Kato Yusuke finally couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going home?"

   Facing this question, Megumin did not answer immediately, but walked up to the wall and squatted down.

   As she opened her sports backpack, she said casually, "About this, do you know what day is today? Yusuke."

  “…?”

   "Sure enough..." The girl whispered, and took out a long white cardboard box from her backpack with a logo of a store that Yusuke Kato didn't recognize on it.

   "...Before I came here, I met Kako once, and by the way, I contacted my family once and told me that I would be sleeping out today, and then I came to your side."

  “—!”

   Her tone was very indifferent, as if she was discussing what to eat today, but hearing Kato Yusuke's ears made his eyes wave slightly.

  Mei didn't explain much, just carried the cardboard box back to the low table, put it on the table, and opened it.

  A Napoleon cake covered in whipped cream with bright strawberries in the middle appeared.

   Immediately after…

  The girl took out two more number-shaped candles, and inserted the two numbers "1" and "6" on the cake.

  Clap, the lighter lit the candle.

   Kato Yusuke, who was sitting opposite, was slightly startled, before he could speak.

   "That~~" Hui cleared his throat, a smile slowly bloomed from the corner of his mouth, and said in a slightly soft tone:

   "Happy birthday, Kato-san."

  The beautiful face shone brightly under the illumination of fire and light, and was deeply branded into someone's eyes.

   pat pat pat, raindrops slapped against the window glass.

  The room suddenly became silent.

   Kato Yusuke moved his lips, then lowered his gaze.

   "Sorry, after all, I have seen the student council roster, so I know about it." The girl explained first, and then asked softly, "So... let's blow out candles together?"

  Long time…

   "Okay..." Kato Yusuke said in a voice that seemed to be squeezed out of his throat, his hands clasped together, his veins exposed.

  Mei's eyes became more tender, and she moved her body to come to him, kneeling on the carpet.

   His eyes fell on his left hand in the next second. The girl gently pulled it up with both hands and placed it on her lap, then took out a round box from her pocket and opened the lid.

  —the inside is a transparent substance like colloid.

   "This is aloe vera gel." Megumin explained, reaching out to take some gel from it, and gently smearing it on the back of his hand.

   Yusuke was puzzled by this, but let her do it anyway.

   "In the end, how do you get hurt like this?" There was a rare reproach and concern in his tone.

  “…”

   Kato Yusuke responded with silence, but silently accepted the manipulation, feeling the cold and slippery colloid spreading out on his hands.

   "...Sorry, today is your birthday too, I have nothing to give you."

  Mei's movements stopped for a while, then he took a little more aloe vera gel and started smearing it on his palm.

   "Speaking of which, Yusuke?"

"…what?"

   "Well, during your absence, I found two portraits of me in the locked cabinet in the student council room... So is that one drawn by you?"

"…Um."

   "That's right, that's fine, then that's my gift..."

  —Boom!

   Accompanied by a dull thunder, the overhead lights suddenly snapped off.

  The room was suddenly pitch black, and only the faint candlelight remained, reflecting the faces of the two of them.

   "...The power went out."

"…what."

   "Aloe vera gel, are you ready?"

"it is good."

  The two looked at each other and looked away at the same time.

   It was raining outside the window, but it was very quiet inside.

   The warm candlelight flickered, reflecting the girl's face even more beautifully.

   Immediately after…

   Even the candles went out silently.

  The living room was completely plunged into darkness.

  “…”

  “…”

   The small hand moved slowly, and slowly squeezed the fingers between the five fingers of the other big hand, and then interlocked backhandedly.

   Kato Yusuke turned to look in the direction of the girl.

   For some reason, I always feel that the eyes of both sides are looking at each other, but I am not sure...

   The sudden darkness seemed to have changed something, and a different atmosphere began to flow in the air.

  …

  Accompanied by the faint movement, the faint scent of cherry blossoms floated into the nose.

  “…”

  “…”

   Wait until the eyes are almost used to the dark.

   The hazy silhouette of the girl also reappeared in Kato Yusuke's eyes.

   A pair of eyes like autumn water are very bright, as bright as seawater without dust, quiet and agile.

   "...Yusuke, happy birthday."

   Megumin's soft-sounding voice reverberated in a shallow way, with a hint of a faint and warm breath, and gently brushed Yusuke's face, blowing his eyes.

   "Wish us, happy birthday..."

   The strength of a light grip came from his hand, as if he was telling him something.

   In the darkness, the girl closed her eyes gently, raised her chin slightly, and slowly approached him.

   The pale pink lips are slightly open, and the moist lips seem to be wrapped in a translucent tulle, exuding a faint luster.

   Kato Yusuke clearly felt this.

  The atmosphere is really good. It was raining heavily outside, and there was a layer of glass, which made the house more quiet and comfortable.

  Instinctively, he gripped the soft weed in his hand, and the feedback came from a soft and incomparably delicate touch, and he immediately released it.

  The sound of two heartbeats gradually overlapped.

   Just a second before their lips will touch...

  Pizzy…

   The overhead light flickered twice, and it burst into light again, illuminating the room brightly.

  As the darkness recedes, the side that belongs to the inner sensibility also seems to be swept away.

   Within a short distance, Kato Yusuke suddenly turned his face to the side and stepped back.

   "...I'm going to cut the cake." He said, letting go of the girl's hand, getting up from the ground, and walking towards the kitchen with the cake.

   He didn't look at Megumi's expression, and he didn't have the courage to look back. He just cut two cakes with a knife and placed them on two plates before turning around and returning to the low table.

   At this time, Huizheng lowered her head and sat in the position he had just now, her soft hair covering her face, making it impossible to see her expression.

   "…your cake."

   Kato Yusuke sat down where the other party was sitting before, and the two moved one by one.

   "Oh~ Yes, really~ Thank you, Kato-san." The girl raised her head expressionlessly, her face flushed but her expression was the same... At least on the surface, except for the slightly darker eyes.

  “…”

   "Ah, by the way, can I turn on the TV? It's always a little boring."

   Kato Yusuke nodded slightly, got up, turned on the TV, and handed over the remote control.

   "Thank you." Hui's voice was very calm, and she switched the TV to a series and watched it quietly.

   some time later.

  The girl watched TV intently, while Kato Yusuke remained silent, and the two did not speak any further.

   Until half past 10.

  Mei took the initiative to clean up the plate after eating the cake, Yusuke also got up and walked to the closet, took out a new pillow and blanket from it, and returned to the bed to replace it.

  The two of them were busy, and both became a little silent.

   Kato Yusuke put the new pillow on the bed, and put the one he used on the rug along with the blanket, ready to use it later.

   He turned his head to look at the kitchen, and saw that the girl was still washing the dishes there. The foamy water produced by the dishwashing liquid was sticking to her slender fingers, constantly rubbing the dishes that were not stained.

   "I'm going to take a shower, I'll give you the bed, get some rest early."

   "…Well, I see."

   Kato Yusuke came to the bathroom, and walked into the bathroom after removing his clothes.

   A few drops of water still hang from the smooth porcelain tub wall.

   The scent of shampoo and milk shower gel that did not belong to him wafted in the air.

   A strange sense of disobedience caused ripples in his heart, but he was immediately suppressed by him.

   He didn't use the bathtub anymore, just took a simple shower with the shower head.

   After that, I dry my body and hair, brush my teeth…

   When Kato Yusuke returned to the living room again, the lights and TV in the room had been turned off.

   He looked as usual at this, and groped his way to the carpet according to the location in his memory, and lay down on it.

   rustling.

  The girl moved around on the bed and said, "I'm sorry, it's my own willful actions, but I want you to sleep on the floor. Would it be very cunning?"

"…Won't."

   "That's it."

Puff puff…

   It sounded like two little feet flapping from the end of the bed.

   "Well, can I say one thing?"

  “?”

   "The bed smells of you."

   There was a brief silence.

   "Sorry, is it weird...?"

   "No, it makes people feel very calm."

   For a while, a silent silence filled the room.

   The rain stopped, and there was no longer the sound of tapping on the glass window.

   Kato Yusuke turned over and saw Megumin's face facing him in the dark.

   "I said, Yusuke."

"what."

   "When tomorrow comes, forget me today?"

  “…”

   "Then wait until this day next year, can we still have a birthday together?"

   Kato Yusuke was silent for a while, then changed the subject: "...rest early, Megumi."

   Another moment of silence.

   "...Well, that's what I said, so good night, Yusuke."

"Good night."

   Gradually, the regular breathing sounded in the room.

  If there is an absolutely unforgettable moment in the world, it must be found only in the gradually thinning memories.

   Such as that slap, such as this calm and extraordinary night.

  —Kato Yusuke thought involuntarily, and then fell asleep to the melody of his breathing.

  …

   (end of this chapter)