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

   Chapter 434 Mapo Tofu

   The next morning.

   Kato Yusuke, who was at home alone, received a call from the editor-in-chief of Suzuki—

   "I have already heard from Kokimura about the specifics. If Fujimoto-sensei is interested and can regularly submit manuscripts, the space in the magazine can be added. It's just the issue of a single book...I hope you understand."

  It is convenient to inform him like this.

  Although it’s a bit of a pity for the one-liner thing, it’s not bad to be able to do another thing.

  So Kato Yusuke agreed without any objection, and the two sides ended the call after a simple condolence.

   In fact, he also anticipated the suspension of the single book, so there was not much emotional fluctuation.

  Perhaps for the Undying River Comics Department, who has been in the embarrassing situation of being the fourth in ten thousand years for a long time.

  Although the release of a single book can indeed bring more benefits, if the plot progress of the single book exceeds that of the magazine, it will become an unpredictable thing.

   After all, although the income of the single edition is high, if it in turn affects the sales of the magazine, the old editor is obviously not happy.

   At least now that "Chainsaw Man" is on fire, the other party must hope to use this to increase the sales of the magazine, so naturally he will not make a counterproductive choice.

   Kato Yusuke is not incomprehensible about such considerations, and has no complaints at the same time.

   Anyway, as long as the serialization speed is accelerated, it is actually equivalent to speeding up the release of the single book in disguise, and the final result is the same.

   In addition, the manuscript submitted yesterday passed the review without exception, and the 2.29 million of the manuscript fee will be remitted to his account on Monday.

   Just when he was thinking about these things out of bounds—

  Ding dong~

   A pleasant doorbell rang from outside the door.

   After opening the door, the girl who broke into her eyes was pulling a suitcase.

   "I'm here to disturb you~ Yu-chan."

   "Shi Yu Xue..."

   Before Kato Yusuke could finish his words, the other party let go of the lever, took two steps forward, and hugged him involuntarily.

  —The imposing manner is like flying towards you.

   The pleasant fragrance is like a blooming gerbera.

  sizzle～

   Shi Yu, who rested his chin on his shoulder, sniffed lightly and said, "Hey~ why does it smell like other women? Did you go to steal the fish yesterday?"

   Kato Yusuke raised his hands, grabbed her shoulders and pushed them away, his eyes fell on the suitcase behind her, and asked, "Why are you here?"

   "Really, Yu-chan, I said I would go back to Tokyo today, have you forgotten?"

   "What is the suitcase?"

   "That ah~ um, it contains my cosmetics, underwear and pajamas, as well as a laptop and other necessary items that allow me to live outside at any time. In other words, it is a cohabitation suit."

   "In other words, senpai came here directly, does the family know?"

  "...boring man, shouldn't it be such a cold reaction at such a time? As a high school boy with high energy, wouldn't he be excited to hear the word "cohabitation"? "

   Shi Yu tilted her face slightly, as if dissatisfied.

   The trance in Kato Yusuke's eyes was fleeting, and he nodded, saying that since he's here, come in, he helped bring the suitcase outside the door into the entrance.

   "—Speaking of which, what is the answer to the smell of other women on you just now?"

   "I've been taking a shower in the morning and evening, so I don't need to say that."

  The two walked into the living room together.

   The black cat was sleeping in the cloth pocket on the cat climbing frame, and he seemed to be enjoying himself. Even when he heard two people come in, he just opened a small slit to take a look, and then continued to sleep soundly.

   After telling Shi Yu that you can sit as you like, Kato Yusuke asked, "Coffee and oolong tea, what do you want to drink, senpai?"

   "Hmm~ That's coffee, no milk." Shi Yu, who sat down on the carpet, said this, showing restraint and politeness.

   Kato Yusuke took out the mug from the cabinet and started making coffee.

   "Ah~ By the way, I remember to draw flowers for my coffee, the kind with love."

   "Sorry, I don't know that, and isn't Senior Sister not adding milk?"

   There was no answer, only a silver bell-like laughter.

   It took more than ten minutes, and the two cups of black coffee were quickly brewed.

   When Kato Yusuke cleaned the machine and turned around with the mug, he saw that the girl who was sitting at the low table just now had disappeared.

   Instead, on the bed there was another thing wriggling under the quilt.

   His signature long black hair is exposed, and the quilt that wraps his body rises and falls briefly with his breath.

  ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

   "...Shiyu-senpai?" Kato Yusuke couldn't help shouting.

   The squirming in the quilt stopped.

   A second passed.

  The girl with the slightly messy hairstyle emerged from the quilt and asked with a smile, "What's the matter? Yu-chan."

"What are you doing?"

   "Well, it's naturally a smell, so you can always think of me, and the uniform I'm wearing has been washed well, so don't worry."

   Shi Yu explained lightly, and grabbed the corner of the quilt and pressed it against her nose.

  —hiss～

  “…”

  “…”

   Kato Yusuke paused and said, "I put your coffee here, senpai."

   "Thank you~ I'll drink it later... Then again, Would you like to come in and lie down too, Yu-chan?" Shi Yu lifted the quilt with a mischievous look and sent an invitation.

   Kato Yusuke said no, then walked to the desk with his cup of coffee and sat down on the swivel chair. After two sips of hot coffee, I was ready to continue working.

  Since the addition of the serialization has been decided, it is natural to hurry up and rush the draft.

   And seeing him leave like this, Shi Yu in the quilt couldn't help being a little dumbfounded, and then complained: "Wait, your lovely girlfriend is lying in front of you, but you don't do anything? You sauce."

"doing what?"

   "...At least there should be a little intimate contact, instead of running to work? It's like that day, morning, morning, one, ~~"

   A brief silence.

   "I won't shoot at you." Kato Yusuke's voice was calm.

   Shi Yu lightly tapped his lower lip and made a joke with a "ha".

   "...what? You're also an ethical herbivore..."

   Halfway through speaking, he closed his lips and stopped.

   About two or three seconds passed.

   The girl put on her smile again, lifted the quilt from her body, and then slowly got up and went to the desk.

   "Hey, Yuu-chan, what would you do if I said I was going to stay here tonight?"

  “??”

   "The reason...I think about it, and tell my family that I have to stay in Hehe City for one night~?"

   "Don't joke about this kind of thing, senpai."

   "Oh~ I even brought my luggage, do you still think it's a joke?" Shi Yu said with a half-truth smile.

   Kato Yusuke stopped writing, turned his face slowly, and said after a pause: "...If you are serious, I will seriously reject you after thinking about it carefully."

   "Oh? So you're serious about me?"

   "Well, if you ask seriously."

The moment   's words came into his ears, Shi Yu fell silent, then laughed as if to cover up something, and naturally picked up the mug on the desk and took a sip casually.

   "...Well, that's true, you've already earned it for me, and I'll go home, so why don't you accompany me for lunch?"

   Kato Yusuke glanced at the clock on the wall, the hands on it showed the time of 10:45, so he pondered and asked, "Are you going now?"

   "No hurry." Shi Yu shook his head and said, "I haven't had my coffee yet, you can continue to work first, and we'll go out later."

   After he finished speaking, he put down the mug and went back to the low table to sit down.

  …

   Half an hour later.

   Kato Yusuke opened a can for the black cat, and then began to change the clothes for going out...

  Although I said that, in fact, I just put a sports jacket over the original T-shirt. As for the bottoms, I don’t need to change them because they are wearing sports trousers.

   After asking Shi Yu's opinion, Kato Yusuke decided to go to the Chinese restaurant he visited last time.

   The two of them left the apartment together, walked to the next floor, and prepared to walk there.

at this time-

   "Huh~? Kato boy."

   A familiar voice entered his ears, causing the two of them to stop at the same time.

   Kato Yusuke turned his head to look, and saw Mami with a nutritional drink in her mouth raising her hand to say hello.

   She was wearing a black long sleeve with a printed triangle on her body, a pair of grey Levi's jeans, and red Converse on her feet.

   "An An ~ are you going out?"

   Kato Yusuke nodded slightly in affirmation, and was about to answer when Shi Yu, who was beside him, suddenly stuck his head out from in front of him and looked at Mami.

   "Hey, Yusuke, who is this person?"

   "—Wow, what a beautiful girl!"

   Mami, who saw Shi Yu's face clearly, seemed startled, then turned her curious eyes to Yusuke, and asked excitedly: "What, is this your girlfriend? Kato boy~"

   Hearing this, Shi Yu blinked his eyes slightly, nodded gracefully, and returned a polite smile.

   And Kato Yusuke also spoke: "No, this is my senior in school."

   "What, so it's senpai..." Mami lowered her shoulders with a look of boredom, and then seemed to think it was not good, so she smirked twice, with a very rich expression on her face.

  “…”

   The excitement in Shi Yu's eyes subsided a little, and then she began to look at the girl who suddenly appeared, while observing Yusuke's expression without a trace.

   Finally, he coughed softly and said hello politely.

   "...Hello, Kasumigaoka Shiyu, I'm Yusuke's prospective girlfriend."

   "Huh? A prospective girlfriend??" Mami blinked twice in surprise.

   "Well, prospective girlfriend." Shi Yu nodded without explaining much.

   Kato Yusuke frowned slightly, but did not deny it.

   "This, that's it... By the way, I'm Yuuki Mami, and I'm also a resident of this apartment, hello."

  Mami grabbed the back of her head a little nervously, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed for no reason, so she quickly said goodbye after saying hello.

   And Yusuke and Shi Yu also walked towards their destination.

   Shi Yu on the road became very silent, and this situation continued until he arrived at the restaurant.

  Because of the delay, when they arrived at the store, there were already many customers eating.

   In the noisy environment, the two came to a table in the corner and sat down together.

  The waiter quickly brought the menu and ice water, and prepared a record with a pen and a pad.

   Kato Yusuke ordered the mapo tofu set plus fried dumplings, and the taste was extra spicy.

   Shi Yu hesitated for a while at the menu, and finally ordered the mapo tofu set at his recommendation, which was mildly spicy, plus a vegetable salad.

   The waiter who remembered the order left quickly.

  The delicious aroma wafts in the air, the smell of pepper is strong, and it is not the spicy kind, but spicy.

   Kato Yusuke took a sip of ice water, moistened his throat, and said slowly, "After dinner, senpai will go back, your parents should be very worried about you."

  ""Because it's very troublesome, so I hope you go back quickly", your words sound like this. "Shi Yu said calmly, taking a sip of water from the cup.

   "I don't think so, if Shiyu-senpai wants to, you can stay until the night."

  —boom, the cup was lightly placed on the table.

   "Well, it sounds like he's making excuses for himself now, bad hero."

   Kato Yusuke frowned and said nothing, while Shi Yu peeked at him and stretched out a hand gently.

   "Hey, lend me your phone?"

"doing what?"

   "Give it to me first."

   Kato Yusuke handed over the phone.

   As if taken aback by his happy actions, Shi Yu looked a little surprised and could not help staring at him for a while, but that face was always calm, making it impossible to see the emotions hidden beneath it.

   "…Can I watch Line?"

"what ever."

   "So crisp?"

   did not answer, as if acquiescing or indifferent.

   Shi Yu held his mobile phone and involuntarily pursed his lower lip, feeling a little nervous for no reason.

   Kato Yusuke's reaction made her feel a little elusive, as if calm, but also like something else...

   She hesitated, timid, and her original will gradually began to shake.

   At this moment, the mobile phone in his hand seemed to suddenly become a hot potato.

   Shi Yu's eyes lingered between the phone and the opposite Yusuke, but no matter how many times she looked at her, the other party never said a word, just drank water plainly, and didn't even urge her.

  After hesitating for a while—

   "Sorry to borrow it, this is the Mapo tofu set, fried dumplings, and vegetable salad you ordered, please take it slow!"

   The waiter shouted energetically, and swiftly placed the food on the tray in front of the two of them, and then left quickly.

   The sudden accident broke the last bit of hesitation in Shi Yu's heart, making her sigh softly, and then returned the phone.

   "...Sure enough, I'm sorry for making such a willful request suddenly."

"nothing."

   was silent for a while.

   "...and also, Yu-chan, can you take me home later?"

"it is good."

   "Well~ thank you, that's all for today."

   Shi Yu smiled slightly, her eyes dimmed slightly.

   Kato Yusuke lowered his head to eat, his expression a little blank.

  …

   (end of this chapter)