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

  Chapter 449 Late Apology

   After leaving the Fudogawa Manga Department, Kato Yusuke did not choose to go home, but came to the Light Novel Department in the same building.

   He chose a corner that would not disturb people and sat down, and he continued to draw the manuscript with the manga suit he carried with him.

   Although such a scene is a bit weird, everyone in the light novel editorial department also knows his existence, and is well aware of his relationship with Kasumi Shiko and Machida Yuanko, so no one has raised any objections.

   Near noon, the editors either took out the wife's bento they brought, or went to the restaurant downstairs to eat.

   Kato Yusuke also took out the pineapple bread from the sports backpack beside him, and with the nutritional jelly and oolong tea, he simply solved the lunch.

   After that, I continued to draw manga, but only occasionally looked at my phone.

   Stayed like this from noon to the afternoon, and then from the afternoon to the night when the twilight was getting darker.

   It wasn't until the overtime staff was about to go home that two beautiful figures, one big and one small, entered the office of the editorial department.

   "Hoo~ I'm exhausted. Today is also your hard work. Where do you want to eat later? Xiaoshi."

   "Whatever, I don't care."

   "So what about Matsuya's beef rice?"

   "I can't feel your sincerity at all."

   "Hehe, then ramen?"

   "I don't sleep well if I take too much salt at night."

   "How about going to eat barbecue? Then drink two big glasses of beer happily, and then you can go home and sleep."

   "Please don't say such uncle-like words."

   "Then wait for me in the second conference room, I'll go to the office to put some materials, and then we'll set off."

"understood."

   Machida Yuanzi and Shiyu exchanged while habitually walking deeper, and then they saw the person in the corner.

   "—Huh? Kato-san? Why are you here?" Machida Yuanko exclaimed in surprise.

  “?”

   Hearing her words, Shi Yu, who was about to walk to the second conference room, immediately stopped, then turned around and walked quickly, and saw the boy who was getting up from the corner seat.

   "—Yusuke? How did you come here??"

   There seemed to be light in the tired wine red eyes, which instantly lit up.

   Tall and slim, wearing a creamy white turtleneck sweater, a white fairy skirt on the lower body, pure black pantyhose and loafers on his feet.

   "Good evening, Miss Machida."

   Facing the eyes of the two, Kato Yusuke first greeted the mature editor, and then asked, "I'm sorry to bother you. If possible, can you lend me Shiyu-senpai?"

   "Oh huh~?"

"Eh?"

   Shi Yu raised her feet briskly and stepped forward, standing less than two steps away from him, then raised her hand and pulled the hair on her right cheek behind her ear, a gentle smile blooming on her face.

   "Are you looking for me? Why didn't I get the news? Did you wait for a long time? I'm free now, you can go wherever you want."

   Alas, Machida Yuanko behind him raised his hand to rest on his forehead, and sighed without looking at him.

   Kato Yusuke nodded and said to the girl, "It's because I didn't send you a message, so don't worry about it. I heard that senpai is going out for work today, so it's okay to wait. Do you want to eat together next time?"

"I'm going!"

   Shi Yu answered without hesitation, a pair of beautiful eyes became bright, and the expression on his face was like surprise, but also vaguely illusory.

   "What do you want to eat, senpai?"

   "Whatever, whatever I say is fine, beef rice, ramen, grilled meat, what do you want to eat? I'll treat you to it!"

   "Hey~~~!"

   Machida Yuanko interrupted Kato Yusuke, who was about to speak, and spit out his darling author with a bad face:

   "Do you want me to repeat what you just said to me? Poem?"

   "...You should almost go home? Miss Machida."

   "It's too much, can you not skip my dinner arrangement so casually?"

   "Aren't you the one who said you should go home early after drinking beer?"

   "Tsk tsk, this means that you don't need anything else when you have a boyfriend? Well, I understand, then the annoying editor-san will disappear now, you two, please take care of yourself~ oh hehe~"

   Machida Yuanzi glanced at them with a smile, and walked away on high heels.

   "...How could anyone call themselves Editor-Sang?" Shi Yu muttered, looking away from her back, then turned her face to the side.

   "So, what do you want to eat, Yu-chan?"

   "Sen-senpai, do you want to go to the cafe? You can have a drink later."

   "Well, I'm fine with everything."

   Kato Yusuke nodded and started packing his things.

  …

   Half an hour later.

  The two came to a nearby cafe and sat down on the four-seater seat by the window on the second floor.

  At the request of the waiter, Yusuke Kato ordered a tomato cheese burger set, and the main course was pasta with black pepper sauce.

   This is a dish with sliced ​​tomato and melted cheese added to the hamburger steak. The menu is carefully marked with the popular recommendation logo.

   Shi Yu hesitated for a while at the menu, and finally ordered the cheese hamburger steak set with Japanese style sauce, and the main dish was mashed potatoes.

   As for drinks, both chose black coffee.

   "So, what do you have to do with me?"

   Shi Yu, who was sitting across from him, put his hands on his cheeks and smiled, but just such a small movement revealed a gentleness that was different from the usual awe-inspiring and inviolable, like melting ice.

   Kato Yusuke nodded, looked at her sleepy face for a moment, and asked, "Is Shiyu-senpai busy with work today?"

   "Huh? Why do you ask that all of a sudden?"

   "You look tired, so ask."

   "Sorry, is it serious? It'll be fine when the coffee comes."

   The girl rubbed her eyes as she spoke to make herself appear more energetic, and then explained:

   "Because of the animation, I have to visit those partners one by one to warm up... Although I say that, I am almost tired, and the progress of the final volume of the novel is obviously not optimistic."

   "Is there any problem with the novel?"

   "Hmm...Although this is something that only insiders know about, like an animation project, but Yu-chan is special, so I'll tell you."

   The waiter just served coffee at this time, so Shi Yu paused what he was going to say, but took a sip of coffee first, and his expression became relaxed.

   "Sure enough, coffee is my hometown."

   "Is the coffee from Brazil?"

   "Hehe~ I don't hate you like this, okay? Let's continue talking about the novel, I just happen to have something to ask you."

   Kato Yusuke, who heard this, couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and confirmed: "Ask me?"

   "Yes~ About the battle for the first heroine in the novel that has troubled me for a long time."

   Shi Yu changed to a posture of holding his cheek with one hand, and extended a slender green jade finger to him, and lightly tapped on his handsome nose.

   "The heroine who can achieve success with Naoto in the final volume, whether it is Sa Yuka or Ma Yu, this question, I want to get the answer from you, who is the most important to me."

   As if standing at a fork in fate, the atmosphere suddenly changed.

   Kato Yusuke picked up the mug and took a sip of coffee, pretending not to notice the change in the atmosphere.

   "Will you leave such an important matter to me?"

   "It doesn't matter, who told me that I was a virgin writer with no experience in love? And this matter was also approved by Miss Machida."

   "What are your thoughts on this matter, senpai?"

   "I'm asking you now? Isn't it too cunning to push the question back?"

   "...This is sophistry."

   "Hey, who told me to have only this level after all? It's because of you that I'm in the present situation, and I might be out of breath someday~"

   Well, it's still the familiar Versailles style.

   "Sister Shiyu has been thinking too much. With this Versailles literature, things like getting angry will never catch up with you."

   "Versailles literature?" Shi Yu asked with a puzzled look, "Hey, what does that mean?"

   "In simple terms, it is a form of language in which language users express dissatisfaction through euphemism, or inadvertently show their superiority to the outside world, commonly known as Fan Xue or Versailles literature."

   "I see, so Yu-chan has always looked at me this way? It's a bit sad~ But about the novel, I'm really worried?"

   Kato Yusuke took a sip of coffee, looked at her seriously and said, "Senpai is not such a self-confident person, I trust you."

  “…!”

   Shi Yu had an inexplicable look in his eyes, and then quietly put a hand under the table.

  Click…

   "...Hey, please repeat what you just said? Yu-chan."

"why?"

   "Nothing, I just want to hear it again, okay?"

  The girl raised her eyes as she spoke, pressed her right hand to her chest, showed a shy smile, and looked over with a slightly upward gaze.

   She looks like a dreaming girl facing her dream lover, showing her innocent charm.

   Even though he knew this was a deliberate act, Kato Yusuke couldn't help but stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes, and drank his coffee in disguise.

   "...In short, when it comes to novels, senpai doesn't need to be so unconfident, as long as it's the ending you wrote, readers will buy it no matter what."

   "Even so, I still want to hear your opinion, I want to know what you think."

   "The opinion of the public is more important than me."

   "I don't care about other people, I just want to know what Yu-chan wants."

   "...As a writer, this seems a bit too much."

   "Come on, ok? Boyfriend~"

   Shi Yu blinked slyly and said leisurely: "After all, there is nothing more important than you to Shi Yu of the Hill of Xia."

   "If you are discussing novels, you should use the identity of Kasumi Shizi here."

   Kato Yusuke put down the mug, rubbed his eyebrows, and stared at the table, trying not to let their eyes meet.

   "From a commercial point of view, the more popular Zhenwei is a reasonable choice, but reasonable is not necessarily correct. Which one to choose depends on Teacher Xia Shizi himself."

   "You didn't say anything at all, did you?"

   "Sister Shiyu said before that you like to create with me, right?"

   "That's right, but it's not an explanation, is it?"

   "On the contrary, I also like that part of Shi Yu-senpai, that kind of senpai makes me feel very dazzling."

   "—! Wait a minute, um, speak slowly... I'm not mentally ready yet."

   Shi Yu said in a panicked voice, her expression seemed to be completely out of control.

  Shyness, surprise, embarrassment, excitement, all mixed together and presented on the slightly reddish dimple.

   "As a writer, I believe that Shi Yu-senpai can come to the answer by thinking for herself, I think so."

   After saying this, Yusuke Kato raised his head and looked at the opposite side with sincere and trusting eyes. The dark night bloomed in his eyes, and there was a quiet and reassuring taste.

   Shi Yu looked at him in a daze, a pair of beautiful eyes gleamed with light, and finally lowered his head and whispered: "You sauce, it's too cunning, but I just like you like this."

After   , she raised her head again, with a gentle smile on her face.

   Smooth time flows at the table for four.

  Before the atmosphere got weird, the waiter arrived just in time and served a hamburger steak set for the two.

  The steaming burgers sizzled on the iron plate, and the aroma of the food was strong.

   "Oh? It looks surprisingly good~"

"indeed so."

  Shi Yu excitedly cut a small piece of his hamburger steak and stuck it up with a metal fork, just as he was about to speak…

   "—I don't eat Japanese-style sauce, Shiyu-senpai."

   "…Cunning man."

   The outstretched right hand, which had not been raised yet, was strangled in the cradle one step ahead.

   "Probably because senpai's behavior is more predictable."

   "Then can you feed me?"

   No response, as if not heard.

   After finishing the main meal, Kato Yusuke asked, "Does Shiyu-senpai want dessert?"

   "I don't need to tell you, do you want to eat Yujiang?"

   "Forget it, so do you want another cup of coffee?"

   "Strange, if you want to get me drunk, coffee will only make me more refreshed? At least get some liqueur—"

   "Minors can't buy alcohol, and I don't have that idea."

   "...Tsk, then it's up to you, I can do it."

   Kato Yusuke raised his hand to call for the waiter and ordered a new cup of coffee for the two of them.

  Wait for a while at the seat and the coffee was served.

   "So what?"

   Shi Yu picked up the mug with both hands and took a sip gracefully, "Is it time to get to the point, Yu-chan should have something to say to me?"

   "Have you been seen through?"

   "After all, this is your first time asking me out, and you didn't want to hide it, did you?"

   "That's right."

   "Well, you can start talking whenever you're ready, I'm all ears."

   Kato Yusuke nodded and said a good word, put down the coffee in his hand, and said slowly:

   "About what happened last time, I'm here to apologize to you, Shiyu-senpai, I'm sorry."

  Ding dong~

The   metal stirring rod gently hit the cup, making a pleasant crisp sound.

  …

   (Thanks to the leader of Hajiang for the reward!)

   (Underwritten progress: 2/10)

   (end of this chapter)