Reborn in Tokyo after picking up Sayu who ran away from home

Chapter 216 About the Future
"Yusuke..."

"Ah."

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

"Ah."

"Hmm... and Yusuke... don't you want to learn too... Huh..."

"Ah."

"Then, let me go... Mmm! My neck is bad!"

"why?"

"Yes, will leave...marks, traces..."

"do not like?"

"Because...it's really, too obvious...hmm~~~"

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

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

The soft and melodious voice was mixed with suppressed snorting, and the girl tried her best to push and push the person who was buried deep in her neck, with an astonishing coquettish expression on her face.

The expression is both joyful and painful.

The hair towel that had been covering the head fell to the ground at some point, exposing the two of them to the light again.

"Sayu."

"Uh-huh……"

"sorry."

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

"Not that one."

"Um……?"

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

Like a basin of cold water being poured from the top of the head, the drowsy brain stagnates first, and then slowly becomes clear again.

Opening a pair of blank eyes and looking at the other party who is close at hand, Sayu asked with a confused face: "What are you... say?"

The low and hoarse voice rang in my ears again: "I'm sorry, I said I would protect you..."

"No, no, you're not wrong."

"It's my fault for failing to protect you."

"You protected me!"

Sayu yelled, shaking her body as if frightened by her own voice.Then he shook his head violently.

"You obviously protect me..."

Here, the brain is fully awake.

Regardless of other considerations, she struggled to break free from the other party's arms, and cast her eyes on the gloomy handsome face.

Then he repeated earnestly: "You obviously protect me... isn't it?"

The pitch-black eyes moved, as if there was a swamp that couldn't be melted inside.

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

"There's no such thing!"

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

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

As if she wanted 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 that no one would be willing to help me."

Speaking softly at a slow pace, Sayu put her hand into his.It seems to be absorbing power, and it seems to be transmitting power.

"There are so many uncomfortable things around me that I really want to escape. I clearly know that there are some things that I 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 her eyes.She took a slow breath and let it out.Then she opened her eyes, with an extremely soft and natural smile on her face.

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

Saying this, Sayu's eyes slightly wet.

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

Looking into his pupils, he squeezed his hand tightly.

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

"The future..." Kato Yusuke also murmured.

"Well, the future." Sandy nodded, and continued talking despite his teary eyes.

"I will think carefully about where I will go in the future, not where I will flee to."

"I will 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 shed a clear tear.

"Would you like... to stay with me for a while?"

"Stay with me a little longer──"

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 tears but refused to take his eyes away from his face, Kato Yusuke put his hand on the other's head, and rubbed the girl's head roughly, letting her hair become messy.

"So it's not about it."

Hold up that little face with pear blossoms and rain, and then gently wipe away the tears on it.

He said in a deep voice: "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."

This sentence made Sayu's eyes widen.

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

The moment the words came to a close, Sayu immediately wet his eyes and roughly wiped them with his shirt sleeve.

Facing what he said, the girl first sucked her nose that was about to be blocked, and then nodded vigorously in response.

"Ok!"

Yu Bi grinned, and a childlike smile appeared on his face, full of attachment.

Then he wiped the corners of his eyes as if he felt shy about his appearance, and said, "Ah, bad, I forgot to take away the dried clothes. I'll go now."

As he spoke, he immediately wanted to get up from the ground, but someone grabbed his little hand.

"Let's go together."

Naturally crossing his hands with each other's fingers, Kato Yusuke led the girl to the bathroom to pick up the clothes basket without any explanation, and then went back to the living room together, then pushed open the glass door and walked onto the balcony.

"Okay, okay, now it's my job, and Yusuke is here to take care of it." Sayu changed from being weak just now, and moved over him and started to collect the clothes.

Seeing this, Kato Yusuke didn't refuse, but leaned against the wall to observe the girl's work with a gentle face, with a warm smile on his lips.

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

Because of the presence of the two of them, the small balcony was suddenly filled with a warm atmosphere.

His gaze stayed on the girl.

Looking thoughtfully at the shirt on her body, she asked, "Do you feel cold if you only wear a shirt at night?"

"Huh? There's no such thing, anyway, it will be over soon..."

Having said that, Sayu suddenly stopped talking.

"Zizzizi-"

"That way it won't be cold."

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

Looking down at the coat that completely wrapped her up, Sayu muttered in a low voice, "This way... how do you want people to collect clothes..."

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

The slightly rounded eyes slowly relaxed, and then bent into crescent moons.

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

At this moment--

"Crack, clack, clack..."

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

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

Immediately after—

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

"good evening."

Kato Yusuke nodded.

"Oh... Good evening, good evening."

The other party responded with some embarrassment.

Sayu, who was accidentally witnessed by a neighbor at this embarrassing scene, buried her head deeply like an ostrich.

……

(End of this chapter)