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

Chapter 373 Happy Birthday, Kato

—— hum long.

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

Click, click.

The bathroom door 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 replied.

"Really? Well, then I know."

The door was closed again.

A few beats later.

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

slap slap...

With the sound of gentle footsteps, Hui's figure also came to the living room.

Kato Yusuke turned his head to look.

Appearing in front of my eyes was a girl in a school gym uniform.

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

A pair of small snow-white feet stepped lightly on the floor, the insteps were smooth and delicate, and the delicate toes were slightly reddish, revealing an unusual side, which brought different feelings.

He lifted his gaze up, and saw slightly damp hair, hot cheeks, flawless skin, and a pair of delicate and clear eyes.

"that……"

Kato Yusuke walked to the entrance without saying a word, and brought a pair of slippers, put them on the ground one step away from Kei's feet, and stepped aside.

See here.

The girl thanked him softly, then gently stretched her feet and walked in.

"So, it's almost time for dinner, how about pasta with creamy bacon and miso soup?"

Megumin said so and went to the kitchen and rummaged through the plastic bag she brought.

Kato Yusuke was silent for a while, "...the curry from yesterday is still left."

"Hey~~ For things like curry, if you leave it for too long, the taste of the spices will lose its shape, right?"

"It's already 8 o'clock." Yusuke glanced at the time to remind.

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 then stopped talking.

Not long after, the kitchen sounded the same cooking melody as yesterday.

During the cooking process, Kei also inadvertently glanced back at the living room.

Seeing that the young man still had an indifferent expression on his face, his out-of-focus eyes were somewhat depressed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

So he turned his gaze back and concentrated on the matter in hand.

Time flies by in the midst of busyness...

After half an hour, dinner was ready.

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

"Pasta + miso soup" is placed on the table - this combination of foreign food and Japanese food is very similar to the set meal of some restaurants.

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

"How about it?"

"..."

Hui slightly raised his eyes and asked, "Is it to your liking? Miso soup."

"Oh, that's alright……"

"Oh~"

The girl snorted, looked away, reached out to pick up the fork on the side, reached into the plate in front of her, rolled up a little bit of spaghetti wrapped in sauce, then put it in her mouth, and began to chew in small bites.

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

"Well~ I know, after all, I helped put the cup noodles into the cabinet, and that quantity is probably enough for Yusuke to eat for a month, right?" Hui said in a tone of surprise and sarcasm.

"..."

"But that's that, but I didn't come here to ridicule 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 was still not interested, Kato Yusuke finally couldn't help asking: "Aren't you going home?"

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

While opening her sports backpack, she said nonchalantly, "About this, do you know what day it is today, Yusuke."

"...?"

"Sure enough..." the girl murmured in a low voice, and took out a long white cardboard box from her backpack, with a store logo that Kato Yusuke didn't recognize printed on it.

"...Before I came here, I met with Jiazi, and by the way, I contacted my family once, and told me about my sleeping out today, and then I came to you."

"—!"

Her tone was very indifferent, as if she was discussing what to eat today, but in Kato Yusuke's ears, his gaze fluctuated slightly.

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

A Napoleon cake covered in whipped cream and sandwiched in bright strawberries is among them.

Immediately after...

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

Crack, the lighter lit the candle.

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

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

"Happy birthday, Kato-kun."

The beautiful face shines brightly under the light of fire and lights, and it is deeply burned into someone's eyes.

Pat, clack, raindrops slapping the window glass.

The room suddenly became silent.

Kato Yusuke moved his lips, then lowered his eyes again.

"Sorry, after all, I have read the student union roster, so I know about this." The girl first explained, and then asked softly: "So... shall we blow out the candles together?"

a long time……

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

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

The next second her gaze fell on his left hand, 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 a colloid.

"This is aloe vera gel." Hui explained, reaching out to take some gel from it, and gently applying 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 this kind of injury?" There was a rare bit of blame and concern in his tone.

"..."

Kato Yusuke responded silently, but just accepted the manipulation silently, feeling the cold and slippery jelly spreading on his hands.

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

Hui paused for a moment, then took a little aloe vera gel again, and began to apply it on his palm.

"By the way, Yusuke?"

"……what?"

"Well, during your absence, I found two portraits of me in the locked cabinet in the student council room...so you painted those?"

"……Um."

"That's right, it's good, then that's my gift..."

- Boom!
Accompanied by a dull thunder, the overhead lights suddenly went out with a "snap".

The room was suddenly dark, only the faint candlelight was left to slightly reflect the faces of the two of them.

"...the power went out."

"……what."

"Aloe vera gel, is it ready?"

"it is good."

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

There was a lot of rain outside the window, but the house was very quiet.

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

Immediately after...

Even the candles were silently extinguished.

The living room was plunged into complete darkness.

"..."

"..."

The small hand moved slowly, slowly squeezed the fingers between the five fingers of the other big hand, and then clasped them backwards.

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

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

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

rustling...

With the faint movement, a little fragrance of cherry blossoms floated into the nose.

"..."

"..."

Wait until the eyes are almost used to the dark.

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

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

"...Yusuke, happy birthday."

Hui's voice like a chanting echoed lightly, bringing with it faint and warm breaths, which gently brushed over Yusuke's face and moved his eyes.

"Happy birthday to us..."

There was a light clenched force on the hand, as if telling him something.

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

The pale pink lips were slightly opened, and the moist lips seemed to be wrapped in a translucent tulle, exuding a faint luster.

Kato Yusuke clearly sensed this.

The atmosphere is really good, the rainstorm outside, separated by a layer of glass, makes the room even more quiet and comfortable.

He instinctively squeezed the catkin in his hand, the feedback was soft and extremely delicate, and he immediately released it.

The sounds of the two heartbeats gradually overlapped.

Just a second before their lips were about to touch...

sizzling...

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

With the receding of the darkness, the emotional side of the heart seems to be swept away together.

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

"...I'm going to cut the cake." He said as he let go of the girl's hand, got up from the ground, and walked towards the kitchen with the cake.

He didn't look at Hui's expression, and he didn't have the courage to turn back. He just cut off two pieces of cake with a knife and put them on two plates respectively, before turning around and returning to the low table.

At this time, Huizheng sat with his head bowed in the position he had just taken, her soft hair covered 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 adjusted one by one.

"Oh~ yes, it's really~ Thank you for your hard work, Kato-san." The girl raised her head expressionlessly, although there was a trace of flush on her face, but her expression was as usual...at least on the surface, except that her eyes were a little darker.

"..."

"Ah, by the way, can I turn on the TV? I always feel a little bored."

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

"Thank you." Hui's voice was very calm, and he 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 again.

Until half past 10 o'clock.

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

The two were busy with each other, and both became a little silent.

Yusuke Kato put the new pillow on the bed, and put his used one on the rug along with the blanket for later use.

He turned his head to look at the kitchen, and saw that the girl was still washing the dishes, her slender fingers stuck to the foamy water produced by the dish soap, constantly rubbing the unstained dishes.

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

"...Well, I see."

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

A few drops of water still hung on the smooth porcelain walls of the tub.

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

The strange sense of disobedience stirred up ripples in his heart, but he immediately suppressed it.

He didn't use the tub anymore, just took a quick shower with the shower head.

After that, I dried my body and hair in turn, brushed my teeth...

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

He looked normal about this, and groped to the carpet according to the location he remembered, and lay down on it.

Rustling.

The girl moved back and forth on the bed and said, "I'm sorry, but I want you to sleep on the floor, even though I am self-willed, is that cunning?"

"……Won't."

"That's it."

Puff puff……

The sound of two little feet thumping sounded from the end of the bed.

"Well, can I say one thing?"

"?"

"The bed smells of you."

A brief silence.

"Sorry, is that weird...?"

"No, it's very calming."

For a moment, a silent silence filled the room.

The rain did not know when it stopped, and there was no sound of tapping on the glass windows anymore.

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

"I said, Yusuke."

"what."

"When tomorrow comes, you will forget who I am today?"

"..."

"Then wait until this day next year, can we still celebrate our birthday together?"

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

There was another silence.

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

"Good night."

Gradually, 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.

Like that slap, like this peaceful and extraordinary night.

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

……

(End of this chapter)