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

Chapter 449 A Belated Apology (Thanks to the maknae harvester for the reward)

After leaving the Undead River manga department, Kato Yusuke did not choose to go home, but came to the light novel department in the same building.

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

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

When it was approaching noon, the editors either took out their beloved wives' lunch boxes, or went to the restaurant downstairs to eat.

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

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

Just like that, from noon to afternoon, and from afternoon to night as the dusk deepened.

It wasn't until the overtime staff were about to go home that two beautiful figures, one big and one small, stepped into the office of the editorial department, feeling like they had been called for a long time.

"Phew~ I'm exhausted. I've worked hard on you today. Where are you going to eat later? Xiaoshi."

"Whatever, I don't care."

"So Matsuya's beef bowl?"

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

"Hee hee, how about ramen?"

"Excessive salt intake at night makes me sleep poorly."

"Why don't we go eat barbecue? Then we can drink two big glasses of beer, and then we can go home and sleep."

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

"Then you 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 Sonoko and Shiwa walked into the depths habitually while communicating, and then saw the person in the corner.

"—Huh? Brother Kato? Why are you here?" Machida Sonoko cried out in surprise.

"?"

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

"—Yusuke? Why did you come here??"

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

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

"Good evening, Miss Machida."

Facing the eyes of the two, Kato Yusuke first greeted the mature female editor, and then asked: "Sorry for the interruption, if possible, can you lend me Shiba-senpai next?"

"Oh hoo~?"

"Eh?"

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

"Do you have anything to ask me? Why didn't I receive the message? Have you been waiting for a long time? I'm free for the rest of the day, and you can go wherever you want."

Alas, Machida Sonoko raised her hand on her forehead behind, and sighed with a blank face.

Kato Yusuke nodded, and said to the girl, "It's because I didn't send you a message, so don't worry about it. Because I heard that senior sister has work going out today, so it doesn't matter to wait, do you want to have dinner together next?"

"I'm going!"

Shi Yu answered without hesitation, her beautiful eyes became radiant, and the expression on her face was both pleasantly surprised and vaguely illusory.

"What would senior sister want to eat?"

"Whatever, I mean whatever you want, beef rice, ramen, barbecue, what do you want to eat? I invite you to eat!"

"Hello~~~!"

Sonoko Machida interrupted Kato Yusuke, who was about to speak, and complained to her precious author with a grumpy face:
"Shall I repeat what you just said to me, little poem?"

"...It's time for you to go home, Machida-san."

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

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

"Tsk tsk, does this mean that you don't need anything else if you have a boyfriend? Okay, I understand, the annoying editor-san will disappear now, you two, please do your own thing~ oh hehe~"

Sonoko Machida glanced at them with a half-smile, and walked away stepping on her high heels.

"...Who would claim to be editor-san?" Shi Yu muttered, looking away from her back, and then turned her face away.

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

"Sister, do you want to go to the coffee shop? You can also drink something by the way."

"Well, I'm fine with everything."

Kato Yusuke nodded, and then began to pack his things.

……

Half an hour later.

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

Under the inquiry of the waiter, Kato Yusuke ordered the tomato and cheese hamburger steak set, and the main course was pasta with black pepper sauce.

This is a dish with sliced ​​tomato and melted cheese on the hamburger steak, and the popular recommendation logo is thoughtfully marked on the menu.

Shiyu hesitated for a while before looking at the menu, and finally ordered the burger steak set with Japanese sauce and cheese, and chose mashed potatoes as the main course.

As for drinks, both chose black coffee.

"So, what do you want from me?"

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

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

"Huh? Why are you asking so suddenly?"

"You look a little tired, so ask."

"Sorry, is it serious? Just wait until the coffee is served."

The girl rubbed her eyes while talking, to make herself look more energetic, and then explained:
"Because of the animation, I have to visit those partners one by one to warm up... Even so, I am almost tired. Obviously, the progress of the final volume of the novel is not optimistic."

"Any questions about the novel?"

"Hmm...Although this is something that is limited to insiders just like the animation project, but because Yu-chan is special, I will tell you."

The waiter just delivered the coffee at this time, so Shiyu put off what he wanted 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. It just so happens that I also have something to ask you."

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

"Yes~ about the battle for the number one heroine in the novel that has troubled me for a long time."

Shi Yu changed to resting her chin with one hand, stretched out a slender green finger towards him, and tapped lightly on his handsome nose.

"Whether the heroine who can achieve a good result with Naoto in the final volume is Sayuka or Shinyui, this question, I want to get the answer from you who is the most important to me."

As if standing at a fork in the road of 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.

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

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

"Regarding this matter, what is the senior sister's own thinking?"

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

"...This is sophistry."

"Hey, who told me that I am only at this level after all? It is because of you that I am in the current situation. If I just say it myself, I might pass away one day~"

Well, it's still the familiar Versailles style.

"Senior Shiyu is worrying too much. With this background in Versailles literature, such things as passing away will never catch up with you."

"Versailles literature?" Shi Yu looked puzzled and asked in puzzlement, "Hey, what does that mean?"

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

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

Kato Yusuke took a sip of coffee, looked at her seriously and said, "Senior sister is not such an unconfident person, I believe you."

"...!"

The look in Shi Yu's eyes was inexplicable, and then he quietly put a hand under the table.

click...

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

"why?"

"It's nothing, I just want to listen to it again, can't I?"

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

That look is like a girl dreaming, facing the lover of her dreams, showing the charm of innocence.

Even though he knew that this was a deliberate act, Kato Yusuke couldn't help being dazed for a moment, then lowered his eyes and drank coffee in a concealed manner.

"...In short, when it comes to novels, senior sister doesn't have to be so unconfident. As long as it's the ending you write, readers will buy it no matter what."

"Even so, I still want to hear your opinion, I want to know your thoughts."

"Compared to my personal opinion, the opinions of the general readers are more important."

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

"...For a writer, this seems to be a bit too much."

"Come on, huh? Boyfriend~"

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

"If it's discussing novels, Xia Shizi's identity should be used here."

Kato Yusuke put down the mug, rubbed the center of his brows, stared at the table, trying not to let each other's eyes meet.

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

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

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

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

"On the contrary, I also like that part of Shiba-senpai. Such a senior makes me feel very dazzling."

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

Shi Yu said repeatedly in panic, his expression seemed to be completely out of control.

Shyness, surprise, embarrassment, excitement, all mixed together, presented on that slightly flushed dimple.

"As a writer, I believe that Shiba-senpai can come up with the answer by thinking about it by herself. I think so."

After saying this, Kato Yusuke raised his head and looked at the other side with sincere and trusting eyes.The deep night bloomed in his eyes, and there was a sense of tranquility and reassurance.

Shi Yu stared at him in a daze, her beautiful eyes sparkled with light, finally lowered her head, and said in a low voice, "Yu-chan, you're too cunning, but I just like you like this."

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

Smooth time flows over the table for four.

Before the atmosphere got weird, the waiter arrived just in time and served the two burger steak combos.

The steaming burgers are sizzling on the iron plate, and the aroma of the food is strong.

"Oh? It looks surprisingly good~"

"indeed so."

Shi Yu excitedly cut off a small piece of her own hamburger steak, then inserted it with a metal fork, and was about to speak...

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

"...a cunning man."

Before raising his outstretched right hand, he was strangled in the cradle one step ahead.

"Probably because senior sister's behavior is more predictable."

"So can you feed me?"

There was no response, as if he hadn't heard.

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

"You don't need to talk about it, Yu-chan, do you want to eat it?"

"I'll forget it, so would you like another cup of coffee?"

"Strange, if you want to get me drunk, the coffee will only make me more energetic? At least bring rum—"

"Minors can't buy alcohol, and I don't think that way."

"... Tsk, then do as you like, I can do it."

Kato Yusuke raised his hand and called the waiter, and reordered a cup of coffee for the two of them.

After a short wait at the seat, the coffee was served.

"So what?"

Shi Yu picked up the mug with both hands, and took a sip gracefully, "Shouldn't it be time to get to the point, Yu-chan should have something to say to me?"

"Have you been seen through?"

"After all, this is the first time you took the initiative to ask me out, and you didn't intend to hide it, did you?"

"That's right."

"Well, you can start talking anytime 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 Shiba-senpai, I'm sorry."

ding dong~

The metal stirring rod lightly collided with the cup, making a pleasant crisp sound.

……

(Thanks to the leader of Ha Jiang for the reward!)
(Due draft progress: 2/10)

(End of this chapter)