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

Chapter 559 Cultural Festival (End)
The night has completely fallen, and the after-night festival is about to begin.

The playground is full of people, and cheerful melodies are playing from the speakers.

This is the ultimate carnival that everyone can only enjoy at this moment behind closed doors. Everyone present is infected by the lively atmosphere.

No wonder the students are so excited.

After all, with the changes in the environment in recent years, it has become more and more difficult to bid for this kind of bonfire party for the last night festival.

Considering fire prevention, various public security situations, and possible follow-up problems, the town committee’s response to applications for such activities was also very negative.

Basically, you can push as soon as you can, and you will never issue night activity permits lightly.

The reason why Toyosaki Gakuen can hold events like this is because of the cultural festival executive committee.

Although Kato Yusuke didn't pay much attention to the specific situation, he heard some news to some extent.

For example, the students of the executive committee went to the town committee to lobby, submitted an application for disaster prevention training to the fire station, and went door to door to visit nearby residents, etc...

All in all, thanks to the efforts of the executive committee, the private Toyosaki Academy finally obtained the permit smoothly.

In this way, the students belonging to the current camp gathered around the campfire to chat, while the fringe people who were not good at talking watched them from a little distance away.

——There is a clear distinction between the two sides.

On a bench some distance from the bonfire, Kato Yusuke found the girl sitting here alone.

Shi Yu was looking at the flames lonely, her long jet-black hair hanging down like a waterfall, and her slightly ecstatic eyes did not know what she was thinking.

"Good evening, Shiba-senpai."

"Good evening, Yu-chan."

Kato Yusuke looked around, and there were some students sitting and chatting with friends nearby, but this side was alone.

He had nothing to say and asked, "Did you enjoy the cultural festival?"

"Ah, don't you know?"

Shi Yu stretched out her hand and patted the empty seat next to her, motioning for him to sit down beside her.

"I have basically been staring at the drama department for the past few days, so I haven't played much."

"Speaking of the drama department... Sorry, I seem to be hindering my senior."

"Hinder...?"

"Well, otherwise, in terms of the brilliance of the performance, the drama department is second to none."

Shi Yu couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth in a funny way, "If it's according to what you said, wouldn't it be that classmate An Yilun should be the first?"

Kato Yusuke was at a loss for words for a while, so he could only say that An Yilun had indeed had a big upset there, and he just gave everyone a surprise.

"Actually, I went to An Yi's place when I was inspecting before, and there were indeed a lot of spectators... But his animation appreciation meeting is a special case, so don't be discouraged, senior."

"It's okay if you don't need to comfort me, and since the No.1 is from my boyfriend's class, I have nothing to say."

Shi Yu said with a magnanimous face, resting her elbow on her overlapping legs and resting her chin with one hand, she turned to him with slightly narrowed eyes.

"...Compared to this, I heard an interesting rumor~"

"An interesting rumor?"

"Hmm~ I heard that our school's beauty pageant champion was seen getting entangled with a strange man in the afternoon~"

"...?"

Kato Yusuke's eyes showed some just-right doubts, "Troubled with a strange man?"

"I haven't actually seen it, so it's hard to say, but it seems that the two of them went to visit the haunted house in our class together, and they even held hands in the corridor~"

"Hmm... is there such a thing?"

"It's hard to believe~? After all, the other party is that Sawamura. It's hard for me to imagine that she would date an ordinary handsome guy."

"...An ordinary handsome guy?"

"Yes."

Shi Yu nodded casually, "According to people in our class, that boy looks quite handsome. Although he is wearing a mask, his temperament should not be underestimated, he looks a bit like a star."

"Yingli and Xingxing...?"

Kato Yusuke casually observed the surroundings, "I've never heard of this... By the way, in Shiwa-senpai's eyes, is a star an ordinary handsome guy?"

"Hehe, the ordinary I mean is not that ordinary."

"Sorry, I don't understand very well."

"What I mean is, that's not how that erotic doujin girl's view of choosing a mate should be like this."

With a leisurely smile on Shi Yu's face, he talked freely.

"She should be the kind of innocent girl who is entangled with childhood sweethearts, waiting for the otaku Prince Charming to drive a shameful car, and come to greet her~"

Kato Yusuke let out a "hiss~" before showing a wry smile.

The black-haired Yuki still played steadily, and she was merciless when talking about the blonde's arrogance.

"...I always feel that there are a lot of things that people want to complain about. It should be said that Shiwa-senpai is still so mean to Eirari."

"Well, unless that man has something special that can teach her out."

Shiyu yawned lazily, and continued: "Or the other party is not only a handsome man, but also happens to be someone in the industry... This would suit Sawamura's taste."

Kato Yusuke had an ominous premonition in his heart, and he didn't want to go deeper on this topic, so he stood up from the bench pretending to be calm.

"Okay, let's stop chatting here."

He smiled and stretched out a hand towards the girl, extending an invitation sincerely.

"In conclusion, my dear lady, may I have the honor of asking you to dance?"

Shi Yu blinked twice in a row, tilted his head and asked, "Hey~ shouldn't you kneel on one knee here?"

"You're talking about kneeling on one knee like a marriage proposal—!"

"whispering sound……!"

"Also please don't show that expression of "I was actually seen through!"! "Kato Yusuke complained vigorously.

"……Oh?"

Shi Yu raised the tail of her eyes, and laughed "hehe".

"Actually, I've always wanted to say that it's our school's tradition for girls to invite their real sons to dance folk dances at the after-night festival, right? Why did you do it the other way around?"

Kato Yusuke was stunned for a moment, and replied, "But that's not what my friend said..."

"Your friend? Ah~ I mean Yamaguchi-kun and Takei-kun. Since you are both first-year students, you may not be very clear about it. In fact, in the earliest days, the school ruled that girls invited boys to dance?"

"Uh, is that so...?"

"How could I lie to you~?"

Shi Yu smiled slightly, "If you don't believe me, turn around and look around, aren't most of the people who are acting now are girls?"

Kato Yusuke looked back and found that this was indeed the case.

Among the couples who were chatting, most of the people who initiated the invitation were girls, while the boys responded shyly or happily.

"So you should understand~? Otherwise, even for a girl like me who has nothing but beauty and talent, there will be people looking for her desperately~"

"... Generally speaking, would someone praise themselves like this?"

The corners of Shi Yu's lips curled up, and she answered as if it was only natural, "But I'm not an ordinary person~"

Because these words were so convincing, Kato Yusuke couldn't find any words to refute for a while.

At this moment, brisk dance music was played from the speaker, as if to announce the official start of the after-night festival.

The students who had found a good partner walked towards the bonfire hand in hand and danced gracefully.

The students who were still hesitating couldn't help but get anxious and act faster.

Kato Yusuke hesitated for a while, but still didn't take back his outstretched hand, and said:
"I don't really care about that tradition, I just want to dance with Shiwa-senpai, so I'll invite you this time."

"~"

Shiyu looked around calmly.

Many girls were standing not far away, peeking at them covetously, looking like they couldn't help but want to step forward, but felt a little daunted by her presence.

If she rejected someone here, I'm afraid those Yingyingyanyans would swarm over in the next second, but how could she give others such hope?
Thinking of this, Shi Yu showed a militant smile on his face, and gracefully put one hand on the boy's palm, and readily agreed.

"Well~ Anyway, I don't hate the way you take the initiative, so let's dance together, Yu-chan~"

"it is good."

Kato Yusuke nodded with a smile, and generously led her to the center of the playground.

When the girls around saw this scene, they couldn't help drooping their heads in frustration, as if lost.

Seeing this from the corner of her eye, Shiwa smiled even more.

She was very satisfied with the decency Kato Yusuke gave her. Although she couldn't be his only one, the other party's firm choice of her at this time still made her feel a lot better.

The two walked near the bonfire and found a vacant seat among the dancing crowd.

"Then..." Kato Yusuke asked blankly, "How does the folk dance actually go?"

"what……?"

Shi Yu couldn't help being slightly taken aback, and said in surprise: "Eh...? Could it be that you don't know how to dance folk dances, Yu-chan?"

"...I've watched some videos, but this is the first time I've done the dance specifically." Kato Yusuke touched his nose with an unnatural expression on his face.

Shi Yu was even more surprised when he heard this, "How come, didn't you skip it in middle school?"

"Well... After all, I've always been a loner and don't have much contact with people, so I seldom participate in these activities."

"I seldom participate... Poof, it's thanks to you that you were able to invite me so confidently just now?"

Kato Yusuke scratched his head in embarrassment, looked into her eyes and said, "In short, that's it...Because Shiwa-senpai is very smart, I want you to teach me, can you?"

"...!"

The sound drifted into the ear along with the music, Shi Yu's cheeks flushed slightly, "Hehe... okay, then I will accept Yu-chan's first time~"

"...Senior is here again, so you don't have to keep using such ambiguous terms?" Kato Yusuke complained, and then acted under the guidance of the other party.

The two face forward together.

The girl is standing in front, her left hand is stretched forward naturally, and the palm of her right hand is lifted upwards and placed between her head and shoulders.

The young man stood behind the right side, his left hand went around the opponent's shoulder and tapped her left hand, and his right hand stretched forward to support the opponent's right hand.

"Yeah~ that's it. We will follow everyone to circle counterclockwise later, Yu-chan, just follow my instructions."

"it is good."

A slow-tempo version of "Turkey in the Straw" floated from the speakers and flowed on the playground at night.

This is an American folk song, but it is widely spread in Japan, and it is often used by various schools as dance music in celebrations.

Left, left, right, right.

Left, right, left, right.

Shi Yu took his hand and turned around, facing him face to face, with a charming smile and beautiful eyes.

Then move forward again.

Looking at her singing and dancing gracefully, Kato Yusuke couldn't help showing appreciation.

People danced to the beat of relaxed and cheerful drums and slowly circled around the bonfire.

"Yu-chan, don't be too rigid in your movements, it doesn't matter if you don't need to deliberately follow the rhythm, we just need to match each other's pace~"

"it is good."

The two continued to have similar exchanges.

The movements of the folk dance are not difficult to learn, and there are no difficult movements in it, even simpler than Kato Yusuke's aerobics at the sports festival.

Go down in a circle.

Under the girl's hand-in-hand guidance, he quickly mastered all the movements and danced in style.

Shi Yu observed his movements, and nodded approvingly, "As expected of Yu-chan~ You've already danced very well."

"Thank you, it's mainly because senior sister taught better." Kato Yusuke was very humble.

The hands of the two are always held together, so that the chill of winter nights can be taken advantage of.

Shi Yu smiled, her charming wine red eyes curved beautifully, embedded with love.

"Speaking of which, Yu-chan smells very pleasant."

"Sister, is it the smell of laundry detergent? This brand is sold in convenience stores. If you like it, I can tell you."

"I'm not talking about that."

The girl shook her head amusedly.

"What I'm talking about is that Yu-chan doesn't smell of sweat and mud like ordinary boys. Having said that, I haven't smelled the smell of other opposite sexes of the same age either."

"Thank you, I think it's because I didn't join the sports club." Affected by the atmosphere around him, Kato Yusuke felt very relaxed.

"It's not just because of that."

Shi Yu held a negative opinion on this, and declared: "It's just laundry detergent that can't make my heart move. I think the main reason is that Yu-chan is special."

"What's special..."

Without thinking too much, Kato Yusuke asked casually: "If one day I am no longer as special as I am now, what would you do?"

"No longer special? What does that mean?"

"Hmm...for example, suppose I become a little boy who only knows how to eat soft food?"

"what……?"

Shi Yu looked back suddenly, his whole face lit up, "Can you~~~??"

"Uh...? Sorry, I seem to have given a wrong example."

"whispering sound……!"

"I told you to stop showing that boring expression..."

"Well, anyway, why do you ask such a question all of a sudden?"

"No, it's nothing, just asking casually." Kato Yusuke said casually.

Shi Yu raised his chin slightly, looked at the sky and thought for a while, and then heaved a sigh of relief.

"If that's the case, I'll work and raise Yu-chan, and create a paradise for you only with me, where you can play happily in it, but you can't run out. What do you think~?"

Kato Yusuke smiled wryly: "I always feel that the topic seems to have become a terrible imprisonment again. Shiba-senpai is sick and delicate."

A narrow chuckle echoed him.

At this time, the music just reached its climax, Kato Yusuke stopped, and Shiwa walked around on the music, facing him.

Kato Yusuke was about to make the next move, but the other party suddenly hugged him up, pushed him out of the crowd, and led him to a quiet open area.

Because of this action, they received some attention, but as the team continued to move forward, people soon lost their attention.

"Senior Shiba...?"

Kato Yusuke asked puzzledly, "Don't you want to dance anymore?"

Shi Yu didn't speak, but raised her head slightly to look up at him, her eyes were a little quiet.

The clear night is dust-free, and the moonlight is like silver.

The pale bright moon sprinkled the pure and clean silver light, with a few twinkling stars, hovering in the quiet night sky.

The girl's long black hair flowed down, covered with the melting moonlight, and her shaking pupils shone, reflecting the shimmering starlight.

Kato Yusuke faintly sensed something, the expression on his face softened slightly, he also hugged the girl's waist with his backhand, and looked back at her quietly.

After staring at each other for a while.

"Yu-chan." Shi Yu opened her lips slightly, whispering like a whisper.

So Kato Yusuke also replied softly: "Well, I'm here."

The girl's beautiful pupils blinked lightly, her eyes watered, and her red lips rose again: "Speaking of which ~ Yo-chan thinks the haunted house in our class is fun?"

Kato Yusuke couldn't help being stunned, his expression froze on his face.

Seeing his reaction, Shi Yu finally confirmed something, narrowing her eyes slightly.

"So, what did that Sawamura want you to do~? Why did you go to the cultural festival with her?"

The certainty in the tone was undeniable, Kato Yusuke was troubled for a while, and had no intention of struggling in vain, so he dropped his shoulders as if giving up.

"Does it mean that you already knew it was me? Shiyu-senpai has such a bad personality..."

"Oh? I didn't expect that the person who was caught raped would have the guts to fight back~"

"Well... Actually, it's nothing. For some reason, Ying Lili and I went to the cultural festival together."

"A certain reason means ~?" Shi Yu trailed off, with a smile that was not a smile.

Kato Yusuke sighed softly: "...It was Eriri who said that she wanted to talk to me about life, and asked me to accompany her to the cultural festival, that's it."

"Life discussion?" The girl who heard this frowned slightly, "What kind of messy excuse is this? It's as unreasonable as a light novel."

"Well, you don't need to bring yourself when you complain...?"

"And then? What about your commotion in the corridor?"

"This is..."

Kato Yusuke cleared his throat and coughed: "Anyway, that's it, and the matter is settled for the time being, so senior sister doesn't need to worry about it."

"...I don't need to care?"

Shi Yu slightly raised his eyebrows, his eyes rolled around his face a few times, and an intriguing and contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Well... After all, the target is that arrogant and small-breasted loli, and you are right to say so. Hmm~ For the sake of today's school celebration, I will let you go for a while~"

After finishing speaking, the girl laughed happily.

A certain person couldn't help but shook his head helplessly, and was about to speak to respond, but suddenly heard this sentence——

"...I love you, Yu-chan."

Kato Yusuke was stunned, and then his lips were sealed by Shiwa standing on tiptoe.

"Um--"

Crackling, fiercely burning firewood dancing in the flames.

The cheerful tune is still playing tirelessly, and it is also mixed with people's talking and laughing, which sounds a bit vague.

The red firelight shone on their faces, causing the shadows under their feet to sway.

Today is the last day of school celebration.

Still, the moment of the end always comes.

The ticking of the clock is also hinting to everyone that this kind of time will eventually come to an end.

The cool fragrance of gerbera wafts, blending with the freshness of mint.It seems like it will be a long time before the two flavors are completely separated.

……

(Underwriting progress 4.5/10)

(End of this chapter)