Tokyo Rebirth: Start From Picking Up Sayu

Near ten o'clock in the evening.

Sayu, who had cleaned up the dishes, glanced at the clock on the wall, and then said to Mami, "It's already this time, Mami, it's almost time for you to go home, right?"

"Ah, really."

Mami looked a little troubled: "Does it mean that time has passed so quickly? I don't feel it at all."

"After all, you look so happy~"

Sayu laughed softly and said, "Do you still want to live here?"

"Hey, is it alright?"

"I'm sorry, but this is the only thing that can't be done." Kato Yusuke folded his hands on his chest and refused.

Mami jokingly shook her shoulders and joked at him: "Sure enough, you are thinking of something strange, right? Kato boy."

As if amused by her own words, she burst out laughing. I don't know what's so funny.

In this regard, Kato Yusuke shrugged and did not answer the question.

"Ah, by the way, there is one more thing."

As if remembering something, Mami knocked her left fist on her right palm with a "dong", then looked at him and asked.

"Speaking of which, Kato-san, did you say it before? You said I could come here often or something."

Glancing at each other, Kato Yusuke opened his mouth and said.

"...More specifically, I should have said that you are welcome to come next time instead of often, but given the number of recent visits you have visited, it doesn't make any difference."

After that, he sighed helplessly, and then continued: "Also, even if I told you not to visit so frequently, would you honestly do as I said?"

Hearing him say that, Mami laughed frequently as if she was amused from the bottom of her heart, and then raised her head and covered her mouth.

"no--!"

Unsurprisingly, the girl gave an answer of refusal.

"After all, my sister Sayou and I are soulmates, of course we have to be together!"

"No, so I told you not to use that name..."

Kato Yusuke waved his hand and said, "Although you say so,

But it's actually because Sayu's cooking is delicious that he keeps coming to eat, right? "

Facing his words, Mami clearly showed a somewhat "bad" expression.

Seeing this, Yusuke couldn't help laughing, and pointed at the other party and said, "Look? Your thoughts are completely written on your face now."

"Why are you laughing! It's annoying."

The girl blushed visibly, and then patted him on the shoulder mercilessly.

"Idiot! You are so annoying!"

Seeing how the two were fighting, Sayu, who was beside him, supported his chin with one hand, and said with a smile.

"Your relationship seems to be getting better."

"not good at all!"

The two said in unison.

"Ah, even the words are the same now." There was a hint of taste in the girl's words.

Mami's expression suddenly changed, and then she moved her body to rub against Sayu.

"Listen to me, Sayu-san~ Kato-san is bullying me. This guy is really bad!"

Kato Yusuke shook his shoulders silently.

Looking at Mami leaning against Sayu, the boy gave a kind reminder: "If you continue to grind like this, you will probably be taken by the police for counseling on your way home, Mami."

"There's no such thing here." Mami waved her hands left and right indifferently, and Sayu couldn't help laughing as if the words were the same as in an old movie.

The girl then soothed her friend and said, "...Even if there's no rules...Pfft, I mean the police, but it's dangerous to walk alone at night, Mami. I don't want you to come to play at home, but you're on the way back. Any accident or incident. So let's go back early today."

Maybe it was the concern in the words that moved the other party, Mami nodded several times: "No way, since Sister Sayu also said the same, I'll go home honestly."

Sayu then asked, "Is it okay to be alone? I remember you said that your home doesn't seem to be far from here, do you want us to take you back?"

Mami shook her head and said no, and spoke to the two in a mocking tone: "Besides, at this time there are three high school students walking on the road together, but it will be more conspicuous? It will be interrogated. Sayou sister."

This was originally an unintentional remark, but it made Sayu's heart twitch.

Involuntarily, the scene of being stopped by the police appeared in front of her eyes, and the girl suddenly became uneasy.

At this moment, a warm palm suddenly folded on the back of her hand.

"It's okay, I'm here."

Accompanied by a gentle voice, a pair of obsidian-like pupils catches his eye, giving people a quiet and calm feeling.

Suddenly, Sayu settled down.

An urge to squeeze into each other's arms kept rising from his heart, but it was obviously out of place at this time.

Mami on the side did not see this scene.

After rummaging in the bag she was carrying, the girl took out a white envelope and handed it to Yusuke Kato.

"This is for you, Kato-san."

"—?"

Facing the envelope in front of him, Yusuke didn't reach out to take it, but asked suspiciously, "What is this?"

Mami responded calmly: "After all, I have been coming to your house for dinner some time ago, so this is my food bill."

Hearing her say that, including Sayu, the two of them couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.

Immediately afterwards, the boy frowned slightly and pushed the envelope back.

"Although I am very grateful, but no need."

Looking at Sayu next to him, Yusuke thought about his words and said, "Compared to this kind of thing, Sayu usually takes care of her thanks to you. In terms of reward, that's enough."

After the voice was settled, the room suddenly became quiet.

A soft smile appeared on Sayu's face, and Mami's eyes flashed twice.

"Haha~~ what a guardian who loves to worry about."

Shrugging her shoulders, the girl put the envelope back, unable to tell whether it was approval or helplessness in her eyes.

"Since you've said that, I'm welcome... ah, but I'll come here often in the future, so please be mentally prepared, Mr. Guardian~!"

In the face of ridicule, Kato Yusuke also smiled and replied that there is no problem.

...

Night fell, and the street lamps of the old-fashioned apartment flickered in the dark.

Watching Mami's back disappear at the end of the field of vision, Kato Yusuke and Sayu walked back into the house from the door.

The atmosphere began to change quietly.

The girl lowered her head and looked directly at her toes, her jade fingers gently pinching the corner of her clothes, and her face was flushed like a foggy sunrise, which was quite moving.

Seeing this, Kato Yusuke twitched the corners of his mouth.

Reach out to lift the other person's chin, while attaching the mouth to the other person's ear.

He said slowly in a low voice: "Tonight... is it alright?"

Suddenly, Sayu's cheeks were flushed to the base of his ears.

The fresh aroma of mint keeps penetrating from the tip of the nose.

Along with her pounding heart, the girl whose eyes were dodging said hesitantly, "But, what can... ah?"

Kato Yusuke wrapped his arms around the waist that Yingying held.

"Come with me under the quilt, of course, and—"

A charming voice came to his ears.

There was silence for about 7 or 8 seconds.

Only then did he slowly spit out the second half of the sentence: "Then... let you see if my luminous watch looks good."

"Eh...? Eh eh——??"

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