Tokyo Rebirth: Start From Picking Up Sayu

Look up at the price on the wooden sign.

Tonkotsu ramen: 500 yen.

Dumplings: 270 yen.

In terms of prices in Tokyo, it couldn’t be cheaper.

Then he looked down at the boy who was eating ramen slowly.

Ren saw Kanoko's heart suddenly hurt, and even her throat felt a little clogged.

I think of the way I was depressed just because I broke up with my boyfriend, and how I was in a state of losing control of my emotions that day, saying bad words to him, and even getting into a fight.

A huge sense of shame enveloped her.

But I heard the other party suddenly say casually: "If you don't eat faster, the teacher's noodles will become soft."

Just like before, there was no blame in his tone, just calmness.

If she was a character with overflowing maternal instincts in the anime, Hasumi Kanoko would have been unable to help but hold her in her arms to comfort her.

The male protagonist would struggle and shout words such as "Stop" and "I can't breathe".

It's just that neither she nor Kato Yusuke are such people, and this kind of two-dimensional scene cannot be played out in reality.

So when faced with the boy's reminder, she just responded softly, then lowered her head in silence and ate her bowl of ramen.

The noodles that have soaked up the soup are put into your mouth. They have a delicate texture and the soup base is also very rich, with a hint of soy sauce.

"...tasty."

Hasumi-sensei murmured, "Thank you for bringing me here."

The sound was a little muffled.

Kato Yusuke nodded, "Well, if the teacher likes it, that's fine."

There was a bit more laughter in the voice, but it was also very gentle.

He picked up a fried dumpling from the plate, then pushed the plate to the side, "The fried dumplings here are not the ones bought in the supermarket, so do you want to try them?"

"...Well, that would be rude."

Hasumi Kanoko nodded and put a fried dumpling into the bowl with chopsticks.

There was a brief silence.

"I'm sorry, Kato-kun."

"...?"

"I'm really sorry about what happened that day...and...thank you, Kato-kun."

A soft sigh sounded in my ears, "No matter which one it is, there is no need for it. As long as the teacher doesn't blame me for being nosy."

"It's your fault or something..."

He raised his head suddenly, and a pair of thick black eyes burst into his eyes unpreparedly, containing some encouragement and gentle comfort.

"...There is no such thing." Hasumi Kanoko whispered, and then looked away.

"That's good."

Kato Yusuke nodded lightly, "It would be great if the teacher can regain his energy."

Strange emotions surged into my heart again, but they made me feel warm in my heart inexplicably.

Looking back at the boy, looking at the corners of his mouth that were stained with oil from eating fried dumplings, she took something out of her pocket and handed it over: "Here's this for you."

"Um?"

Kato Yusuke looked over doubtfully.

"It's the handkerchief Kato-kun gave me that day. I forgot to give it back to you before. It has been washed well."

After her reminder, Kato Yusuke remembered the matter, so he took back the handkerchief: "Thank you, this was given by someone else. It will really be a bit troublesome if it is lost."

The slender fingertips slid across the palm of the hand. Teacher Hasumi's hand trembled slightly, and then he smiled and joked: "You can say that it is a gift from my girlfriend?"

"No, it's Ying... Well, this is Sawamura-san's thing."

"Are you talking about that Sawamura-san in my class?"

Looking at the boy who once changed his mind, Hasumi Kanoko tilted her head slightly and asked tentatively: "So are you dating that kid? Kato-kun."

As soon as the words came out, the air suddenly became quiet.

After swallowing the food in his mouth, Kato Yusuke shook his head: "It's that Sawamura-san, but we are not dating."

He spoke in a very calm tone, without any guilt.

"That...is Kasumigaoka Shiu from Class D of the second year? Is she your girlfriend?" Teacher Hasumi smiled half-heartedly.

"No."

Kato Yusuke continued to shake his head, picked up the cup and took a sip of water, with a calm look on his face.

Holding the last possibility, Hasumi Kanoko asked again: "Then the vice president of the student union, Kato Megumi... are you dating?"

"Crack..."

The ice cubes make a small, short sound when they touch the wall of the cup.

Kato Yusuke slowly put down the water glass and looked back.

"I have a girlfriend, not Kato-san."

Speak clearly and speak forcefully.

When the young man said this at a slow speed, he naturally had a convincing flavor.

Then, a mobile phone was placed on the table.

After operating it, Kato Yusuke pushed the phone to the side, "This is my girlfriend, her name is Ogiwara Sayu."

As he said, the person who appeared in the picture was not the three people mentioned above, but a girl with an equally outstanding appearance. As for the boy whose arms were held by her, Kanoko Hasumi was no stranger to her, because the other party was like this. Shi Zheng was sitting next to him.

"Well, he is a very cute child."

Teacher Hasumi said with a smile: "And using a group photo as the wallpaper is very convincing. It's hard to believe even if you don't believe it."

Kato Yusuke smiled, his eyes became slightly gentle, but he didn't say anything about it.

Although she was smiling, Hasumi Kanoko was thinking about another thing at this moment: 'I always feel that when I mentioned Kato-san just now, his reaction seemed to be subtly different...';

This is a very idealistic idea, but it lingers in my mind.

Combined with the rumors in the school and the brief conversation he heard at noon. She always felt that the relationship between several people could not simply be explained by classmates or friends.

Stirring the ramen in the bowl unconsciously, Hasumi Kanoko was lost in thought, her whole person looking absent-minded.

Seeing this, Kato Yusuke couldn't help but glance at her.

Following this look, something on the other person's head suddenly caught his eye, and he called out, "Hasumi-sensei."

"Um...ah, what's wrong?"

Facing the other party's gaze as if she was waking up from a dream, Kato Yusuke pointed above her: "There seems to be a thread stuck to her hair."

"Huh? Where?"

Upon hearing this, Teacher Hasumi immediately sat upright and moved his hands back and forth on his head.

But the thread has never been swept away.

Looking at the other party's anxious look, Kato Yusuke thought for a moment and said, "Do you need me to help you?"

"Eh... Well, I'll leave it to you then." Perhaps out of a girl's beauty-loving nature, Hasumi Kanoko nodded her head.

"Please face me."

"This...is like this."

"Well, just don't move."

Kato Yusuke said this, then raised his hand to the brown hair and pinched the white "thread" in his hand.

With a slight exertion of the fingers.

"ah...!"

Teacher Hasumi immediately screamed in pain.

Kato Yusuke let go and frowned, "It seems to be white hair. Do you want to pull it out?"

"Liar...Hmm! Please help me pull it out." Seeing Kanoko's eyes widened, Hassan nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Kato Yusuke smiled and said "I know", and then raised his hand again, but this time he used both hands.

A warm feeling came from his forehead.

There is a hint of mint fragrance on the tip of my nose.

Hassan suddenly stiffened when he saw Kanoko.

In her field of vision, she could see one of the boy's palms pressing against her forehead, as if to stabilize her head, while the other hand was stretched above her.

Faced with this kind of behavior that resembles the interaction between lovers, Teacher Hasumi is obviously not used to it.

His eyes involuntarily went to the other person's face.

A pair of focused and deep dark eyes came into view. Like a mirror, her appearance was reflected in it.

An indescribable feeling of shame quietly hit her heart and quickly filled her mind, making her unable to help but want to stop him.

Just when she was about to take action——

"alright."

As a deep voice sounded in his ears, a snow-white hair appeared in front of his eyes, one end of which was wrapped by the young man's slender fingers.

"...Uh-? It doesn't seem to hurt at all this time?"

Hasumi Kanoko's mascara-covered eyes blinked two or three times, and then she looked away as if she had suddenly come to her senses, her expression a little unnatural.

After tidying up her appearance a little, she cleared her throat and coughed lightly: "...Thank you, Kato-kun."

The other party simply said no, as if he had just done a trivial thing.

After doing all this, the boy lowered his head to eat ramen again, and then suddenly looked over, staring at the ramen in her bowl, frowning and thinking.

Seeing this scene, it was as if something was wrong.

Hasumi Kanoko tilted her head and asked: "...Do you want to eat the teacher's bowl?"

Then the young man's expression changed from thoughtful to confused, and he looked at her blankly.

After a few seconds of silence, Teacher Hasumi lowered his head and whispered: "Because...you were looking at my ramen just now, so I..."

Hearing this, Kato Yusuke nodded his head as if he was suddenly aware, and then couldn't help laughing and said: "That's not the case, I was just thinking that the teacher's noodles might have become soft, so I wanted to ask you if you want a different bowl." "

"Huh...?"

Seeing the confused look on the other party's face, Kato Yusuke pointed to his bowl and said, "My ramen is already soft enough to be normal, but I ordered the hardest kind of noodles, so you understand." ?"

Hearing this, Hasumi Kanoko quickly picked up the noodles in the bowl with chopsticks and took a sip. Only then did she realize that the noodles were so soft that they could not be called noodles and they were not very tasty.

Seeing her take a bite, Kato Yusuke on the side smiled mischievously and said, "How is it? Is it delicious?"

Putting the chopsticks aside, Teacher Hasumi stretched out his hands to pull up the hair hanging by his ears, and then looked at him expressionlessly: "If you want to know so much, Teacher doesn't mind if you try it."

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