Tokyo Rebirth: Start From Picking Up Sayu

Friday

After school, Yusuke Kato went to the convenience store as usual.

First, he replenished all the missing items, and then checked whether there was any oden soaked in the cooking pot for an extended period of time; then he turned on the electric fryer, and threw the chicken skewers, chicken chops, etc. I was refilling the fried food while I was on the coffee machine.

Takada Shiori was in charge of the cash register.

By the time Kato Yusuke finished all this, more than an hour had passed, and it was still a while before the white-collar workers in the neighborhood got off work.

So he also stood in front of the cashier and began to act as a mascot.

"Thank you~! This is for you!"

With a straightforward smile on his face, Shiori Takada handed him a cup of iced milk tea and motioned for him to take it.

"Thank you." Kato Yusuke took his hand, took out his wallet from his pocket, and asked her, "How much?"

"No, it's such a small thing."

Shiori Takada waved his hand, glanced around secretly, and whispered in Kato Yusuke's ear.

"And Kato-kun has been working really hard recently. It's really not good to encounter phone scams or something, so..."

Her expression became a little twisted, and the ten fingers placed in front of her lower abdomen were also shyly twisted together, her eyes wandering and she did not dare to look at Kato Yusuke.

"That...don't look at me like this, I have saved a lot of money before. If Kato-kun has any difficulties...you can come to me at any time..."

After she stammered and finished speaking, the girl's face was already red to the root of her neck, and she looked very cute.

Kato Yusuke was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered the "gentlemen's agreement" with Mr. Tanaka the other day, and his face suddenly became extremely exciting.

(Speaking of which, Uncle Tanaka still owes me 2,000 yen.)

This was his first thought.

(Takata's misunderstanding seems to be deepening.)

This is his second thought.

"Cough, that, Takada..."

Kato Yusuke cleared his throat, then opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted.

"Shio..." Takada Shiori whispered, with a layer of crimson dyed on the exposed skin: "Shio... that's enough."

"Aha?"

Kato Yusuke looked at her puzzled.

"...That's why!" Takada Shiori took a deep breath and stared at him with moist eyes, "Just call me Shiori! After all...we've all experienced things like that..."

The sound gradually decreased until it was barely audible.

Something like that? what?

Kato Yusuke's thinking was stagnant for three seconds, and various images flashed in his mind, like a wild horse that ran away on the road of Qiu Mingshan.

"What--!" Takada Shiori's expression showed dissatisfaction, and Violet's eyes were fixed on Kato Yusuke's eyes: "You have done that kind of thing to others... That was my first kiss."

The brain resumes thinking.

(It seems that I am the one being forced.)

Thinking of this, Kato Yusuke couldn't help but sighed inwardly, looked at Shiori Takada and said, "Takada, let's talk."

"I said you can just call me Shiori..."

"That won't work—" Kato Yusuke shook his head, his ink-like eyes looked at Shiori Takada without evading, and asked word by word, "Do you like me?"

"You, you, what are you talking about!?"

At first, he wanted to deny it subconsciously, but Shiori Takada's face quickly turned red like a pot of hot water that had just been boiled.

"That, that kind of thing!" Her eyes fluctuated violently, and then she lowered her head and murmured like a gnat, "Don't say it here..."

There was silence between the two.

After a few seconds, there was a long sigh in the air.

"sorry."

Kato Yusuke said.

"...Eh?" Takada Shiori trembled and raised his head involuntarily: "What...? Why do you want to apologize...?"

Another sigh.

"Do I have to be clear about what I said?"

Dark eyes stared at her quietly, Kato Yusuke's words were like a basin of cold water pouring on Takada Shiori's head.

pat pat pat.

Water droplets began to hit the window little by little, and it rained again at some point outside the window.

"……I'm going back."

After a long silence, Takada Shiori said in a low voice.

Ignoring Kato Yusuke's reaction, I saw her bowing her head and hurriedly walking out.

Kato Yusuke reached out to stop her.

"What does it mean……"

As if suppressing something, Shiori Takada's voice trembled.

"At least bring this."

Kato Yusuke took an umbrella from the shelf beside him.

Cold tears fell from her eyes and hit Kato Yusuke's arm wetly, and the girl slowly raised her head.

What caught his eye was a pair of red eyes.

"People like you... the worst!!!"

Takada Shiori took the umbrella and at the same time reached out and grabbed the frozen milk tea on the table, and threw it towards Kato Yusuke.

slam-la-

The drink mixed with ice cubes was poured on Kato Yusuke's face, and then flowed down his face.

He stretched out his hand and wiped it on his face, staring at the girl who disappeared in the rain, with no joy or sadness in his eyes.

It will probably stop soon.

Kato Yusuke thought so, then picked up a rag and cleaned up the surrounding hygiene.

At night.

"Ah? Why are you alone? What about Xiao Takada?"

Mr. Tanaka, who was wearing a raincoat, walked into the store and asked Yusuke Kato who was alone in the store.

"She wasn't feeling well, so she went back first."

Kato Yusuke explained.

"yes?"

Mr. Tanaka nodded, took off his raincoat, shook vigorously on the ground in front of the door, and said to Yusuke Kato with emotion.

"It's raining really hard today!"

Kato Yusuke glanced out the window, only to see that the afternoon drizzle was like a cow feather, but at this time, it had completely changed into another appearance. The heavy rain poured down like it was falling, bouncing on the ground with a crackling sound.

Facts have proved that he miscalculated, the rain not only did not stop, but has a tendency to intensify.

"It's a little troublesome."

Kato Yusuke murmured, his eyes stopped for a moment on the sold out shelves, where the umbrellas were originally placed.

It seems that we can only wait for the rain to lighten before going back.

With this thought in mind, he looked up at the sky, and his eyes were a little distracted, so that he didn't realize the person around him.

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"This gentleman."

A light voice rang in his ears.

"You look troubled?"

Kato Yusuke turned his head, and what appeared in his eyes was a cute girl in uniform.

"It's raining so hard."

The girl said with a smile, looking at the young man with an indescribable joy in her eyes.

I saw that she walked to Kato Yusuke with an umbrella, raised the umbrella in her hand over the heads of the two, and put the other hand on Kato Yusuke's arm, looked at the boy with frowning eyes, and said softly.

"Go back, dinner is ready."

"it is good."

Looking at the girl leaning on him, Kato Yusuke responded with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Sayu."