Tokyo Rebirth: Start From Picking Up Sayu

After leaving the Undead Manga Club, Kato Yusuke did not choose to go home, but came to the light novel club in the same building.

He chose a corner where he would not disturb anyone and sat down, and continued to draw the original manuscript with the comic set he carried with him.

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

As noon approached, the editors either took out their wife's bento or went to the restaurant downstairs to eat.

Kato Yusuke also took out pineapple bread from the sports backpack beside him, and combined it with nutritional jelly and oolong tea to make a simple lunch.

After that, I continued to draw comics, and only looked at my phone occasionally.

He stayed like this from noon to afternoon, and then from afternoon to night as dusk deepened.

It was not until the staff who had worked overtime were preparing to go home that two beautiful figures, one large and one small, stepped into the editorial office. It felt like they had been waiting for them for a long time.

"Huh~ I'm exhausted. I've worked hard for you today. Do you want to go somewhere to eat something later? Xiao Shi."

"Whatever, I don't care."

"What about Matsuya's beef rice?"

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

"Hehe, then ramen?"

“Eating too much salt at night makes me sleep poorly.”

"How about going to eat barbecue? Then we can drink two large glasses of beer, and then we can go home and sleep."

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

"Then you wait for me in the second conference room. I'll go to the office to put down the materials, and then we'll set off."

"knew."

While communicating, Machida Enko and Shiyu walked deeper as a habit, and then they saw the person in the corner.

"——Huh? Kato-chan? Why are you here?" Machida Enzi exclaimed in surprise.

"?"

Hearing her words, Shiyu, who was about to walk to the second conference room, immediately stopped, then turned around and walked quickly, and saw the young man getting up from the corner seat.

"——Yusuke? Why are you here??"

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

She has a tall and graceful figure, wearing a milky white turtleneck sweater, her lower body is also a white fairy skirt, and her feet are pure black pantyhose and loafers.

"Good evening, Miss Machida."

Facing their gazes, Kato Yusuke first said hello to the mature editor, and then asked: "Sorry to bother you, if possible, can you lend me Shiwa-senpai?"

"Oh~?"

"Eh?"

Shiyu stepped forward briskly and stood less than two steps away from him. Then he raised his hand to tuck the hair on his right cheek behind his ear, with a gentle smile on his face.

"Do you have anything to ask me for? Why didn't I receive the message? Have you been waiting for a long time? I will be free next time. You can go wherever you want."

Alas, Machida Enko in the back raised her hand to her forehead and sighed without looking at it.

Kato Yusuke nodded and said to the girl: "I didn't send you a message, so don't worry about it. I heard that my senior sister has work to go out today, so it doesn't matter if you wait. Do you want to have dinner together next?"

"I'm going!"

Shiyu answered without hesitation, her beautiful eyes became radiant, and the expression on her face was both surprise and vaguely unreal.

"Senior, what do you want to eat?"

"Whatever, I mean anything, beef rice, ramen, barbecue, what do you want to eat Yu-chan? I'll treat you to it!"

"Hey~~~!"

Machida Enko interrupted Kato Yusuke who was about to speak, and complained to her precious author with an annoyed look on her face:

"Want me to repeat what you just said to me? Little poem??"

"...It's almost time for you to go home, right? Miss Machida."

"That's too much. Could you please stop skipping my dinner arrangements so casually?"

"Aren't you the one who said you should finish your beer and go home early to rest?"

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

Machida Enzi glanced at them with a smile and walked away on high heels.

"...How can anyone call themselves editor Sang?" Shiyu muttered, looking away from her back, and then turned her face to the side.

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

"Senior, do you want to go to the cafe? You can also have a drink afterwards."

"Well, I'm good at everything."

Kato Yusuke nodded and 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.

After being asked by the waiter, Kato Yusuke ordered the tomato cheese hamburger steak set, and chose pasta with black pepper sauce as his main dish.

This is a dish with sliced ​​tomatoes and melted cheese on top of a hamburger steak. The menu is thoughtfully marked with a popular recommendation mark.

Shiyu hesitated about the menu for a while, and finally ordered the Japanese-style cheese hamburger steak set, and chose mashed potatoes as the main dish.

As for drinks, both of them chose black coffee.

"So, what do you want from me?"

Sitting across from her, Shiyu held her cheeks with her hands and smiled. Just such a small movement revealed a gentleness that was different from the usual awe-inspiring and inviolable, like melted ice.

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

"Huh? Why do you ask so suddenly?"

"You looked a little tired, so I asked."

"Sorry, is it serious? It'll be fine when the coffee comes."

As the girl spoke, she rubbed her eyes to make herself look more energetic, and then explained:

"Because of the animation, I have to visit the partners one by one to warm up... Even so, I feel almost tired. Obviously the progress of the final volume of the novel is not optimistic yet."

"Any questions about the novel?"

"Well... although this is something that only insiders know about, just like the animation project, I'm telling you because Yuu-chan is special."

The waiter just brought the coffee at this time, so Shiyu postponed what he was going to say, but took a sip of coffee first, and his expression became relaxed.

"As expected, coffee is my hometown."

“Coffee comes from Brazil, right?”

"Haha~ I don't hate you for being like this, right? Let's continue talking about the novel. It just so happens that I also have something to ask you."

After hearing this, Kato Yusuke couldn't help but feel a little confused and confirmed: "Ask me?"

"Yes~ Regarding the battle for the first heroine in the novel that has troubled me for a long time."

Shiyu changed to a posture of holding her chin with one hand, and stretched out a slender green jade finger to explore him, and lightly tapped his handsome nose.

"Whether the heroine who can make love with Naoto in the final volume is Sayuka or Shinui? I want to get the answer to this question from you who is the most important to me."

As if standing at a fork in the road of destiny, the atmosphere suddenly became different.

Kato Yusuke picked up the mug and took a sip of coffee, unaware of the change in the atmosphere.

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

"It doesn't matter. Who said I am a debut writer with no love experience? And this matter has been approved by Ms. Machida."

"What do you think, senior sister, about this matter?"

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

"...This is sophistry."

"Oh, who said that I am only at this level after all? I am where I am now because of you. If I just say it myself, I might be out of date one day~"

Well, it’s still that familiar Versailles style.

"Senior Shiyu, you are worrying too much. With this foundation of Versailles literature, things like passing out will never catch up with you."

"Versailles literature?" Shiyu looked puzzled and asked, "Hey, what does that mean?"

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

"I understand, does Yuu-chan always think of me this way? I feel a little sad~ But am I really worried about the problem of the novel?"

Kato Yusuke took a sip of coffee, looked at her seriously and said, "Senior, you are not such a lack of confidence. I believe in you."

"...!"

Shiyu's eyes were inexplicably bright, and then he quietly put a hand under the table.

Click...

"...Hey, could you 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 eyes as she spoke, put her right hand on her chest, showed a shy smile, and looked over with a slightly upward gaze.

She looked like a dreaming girl facing the lover of her dreams, showing her innocent charm.

Even though he knew that this was a deliberate act, Kato Yusuke couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes and drank coffee in disguise.

"...Anyway, when it comes to novels, you don't have to be so unsure. As long as you write the ending, readers will buy it no matter what."

"Even so, I still want to hear your opinion. I want to know what you think."

"The opinions of the public readers are more important than mine."

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

"...For a writer, this seems a bit excessive."

"Come on, boyfriend?"

Shiyu blinked his eyes slyly and said leisurely: "After all, there is nothing more important to Kasumigaoka Shiyu than you."

"If we are discussing novels, we should use Kasumi Shiko's identity here."

Kato Yusuke put down the mug, rubbed his eyebrows, and stared at the table, trying not to let their eyes meet.

"From a commercial perspective, the more popular Zhenwei is a reasonable choice, but reasonable may not necessarily be correct. Which one to choose depends on teacher Kasumi Shiko herself."

"You didn't say anything at all, right?"

"Senior 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 senior Shiyu. That kind of senior makes me feel very dazzling."

"——! Wait, um, please speak slowly... I'm not mentally prepared yet."

Shiyu said repeatedly with a panicked expression on his face, as if he had completely lost control.

Shyness, surprise, shyness, excitement, all mixed together, presented on that slightly red face.

"As a writer, I believe that Senior Shiyu can come up with answers by thinking on her own. That's what I think."

After saying this, Kato Yusuke raised his head and looked at the opposite side with sincere and trusting eyes. The deep night bloomed in his eyes, giving him a peaceful and reassuring taste.

Shiyu looked at him in a daze, with bright spots in her beautiful eyes. Finally, she lowered her head and whispered: "Yu-chan, you are so cunning, but I just like you like this."

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

Time flows smoothly on the dining table for four.

Before the atmosphere became strange, the waiter arrived just in time and served the two people a hamburger steak set.

The steaming burger steaks sizzled on the iron plate, and the aroma of the food was rich.

"Oh? It looks surprisingly good~"

"indeed so."

Shiyu happily cut off a small piece of his own hamburger steak, then stuck it in with a metal fork, and was about to speak...

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

"…Cunning man."

Before he could raise his outstretched right hand, he was strangled in the cradle.

"Maybe it's because senior's behavior is easier to predict."

"Can you feed me then?"

No response, as if not heard.

After finishing the main meal, Kato Yusuke asked: "Shiba-senpai, do you want dessert?"

"No need for my words, Yu-chan, do you want to eat?"

"Forget it, then do you want another cup of coffee?"

"Weird, if you want to get me drunk, coffee will only make me more energetic as I drink it, right? At least get some liqueur—"

"Minors can't buy alcohol, and I don't have that thought."

"...Tsk, then just do whatever you like, I can do that."

Kato Yusuke raised his hand to call the waiter and ordered another cup of coffee for the two of them.

After waiting for a while at the seat, the coffee was served.

"So."

Shiyu picked up the mug with both hands and took a sip gracefully, "Isn't it time to get down to business? Yu-chan should have something to say to me, right?"

"Have you been seen through?"

"After all, this is the first time you've taken the initiative to ask me out. Besides, you didn't want to hide it, right?"

"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 slowly said:

"Regarding what happened last time, I am here to apologize to you, Shiyu-senpai. I'm sorry."

Ding Dong~

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

…

(Thanks to the leader of Hajiang for the reward!)

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