Tokyo Rebirth: Start From Picking Up Sayu

"Everyone, come and get the food~"

Megumi, who replaced Himekawa Yoshiko and stood in front of the stove, said this.

"Okay——" x4

The four members of Kato's team reacted in unison and approached the stove together.

Kato Yusuke, Yoshiko, Yamaguchi, Takei.

The girl distributed the roasted meat, seafood, and vegetables to them in order.

"What about yourself?"

When Kato Yusuke asked this question, Kei casually replied: "It's okay, I'll just eat slowly later~"

‘That’s it again. ’ Kato Yusuke thought to himself.

During those days when she took care of him and helped him cook in the apartment, the girl always put his perspective first.

Although he often said that "meals are best when they are freshly prepared", he was always busy in the kitchen and served one dish after another to him.

In addition, it is the same on campus or outside. During meals, he will take the initiative to fetch water and pour drinks for everyone. His considerate behavior is like an angel waiting for people.

Even though she knew that she had this kind of personality, it still made people feel a little embarrassed when they were the only ones eating, especially Kato Yusuke, who received the most care.

He sighed softly, dipped the perfectly cooked pork belly in barbecue sauce, and picked it up with chopsticks.

"Eat some pork belly."

As he spoke, he put the pork belly to Hui's mouth. The other party blinked slightly in a daze, looking at his face and the chopsticks in his hand in turn.

Then, the girl took a peck like a little bird and ate the pork belly.

"..."

"..."

In the blank time, the two people's eyes met.

After realizing it, Kato Yusuke was startled and quickly looked away from Megumi's face, who was looking at him in surprise.

In order to cover up his inner embarrassment, he swallowed dryly and pretended to speak casually.

"...I'll bake it, you go and eat it first."

Hearing this, Hui glanced at him and nodded slightly.

The girl did not say any polite words as usual, but silently handed over the barbecue tongs in her hand, and finally sat down in her seat.

Kato Yusuke took her place and stood in front of the stove, just as he was about to turn over the roasting ingredients with the barbecue tongs...

"""Slow down, slow down!"""

The three people at the table spoke at the same time.

Looking up, he saw three people eating melons with their mouths wide open in a daze.

Himekawa Yoshiko took the lead and said with an moved face:

"Kato-kun, you have finally grown up!"

Takei continued: "I actually fed her food directly. Is this considered couple feeding...?"

As for Yamaguchi, he looked at him with a smile as if he was enjoying the show.

Kato Yusuke felt a little irritated and unhappy. He immediately pointed the barbecue tong at the Mangkhut brothers and asked:

"I won't talk about it, Kako. Why do you two foodies have the nerve to put on such expressions and make noise here?"

Faced with his doubts, Yamaguchi walked up with a playful smile.

"Hey, Yusuke, why don't you feed me too~!"

Just talking to him in a girl's falsetto.

Kato Yusuke glanced at him without any emotion and smiled without any hint of yin and yang.

"Okay, I understand. I will be more serious and accompany you during the next shooting practice."

"Huh? Your ball is so soft and has no strength at all. Who is afraid of whom, scumbag?"

Like this, the two people started fighting.

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Wait until the barbecue is almost done.

"Everyone, I'm back with pears! Let's have some after-dinner fruit~"

"There are even fruits!?"

"Wow, the barbecue party is the best!"

Amidst the emotions of the Mangkhut brothers, Himekawa Yoshiko distributed the pears he received to several people in turn.

"The mineral water is here, everyone -"

"I'm not welcome!" ! ""

Crunch, crunch!

""So sweet! ! ""

Yamaguchi and Takei said in unison.

Jia Zi opened her eyes wide in shock when she saw this, and said hurriedly: "Wait a minute, at least wash up before eating! I'll give you mineral water."

"Huh? There's no need for that kind of thing."

"Me too, unwashed pears are also delicious~!"

Brother Mangkhut waved his hands indifferently, looking careless.

"Ah! No, what should I do if I have a bad stomach? Give me the pears and I will rinse them for you." Kako couldn't help but help the two reluctant people rinse the pears that had been bitten several times.

Kato Yusuke observed them for a while, and then started to prepare to rinse the pears in his hands.

At this time——

"Here you go, Yusuke, please use it~"

A peeled pear was handed over.

"?"

"I'll give this to you, and I'll take yours, okay?" With that, Hui replaced the one in his hand and started cleaning it again.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome, I'm used to it anyway."

Kato Yusuke's eyes switched between the pear in his hand and the girl, but he did not ask what that habit meant.

"Crunch" took a bite of the pear and chewed it slowly in the mouth. The crisp, sweet, cold and refreshing taste came up, and the rich juice overflowed in the mouth, with a rich fruity flavor.

He couldn't help but take another bite, his expression relaxed with contentment.

After a while, Hui peeled the other pear and handed the fruit knife to Kako, then sat next to him and started eating.

Yamaguchi couldn't help being stunned when he saw this, and bumped the bamboo well next to him with his elbow, and said: "Hey, don't eat the bamboo well yet, let's peel it too, shall we?"

"Hmm... what's the matter?" Zhujing looked back with his mouth full, and there was only one core left in the pear in his hand.

"You idiot, you ate too fast, didn't you?"

"Creak, creak, but, Gudu...this pear is really delicious!"

Yamaguchi shrugged helplessly, turned to the side, and saw Kako peeling the skin skillfully. He thought for a moment, then laughed maliciously.

"Huh~huh~huh~, Lizi, wake up! Now I'm going to peel off your skin and turn you into a naked person."

When Jiazi heard this, he was startled at first, and then immediately realized that he had been teased, and couldn't help but cursed angrily:

"Idiot, don't speak obscenely in front of girls, it's terrible... Hahaha! What's your dubbing like? It's so stupid."

At the end of the sentence, I couldn't help but laugh out loud, as if Yamaguchi had hit the point of laughter.

Affected by them, Kato Yusuke, Megumi, and Takei also couldn't help laughing.

at this time--

"""""oh--!"""""

Excited exclamations from students rang out everywhere, and a bonfire was lit in the square.

The firelight dyed a corner of the deep sky red, rendering the vivid colors of red and orange, illuminating the night venue brightly.

The students who had finished their dinner spontaneously gathered towards the bonfire, like moths attracted by the light of the fire.

"So--"

Yamaguchi threw the finished fruit core into a garbage bag and said casually: "How about it? Do you want to participate in the folk dance event later?"

"Forget what I said." Takei raised his hand first to answer, and patted his round belly and said, "I have too much barbecue in my belly, and I don't want to move it now."

Jia Zi held her chin with one hand and continued: "I can participate or not. It depends on Xiao Hui how to do it, so——"

She looked at the two people with a smile and asked, "Can you dance with Kato-san? Megumi."

As soon as these words came out, the three of them focused their meaningful gazes on the two people.

The atmosphere started to change.

Kato Yusuke and Kei looked at each other.

The girl spoke first: "Well, why do you specifically refer to the two of us? Folk dance is an activity that everyone can dance together, right?"

"Maybe it was like that at the beginning, but the pas de deux later is the highlight, right?"

"What Yoshiko said is right, so what do you think? Are you ready to match up with Kato-san? Kato." Yamaguchi asked meaningfully, giving Yusuke Kato a deep look.

The parties involved remained silent on the matter.

As for the preparation, there is basically no need to say more.

After all, dancing a pas de deux on that occasion, whether it is the party who invites or the party who agrees, has a special meaning in itself.

Asking for a dance is an act of showing love originating from ancient human civilization.

As long as Kato Yusuke and Kei pair up to participate in folk dance, it is basically announcing this fact to the outside world.

He took a deep breath, and then looked at Hui, who was sitting next to him, and Hui was looking back at him quietly, as if waiting for something.

The warm firelight shone in her eyes, like a candle lit in the dusk, soft and quiet.

Just before Kato Yusuke was about to speak——

"——Hui, Hui!"

A voice like an oriole emerging from the valley suddenly sounded from behind them, "Shall we dance a folk dance together? Hui."

Looking back following the sound, I saw Erili standing there with an uneasy look on her face, a pair of blue eyes switching between their faces. He looked a little nervous holding the hem of his clothes.

"Ah, it's Eiri~ Well, you can dance." Megumi said as she stood up from her seat and walked over.

"Thank you Megumi, that's great, I want to dance with you."

Yinglili first breathed a sigh of relief, then glanced somewhere unconsciously, bit her lower lip gently, and held the hem of her clothes tightly with both hands, her expression a little hesitant.

Hui's eyes fluctuated slightly, but she didn't look back. Instead, she said nonchalantly: "...However, I always feel that it's strange that there are only two of us girls. Do you want to call some more people?"

"--Eh?"

"So, can you please dance with us? Yusuke."

"Huh? Ah, no, why did you call him Megumi?"

"Even if you ask me why...how do you want me to answer you?"

"...!"

A flash of panic flashed in Yinglili's eyes, and she instinctively turned her gaze away, muttering: "...Forget it, since Huidu said so, just let him do it."

"If you feel uncomfortable, I can just watch you from the side, Eiri." Kato Yusuke walked over and scratched the back of his neck helplessly, sighing.

"I didn't say that!"

"So, even if you and Hui have a good relationship, you don't need to call me an accessory, right?"

"snort!"

"Well, since we've decided, let's go to the bonfire together."

Hui said this in a calm tone, and at the same time glanced at someone without emotion, and then took Eri's hand and walked forward.

Himekawa Yoshiko was stunned when she saw this, and then shouted, "Then add me too," and chased after the two of them.

Kato Yusuke originally wanted to follow them, but just as he was about to take steps, a hand suddenly touched his left shoulder.

Slowly, Yamaguchi's voice sounded.

"You escaped again, Kato, but to be honest, it's better for you to make a decision sooner, otherwise -"

After a pause, the second half of the somewhat serious sentence also reached his ears.

"-Sooner or later, you will face the day when you have to make a choice without any preparation, which is the so-called turning point in life."

A slight tingling sensation emerged from my heart.

Kato Yusuke silently took away his hand and replied in a low voice: "...I have made my choice in life a long time ago."

"Kato, you——"

"I'll go over first, that's it."

Ignoring Yamaguchi's stunned expression, he stepped forward.

When they arrived near the bonfire, there were already many people gathered around, but there was just a gap left, so the four of them walked up, preparing to fill the gap.

However, when he saw the person in the gap clearly, Jiazi, who was still smiling happily, immediately raised his face and ran to the other side.

There was no other reason than that the person standing there was Shinjoka, and she didn't want to hold hands with this scheming girl at all.

"Good evening, president, Sawamura-san, Kato-san, and Hime-san." Shinjoka said a friendly greeting.

"Um."

""Good evening, Shinjo-san. ""

"..."

The three people from the student union also greeted them back, while Jiazi ignored them.

Before the atmosphere became awkward, Kato Yusuke took the initiative to stand on the right side of Shinjoka, and asked Eiriri, Megumi, and Kako to line up on his right in order.

Bang! The wood in the fire crackled.

The warmth scorched the air, turning the surrounding temperature into a fiery heat.

Ying Lili stared at the huge fire in front of her and said softly: "It's so hot here."

Kato Yusuke nodded and replied: "After all, we are in front of a bonfire."

"But..." Megumi said, "The bonfire is great. Just staring at it can calm you down."

"However, the smell seems to remain on the clothes afterwards."

Hearing what Eiri said, Shinjoka curiously interjected into the topic.

"Sawamura-kun, haven't you participated in this kind of activity before?"

"...I rarely have this kind of opportunity. I mostly attend parties at home, but I have still seen videos of folk dances."

"That's it~ But you just need to hold the president and vice president. Everyone holds hands and spins in a circle like this. It's very simple."

"Well, I understand, thank you, Shinjou-san."

"No~ I'm also very happy to have the opportunity to dance folk dance with Sawamura-san."

"Hypocritical..." Kako muttered quietly and took the hand of Hui and the student on her right.

When everyone was almost gathered and no students were planning to join in, Masaru Nakamura pressed the play button on the speaker, and melodious music started playing.

The students forming a circle began to hold hands.

Kato Yusuke also reached out and took Shinjoka and Eiriri's hands.

Compared to Shinjoka who took the initiative to hold his hand, Eirili who was held by him was obviously a little nervous, and the movements of her hands were also very stiff. It took a while before she dared to slowly return her hand.

Even so, Yinglili didn't dare to look at him, she just stared down at the bonfire in front of her, her eyes illuminated by the firelight seemed to have countless flying fireflies.

A blush crept up to the base of my ears.

Bang... bang... the firewood made a slight crackling sound.

Sparks are flying in the sky.

The campfire lit up and the light drifted, and the shadows of boys and girls swayed happily.

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