Reborn in Tokyo after picking up Sayu who ran away from home

Chapter 442 Megumi Kato's Self-cultivation
ten minutes later.

Megumi who walked out of the bathroom returned to the living room.

Kato Yusuke was sitting alone at his desk, holding a digital pen, writing and drawing on the digital screen.

The black cat was lying at her feet, with her hands on her chest, staring straight at her.

Seeing this scene, Hui's lips opened and closed slightly, and then he turned his head to look at the low table, only to see that the water accumulated on the ice cubes on it had melted more and more, and if left unattended, it would soon flow onto the carpet.

So she started to pack it up.

It is not only because of my personality, but also to give myself a period of time to think.

Take a clean rag from the kitchen with ease, carefully wipe off the water on the surface of the ice pack, put it in the refrigerator to freeze, and then wipe off the accumulated water on the table.

Then he cleaned up everything on the table and took it back to the kitchen.

Put the snacks in the cabinet and put them together with many cup noodles.

She placed the two bottles of whiskey next to the sink.

Glancing at the figure sitting at the desk, Hui slightly pursed his lips, and his chest couldn't help tightening slightly.

The palm of the right hand still seems to still have the feeling of touch just now, and the slightly numb phantom pain is clear.

The cold frost in the quiet beautiful eyes receded, and a bit of regret and self-blame appeared instead.

Then she silently took out a bottle of oolong tea from the refrigerator and slowly poured it into a glass with ice cubes.

After hesitating for a moment, he took the cup and walked to the desk and put the cup on the table.

"Oolong tea, please use."

Kato Yusuke paused, nodded and said, "Thank you."

After finishing speaking, he put down his pen, picked up the cup and took a sip.

Standing aside, Hui held his hands behind his back, his eyes fell on his slightly red left face, and he couldn't help but grasped his left wrist with his right hand.

There was a little embarrassment in the air.

"what about the taste?"

"Ah."

"Yusuke, it's better to drink this kind of thing?"

"know."

"So, I poured out those two bottles of wine."

Kato Yusuke paused for a moment without speaking.

"I don't like your drinking."

Hui said softly: "If Yusuke must drink anyway, I will drink with you, although I have never drunk it before, and my father will be very angry if he finds out..."

"Dump it." Kato Yusuke interrupted her and said, "So don't say it."

"..."

Hui stared at him for a while, nodded slightly, then turned and walked to the kitchen, unscrewed two bottles of whiskey, and tilted the mouth of the bottle towards the sink.

Gulp, gulp, gulp.

Swish, Swish, Swish, Swish.

The sound of liquid flowing mixed with the air, resounding in the quiet room.

Time seemed to suddenly grow longer.

After dealing with the affairs in the kitchen, Hui took some ice cubes from the refrigerator and put them in a fresh-keeping bag, wrapped a towel outside, and then returned to the desk.

"Hey, Yusuke, could you please turn this way?"

Kato Yusuke glanced at the ice pack in her hand and said, "I'll do it myself."

Hui shook his head stubbornly, and while saying that he was being rude, he took a step forward and stood beside him, sticking the ice pack in his hand on his left cheek.

The scent of cherry blossoms hits the nostrils.

The slightly cool touch leaked through the towel and spread it on the cheeks. The slight coolness penetrated into the skin, dissipating the heat on the face a little.

"I'm sorry, it must be very painful...?" The girl whispered, with a tone of self-blame.

"It's nothing, don't worry about it." Kato Yusuke shook his head, denying it.

"...You're always like this." Megumin slumped her shoulders as she said this, with an expression on her face that hesitated to speak.

Kato Yusuke saw her restlessness, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "If you have anything to say, you can say it directly."

Kei hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and asked, "Although this is true, but if you don't want to answer, Yusuke, there is no point in asking me, right?"

"In that case I'll tell you."

"Really?"

Kato Yusuke turned his gaze to the side, and whispered back: "...I won't lie to you."

The air was suddenly quiet for a moment.

Hui's eyes fluctuated slightly, and a different kind of brilliance flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly felt a little special in his heart, but it didn't show on the surface.

"...Then, I want to know, whether it's Kasumigaoka-senpai's matter or Kosaka-san's matter, is everything you really want, Yusuke?"

"..."

Kato Yusuke was silent for a long while, his dark eyes were obscured for a while, just when Hui thought he would not answer, he let out a deep breath: "...I don't know."

His voice was slightly hoarse, but it made people feel a little confused.

Hui looked at him seriously, his expression became thoughtful.

She couldn't help thinking, speculating on his hidden thoughts behind his words, speculating on his recent changes.

Ever since, the two-week long vacation after the summer vacation has become an unavoidable problem.

Regarding where Kato Yusuke went at that time, from the few words that Eiriri had inadvertently revealed before, she learned that he seemed to have gone to Hokkaido, and Eiriri learned about it from Kasumigaoka-senpai.

As for more details, no one knows.

Although everyone knew that it must be the key to solving the puzzle, but the parties kept silent, and they naturally had nowhere to start.

Hui just stared at him for a while, weighing the probability that he would answer if he asked, and finally got almost zero answers, so he secretly dismissed this idea.

Even so, she confirmed at least one thing, that is, the young man in front of her probably didn't want to do this herself, but chose to show others with such a frivolous face.

If you want to ask which is better than the self-enclosed state at that time, or the current state, Kei thinks that both are bad.

Now he is too heavy, not only hurting others, but also hurting himself.

It feels like a lone wolf wandering in a place where no one can touch, silently licking its wounds.

Her gaze was naturally downward, and her eyes shifted from his cheek to his left hand on his thigh, and her mind was attracted by the hideous scar on it again.

To be honest, at the moment when she received the call from Ying Lili and was asked for help, Hui was actually very entangled in her heart, and even deliberately wanted to refuse.

Ever since she learned about Kato Yusuke's relationship with Kasumigaoka-senpai, she had already decided to give up.

Although it is not necessary to break the relationship or even delete the contact information, she thinks it is necessary to keep a distance and keep the relationship between confidants or friends.

For Hui, if a boy can't completely belong to her, no matter how much she likes that person, she would rather choose to give up.

After all, reality is not a light novel, and no girl would accept her lover's half-heartedness or share it with others.

That's why she said goodbye after school that day.

However, after listening to Ying Lili's story completely, facing the other party's request, she still came after hesitating for a while, so she saw the scene half an hour ago.

Megumi was silent for a while, then raised her eyes again, "I tell you, Yusuke, I think you are very problematic now, isn't that right?"

Kato Yusuke was drawn back by her voice, his eyes regained a little clarity, and he was speechless for a while.

And Kei continued to talk: "At least whether it's Kasumigaoka-senpai or Eriri, they are not wrong, and they shouldn't be treated like this, so can I ask you to talk to them seriously, Yusuke."

"..."

The person on the opposite side didn't answer, but his breathing slowed down slightly, as if he was thinking.

After a long wait, he nodded his head dully, and replied: "...Understood, I will think about it carefully."

Hui's eyes lit up again, but it was fleeting again. The left hand placed below unconsciously grabbed the hem of the clothes, and there was a slight ripple in his heart.

It's this special again.

His attitude towards her was indeed special, and she confirmed it again.

Although the young man in front of her spoke plainly, she knew that the other party was indeed listening to her carefully and thinking seriously.

For Yusuke Kato, who always decides everything by himself and rushes forward, the realization that she can affect him actually makes Megumi a little happy.

She didn't know how Kasumigaoka-senpai and Ying Lili treated him in private, but at least, she seemed to be the only one who could influence him at the moment.

It was as if there was an inner world that was closed to everyone but only open to her, and she was able to step into it.

Such special treatment made her feel very different, because it was a closer position than others...

With a delicate mood, Hui said again: "Well, thank you for listening to me, then, I will continue to stay by my side to take care of you as before."

"..."

Kato Yusuke couldn't help frowning slightly to look at her, and asked as if confirming: "Take care?"

The girl sighed softly, and responded in a somewhat helpless tone: "Yes, take care, after all, Yusuke is really hard to let go."

"...You don't need to do this kind of thing, and I don't need someone to look after me."

"Well, what you say now is not convincing at all? So I will judge this by myself."

Hui took away the cold towel while talking, observed his face, and then continued talking.

"Anyway, that's it. I will observe and urge Yusuke carefully. I will talk about the rest after you are all right. Ah, but I will be very strict, okay?"

Kato Yusuke wriggled his lips, but didn't know how to respond, and finally just nodded ambiguously, expressing understanding.

"Ah, do you think I'm troublesome now?"

He shook his head without hesitation.

"That's good." Hui nodded his head lightly, and changed the subject lightly.

"So, lend me your tracksuit later. Before I came out, I told my family that I would go to Yinglili's house to sleep together. It's already hard to go back."

Kato Yusuke frowned and relaxed, and finally accepted without saying anything.

The topic seems to be over here.

After that, he found clean sportswear and towels from the closet, and the girl took them to the bathroom.

……

After entering the bathroom.

Hui quickly took off the clothes she was wearing, and then stood under the shower head spraying warm water, and began to wash her body.

The clear water flows down the beautiful body, depicting graceful and moving curves.

The second time I came to this apartment and used the bathroom, my mood seemed a little different from the last time.

Although only one month has passed in reality, the physical time seems to be several times longer than that.

While applying mint-flavored shampoo on her wet short hair, while thinking about Yinglili, a shadow suddenly appeared in her heart.

Once I started to think about my purpose of coming here in the first place, a negative thought emerged spontaneously.

Originally, she just came to chat with Kato Yusuke today with the mentality of giving it a try, and then she planned to find Eriri or Kako, and didn't plan to stay longer.

In her expectation, this line of work is probably to listen to his love troubles with Kasumigaoka-senpai.

Like the details, experiences, problems, low tides, and difficulties in the relationship between the two, a series of things she didn't want to hear.

Although she didn't want to hear it, but at the request of her friends, she would still come, even if it was just a formality.

However, the actual situation was completely unexpected to her.

After knowing the inside story of Kato Yusuke and Kasumigaoka-senpai, and seeing him deliberately hurting the people around him, Kei felt a burst of anger and disappointment at that moment.

That's why he slapped that slap under the agitation of emotions.

——Although she immediately regretted it the moment she hit it, and felt so guilty that her mind went blank, and she had to use an excuse to go to the bathroom to ease her emotions.

But in the following development, her complicated mood was brought to the other side.

Because he was special to her, she felt that she could change him.

——"I am a special person to Yusuke."

In a corner deep in her heart, she was slightly proud of this, and couldn't help but have the idea of ​​wanting to take a step closer.

In order to make him change, there are two excuses of "observation" and "supervision".

However, she knew exactly what she was thinking in her heart at this moment.

When Hui understood this emotion, an indescribable sense of self-loathing suddenly surged up.

"Sorry, I'm such a nasty woman."

Some empty murmurs merged with the sound of splashing water, quietly ringing in the bathroom.

With the ups and downs of the heart, the dirty heart can never become clear.

Hui bit her lower lip lightly, hugging herself as if feeling a little cold.

This is really a bit too much, she thought, but there was another emotion hidden somewhere in her heart.

If it was before coming here, she would choose to give up.

Instead of making a friend feel bad, it is not so completely unacceptable to give up the competition and watch from the sidelines.

However, things like mind will change because of a little opportunity.

At least for now, she felt that she needed to observe a little longer.

Such thoughts are not noble, even a bit despicable and cunning.

She clearly recognized the dark selfishness in her heart, but accepted it frankly.

Hui, who thought of this, let out a sigh of relief, and finally recovered her original mood.

While sorting out the thoughts in my mind, I squeezed the mint-flavored two-in-one shower gel on my hand again, and spread it evenly on my body.

The girl couldn't help but slightly frowned, and muttered: "Ugh, it's so difficult to use, as expected, I'll change to another brand later."

——Shua, Shua, Shua~
……

(Megumi Kato's psychology is specifically compared to the original Girls side 3.5, and the dialogue with Yingli Li.)
(End of this chapter)