[Master K] The bad one next door

Maya had never thought that Hatta had the potential to be a house husband.

Although it is not a great skill to be able to cook fried rice, it is especially rare for a bad boy who is not reassuring, let alone Maya who has been beaten countless times in the field of cooking.So, when the orange-haired boy neatly put the fried rice in the pot on the plate and handed it to everyone, she looked at her Zhuma Jun with admiration almost the whole time, until he was stared at until his face burned. His ears were burning hot before he looked away.

"Here, yours."

Hatta put a plate of fried rice in front of her, and then started scooping up his own portion.The portion served to her was not too much, just enough for her to eat. After Mami thanked her, she scooped a spoonful of golden fried rice and stuffed it into her mouth.

Although she admired her a lot, after all, her looks were mediocre, and she didn't hold out much hope——

"Huh?" Maki opened her eyes wide in surprise, "...it's unexpectedly delicious."

"Is that right?" Hatta showed a smug expression, "Of course! This is the Hatta Fried Rice carefully developed by Mr. Hatta Ya... Well, I didn't really put much effort into it. I just mixed some carrots into the fried meat. The carrots and green peppers in the willow shreds of green peppers and the like..."

Kamamoto complained in a low voice: "It's obvious that you are messing around, Brother Hatta."

"Long-winded! I want you to take care of it!"

Mami hurriedly interjected to smooth things over: "Well, even if it's really messed up, it's amazing to be able to do this, like me, I can't do it at all."

These words caused Hatta, who had already stretched out his fist, and Kamamoto, who was almost beaten, to turn their heads to look at her.

The orange-haired boy looked puzzled: "Didn't you often help Aunt Liangzi make dinner?" He even tasted it himself.

Mami smiled wryly: "You know it was before... I've become an insulator in the kitchen since my mother passed away. As long as I touch the kitchen utensils, bad things will happen. I don't know why."

As soon as these words came out, the entire barbarian fell silent.

Hatta Misaki was stunned for a long time, her eyes widened suddenly, and she stammered: "Slowly, slowly?! You, you, Aunt Ryoko, she—"

Shinya was stunned, and finally realized what he was talking about. He waved his hands hastily, his face full of embarrassment: "No, no, you misunderstood. Mom just left home for a while because she was traveling! She is alive and well!"

"Yes, is that so?!"

"Of course! I get emails from her every month!"

The two stared at each other in silence for a moment.After a while, Hatta sat down blushing and muttered, "Who told you not to make it clear..."

"Yes, I'm sorry, it's my fault." Maya responded helplessly and obediently.Then she picked up the plate, stood up, waved the spoon in his hand to him, and smiled: "Anyway, thank you for the hospitality, Misaki."

……

The unscrupulous teenagers gradually had their own topics, and listening to them talking about "which mafia lairs were installed on which days and months" with great interest, Mami knew that these things were beyond her understanding, so in the following time, , She consciously moved to Anna's side to chat with her.Just like her first impression, Anna was a very quiet child, but as soon as Mr. Zun was mentioned, she would gradually talk more.According to her original words, the reason is that "Zun's red color is very warm".

Strictly speaking, this kind of statement can't be used as a reason, but if you think about it a little deeper, you can guess the child's love for Zhou Fangzun.Shinya was deeply impressed by this.

"Maki..."

"Anna? What's wrong?"

Maki came back to her senses and asked with a smile.The petite silver-haired girl beside her stared at her for a while, then opened her mouth hesitantly, as if she wanted to say something, but finally closed her mouth.She lowered her head, stared at the brown sugar water in front of her, pursed her lips and shook her head: "It's nothing."

Anna's hesitation made Maki a little confused.Even so, she didn't ask too much, but just silently touched the girl's head.

Unknowingly, the hour hand of the clock on the wall was ticking and pointing to the number "9". When the drunken unscrupulous youths were getting excited about playing, they sat around the sofa and played finger-guessing naively.Mami looked at the time, stood up, and smiled at Kusanagi: "Sorry, it's time for me to go back."

"You're welcome." Kusanagi nodded kindly, accompanied by the procrastinating background sound of "Rock-paper-scissors! Haha you lost", turned his head and shouted in the direction where the unscrupulous youths gathered, "Little Hatta!"

"Ah?" Hatta turned his head, "What's the matter, Brother Kusanagi?"

Kusanagi Asama raised her chin: "Yazawa-chan is leaving, you see her off."

Mami was stunned, and before he could refuse, Hatta ran out of the crowd without hesitation: "Leave so soon? Don't you want to play for a while?"

Maki looked up at the boy standing in front of her, and the words stuck in her throat finally turned into a sigh.She stretched out her index finger and lightly poked his forehead, and said helplessly, "It's already late, Misaki, you should pay attention to your schedule."

Hatta was stunned, blushed, and quickly turned his face away from looking at her: "Noisy, noisy! This kind of thing has nothing to do with you!" He still took the backpack in her hand very thoughtfully. .

Seeing the boy took his backpack and walked towards the bar entrance without stopping to wait for him, Mami couldn't help but wonder what he was up to.She quickened her pace to keep up with him, suddenly thought of something halfway, turned around and bowed to Kusanagi: "Thank you very much today, I had a great time, the paper bag on the bar is a thank you gift."

After speaking, she caught up with Hatta again.When she opened the door, she saw that the other party was standing under the street lights, holding the skateboard, staring at herself with dissatisfaction.

"Hey, I said you..." He gritted his teeth, "It's obvious that I asked you to come here, right?"

"Huh? Yeah..."

"The gift..." He choked for a moment, staring at her closely, as if expecting her to understand.But after looking at each other for a few seconds, the girl still looked confused, so he had no choice but to give up, turned around and walked towards home with heavy steps: "Forget it! You idiot!"

Mami stood there, looked at his back and thought for a while, and finally understood what he was awkward about: "I said... Misaki, are you still a child?"

"what?!"

The orange-haired boy turned his head angrily.She took the opportunity to pat the other party on the head, and said righteously: "Brother Kusanagi is the owner of the bar. He paid all the expenses for this party. As a guest, I must give a corresponding gift in return. Besides, you are also included in the gift." Oh pudding."

Hatta was stunned for a long time, his face turned red little by little, he turned his head and stopped talking.

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When the two fell silent, the coolness of the night gradually became clear.The cold wind poured into the clothes from the neckline, and Maki couldn't help shivering. She tightened her clothes and raised her eyes to stare at Hatta's back not far ahead.

The boy was carrying her backpack in one hand and the skateboard in the other, standing right in front of her, blocking most of the cold wind for her.He was one of the few people who didn't touch alcohol, so he was naturally sober enough to send her home.In fact, Shinya felt that nothing would happen to her even if she went home alone, but when she raised this point with Hatta, he got fierce opposition.

"You're a girl! What if you meet a bad guy at such a late hour!"

That's when she realized it deeply.

——As expected, I was still carefully protected by him.

After Zhenya swallowed the mixed feelings in her heart, the two had already arrived at the entrance of the trail leading to her residence.Hatta stopped, looked at the bottomless intersection, and frowned suddenly: "Hey, this is where you live now?"

He almost wrote "How can girls live in such a dark place" clearly written on his face, and he was very guessing.Mami laughed for a while, and at the same time felt a little warm for her childhood sweetheart's concern. She stepped forward to take her backpack from him, and said with a smile, "Just send it here, thank you."

"Ah? Hey..." Hatta was stunned for a moment, glanced around between her and the black alley, and frowned again, "Are you sure there's no problem?"

"There are so many dangers in the world, and besides, even if it is dangerous, it is aimed at you, Misaki." Mami teased with a smile, "I'm not afraid of things like 'ghosts hiding in the alleys'...and if You won’t be able to get out after going in for a while.”

"I'm not afraid of that kind of thing either!" Hatta yelled angrily after being poked at the sore spot, "What do you mean you can't get around! Do you think I'm an idiot?!"

Seeing him baring his teeth and claws wanting to blow his hair, Mami hurriedly patted him down: "It's not what you think, this trail is really winding, I used the navigation to get out the first time I went in, So it would be very worrying if Misaki is left alone."

These words seemed to be more reliable, Hatta was dubious, and the anger on his face disappeared after all.He scratched his head: "Tch, anyway, you can find an excuse... Then I'll go first, and you can go back too."

"Okay, be careful." Mami stood on tiptoe, and gently smoothed his hair with the free hand, "Don't scratch your head when you have nothing to do, look, your hair is messed up by you."

When she finished helping Hatta cut her hair, she raised her head, and saw the young man looking at her with an unbelievable gaze, his face turned red at some point.When she unconsciously looked back, his face slammed to a temperature that almost exploded.

Maki was dumbfounded.

"Mi, Misaki?"

Hatta took a few steps back abruptly, his footsteps were staggering, his eyes were already dizzy like mosquito coils.

"Wow wow wow wow wow! You you you..." He tremblingly pointed at the stunned black-haired girl, "You you you" couldn't utter a word for a long time, and finally turned around and chose to run away , "I'm going back, don't follow me!"

"Huh? Wait, wait—" Mami hurriedly ran two steps, stood at the entrance of the alley, looked at the back of Hatta who had run far away in the blink of an eye, and shouted with both hands on his cheeks, "Misaki ! You are going the wrong way, Barbara is here—"

An extremely embarrassed "I'm going home!" came from the wind, and I don't know if it was an illusion.

Seeing Hatta's figure disappearing at the corner of the street, Maya couldn't help pursing his lips.

——This means...he listened to her previous advice?

Thinking of this, the black-haired girl suddenly felt a beam of joy all over her body.She bent her eyes and smiled, turned around, walked briskly into the winding path with an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

I hope Misaki will have a good dream tonight.

Of course, I am also——

Mami turned around the path and climbed to the fourth floor of Building No. [-], and unexpectedly found a person standing in front of her house.

It was a plainly dressed old lady.

The old lady's white hair was tied in a bun at the back of her head, and her eyes behind round lenses were clear and wise.After hearing the movement of her going upstairs, the old lady stared at Mami standing at the stairs with her unclouded eyes for a long while, and showed a kind smile by moving the corners of her mouth and crow's feet.

"You are Ryoko's daughter." She said, "Would you like to come to my house?"

——As a result, tonight, she was destined to miss her dream.