[Fruit Basket] Her Royal Highness the Rabbit Princess

"Oh, my sister is back!" Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Suzuha's figure at the door. Xiaotao, who was still talking to Hongye, immediately put down the tea in her hand, and then happily went up to greet her, but she saw Suzuha With a tired look on his face, the original happy mood gradually turned into worry, "Sister, are you okay?"

After quickly showing her a smile to reassure her, Suzuha raised her hand affectionately and touched her head, "Well, it's all right, it's just that I finally persuaded my brother and the others to go back to the company for a meeting and feel at ease, now I just feel a little tired."

"In this case, then sister, please sit down and rest." Xiaotao said while pulling her to the sofa to sit down.

After taking a sip of the milk tea Chenggong handed her, Suzuha looked at the smiling Hongye sitting opposite her, and her cheeks flushed slightly when she met his eyes, after all, she was still with him just now. She pretended to cry in front of her, and was picked up by her brother like a child, which was extremely embarrassing for her.

Taking another sip of slightly sweet milk tea to stabilize her mind, she slowly bent down and bowed to him, "I'm sorry, Mr. Hongye, please forgive my brother and I for being rude just now."

"Where, I think I can understand Mr. Zhi and Mr. Wu's love for their sister." At this point, Hongye and Xiaotao exchanged a smile, and then continued, "If the positions are exchanged, I can only show that It’s even more exaggerated than them.”

Hearing what he said, Suzuha didn't feel relieved as he imagined, but instead buried her face in her palm, "Sure enough...Even Hongye-kun thinks that brother's behavior is really exaggerated..."

Seeing such a cute reaction from her without warning, Hongye quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth, lest her own laughter would embarrass her even more.

Xiaotao, who was already worried about Suzuba, gave Hongye a disapproving look, then stretched out her hand and gently shook Suzuyu's thigh, "Sister, let Brother Hongye play the violin for you, I have heard his piano sound before, It sounds so good, it will definitely make you feel better."

Before Suzuha could reply, Hongye took out the violin from the violin case she brought and stood beside the tea table, skillfully set up the violin.

"If that's the case, then I'm making a fool of myself."

After laughing at Tao, who was looking at him expectantly, and Suzuha, who finally looked up and nodded at him, Momiji pulled down the first note and started his performance.

Ever since Xiaotou learned that Xiaotao wanted to hear him play the violin, Hongye had thought many times about what piece he wanted to play for Xiaotao, so that Xiaotao would not be disappointed in herself, but he didn’t know why, although now he finally waited On this day, he didn't want to play the world famous piece that he had practiced many times before and could show his superb performance skills. Instead, he chose Pachelbel's Canon, which can make people feel calm. , is also one of Suzuha's favorite pieces.

During the performance, Hongye, who was used to closing his eyes when playing the violin, had a sudden whim. He wanted to see the reaction of his only audience. He opened his eyes slightly from the corner of his eyes and observed them from the corner of his eyes. The former looked at him with admiration and joy, and swayed his body slightly with the melody, which gave him a sense of accomplishment as an older brother; Looking straight at himself, his hands were still tightly clutching the front of his chest, he didn't know if it was his illusion, he felt that her eyes were like lake water, shimmering, and there seemed to be some emotion contained in such eyes, made his heart beat faster...

In order to prevent herself from being distracted and playing the wrong note, Hongye hurriedly closed her eyes again, allowing herself to concentrate on playing.

After the song was played, Hongye immediately heard the applause, so he couldn't help but salute with a smile, and then returned to his seat under their gaze.

"Brother Hongye is really amazing," Xiaotao said with half envy and half admiration, "If it were me, I wouldn't be able to play such a beautiful piece..."

Before Hongye could say, "As long as Xiaotao practices more, she will definitely be able to draw several times better than me", Suzuha had already raised her hand and touched Xiaotao's head, "In this case, then Xiaotao From now on, I will ask Momiji-kun for more advice."

Hearing her suggestion, Xiaotao wanted to nod at first, but when she thought that practicing the piano was different from chatting like this now, if she just took the piano case to a place other than Kusamamoto's house or the violin teacher's house, her parents would definitely Feeling something was wrong, and then knew that she had a private relationship with Hongye, and the words that Kusama Hideyuki told her not to have too much relationship with Hongye were still in her ears, so after hesitating for a while, she could only squeeze out a smile and shook her head , "Brother Hongye is already very busy, so there is no need to bother him about this matter, I will find time to ask Teacher Yuansha for advice."

Although she had expected such an answer when she saw her troubled expression just now, Hongye still couldn't help being disappointed in her heart.Really, I shouldn't be greedy anymore, I should be satisfied to hear Xiaotao call me brother...

But before he finished his mental construction, he heard Suzuha's nice voice again: "Xiaotao seems to have misunderstood me, I mean that Xiaotao can use the afternoon tea time like now to invite Hongye Listen to your performance, and give me some guidance. Ah, if you think it’s too troublesome to walk around with a violin case, I can lend you my violin, as long as you don’t mind it.”

"Oh, really? Sister, will you invite Brother Hongye to come over for me in the future?"

Facing her expectant eyes, Suzuha nodded amusedly, "After all, I also know that Hongye-kun is very busy, so I'm sorry to ask him to accompany me to such exhausting places as art exhibitions or concerts every time. But I I think, drinking afternoon tea like this and teaching you piano art shouldn’t be such a problem. Is this okay, Hongye-kun?” At the end, she looked at Hongye who was staring at her in a daze to confirm .

Hearing her name, Hongye quickly came back to her senses, and smiled and nodded at the two of them, "If you don't dislike it."

"In that case," Suzuha said with a smile to the overjoyed Xiaotao, "Do you want Xiaotao to ask Hongye-kun to guide you now?"

Unexpectedly, Xiaotao, who thought she would nod at first, shook her head, and said seriously: "I can't do it today, I will ask Brother Hongye to listen to me after I have fully practiced, and I think the family car will be here soon." it's..."

As if to echo her words, Muto, the old butler of the Himekawa family, entered the side hall at this time, and bowed respectfully to Suzuha, "Ohime, the Kusama family has sent a car to pick up Miss Momo."

"Really..."

Although I'm not sure if Suzuha's reason is because the Kusama family's car really arrived as Xiaotao said, or because Butler Muto called her, Hongye still couldn't help chuckling a few times, and then he planned to send Xiaotao Suzuha stood up together, expressing that she would go with them.

Although Suzuha, the master, urged him to rest in the side hall repeatedly, he still insisted on going with them, and on the way, he and Suzuha each held Xiaotao's hand, just like a parent with a child. The joyful and warm scene of walking is deeply in Hongye's heart. After all, although the role and identity are a bit wrong, it is what he most wanted to happen to him when he was a child.

After arriving at the gate of the main house, Suzuha leaned slightly to kiss Xiaotao's forehead goodbye, and then watched Xiaotao get into the car with Hongye, watching the Kusama family's car gradually drive away,

After the car completely disappeared from sight, Suzuha turned around and asked Hongye, "Mr. Hongye, since Xiaotao has already left, do you want me to ask our driver to take you home?"

Hearing her question, Hongye couldn't help raising her eyebrows, "Is Suzuha driving me away?"

"No, that's not what I mean!" Suzuha waved her hands anxiously, and explained seriously, "It's just because of Xiaotao that Hongye-kun was invited here today, but now that Xiaotao has returned home, Hongye-kun played such a wonderful song The song must be tired too, so I want Hongye-kun to go back to rest early, after all, tomorrow is a working day..."

"Don't worry, I'm fine," Koye hilariously held her hands that were shaking due to nervousness, and gently stroked her fingertips that had no nails because she played the piano with her index finger, "and could it be that Suzuha Forgot, last time I said that I wanted to enjoy Suzuha's performance."

The temperature from her fingertips made Suzuha's whole head start to heat up, she hastily withdrew her hand from him, and unnaturally hid her hand behind her back, then stammered: "In this case...then... Then let's go back to the second floor, the piano room where I practice the piano is over there..."

Due to embarrassment, it was rare for Suzuha to talk impolitely while walking into the house, and the result of doing such an unaccustomed movement was that she staggered halfway, but fortunately, Hongye followed closely behind her, and in time He gave her a hand, "Be careful, it's okay not to be so anxious."

"Well, sorry, I'm sorry..."

After talking nonchalantly, Suzuha, whose face and ears were so red, hastily withdrew her arm, took a few deep breaths, and then returned to her original calm manner to lead Hongye to the piano room on the second floor.

After entering the piano room, Hongye couldn't help admiring the furnishings inside. After all, in addition to the rare piano painted white, there were several cabinets of music scores, CDs, records, top-notch stereos and record players in the piano room. In addition, he also saw several violins arranged according to size in a glass cabinet.

Hongye looked around the piano room and said with a smile: "This place is really nice, I won't feel bored if I stay here for several days."

"Actually, I want to put another cabinet to put CDs, and then install a TV and player, so that I can enjoy opera or concert performances, but my brothers are not allowed, because they think I will Staying at home more often and not going out is not good for your health.”

Seeing Suzuha's annoyed expression, Hongye couldn't help laughing a few times, "Mr. Zhi and Mr. Wu are not unreasonable in worrying."

"certainly not……"

Suzuha originally planned to refute, but when she met his smiling eyes, she subconsciously lowered her head because of embarrassment.In order to hide her embarrassment, she quickly sat down on the piano chair, and asked nonchalantly, "Is there any song you want to hear, Mr. Hongye?"

""Dream Wedding", is this one okay?" Hongye said while observing her expression, and as expected, her face began to flush as he expected, "I heard Xiaotao say when I was drinking tea just now, It's a song you and she both like."

"Okay." After nodding slowly, Suzuha began to play the tune.

Hongye just stood obliquely behind her, admiring her performance, and her eyes slowly moved up from her hands dancing on the black and white keys to her face with her eyes closed.

Due to the immersion in the performance, her original expression, which was still somewhat reserved, relaxed, and there was a new look, and that look was the same as the expression she showed when she was listening to her performance just now, except that it made him Not being able to look away made his heart beat faster unconsciously.

Such a heart-beating feeling made him stretch out his hand unconsciously, wanting to touch her cheek, but after a few seconds, he put down his hand for fear of affecting her performance, and continued to enjoy this auditory and visual feast.