Chapter 159 Sovereignty over Sakurajima

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“Hahahahaha.” Natsuki Aoi was pointing and making fun of Ayano’s strange new hairstyle, Ayano had her head down, her cheeks puffed out, and she was repeatedly lifting some of her hair with her hand to cover the side of her face next to her own, and Rina, who was frowning at the side and munching on a big wavy potato chip, had an unspeakable expression on her face as well.

“What’s with the sudden idea of a curly perm? And perm it so curly?” Hayakawa inquired as he turned his head.

Takahashi Ayano was half silent, and finally let out a long sigh, and with it a constantly arched back, as she recounted the events of the previous two days.

It turns out that she watched a short video on beauty, from her face shape as well as her features, to ultimately locate what kind of girl she is, switching different hairstyles according to different kinds, and she happened to want to switch moods at that time because she was not inspired by the manga, and somehow, with a twitch of the brain, she went ahead and permed and dyed this hairstyle.

It’s not just any curl, the roots cascade all the way down to the shoulders all frizzed up and slightly orange in color, this ……

“Aaaaahhhh, you guys need to stop talking! I’ve been wrapped in a hijab for the past few days, deeply afraid that my sister will see and say something about me.”

“Ahem, in that case, you might as well straighten it again sooner rather than later.”

“Do you understand? That hurts your hair eh!” Ayano rushed to protect her precious hair, a full head of hair had always been a point of pride for her.

“Whatever then.” Aoi Natsuki got up and went to cut the fruit plate for the two, at this time, the three were at Aoi’s house to continue to create a great manga together, the manga competition entering the second trial gave the two girls unprecedented confidence, even if it was a waiting period, they should refine themselves even more and come up with a better topic to deal with all the difficulties that would come next.

Along with Aoi’s getting up and leaving, Ayano, who was in the middle of hooking the threads, suddenly stopped her hand movements and looked up at Natsuki’s departing back, her eyesight wandering a bit for a moment.

There’s actually some degree of changing your hairstyle not because of caricature, but because you want to get someone’s attention.

She, saw it.

The scene of cherry blossom viewing that day.

Ayano left the camp temporarily because of thirst, and saw a magical scene on a curved cherry blossom avenue, when Aoi held Hayakawa aloft, and the intimate interactions between the two …… invariably shook her to the core.

“That’s nice nah ……,” Ayano blurted out.

“What did you say? Ayano.”

“No, it’s nothing, keep drawing.” Ayano responded immediately, smiling to hide her embarrassment, removing her headphones from her neck, putting them on her head, and looking down to continue drawing.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen you paint and wear headphones.”

“It’s just, it’s the first time I’ve tried it, and it’s actually quite good to listen to music and draw at the same time.”

“Yeah, well I can’t, I can’t concentrate at all when I hear other voices.” Hayakawa sighed out of the tip of his nose and raised his hand to stroke over the back of Ayano’s head, who was sitting on her knees on the carpet on the side, watching them draw, and said softly, “I’m sorry for interrupting your TV time, Rina.”

“Uh-huh.” Lina placed her hands flat on the coffee table, her head resting on her arms, and when she heard Sister Hayakawa’s words, she immediately flicked both ears and shook her little head back and forth.

In a short while, Aoi Natsuki came out with a fruit plate, all cut up.

“Come on, make yourself at home.”

“Then I’m welcome!” Hayakawa smiled as he stuck a toothpick into a piece of apple and stuffed it into his mouth.

Mmm, so refreshing.

Aoi Natsuki was just about to sit down when he casually asked under his breath, “By the way, that said, before that, I always went to Sakurajima’s house to draw manga, why did you suddenly choose to come to my house today?”

Hayakawa stopped eating his apple and looked at him with puzzled little eyes, “It was Sakurajima who relayed that we were meeting at your house today.”

“Eh?” Aoi looked at Ayano again.

Ayano nodded along, “That’s true, I just forgot as soon as I drew, why is Sakurajima missing? I remember her messaging me that she’d be early.”

“Sakurajima came too?” Aoi Natsuki heard a very bad news, since he came over without notification and didn’t show up for so long, it’s hard to ……

A very bad thought came into his head.

“You guys wait for me first.” Aoi Natsuki straightened up, then he walked towards the outside of the dining room, the long corridor was empty, there was only one toilet, and when he opened it, Sakurajima was nowhere to be seen, Aoi Natsuki froze, and his gaze gradually looked towards the second floor.

Often the more you worry in your mind, the more likely it is to come true.

Aoi Natsuki accelerated by using the stair railing and quickly ran up to the second floor, and as expected, his own room on the left side of the second floor was opened.

His face crumpled and his eyebrows clustered as he walked quickly and pushed his way into the room, the first thing he saw was Sakurajima Apricot, who was sitting on the floor with her legs in a figure-eight position.

The computer’s display had been turned on, the very screen of a galgame game that had never been cleared before, and in addition to that Sakurajima Apricot was holding a very unpleasant book in her hands, and noticing movement behind her, she turned back to Aoi, and the first moment she saw him, a smug smile spread across her face.

“Aoi …… I found oh, the little yellow book.” Not just saying it, she held it in her hand and shook it.

“Ahhhhh! Don’t just go through my stuff!” Aoi Natsuki was in a hurry, and immediately ran up to try to snatch back the book, as is humanly possible!

Sakurajima reacted even faster, pressing his body right down, ass to Aoi, chest pressed against the book, and looking sideways at him, just to see what kind of law he had.

Seeing this, Aoi Natsuki’s movement to just go up and grab the book came to a screeching halt, it was too much!

“Who let you into my room! Just give me back my book and get out!”

“Oh? Didn’t you see enough of Aoi originally?”

“Don’t try to trap me! Now, now!”

“Yes, yes, yes, Aoi you can’t take a joke.” Sakurajima Apricot had the feeling that she was being disliked and straightened up, dropping the book back under the bed.

“Why are you still throwing it in?”

“If you don’t throw it in, can’t you show it to Ayano and the others? Hmph~ Never would have thought that you, Aoi, would have this kind of fetish ……” said Sakurajima as he stretched out his right index finger to draw a circle in his direction.

The most unsavory things are found by the most unsavory people! And there’s a huge possibility that this guy will talk about it! It’s like a ticking time bomb!

“Listen carefully, don’t say anything about what you just saw or I won’t forgive you for entering my room privately, and believe it or not I won’t even talk to you anymore!” Aoi Natsuki inexplicably felt childish when he uttered those words, but looking at Sakurajima’s look of being caught up in thought, he knew, it was words like that that would work best against her.

“Fine.” Sakurajima sighed, “I always have to give up something fun for some reason, Aoi, you’ll have to make it up to me.”

“Get up, I’ll take you down, and afterward don’t say you came down from upstairs, just say you just got here, okay?”

“I know, I know.” Sakurajima nodded repeatedly, reached out to hold Aoi’s hand, just about to get up, suddenly she was unsteady and slipped backward, Aoi Natsuki didn’t think about it so much, immediately reached out to help, and in the next second wrapped his arms around her waist, the distance between the two of them instantly closed.

This ……

Natsuki Aoi looked at the girl in front of her with a smile on her face.

He knew he was screwed again.

Come to think of it, the stunt was too lame.

Sakurajima Apricot’s eyes slowly turned from Aoi’s cheek to her left hand, holding Aoi’s hand tightly in a half-clenched fist that slowly opened up and just imprinted itself on the center of his hand.

“Aoi your hands are so big …… they’re almost double mine ……”

“Please don’t word it so hyperbolically.” Aoi Natsuki spat out promptly.

Sakurajima narrowed her eyes and smiled, immediately snapping her fingers at him, “Hey, it worked.”

Ha …… This stunt is pretty lame too.

Aoi Natsuki looked at the left hand that was tightly clasped with Sakurajima, and after two seconds of silence, she laughed out softly, surprisingly she didn’t get angry like she did just now, instead, her tone became gentle, “Well, quickly go downstairs, soon the midday meal will be ready to be eaten, and my parents will soon be back.”

Sakurajima was a little surprised for a moment, her eyes looking left and right into both of his eyes, then a little bit of straightening up, seeing that Aoi really wasn’t angry, she immediately regained her good mood, and as soon as she pounced on him, Aoi Natsuki dodged in time, and rushed at her to come up with a blank stare, and pouncing on him, Sakurajima put her mouth in a crooked manner, and once again beamed up.

Jointly with Sakurajima downstairs, footsteps sneaky, make it look like they’re doing something bad, Aoi Natsuki heart prayed not to meet people, but still just that theory, the more a person’s heart worry about something, the more it will come, just down from the compartment between the first and second floors, the first thing he saw was Rina standing there at the entrance of the dining room.

The two sides locked eyes.

Aoi Natsuki was worried about Rina making a sound, and at the same time, she was also afraid that she would think too much about it; after all, at eight years old, it’s the period of time when one becomes progressively more sensitive to this kind of thing between a man and a woman.

While thinking about it, it was instead Sakurajima who stepped forward and placed his index finger against the center of his lips, signaling Rina to keep quiet.

Leena got it in seconds and immediately compared her to an ok.

When did these two get along so well.

Going back to join the two Hayakawa, everything was seamless and they didn’t get suspicious, sitting down and waiting for a while, the sound of unlocking came from the door, mom and dad were back.

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In lunch.

Aoi Natsuki still missed these days when she didn’t need to cook and cook, even though it was said that lately all she ate at school were bento lunches shared by Hayakawa or Takahashi, it was undoubtedly an indulgence to go on like this, rubbing her stomach, she would have to gain weight if she went on like this, it seemed that daily exercise was essential as well.

“Natsuki, next week your mom and I will be traveling, you alone take good care of your sister at home, regular …… you know.” Aoi Long didn’t go into details, he naturally meant monthly living expenses, but Aoi Natsuki currently didn’t need assistance in that area anymore, with the income he currently earned from his part-time extra job, raising Hollie that should be more than enough.

Dad was really, really worried about talking about money in front of a bunch of girls and losing face for him, and said it so politely.

“Okay, that’s for sure.” Aoi Natsuki nodded with a light smile, picking up her rice bowl and taking two mouthfuls of rice.

Aoi Ikuko gently stroked over the top of Rina’s head on the side, the person who was the most serious in the beginning was instead the one who spoiled Rina the most nowadays, and Rina was able to fully feel her love as a mother during this time, something she wanted to have before, but never did.

Both hands held his mom’s and his cheeks rubbed affectionately.

Aoi Ikuko’s expression became more and more gentle.

“Remember to video call over once a month, your dad and I aren’t that busy at work.”

“Uh, got it.”

“Leena remember to study hard too, don’t let me down, don’t get sidetracked, and practice practice practice practice in math, you’ll definitely improve.”

Lina’s eyes reddened even more as she listened and nodded her head vigorously.

The entire dining table is not only the steaming hot meal, but also the warmth of people close to the heart, a moment without words, after a long time of immersion, Aoi Yu Zi inhaled her nose and looked at the people in front of her before she slowed down, “Don’t be polite, eat quickly, after a while the food will be cold, move your chopsticks, move your chopsticks.”

When Ayano saw this touching picture of affection, her mind also recalled her own parents, perhaps, far away from home, they would also miss them in their hearts like this.

“Ayano, this hair of yours ……” Aoi Ikuko suddenly spoke up.

Straight away it was this most embarrassing topic for her.

But the other party was an elder, so Ayano just awkwardly reported a smile and quietly waited for the other party’s question.

“Ryuuya, Ayano’s hairstyle suits her eh, it’s so pretty!”

Ryuuya Arai sucked on his tamagotchi and shrugged, “I just said it looked good, but Ayano were you allowed to have a hairstyle like that in high school?”

“Really, really good looking!” Ayano’s eyes widened as she looked over at Aoi’s parents.

“Well, of course it looks good, or rather Ayano-san you look good with any hairstyle~”

Ayano looked at the rest of the group again in disbelief, especially at Natsuki, who had laughed the loudest in the beginning.

Aoi Natsuki felt that sharp gaze, hastily body back, explained: “I’m just a little uncomfortable, good-looking actually quite good-looking, there is a kind of …… Aoi Yu’s vestigial sense of innocence full, but you are more than her face is fuller some, apple muscle ……”

“Natsuki!”

“Sorry.” Aoi Natsuki apologized promptly, which made the huffing Ayano subside a little.

She’s always felt bad about it, especially, especially worried about not looking good in Natsuki’s eyes ……

A few people continued to start eating, but the perspective of the Arai couple changed completely in the second half of the meal.

First he looked at Ayano, then Hayakawa, and finally it fell on Sakurajima.

To be satisfied, Aoi Ikuko more like Hayakawa, for people down-to-earth, speak politely, good academic performance, the most important thing is that the door is right, in accordance with previous observations, Natsuki himself is also more concerned about Hayakawa, originally thought that this is a thing that will be watered down to the end of the matter, but now it seems to come to the variables again.

The girl Ayano had an older sister, and it seemed like that sister had a bit of a crush on Natsuki, Aoi Ikuko had that keen intuition, but in the long run, she now realized that this sister likewise had a bit of a fait accompli of liking her own Natsuki, and that was hard to deal with, it wasn’t a very good match by any stretch of the imagination, was it?

The boy’s father preferred the Ryuusakura kid, indeed he was very dominant in height, polite, had a career that counted as serious even though he didn’t go to school, took care of things that seemed to be in order, and was even better looking, and genetically speaking future children certainly wouldn’t be any worse off, but Arai Ikuko didn’t really value any of that.

Originally thought that this layer of relationship network has already come to an end, but just now at the dinner table, Aoi Ikuko suddenly felt that this girl called Sakurajima is a little unusual, before all did not pay too much attention to her, seems to be a good girl, but the behavior and manners always reveal something odd, as a woman’s intuition, she felt a familiar smell.

The possessiveness that almost cried out.

This Sakurajima, it’s not easy!