Chapter 175 – Unwavering Choice

Sakurajima didn’t move at all, and Natsuki Aoi couldn’t see her expression, but the left hand that was clearly no longer shaking let him know that she was calming down a little.

There is no TV sound, ears only gusts of pattering rain, Aoi Natsuki really thought that Lina is still sleeping, he remembered that he once read a science, said that the sound of the rain is white noise, listening to the sound of the rain, but more easy to fall asleep, and recently his own sleep time is getting later and later, often think about there is something about the design of commercial manuscripts.

It was now twenty minutes past nine, and at this time of the day he would not have been at all sleepy, but at this time he was being held down by two girls at the same time, and without the distraction of loud noises, and listening to this white noise of falling raindrops, he was actually beginning to feel sleepy.

Sakurajima didn’t say anything else, the two just stayed quiet, after another two or three minutes, Aoi Natsuki’s eyelids began to fight, but he knew that he couldn’t sleep, the familiar kind of soreness and numbness surged up all over his body again, this kind of sensation would appear every time he was with Sakurajima, he waited for a long time until the regular snorting sound came from Sakurajima in his arms, the guy, surprisingly, fell asleep leaning back just like that.

Natsuki Aoi’s hands resting on the backrest of the couch were finally able to drop, pushing Sakurajima away a little bit to get out of the way so that she could lie flat on the couch, head to head with Rina, her body curled up in a reclining position.

Aoi Natsuki glanced at the sleeping Sakurajima, just like the princess in the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, just like his words at the beginning, she was definitely the most elaborate masterpiece of the gods, flawless in appearance, exquisite like a doll, the line of sight shifted downward, today’s she wore a stylish trenchcoat in the interview, while now she changed into a normal black shirt, tight jeans, now lying down, the shirt was slightly raised to revealing her flat belly as well as her tiny belly button.

The room temperature began to drop and Natsuki Arai felt a little chilly, worried that the large and small group would catch a cold, so he tiptoed towards the door of the dining room, striding up to the second floor and coming down with two blankets in his hands, thankfully there was no more thunder in the meantime, returning to the living room, he placed one blanket over Rina, then looked over to Sakurajima, choosing instead to still use his hands to pull her shirt down and cover her with a blanket again.

Pulling the curtains tightly and blowing out the candles, Aoi Natsuki sat alone on the single sofa on the side, leaning back and resting with his eyes closed, listening to the sound of the rain, he really did fall into dreamland a little bit.

……

Early in the morning, about six-thirty.

Natsuki Aoi gradually woke up from his sleep, the not-so-comfortable sleeping position had turned his double eyelids into quadruple eyelids, and even though he was still sleepy, his brain reminded him that he couldn’t go back to sleep.

In his hazy vision, a mass of white shadows wobbled in the distance, he rubbed his eyes, then looked more closely and realized that it was Rina sitting on a chair at the dining table not far away, as if she was eating, he took a deep breath and sat up, his whole body was sore and his back ached, an aftereffect of sleeping on the couch, he turned his head to look at the long couch to the side, Sakurajima had long since disappeared.

He stood up and walked towards the dining room, and soon saw two Japanese breakfasts there on the dining table, one of which Lina was eating, and by the way she was shaking her body as she ate it, it looked like it should be delicious.

He walked to his share of the front, the table is set with a grilled fish chunks, pickled watering vegetables, wasabi dipped in sugar and a rich tofu soup, just smell, it is the aroma of a bowl of millet rice, Aoi Natsuki immediately feel the appetite up, but this is exactly ……

“Awwwwwww!” Lina yelled at this point, holding a note in her hand.

Aoi Natsuki saw it and took it, no need to think, it looked like it was left by Sakurajima, and by the preamble it should have returned home.

“Wake up and enjoy a beautiful breakfast ~ I made it with my own hands, you’ll love it, that …… See you on Monday, Aoi? (? I’ll see you Monday, Aoi?) I’ll see you Monday, Aoi.

I can’t believe there’s a face painting at the end of the note, really ……

Aoi Natsuki can’t stand her a little bit for this contrast, what’s her real character really like, why does she act mature at times, crazy at others, and at certain times …… comes off as a little bit cute ……

He narrowed his eyes and was silent for a long time, unable to think of a reason why, and looking at the heat rising from the tofu soup, he then sat down anyway and began to eat the breakfast, which had been made by Sakurajima’s own hands.

The flavor can be quite good.

Remember, didn’t Sakurajima once say she couldn’t cook? Could this be another lie? Or maybe …… Aoi Natsuki had a bolder guess.

Couldn’t have taught myself later ……

……

Hayakawa Keiko was standing in front of the mirror of the closet, looking left and right to see if the clothes she had changed into to wear fit, the bed covers behind her were full of dozens of pieces of clothes stacked on top of each other, all of which were styles she had eliminated, and she was unconsciously humming under her breath, obviously she was in a good mood today.

This movement also attracted the attention of his younger brother Koizumi who was passing by, the door was hidden, he was about to push the door, but thinking of his sister’s accusation some time ago, then he still straightened his back and knocked on the door first: “Sister? Can I come in?”

Keiko Hayakawa turned her head and said, “Come in.”

Xiaoquan pushed the door in, and the first thing she saw was the mountain of clothes stacked on top of each other, she was very surprised: ”Sister, where did you get so many clothes? Is it hard to believe that mom and dad gave you more pocket money? How cunning!”

“Don’t guess, all this money for clothes was earned by your sister me drawing manga.” Hayakawa stopped organizing her clothes, turned around and extended her right index finger, and righteously said.

“Really? Although I think I’ve heard you say that you’re working as a manga artist’s assistant, but can the income really be that much?……” Koizumi was always still a bit unconvinced.

“It’s a long story, anyway, on the manuscript fee I still give most of it to my parents, the family still has fourteen years of mortgage to pay back, Koizumi you grow up to make money in the future, you can remember to filial piety to your parents only, understand?” Facing his younger brother, Hayakawa showed the attitude that a qualified sister should have, while Koizumi was close to growing calluses from listening to these words, shrugging his shoulders and nodding his head as if pounding garlic.

“Yes, yes, yes, sister worked hard.”

“Well, come on, let’s see how I look in this outfit.” Hayakawa showed his brother the front and turned halfway around to show the side.

Looking at this image, Koizumi didn’t even need to guess, she must be going on another date, but she had to say that her sister’s whole body had become much more confident since she met that big brother named Aoi, was this the magic of love? Koizumi’s mouth showed a smile, pinching her chin, putting on an old-fashioned look and nodding her head.

“Not bad, just go in this set.”

“Eh …… really? I always thought the skirt style was still a bit too fancy.”

“Nonono, sis, you have to realize that if that big brother really likes you, then he just likes you for who you are, and what you wear to go is not the point, the real point is what kind of feelings you actually harbor to meet him.”

“Mood ……” Hayakawa muttered under his breath, his left hand inadvertently pressed against his heart, his current self just thinking about dating Natsuki made him feel like his whole head was starting to swoon and his nostrils became burning.

“Huh? And you’re wearing makeup? Well …… always thought there was something weird about it.”

“Eh! What’s wrong with my makeup!” Hayakawa was now at his most sensitive period, and when he heard his brother say that his makeup was weird, immediately his entire brain buzzed and went straight to blank.

“Well …… is where it gets weird ……”

“(Gulp).”

“Where exactly is ……”

……

Aoi Natsuki has not met with Hayakawa alone for a while, recently he received a commercial manuscript, Hayakawa went to Ayano’s place to draw manga on weekends, and during the week in the school spare time often run around in the student council, I heard that after the second year of high school she will be promoted to the secretary, as a prestigious private school, all the performance of the student council will be faithfully written into the personal resume, Hayakawa’s future can be said to be quite bright nah.

And Aoi himself ……

From the beginning of the bus, has been received from the bus from all ages of female passengers cast contemptuous eyes, winter is okay some, but now into the summer, part of the women are relatively changed into thin long-sleeved, medium-length dresses, the original has obviously improved the sense of vision has also plummeted, and his daily life is still affected by the very big.

Arrived at the station, he got off from the back door of the car, looked around, then walked towards the agreed place, stood in front of the tea restaurant and waited, not a moment’s effort, from the distance of the subway’s Exit A access to see Hayakawa’s figure, and she came up from the escalator, through the transparent glass is also in the first time to look for Natsuki, when the two people’s eyes met, Hayakawa immediately lifted up his right hand, rushed to him swinging from side to side.

Aoi Natsuki was also in a great mood when he saw her, and as he watched her walk slowly from a distance, he also noticed that she was still wearing a small white bowler hat on top of her head, which had a ribbon attached to itself, and the wind blowing in her direction made that ribbon flutter in the wind, and on her face was a joy and youthfulness that was hard to hide.

That’s the feeling ……

Aoi Natsuki conscious that he still has a lot of need to improve the place, maturity and he now does not touch, after all, in the last life, he is only an early twenties, just stepped into the society of the male, and since Hayakawa appeared in his side, he will unconsciously produce a must be serious, must be mature thought, Hayakawa life is very real and simple, with the same as the ordinary people will encounter various kinds of unsolvable trouble, and this time, I would like to do my best to help her, the two are mutually supportive relationship, that is why the two have been determined to choose Hayakawa. At this time, Aoi Natsuki would like to do his best to help her, the relationship between the two is mutually supportive, so Aoi Natsuki will always be firm in choosing Hayakawa.

Eyes flowing, a smile hanging at the corner of her mouth, even when she walked quickly to herself, she didn’t even need her to open her mouth, she was able to guess what she wanted to ask.

Hayakawa stopped in her tracks and raised her head slightly, those dark green pupils glowing under the rim of her bowler hat, and this time, before she could say anything, Natsuki Arai snatched it up and said, “It’s cute, you’re wearing a cute outfit today, oh Hayakawa.”

Hayakawa Keiko because she didn’t like her first name, so all along Aoi Natsuki had only called her by her last name, calling her for a long time slowly there was a big change in his tone, and now his tone was extraordinarily soft.

So much so that Hayakawa, who had been pierced through the problem, immediately blushed and quickly lowered his head.

At five-foot-five, she was particularly petite, but the little slim-fit style white dress she wore emphasized her long legs, and all in all, she was just very cute.

“Today, have some cake afterward, go to a movie this afternoon, and then on the way back get some groceries to take home like you said in your text.”

“Well ……” Hayakawa’s beanie bobbed, followed by, “or, or, or …… also, also go, go to the game store to check out the new games .”

“Wow! What a great idea, come to think of it it’s been a while since I’ve played an online game with you, are your skills rusty?” Natsuki Aoi smiled.

“Yes, a little …… but! I’ll be cheering!” Hayakawa’s tone held determination.

Her personality has changed a lot, but her love for stargazing, fandango, and gaming hasn’t changed.

Aoi Natsuki nodded, then thought of something and silently opened the system panel, called up the nurturing function, and rechecked Hayakawa’s current panel data.

The combined value had come to 306 points, only 54 points left from 360, which meant that Hayakawa’s goal of being promoted to S rank was getting closer and closer.

Among them, the academic knowledge came to 73 points, and because of the near end of the semester, the pace of revision was tighter and rose again, and the specialty points also all rose, but what surprised him most was that in addition to the original “comics”, “cooking”, “fishing”, and “sports”, there was an unfamiliar specialty added to the list.

“Hanamichi.”

In Japan, flower arranging is a lesson, so there are also derived from many flower arrangement family, a search on the Internet can be found in a number of enrollment classes on flower arranging, Aoi Natsuki once had a live broadcast to see the head of a famous family in Kyoto performed flower arrangement, although he is no knowledge of this kind of, but still by the atmosphere was deeply shocked.

……

After having something to eat at the cafeteria, the two of them went to the nearby game store as a pair to take a look at the new games that were just released recently, Aoi Natsuki didn’t really play a lot, so some of the games were learned from Hayakawa’s introduction, entering the middle of the shelves full of game disks, Hayakawa’s pace under his feet was quickened, and with a startled exclamation, he took down a disk from the second side of the shelves, and displayed it in front of Natsuki in a surprised manner: “Natsuki look, it’s the old man ring eh!”

“Well, I’m not really up to speed on these kinds of Souls series games.”

“Ohhh, I personally don’t play it well, but I kinda like it.” After saying that, only Hayakawa then put the CD back on the shelf.

“You’re not buying?”

“Well, not yet, when it’s on sale enough.” Hayakawa narrowed his eyes and smiled, his hands tightening around his satchel as he led him around the other gaming areas again.

It’s amazing, other girls like to hang around in clothing stores, but Hayakawa, this girl likes to hang out in game stores, and when she sees a classic disk, she’ll tell him a little bit about the background and what makes it appealing, but spoilers are out of the question, and the progression of the plot is one of the greatest joys of every gamer.

“Natsuki, am I talking too much ……” Hayakawa suddenly noticed that Natsuki beside him was a bit distracted, and realized that he had gotten carried away, and had been talking about the category of games he was interested in, so maybe Natsuki wasn’t interested in that kind of thing!

After hearing this, Aoi Natsuki smiled faintly and slowly shook her head, “Go ahead and say it, even though I’m a bit distracted right now, I quite enjoy listening to you talk about this, oh yeah, how about this disk? The cover is very nice.”

He took down a plate from a nearby shelf, Hayakawa curiously came up to look at it and instantly recognized it, “This one ah, this plate is actually ……”

Aoi Natsuki’s words dissolved the awkwardness, and he felt extraordinarily comfortable listening to the girl beside him as she excitedly introduced the game to him.