Chapter 26: Aoi, Lina, and Meto, Three at Home

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Within a few days, around the topic that had to do with Yoshi Sauce, Aoi Natsuki gradually became more frequent in her chats with Takahashi Mito, even to the point that the two of them went back and forth during class over their choices of different brands of dog food to compare with each other.

Does that make sense?

There was, as long as it was about Yoshizou, Takahashi Mito would try to choose the better one, and Aoi Natsuki was just managing to be a smooth talker.

And Lina, who had learned the news, was even happier, and as soon as he got home, he had just opened the door to see Lina waiting for him at the door, clutching her newly purchased rabbit doll.

She was sort of experienced, every time Natsuki came home it would be between five twenty and thirty, and lately she had been taking the initiative to welcome him home more and more often.

Lina gestured toward him.

“Welcome home.”

The corners of Aoi Natsuki’s mouth showed a smile, and she similarly replied in sign language.

Evenings for the two are now becoming available, and in addition to a regular time slot for animation, there is a new addition of TV sign language learning, which is a way of preventing the possibility of accidental loss of subsequent writing pads.

Lena knew some basic sign language, all learned before, and was just as happy to be exposed to the new vocabulary, dancing on the couch with her hands as she learned.

Looking at Rina bouncing on the couch, Natsuki Aoi’s originally annoyed mood was relieved.

If this time, we can really get through this current situation smoothly and safely, then the follow-up things for this little guy really need to be thought out.

I’m getting a little older, and I can’t do it without culture.

One has to find a way to make it possible for her to go to school.

“Awwwwwww.” Lina yelled from beside him, and he snapped back to his senses, and then Lina sat down obediently between the gaps in his crossed legs, her little head resting against her arms as her fingers kept pointing at the cartoon that was about to start in front of her.

“Yes, yes, yes, I’ll watch it with you.”

Natsuki Aoi smiled, leaning back on the couch herself, cozying up to the two of them with Rina and enjoying their animation time.

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Saturday is fast approaching.

Aoi Natsuki went with Takahashi Mito to the vet hospital to get the dog, while Rina stayed at home and waited anxiously.

The one-meter-three head came close to the glass door of the balcony, her two watery eyes focusing straight on the doorway until she heard the crisp sound of the door opening, and she immediately opened the latch, pushed open the window door, and jumped down to the garden in her cotton slippers along the wooden platform.

“Awwwwwww!”

“I’m back, and, look who’s here.” Aoi Natsuki pulled the rope in her hand, and then a brown-haired Akita dog outside the iron door jumped in rather excitedly, completely unafraid of life, and full of curiosity about the fresh environment in front of her, barking repeatedly.

“Yikes ……!”

Leena exclaimed shrilly, both meaty hands immediately going up to touch both sides of Jijae’s cheeks, who responded in kind by sticking out her tongue.

“Lina, that’s wonderful.” Outside the iron door, Takahashi Midu also walked in.

Rina was also excited to see Takahashi’s sister and waved her hand and did several signs, only she didn’t read them.

Natsuki Aoi explained from the sidelines, “What Rina means is are you really willing to let her keep Yoshi-san? She’s very happy right now.”

“And you know sign language, huh?” Takahashi Mito was surprised.

“Well, you can’t make an eight year old write as many words on a writing pad as you can, so why don’t I learn sign language instead.” Aoi Natsuki said flatly.

But this action in the eyes of Takahashi Midu, she was high on him, and the resistance that had been suppressed for a small amount of time was cut down quite a bit at this point.

“Favorability +3.”

Things gradually began to go well.

Takahashi Midu crouched down and smiled the affectionate smile that she could only give to Rina and said, “It’s okay, sis knows you’ll take care of Yoshi-san, and I’ll take the time to visit him more often, I just hope that someone will be less present at that time.”

Er, implied.

Natsuki Aoi, who was in the back, was slightly embarrassed and finally said, “I’ll do my best.”

Lina surprised herself by cuddling with the dog’s head as Jijang kept licking her cheeks with her tongue, which she immediately felt tickled and separated before comparing sign language.

Takahashi Mito didn’t even understand and continued to turn his head to Aoi Natsuki.

Aoi Natsuki was helpless, but she had to do the translation, “What she means is that you’re dressed beautifully today.”

“Uh-huh, Rina, you’re cute today too~” Takahashi Midu immediately gave Rina’s face recognition.

The world where only Natsuki Aoi was ignored was born.

But actually Aoi Natsuki seemed to be seeing Takahashi Midu in casual clothes for the first time, in the past, whether it was at the pet hospital or outside the school, basically she was seen wearing a school uniform, this time, she changed into her everyday wear, slightly applying light makeup, the whole person felt that her temperament went up a notch.

Dressed in brown thigh-high boots with black cotton socks wrapped around her lower thighs, she wore a knit sweater over a multi-pocketed, drawstring trench coat.

Plus she was remarkably thin herself, at six-foot-six, she probably weighed only ninety pounds.

“Hey! What are you looking at!”

A sharp cry from Takahashi Midu shattered his illusions, and his gaze instantly came into contact with her fierce eyes as well.

It felt like she wouldn’t hesitate to kick herself if she looked at her one more time.

After the incident outside the pet hospital last time, he was well aware that Takahashi Mito must have practiced since he was a child, and although he had managed to overcome the enemy by mistake that day, his entire shoulder was still burning hot and aching when he got home that day, and when he took off his shirt to take a look at it, a whole section was bruised.

This properly belongs to the Cone Nail Greatest Hits.

“It’s nothing.” Natsuki Aoi averted her eyes.

“Then please can you walk a little farther? Save me from ruining my good mood with Rina.”

“……”

Aoi Natsuki watched as displeasure gradually reappeared on her face, and then she also had to slink over to the edge of the balcony, move a small bench from inside, and sit down to launch herself.

The entire garden two days ago he took advantage of the time to do a cleanup, Aoi Natsuki’s house is an ordinary three and a half story duplex detached, outside the garden can be almost twenty or thirty square feet, in the past when his parents were there will be planted some flowers and greenery, and now the whole of this place is just a bare piece.

“Hey! The dog house we ordered earlier hasn’t arrived yet?” Takahashi Midu looked up and snapped.

It was always oi oi oi oi to call him, but Aoi Natsuki was gradually starting to get used to it.

“It’s already here, just the fixing hasn’t been done yet, so what do you guys think would be a better place to put it, I’ll get it now.”

Takahashi Midu and Rina met each other for a moment before holding hands and going back and forth throughout the gardens.

Aside from being complained about how small the garden was versus the fact that straight men didn’t have an aesthetic at all, Natsuki Aoi hadn’t heard anything particularly nasty.

Eventually the dog house will be chosen right outside the balcony coming out, so that the curtains can be pulled back and you can see Jijang through the glass window, and it will be much easier for Jijang to go right into the living room this way.

Said to do it, Aoi Natsuki went to the storage room, took the hammer, found the dog kennel that was delivered before and the accessories for fixing it, put on the gloves, and when stepped out of the balcony, the whole person’s image and temperament changed, and all of a sudden manned up, with a kind of Showa man’s flavor.