Chapter 54: If it’s far, if it’s near

Takahashi Mito just stared blankly as the cold wind blew by, slightly depressed.

It’s hard to believe that they’ve been in touch before?

I’m the one in the back?

The more she thought about it, the more wrong she became, but it was a little embarrassing if she just knocked on the door and asked for confirmation, what should she do ……

Raising his eyes again to look at Hayakawa’s warm smile in the direction of the living room, it was obvious that he was getting along very well ah!

She looked at it with straight eyes.

Just then, a voice interrupted her growing associations.

“Takahashi?”

“Eh?”

From the direction of the garden Aoi Natsuki slowly approached, and the two of them instantly locked eyes.

Yay ……

A burst of awkwardness came up.

Takahashi Mito really wanted to cover his face with his hands!

Immediately after Aoi Natsuki opened the door, it was indeed Takahashi, and opened her mouth to ask, “What brings you here?”

“Oh, oh …… something came up for you, so I came over.”

“So, every time you come all this way, if it’s not a big deal, just text me on your cell phone and let me know.”

“It’s kind of important, isn’t it ……” Takahashi Midu’s eyes couldn’t help but glance in the direction of the living room, “What are you doing in the garden, are you working on something?”

“Oh, I’m cooking, come and pull a few green onions from the garden, I’ve planted a lot of them in that corner, it’ll save me a trip to the supermarket.” Aoi Natsuki pointed in the right direction and laughed brightly.

“Come in and talk, it just so happens that Hayakawa is there too, what a coincidence all colliding today.”

Takahashi Midu wasn’t too overly surprised because she had seen the other person early on, and followed Aoi Natsuki’s lead, walking into the entrance door of the foyer, and when she entered the dining room, Hayakawa Keiko’s eyes were very surprised to see her instead.

Takahashi Mito couldn’t have been more embarrassed at this point.

This inexplicably generated sense of vestigial vision was as if she was under the bed, Takahashi Mito was in the closet, Hayakawa saw Takahashi, and Takahashi saw Hayakawa, and both of them maintained an enigmatic and uncomfortable mood as they maintained the same silent understanding.

It wasn’t until the two of them opened their mouths and chatted for a couple of sentences that this sense of distance was slowly removed a little bit.

“Eh? You mean you helped Rina find a school!” Keiko Hayakawa exclaimed.

The sound likewise attracted Aoi Natsuki in the kitchen, the glass door was left open so he was able to hear the sound from outside, but since this information was too important, he rushed out to make a final confirmation.

Rina was also gazing at Takahashi Midu with her fists clenched and her eyes glowing.

Takahashi Mito was focused by the intensive sight, then exhaled a breath through his nose and said, “Yes, I’ve already found a school for Rina, so she can officially go to school next Monday.”

“Wow! That’s just great!” Keiko Hayakawa said excitedly, turning her head to Rina immediately afterward, before scooping her up into her arms.

What?

And as the only male in the room, Natsuki Aoi was much more stable, and he couldn’t stop smiling on his face as he watched Lina, who was so happy that she was flying.

“It’s really worthy of you, Takahashi, can you even do something like this? This is really appreciated.”

Takahashi Meidu came back to his senses and nodded, “Well …… after all, I promised Lina before, I always have to give it my all, but let’s say it in the front, I’m only helping you with a part of the matter, Lina’s adoption problem has to be solved, I’ve talked to the person in charge of the hospital, your family’s situation is special, the information can be be delayed for a few months to give, when your parents come home they’ll immediately do an adoption procedure for Lena.”

“Yeah, there’s always that part.” Aoi Natsuki smiled awkwardly, it was also time to inform his parents about this matter, his own sixteen year old son adopted adopted an eight year old girl by mistake, this kind of words no matter when you listen to it, it feels like it reveals an aura of danger ah.

“Awwwwwww!”

Rina also heard the conversation just now, and she reacted very strongly as if she was saying something, but in the end, she didn’t find a writing pad, so she just let it go, and jumped straight at Aoi Natsuki, firmly embracing his waist.

“Good girl~”

Natsuki Aoi softly said, stroking her head, and Rina was cozying up to his movements.

“Lina.” Aoi Natsuki signaled with her eyes, and Lina understood in a second, turning to pounce on Takahashi Midu again, hugging her firmly.

Takahashi Mito felt a bit sudden at first, but patted her back with both hands.

Immediately after letting go, Leena looked at her with an excited look on her face, and all of a sudden, forgetting about it, she started gesturing sign language over and over again.

Seeing this, Natsuki Aoi spoke up, “What Lina means is ……”

“No need.” Takahashi Midu balked, her eyes looking seriously at Rina’s hand movements, “I have learned a little ……”

With that, she also signaled towards Rina, albeit rudimentary, but it was all correct in Aoi Natsuki’s eyes!

Did she …… also specialize in sign language?

Takahashi Mito was a bit nervous, but seeing Rina’s happy face, she knew she had succeeded as well.

Then Lena’s sign language began to play faster.

You’re welcome to say it looks like a Naruto knot seal.

Watching Takahashi Mai was all eyes.

“Ahhhhh! It’s too fast, it’s too fast Lina!”

Boom–

There was a muffled sound from the kitchen, and Aoi Natsuki’s heart skipped a beat as he hurried back at a quick pace.

A few people turned their eyes to it.

It wasn’t long before Aoi Natsuki walked out wearing gloves and carrying a casserole dish, winking towards Rina, “Dinner’s ready.”

Rina jogged over in a knowing manner, stepping onto a chair with one foot and taking the mat from the table, followed by Aoi Natsuki placing the boiling hot casserole on the mat.

“Wash your hands for dinner.”

“Awwww!” Lina cheered with her right hand raised high in the air, turning again to jump off her chair and swoop down to the restroom outside the house.

Keiko Hayakawa also went into the kitchen to help serve the food, and all of a sudden the group was moving, and Mito Takahashi became the awkward one again.

“I… I’d better get back ……”

“Oh, you take care on your way then.”

“Eh?” Takahashi Mito looked at him with a surprised face.

Aoi Natsuki bared her teeth and laughed out, shaking her head, “See how scared you are, you’ve done me such a great favor, a meal is still something I have to treat you to, no, it’s because I hope you’ll reward me with the meal, thank you a million times over.”

Despite seeing the snarky taste in his eyes, smelling the tantalizing aroma of the meal, she eventually couldn’t hold back and simply didn’t think about it that much, tilting her head to the side.

“Seeing as how your cooking tastes pretty good, I’ll stay for a meal then.”

Natsuki Aoi laughed out loud immediately afterward, turning around and walking into the kitchen, not sure what he was laughing at.

Your own behavior or the way you talk? Is that so funny?

But then her eyes went to Hayakawa and Aoi Natsuki, who were talking in the kitchen, and slowly and gradually her eyes began to lose focus again ……

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