Chapter 55 She, she’s burned out!

At the dinner table, Aoi Natsuki was sitting at the main seat, Rina and Hayakawa were sitting on either side of her, and conversely, Takahashi Mito was sitting at the farthest seat of the table.

What?

Takahashi Mito didn’t pay much attention to what had just happened, except that when he sat down, he saw that he had been assigned the farthest seat.

“Fire it up.”

After Aoi Natsuki finished speaking, a few people began to move their chopsticks to eat as well.

It was the first time for Keiko Hayakawa to taste his cooking, she just took a piece of fluffy egg and put it in her mouth, and a rich flavor filled her mouth.

It’s delicious ……

So Natsuki is such a good cook? ……

Keiko Hayakawa would often help cook at home, but she only knew a few home-cooked dishes, and flavor-wise she couldn’t compare at all to the large table full of food in front of her.

“Awwww!”

Leena tasted the fried okonomiyaki and was so satisfied that she kept swaying her feet back and forth.

“Rina, don’t be so rude during dinner.” Aoi Natsuki said like an elder.

When Lina heard that, she also immediately disciplined herself and continued to eat her meal.

Takahashi Mito, who was next to him, was the last to move his chopsticks among the others.

His eyes looked straight at the table of dishes in front of him, the gusts of heat rising from each dish, the white heat made more pronounced by the fact that it was winter.

This fragrance ……

For a moment it brought her memories back to when she first ate at his house and did the same.

She took a sip of the miso soup in front of her, the slight acidity of the tomatoes interspersed with the tender crunch of the hairy peas, a warmth that traveled down her throat all the way to her stomach, followed by a gradual tingling of her icy limbs, a little bit of which was warming up.

This feeling ……

Extraordinarily warm.

Somehow, Takahashi Mito was clearly not thinking of anything else at the moment, but her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were leaping with joy.

“How’s that, Takahashi, still to your taste?” Aoi Natsuki suddenly asked.

Takahashi Mito froze, hurriedly recovered, looked at the miso soup in her hand, and said, “It’s pretty good.”

“Wow! It’s rare to see you approve of me like that, it seems like I’ve grown a lot in my cooking skills recently.” Aoi Natsuki laughed.

“Really, really delicious, I like it too.” Hayakawa Keiko whispered from the side.

“Awwwwwww!” Lina echoed, raising her chopsticks.

A little bit of pride rose in Aoi Natsuki’s heart as well, it seemed to feel pretty good to have friends over for dinner once in a while like this.

He picked up his rice bowl and was about to start eating when he suddenly thought of something and looked up at Takahashi Midu and asked, “Takahashi, since you’re having lunch at my house, where’s your sister?”

Sister?

Takahashi Mito’s body shook.

Oh yeah! Ayano’s still at home and hasn’t eaten!

……

The other side of the screen.

Takahashi Ayano got up from the bed lazily in her pajamas and came out of the room while yawning, shouting “Sister! Sis?”

There was absolutely no sound at all from the bottom.

She stood at the stairway of the second floor, her eyes staring blankly at the bottom, and suddenly she seemed to realize something, and her expression began to become grave.

Quickly walking down the stairs and continuing to call out for her sister, still no response, she made her way to the kitchen room and saw the brand new sticky note taped on top of the refrigerator.

Looking closer, the entire person was immediately petrified in place.

“I’m going to Aoi’s house.”

No！！！！！！

Ayano cupped her cheeks in her hands and transformed on the spot into the same look from the world famous painting Scream.

……

At two o’clock in the afternoon, when Takahashi Mito returned home in a hurry, he found that all the curtains in the living room of the house were drawn, and on the sofa, Ayano was wrapped in a blanket, with two buckets of cleanly-eaten instant noodles on the coffee table in front of her.

This is student life at the end of the month.

“Ayano?” Takahashi Mito put down her bag and cautiously stepped forward, reaching out and gently nudging her shoulder, and the next second Ayano’s entire body slumped sideways on the couch.

Takahashi Mito got a good look at the side of her face at that moment, a face that had completely lost hope in life!

She, she has burned out!

……

The results of the monthly exams were announced on the school square bulletin board on Monday afternoon, and many students gathered here, and members of the entire Exploratory Club came to check up on their names.

Sooner down the line.

I saw Hayakawa’s name in 23rd place! That’s a very good score!

She was followed by Natsuki Aoi at seventy-nine, Midu Takahashi at one hundred and sixty-five, and Apricot Sakurajima at two hundred.

Takahashi’s grades were unexpected, all along he had thought that Takahashi’s inattentive state of study, in other words, a temporary hold wouldn’t work, but he didn’t think it would really let her hold it! That would be incredible.

“Fuck, why are you looking at me like that, I did study at home!” Takahashi Mito noticed his incredulous look and immediately retorted.

Aoi Natsuki listened with a sudden realization and said in a light tone, “Inside volume? ……”

“You’re so annoying!”

“Oh! Two hundredth place, looks like my grades are pretty stable.” Sakurajima Apricot said, pinching her chin.

Now she is the image of the ugly girl with twisted braids and high powered eyes.

Aoi Natsuki saw it more often and slowly got used to it.

“Give as much as you get back, or wouldn’t it be unfair to those who study hard.”

“Yeah.” Sakurajima Apricot muttered, then left on her own.

Once the monthly exams are over, the relaxation of campus life is officially launched, Japan is particularly focused on the overall development of students, club activities are also very important part, such as some of the sports clubs, often crowded with a lot of boys and girls to watch.

It’s just a pity that with a physique like his, this type of association is kind of out of his league.

……

“You’ve changed.”

These are not the words of any female friend of Natsuki Aoi.

Yusuke Oki, who was sitting in front of him, surprisingly looked a little aggravated, with a bit of sadness in his eyes.

“What’s wrong with you ……”

“Remember a month ago, when you couldn’t make female friends, who comforted you every day, who stopped by home with you after school every day, who symbolized our friendship with every food court burger, and yet you were, you were ……”

Yusuke covered his mouth, feeling like he was about to cry.

Aoi Natsuki smiled helplessly, he didn’t know how to explain, he could only say, “Maybe times have changed ……”

“What a time this is! Why am I the only one who can’t make friends of the opposite sex in the end!”

“Well, well, well, calm down, you can’t rush this kind of thing, I’ll treat you to a fast food after school later, so don’t think about it.” Aoi Natsuki patted his shoulder.

“Well …… that’s fine.” Yusuke sniffled and nodded in response.

There’s a little bit of arrogance in the way you hold your hands.

Nope! What’s so cute about you being a 5’9″ tall guy!