"Well, anyway, I have something to say to you, so I'll excuse you."

Hui just walked forward and walked into the entrance hall, took off her shoes and walked towards the living room.

The slightly serious tone stunned Kato Yusuke for a moment. When he reacted, the girl had already entered the living room and stopped in front of the low table.

Two or three seconds later.

"Hey, Yusuke, can you please come here?"

"..."

Kato Yusuke closed the door and walked into the living room with somewhat heavy steps, stopping two steps behind the girl.

On the low table, the glass that had just been filled with ice was still there, next to it were the various snacks brought by Shinjoka and the two bottles of wine.

All the incriminating evidence is available and can be seen at a glance.

"It's so late, something happened..."

"Let me ask you, Yusuke."

Megumi, who looked away from the low table, interrupted him and looked back.

"Eiriri called me after school today. She cried a lot on the phone. I felt it was necessary to talk to you, Yusuke, so I came over."

Kato Yusuke frowned slightly, "What did she say?"

"I'm thinking about how to put it better... Basically, there are parts of Eiriri's words that I can't understand, but it's probably because Kasumigaoka-senpai and the others seem to be very sad, right?"

Hui paused for a moment when he said this, then turned around and faced him head-on, with a bit of inquiry in his eyes.

"So, what happened between you two?"

Kato Yusuke paused and replied: "Nothing."

"So, Yusuke, have you and Kasumigaoka-senpai broken up? Or are you still dating?"

A brief silence.

"neither."

"Eh? What does this...mean?"

"We are not dating or breaking up, we are just together." Kato Yusuke said slowly.

After hearing this, Hui was momentarily absent-minded, then gently raised his hand and pressed it on his chest. It took him a while to understand this sentence, and his eyes became a little more serious.

"Well, I may have misunderstood, but what Yusuke said sounds like Kasumigaoka-senpai is your lover? That shouldn't be the case, right?"

"..."

Kato Yusuke neither admitted nor denied this, but carefully watched the girl's expression at this moment.

The two people looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.

As if sensing the unusual atmosphere, the black cat that originally wanted to go to the ground stayed on the cat climbing frame and watched silently.

The ice cubes placed on the table gradually melted, and a small circle of liquid slowly spread on the table.

Just a few beats apart.

Hui seemed to have gotten the answer, her eyes moved slightly, and asked: "Why do you want to do such a thing...?"

Kato Yusuke thought for a while and replied without emotion: "Nothing, no special reason."

At the moment when the words were settled.

It was like a strange emotion penetrated my chest and hit my heart.

Hui couldn't help but widen her eyes slightly, her delicate eyebrows knitted together, her eyes looking at him were full of confusion and disbelief, as if she had met him for the first time.

It was also the first time that Kato Yusuke saw such a look on the girl's face. It seemed to be a little stinging, which made him instinctively turn his face to the side of the floor and murmured.

"...This matter has nothing to do with Hui, you can go back."

Dong-dong-dong, heavy footsteps sounded.

A pleasant fragrance comes.

The light seen in the peripheral vision suddenly dimmed for a moment.

The next second...

--Snapped!

A crisp sound suddenly sounded in the room.

A pain rose from the left side of his cheek.

"You're too much! Yusuke...!"

The girl's slightly trembling, soft voice reached his ears clearly, as if it had cut deep into his chest.

"..."

As if a heavy hammer hit his chest, Kato Yusuke raised his hand to grab the uniform on his chest and felt a dull pain, even more than the left side of his face that was starting to feel hot.

He raised his head in silence, and in front of him was a girl with a complex expression, who looked a little disappointed and sad.

Kato Yusuke's pupils dilated and contracted, and his chest suddenly became tight.

He tried to raise his hand to erase the other person's expression as he did when drawing comics, but he stopped halfway and looked away from the other person, whispering:

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean for you to show this expression."

Seeing his reaction, Hui's face cast a complex shadow, she took a small breath and said, "...I'm sorry, I have to go to the bathroom."

After saying that, he lowered his head and walked quickly outside.

——Padang.

As the door closed, the sound of running water came from the bathroom.

Kato Yusuke stood there, clenching his fists tightly, his expression slightly distorted.

"Meow...~" The black cat jumped down from the cat climbing frame, meowed timidly, and gently rubbed his leg with his head, as if to comfort him.

Kato Yusuke swallowed deeply, then squatted down, reached out and patted its furry head gently, and squeezed out a smile from the corner of his mouth.

"It's nothing, everything will be fine."

"Meow……"

The black cat meowed softly, and fell to the ground, revealing its soft belly, and raised its paws.

Kato Yusuke stretched out his hand to rub its belly, and it squinted its eyes comfortably, its throat gurgling like a blower.

The low and soothing white voice floated into the ears, and the touch from the hands was warm and soft.

With the help of the black cat, Kato Yusuke gradually calmed down a little, locked up the emotions that had just emerged, and put them into a corner of his heart.

The palm prints on his face were bright red.

Kato Yusuke suddenly had a premonition that tonight might be longer than usual...

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Chapter completed!