Reborn In Tokyo After Picking Up Sayu Who Ran Away From Home

   Chapter 463 Bonfire

   "Everyone, come and get food~"

   Megumi, who was standing in front of the stove instead of Himekawa Yoshiko, said.

   "Good—" x4

   The four members of Kato's team responded in tacit understanding and approached the stove together.

   Kato Yusuke, Kako, Yamaguchi, and Takei.

  The girls distribute the grilled meat, seafood and vegetables to them in order.

   "What about yourself?"

   When Kato Yusuke asked this question, Megumi replied casually: "It's okay, I'll just eat it later~"

  ‘ Again. ' Kato Yusuke thought to himself.

   In the days when she was helping him cook in the apartment in order to take care of him, the girl always prioritized his perspective.

  Although he often says "the food is the best when it's just cooked", he is always busy in the kitchen and brings dishes to the table for him.

   In addition, it is the same on campus or outside. When eating, he will take the initiative to help everyone with water and drinks, and his considerate behavior is like an angel waiting for people.

  Even though she knew she was this type of character, it was a little embarrassing if only they were eating, especially Kato Yusuke, who was taken care of the most.

   He sighed softly, dipped the perfectly cooked pork belly in barbecue sauce, and picked it up with chopsticks.

   "Eat a pork belly."

   As he spoke, he put the pork belly to Hui's mouth, and the other side blinked slightly in a daze, and his eyes took turns to look at his face and the chopsticks in his hands.

   Then, the girl pecked like a bird and ate the pork belly.

  “…”

  “…”

  In the blank time, the eyes of the two people met.

   After realizing it, Kato Yusuke was startled, and quickly turned his eyes away from Megumi, who was looking at him in surprise.

   In order to hide the embarrassment in his heart, he swallowed dryly and said it with a pretense of ease.

   "...I'll bake it, you go eat first."

   Hearing this, Megumi glanced at him, then nodded lightly.

   The girl didn't say "I'll trouble you then" or "Thank you" as usual, but silently handed over the barbecue tongs in her hands, and finally sat down in her seat.

   Kato Yusuke took her place and stood in front of the stove, when he was about to turn over the ingredients with the yakiniku...

  """Slow down!"""

   The three people on the table spoke at the same time.

   looked up and saw three melon eaters with their mouths wide open.

   Himekawa Yoshiko took the lead with a moved face and said:

   "Kato-san, you have finally grown up!"

   Takei then continued: "I actually feed her directly, is this considered a couple feeding...?"

   As for Yamaguchi, he looked at him with a good-looking smile.

   Kato Yusuke felt a little irritable and unhappy, and immediately pointed at Brother Mangosteen with a barbecue tong, and asked:

   "I won't talk about Kako, how can you two foodies be so embarrassed to put on such an expression and make fun of you here?"

   Faced with his doubts, Yamaguchi walked up with a smile on his face.

   "Hey, Yusuke, you feed me too~!"

   just teasing him with a girl's falsetto.

   Kato Yusuke glanced at him with no emotion, and smiled indifferently.

   "Okay, I get it, I'll be more serious in the next shooting practice."

   "Huh? Your ball is so soft that you don't have any strength at all. Who's afraid of who, Sungka?"

  Like this, the two of them started fighting.

  …

   After the barbecue is almost eaten.

   "Everyone, I brought pears back! Let's eat some fruit after dinner~"

   "There are still fruits!?"

   "Wow, the barbecue party is the best!"

   In the emotion of the Mangosteen brothers, the pears brought by Himekawa Yoshiko were distributed to several people in turn.

   "The mineral water is here, everyone—"

  " "I'm welcome! ""

   Crunch, crunch!

  ""It's so sweet! ""

   Yamaguchi and Takei said in unison.

  Yako widened her eyes in astonishment, and hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, at least take a shower before eating! I'll give you mineral water."

   "Huh? There's no need for that kind of thing."

   "Me too, unwashed pears are delicious~!"

   Brother Mangosteen waved his hands indifferently, with a heartless face.

   "Ah! No, what should I do if I eat a bad stomach! Give me the pears and I'll wash it for you."

   Himekawa Yoshiko couldn't help but say, and helped the two who were reluctant to wash up the pears that had been bitten several times.

   Kato Yusuke watched them for a while, and immediately began to prepare to rinse the pears in his hands.

  At this time—

   "Here, Yusuke, please use~"

   A peeled pear was handed over.

  “?”

   "This is for you, and I'll take yours, okay?" Megumi said that, replacing the pear in his hand and cleaning it again.

"thanks."

   "You're welcome, I'm used to it anyway."

   Kato Yusuke's eyes switched between the pear in his hand and the girl, but he didn't ask what that habit meant.

   "crunch" to take a bite of the pear and chew it slowly in the mouth.

  Crisp, sweet, delicious, cool and refreshing taste immediately surged up, and the rich juice overflowed in the mouth with a rich fruity taste.

   He couldn't help but take another bite, and his expression relaxed comfortably.

   After a while, Megumin peeled off the skin of the other pear, handed the fruit knife to Kako, and sat next to him and ate.

   Yamaguchi couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this, so he hit Zhujing next to him with his elbow and said, "Hey, don't eat Zhujing, let's peel it too?"

   "Hmm... what is Nisu?" Zhujing, whose mouth was full, looked back, and there was only one pit left on the pear in his hand.

   "You idiot, you eat too fast!?"

   "Crumble, but, gudu... This pear is really delicious!"

   Yamaguchi shrugged helplessly, turned to look aside, and saw Kako skillfully peeling the skin.

   He thought for a moment, then smiled wickedly.

   "Hum~hum~hum~, pears, come to your senses~ Now I'm going to peel your skin and make you naked."

   Hearing this, Kako was stunned at first, then immediately realized that she was being teased, and couldn't help scolding angrily:

   "Idiot, don't speak a yellow accent in front of girls, that's too bad - puff haha! What's your dubbing like? You're so stupid."

   scolded to the end, but he couldn't help laughing out loud, as if Yamaguchi had made a point of laughing.

   Affected by them, Kato Yusuke, Megumi, and Takei also laughed along with laughter.

at this time-

"""""Oh-!"""""

   The excited exclamations of the students were heard everywhere, and the bonfire in the square was lit.

  The firelight dyed a corner of the deep sky, rendering the vivid colors of red and orange, illuminating the venue at night.

   After dinner, the students spontaneously gathered towards the bonfire, like moths attracted by the fire.

"So-"

   Yamaguchi threw the finished fruit pits into the garbage bag, and said casually: "How are you? Do you want to participate in the next folk dance event?"

   "Forget my words." Takei took the lead in raising his hand to answer, patted his round belly and said, "I have too much grilled meat in my belly, and I don't want to move it now."

  Yako held her chin with one hand and said, "I can participate or not. It depends on Xiaohui, so—"

   She smiled and looked at the two of them and asked, "Will you dance with Kato classmate? Xiaohui."

   As soon as these words came out, the three of them focused their meaningful eyes on the two of them.

  The atmosphere started to change.

   Kato Yusuke and Megumi looked at each other.

  The girl said first: "Well, why did you specifically refer to the two of us? The folk dance is an activity that everyone dances together, right?"

   "Maybe it was like that at the beginning, but the pas de deux at the end is the highlight, right?"

   "Yako is right, so what's the matter? Are you ready to pair up with Kato-san? Kato." Yamaguchi asked pointedly, and gave Kato Yusuke a deep look.

  The parties remain silent about this.

   As for the preparation, there is no need to say much.

  After all, dancing pas de deux on that occasion, whether it is the party who invites or the party who agrees, has a special meaning in itself.

   Dance is a gesture of love originating from the ancient civilization of mankind.

   As long as Kato Yusuke and Keita participate in the folk dance, it is basically equivalent to announcing the fact that "we are dating" to the outside world.

   He took a deep breath, then looked at Megumin who was sitting beside him, and Megumin looked back at him quietly, as if waiting for something.

  The warm firelight shattered in the girl's eyes, like a candle lit in the twilight, soft and quiet.

   Just before Kato Yusuke was about to speak—

   "—Mei, Hui!"

   A voice like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley suddenly sounded from behind them, "Let's dance the folk dance together? Megumi."

   Followed the voice and looked back, and saw Ying Riri standing there with a worried expression.

   A pair of azure blue eyes switched on their faces, and they looked nervous as they pinched the hem of their clothes.

   "Ah, it's Eiri~ Well, you can dance if you want." Megumin got up from her seat and walked over.

   "Thank you, Megumi, that's great, I want to dance with you."

  Eriri first let out a sigh of relief, then unconsciously glanced somewhere, and bit her lower lip lightly, her expression a little hesitant.

  Mei's eyes fluctuated slightly, but she didn't look back. Instead, she said nonchalantly, "...However, I always think it's strange that it's just the two of us girls. Would you like to call some more people?"

"-Eh?"

   "So, can I trouble you to dance with us? Yusuke."

   "Huh? Ah, no, why call him! Megumi."

   "Even if you ask me why...how do you want me to answer you?"

  “…!”

  Eriri's eyes flashed with panic, she instinctively turned her eyes away, and muttered, "...Forget it, since Huidu said so, let him come."

   "If you don't feel comfortable, I can just watch you by the side, Eiri." Kato Yusuke, who came over, grabbed the back of his neck helplessly and said with a sigh.

   "I didn't say that!"

   "So, even if you have a good relationship with Megumi, you don't need to call me an accessory, right?"

"Humph!"

   "Well, since we've decided, let's go to the campfire together."

   Megumin said this in a calm tone, and at the same time glanced at someone with no emotion, and then took Eiri's hand and walked forward.

   Himekawa Yoshiko was stunned for a while, and then shouted "Then add me too", and chased after the two of them.

   Kato Yusuke originally wanted to follow them, but when he was about to take a step, a hand suddenly put on his left shoulder.

   Slowly, Yamaguchi's voice rang out.

   "You escaped again, Kato, but seriously, you'd better make a decision earlier, otherwise—"

After    paused, some serious second half sentences also entered his ears.

   "—Sooner or later, you will be unprepared and you will usher in the day when you have to make a choice, which is the so-called turning point in your life."

   A slight tingling sensation emerged from my heart.

   Kato Yusuke took his hand away in silence and replied in a low voice, "...I have already made the choice in my life."

   "Kato, you—"

   "I'll go first, that's all."

   Ignoring Yamaguchi's astonished expression, he lifted his foot and walked forward.

   came to the vicinity of the bonfire. There were already a lot of people around here. There was just one gap left in the circular crowd. The four of them walked up and prepared to fill the gap.

   However, when he saw the person at the gap, Kako, who was still smiling happily, immediately raised her face and ran to the other side.

  There is no other reason, just because the person standing there is Shinjoka, and she doesn't want to hold hands with this scheming girl at all.

   "Good evening, President, Sawamura-san, Kato-san, Himekawa-san." Shinjoka greeted him friendly.

"Um."

  " "Good evening, classmate Shinjo. ""

  “…”

The three members of the    student council also greeted him, but Kako ignored it.

  Before the atmosphere became awkward, Kato Yusuke took the initiative to stand on the right side of Shinjoka, and asked Yingli Li, Megumi, and Kako to line up on his right in order.

  Clap! The wood in the fire crackled.

  The warmth scorched the air, making the surrounding temperature blazing.

  Eri Li stared at the huge fire in front of her and said softly, "It's so hot here."

   Kato Yusuke nodded and replied, "It's in front of the bonfire after all."

   "But..." Megumin said, "The bonfire is a great thing, just staring at it can calm the mind."

   "However, the smell seems to linger on the clothes afterwards."

   Hearing Eiri say this, Shinjoka inserted the topic curiously.

   "Hasn't Sawamura-san participated in this kind of activity before?"

   "...I seldom have this opportunity, and more often I attend evening parties at home, but I have seen the video of folk dance."

   "That's it~ But you only need to hold the president and the vice president. Everyone is holding hands and spinning in circles like this. It's very simple."

   "Well, I see, thank you, classmate Shinjo."

   "No~ I'm also very happy to have the opportunity to dance the folk dance with Sawamura-san."

   "Fake..." Kako murmured softly and took the hand of the student on the right of Megumin.

   When the crowd was almost gathered and no more students planned to join in, Katsuya Nakamura on the periphery pressed the play button of the stereo, and the melodious music started.

  The students in a circle started to hold hands.

   Kato Yusuke also reached out and grabbed the hands of Shinjoka and Eiri.

  Compared to Shinjoka, who took the initiative to run to hold his hand, Eiri, who was held by him, was obviously a little nervous, and the movement of his hand was also very stiff, and it took a while before he dared to slowly shake it back.

  Even so, Yingri didn't dare to look at him, she just lowered her head and stared at the bonfire in front of her, her eyes illuminated by the firelight seemed to have countless flying fireflies.

   A blush crept up to his ears.

  Pali...Pali...The firewood made a slight cracking sound.

   Mars scattered in the air.

   The light from the bonfire wafted, and the shadows of the boys and girls swayed happily.

  …

   (end of this chapter)