Tokyo: My Girlfriend

"Shinichi..." Rena Kitagawa, soaked to the bone, finally saw the figure she had been longing for, and joy spread across her face: "Shinichi!"

Kitagawa Shinichi pulled her under the eaves of the hotel, puzzled, "Why are you standing outside when you could just walk in and take shelter from the rain?!"

Rena Kitagawa was chilled by the rain, her eyes fixed on the boy in front of her.

Her reddened eyes seemed to be swollen from crying, with teardrops leaving streaks along the corners of her eyes.

It was impossible to tell whether it was rain or tears.

Shinichi Kitagawa had no interest in listening to her answer anymore. He quickly asked the staff in the lobby for two more bath towels, booked a room for her, and told her to go and change into some dry clothes.

The cold rain might make the girl seriously ill.

Today has been chaotic enough.

The sounds of showering came from the bathroom of the standard room. Rena Kitagawa's pleasant voice came from inside: "Shinichi? I'll be done showering soon. After I'm done, it's your turn to shower. You were soaking wet just now too."

Shinichi Kitagawa took off his coat, took out his phone, and glanced at it. He hadn't realized how late it was.

"I know, you can go ahead and wash."

Why would Rena appear in Tokyo? If she followed me here, how could she know my exact location when we weren't on the same train?

The time difference between the two trams is at least half an hour.

Thinking of this, Kitagawa Shinichi had a bad feeling and groped around in his pockets and nooks and crannies.

Finally, he looked at the shoes he had taken off at the door, walked over, and found the tracking device through a small gap where something might be hidden.

He clenched his fist as he stared at the small black object.

Only after the sound of water in the bathroom stopped, and the silver-haired girl Kitagawa Rena, wearing a bathrobe and slippers, came out of the room, did the sound return: "Shinichi... I'm done showering."

Shinichi Kitagawa sat at the table and turned to look at the beautiful and cute Rena.

Tonight, Rena was not as fierce as usual. Although she was clueless about matters of the heart, she was not completely ignorant of right and wrong.

Shinichi Kitagawa tossed the small object in his hand onto the table, and the soft sound it made as it landed caused Rena Kitagawa's pupils to tremble.

Shinichi Kitagawa demanded, "Why? What are you trying to do by putting this on me?"

"I..." Kitagawa Rena quickly went over to apologize, "No, Shinichi, it's not like that! I just wanted to..."

"Just what? Tell me, I'll listen to whatever you want to say tonight. I'm not in a hurry, and I won't interrupt you."

Rena Kitagawa frowned, tears welling in her eyes: "I just wanted to..."

When Kitagawa Shinichi saw her, she was still the same, always stuck at a certain point at times like this, unable to move forward, or perhaps she herself didn't even know what she was thinking.

Shinichi Kitagawa closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and looked at Rena Kitagawa again:

"If you simply wanted to see Hina, you could have just told me, right? I have no reason to refuse to introduce Hina to you, but by putting something like this on me, even if I force myself not to think about it, the thought of whether you want to do something to Hina keeps popping into my head."

"I really didn't believe it!" Kitagawa Rena didn't know how to explain, grabbing his arm. "I didn't have those thoughts at first, I..." She slowly clenched her fist, as if finding a suitable excuse for herself. "But that woman isn't a good person either, I think you probably already know that, right?"

She looked at Shinichi Kitagawa:

"She's that bastard's adopted daughter now. Back then, she and her mother broke up someone else's family, and now she's trying to steal Xin Yi away. She even pretends to apologize to me. That woman doesn't like you at all. A piece of scum like her..."

She paused mid-sentence when she saw the disappointed look on Kitagawa Shinichi's face.

Shinichi Kitagawa looked at Rena, who shouldn't be like this, and said, "Continue. Tell me what kind of person Hina is in your eyes. Is Hina worse than your father in your heart now?"

Rena Kitagawa hesitated, then suddenly forced a smile, grabbed Shinichi Kitagawa's arm, and gave an irrelevant answer:

"Shinichi, I actually know why you came to Tokyo today. It was to do 'sex' with that woman tonight, right? Just to sleep with her? If you're only sad because you didn't succeed, I can take that woman's place. Wouldn't that make you happy?"

Rena Kitagawa unbuttoned her yukata, revealing her fair, slightly pink shoulders beneath the slipped garment.

Along with the mature yet still somewhat immature body, it was also laid out before me.

Rena Kitagawa blushed shyly: "As long as it's Shinichi, you can do whatever you want to me, I'll cooperate with you."

She bent down, put her arms around her neck, and slowly kissed Shinichi Kitagawa's lips.

A soft touch brushed against Shinichi Kitagawa's lips.

The next second, she was pushed away by Shinichi Kitagawa, who stared at her in shock.

This scene was nothing like the one on the beach back then. This time, even Rena herself didn't feel the subtle happiness that came with the kiss.

Only his eyes revealed sadness.

Shinichi Kitagawa scrutinized Rena Kitagawa's heartbroken expression, and after having some idea, he stood up and pulled her back into his arms.

Holding her hand and wrapping his arms around her waist, he took the initiative to kiss Kitagawa Rena's lips.

Startled, Rena Kitagawa blushed and was at a loss as she felt the touch on her lips. She closed her eyes and kissed Shinichi Kitagawa.

Her hand unconsciously reached inside Shinichi Kitagawa's clothes.

As they kissed, they fell onto the bed, and tears streamed uncontrollably down Kitagawa Rena's face as she closed her eyes tightly.

The trembling, fearful look on his face made Shinichi Kitagawa frown, recalling the last words Kyoko Tamura had said to him.

Ask the silver-haired girl lying on her back on the bed:

"Is this what Rena meant when she said I could do whatever I wanted to you? Even Rena, who is usually cold and fearless, is now this scared? Her body is trembling with fear."

Shinichi Kitagawa asked, "Rena, how do you feel about me? Do you see me as a brother, or do you see me as someone you simply have a romantic relationship with? Can you say it out loud?"

Rena Kitagawa slowly opened her eyes, her once clear and cold pupils now filled with hot tears, and she was completely at a loss.

It was clearly impossible to answer Shinichi Kitagawa's question.

Shinichi Kitagawa added a powerful dose of stimulant: "Even if I told you right now that if you could tell me you truly like me, I would be with you right now, and we could officially date, you still wouldn't be able to say it, would you?"

The sudden words made Kitagawa Rena's red lips part. She really wanted to answer, but for some reason, the words just got stuck in her throat and she couldn't say them.

Only tears kept streaming down my face, as if I were scolding myself for being so useless and confused.

Kitagawa Shinichi sat up straight, looking at her with heartache, and gently reached out his hand, saying, "Okay, let your brother give you a hug."

Rena Kitagawa immediately threw herself into Shinichi Kitagawa's arms, sobbing uncontrollably and crying her heart out.

Shinichi Kitagawa gently patted her back and stroked her head to comfort her.

"It's okay, Rena. I don't mean to blame you. I know what happened today was too sudden for you, and you weren't prepared. But never become the kind of person you hate, otherwise some things can't be changed once they're done."

"I'm sorry, Shin-il... I won't do it again, and... I'm sorry..."

Shinichi Kitagawa understood that one of the two apologies was for the tracking device, and the other was for Hina. Even though he knew that Hina had nothing to do with these things, jealousy still made him put all the blame on Hina.

There was even a moment when she hated Hina more than she hated her own father, but thankfully she realized that this was wrong.

Perhaps because she had been crying, the girl slept well that night, a rare occurrence, falling asleep in Shinichi Kitagawa's arms.

When she woke up the next morning, Kitagawa Shinichi got up and asked her if she wanted to know about her father, saying he would tell her everything.

Rena Kitagawa shook her head: "Actually, I really don't care at all how that man is doing now. He and I have had nothing to do with each other since the day my mother passed away. I only care about Shinichi..."

Shinichi Kitagawa smiled and ruffled her hair: "Go wash up and take the train. I believe Rena will grow up quickly; I already have a feeling it."

Rena Kitagawa lay on the bed in a duck-like position, her long, silvery-white hair falling irregularly across her chest and back. Remembering the kiss from the previous night, she couldn't help but ask Shin Kitagawa as he got up to put on his coat:

"If one day I can tell Shinichi how I feel, will what Shinichi said last night still stand?"

Kitagawa Shinichi was slightly taken aback. He turned around and stared at the blush on the girl's cheeks, but Hina's gentle face appeared in his mind's eye.

He paused, then smiled and said, "Rena is my younger sister."

"Mmm." Rena said happily, "I know, brother will never break his promise to his sister. Rena has always remembered what he said in the letter, brother~"