Tokyo: My Girlfriend

Chapter 85 You went to see her again?

"Is...is that so!" Haruhi Hina suddenly laughed, quickly wiping away the tears on her face. "So Shinichi is dating Akemi? I didn't know! My sister was thinking...I'm sorry, I was just about to say something like that, I..."

Seeing this forced smile, Kitagawa Shinichi felt even more pain in his heart.

Even though Haruhi Hina tried to appear strong, the tears in her eyes were not as she appeared; they were beyond her control. When she heard those words, the tears just wouldn't stop flowing, no matter how much she wiped them away.

Haruhi Hina's emotions were increasingly collapsing, and her voice became incoherent: "I really didn't know... I'm sorry... I'm sorry, Shin."

Shinichi Kitagawa clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes welled up with tears.

Haruhi Hina stood up, trying to hide somewhere, muttering incoherently, "I'm going to the bedroom to get something... wait a moment..." but her body went to the nearest bathroom instead.

Close the door.

From inside came suppressed sobs and the sound of Haruhi Hina crouching on the floor against the glass door.

Haruhi Hina hid inside, her voice broken by sobs: "I think... I think something's wrong with me! I'm sorry, Shinichi, you should go back first, I won't see you off. I need to be alone for a while, I'm so sorry... I'm really sorry... I have something to do, I got a phone call, you should go back first..."

The louder she cried, the more Kitagawa Shinichi's heart ached.

But now that things have come to this, it's no use saying anything. He can't offer any words of comfort, and as Mingmei's boyfriend, he shouldn't say anything to the teacher.

Shinichi Kitagawa walked towards the door, picked up his umbrella, and prepared to leave, but his gaze kept involuntarily drawn to the bathroom door.

Hina's crying was too peculiar to him, and the place she occupied in his heart was too stubborn, making his heart feel twisted and suffocated.

Grasp the doorknob and turn it.

But after opening the door a crack, Shinichi Kitagawa still turned around.

I put down my umbrella, ran to the bathroom door, and opened it without saying hello. I saw Haruhi Hinata squatting on the floor, crying her eyes out.

He couldn't bear it and hugged her tightly, feeling sorry for her.

Frowning, she said, "Don't do this, Hina, don't do this..."

The unexpected hug finally broke Haruhi Hina's restraint, and she hugged him tightly in return, tears streaming down her face and soaking into Kitagawa Shinichi's short-sleeved collar: "Why...why did this happen...Shinichi, why didn't I know to regret it sooner? I really am an incurable idiot, right? I ruined a perfectly good thing like this."

Shinichi Kitagawa smelled the scent emanating from Haruhi Hina, and the sorrowful aura filled his nostrils.

"Don't say things like that... you'll make me feel bad too..."

Her face was buried in Shinichi Kitagawa's chest, and her whole body was limp.

"Nobuichi..."

When Shinichi Kitagawa left Hina Kasuga's house, his face was already pale, and Hina was crying in his arms.

She spoke intermittently and gradually about her feelings during this period.

Discomfort, pain, torment—even ordinary words couldn't describe the situation at the time. He felt as if his heart was being torn apart, and each word felt like a needle piercing his heart.

I want to hold her forever.

Originally, I wanted to bring happiness to Hina, but instead of achieving that, I became the source of Hina's greatest pain.

Even if he wanted to stay with Hina, even if he wanted to comfort her, he had already decided to date Akemi and give her a future, so Kitagawa Shinichi could not ignore Akemi's pain.

A missed relationship is a missed one; otherwise, it will only hurt more people.

Back home, Kitagawa Rena stood in the entryway, her face cold and accusatory. Barefoot on the steps, she looked down at her brother with an air of arrogance, and had just said, "Shinichi, where did you go at noon? Didn't you promise to spend today with me?!" when she saw Kitagawa Shinichi's pale face and realized something was wrong.

His expression immediately softened, and he quickly went over: "Xinyi, what's wrong?"

Shinichi Kitagawa looked at Rena's gentle voice, hugged her petite body, and the tears that had been streaming down his face when he was facing Hina earlier, unable to bear to amplify Hina's sadness, finally slid down his cheeks.

Rena Kitagawa didn't know what had happened, but she knew what her brother needed most right now.

Without asking any further questions, she simply hugged him back, asking, "Xinyi?"

"Let me hold you for a while..."

Rena Kitagawa didn't refute him, and closed her eyes: "Yes, you can hug me for as long as you want, you can do whatever you want, I will always be with Shinichi, forever."

The next morning, Sunday.

Heaven still granted him its blessing, continuing the rain that had fallen the day before.

Shinichi Kitagawa rarely felt so happy to wake up to a wet sky outside; the feeling of being trapped indoors by the rain brought an indescribable sense of comfort.

Because at least today, at least today, he really just wants to stay home and rest.

Even if he continues to spend time with Akemi tomorrow, Shinichi Kitagawa really isn't in the mood today.

He gets tired too, and can't always be a good boyfriend.

I opened my eyes in bed.

Seeing Kitagawa Rena lying beside him in a thin nightgown, the girl's long silver hair spread out on the bed, her chest completely exposed as she lay on her side.

Two slightly undulating, youthful features.

His cool, clear eyes remained fixed on him: "Xin Yi is awake?"

Kitagawa Shinichi recalled how he had shamelessly cried for a long time while holding Rena yesterday, and then fell asleep in bed without saying anything.

Shinichi Kitagawa could have predicted that Rena would crawl into his bed to keep him company under those circumstances.

It's not the first time anyway.

Rena Kitagawa reached out to wipe away the dried tears from Shinichi Kitagawa's eyes: "Although I don't know what happened, it's easy to imagine that Shinichi must have gone to see Haruna Kasuga yesterday, right? Only that woman could make Shinichi so sad. Akemi Aoki couldn't do something like that."

Shinichi Kitagawa laughed inexplicably; his guess was absolutely accurate.

But then I felt that what he said implied that I was being a bit too much of a jerk.

He clearly believes that Mingmei is his girlfriend.

"Has the rain still not stopped outside?"

Rena Kitagawa hummed in agreement, but feeling that her hands couldn't wipe away the tear stains completely, she sat up and pulled a wet wipe from the bedside table.

She carefully bent down to wipe Kitagawa Shinichi's face, and said coldly, "It's been raining all day, which is a good thing. This way, Shinichi won't have to see Aoki Akemi today. You probably don't want to see her today either, right?"

Shinichi Kitagawa frowned, trying to move Rena's hand away, not wanting her to wipe him anymore.

Rena, however, was not so obedient. She was the only one who wouldn't go along with Shinichi Kitagawa. She clicked her tongue and said, "What? Are you throwing a tantrum because I hit the nail on the head? I'll smooth things over for you. Besides, what's there for Shinichi to pretend in front of me? Shinichi and I are one. Although sometimes I don't completely understand what Shinichi is thinking, I can usually guess it accurately. I don't think even Haruhi Kasuga understands Shinichi as well as I do."

Shinichi Kitagawa stopped resisting and just stared at Rena's beautiful and cute face.

He didn't know whether he needed to refute what the other person said, but he was simply too lazy to argue back.

After wiping herself clean, Kitagawa Rena smiled smugly and said, "Shinichi, can you continue watching TV with me today? Put aside all those messy things for now and just spend time with me, okay? Let's talk about even the most important things tomorrow, take a break."

Shinichi Kitagawa remembered what Hina looked like yesterday, and the heartbreaking scene of Akemi a week ago.

She slowly hummed in agreement and said something seemingly out of the blue: "Rena was so well-behaved today."

The girl retorted, "When have I ever been naughty? Doesn't Shin-yi know that I'm the best little sister in the world? You just don't know how lucky you are."

After saying that, he suddenly kissed Shinichi Kitagawa on the lips.

Shinichi Kitagawa frowned, but Rena Kitagawa didn't seem to care: "I'll make you breakfast. Get up and help me cut some fruit. Don't stay alone! You'll start overthinking."

He turned his head to one side: "Wait a moment, I'll lie down for a bit..."

Rena Kitagawa wasn't in a hurry. After wiping herself, she lay on top of him, placed her hands on his chest, and looked at him, saying, "Want to kiss me again? A French kiss is fine too."

Shinichi Kitagawa closed his eyes helplessly: "Stop joking, Rena. You were just being good for a couple of seconds."

The other party did not reply. Kitagawa Shin opened his eyes a moment later and looked at Rena, who was lying on her side with her eyes closed, nestled in his arms.

As expected, I can't live without Rena...

And she's really cute when she doesn't talk back to me.