Living in Tokyo, all I want to do is laze around.

Not to mention high-carbohydrate foods like toast, French fries, and fried potatoes.

The chilies here in the UK aren't spicy at all, and I don't like them at all.

As compensation, I can only feed her more sweets and milk to satisfy the happiness in her little head.

However, the result of doing so was that I gained some weight around my stomach.

......

Uesugi Neko voluntarily transformed back into Uesugi Kai.

He lifted the covers and lay down in the girl's bed.

Her body pressed close to his, radiating softness and warmth.

Kai Uesugi pulled her small arm so she could hug him and they could share the same blanket.

This temperature, this feeling, this delicacy, this sweetness.

The feeling of hugging a soft, sweet girl to sleep is incomparable to the feeling of that shark in Tokyo a few days ago.

Kai Uesugi stood very close, even bringing his nose close to the girl's neck to carefully inhale.

The sweet, glutinous aroma of the little firework fills the nasal cavity and triggers dopamine secretion in the brain.

She was still fast asleep, completely unaware of his presence.

She even used her little hands to hug his back even tighter.

Kai Uesugi embraced her, his right hand flowing down her waistline, the soft touch of her pink skin emanating from his palm.

"Kai...Kai-kun...?" Hanabi Hanamaru, who was being held, had woken up at some point. Through the slivers of moonlight streaming through the window from behind the clouds, she saw the tightly closed door.

"Kai, why are you here...?"

"Aren't you welcome?"

"N-no..." the shy girl replied. Perhaps it was a habit formed from childhood dependence, but she really liked the feeling of him holding her.

"In that case, go to sleep peacefully."

"But... how did Kai-kun get in...?"

"window."

"The window?"

The fireworks area is on the second floor, and there's a balcony outside for afternoon tea. If the doors and windows aren't locked properly, someone might actually sneak in.

“Yes,” Kai Uesugi said, lying in the girl’s bed, “so remember to close the windows at night.”

Hanabi Hanamaru felt a little embarrassed to look at the face of the person next to her.

"If Kai-kun wants to live with Hanabi, that's fine too..."

"Aren't you afraid your sister will see?"

"Yuuki...she probably won't say anything..."

Kai Uesugi: "It's okay. It's nice to spend time together like this occasionally. Maybe distance makes the heart grow fonder. During the time you were away, I often looked at the ceiling and thought of you when I slept alone."

"Hanabi usually messages Kai-kun, but I hope that doesn't bother him...?"

“No,” Kai Uesugi said with a smile, “I miss Hanabi, who used to text me every few minutes.”

"Won't it be annoying...? Hanabi really wants to talk to Kai-kun because she always feels uneasy... but she's afraid of bothering him."

"So you stopped texting me so often after that?" Uesugi Kai continued her sentence.

"Um......"

“Every message is a manifestation of Hanabi’s love. I always smile when I see you asking me where I am.”

Hanabi Hanabu buried her head in his chest, listening to his heartbeat:

"But Hanabi has recently felt that... Kai-kun is being a bit distant from her... Did Hanabi do something wrong? If Kai-kun tells her, she will definitely try to correct it."

"No, I was just thinking about something,"

Kai Uesugi hugged her head, which was buried in his chest, and said, "I don't know how to face you until I've thought it through. After all, it's extremely selfish of me to ask you to come here and then suddenly ask you to go back."

Hanabi Hanabi left his chest and sat on the bed. The pink halter top that had slipped off the girl's shoulders was outlined beautifully and delicately by the moonlight outside the window.

"Fireworks?" Uesugi Kai looked at her small face. The light was dim, but he could still clearly see her well-defined collarbone.

"In Hanabi's eyes... Kai-kun has become more important than Hanabi herself..."

Uesugi Kai propped himself up with his hands. "There's no need for that. And don't say that Kai-kun is more important than you. Hanabi is better off being Hanabi herself."

Hanabi Hanamaru said, "Hanabi knows and understands what Kai-kun means, but that's how it is in Hanabi's eyes. Kai-kun is a very, very, very important person."

The cold moonlight spoke of gentleness, its soft rays shimmering like silver dust around the girl.

Kai Uesugi didn't know how to describe the feeling, but it was as if the girl had a beautiful light that was attracting him.

It made him speak subconsciously:

What is Hanabi's dream?

Hanabi Hanamaru smiled gently and said, "Before I was three years old, I didn't have a dream. After I turned three, I did."

Hanabi Hanamaru smiled gently and said, "Before I was three years old, I didn't have a dream. After I turned three, I did."

Hanabi Hanamaru smiled gently and said, "Before I was three years old, I didn't have a dream. After I turned three, I did."

Hanabi Hanamaru smiled gently and said, "Before I was three years old, I didn't have a dream. After I turned three, I did."

Hanabi Hanamaru smiled gently and said, "Before I was three years old, I didn't have a dream. After I turned three, I did."

###Chapter 233 Uesugi and Hanabi###

The next morning, sunlight filled the room, and occasionally you could see your own pigeons flying by outside the window.

Kai Uesugi gently rubbed Hanabi Hanabi's tummy with his hand.

"feel better now?"

"Hmm... I feel a little better..."

The girl's belly was chubby, which made the swirling scraping motion feel more comfortable.

"Then we can't have coffee today."

Why?

Hanabi Hanamaru felt his hand gently caressing her belly, and a comforting warmth quietly arose in her slightly aching lower abdomen.

"Coffee is refreshing and promotes blood circulation, so drinking a little is fine, but I'm afraid you'll have a major hemorrhage if you drink too much."

Massive, massive bleeding...

Kai Uesugi spoke casually, but Hanabi Hanamaru, being a girl, was incredibly shy.

She pushed his body away with her two paws, which were like those of a kitten.

"Not going to rub anymore?"

"No, I won't knead anymore..."

Uesugi Kai was a little unsatisfied; the feeling of her stomach sinking into the girl's belly was as smooth as morning milk, very comfortable.

"棣...棣君...?"

The reason Hanamaru Hanabi shouted out was naturally because his hand had once again slipped inside her thin clothes.

“You’ve gained weight recently,” Uesugi Kai said, touching her soft, warm belly.

Hanamaru Hanabi, her face flushed with heat, immediately froze for a moment:

Have you gained weight?

"Hmm, have you weighed yourself recently? I estimate you've gained about five pounds."

Japan rarely uses "jin" as a unit of measurement; grams or kilograms are generally used instead.

Upon hearing the word "fat," Hanabi Hanamaru, who was already feeling anxious, misunderstood and thought she had suddenly gained five kilograms.

"No, no!!"

"what happened?"

Kai Uesugi saw her sit up quickly from the bed, the straps of her bra slipping down her arms, looking messy.

"Kai-kun can no longer feed Hanabi."

"Afraid of gaining weight?" Uesugi Kai said nonchalantly, "But I didn't feed you much more."

"French fries, fried chicken legs, pizza, apple pie, chocolate mousse, butter toast, and cupcakes." Hanamaru Hanabi counted on her fingers the things he had fed her in the past few days.

Kai Uesugi smiled. "Pretty plentiful, isn't it?"

"They're all high in calories!"

"But I saw that Hanabi was enjoying her meal very much, wasn't she?"

Hanabi Hanamaru was too embarrassed to say that he fed her, so she couldn't very well refuse.

Of course, there's also the reason that he kept tempting her.

"It's...it's all Kai-kun's fault..."

"This firework is dishonest; it clearly can't control its mouth."

Hanabi Hanabi rubbed her belly and muttered, "Before Kai-kun came... I didn't have all this extra weight..."

In the morning light, the girl's appearance as she just woke up was even more captivating.

Perhaps captivated by Hanamaru Hanabi's charm, Uesugi Kai propped himself up from the bed, placed his hands on the girl's bare shoulders, and pressed her head down onto the pillow.

The bright sunlight streaming in from the head of the bed illuminated the girl's sparkling, violet eyes, making them shine brilliantly.

"Kai-kun...?"

Kai Uesugi leaned down and whispered in her ear, "It's okay, she's just gotten a little chubby, Hanabi is still very healthy."

Kai Uesugi propped himself up again, placing his hands on either side of her.