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

He was in a daze for a while, then walked over to her and walked side by side with her on the street.

"You're not angry, are you?"

"No."

"Really?"

"Of course, Hanabi knows that was Kai-kun's joke."

"I'm sorry, I won't make jokes like 'I don't like you' anymore."

"Kai-kun is sometimes like a child! He says he doesn't like it, but he actually likes it the most in his heart." Hanabi smiled lightly, walking with the light steps unique to a young girl.

"It's just something I said in anger. I just wanted to see you get all fuming, but I accidentally went too far."

"Kai-kun...is this how you flirt with girls?"

"How can you call it flirting? This is a special method used because you want to see a girl become even cuter."

"That's teasing! Kai-kun loves bullying Hanabi the most."

"Alright, I apologize. Hanabi-chan, what kind of compensation do you want?"

compensate...

Hanabi Hanamaru suddenly puffed out her cheeks as if she had swallowed a mouthful of air, and then quickly spat it out.

"No, I don't need Kai-kun's compensation. Hanabi is lifeless."

Kai Uesugi noticed her rosy cheeks and knew she was shy and embarrassed to say it.

"Okay, I understand." Uesugi Kai smiled faintly.

"Kai-kun," Hanabi Hanabi looked at him with a puzzled expression and a hint of worry, "What does Kai-kun know?"

Kai Uesugi simply smiled at her: "It's nothing."

......

Buying yarn balls and wooden needles for knitting a scarf didn't take long, and Uesugi Kai quickly returned home with Hanabi Hanamaru.

Hanabi Hanabi had just put her things down in the living room when she was about to go to the balcony to check how the clothes she had hung out to dry the night before were suddenly picked up from behind by Kai Uesugi.

"Kai-kun!"

The girl was petite and well-proportioned, so it didn't take much effort for Uesugi Kai to lift her up.

She wore white stockings today, so her thighs felt incredibly smooth to the touch.

Just by holding her in this princess carry for a short while, she curled up in my arms like a little rabbit, her face and gaze wandering off somewhere else.

"Wife~" Uesugi Kai admired her soft and delicate posture and called out to her in a gentle voice.

"Kai-kun...what are you going to do?"

"Hmm? Didn't we agree to play princess games when we got home, Your Highness?"

Hanabi Hanabi immediately covered her face: "Kai-kun, don't call me that..."

"Your Highness, Princess..."

"Ugh..."

Kai Uesugi could even sense her pounding heart from a distance. The girl was still a girl; being called "princess" made her nervous and flustered.

Call her naive or cute, but she's still my wife now.

"Your Highness, we're going to take a bath now."

"Ugh...don't shout like that..."

"Your Highness, Princess."

"Waaah..."

Kai Uesugi carried Hanabi Hanabi into the bedroom, made her sit on the edge of the bed, and then squatted down in front of her.

The girl's white silk stockings were delicate and smooth, with a faint hint of flesh color. Her rounded thighs were plump and fleshy, yet not at all bulky; instead, they appeared even more exquisite and adorable.

"Kai-kun..." Hanabi Hanamaru said shyly, placing a small hand on his head.

"Your Highness, please don't move, just sit." Uesugi Kai held the two small ankles of the girl in his hands.

"Then... what about Kai-kun?"

Hanabi Hanabi blushed with embarrassment at his address, her breath coming in warm gasps, her white-stockinged feet intermittently tightening inwards.

"It's okay, you don't need to worry about me."

"Kai-kun..." Hanabi Hanamaru's shy voice seemed to contain unspoken words.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will continue."

......

The truth is, after playing the princess game, Hanabi Hanamaru was still as virtuous as ever. She blushed as she put on her little dress, and the next moment she was hiding from him to cook.

"call......"

Sometimes, after sex, Uesugi Kai would lie in bed and contemplate life, wondering what happiness was.

What is my pursuit in this life?

If the pursuit is about fireworks, then we're already married... What's the next step in the pursuit?

In the past, Uesugi Kai would lament that human desires were endless, but now... he feels that it's enough to just take care of his current life every day.

There aren't many worries. Every day I can think about what to eat today and what to eat tomorrow, and then at night, I fall asleep holding my beloved wife.

Isn't this the kind of love and happiness that ordinary people pursue?

Kai Uesugi even felt that his life had become almost perfect.

No, I should say that having had the time to get to know Hanabi-chan and being able to marry her peacefully is already perfect.

Are you tired?

No, I'm not tired at all.

The thought of being able to watch over her smiling face rekindled my loving heart.

Kai Uesugi turned over, looked at Shark on the bedside table, then lifted it above his head, using the light coming in from the window to look at Shark's fierce yet comically cute face.

Hanabi is that kind of girl... She can't be fierce even if she wants to; she just makes herself even cuter.

Speaking of ferocity.

Kai Uesugi remembered that dream, where Hanabi Hanabi put down the scarlet blade in her hand, looking dazed and silly.

She stabbed that scumbag Kai-kun, but she was definitely extremely unwilling to face that moment, because soon after she knelt down and hugged another Uesugi Kai, sobbing and crying.

This was definitely not a real memory. Uesugi Kai felt that he was in that dream just as unreal as the Fireworks Queen he met in the Fireworks Kingdom, with a hazy, dreamlike quality.

If the Fireworks Kingdom is the beautiful dream that girls hope to see in their fantasies.

That second dream was a nightmare she absolutely did not want to see.

The black firework most likely originated from this nightmare...

That non-existent Uesugi Kai was too wicked to push even the most ordinary Hanabi to that point.

As Uesugi Kai read this, he heard the sound of stir-frying coming from the living room, and he wanted to go to the bed to check on her.

However, a phone call suddenly interrupted his journey.

Kai Uesugi sat on the edge of the bed, picked up his phone, glanced at the screen, and answered the call:

Totsuka?

The voice on the other end of the phone said, "Yes, it's Uesugi!"

"What's wrong? Why did you call so suddenly?" Uesugi Kai could hear the excitement in his voice.

"Yesterday, did you feel that I was getting closer to Li Hai? It was during the barbecue yesterday."

"Really?" Uesugi Kai didn't feel much of a difference.

Totsuka Katsura was even more excited: "Yes, of course! She even accepted the drink I poured for her."

"..."

Uesugi Kai thought he was in love and thought the other person was interested in him in everything.

I bet this guy didn't get much sleep last night, tossing and turning all night, too excited to sleep.

Why did he know?

Because that's what he experienced.

Kai Uesugi: "You called just to say this?"

Totsuka Katsura: "Of course not. After my father and aunt found out that I had reconnected with Rika, they quickly told me to get back on track with her so that she could come back and see them, instead of being alone outside."

"Well, I called to ask you, if we really get together, are there any things I should pay attention to when dating? Or, how should I pursue a girl?"

Didn't you have a relationship before?

They even called to ask me?

Although Uesugi Kai could understand that he might have lost confidence after being dumped, she thought of a way and tried to suggest to him, "Kohashi... she's probably not against you, but against your family. If you want to get closer to her, try not to mention your father? Let her see you as a friend first, rather than as a brother from a blended family."

"Well..."

A thoughtful voice came from the other end of the phone.

Uesugi Kai waited patiently and soon received his reply.

"Have her treat me as a friend first, not as the brother from her blended family?" Totsuka Katsura repeated, pondering carefully. "Good, good, good! What a brilliant idea! As expected of Sugi Kai, a seasoned player in love! The first one to get married among us liberal arts students! Thanks! I'll go think about the specific steps now!"

Kai Uesugi: "Okay, I'll hang up now."

"Bye-Bye."

"Goodbye."

Looking at the disconnected call on his phone screen, Uesugi Kai sighed inwardly.

Just as Hanabi said, Kobashi really had feelings for him; the way she secretly looked at him practically screamed "I like you" in her eyes.