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

Rika Kyuu: "Actually, Hanabi, you're just too soft-hearted... If it were me, I wouldn't be able to stay calm for a month, but Hanabi, it's only been two days... and you're already forgiving him..."

Ayaka Rie nodded in agreement: "She's too soft-hearted. As a girl, she should have her own place in life. Otherwise, the marriage will be one-sided, which is unhealthy."

......

Listening to their words, Hanabi Hanabu thought a lot.

She raised her face.

"Then... I won't take the initiative to contact Kai-kun...?"

Kitagawa Sakakisa came over and hugged her hand, smiling as she said, "Don't worry, he will definitely come to apologize. Hanabi, you just need to treat him normally."

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After leaving the classroom, Kai Uesugi went to the dance club and successfully registered for the year-end event co-organized with Waseda University.

"You're the first boy to volunteer," the vice president of the dance club, who was in charge of taking notes, adjusted his glasses.

Kai Uesugi: "Is this event really that short-staffed?"

Vice President Murata pressed his thumb against a ballpoint pen: "We don't lack girls, we lack boys. My school already has more girls than boys, and just thinking about it, you can understand that there aren't many boys who can do dancing."

That's true.

It's like a gaming club.

In anime, for the sake of plot development, there are definitely more girls.

But what about in reality? Gaming clubs are definitely full of guys huddled together playing games like visual novels, Halo, Monster Hunter, Resident Evil...

Indeed, some girls do play these games, but... how many?

After all, the games that girls play are generally very different from those that boys play.

Moreover, Japan is a society that values ​​atmosphere, and being unconventional means it's difficult to integrate into any group.

The atmosphere in college is generally less intense than in high school, but if there are only one or two boys standing among a group of girls, it's hard not to attract attention and curiosity.

Vice President Murata put down his pen and glanced at Uesugi Kai, who had finished filling out the report: "Uesugi...right? I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before..."

He stared at the name, frowning as he thought about it carefully.

"That's right!"

He seemed to remember something and looked up at Kai Uesugi.

"So you're the guy who transferred here temporarily because of connections?"

"...?"

What a load of nonsense.

Kai Uesugi: "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

“No problem.” Murata nodded, looking him up and down with curiosity, like a zookeeper admiring a rare animal.

"Hey, what's with that look you're giving me?"

Murata rested his elbows on the table: "I just wanted to satisfy my curiosity. After all, your marriage is all over the news among the guys."

"Marriage? That's my private matter, isn't it? Besides... so what?"

"Ahem... Hanamaru is a famous beauty at our school, and her work is of a high standard that is well-regarded by professors... and that's in the professional field."

"In the illustration world... she is already a famous master. I don't know if you have paid attention to the recent light novels. The cover illustrations by Hanamaru-sensei made the sales of that work double at the highest point in the history of that light novel."

"Tenkai Seven Bright Moons?" Uesugi Kai recalled the work that Hanabi had previously been in charge of.

"Yes, that's the role."

So what?

“I just want to tell you… the way people look at you… you know? It’s that ‘this is the guy!’ look.”

Kai Uesugi: "......"

He probably meant to describe the look of hatred fans have towards their idol's husband.

It's similar to how fans didn't like Gen Hoshino after Yui Aragaki got married.

Murata crossed his arms, pressed them against his forehead, and said with his eyes closed, "As one of only two boys in our club, I think it's necessary to stand on your side."

Kai Uesugi thought this guy was inexplicable.

Let them watch, it doesn't matter how much they hate you.

"At the last anime convention... Hanamaru's maid outfit that circulated online became widely known in the otaku community, and some people even discovered that she is a student at Tokyo University of the Arts."

"Isn't this an invasion of privacy?" Uesugi Kai looked at him with a different expression.

Kai Uesugi still remembers Hanabi in her maid outfit.

I was the one who made her wear it at the anime convention; it was her first time...

And now... it's actually become a hit online?

"It wasn't me who did it! It was those people online... cough cough, I just happened to know about it."

Strange guy...

After leaving the club, Uesugi Kai decided to stop thinking about those miscellaneous things.

Given how adorable Hanabi is, the wedding ring itself adds to her charm; it would be a shame if no one liked her.

The fact that her maid outfit had circulated online displeased Uesugi Kai...

After leaving the school, Uesugi Kai went to a coffee shop.

He had asked the store manager for leave the previous week.

If I don't come soon, I'll really be letting myself down with my monthly salary of hundreds of thousands of yen.

"Good afternoon, Uesugi-kun."

"Ah, good afternoon."

Kai Uesugi greeted Rimi Kohashi and returned to her workstation.

Akane Rina, holding a cat, walked over and asked, "Uesugi, what have you been up to all week?"

"I need to get some basic drawing lessons. If I don't, I'll fail the final exam."

"And the results?"

"It's alright." Uesugi Kai bowed slightly as he greeted the newly arrived guest.

After making her a cup of coffee, Akae Rina asked, "Hanayu came yesterday, why didn't you?"

"Hanabi came yesterday...?" Uesugi Kai was taken aback. Hanabi came to the coffee shop yesterday?

Didn't she not want to see me? Coffee shops are the easiest place to bump into each other.

“Yeah, she even asked me if Uesugi didn’t come today.” Akane Rina hugged the cat and teased it as it kept reaching out its paws.

###Chapter 508 The Hustle and Bustle of Tokyo###

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

Kai Uesugi stood behind the bar in the coffee shop, stroking the blue cat named Coco in his hand.

"You've gained weight recently."

"Meow~" Coco squinted her eyes and rubbed her fluffy head against his palm.

Kai Uesugi stared at the fat cat in his arms:

"Coco, tell me, what's it like to be a cat?"

"Meow~"

"So you're moving towards that goal?"

Coco suddenly jumped out of his arms and stood on the bar counter next to a potted cactus: "Meow!"

"Me? I'm fine."

"Meow"

"Meow~ Meow~~ Meow!"

Kai Uesugi ignored Coco in front of him, because he saw Hanabi Hanabi walk in from the store entrance. The girl pushed open the door, causing the quiet wind chimes on the door to ring, and was politely greeting her colleagues in the store.

"Meow meow!"

Kai Uesugi pushed Coco aside with one hand, watched as Hanabi Hanabi greeted him, and then came to stand in front of him.

She raised her little face and looked at herself.

"Fireworks...I..."

"Good afternoon, Kai-kun." Hanabi Hanamaru's face was radiant with a smile as bright as the sun.

"good afternoon..."

It was this smile, which seemed to warm people's hearts, that made Uesugi Kai feel guilty towards her.

Even if you have your reasons, you've still made a mistake.

Just thinking about how Hanabi-chan had carefully prepared a room full of surprises, only to spend the whole night alone, made his heart feel like it was being stung by bees.

Hanabi Hanabi saw the look in his eyes and smiled with her hands behind her back: "It seems that Kai-kun knows he was wrong. In that case, Hanabi doesn't need to worry anymore."

After spending so many days together, Uesugi Kai has come to realize that the "fireworks" she is referring to now are another version of herself.

"I'll let you in on a little secret, Kai-kun. Hanabi is planning to bring up the idea of ​​making up with you first," Hanabi whispered to him with a smile, covering half of her mouth with her left hand.

Kai Uesugi understood that Hanabi was that kind of girl...

Even if he disappointed her, she could still swallow her anger.

"It's my fault. You shouldn't have been the one to come to me first—"

"Does Kai-kun expect Hanabi to do that?"

Kai Uesugi silently gazed at her: "I hope so... and I don't hope so."