My love index is at its maximum.

The tall branches of the ginkgo tree stretched out above the blonde girl's head.

When the wind blows, that youthful and beautiful body is buried among the fluttering golden leaves.

It's like a perfect scene embedded in a painting.

"Xiaowei, try some pudding." Tsukasa Tazaki picked up a large piece of cherry pudding with a fork and brought it directly to her lips.

Qichuan Yui glanced at it and immediately frowned: "Did you deliberately cut it so big?"

“Yeah.” Tsukasa Tazaki stuffed it directly into her mouth.

"Well……"

Besides having her mouth stuffed full, her soft, cherry-colored lips were also covered in cream.

Her alluring appearance is simply breathtaking.

"..." Qichuan Yui glared at him fiercely, swallowing the pudding with force as she cursed, "This is infuriating. What's going on in your head all the time?"

"Of course, it's about how to drag you down with me."

Tsukasa Tazaki pulled her to sit down, and the two of them ate the whole lobster together.

Afterwards, we sat shoulder to shoulder, eating cherry pudding together. The cream on top of the pudding tasted like it was made with freshly squeezed milk; it was incredibly delicious.

On the lawn in front of us, four women were sitting around a table, whispering to each other and glancing over every now and then.

"Guess what they're saying?" Tsukasa Tazaki asked.

"It's probably gossip between you and me," said Yui Kichikawa, gazing at the drifting clouds in the sky.

"Don't you think the scene is quite beautiful?"

"Where is it beautiful?"

“Look at those four women, they seem to be forming a realistic painting, perhaps we could call it ‘Women Sharing Gossip’.”

"You're so boring!"

"Aren't you the same? Don't you think you've been talking so little today?"

"Busy preparing for the sports festival."

"It's not that I want to attend this kind of banquet."

Yui Kichikawa retorted, "Aren't you the same?"

Tsukasa Tazaki nodded.

A brief silence lingered between the two.

But only for a short time. Then, he gently brushed her bangs up with his fingers, gazing into her blue eyes as if trying to see into the blonde girl's heart.

White cream clung to the corners of her cherry-colored lips.

Yui Kawakawa looked at him.

She roughly understood what he wanted to do, and her cheeks felt slightly hot.

"As compensation for my boring afternoon, I hope Yui won't resist?" Tsukasa Tazaki said with a smile, then lifted her chin and gently kissed her lips, licking away the cream.

The cream was sweet, but not as sweet as a young girl's lips.

Tsukasa Tazaki laughed.

Qichuan Wei narrowed his eyes, and a cute figure was reflected in his pupils. It was his own image, just like a girl in love, a little passionate.

I'd do anything to cool down her enthusiasm, so what should I do? I need to think of something quickly...

of course.

Before he could come up with a solution, his thoughts were interrupted by Tsukasa Tazaki.

He suddenly pulled Yui Kichikawa into his arms, rubbing his cheek against hers: "All the gloom of the afternoon has vanished."

His hand rested on the girl's waist, and involuntarily, a powerful and warm sensation spread from her waist throughout her entire body.

Yui Kisakawa couldn't help but laugh.

While laughing, she was also thinking, "No, I can't do this. There are so many people watching. In front of everyone, I can't be hugged by a boy and still be laughing so happily."

"What are you thinking about right now?" Tsukasa Tazaki asked.

"I think about a lot of things."

"What's the main one?"

"With a different feeling, a different passion," Yui Kichikawa's eyes narrowed slightly as she looked up at the men and women at the banquet, "looking at the same scenery."

"It's quite nice to reaffirm our feelings for each other in this way."

"affection?"

"Of course." Tsukasa Tazaki cupped her cheeks and examined her carefully.

His eyes shone brightly, and a gentle smile graced his lips.

“Xiao Wei,” he murmured, then held up a finger to her cheek: “You’re sweating.”

"A little hot……"

"Xiaowei's nose is so soft."

Why are you touching my nose...?

Kikawa Yui tried hard to swallow her smile and turned her face away to prevent his hands from touching her.

Tsukasa Tazaki smiled, narrowed his eyes, and whispered in her ear, "Like a cat's nose."

"If you're free, go and entertain the guests!" Kikawa Yui turned around and glared at him with a look of utter helplessness.

"Xiaowei, have you received any special radio waves?"

"Radio waves?"

"Yes, it was emitted from my eyes."

"..."

Fed up!

Yui Kisakawa reached out, intending to push that annoying face away.

But when he touched Tsukasa Tazaki's cheek, the force in his hand suddenly lessened, and in the end he only lightly touched the tip of Tazaki's nose before gently pulling back.

"I don't mind touching it a little longer."

"..."

Yui Kikawa stared blankly at Tsukasa Tazaki.

She saw her reflection in his clear eyes, and perhaps because of her blushing, she looked more alluring and adorable than usual, like an incredible little animal.

"Hey, Xiaowei."

"what?"

"I felt the warmth of your fingertips when you touched my nose just now, and that feeling is still lingering. So, won't you touch it again?"

Qichuan Wei subconsciously reached out and covered his nose tip as if to envelop it.

My palms were warm and damp from his breath.

“It feels so good,” Tsukasa Tazaki said. “It’s like when I was a child, and a beautiful older woman I didn’t know touched my head or picked me up and kissed my cheek. It’s a feeling that’s a mix of shyness and pride, a sweet and boundless joy.”

Why would you think that way?

"I'm not quite sure. The most reasonable explanation is probably that I've known you the longest and feel the closest to you."

"That's ridiculous. It's just your wishful thinking. I haven't known you for very long..."

"How about Xiaowei kisses me to get a feel for it?"

"...Don't push your luck!"

"Let's give it a try." Tazaki Tsukasa suddenly reached out and put his arm around her waist, bringing his face close to hers. "I've gone to so much trouble flirting with you, wouldn't it make me look stupid if I didn't try?"

"flirt?"

Qichuan was somewhat dumbfounded.

“What I just said is true,” Tsukasa Tazaki said, stroking her lips with his fingers. “When dealing with a tsundere, you should be direct. Going around in circles is too tiring, don’t you think?”

Yui Kichikawa averted her gaze: "I don't want to!"

"Then I'll go back."

"No!" Kikawa Yui instinctively turned around and grabbed his arm.

Tazaki Tsukasa looked at her with amusement, his eyes gentle and deep, but this gentleness didn't last more than a few seconds before he seemed unable to hold back his laughter: "If you're so reluctant, can't you just show it directly?"

Kikawa Yui felt a bit fooled by him, and her expression became even more stiff.

"Remember when I said this family has everything, but there's no one I like?"

Tazaki Tsukasa smiled, his eyes, framed by long eyelashes, fixed on her. "However, more than half a year has passed, and my thoughts now are quite different from those back then. Once a person's thoughts change, their perspective on problems will also change. Things that were important before are no longer important, while things that were boring have become precious."

"I……"

After hesitating for a long time, Qichuan Yui took a deep breath as if she had made up her mind, cupped his face in her hands, and kissed him.

Gently, like a butterfly alighting on a petal, an unintentional kiss.

"Not bad." Tsukasa Tazaki nodded, picked up the cherry pudding next to him, and took a bite.

Then, he quickly turned around, put his arm around Qichuan Yui's back, pulled her close to him, pressed their lips together, and fed her a whole mouthful of cream pudding.

"Um?!"

The blonde girl's eyes widened instantly.

Caught off guard by being fed like this, she was momentarily startled.

"What are you doing!" she said angrily, wiping the liquid from the corner of her mouth. "Who gave you permission to take advantage of me like this?"

"I can't bear to eat this delicious cherry pudding all by myself." Tsukasa Tazaki said without any guilt, picking up the pudding again. "I just wanted to share half with you because my older brother is so good to me."

"To! Saki! Tsukasa!"