Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

Seeing that she was staring at him, Ritsu Narose finally gave up the idea of ​​leaving.

Half an hour later, Ritsu Narose and the girl were walking one after the other in a narrow alley.

Gradual dark marks appeared on the off-white walls, like an unfinished ink painting. The aged stone bricks were covered with moss, and small, nameless grasses sprouted from the cracks between the bricks.

The shadows of the houses on both sides make this place particularly cool. Walking away from here, the cement road outside gives people a feeling of sudden openness.

When they reached the foot of a residential building, Kaname Rakuna suddenly stopped and looked back at Naruse Ritsu, who had been following her. Without saying a word, she raised her hand and pointed to the balcony above the garage, as if introducing her home to him.

Knowing that they had reached their destination, Ritsu Narose did not rush up, but was particularly careful.

"Are Lenai's parents home?"

"No."

After a few seconds of silence, he asked again, "Where's Ms. Tsuzuki? Lenna's grandmother should be home, right?"

"Not here either."

So, then I feel relieved... Can I really feel relieved?

According to Ritsu Naruse, people who keep cats at home usually install surveillance cameras at home so that they can observe their cats' every move when they are not at home.

At this time, if they saw Lenai leading a man into the house alone...

hiss--

"I'm sorry to bother visiting today... I think it would be best for Lenai to call and talk to her family."

Ritsu Narose didn't want to be blocked by Ms. Tsuzuki while drinking coffee at RING, so she thought it would be better to inform her in advance.

She took out her cell phone from her pocket and asked Lenai to put the item, which still had her body temperature, in Ritsu Narose's hand.

He glanced down, then up at the girl before him, who looked as if she was taking it for granted. Naruse Ritsu was silent for a moment, then opened his password-free phone and selected a number he knew from the few available on the contact screen.

Just as she was about to press the green dial button, Ritsu Narose suddenly stopped.

A question occurred to him.

——Why is he so cautious?

A man of integrity has nothing to fear. He is not a pervert who would get excited by little girls, nor does he intend to take the opportunity to do anything shameless or morally corrupt - on this point, he is even willing to swear on the condition that he will "never be able to enjoy facial cleanser again in his life."

After all, why would he presuppose that scenario?

Suspecting that he had fallen into a self-proving trap and feeling that his personality had been slandered, Ritsu Narose narrowed his eyes and handed the phone back to Rana Kaname in a very tough manner.

It was unclear why Ritsu Narose suddenly changed her mind. She asked Lenae to put her phone back into the back pocket of her shorts and took Ritsu Narose into the home where she lived with her grandmother.

With the creaking sound of the door turning in the corridor, Yao Lenai pushed open the door and welcomed the guest into the entrance hall.

It was still early, and the scorching summer sun streamed in from the balcony, illuminating the modest house. After a quick inspection of the house, Ritsu Narushe discovered that only two people seemed to have lived there.

Yaoi took off her black Martin boots and put them aside. Her small feet, still emitting heat and wrapped in white socks, stepped on the wooden floor. Her legs with beautiful lines reflected a healthy pink color in the sunlight.

Standing in the open kitchen of Kaname Rakuna's house, Ritsu Narose poured cat grass seeds into a bottle of mineral water to soak them.

After asking Lenai to put her suitcase back in the room, he waved to the kitten again and asked her to come over for budding training.

After explaining the details, Naruse Ritsu looked at the girl beside him who was looking down in a daze and said, "Did Lenai understand?"

She looked up in response and blinked in confusion.

Sighing, Ritsu Narose was about to repeat it again, but he saw Kaname Rakuna suddenly squat down and open the cabinet under the stove.

Flour, eggs, sugar...

Seeing that the table was almost full, Naruse Ritsu had to stop her: "Cat Grass doesn't eat these."

"I want to make a cake." Turning his head to look at the seed sleeping quietly in the water, Lenai said seriously.

Standing there in a daze, Ritsu Narose pondered for a moment and finally realized the truth.

Was he... being tricked by Yaonai?

Suddenly, a cloud of flour floated over from the side. Looking at Lenai trying hard to raise her arm to pour the flour into the bowl, he sighed slowly.

Now that we're here, there's nothing we can do...

……

Standing in front of the oven, Kaname watched the cake gradually take shape inside. The sound of running water could be heard nearby—that was Ritsu Narose cleaning the container holding the cake batter.

Realizing that it seemed inappropriate for her to stand there all the time, she took out the plastic knife and fork left over from her previous efforts to finish the birthday cake and placed them on the table.

After a few minutes, she sat at the square table with her cutlery and watched Ritsu Narose bring the fragrant green cake to the table.

"Has Lenai ever made cakes at home before?"

"Ah."

Lying on the table, she stared at the cake in front of her that she and Ritsu Narushe had made together, and responded happily.

Ever since the birthday cake she made for her grandmother was well received that day, she often makes matcha cake at home.

Until her grandmother, who had eaten it for dinner for several days in a row, restricted her activities and ordered her to make it only once a week - and she had to eat everything she made.

I have made matcha cake many times.

But today is the first time.

It was completely different from the first time I learned to bake a cake at Ritsu Narose's house, and it was also different from when I secretly baked a cake at home alone. Even though there was only one more person standing beside me, the aroma of the cake became different.

——"Le Nai doesn't want to eat?"

Ritsu Narose's words came from the kitchen. Meeting his gaze, Rakuna gently bit the plastic fork in her hand that had not yet been stained with matcha cake and pointed to the empty seat next to her.

Seeing Ritsu Narose walking towards them with a confused look on her face, she cut the cake into two halves with a cake knife and placed them on different plates.

——"Can't eat anymore?"

The slightly raised corners of his mouth suddenly dropped, and he picked up the cake with a fork and held it up as if in protest, then bit off half of it in one bite, as if to prove that he had a good appetite.

Her cheeks were puffed up, and she showed a satisfied expression when she saw Ritsu Narose finally put his piece of cake into his mouth.

Sitting next to Kaname Rakuna, Ritsu Narushe struggled to control the cake fork which was too small for him.

In order to prevent it from breaking, he had to cut the cake into small pieces before putting them into his mouth.

This action, which was like carving patterns on rice grains, inevitably caused him to get the cream on the surface of the cake.

Just as he was about to take out a tissue from his pocket to wipe it, a wet and warm feeling suddenly wrapped around his fingertips.

The cat sitting next to him devoured the cake in front of him and then set its eyes on the conspicuous piece of white cream.

She naturally moved closer to Ritsu Narose and opened her mouth to bite him.

The tip of her small and smooth tongue gently licked the tip of his finger, and at the same time she could feel the teeth biting on it with a little force, as if to prove their existence.

The breath with body temperature hit his hand, as if telling him that as long as he reached out, he could hold this cute and affectionate cat in his arms.

Ritsu Narose fell into a daze. When he realized that this extremely long moment in his senses had finally ended, he pressed his scattered consciousness back into his body.

The innocent and happy smile like a child was replaced by another expression. A transparent thread was built between him and Kaname Rakuna, adding a touch of sensationalism to the originally ordinary atmosphere.

She raised her face, and the heterochromatic eyes beneath her fine white hair gave people the illusion of being wet, as if telling of her equally restless heart at the moment.

"good to eat."

As if she was making up for something, she maintained her usual expression and suddenly spoke to Ritsu Narose.

Without saying a word, Ritsu Narose just took out the tissue that arrived a little late and wiped the transparent liquid left on the surface of her index finger.

He suddenly realized that he was so close to Kaname that it made him feel guilty.

Coupled with her most likely unintentional behavior just now, a feeling of uneasiness and shame gradually grew in Mingse Riku's heart.

It's a bit shameful to say it, but when he saw Kaname Rakuna leaning over and lying in front of him, he really felt some kind of indescribable desire.

The girl's youthfulness hasn't faded, yet a cat-like charm is quietly emerging. These two contradictory yet coexisting styles constitute her still-developing body and mind, making her like a pure white canvas, waiting for another to use all kinds of desire as paint to paint on her surface.

He no longer waited patiently, finished the cake in front of him in a few bites, and then said goodbye and left.

This time, Kaname didn't try to stop him like before.

Standing at the door, Ritsu Narose turned around and looked at Rakuna Kaname who was sitting on the chair.

He said nothing, simply waved goodbye. When he walked out onto the street, he saw another petite figure leaning out from the balcony, waving back at him with the same gesture...

……

Looking out the window, it's already night.

The distant chirping of cicadas could be heard nearby, and the street lamps emitted a cold yellow light.

The streets now are like another world compared to during the day.

Kaname stood on the edge of the balcony, looking out through the glass door. A gust of night wind whistled down the street, and she shivered as she stood in the room, feeling the wind blow against her face.

Something seemed to go wrong with the live performance that night. Grandma had not yet returned home, and there was only her and the guitar in the empty house.

She had cleaned up all traces of the matcha cake, leaving only a bottle of mineral water soaked in seeds as a hint of what had happened here before.

The living room was empty, with no one sitting on the chair, and silence filled the small space.

He walked to the sofa and asked Lenai to pick up the guitar and put it back into the case that came with it.

Not wanting to continue practicing, she walked to the kitchen trash can and stared blankly at the two paper trays and plastic forks stained with dark green cake crumbs. She didn't recall or think about anything specifically, she just let her mind go blank.

When her neck felt a little sore, she raised her head and looked at the opaque bottle of mineral water.

As if remembering something, she turned off the lights in the room and then turned and went downstairs.

Passing the street below, Kaname Rakuna walked back along the way she and Naruse Ritsu had come that afternoon. Although it was already dark, she had already memorized this route.

The path was cooler at night. As she passed by the few pedestrians on the road, she repeated the path she and Ritsu Naruse had taken in the afternoon.

Only when they reached the deserted parking lot, which was also the site of [SPACE], the livehouse that was closed by their grandmother, did Kaname slow down her pace.

Although the former livehouse has been completely closed, the street lights here are still diligently emitting light.

Hearing a faint meow coming from the side of the road, she turned around and saw another calico cat.

Instead of going to play with the cat as usual, she followed the direction she remembered and walked to the place where she and Ritsu Naruse had placed the flower pot.

The calico cat walked with her, but when Yao Le Nai reached the flower bed, she saw two other dark figures appear above the flower bed.

One was the cow cat I had seen before—its black and white appearance was really not very conspicuous at night, and the other was...

He quickly walked behind Ritsu Narose, but Kaname didn't say anything, just stared at him with wide eyes.

Hearing the familiar footsteps behind him, Mingse Ritsu's movements of arranging the nutrient soil suddenly froze.

He wanted to pretend that he was someone else or that he didn't hear it at all, but when the footsteps got closer and closer until they disappeared, he had to stop turning a blind eye.

The cow cat at the feet of the group chater ⊙ bawulingjiu sanjiu no longer pestered him, the feeder whom he had met only once, but went to join its kind and play beside the bushes not far away.

There were only two of them left here, but Ritsu Narose still didn't know how to start.

Was he saying that he was worried that she wouldn't be able to keep the cat grass alive, so he bought nutrient soil in advance and sneaked out at night to spread a layer on the flower bed, or was he saying that he was cosplaying "Stardew Valley"?

While he was hesitating, Yao Lenai next to him moved closer and squatted beside him to observe the newly covered soil.

Poking at it, she realized the stark differences between the soils.

--"What's this?"

Hearing Kaname Rakuna's question, Ritsu Naruse didn't have time to think about whether cats had the ability to detect lies, so he had to tell the truth.

Standing up, Kaname really wanted to ask Ritsu Narose why she did this.

But she didn't say it in the end.

Because she is just a cat.

Suddenly, she remembered the cat she had seen in Ritsu Naruse's world, and a new idea emerged in her mind.

She tugged at the corner of Narose Ritsu's clothes and asked Lenai to point to the gardening shovel in her hand...

……

A few minutes later, two figures, one big and one small, squatted here, together building a home for the seedlings that would grow here later.

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