Can you handle my Hikigaya's cooking?

"What a troublesome woman."

"I'm not Erina!"

"Of course, you're just Alice."

...

The night passed quickly, and without knowing when, both of them collapsed completely on the ground, and the notebook on the ground was still emitting a little fluorescence, but as the light shone, the whole kitchen was filled with sunlight again.

Erina just felt a little dizzy. She scratched her eyes and stood up from the sofa.

but...

In just a moment, her eyes, which had just been red, turned the same color as her cheeks.

Although the memory is a little fuzzy, I definitely felt something at that time. The memory engraved in my mind is so embarrassing, yet so unforgettable.

and...

When she was already half asleep, she seemed to hear a sentence unconsciously:

"Erina, just a normal person."

The feelings in her heart seemed beyond words. She couldn't recall exactly what happened yesterday. It was just the ambiguous distance and words that made her sober up for a moment.

"I I I I I I I...what the hell is wrong with me..."

"When did I fall asleep..."

"Isn't this just like a drunk old man on the street..."

"Ahhhhhhhhh..."

She could no longer recall what happened yesterday, and just walked forward step by step with her remaining consciousness. However... something even more shocking to her brain happened.

Hachiman was seen lying on the ground completely unconscious, while Alice looked like a little girl, hugging Hikigaya with her whole body. The two of them did not keep any distance from each other and could even feel each other's breathing.

When Erina saw this scene, it was as if she had entered hell.

At this moment, she could no longer bear the physical emotions and pushed the two men apart completely out of control.

"Wake up, Alice!"

"And Hikigaya, wake up too!"

It seemed that Hachiman didn't know when he fell asleep, but when he opened his eyes again, he just vaguely saw that his lower body seemed to be entangled by something, and Erina looked shy and anxious, constantly helping to pull that thing out.

Take another look...

"..."

Although she really wanted to get out of this terrifying wave as soon as possible, Alice was just like a child, holding Hachiman tightly. She didn't know whether she was awake at this time, or whether she was still teasing Erina like a prank as usual.

However, no matter from which angle you look at it, she has been too successful. After all, Erina looks like she is about to cry.

Erina: "Idiot Hikigaya, you should help out a little bit!"

"Kick her away quickly, with your feet!"

Hachiman: "Using your feet is too cruel anyway..."

Alice was still mumbling, "Hikigaya feels so good, rub, rub..."

"Let me sleep for a while, just a little while..."

"This guy must have done this on purpose!"

Anyway, even his own father, Shiroichiro, had never been seen by Hachiman to such a degree of semi-coma. But Erina now didn't care about so much. She just came directly behind Hikigaya and grabbed Hikigaya's hands with both hands. With amazing brute force, she wanted to get Hikigaya out directly.

But... Alice seemed to wake up instantly at this moment, and immediately released all the strength in her body, just letting Hikigaya be dragged away.

No matter how strong Erina was, she was just a girl. When the force disappeared, her body fell backwards suddenly. If Hikigaya hadn't reacted quickly and held her tightly the moment she fell to the ground, she would probably have fallen headfirst.

"Kacha."

It was a dangerous scene that had just passed, but Alice next to them started taking pictures. After all, it was the scene where Hikigaya was holding Erina under him...

Alice: "If this gets out, it will definitely be shocking news!"

Erina wanted to say something, but when Hikigaya pressed her down like this, she found that she couldn't utter a word. She just turned her head away shyly.

Fortunately, Hachiman was a man who had seen the world. Seeing Erina's blushing face, he subconsciously stood up and slowly extended his hand to her.

"Is everything okay?"

"Um..."

After being pulled up by Hikigaya, Erina seemed to have finally returned to her usual state, and now, her patience with Alice has reached its limit.

"Alice! What do you want!"

"Why did you lie on him? And why did you pretend to be asleep? And hand over your phone to me!"

Alice put her finger on her chin and showed an innocent expression: "Eh? I just woke up? I don't know anything, but since you want a phone..."

Hachiman felt a chill on his back, as if something bad was happening.

Sure enough, the moment Erina took the phone, he felt a call from ancient times.

"This guy, after all, didn't delete the photo."

Just as Hachiman guessed, Alice deliberately moved the photo on her phone to the one taken yesterday. At that time, Erina was leaning quietly on Hikigaya's shoulder, and with the help of Alice the photographer, the two of them looked no different from a couple in the photo.

As long as this photo is released, it will probably cause a huge uproar in Totsuki.

Hachiman: "Well, let me explain a little..."

Erina's blush showed no sign of fading. She just stared at her phone blankly and started flipping to the next photo.

The next picture is naturally the one of Hachiman holding Princess Erina. At that time, I was no different from an ordinary girl. I was simply enjoying the warmth brought by others.

Alice's eyes seemed to have a strange look. When Erina was stunned, she took the phone back and said deliberately:

"Oh no, I put it in the wrong place. Erina is really something. She deliberately looked at other people's photo albums like this. But since I took the photos secretly, I am also wrong, so I should delete it now."

Having said this, Alice's hands began to operate quickly, as if without any hesitation, and at this moment Erina seemed to have something stuck in her throat and couldn't say it at all.

"Don't..."

"Okay, I've finished deleting it."

When Erina handed over the completely deleted photo album again, her eyes seemed to have lost their brilliance at this moment and completely dimmed.

"Well, that's good. I'm going to the bathroom."

As soon as she finished speaking, Erina left the scene as quickly as if she was escaping, leaving Alice, who had completely won the rhythm, with her hands raised high.

"Great!"

Hachiman: "You are such a nasty guy. Although Erina made you suffer a lot in cooking, compared to cooking, you treated her like a toy in other aspects."

Alice's smile disappeared. "Hikigaya-kun, what are you talking about? You're the one who still doesn't understand."

"No matter what, I am her sister."

Alice gently opened her phone. Although the three photos just now had been completely deleted from the album,...

On Instagram, he had already sent it to his sister Erina.

...

Because she left her phone in the kitchen, Erina had no idea what was going on inside when she ran out.

She actually knew that she was completely caught in the act in front of her sister Alice. There had never been a moment that made her so passive, and it was only because of Hikigaya's appearance that she became uneasy.

and...

When she saw those three photos, only she herself understood best that she had the purest wish at that time, which was to save those photos in her mobile phone, just like burying them deep in her heart.

only...

Because of her own reasons, she had nothing left.

This was the first time I was treated as an ordinary person, but I ended up like this.

At some point, she just kept banging on the wall, shouting something:

"Alice, you idiot! Hikigaya, you idiot!"

"And...I'm the idiot!"

"..."

When I raised my head again, the person in the mirror was already completely soaked with tears. Only my red eyes from crying seemed so real at that moment.

What exactly is this inner uneasiness and anxiety?

The more I try to figure it out, the more I can't understand.

only...

The only thing that is certain is...her day must be a happy one.

If she could keep this mood, Erina would be willing to give up everything.

What genius, what 'God's tongue', you don't need them all.

Let go of the invisible pressure you have carried since birth, and let go of the dignity that you must maintain in front of and behind others, and just be an ordinary person.

Is cooking really everything to a person?

...

Alice: "Now I have explained everything I can to you. To be honest, it's still a mess no matter how you think about it. All knowledge needs to be accumulated and applied before it can be brought into play. I just simply repeated the theory..."

Hachiman: "That's all..."

Alice: "Anyway, this is all I can do to help you now. The rest is up to you. Let's get started..."

"Saury Cake, Handmade Version!"

To be honest, Yawata never thought of surpassing the machine in one try. He just tried to imitate it as much as possible, and then improve it after accumulating times.

The words in my mind floated through my mind word by word, and the accuracy, speed, power, temperature, and even humidity derived from the formula were all replicated one by one.

What’s more important is that the so-called process needs to begin to emerge during the manual process.

If everything is under control, then the next thing to do is...

It is endless practice and improvement.

Time passed bit by bit, and Erina finally calmed down and walked out of the bathroom.

Alice: "I thought you were going to hide in there and never come out."

Handing Erina the phone, when she saw those three photos, her heart trembled violently.

Alice: "Well, after all, I am your sister. I know what you say and what you think much better than you do."

Hearing these words, Erina's face turned red again unconsciously.

Erina: “Has it started yet?”

Alice: "That's a terrible way to change the subject, but let's forget it this time. Now it's time to start. It's up to him from now on."

The two women just looked at Hachiman, who had completely concentrated his attention, and did not speak for a while.

Erina: "What an idiot."

Alice: "Oh, yes, what a fool."

Erina wiped the tears from her eyes, and at this moment, she seemed to have regained her usual mood, and said arrogantly:

"Humph, he should be content with the presence of a 'God's Tongue' like me to help him experience new works. As for what happened yesterday, forget about it, Alice."

Alice: "I'm sorry, Erina, I have precious memories too, I can't forget them."

Erina: "You...you you you..."

Alice: “Lululu!”

"What a noise, these two guys..."

"But, that's fine."