Don't you guys dislike me?

Yuichi seemed to smell a subtle sense of loss. When he looked down at Tachibana Haruna, he found that the other party was lowering her head and seemed to be worried about something.

……

At night, the lights come on and the place is crowded with people.

In the crowd, Tachibana Haruna held Yuichi's arm and walked in silence.

Tachibana Haruna is rarely silent like this, at least she is always lively in front of Yuichi.

He was fine when he first came here, did he become like this because of what he heard Yumiko say?

The uncomfortable silence made Youyi a little concerned, but he didn't speak immediately. This was obviously not the place to have a heart-to-heart talk.

It is no exaggeration to say that the city is bustling with people coming and going, but this bustle is not connected to them.

……

After exiting the tram station and leaving the city center, there were fewer people and their pace slowed down from the rush of the crowded streets.

"Sister Hina, it's unexpectedly quiet today."

The chatty words broke the silence. Tachibana Haruna looked up in surprise and smiled a little sadly:

"I thought you wouldn't ask until you got home."

"If it's this serious... And I'm a little concerned that you're not talking. Is it because you heard what Yumiko said?"

Yuichi looked down and happened to meet Tachibana Haruna's eyes. She frowned slightly and asked half-jokingly:

"For Youichi, leaving me alone is the best option, right? Speaking of caring about me, what kind of identity does Youichi regard me as?"

Those emerald eyes were filled with expectation yet inevitably filled with fear, causing her to avoid looking. Perhaps she regretted the moment she asked, but there was no turning back.

The truth fascinates people, but at the same time makes people afraid of the cruelty when the truth does not meet their expectations.

The awkward relationship between the two made Youyi at a loss as to how to respond. His soft-heartedness time and time again made him feel a little stuck in a dilemma.

So he chose to change the subject, which was also an escape:

"I apologize if Yumiko said anything that made you angry."

Fortunately, Tachibana Haruna did not pursue the matter:

"No."

While I was relieved, I couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. In Youyi's eyes, their relationship wasn't as good as I thought. I was a little anxious...

"Rather than being because of Miura, it's because of you."

Tachibana Haruna brought the topic back to the topic, and with her faint complaints, the originally stiff atmosphere came to an end.

Yuichi was about to use the excuse he had prepared to explain the reason for his injury, but was stopped by a sentence:

"Is the injury serious?"

"It's okay, it's okay."

"Well, but since you're injured, let me make dinner."

Tachibana Haruna smiled slightly, very lightly and softly, as shallow as the ripples caused by fallen leaves hitting the surface of the lake.

"Thanks…"

"What are you thanking me for? As a condition, you have to go with me to buy ingredients for dinner."

"But I bought all the ingredients home after school this afternoon."

"No! Those are what you want to do. What I want to do is different from what you want to do. So I have to buy it again. Do you hear me?"

Tachibana Haruna said in a feigned anger.

"Ok."

Maybe it was because she was in a bad mood due to taking care of her, even though Youyi felt it was a bit troublesome, he still nodded and agreed.

"Yeah! That's good~"

Tachibana Haruna stood on tiptoe, reached out and patted Yuichi on the head with her hand, smiling brightly.

……

"Hina-san and I are buying ingredients."

"If you're hungry, eat something first."

"It'll be fine soon."

"Where can you go so late at night? There's a supermarket downstairs."

"Well, that's it..."

Yuichi put away his phone. Tachibana Haruna had already paid the bill. He reached out to take the full shopping bag, but she only gave Yuichi one handle.

The two of them each carried one side and walked slowly along the road.

"Is this from Shiyu-chan?"

184. Unexpressible Concern

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185. Slowly, a barrier between hearts was created...

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186. First Kiss

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187. If I don’t take the initiative, you will be kidnapped

The not-so-long tenderness ended with the departure of Tachibana Haruna. With her head slightly lowered and her bangs covering her slightly dimmed beautiful eyes, she couldn't help feeling a little reluctant.

From the separation of lips to the separation of embrace, she left the feeling she was obsessed with little by little. She seemed to sink into a sticky hot bed. The touch, taste and temperature were all so perfectly comfortable. She just wanted to sink deeper and deeper.

But... there are more than just the two of them at home.

She must not do anything that would upset Yuichi, and she was already content to be able to do this tonight.

Thinking of this, she raised her cheek and gave Youyi a nonchalant but contented smile:

"Yuichi, give me your hand. It's time to bandage it. Sorry to bother you with my hair as well."

"okay."

Yuichi gathered her long hair, and Tachibana Haruna lowered her head to bandage him. The "accident" just now did not happen again, and they each had their own thoughts.

"It's done~"

"Thank you."

After saying thank you, Youyi wanted to take back his tightly wrapped hands, but Tachibana Haruna held them tightly.

She lowered her eyelids slightly, and smiled reluctantly, then fell:

"Why are you saying thank you to me? If I don't take the initiative, you're going to be kidnapped."

"What does 'kidnapping...' mean?" Looking at his own injuries, Yuichi had a vague answer in his mind.

"That wound was left by Yuichi in a fight, right?" She gently stroked his hand with her bare hands, as if tickling him through the thick bandage.

"This was scratched when I was cutting vegetables last night..."

After he finished speaking, Tachibana Haruna's expression did not change as Yuichi expected. It seemed that this set of words had no effect on Tachibana Haruna.

"Was that wound really caused by a kitchen knife? It was thin and deep, not to mention that Yuichi came home so late last night. I am your neighbor, so you should think carefully before you lie."

When he came to his senses, Tachibana Haruna had already picked up the bandage and hit him on the head. It didn't hurt but the force was quite strong. She must have been a little annoyed at Yuichi's perfunctory attitude.

"Don't underestimate the intelligence network of adults. I know more or less about what happened to you in school."

"Hina-san, you're like a stalker in a sense."

"It's not as serious as you say! I'm just concerned about how your school life is going and whether you're being bullied or something like that."

Of course the most important thing is that as a working person, she cannot stay with him like the girls around Youichi. What happened between them and how far they progressed.

Not to mention intervening, but we should have a general idea.

Tachibana Haruna frowned slightly and pouted her lips in displeasure:

"But now it seems that you really weren't bullied, and you even went to fight with others, right? And that wound is the evidence!"

"Don't be so harsh about fighting. I'm just protecting my friend who's being bullied."

Yuichi picked up the bowl, took a sip of the soup, and suggested with a chuckle.

……

……

After seeing off Tachibana Haruna, Youichi turned off the lights downstairs and went upstairs.

When I arrived at the door, I saw warm yellow light coming from the floor next door. She hadn't come down since Tachibana Haruna finished cooking.

It was clearly she who started shouting that she was hungry, but now the meal is ready she is nowhere to be seen.

Did I just say something that made her angry again?

how come……

Yuichi shook his head, denying his own thoughts.

He just continued to talk according to what she said. His sister had been angry for no reason for a long time. If he went to ask her now, she might tease him again.

Thinking of this, Youyi did not stop and walked into his room.

She's not a child. If she's hungry, she'll come downstairs to eat by herself.

Sure enough, not long after Youyi entered the room, he vaguely heard the door opening next door, followed by the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs.

……

It is not advisable to exercise after a meal. Youyi sat at the desk and read a light novel. When he was almost done resting, he was about to get up and do some simple exercises.

The door opened.

That was Kasumigaoka Utaha wearing a white bathrobe. She was wiping her wet long hair with a towel, looking lazy, as if all her attention was focused on wiping her hair.

The bathrobe hung down on her exquisitely slender body, barely supporting her.

She walked in slowly, her bathrobe fluttering as if it might fall off at any moment.

"Sister, this is my room. Did you go to the wrong place?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha walked so naturally that Yuichi even doubted whether this was his own room.

The room was not big, and within a few steps, Youyi could smell the fresh fragrance of her just out of the bath.

Kasumigaoka Utaha was already standing in front of him wearing a loose bathrobe. She did not give up, but bent down and put her calm face in front of Yuichi.

But if you look closely, you will find that the lotus emerging from the water so close at hand is a little more rosy than usual.

"Of course I know."

The girl's face turned slightly red, but she spoke with confidence.

"Then what are you doing in my room dressed like that?!"

Youyi moved his chair back calmly, and Kasumigaoka Utaha stopped coming close to him.

She sat down on Yuichi's bed and didn't seem to feel constrained at all, just like it was her own bed.

After all, she had slept in this bed before, and the bed was already tainted with her scent.

"Your room is still the same as before, full of homey vibes, which fits your setting of Yin Corner very well."

Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes swept across several anime posters and spoke irrelevant words.

Yuichi didn't take his sister's sharp tongue too seriously, but she went out of her way to come to his room and mock him?