A youth story of a passerby at the end of the world

"I'm leaving first." Hachiman nodded and said goodbye, "It will be dark soon."

"Okay." Putting his hands in his trouser pockets, Uesugi Genshin said, "Don't let anything happen."

"Accidents, who knows?" If it can be controlled, it is not an accident. With a bleak smile, Hachiman and Hiratsuka-sensei got into the car.

"There shouldn't be any accidents." Looking at the car driving away, Uesugi Genshin murmured.

No, this is a flag.

Not good, not good.

Shaking off the complicated thoughts in his mind, he got into his car and planned to park it in the underground parking lot next to the apartment.

The parking lot is not big and is only for residents in this area.

Once you go down inside, you can see that the space inside looks very open because there are not many cars.

After all, when the "incident" happened, everyone was at work or school.

There were no traces of tragic scenes. Unlike the underground parking lot in Ikebukuro where they met Toyohama and the others, this was an urban commercial area and there would be no one hanging around there just because it was work hours.

I parked the car in a corner of the parking lot, and the sound of closing the car door when I got out seemed a bit abrupt in the parking lot.

There wasn't much stuff in the trunk, and it had been packed long ago.

Because it is not troublesome to carry with you, you can put everything in a plastic bag.

He originally had the habit of having emergency preparedness, including spare weapons, spare gloves, and emergency food.

After loading the trunk with bags of food, mainly canned goods, Uesugi Genshin returned to Yui's house along the same route.

Walk to the ground level, arrive at the door of the apartment building, wait for the elevator on the 2nd floor to come down, and take the elevator up to the 10th floor.

After returning to the corridor on the 10th floor, I saw a little head popping out from the crack in the door.

"Are you waiting for me here?"

"I saw you enter the parking lot from the balcony. You should be coming up soon." She chuckled. To Yuigahama Yui, waiting for someone was not unacceptable, especially when she saw the other person's slightly shy expression, such as those wandering eyes.

"...went in."

There are no slippers in Yuigahama's house because she has a diligent mother. Even if the floor is not mopped every day, it is almost the same.

He used to wear slippers in the apartment where he lived.

There is no need to do that here. Just take off your shoes and walk in barefoot like before.

"What did you bring?" Yuigahama's mother came over from the kitchen on the side.

"It's just some canned food." He opened the bag and displayed it. He didn't even take the biscuits or other instant foods.

"If that's the case, then my mother's cooking skills won't be able to be fully utilized." Yuigahama Yui suddenly thought of this and tilted her head in distress.

Indeed, when it comes to canned food, there is much less room for creativity.

"Well, it depends on the specific type of canned food." Yuigahama's mother didn't care much and said carefully: "For lightly seasoned food, you can add some seasoning yourself. For strong flavors, you can add some ingredients to blend. And for salt-baked yakitori, it's best to re-bake it in the oven. It tastes better than simply heating it."

"I know all this." Yuigahama Yui said after hearing her mother's words. This is what they do in the cooking club. Otherwise, everyone can simply heat things up. The cafeteria also has a microwave oven, which was originally used to heat bento boxes.

"Is that so? Yui is truly amazing."

"Ahhh, Mom, don't do this. It's embarrassing." Being treated like a child in front of your lover.

"......" Uesugi Genshin was watching with great interest. Such encouraging families are rare. In most cases, it is taken for granted that you have done well, and everything else is a separate matter.

As for his family in this life, it is truly a laissez-faire type, because he is careful not to be controlled and takes care of everything, resulting in the fact that it is basically the same whether there are parents or not.

At most, when he didn't want to carry a handkerchief, his mother would stuff it into his pocket. In the eyes of his parents, that depressed expression should be just a disgruntled child.

If he wasn't needed for cooking, there wouldn't even be a space for his mother to appear.

"It's still early." Yuigahama's mother looked at the time on the clock and patted her hands, "I'm going to go talk to Mrs. Kawashima next door about leaving tomorrow."

"Then are we still going?" Yuigahama Yui asked, pointing at herself and Xuan Xin.

"Well..., actually..."

Just as Yuigahama's mother stretched out her voice, Yuigahama Yui interrupted bluntly: "Okay, Mom, bye."

Pushing Yuigahama's mother towards the entrance, she said with regret: "Hey~, I was thinking of showing off my daughter's handsome boyfriend."

So true.

“No.” Yuigahama Yui was resisting being criticized by her elders. “I’ll definitely see him tomorrow anyway.”

"Then, how about letting me take a picture?" Yuigahama's mother said as a compromise.

Even a woman like Yuigahama's mother cannot avoid socializing with other housewives.

“That’s fine if that’s the case.” Yuigahama Yui agreed after a moment of hesitation. Praising someone in person and praising someone behind their back are two different concepts.

“…”What’s his opinion?

"Come, come." Yuigahama's mother acted quickly and took out her cell phone.

Seeing this, Uesugi Genshin stood with Yui and posed.

"Hey, Uesugi-kun, you're very good at it." Looking at the beautiful smile of Uesugi Genshin in front of the camera, Yuigahama's mother praised.

“No.” If he were to take a picture and put on a calm poker face, how would anyone know that he was Yui’s lover?

He is not forced to do this. This is a basic need as a lover, so he should do his best.

"I think he looks more handsome when he's cool in his daily life," said Yuigahama Yui.

"My inner thoughts will be revealed through my facial expressions. I just don't want people to see through me." Uesugi Genshin explained this for the time being, so that his partner wouldn't think he was a cold-faced person who didn't like to smile.

Or be misunderstood as a Sasuke-style tsundere.

Of course, it may seem easy to talk to, but it is not conducive to management, which is beside the point.

"Well, I'm going to take a picture." Yuigahama's mother smiled and pointed the camera of her mobile phone at the two of them.

"Do you want to call me eggplant?" With her head almost close to Uesugi Genshin, Yuigahama Yui moved her lips slightly.

"Okay."

"Three, two, one..." The next moment, Yuigahama's mother began counting down.

"Eggplant." "Eggplant."

"Click." The sound of a cell phone taking a photo was heard.

In Japan, when taking photos with your mobile phone, you must have sound on, you cannot mute it, otherwise it is illegal. Of course, it is not a violation of the criminal law.

This is to prevent secret photography and the like, so the photography must be done openly. Even if the secret photography itself really happens, it does not necessarily have to be investigated further, as long as it is not something obscene.

"Okay." After saying that, Yuigahama's mother was stunned when she looked at the result of the photo.

"Ha..." Upon hearing that the filming was completed, Yuigahama Yui and Uesugi Genshin's stiff expressions and movements instantly relaxed.

Then Yuigahama Yui walked forward, "What's wrong, what's wrong?"

"The photo is very good." Looking up, Yuigahama's mother smiled brightly.

"What about you just now." Yuigahama Yui said while looking at the photos on the phone.

"Because they look like a good match." She said with a smile.

They look like a perfect match, with the setting sun shining in through the window, and their smiles themselves seem to radiate sunshine.

"No, it's my daughter who is not worthy of Uesugi-kun."

"What?!" Yuigahama Yui shouted. How could she belittle her daughter like that?

"No." Uesugi Genshin didn't think so. "It's a pity that Yui follows me. She deserves better choices."

"Well..." Yuigahama's mother wiped her eyes with emotion, as if she was about to cry.

“No, no, no, no…” Yuigahama Yui waved her hands quickly. She didn’t agree with what Uesugi Genshin said. “Xiao Xuan, you are the best choice.”

There is nothing better that you will definitely encounter in the future, but you are the best at the moment.

"You two are so loving." It seemed like an illusion that she wiped her eyes just now, and Yuigahama's mother clasped her hands together and said.

Is this where love and affection come from? Uesugi Genshin suddenly felt confused.

"Ah~ah~, Mom, please go away quickly." Instead, Yuigahama Yui couldn't stand her mother's clinginess and forcibly pushed her to the entrance.

"Then I'll be back soon." After saying this, Yuigahama's mother closed the door.

Seeing her mother finally leave, Yuigahama Yui turned to Uesugi Genshin and suggested: "Let me show you my room."

She felt a little embarrassed when she said this, and Uesugi Genshin knew why the next second.

"After all, I'm going to sleep there tonight."

"Actually, it's okay for me to sleep on the sofa." Uesugi Genshin said in his heart, pointing to the sofa in the living room.

"Since you're already at my house, how can you sleep on the sofa? You have to be very careful when you turn over." Yuigahama Yui disagreed, because the sofa in her house was really just an ordinary, narrow sofa that could only accommodate three people. If you turn over at night, you might fall off. How could you get a good rest like this?

"......" No, it's nothing actually. He guessed that Yui's bed was also a single bed, which was barely enough for two people to sleep on.

Sure enough, we still sleep on the floor? He thought so.

"Let's go." Holding Uesugi Genshin's hand, Yuigahama Yui walked to her door, opened it and walked in.

Yui's room was just as Uesugi Genshin had expected, a cute girl's room filled with pink colors, and as expected, there were also many dolls.

And you can smell a distinct fragrance as you enter the room, which is very strange, as no one has lived in this room for nearly a month.

"How is it?" Yuigahama Yui asked expectantly.

"Very good." Uesugi Genshin said with a smile, "This is what a girl's room should feel like."

“Hehehe…” Yuigahama Yui closed the door, pressed her body against him, and put her arms around him, “Besides, it’s just the two of us, so we can kiss and hug as much as we want.”

"...Really?" His eyes shifted as he thought. Uesugi Genshin put his hands around her waist, feeling the soft thing protruding between her chest and abdomen. "Even if we're not alone, I'd be happy to do things with you that only stupid couples would do."

"It's different." She grabbed the clothes on Uesugi Genshin's chest, like a kitten scratching him, no, it should be said that she was a clingy puppy, "How could I do this in front of everyone? It's too shy. And..."

"There really are two of us this time." She said this in a coquettish tone. There was no dissatisfaction in her words, it was just pure coquettishness.

"so what?"

"Chuck... Um, chuck, haah~"

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"I'm gonna start now."

At the table where the meal was ready, the three of them put their hands together and started eating.

Compared to the voices of Yuigahama and her daughter, Uesugi Genshin's voice seemed to be just a response.

Even though he has lived here for so long, he always feels that even if he is grateful for the food, he doesn't need to say it out loud, as long as he knows it in his heart.

Having said that, it always feels a bit strange that we have to put our hands together for a Chinese-style dinner.

Because they were cooked together, there was no separate plate.

The food tastes different from the one made by the cooking department at Sobu High School. It is much more refined, both in appearance and taste.

It’s not because they do more over there, but because they are truly at a different level.

As expected, there is indeed a gap between full-time housewives and part-time students.

Picking up a mouthful of rice and putting it into his mouth, Uesugi Genshin sighed.

"We've finished eating. There's more in the pot." Yuigahama's mother said as she watched Uesugi Genshin eating very quickly.

Eating a lot is a happy thing, at least that's what the elders think.

"Oh." After swallowing the food, Uesugi Genshin responded in a low voice.

Having long been accustomed to the speed of wolfing down food, it becomes somewhat difficult to go back to chewing slowly. This is his personal experience.

After dinner, Yuigahama's mother was washing pots and dishes in the kitchen. Even though she was leaving the next day, she was still so meticulous and serious.

"Uesugi-kun, you can go take a shower first. The water is ready."

"I understand." Uesugi Genshin turned around and said in the living room.

"The bathroom is over there." Holding his hand, Yuigahama Yui led the way.