Thai food?

Natsume Naoki didn't know why, but soon he knew which family Asai was talking about.

Get off at Shibuya Station on the Yamanote Line and walk for five minutes to get there.

The Thai restaurant on the second floor of Dogenzaka Street was the place where he and Asai ate when they first went out.

At the same time, that day was also Asai's birthday. They had Thai food for lunch and celebrated together in the evening... It seemed to be a sunny day, but it suddenly rained, and Asai caught a cold from the rain.

"Okay, we'll go after the movie." Natsume Naoki smiled, "We can pick up the tickets in ten minutes. After the movie, it's time for dinner. We'll go home after dinner."

Asai nodded silently.

In fact, it doesn’t matter what the movie is. She initially liked watching anime just to get to know Natsume Naoki——

Before coming to Tokyo, Aunt Natsume once mentioned to her that Naoki Natsume was very fond of anime culture, so she made up a lot of dramas for this purpose so that she would not be unable to pick up the topic when Naoki Natsume mentioned it.

This is why in the first few days when Asai arrived, Natsume Naoki felt that the maid knew everything.

Asai was recalling his life in Hokkaido before coming to Tokyo. I don't know if there was a connection between them. Natsume Naoki also thought about the summer vacation after taking the exam.

"You will accompany me home during the holidays, right?" he asked.

"Because it's an appointment," Asai replied.

This matter had been discussed by the two of them a long time ago when they realized that summer vacation was coming. At that time, Natsume Naoki invited Asai to go home with him, and Asai agreed.

Natsume Naoki asked again: "What about after this?"

Asai thought for a moment and said, "Maybe I will come back here that night."

"You should have a lot to say to your uncle and aunt when you go home. As an outsider, I can't live in your home." Asai added: "I don't want to go back to my own home either. Maybe I will take the train back to Tokyo that night.

Come back here... In addition to me, there is a cat at home. It has finally found a home, and it can't be hungry enough to go out and compete with other stray cats for food."

Under the gaze of Natsume Naoki, Asai straightened up. He didn't know why, but he looked a little stubborn: "No matter how naughty it is to make me angry, it's still my cat. It's not my turn to run out when it's hungry."

To the point of being fed by others?”

"We can go back with the cat."

"It's very troublesome, no need." Asai shook his head.

Then he started talking about the pros and cons of doing this, as if he didn't care, and was just thinking about the problem for him from the perspective of what is most convenient.

But Natsume Naoki looked at her thoughtful expression and cute chatter, and knew that she was very upset right now.

Because Asai is definitely not like this on weekdays.

"You are not an outsider."

"Whether cats can be brought on the train is a question, but I wouldn't worry if they want to be checked in. Meidian is very smart, so she is more sensitive than ordinary stupid kittens, and is more likely to leave psychological shadows..."

"I said," Natsume Naoki saw Asai still lowering his head and thinking about himself, so he gently put his hand on the back of her hand and held her hand, "You are not an outsider."

Qian Jing was slightly startled and raised his head to look at him. The two people's eyes met and intertwined.

He could see Asai's uneasiness, so he said softly: "You are not an outsider to me. If you were an outsider, the two of us would have been quarreling every day like the couple just now."

"Didn't you ask me why the two of us wouldn't be like this?" Natsume Naoki said: "Because we are not outsiders and live in the same home, you should be considered my family... The same goes for cats. Only a harmonious family can

There will be no quarrels, and there is no need to get along for each other...because the family is tolerant."

He likes to get up without clothes at night to go to the toilet. At first he was shy when Asai bumped into him, but now that they met at night, the original embarrassment has long gone. Instead, Asai will ask him if he is hungry, and if he is, she will go

Make him some midnight snack.

Asai sleeps very lightly at night and is always easily woken up by noise. Perhaps it is a habit that can be developed in order to hear the owner's needs at night. So when Asai first came here, Natsume Naoki found that sometimes Asai was obviously obvious when he woke up in the morning.

He didn't sleep well, and occasionally when he stared at the dark circles under his eyes and yawned, he would set his phone to vibrate at night.

Without the phone calls and notification sounds at night, Asai’s sleep quality is getting better and better, and she feels more energetic in the morning.

Recalling everything in his mind, facing Natsume Naoki's almost confession of true feelings, Asai pursed his lips and finally nodded.

"But cats are still a problem."

"Then we might as well take a car back to Hokkaido." Natsume Naoki thought for a while and said with a smile: "That guy Hayato knows how to drive. He has a pickup truck at home for delivery."

"Would it be troublesome?"

"It's not good to be too polite between friends," Natsume Naoki said: "Sometimes you don't need to be too formal about some insignificant favors. Helping each other will make the relationship better."

Asai heard the words and nodded and took note. She will remember today's conversation if Kithara Hayato needs it in the future.

"so……"

Natsume Naoki looked at her with more hope in his eyes: "I don't know why you don't want to go back to your home. If you have nowhere to go, stay at my house! My parents will definitely like you very much."

Asai felt his hot gaze and thought, of course your parents will like me.

After all, your parents regarded me as their daughter-in-law a long time ago.

only……

Asai sighed inwardly.

If you haven't been home for a long time, I'm afraid it will take some time to accept some things at home.

She recalled in her heart that before she came to Tokyo at the beginning of the year, the family conflict in Natsume's family had reached a point where it could not be resolved internally alone. She didn't know if the situation had improved in the past six months.

I hope that when I return to Hokkaido this summer vacation, Naoki, my son, can make my parents sit down and reconcile.

"Okay, I promise you this too." Asai nodded, "But I also hope you can promise me one thing."

"you say."

"After you get to Hokkaido, take me to Teine Shrine. If there is a sacrificial ceremony, I want you to meet someone."

Asai's mind pictured the dying look of the old priest of Teine Shrine.

Asai was actually very curious about what Brother Naoki had said to him back then.

She consciously told herself that Naoki's brother had a secret that even she didn't know... Being able to turn herself into pieces and save her own life that should have died was not an ordinary person if she thought about it.

In fact, Asai is not interested in Natsume Naoki's secret, but she is afraid, afraid that if Naoki's brother finds himself one day, what if he suddenly disappears in the early morning one day?

It was like she woke up in the backyard of the shrine and was told by Aunt Natsume that her parents died in a car accident. Even Naoki's brother was no longer in Hokkaido. She didn't want to experience that kind of loneliness and helplessness without anyone else.

!

Especially after Brother Naoki said with a smile, "You are not an outsider, we are family"!

She must never let this happen again!
Chapter completed!