"Then -"

"Cheers~~~!"

Puff.

Taking the center of the two dining tables as the center of the circle, nine disposable paper cups clinked together and then separated.

Everyone drank fruit juice instead of drinks and mingled with each other.

The table is filled with sumptuous dishes.

Thanks to the high-end ingredients that Kenta Uchiyama brought in under the arrangement of his grandfather, the dinner recipe was based on the original recipe and added a sukiyaki dish.

The main dishes are: Wagyu beef matsutake sukiyaki, Japanese ginger yaki, octopus dumplings, vegetable salad, croquettes, fried pork cutlets, tempura, grilled salmon, and pan-fried dumplings.

The main dishes are pork soba noodles and bacon and egg pasta, which are also served with hot radish and amberjack soup.

"Gudu Gudu, Guha——! Yeah~~ You mean today's dinner is too luxurious? It's awesome——!" Yamaguchi drank the juice in one gulp and said with bright eyes.

"Really! It's amazing, but it would be even better if the staple food is ramen." Takei, who was sitting next to him, nodded his head hurriedly, causing Yoshiko from across the street to complain.

"I think you're basically addicted to ramen, Takei-san."

Then he turned around and asked, "Speaking of which, is this beef A5? Kenta."

"Huh?"

Kenta Uchiyama, who was suddenly asked, couldn't help but was slightly stunned, but he still answered: "No, it should be A4. Grandpa said that because he didn't have time to prepare in advance, this is all he had at home... I'm sorry."

After saying that, he lowered his head inexplicably.

Yoshiko: "Eh? Wait, why do you need to apologize? Eh?"

Kenta: "No, that's it..."

"Maybe you feel embarrassed because you have failed everyone's expectations? In this regard, Kenta is still the same as before." Mina Motoyama, who was sitting next to her, explained with a smile.

"What——? It's strange that you would be embarrassed about something like this."

"Hmm, but it's normal for a junior high school student, right? Don't you think Takashi has it?"

"Idiot, I never did that kind of thing even when I was in elementary school."

"So, that means Kenta is an elementary school student?"

"Ah, that's too much, you two."

Kako looked at the playful Mangkhut brothers with a straight face, pointed to the side and said: "No matter how childish other people's reactions are, they shouldn't be called elementary school students, right? Even if they have just entered junior high school, they are still considered junior high school students!"

Right? Kenta."

Σ(?д?llll)

He glanced at Kenta Uchiyama, whose face turned pale and speechless because of these words.

Yamaguchi laughed out loud: "As expected of you, Kako. You can say such things so easily. You have such a poisonous mouth."

"I mean..." Takei also suppressed a smile and reminded: "Kenta is in the third grade of junior high school, and he will take the exam next year, so he has not just entered junior high school."

"...Eh? True or false? Wait, I'm sorry Kenta! I accidentally made a mistake." Kako clasped her hands together and lowered her head slightly.

"Oh, oh...it's okay." Kenta Uchiyama responded with a reluctant smile.

"Uh... But your expression doesn't look like this at all. It must have caused you trouble. I'm really sorry!"

Seeing this, Kato Yusuke said casually: "Okay, he just has such an awkward character, so you don't have to take it too seriously, Yoshiko."

"Ah, is that so?"

"Who are you talking about, who is awkward!?"

Kato Yusuke smiled faintly and ignored him.

"Here, Yusuke, please~" Sayu put a piece of tempura into his bowl.

"Thank you, but I can do it myself."

"Hey hey hey."

Yamaguchi's eyes suddenly widened, "Wow, I actually took away the shrimps as soon as I came up. Damn it! I want it too."

As he spoke, he picked one off the plate with serving chopsticks.

"Ah, give me one too, Xiao."

"And I."

"Then I also..."

Takei, Yoshiko, and Kenta joined in one after another.

"You should do it yourself!"

"Everyone can eat together~" Motoyama Mina said with a smile to the group of people making a fuss.

At this time——

"Let's have some fried dumplings, Kato-san." Hasumi Kanoko smiled and put a fried dumpling into someone's bowl.

"...?" Kato Yusuke couldn't help but raise his eyes and look to the right.

Two tables put together form a rectangular shape.

The elder Motoyama Mina and Hasumi-sensei sit at opposite ends at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock respectively.

Take the latter as the standard and follow the clockwise direction.

To her left were Sayu, Yusuke Kato, Yamaguchi and Takei.

Then follow the counterclockwise direction.

On the right are Kei, Yoshiko, and Uchiyama Kenta.

Although he was a little surprised, Kato Yusuke still said thank you to someone else for picking up food for him.

Teacher Hasumi, on the other hand, smiled and waved his hand, saying no, then he lowered his head and ate as if nothing had happened.

So Yusuke was also ready to use chopsticks to enjoy the kindness from his lover and teacher.

"Oh, you seem to be doing something interesting."

Ridiculous words came from the other side: "Then I'll give this to you too. Thank you for inviting us to your home ~ Kato-san."

A piece of fried pork cutlet drizzled with a little sauce was put into his bowl by Yoshiko Himekawa.

"Um?"

Kato Yusuke raised an eyebrow at this and complained: "Rather than saying that I invited you, it's more of a decision made by you without permission, right?"

"Hey~~~ At a time like this, shouldn't we act like "I'm glad everyone can come," right?"

"If anything, I just think that you and Yamaguchi and the others have the same idea. Is this like attracting like?"

"...Kato-kun, you are so merciless. Obviously you could be more popular in school, but forget it, anyway, I have already thanked you with fried pork cutlets." Yoshiko said with a sigh, and then bumped Megumi with her shoulder.

.

He said plausibly: "Then what should Xiaohui choose?"

"Huh?"

"Tempura, fried dumplings, and fried pork cutlets have already been selected, so you can only choose the others for Kato-san. Let's play together~!"

"Huh? Even if you say so..."

The girl who had been waiting quietly to see what happened obviously didn't expect to be involved, and her expression seemed a little troubled.

Then he raised his eyes and glanced at the opposite side.

They saw Sayumasa pouring the drink Kato Yusuke drank into his cup without realizing it, and giving him a new cup of oolong tea.

"ah……"

Hui couldn't help but let out a small groan and turned to look at her side, her eyes conveying the meaning of "You hurt me."

"What's wrong?"

Kako, who had not made any other movements since the initial bump, tilted her head, her face full of confusion.

"Nothing." The girl responded calmly, reaching out and picking up a chubby octopus ball with her chopsticks.

Facing Yoshiko's following eyes, this small octopus ball drew an arc in the air... and finally fell into someone's bowl without any accident, and was squeezed together with the tempura and fried dumplings inside.

"I'm sorry we caused you any trouble, Kato-san." Megumi said softly as he took back his chopsticks.

Although the sound was not loud, the beautiful tone still reached several people's ears clearly.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Whoa whoa--!

Kako on the side almost screamed, her lips that she pressed hard turned into a cute wavy line, she lowered her head and clenched her fist secretly.

Kato Yusuke's chopsticks couldn't help but tremble.
To be continued...