"anyway--"

Shiyu took a bite of the cake and looked around doubtfully.

"Where's the cat you adopted, Yuu-chan? Why haven't you seen it?"

Kato Yusuke, who was standing in front of the stove, answered casually.

"Because I sent Xiao Hei to Mr. Yoshida's place."

"Eh... put it over to Mr. Yoshida's place?"

"Um."

"Why? Are you not going to raise it?"

"Nothing like that, I just fostered it for one night and I will pick it up tomorrow."

Shiyu blinked, looked at his back in the apron curiously, and asked, "Why is this?"

"Well...after all, I prepared these things in the room. It would be bad if Xiao Hei messed it up, that's it."

"At this time, you should say "because I want to live a two-person world with my senior sister", which would be more sensible, right?"

Kato Yusuke looked back at her, smiled and said: "Judging from the results alone, that's the truth. It's just me and Shiyu-senpai tonight, no one else will disturb us."

tonight……

Shiyu chewed on this ambiguous word, and her heartbeat skipped a beat. She composed herself and spoke in her usual teasing tone.

"You said that as if we could stay together all night~"

The boy responded in his usual style.

"I didn't think so."

"You mean, today is my birthday, right?"

"So what?"

"According to common sense, as my boyfriend, shouldn't you fulfill all my wishes?"

"The word "everything" is not only abstract, but also has a very broad scope. Generally, no one would make such an unreasonable request."

"Then within your ability, can you grant me a wish?"

"You might as well talk about it."

"Actually, we've been playing all day today, and I'm a little tired."

Kato Yusuke stopped what he was doing and looked back.

"so what?"

Shiyu took another bite of cake and said with a smile: "So, just let me stay tonight~"

The room suddenly became quiet.

As expected, the young man showed a troubled expression.

The girl was not surprised by this, looking at the other person in trouble with a playful expression.

After pondering for a while, a helpless voice sounded.

"good."

"Alas...you are still so boring——Huh?"

Shiyu was suddenly stunned, as if the stop button had been pressed on his whole body.

There was a gap of several beats.

"Hey, um... Yu-chan, I'm sorry, I didn't seem to hear you clearly. You just said "no"... right...?"

The girl stumbled and asked, her expression full of disbelief and a hint of hope.

For Shi Yu, who always displays a cold attitude towards others, it is rare for her to show such an anxious side.

However, this is not her fault.

In fact, even though she had been dating someone for a long time, whenever she brought up the idea of ​​staying overnight, the other person would always reject it without exception.

Even just now, she just mentioned it casually, thinking that Kato Yusuke would definitely refuse as usual, but...

"——I just agreed that if Senior Shiyu is willing, she can stay here tonight."

——The other party clearly declared this.

"Eh? Uh...Eh? Are you serious!?"

Shiyu opened his eyes in disbelief and asked in shock.

Seeing her expression, Kato Yusuke couldn't help but smile bitterly and nodded gently in affirmation.

"I'm right, it doesn't matter from my side...but before that, shouldn't senior think about how to tell her family first?"

"——I'm going to make a call now!"

Shiyu stood up suddenly, almost ran to the balcony and closed the door. With a determined expression like a Spartan warrior facing an enemy, he resolutely picked up his mobile phone and made a call.

Kato Yusuke looked at her reaction in stunned silence. He couldn't help but scratch his hair in annoyance. He didn't know what to say for a while.

Suddenly, he remembered a certain conversation with Xiao Kano.

"I don't mean anything else by saying this, but Xiaoshi has often complained to me recently, saying that you have been refusing to fulfill your responsibilities as a boyfriend, and she is very resentful~~~"

"Is it the boyfriend's responsibility..."

Kato Yusuke muttered, some beautiful scenes inevitably flashed through his mind, and then he pinched his eyebrows hard to get rid of those dirty thoughts.

'It's still too early. It's just a one-night stay. Nothing will happen.'

He told himself this, but the throbbing in his heart could not calm down.

He raised his eyes and looked at the beautiful figure outside the balcony.

The silky and gorgeous black long hair flows down to her waist, and the hair with a touch of moonlight flutters lightly in the night wind, making people's hearts sultry.

Kato Yusuke silently withdrew his gaze and continued to work.

Open the refrigerator.

Take out four eggs, half an onion, a green onion, and the rice that you cooked before going out this morning.

He glanced aside.

Several crisper boxes filled with food made him hesitate.

——Those are some common dishes that Hui helped prepare before.

As for the fried rice he is going to make next, if it can be paired with the dishes made by the girl, it will definitely make the dinner more sumptuous.

but……

Kato Yusuke looked behind him hesitantly. After all, he didn't take out those delicious regular dishes. Instead, he took some side dishes bought from the convenience store and closed the refrigerator.

Maybe he was overly worried about some things, but at least on a day like today, he hoped to make Shiyu as happy as possible.

"Having said that...didn't I still make my senior sister angry today..."

He laughed at himself slightly melancholy, remembering the farce with Ying Lili in the bathroom, and was speechless for a moment.

…

Five minutes later, Shiyu returned to the room with the corner of his mouth slightly raised.

"Long waiting, Yu-chan, I called you~"

Kato Yusuke pretended that nothing happened and looked over, "What did your uncle and aunt say?"

"Well, they said they understood."

"that's all??"

"Any questions?"

"No, your precious daughter not only doesn't go home on her birthday, but also spends the night at a strange man's house. Normally she would be extremely worried, right?"

"Really?" Shiyu tilted her head slightly, "But my mother understands it very well?"

"ah?"

"Because, after I sent her the photo of us playing together today, she happily said it was very romantic, although my dad was a little unhappy."

"——Isn't that super bad!?"

Kato Yusuke complained in distress:

"What is this? I was resented by my uncle even before I visited your family. Isn't this going to start the hell difficulty? I can't help but worry about the future..."

"I think you are thinking too much?"

"Can I ask what uncle said on the phone...?"

"He didn't say anything, he just asked your name very seriously and said it seemed necessary to have a good chat with you."
To be continued...