Izumi Toru opened the door to the rooftop and did not find Uehara Himetsu at first sight.
This surprised him a little.
The girl who usually stays here even on rainy days, why is she not here today?
He scratched his head and was about to leave when, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a pair of feet exposed under a table covered by a parasol in the center of the rooftop.
Are you trying to play hide and seek with me?
Indeed, it is a kitten.
Izumi Toru walked quietly towards the parasol, making as little noise as possible.
When he reached the table, he suddenly bent down.
"caught you!"
However, when he saw Uehara Jiyue's appearance at this moment, he was stunned.
The girl hugged her knees and squatted on the ground. She was burying her face in her legs and crying. After hearing his voice, she raised her head and looked at him pitifully.
Looking at Uehara Jiyue who looked like an abandoned cat, Izumi Toru squatted down and wiped the tears on her face with his fingers.
"What's wrong?"
Listening to his gentle inquiry, Uehara Jiyue's mouth tightened and she started crying again.
"Woooooooo..."
Izumi Tetsu frowned.
"Don't cry!"
The crying girl heard Izumi Toru's order and subconsciously did not dare to cry.
But because he stopped too quickly, he couldn't help but burp.
"belch!"
Izumi Toru had a sullen face, afraid that he would laugh out loud.
Then, the girl burped again.
"belch!"
"Pfft, cough, cough!"
Izumi Toru, who couldn't hold back his laughter, quickly put the back of his hand to his lips and coughed twice, but because the girl's cute look was so cute and funny, he couldn't stop the smile on his face.
Seeing the smile on Izumi Toru's face up close, the warmth that seemed to shine into the heart like sunshine made Uehara Himetsu a little stunned.
Really, really beautiful.
The cute little face is getting redder and redder.
Suddenly, her body trembled.
"belch!"
She quickly covered her mouth, not wanting Izumi Toru to see her making a fool of herself at this moment.
Izumi Toru stopped smiling and stretched out his hand to her.
"Come."
Uehara Jiyue's eyes suddenly widened.
This, are you going to hold my hand...
She glanced at Izumi Tetsu with some uncertainty, and the latter stretched his hand forward again.
The girl's heartbeat was getting faster and faster.
Gudong!
She swallowed hard and wiped her hands on her clothes.
Then, she carefully placed her hand on Izumi Toru's palm.
Holding the girl's small hand, Izumi Toru pulled her out from under the table.
During this period, the girl kept covering her mouth with her other hand, and her shoulders were shaking hard just now. It seemed that she was trying her best to suppress the hiccups.
"Tell me, why are you hiding under the table and crying?" Izumi Toru asked, sitting on a chair and looking at the girl standing obediently in front of him.
Uehara Jiyue bit her lip, she wanted to cry again.
"Um?"
Izumi Tetsu's light voice reached her ears, which frightened the girl so much that she immediately stopped crying.
She sniffed hard to prevent tears from falling.
It would be bad if he hated me.
Hiding her sadness, Uehara Jiyue told the truth.
"My father and my current mother are divorced. I have no sister anymore. My biological mother doesn't want me anymore. I, I..."
Even though Izumi Toru warned her not to cry, she suddenly realized that she didn't even have a home anymore, so she couldn't stop her tears from flowing down.
Izumi Toru sighed.
He patted his thigh.
"come over."
"Huh?!" Uehara Jiyue looked at Izumi Tetsu with some disbelief.
"Come."
"oh……"
Uehara Jiyue wiped her tears hard, then knelt on the ground and started...
"Wait! What are you doing?" Izumi Toru immediately stopped the girl who wanted to serve him.
Uehara Jiyue raised her face, her fluffy hair fell down from her ears, revealing her delicate and cute little face.
"No, isn't that what you asked for?"
Seeing her confused look, Izumi Toru sighed.
"How could I be in the mood to let you do that when you were crying? I just wanted to comfort you, so I wanted to lend you my leg..."
Uehara Jiyue lowered her head silently and blushed.
"oh……"
"So, do you want more?" As he said that, Izumi Toru patted his thigh again.
Uehara Jiyue sat on the ground, put her legs together, then laid her face on Izumi Toru's thigh and rubbed it a little.
At this moment, the girl curled up next to him like a cat.
Izumi Toru's original intention was to hug her, but the look of relief on the girl's face gave him the feeling that she had completely regarded herself as a cat.
And, she has become her only destination.
So, he put his hand on her fluffy and soft hair and stroked it slowly.
Uehara Jiyue slowly closed her eyes.
"Uehara."
"Meow--"
"Um?"
Uehara Jiyue was silent for a while, her face a little red.
She buried her face in his lap and whispered back: "Yes, yes."
"Some cats will leave their owners for some reason."
The sigh in Izumi Tetsu's words made Uehara Himetsu panic.
She raised her head hurriedly.
"I... that... I, I..."
The girl wanted to explain, but as the words came to her lips, the more anxious she became, the less able she was to speak.
Her face was red and her eyes were so anxious that she was about to cry.
Izumi Toru stretched out his hand, gently raised the girl's chin, and asked: "You can do it, right?"
Uehara Jiyue hurriedly shook her head.
Izumi Tetsu looked at her quietly until she looked away shyly.
"Uehara, answer me."
"...No, I won't! I, I'm very good..."
This time, the girl finally spoke out.
Izumi pinched her cheek.
"look at me."
Uehara Jiyue obediently turned her head and arranged her hair so that Izumi Toru could see clearly.
Izumi Toru looked at her carefully, she was a cute girl who didn't give in much even compared to Amakusa Mei.
Under the long black eyelashes, there is tension and shyness hidden in those watery eyes.
Her lips were slightly parted, and just by looking at them, Izumi Toru could recall how difficult and well-behaved she was when she served him.
"Uehara, I want a cat that will never leave me and will only rely on me. Is that okay?"
Something is spreading from the heart to the limbs.
This thing carried scorching heat and unparalleled power, making the blood in the girl's body begin to boil and roar.
But the girl seemed more well-behaved.
She rubbed her face against Izumi Toru's hand.
"Meow--"
There was a hint of temptation in the cute voice, and Izumi Tetsu couldn't help but pinch her little face hard.
"Uehara, so cute."
The cute girl, whose face was rubbed out of shape, raised her head and looked seriously at Izumi Toru's handsome face that wanted to occupy her in her dreams.
Looking at his eyes that could suck in the soul, she engraved his appearance in the deepest part of her mind.
She murmured: "You, as long as you like it."
No matter how you treat me, I like you the most, the most...
After a while, Uehara Jiyue felt that the hands rubbing her face gradually became gentle.
She tilted her head, as if she didn't understand why there was such a change.
Although my face hurts a little, I am very happy.
Immediately afterwards, Izumi Toru's words answered the doubts in her heart, and her emotions finally exploded.
Izumi Toru knelt down, held the girl in his arms, and said softly:
"Uehara, as long as you have me, it's enough. No matter if your mother abandons you, no matter if your father hates you, or if your sister beats you, it's all in the past. You are the most well-behaved cat in the world, and you are my only cat.
.Now, except me, no one has the right to abandon you."
At this moment, the man's gentle words were like meteors hitting her soul.