Kato Yusuke placed the refill of black tea in front of Sayu, while he sipped the Coke in the cup.
"Have you decided what to eat?"
he asks.
What was exchanged was Sayu's silence.
"Well... then this is good."
Looking along where Sayu pointed, Kato Yusuke discovered that it was a picture covered in white cream.
“Creamy pasta?”
He muttered: "Do you like to eat this kind of food?"
"Eh? Not really, but I want to eat it occasionally."
Sayu blinked and said, pushing the menu in her hand over.
"Where's Yusuke? What do you want to eat?"
After a cursory glance at it, Kato Yusuke finally ordered an egg sandwich.
"Huh? Is this all right?"
Sayu tilted her head and asked.
"Normally Yusuke would eat more, right?"
"I'm not very hungry today." Kato Yusuke shook his head and said, "What about you?"
He looked towards Yamaguchi and Takei.
The two of them first looked at him and Sayu with strange expressions, and then said to the waiter.
"Cheeseburger patty please."
"Then I want the assorted barbecue set meal."
It seems that both of them have good appetites.
"Please wait."
After recording the meals ordered by several people, the waiter left.
Kato Yusuke raised his eyes and looked at the two of them: "Aren't we going to have a study meeting? Where to start?"
"Mandarin, English, science, mathematics, social studies, choose one."
"Ah, before that I have a question."
Yamaguchi Takashi raised his hands and said.
"Is that question related to studying?"
Kato Yusuke asked.
Yamaguchi Takashi shook his head: "...That's not true."
"Then reject it." Kato Yusuke said calmly: "Since it is a study meeting, don't discuss irrelevant matters."
"Why!" Yamaguchi Takashi clicked his tongue and said, "You should say something, Takei!"
"Uh... what Takashi wants to ask about is probably the relationship between Kato and Sayu-chan, right?"
Takei scratched the back of his head and expressed it in a clever way.
After getting familiar with each other for a while, the two of them were no longer as reserved as they were at first. Instead, they were curious about the relationship between Kato Yusuke and Ogiwara Sayu.
"That's right." Yamaguchi nodded with a smile and looked at Sayu: "Hey Sayu-chan, are you and Kato dating?"
"Huh?~"
Sayu's eyes twinkled: "We're just childhood sweethearts."
"real or fake?"
Yamaguchi said with some reluctance: "But you guys feel extremely close to each other."
"Really."
A slightly silly smile appeared on her pretty face: "After all, we have been in contact since childhood, so it is normal for us to feel close, right?"
As he said this, Kato Yusuke felt a smooth and delicate touch coming from his hand placed under the table.
He glanced out of the corner of his eye while drinking a drink, and saw Sayu intertwining his hands with his, and her slender green-white jade fingers were gently stroking the back of his hand.
"Ahem..."
He cleared his throat, squeezed his soft, boneless hand in a warning manner, then pulled away, looked at the other side and said.
"After asking the questions, let's get started."
He took out the math problem booklet from his school bag.
"Since you don't choose, let's start with mathematics."
It was decided without permission.
Takei and Yamaguchi looked at each other unwillingly, and finally accepted it.
…
swish swish swish
Time passes quietly
In order to prevent Sayu from getting bored, Kato Yusuke also gave her a share of his exercises, so everyone began to study with peace of mind. There were occasional exchanges, but they were limited to learning issues.
When they finished completing a set of questions, the food they had ordered before was delivered to them.
"Oh——! It's coming, it's coming!"
Takei said excitedly.
The assorted barbecue set meal he ordered is considered a favorite among carnivores. Not only is it generous in portion, but it also contains a lot of ingredients, including hamburger meat, sausages and thinly roasted chicken, plus a bowl of white rice that goes with it.
It won't look out of place if you eat it alone.
"Wow, this is really an exaggerated amount of heat."
Yamaguchi Takashi joked, earning a dissatisfied look from Takei Ichiro.
"Are you qualified to speak against me?"
Takei pointed at Yamaguchi Takashi's plate and said.
The hamburger steak made of 100% pure meat is still steaming, with brown sauce drizzled on it. Along the cut corner of the steak, rich cheese is popping out from the inside, which looks very tempting.
"Ah wu..."
Yamaguchi Takashi took a bite of the steak and said vaguely to Takei Ichiro: "I'm a vegetarian, so it doesn't matter."
"You should wait until you finish eating!"
Ichiro Takei complained vehemently, and didn't bother to pay attention to him after he finished speaking, and began to concentrate on eating the food on his plate.
"Yusuke~"
"Um?"
Kato Yusuke looked back and saw Sayu covering his mouth while swallowing the food in his mouth, staring at him with amber eyes, and asked: "This is delicious, do you want to try it?"
The pasta stir-fried with mushrooms was wrapped in cream and sprinkled with finely chopped parsley, which made Yusuke Kato frown.
"No need." He shook his head and said, "I'm not very interested."
"Haha, you're not interested."
Sayu chuckled, lowered his head and started eating again.
She ate very slowly, first rolling up a small cluster of noodles with a fork, then using her other hand to pick up the hair by her ear, and then putting it into her mouth, chewing it in small bites.
The delicate ears were exposed, the oval-like smooth cheeks were slightly bulging, and the delicate lips looked a little charming because they were stained with cream, which made Kato Yusuke narrow his eyes unconsciously.
"Um?"
As if aware of his gaze, Sayu stopped chewing and turned his face slightly to look at Kato Yusuke.
"What...what happened..."
She swallowed the food quickly and said a little uneasily.
"Here." Kato Yusuke pointed to the corner of his mouth, and then handed her a tissue: "It's stained with cream."
"Eh?"
Her beautiful face quickly turned red. Sayu took the tissue and hurriedly wiped her mouth, looking at Kato Yusuke from bottom to top.
"Is there still...?"
Kato Yusuke shook his head: "No more."
"This, this is it..."
Sayu's eyes flickered, and then he fell silent.
The two people looked at each other in the air, and there was an indescribable atmosphere flowing between them.
After a while, Sayu said softly.
"Yusuke, surprisingly... you look at me often."
She played with the ends of her hair shyly, and stared at her with watery eyes, where a person's figure was clearly reflected.
He has black hair, black eyes, sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and the outline of his face is as sharp as a sculpture.
Her words struck the boy's heart like a heavy hammer.
With eyes that were like ink fluctuating, Kato Yusuke looked away unnaturally, picked up the drink in the cup and drank it.
At this moment, he noticed two strange eyes coming from the opposite side.
Yamaguchi Takashi took a deep breath, looked at him with contempt, and spoke word by word.