Megumi, who replaced Yoshiko Himekawa and stood in front of the stove, said this.
"Okay——" x4
The four members of Kato's team reacted in unison and approached the stove together.
Kato Yusuke, Yoshiko, Yamaguchi, Takei.
The girl distributed the roasted meat, seafood, and vegetables to them in order.
"What about yourself?"
When Kato Yusuke asked this question, Kei casually replied: "It's okay, I'll just eat slowly later~"
‘That’s it again.’ Yusuke Kato thought to himself.
During those days when she helped him cook in the apartment to take care of him, the girl always put his perspective first.
Although he often said that "meals are best when they are freshly prepared", he was always busy in the kitchen and served dishes to him on the table.
In addition, it is the same on campus or outside. During meals, he will take the initiative to fetch water and pour drinks for everyone. His considerate behavior is like an angel waiting for people.
Even though we knew she had this kind of personality, it still made people feel a little embarrassed when they were the only ones eating, especially Kato Yusuke, who received the most care.
He sighed softly, dipped the perfectly cooked pork belly in barbecue sauce, and picked it up with chopsticks.
"Let's have some pork belly."
As he spoke, he put the pork belly to Hui's mouth. The other party blinked slightly in a daze, looking at his face and the chopsticks in his hand in turn.
Then, the girl took a peck like a little bird and ate the pork belly.
"..."
"..."
In the blank time, the two people's eyes met.
After realizing it later, Kato Yusuke was startled and quickly looked away from Megumi's face, who was looking at him in surprise.
In order to cover up his inner embarrassment, he swallowed dryly and pretended to speak casually.
"...I'll bake it, you go and eat it first."
Hearing this, Hui glanced at him and nodded lightly.
The girl did not say the usual polite words such as "Excuse me," or "Thank you." She just silently handed over the barbecue tongs in her hand, and finally sat down in her seat.
Kato Yusuke took her place and stood in front of the stove, just as he was about to turn over the ingredients with barbecue tongs...
"""Slow down, slow down!"""
The three people at the table spoke at the same time.
Looking up, I saw three people eating melons with their mouths wide open in a daze.
Himekawa Yoshiko took the lead and said with an moved face:
"Kato-kun, you have finally grown up!"
Takei continued: "I fed her food directly. Is this considered couple feeding...?"
As for Yamaguchi, he looked at him with a smile as if he was enjoying the show.
Kato Yusuke felt a little irritated and unhappy. He immediately pointed a barbecue tong at the Mangkhut brothers and asked:
"I won't talk about it, Kako. Why do you two foodies have the nerve to put on such expressions and make noise here?"
Faced with his doubts, Yamaguchi walked up with a playful smile.
"Hey, Yusuke, why don't you feed me too~!"
Just talking to him in a girl's falsetto tone.
Kato Yusuke glanced at him without any emotion and laughed without any hint of yin and yang.
"Okay, I understand. I will be more serious and accompany you during the next shooting practice."
"Huh? Your ball is so soft and has no strength at all. Who is afraid of whom, scumbag?"
Like this, the two people started fighting.
…
Wait until the barbecue is almost done.
"Everyone, I'm back with pears! Let's have some after-dinner fruit~"
"There are even fruits!?"
“Wow, the barbecue party is the best!”
In the emotion of the Mangkhut brothers, Himekawa Yoshiko distributed the pears he had received to several people in turn.
"The mineral water is here, everyone -"
""I'm not welcome!!""
Crunch, crunch!
""So sweet!!""
Yamaguchi and Takei said in unison.
Jia Zi opened her eyes wide in shock when she saw this, and said hurriedly: "Wait a minute, at least wash up before eating! I'll give you mineral water."
"Huh? There's no need for that kind of thing."
"Me too, unwashed pears are also delicious~!"
Brother Mangkhut waved his hands indifferently, looking careless.
"Ah! No, what should I do if I have a bad stomach? Give me the pears and I will rinse them for you."
Himekawa Yoshiko couldn't help but help the two reluctant people rinse the pears that had been bitten several times.
Kato Yusuke observed them for a while, and then started to prepare to rinse the pears in his hands.
At this time——
"Here you go, Yusuke, please use it~"
A peeled pear was handed over.
"?"
"I'll give this to you, and I'll take yours, okay?" Hui said, replacing the pear in his hand, and started cleaning it again.
"Thanks."
"No need to be polite, I'm used to it anyway."
Kato Yusuke's eyes switched between the pear in his hand and the girl. After all, he didn't ask what that habit meant.
"Crunch" took a bite of the pear and chewed it slowly in his mouth.
The crispy, sweet, cold and refreshing taste immediately came up, and the rich juice overflowed in the mouth, with a rich fruity flavor.
He couldn't help but take another bite and relaxed with a satisfied expression.
After a while, Hui peeled the other pear, handed the fruit knife to Kako, and sat next to him and started eating.
Yamaguchi couldn't help being stunned when he saw this, and bumped the bamboo well next to him with his elbow, and said: "Hey, don't eat the bamboo well yet, let's peel it too?"
"Hmm...what's the noodle?" Zhujing, whose mouth was full, looked back and saw that there was only one core left in the pear in his hand.
"You idiot, you ate too fast, didn't you?"
"Creak, creak, but, Gudu...this pear is really delicious!"
Yamaguchi shrugged helplessly, turned to look to the side, and saw Kako peeling the skin skillfully.
He thought for a moment, then laughed maliciously.
"Huh~huh~huh~, Pear, wake up! Now I'm going to peel off your skin and make you naked."
When Jiazi heard this, he was startled at first, and then immediately realized that he had been teased, and couldn't help but cursed angrily:
"Idiot, don't speak obscenely in front of girls, it's terrible - hahaha! What's your dubbing like? It's so stupid."
At the end of the scolding, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, as if he was struck by Yamaguchi's laughter.
Influenced by them, Kato Yusuke, Megumi, and Takei also couldn't help laughing.
at this time--
"""""oh--!"""""
Excited exclamations from students rang out everywhere, and a bonfire was lit in the square.
The firelight dyed a corner of the deep sky red, rendering the vivid colors of red and orange, illuminating the night venue brightly.
The students who had finished their dinner spontaneously gathered towards the bonfire, like moths attracted by the light of the fire.
"So--"
Yamaguchi threw the finished fruit core into a garbage bag and said casually: "How about it? Do you want to participate in the folk dance event later?"
"Forget it." Takei raised his hand first to answer, patting his round belly and said, "I have too much barbecue in my belly, and I don't want to move it now."
Jiazi held her chin with one hand and continued: "I can participate or not. It depends on Xiaohui how to do it, so——"
She looked at the two people with a smile and asked, "Can you dance with Kato-san? Xiaohui."
As soon as these words came out, the three of them focused their meaningful gazes on the two people.
The atmosphere began to change.
Kato Yusuke and Kei looked at each other.
The girl took the lead and started talking: "Well, why do you specifically refer to the two of us? Folk dance is an activity that everyone dances together, right?"
"Maybe it was like that at the beginning, but the pas de deux later is the highlight, right?"
"What Yoshiko said is right, so what do you think? Are you ready to match up with Kato-san? Kato." Yamaguchi asked meaningfully, giving Yusuke Kato a deep look.
The parties involved remained silent on this.
As for the preparation, there is no need to say more.
After all, dancing a pas de deux on that occasion, whether it is the party who invites or the party who agrees, has a special meaning in itself.
Asking for a dance is an act of showing love originating from ancient human civilization.
As long as Kato Yusuke and Megumi pair up and participate in folk dance, it is basically announcing to the outside world the fact that "we are dating."
He took a deep breath, and then looked at Hui, who was sitting next to him, and Hui was looking back at him quietly, as if waiting for something.
The warm firelight shone in the girl's eyes, like a candle lit in the dusk, soft and quiet.
Just before Kato Yusuke was about to speak——
"——Hui, Hui!"
A voice like an oriole emerging from the valley suddenly sounded from behind them, "Let's dance a folk dance together, Hui."
Following the sound, I looked back and saw Erili standing there with an uneasy look on her face.
A pair of blue eyes switched between their faces, and they looked a little nervous as they pinched the hem of their clothes.
"Ah, it's Eiri~ Well, you can dance," Hui said, getting up from her seat and walking over.
"Thank you, Megumi, that's great, I want to dance with you."
Yinglili first breathed a sigh of relief, then glanced somewhere unconsciously and bit her lower lip gently, her expression a little hesitant.
Hui's eyes fluctuated slightly, but she didn't look back. Instead, she said nonchalantly: "...However, I always feel that it's strange that there are only two of us girls. Do you want to call some more people?"
"--Eh?"
"So, can you please dance with us? Yusuke."
"Huh? Ah, no, why do you call him Hui?"
"Even if you ask me why...how do you want me to answer you?"
"...!"
A flash of panic flashed in Yinglili's eyes, and she instinctively turned her gaze away, muttering: "...Forget it, since Huidu said so, just let him do it."
"If you feel uncomfortable, I can just watch you from the side, Eiriri." Yusuke Kato walked over, scratching the back of his neck helplessly and sighing.
"I didn't say that!"
"So, even if you and Hui have a good relationship, you don't need to call me an accessory, right?"
"snort!"
"Well, since we have decided, let's go to the bonfire together."
Hui said this in a calm tone, and at the same time glanced at someone without emotion, and then took Ying Lili's hand and walked forward.
Himekawa Yoshiko was stunned when she saw this, and then she shouted, "You can add me as well," and chased after the two of them.
Kato Yusuke originally wanted to follow them, but just as he was about to take steps, a hand suddenly touched his left shoulder.
Slowly, the sound of Yamaguchi sounded.
"You escaped again, Kato, but to be honest, it's better for you to make a decision sooner, otherwise -"
After a pause, the second half of the somewhat serious sentence also reached his ears.
"-Sooner or later, you will face the day when you have to make a choice without any preparation, which is the so-called turning point in life."
A slight tingling sensation emerged from my heart.
Kato Yusuke silently took away his hand and replied in a low voice: "...I have made my choice in life a long time ago."
"Kato, you——"
"I'll go over first, that's it."
Ignoring Yamaguchi's stunned expression, he walked forward.
When they arrived near the bonfire, there were already many people gathered around. There was just a gap left in the circular crowd, so the four of them walked up, preparing to fill the gap.
However, when she saw the person in the gap clearly, Jiazi, who was still smiling happily, immediately put her face up and ran to the other side.
There was no other reason than that the person standing there was Shinjoka, and she didn't want to hold hands with this scheming girl at all.
"Good evening, President, Sawamura-san, Kato-san, Himekawa-san." Shinjoka greeted in a friendly manner.
"Um."
""Good evening, Shinjou-san.""
"..."
The three people from the student union also greeted them back, but Jiazi ignored them.
Before the atmosphere became awkward, Kato Yusuke took the initiative to stand on the right side of Shinjoka, and asked Eiriri, Megumi, and Kako to line up on his right in order.
Bang! The wood in the fire crackled.
The warmth scorches the air, turning the surrounding temperature into a fiery heat.
Yinglili stared at the huge fire in front of her and said softly: "It's so hot here."
Kato Yusuke nodded and replied: "After all, we are in front of a bonfire."
"But..." Megumi said, "The bonfire is great. Just staring at it can calm you down."
"However, the smell seems to remain on the clothes afterwards."
Hearing what Eiri said, Shinjoka curiously interjected into the topic.
"Sawamura-kun, haven't you participated in this kind of activity before?"
"...I rarely have this kind of opportunity. I mostly attend parties at home, but I have still seen videos of folk dances."
"That's it. But you just need to hold the president and vice president. Everyone is holding hands and spinning around like this. It's very simple."
"Well, I understand, thank you, Shinjou-san."
"No~ I'm also very happy to have the opportunity to dance folk dance with Sawamura-san."
"Hypocritical..." Kako muttered quietly and took the hand of Hui and the student on her right.
When everyone was almost gathered and no students were planning to join in, Masaru Nakamura pressed the play button on the speaker, and melodious music started playing.
The students forming a circle began to hold hands.
Kato Yusuke also reached out and took Shinjoka and Eiriri's hands.
Compared to Shinjoka who took the initiative to hold his hand, Eirili who was held by him was obviously a little nervous, and her hand movements were also very stiff. It took a while before she dared to slowly hold her hand back.
Even so, Yinglili didn't dare to look at him, she just stared down at the bonfire in front of her, her eyes illuminated by the firelight seemed to be filled with countless flying fireflies.
A blush crept up to the base of my ears.
Bang... bang... the firewood made a slight crackling sound.
Sparks are flying in the sky.
The light from the bonfire floated, and the shadows of boys and girls swayed happily.