"Good morning, Mr. Yoshida, I'm here to pick up Xiao Hei."
"...Morning, you came really early."
"After all, I can't bother you for too long, so I want to take it back as soon as possible."
"Oh...then you wait here, I'll bring Xiao Hei out."
"Okay, time to work."
"fine……"
Yoshida waved his hands listlessly and shuffled back into the house. After a while, he came to the entrance carrying a pet flight box, which contained the equally sleepy Xiao Hei.
"Hua~~...Here, you cat."
"Thank you. Did it cause any trouble for you yesterday?"
"...Well, it's nothing, you're welcome, huh..."
As he spoke, he opened his mouth exaggeratedly and yawned.
"?"
Seeing his reaction, Kato Yusuke asked casually: "Mr. Yoshida, you don't look good. Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
Unlike him who was feeling refreshed and refreshed, Yoshida now had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, his eyes were red and bloodshot, and he looked depressed.
Facing his inquiry, the master showed an expression on his face that he wanted to say something, scratched his messy hair irritably, and sighed heavily.
"...Let me tell you, Kato, are you too indulgent?"
"……What??"
Kato Yusuke looked confused and couldn't figure out the situation for a while.
Somehow, Yoshida sighed again.
"Basically, I have also been around your age, and I understand that this is the period when your mind is full of thoughts about girls... However, you should pay more attention to the impact."
"Huh? Mr. Yoshida, what are you talking about??"
"Ah, you don't have to be embarrassed. In fact, I have dated a senior girl from the baseball club before. I was obsessed with that senior girl at the time, ahem... I have done that kind of thing many times, so I can understand it.
Your mood."
Yoshida said, raising his head and looking at him distressedly.
"But... you are still growing, so you need to be more restrained in that kind of thing. You can't just give in to desires and impulses, otherwise you may damage your body in the future."
"ah……"
Kato Yusuke twitched his eyebrows for a moment, uttered meaningless modalities, and vaguely understood.
"Uh... before that, I want to ask, Mr. Yoshida, do you have a habit of listening to people in corners..."
"——There is a ghost!"
Yoshida frowned slightly angrily and said with a dark face:
"I told you beforehand that I don't have that kind of bad taste! It's just because the noise you made was so loud that even if you ask people to cover their ears, they can't stop it!
Not just last night, but also last time and the last time! Your kid has been so messy several times... You must understand the mood of your neighbors to some extent! Please pay attention to the impact!"
Kato Yusuke couldn't help but be startled when he heard this, and then touched his nose awkwardly, with a look of confusion on his face.
To be honest, he hadn't paid much attention to this problem before, but now that Yoshida had said it so openly, he finally realized a problem.
——Then this apartment is too old!
Although the property will hire a specialized company to perform maintenance every once in a while, this is only limited to the exterior and will not change the internal structure of the house.
With the thin walls in their room, the sound insulation effect is basically useless. Even when using a vacuum cleaner, it will be transmitted to the next door, let alone other things...
As for the reason why Yoshida was clearly troubled by this before but didn't find any reason to tell him——
Considering the other party's bad-ass character, it's not hard to understand.
'Maybe it's time to change your house...'
This thought flashed through Kato Yusuke's mind, and he said with some shame: "Well... I'm sorry, Mr. Yoshida, I have caused you trouble. I will pay attention to it later."
"oh oh……"
Seeing that he spoke so seriously, Yoshida showed embarrassment on his face, scratched his cheek and said:
"Well...it would be nice if you could understand.
It's fine if it takes only a moment, but you'll be busy all night long, and I can't keep running outside to get some fresh air, so I'm begging you."
"Huh...? Have you ever gone out before?"
"Yeah, after all, you don't want me to hear this kind of thing, right? Plus, I feel embarrassed myself, so I usually go to a convenience store to buy some cigarettes, beer, etc., and walk outside for a while."
"...It's strange, I always thought people like Mr. Yoshida should have become extinct..."
"Hey! Be careful, I'll kick your ass——!"
Yoshida glared at him fiercely at first, and then said: "However, I am worried on one side, but you kid must also pay attention to your health. Excessive indulgence is not a good thing."
"...Neither do I?"
Kato Yusuke shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly and smiled heartily.
"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Yoshida, but my health is actually very good and I have been exercising."
"Does the exercise you talk about mean the kind of posture exercises you practice outside the balcony every night? Is that thing really effective?"
"That is called the Strengthening the Foundation and Peiyuan Zhuang Gong. It is really good for the body if you persist for a long time. The only problem is that you can't practice it for too long, otherwise there will be side effects."
"Right……"
Yoshida was deeply suspicious of this, but he didn't bother to ask further, yawned and waved his hands.
"Huh... Anyway, you just have to know what's going on. So be it. I'm going to squint for a while and then go to work. You can go back."
"You can take a day off if you want."
"No need-"
Bang~
The door was closed.
Kato Yusuke carried the flight case and planned to return to his side, but...
"Ah~ Good morning, Katozai."
A slightly exaggerated voice suddenly came from downstairs.
Looking down, a girl with long dark blond hair was waving her hand high.
"Oh...good morning, Asami."
"Hmm~Katozai, what are you doing?"
"It's nothing, it's just that my cat was fostered by Mr. Yoshida yesterday, and I'm about to take it back now."
"That's it~"
Asami put one hand on her hips and raised one hand high, lowering her waist to one side as if doing stretching exercises, her blond hair flowing with the movements of her upper body.
Considering that it would not be good to just leave like this, Kato Yusuke took the initiative to ask.
"Aren't you taking exams recently? What are you doing?"
"As you can see, I am doing gymnastics. People are studying until their bodies are rusty, so they come out to relax."
"Did the unified examination go well a while ago?"
"It's so easy, it's a piece of cake! The next step is to prepare for the college exam next week!"
"Good luck."
"Oh~ It's rare for you to say something like this, thank you."
"Then, if nothing happens, I'll go back first."
"Ah, wait a minute! Katozai."
"Is there a problem?"
Facing his questioning look, Asami said with a smile: "I said, do you still remember what we talked about last time~?"
"What happened last time...?"
"Hmm~ It's the association you founded, Katozai. Didn't we agree that after I finish the exam, I'll go there to volunteer?"
"Oh...it turns out to be this."
"Ah, you have simply forgotten about this! How annoying!"
"No, I thought you were joking."
"That's too much!? I'm very serious!"
Asami straightened up with a look of displeasure on her face, frowned and said, "Anyway, I plan to go to your place and have a look as soon as the exam is over. Do you have any requirements for volunteers?"
"Sorry, I'm not very clear about this. If you're interested, I can give you the phone number of the person in charge."
"Ah, that's fine, then please send it to me."
"I know, then I'll go back first."
"Ok~! Thanks, Katozai."
"Won't."
Kato Yusuke said goodbye to the other party politely, and then took Xiao Hei back to the room.
Close the door gently, take off your shoes, and open the cage.
With a "swish", the black cat quickly jumped out of the flight box and ran back to his sleeping bag, carefully observing its surroundings.
There is an ambiguous smell floating in the air, which is the smell of roses, mint and gerbera combined.
The room with the curtains closed seemed a little dark, emitting a dim light like the afternoon.
The shirt, sports pants, and underwear were messy on the ground, as if they were silently telling something.
Kato Yusuke walked quietly to the living room, picked up the clothes on the floor one by one and put them on the bedside table, his eyes fell on the bed gently.
A girl was lying on it to rest. A quilt was placed on her body in a messy manner. Her long dark jade-like hair was scattered casually, and there was a white hairband next to her.
Below the shoulders, a small piece of snow-white back is exposed.
The soft sunlight casts light, making the red mark on the sphenoid bone particularly obvious. The plump and graceful body rises and falls slightly with the long breathing.
"..."
Kato Yusuke turned his head and looked to the side with some feeling, and saw the black cat looking directly at him, as if he was accusing him of yesterday's obliviousness.
He smiled disapprovingly, exchanged a bag of dried fish, gave it to Black Cat and made a silent gesture, and then went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
After he used the existing ingredients at home to make a simple ham sandwich——
"...Um...Yu-chan...?"
With the confused voice, Shiyu finally woke up.
"Are you awake? Senior Shiyu, can you have breakfast - eh?"
Kato Yusuke was halfway through speaking when he suddenly stopped.
A large piece of holy light appeared in his eyes, shrouding Shiyu who was sitting up from the bed and rubbing his eyes.
Without saying a word, he suddenly stepped forward, pulled his shirt from the bedside table, covered it with the annoying dazzling holy light, and then quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"...Good morning, senior, did you sleep well last night?"
"Huh~ Well...it's okay, but...I had the most beautiful dream in my life~"
"Dream……?"
"Hmm~"
Shiyu raised the corners of her mouth charmingly and said in a lazy voice with a hint of sleepiness:
"How should I put it~ It was a wonderful and unforgettable dream. Yu-chan in the dream was very masculine. I really hope you can learn from it in reality~"
"..."
Kato Yusuke was silent for a few seconds, controlled his eyes that didn't know where to look, and coughed vaguely.
"...Well, let's not talk about dreams for now. Can you take a good look around?"
"Huh? Around...?"
Shiyu raised his eyebrows in confusion, not understanding what he meant.
At this time...
"Meow~"
The black cat suddenly jumped down from the cat climbing frame and walked to them with light cat steps. While licking its mouth, "Bah, bah, bah!", it also barked at someone with unfinished meaning.
"Meow meow meow~?"
"Eh...Xiao Hei? Yuu-chan, didn't you send it to Mr. Yoshida...?"
"...Yeah, but I just took it back."
"That's it..."
Shiyu groaned, looked at the black cat looking towards him, and couldn't help but gently stretched out a hand to touch its head.
"Please give me some advice, Xiaohei...eh——?"
When a person and a cat looked at each other, she was suddenly stunned.
The green cat's eyes reflect the beautiful outline, which is as shiny as fine suet jade. The graceful semicircular jade clock is located on the coordinate axis, forming perfect symmetry.
She blinked in confusion and lowered her head to look, the holy light shining in her eyes.
A sharp and ear-piercing cry suddenly exploded in the room, causing Yusuke Kato to instinctively cover his ears.
"Yu...Yu-chan..."
Shiyu tightened the shirt on his body, crossed his hands on his chest, and cast a panicked gaze at him, his pupils trembling slightly.
"..."
Kato Yusuke looked at those charming eyes that had no master, his eyes passed over his face that was so red that it seemed like it was about to bleed, and the strawberry on his neck, and his heart was beating unsatisfactorily.
Recalling his research last night, he suddenly had new inspiration.
Unlike him, who was a master in theoretical mechanics and functional problems, Shiyu, who came into contact with this field for the first time, was a little green after all. He was already tortured halfway through the discussion with him and could not fully entertain him.
However, he couldn't bear to bully Shi Yu too much, so he had to stop gently after the other party got the calculation result of a conserved quantity.
But now!
Faced with the function problem that looked like a beauty, he could no longer suppress his inner desire for knowledge.
He took a deep breath, put his hands on Shiyu's shoulders, and decided to help her recall the mysteries of theoretical mechanics.
As for what a neighbor said half an hour ago, he had forgotten it.
Amidst the roar of dragons and phoenixes.
In this way, they wander in the ocean of knowledge, gain knowledge and knowledge, and accumulate knowledge.
…
after that--
They both skipped work for a long time and didn't arrive at the studio until three o'clock in the morning.
Seeing them coming hand in hand, Yoshida, who had a pair of panda eyes, showed an expression as if he was about to eat someone, and glared at someone fiercely, with the word "liar" written all over his face.
Kato Yusuke pretended not to see it, just lowered his head and coughed, and then hurriedly ran to his work station.
Shiyu also followed him.
Considering that girls are relatively thin-skinned, he did not tell Shiyu about his conversation with Yoshida, so the girl did not pay attention to their little actions and just sat next to him with her laptop and started working.
Regarding the fact that they were late together, everyone naturally had to ask questions, but they were all vaguely dismissed by Kato Yusuke.
It is worth mentioning that because Shiyu uploaded the photos of yesterday’s birthday to Moments, everyone also knew about it.
"I mean~ Teacher Kasumi Shiko, you had a date with the teacher yesterday! I saw the photo you sent, and it feels great~! Can you tell us the specific process?"
Mayu Xiangra, who was very curious, immediately moved a small bench and sat next to Shiyu, asking curious questions.
Yinglili seemed disapproving, but she also stopped the brush in her hand and secretly raised her ears to listen carefully.
Shiyu glanced at them respectively, and raised the corners of her mouth slightly with pride. She didn't intend to hide it... or in other words, she actually didn't want others to know.
"Well, Yuu-chan and I are dating, but it feels more like going to the amusement park with my little brother~
He arranged so many activities, but I actually felt a little tired later on and couldn't live up to his wishes, so I had no choice but to accompany him."
The person involved sighed, just crossed his legs, and talked about yesterday's process in an understated and satisfying tone.
At first, there were only Sagara Mayu and Eiri in the office. Later, even Megumi and Kokano joined the audience.
Let’s leave aside a certain scumbag who enters work mode.
The goddesses looked at the lazy Shiyu with different expressions, vaguely feeling that something about her had become different, as if her whole temperament had changed.
There was a touch of charm between her eyebrows, her eyes revealed a hint of arrogance, and there was an unpredictable smile on her lips. She occasionally chuckled without explaining the reason, which was full of tea flavor.
Although everyone felt a little awkward looking at Shiyu like this, they could barely understand it when they thought that yesterday was the other person's birthday after all.
When the story was almost finished, the friends who saw that the time was about the same went to have lunch, but Kanoko Hasumi stayed.
"Congratulations~ Xiaoshi, you finally got what you wanted~"
Shiyu couldn't help but blush at the teasing that came close to his ear. He frowned pretending to be angry and glared at his former teacher, but unfortunately it had no effect.
Hasumi Kanoko covered her mouth and smiled, looking at her with the eyes of someone who had experienced it. She had seen the clues from the beginning.
"Okay, okay, Xiaoshi, stop staring at me like that. I'm going to eat too. Do you want me to bring you something back~?"
"...No need, Yu-chan and I already ate before we came here."
"Hey~~ So that's it, then you just stay here slowly, I won't disturb you...and there's Kato-kun."
Hasashi looked aside when Kanoko saw her.
"I have something to tell you about the matter we talked about last time. Let's talk about it together when everyone comes back."
Kato Yusuke glanced at her thoughtfully, then nodded thoughtfully.