For the Japanese, when it comes to the two most important festivals of the year, they are nothing more than Obon and New Year.

Obon is a day to worship ancestors, and New Year is a day of renewal and revival of life. Therefore, these two festivals together constitute the cognitive tradition of "life and death" in Japanese society.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who has lived in Japan for nearly 20 years, naturally knows a lot about Japanese New Year customs.

Although he had just experienced a four-hour red and white live broadcast, when Sakamoto Kiyoshi dragged his tired body and returned home, he didn't even take a shower, just lay on the bed and fell asleep.

But when the first rays of sunlight in 2011 shone through the window screen of the room on Kiyoshi Sakamoto's face, he struggled and got up from the floppy bed.

After all, on the first day of the first lunar month, you have to drink a mouthful of hot rice cake soup!

After washing, the whole person is much more energetic.

Twenty minutes later ...

"Whew! ”

Picking up the hot rice cake soup on the dining table, pouring it into his mouth, the sweetness of the rice cake soup, and the smoothness of the sugar water, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting on the dining chair, couldn't help but show a happy smile.

However, when his eyes touched the empty chairs, the sense of happiness in his heart was weakened a lot.

"I knew it earlier, and I went back together... A left-behind older child also muttered to himself.

Due to work, Kiyoshi Sakamoto did not follow his family and returned to his hometown in Nagasaki for the New Year, but stayed in Tokyo.

Therefore, he was the only one left in Sakamoto's house in Meguro Ward.

"Ahh ”

Bell bell bell!

Just when Sakamoto Kiyoshi's thoughts drifted away, the crisp doorbell, as if he heard the call in his heart, rang at the right time!

"Huh?!, someone's coming?!!"

Who could it be?

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who took a step forward and looked puzzled, walked to the entrance and glanced at the screen of the doorbell.

The visitor made the puzzle on Sakamoto Kiyoshi's face even thicker.

"Uh?!, why is she here?" muttered as Kiyoshi Sakamoto opened the door.

"How do you ... ”

Before Sakamoto Kiyoshi finished speaking, someone came to give Sakamoto Kiyoshi a big hug.

Bang!

The impact of the collision of the bodies also made Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who was caught off guard, take a step back slightly.

Feeling the touch transmitted from his chest, Kiyoshi Sakamoto suddenly thought of a word:

Hit people with the ball.

Although, that ball, it's a little small...

However, it's still a foul!

"Ka-chan, aren't you back to Okinawa?

Hearing Sakamoto Kiyoshi's doubts, he hugged the girl around his waist tightly, and raised his smiling face slightly, "I'll accompany you!"

The familiar smile, and the deep love in his eyes, seemed to tell Sakamoto Kiyoshi about his own intentions.

Looking at Yui Aragaki's smiling face, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also instantly understood that she was afraid that she would be alone, so she did not go back to Okinawa for the New Year, but stayed in Tokyo with him.

The feeling of loneliness in my heart has also dissolved a lot with the arrival of this empathetic girlfriend in front of me.

"Come in and talk about it. ”

。。。

As soon as he entered the house, the sharp-eyed Aragaki Yui immediately found the rice cake soup on the dining table, and her eyes rolled slightly, "What are you stealing?"

"Oh, rice cake soup, do you want it?"

"Huh?!Did you cook it?"

"Hmm. ”

Sakamoto Kiyoshi's words,It seems to remind Aragaki Yui.,It seems that he still brought something over.。。。

"That's right!" I saw that she patted her forehead lightly as if she had just woken up from a dream, and exclaimed, "I seem to have cooked rice cake soup too!"

"Eh, where's the thermos pot?"

Seeing his girlfriend looking left and right cutely, as if she was looking for something, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also "poofed" and laughed.

"It turns out that this is the rice cake soup you cooked with your own hands?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who had already taken over the thermos pot at the entrance, also picked up the "missing" thermos pot and raised it.

"Uh-huh. Yui Aragaki nodded like a chick pecking rice.

"Hmmm... Since you also brought rice cake soup, why don't you try my craft first, and then try yours together?" Sakamoto Kiyoshi asked, standing in the kitchen, as he poured hot rice cake soup into a bowl.

"Okay!"

Yui Aragaki naturally readily agreed.

After drinking the rice cake soup on the first day of the new year, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also took out the New Year's dishes that Sakamoto's mother had already prepared from the refrigerator and tasted them with Yui Aragaki.

The sumptuous and diverse dishes filled the entire dining table, making Aragaki Yui, a foodie, also have bright eyes and shout "It's so rich!"

New Year's dishes, which are must-eat during the New Year, are called "Osei cuisine" in Japan.

Depending on the region, the dishes of "Osho Ryori" will vary.

In Kanto, black beans, caviar, and dried sardines are a must, while in Kansai, black beans, caviar roe, and burdock are all three things that must be eaten.

However, it is interesting that the two people from Nagasaki and Okinawa are neither Kansai nor Kanto...

For the two of them, no custom can compare to the smile of the lover sitting opposite.

As the saying goes, the important thing is not what you eat, but who you eat with.

。。。。。。

Alone time, this is a good opportunity for the young couple of Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Yui Aragaki to relax and show their truest side.

No, the two who were still sitting facing each other slowly got together as time passed.

Even the lips slowly came together.

Not to mention, the act of spreading dog food with their mouths open and feeding each other's food...

However, the two of them still restrained a little, after all, it was still daytime outside, and it was not appropriate to do those shameful things.

The two of them rubbed their temples on the dining table for a moment, and then moved to the sofa in the living room.

Leaning the whole person on Sakamoto Kiyoshi's body, Aragaki Yui gently shook the sake in her hand, her face slightly drunk, "You didn't go back to Nagasaki, but stayed in Tokyo, is it because of the company?"

"Hmm. Picking up the sake in his hand and taking a sip, Kiyoshi Sakamoto replied smoothly, "The board meeting will be held at the end of the month, and I am preparing the relevant materials to propose a plan at the meeting. ”

For Aragaki Yui, Sakamoto Kiyoshi has always been unabashed.

Whether it's a matter at work or in private, as long as his girlfriend asks, he will tell the truth.

After all, a relationship needs to be more honest.