What exactly was said between Yukino and Isshiki, Shota was very curious. But seeing that the faces of the two were very normal, and it didn't look like they were arguing or something, they had to hand the towel to Isshiki as if nothing had happened.

After Isshiki wiped his hair casually, he walked towards his mother's hospital room with Shota and Yukino.

"What's going on now? Is the money enough? If it's not enough, we can borrow it from you first and pay it back slowly. After entering the elevator, Xue Nai asked softly with a scruple of color.

"It's okay with money, for some reason, my mother and I have saved a sum of money, and we will have surgery in a few days. But the operation is actually fine, mainly because of her mother, who is usually too tired and physically ...... It's all my ......."

"Colored Feather...... Haven't you been working hard all the time? It's done well enough. Shota gently patted Isshiki's shoulder, who had bowed his head out of guilt, but his comfort did not work, and Isshiki's face was still full of chagrin and remorse.

"Nope! Mom, the reason why she is so tired is because of my ...... It's me who is too headstrong, thinking only about myself, if I hadn't done so many inconsequential things, if I hadn't had that childish idea......"

Shota wordlessly lowered his hand that wanted to comfort Isshiki, and the weight of his words was so heavy that he couldn't lift his hand at all.

It's not self-inflicted, or what makes me feel good, but Shota can guess what Isshiki's 'inconsequential things' and 'childish thoughts' are. In the final analysis, it was because he was too irresponsible at the time to agree to the confession.

Yukino opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything. If she's just a friend of Isshiki, it's incumbent on her to comfort Isshiki, but she still has the identity of Shota's 'fiancée'.

The elevator door slowly opened, and the gloomy expression on Issei's face gradually disappeared.

"I'm sorry, I'm just, I can't help it......"

Now Isshiki, what she needs is a hug, what she needs is someone to be able to rely on, but the only thing Shota can do is say, "I'm sorry." ”

"Well, I accept it!" Issei jumped out of the elevator, with a ridiculous smile on his face, "Although you didn't say it, I found out a long time ago!" ”

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

Shota and Yukino glanced at each other after stepping out of the elevator, both with confused expressions on their faces.

"Liutianchang Shopping Center, that Mr. Pan is me in it~"

"Huh!?"

"Rainbow Feather ......!"

Looking at the panicked expressions on the faces of the two, Isseki laughed happily like a naughty child who had succeeded in a prank, and turned to walk towards his mother's hospital room.

"Ju, it's actually Caiyu ......" Shota looked at Isshiki's distant back in a daze, and still didn't react for a while, "It hurts!" Why are you stepping on my feet? ”

"Because you deserve to step on it." Yukino glanced at Shota coldly and walked towards Isshiki, "Saiyu and I are two clear, it's you who are sorry for us." ”

On that rainy day, looking at Shota and Isshiki hugging each other in the phone booth, it was clear how painful Isshiki's heart was in Mr. Pan's puppet costume at that time.

"I, hey......"

Shota, who had no way to defend himself, hung his head helplessly and followed behind Yukino.

When Shota and Yukino followed Isshiki to the senior ward that they had just changed yesterday, Isshiki's mother was sitting on the bed talking and smiling with the nurses, and the complexion on her face was not bad, and she didn't look like a person with cancer who was about to undergo surgery.

"Mom, how are you feeling today? My senior and senior sister have come to see you~" Isseki smiled and took the bag from Shota's hand and placed the bag of fruit on the table next to the hospital bed. Shota has seen the fruits in general, and all of them are fruits that are suitable for breast cancer patients, such as strawberries and oranges.

Shota and Yukino also walked to the bedside, and although they also had a backlog of things in their hearts, they still tried to greet Isshiki's mother with a smile, while the nurse at the bedside smiled and bowed slightly and left the ward.

"Thank you, Caiyu, this child, thanks to you for taking care of me on weekdays." Isshiki's mother touched Isshii's hair next to the bed, and looked at Issei, who was tired, and her eyes became more and more distressed. Because it's a single-parent family.,Isshiki's mother took very little care of Isshiki.,As a result, I'm still sick now.,Cause Isshiki to become so haggard.。

"This is what we should do, after all, Saiwa is my good friend." Facing the seriously ill Isshiki mother, a rare smile appeared on Yukino's face.

Simply chatting with Isshiki's mother.,Of course, most of it was Shota communicating with Isshiki's mother.。 For Yukino, it is not easy to keep a smile all the time, and it is difficult for a strong person to ask her to be able to talk to others cordially.

Although Shota has always had guilt for Isshiki in his heart, but because his parents and Yono have taught him since he was a child, Shota can still talk to Isshiki's mother very decently.

After chatting for a while, it was sunny outside, and Shota and Yukino discussed it for a while before saying goodbye to Isshiki and her mother.

Before leaving, Isshiki's mother specially called Shota.

"Shota-kun."

"What's wrong, aunt?"

"Really, thank you very much, please don't be burdened."

Sitting on the hospital bed, Isshiki's mother looked at Shota's tangled expression sincerely, and bent slightly to Shota as Isshiki's mother.

……

……

"Yukino."

"What's wrong, irresponsible gorilla in heat."

Inside the station, Yukino, who was standing next to Shota, was expressionless, and the prefix of the address to Shota in his mouth was getting longer and longer.

“…… Aunt Isshiki, why do you want to thank me? ”

"Probably because you made her daughter feel the cruelty and cruelty of society in advance."

“……”

"Just kidding, don't be bitter anymore, there's no point."

Shota leaned against the wall with a wry smile, "If someone tells me Yukino that you're joking, then I'll think he's joking." ”

"Huh." Xue Nai sneered a few times very face-savingly, "Probably thank you, the flowery young master, for not doing anything excessive to her when he fell in love with Cai Yu." ”

Shota's expression became more and more bitter, and the confession that he casually promised at that time was going to be black history forever, and it kept being mentioned by Yukino.

"But I really haven't done anything to Caiyu, at most it's just holding hands."

"So, what about dating?"

"There are very few dates or anything, and at the latest, we will send her back after dinner together, and nothing else."

Remembering himself and Isshiki, who were very innocent at the time, the emotions in Shota's heart became more and more emotional and complicated. Don't say anything about excuses like being forced to make up CP by a rotten girl.,If Shota at that time could have a little bit of responsibility to refuse the confession of Isshiki.,There's not so much going on now.。

But on the contrary, Isshiki's mother confessed to herself so solemnly.

"Take me there."

"What?"

Yukino's cold words pulled Shota back from his memories and looked at Yukino in bewilderment.

"Take me to the places where you and Caiyu have dated."

"Uh, there's nothing to do...... Well, now? The determined expression on Yukino's face forced Shota to change his mind temporarily, "At this time, let's go to dinner." Don't take this line, come with me. ”

"Okay."

Yukino nodded and followed Shota to the other platform.

About twenty minutes later, Shota took Yukino into an inconspicuous alley and came to a small place to eat barbecue rice. The shop is very small, with a capacity of only 8 customers, and the décor is somewhat similar to that of some ramen shops.

Looking at the inconspicuous little shop in front of him, Xue Nai frowned, "This is the shop you often come to?" ”

"Hmm." Shota, who looked nostalgic, nodded affirmatively, "Although I didn't agree to her confession because I liked Caiyu at that time, I can still see that her family background is not very good." ”

"Are you AA system?" Yukino looked at Shota strangely, although she had always adhered to the AA system when she ate with Shota. But in her cognition, when couples go out to eat, it is usually the man who treats them. What's more, Yukino is also very clear that Shota has a certain machismo tendency in this regard.

Of course, according to Shota, that's gentlemanly demeanor.

"Of course it's not the AA system, it's my treat."

"So, I see."

"But I didn't expect it, she still felt ......"

Shota sighed with a wry smile again, he had been sighing more and more often lately, but he was completely paying for his previous actions.

"Okay, don't sigh, there are just two more in there." Yukino's brows locked again, and she was very dissatisfied with Shota's non-stop sighing behavior.

"Wait."

"What's wrong?"

"You really haven't been to eat at these restaurants." Shota smiled and shook his head, pulling Yukino, who wanted to push the door in, to the vending machine at the door, "If you want to choose what you want to eat here, just give the order to the boss who cooks in the middle when you go in." ”

"Hmm."

Yukino nodded, quietly watching Shota.

"Uh, what do you see me doing? It's good to choose your own, it's like a vending machine. ”

"Hmm."

"You won't be ...... Okay, I'll order it for you. ”

Looking at Yukino's eyes that suddenly became murderous, Shota decisively swallowed the words he said halfway, took out two thousand yen sheets and stuffed them into the vending machine, and clicked them twice.

"Alright, let's go inside." After getting the two receipts and the recovered coins, Shota pushed open the door and walked into the shop.

"Welcome, ahhh

This small shop is run by a middle-aged couple, the husband is responsible for cooking, and the wife is responsible for serving guests and cleaning the dishes.

"Mrs. Inoue, long time no see."

"Yo, you're finally here again, is it still the same as before?"

"Uncle, I'm sorry for you."

Shota greeted the middle-aged couple familiarly and sat down with Yukino. The space in the store was even smaller than Yukino had imagined, and after sitting down, she and Shota sat completely tightly together.

"Eh, this ......"

Mrs. Inoue, who was still smiling at first, became puzzled by the expression on her face when she saw Yukino, and soon thought of something. After placing a glass of ice water in front of Shota, Mrs. Inoue snorted unceremoniously.

At first, Shota was a little confused, but after discovering that although Mrs. Inoue was very respectful and polite when she treated Yukino, she was not at all as enthusiastic as she remembered, and he immediately understood something.

"Irresponsible flower-hearted gorilla in heat."

The complaint in his ears made Shota smile bitterly again.