Thai food?

Naoki Natsume didn't know why, but he soon knew which one Asai was talking about.

Get off at Shibuya Station on the Yamanote Line and it's a five-minute walk.

The second-floor shop on Genzaka Street, the Thai food was what he and Asai ate when they went out for the first time.

At the same time, that day was also Asai's birthday, and they had Thai food at noon and celebrated together in the evening...... It was like a sunny day, but it suddenly rained, and Asai was caught in the rain and caught a cold.

"Okay, I'll go after watching the movie." Naoki Natsume smiled, "We'll be able to pick up the tickets in ten minutes, and it's time to eat after watching the movie, and then go home after eating." ”

Asai nodded silently.

Actually, it doesn't matter what the movie is, she likes to watch anime originally to get to know Naoki Natsume-

Before coming to Tokyo, Aunt Natsume once mentioned to her that Naoki Natsume likes anime culture very much, so she made up a lot of dramas, so that she wouldn't be unable to catch the topic when Naoki Natsume mentioned it.

That's why, in the first few days of Asai's arrival, Naoki Natsume felt that the maid knew everything.

Asai was reminiscing about his life in Hokkaido before coming to Tokyo, and he didn't know if he had a heart, and Naoki Natsume also thought about the summer vacation after the exam.

"You're going to accompany me home on vacation, right?" He asked.

"Because it's an appointment." Asai replied.

This matter was discussed a long time ago when the two realized that the summer vacation was approaching, when Naoki Natsume invited Asai to go home with him, and Asai agreed.

Naoki Natsume asked again, "And what about after that?" ”

Asai thought for a moment and said, "Maybe I'll go back here that night." ”

"You should have a lot to say to your uncle and aunt when you go home, I'm an outsider, and I can't live in your house." Asai added, "I don't want to go back to my own home, so maybe I'll take the train back to Tokyo that night...... There is a cat in the house besides you and me, and it finally has a home, and it can't be hungry enough to go out and grab food from other stray cats. ”

Under Naoki Natsume's gaze, Asai straightened up, and he didn't know why, but he looked a little stubborn: "No matter how naughty it is to make me angry, that's also my cat, which round got to the point where he ran out hungry and was fed by others?" ”

"We can go back with the cat."

"It's troublesome, it's not necessary." Asai shook his head.

Then he began to babble about the pros and cons of doing so, as if he didn't care, but was just thinking about what was most convenient for him.

But Naoki Natsume looked at her thoughtful appearance with low eyebrows and chattering cuteness, and knew that she was very confused now.

Because the Asai on weekdays is definitely not like this.

"You're not an outsider."

"Whether the cat can be brought on the train is a question, and I am not worried about checking it in. My sister is very smart, so she is more sensitive than the average clumsy kitten, and it is easier to leave psychological shadows......"

"I said," Naoki Natsume saw that Asai was still looking down and deceiving himself, and gently put his hand on the back of her hand and held her hand, "You are not an outsider. ”

Asai was slightly stunned and raised his head to look at him, the eyes of the two men staring at each other and intertwined.

He could see Asai's uneasiness, so he said softly: "You are not an outsider to me, if it were an outsider, the two of us should be arguing every day like the couple just now." ”

"Didn't you ask me why the two of us wouldn't be like this?" Naoki Natsume said, "Because we are not outsiders and live in the same family, you should be considered my family...... The same goes for cats. Only harmonious families will not quarrel, and there is no need to run in for each other...... Because home is inclusive. ”

He likes to get up at night to go to the toilet without clothes, and at first he will be shy when he is bumped into by Asui, but now that the two meet at night, there is no longer the original embarrassment, but Asai will ask him if he is hungry, and if he is hungry, she will go to make him some supper.

Asai sleeps very shallowly at night, and is always easily woken up by noise, perhaps in order to be able to hear the needs of the owner at night, a habit that can be formed, so during the time when Asai first came, Natsume Naoki found that sometimes he woke up in the morning Asai obviously didn't sleep well, and occasionally stared at the dark circles under his eyes and yawned, he would set his phone to vibrate at night.

Without the phone and tone at night, Asai is now sleeping better and better, and he is refreshed in the morning.

Recalling all the things in his mind, facing Naoki Natsume's almost confessional true feelings, Asai pursed his lips and finally nodded.

"But cats are still a problem."

"Then we might as well take the bus back to Hokkaido." Naoki Natsume thought for a moment and said with a smile: "That guy Hayato can drive, and he has a small pickup truck for delivery at home. ”

"Won't it be troublesome?"

"It's not good to be too polite with friends," Naoki Natsume said, "Sometimes you don't have to be too inconsequential about inconsequential little things, and helping each other will make the relationship better." ”

Hearing this, Asai nodded and wrote it down, and if Kitahara Hayato needed it in the future, she would remember today's conversation.

"So ......"

Naoki Natsume looked at her, and there was more hope in his eyes: "I don't know why you don't want to go back to your own house, if you don't have a place to go, stay in my house!" My mom and dad will love you. ”

Asai felt his hot gaze and thought to himself, of course your parents will like me.

After all, a long, long time ago, your parents treated me as a daughter-in-law.

Merely......

Asai sighed inwardly.

You don't go home for a long time, and I'm afraid it will take some time for you to accept some things at home.

She recalled in her heart that before she came to Tokyo at the beginning of the year, the family conflict of the Natsume family had reached a point where it could not be resolved internally, and she didn't know if the situation had improved in the past six months.

I hope that when I return to Hokkaido this summer, my brother Naoki, who is my son, will be able to make my parents sit down and reconcile.

"Okay, I'll promise you about it." Asai nodded, "But I also want you to promise me one thing." ”

"You say."

"Take me to Teine Shrine after Hokkaido, and if there's a sacrifice ceremony, I want you to meet someone."

Asai's mind came to mind the appearance of the old man who was about to die at Teine Shrine.

What did Brother Naoki tell him at the beginning, in fact, Asai was also very curious.

She has the consciousness to tell herself that Brother Naoki has a secret that even she doesn't know...... Being able to turn himself into pieces and save his life that should have died, thinking about it is not an ordinary person.

Actually, Asai is not interested in Naoki Natsume's secret, but she is afraid, afraid that if one day Naoki's brother finds himself, what if he suddenly disappears one morning?

It's like waking up from the backyard of the shrine by herself, and being told by Aunt Natsume that her parents died in a car accident, and even Naoki's brother is no longer in Hokkaido, that kind of loneliness and helplessness without relatives, she doesn't want to experience it again!

Especially after Brother Naoki smiled and said something like "You're not an outsider, we're family"!

She must not let this happen again!