Shouko, who was still on her period, was untouchable. As Shouko said he could only obediently listen to her.
But it seemed that even if Shouko's period was over, he still couldn't mess with her...
He started to wonder if he would become a henpecked husband like his own dad after getting married...
"Tsuna, can I take a look at the first volume of 'Anohana' you finished writing earlier?"
Seeing that everything was resolved, Shouko immediately pointed at the laptop with her finger and said gently.
"Sure." Tsuna nodded without hesitation.
Just as Shouko reached out to touch the laptop, he immediately spoke again: "But!"
Seeing him stop after saying two words, Shouko looked at him with great confusion.
But why did this scene feel so familiar in her heart...
"But what, Tsuna?"
Seeing that he was still reluctant to speak and kept staring at her face, Shouko finally couldn't bear it and preemptively asked.
"Look, the matter about me going to the Maid Cafe is resolved, right?"
"Mm..." Shouko hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Tsuna waited until she obediently nodded before continuing: "But when we came back this afternoon, the matter of me being lectured by Shizuka hasn't been resolved."
"..."
Seeing her hesitate and not speak, Tsuna immediately intensified his attack: "Look, I still paid for the dessert, but I was the one who got lectured. Don't you think I lost out?"
"..." Shouko thought it over and over, and finally nodded: "You did."
"So, shouldn't you compensate me?" Tsuna's left hand was picking at a small raised hard spot on the wooden desk, forcefully suppressing the corners of his mouth that wanted to turn up.
"No." Shouko immediately shook her head like a rattle-drum.
Her sixth sense kept telling her that Tsuna definitely wasn't planning anything good.
At this time, it's best not to agree...
"Hmm?" He calmly stared into Shouko's eyes.
This isn't right, is it? Shouldn't the dazed and silly Shouko be nodding at this moment?
Did her CPU upgrade?
"Tsuna, why don't you tell me how you want me to compensate you first?" Shouko couldn't quite stand his gaze and turned her head away.
"Kiss me." Tsuna raised his finger and pointed at his own lips.
"No! Absolutely not! Tsuna, we're still young, this isn't good." Shouko shook her head like a rattle-drum again.
To be honest, her heart pounded fiercely...
But she absolutely couldn't agree! They weren't even boyfriend and girlfriend right now, how could they kiss like this?!
"..." Tsuna looked at her speechlessly, a little afraid that she might shake herself dizzy if she kept going.
However, what he just said was just nonsense; he had said it casually.
The point was still to make her refuse, and then he would propose a not-so-excessive request, letting her weigh the two in her mind. She would definitely agree to his not-so-excessive request.
Of course, if Shouko really dared to agree, he wouldn't even dare to let her kiss his mouth.
"Tsuna..." Seeing that he was slow to speak, Shouko thought he was angry. After hesitating, she said softly, "How about I kiss your cheek? I can kiss both sides..."
"No." Tsuna decisively refused the temptation.
Before she could speak, he hurriedly added his not-so-excessive request: "How about this, you massage my feet for five minutes."
"This..." Shouko hesitated upon hearing this.
Compared to the first compensation he proposed, this was indeed a little better, but she still felt a bit unable to accept this suggestion in her heart.
Although she had become proficient in massage in the past half a year...
But she still felt in her heart that the compensation she mentioned was good...
Good for him, good for her too, hehe...
"It's just these two, Shouko, you choose." Seeing her still hesitate, Tsuna immediately spoke to lock down her hesitation.
"Alright then..." Shouko hardened her heart! She nodded as if resigned to her fate, and then slowly closed her eyes.
"Huh!?" Tsuna looked at her inexplicable action in surprise.
What does this mean? What does this mean!?
Shouldn't raising her hand be the right thing? What does closing her eyes mean?!
"Tsuna...?" Shouko, who had waited for a while, felt that he was slow to act. She opened a small slit in her eyes and looked at him in confusion.
"It's nothing. Didn't you want to see the first volume of 'Anohana'? Look now." Tsuna, who had calmed down, looked at her speechlessly.
Shouko is still too young; it's hard to bring himself to do it, alright? If it was just massage or something, he could still accept it in his heart...
"Alright then..." Shouko opened her eyes and looked at the laptop.
She didn't know why, but she felt a little disappointed in her heart...
"Are you really not asking for compensation anymore?" As if a little unwilling to give up, she still asked again.
Tsuna calmly shook his head: "I've changed my mind. We're still young, this isn't good." He operated the computer to bring up the document for the first submitted volume.
"Alright then." Hearing this, Shouko was now certain. She really did feel a strange sense of disappointment in her heart.
Tsuna moved the laptop in front of her and exaggeratedly changed the subject:
"Take a look. The first volume of the first light novel from the hands of a future famous Japan light novelist."
"Smug Tsuna." Shouko muttered softly.
In her heart, she also silently added learning art to her schedule.
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"It's good!"
About thirty minutes later, Shouko finally finished reading that volume carefully. Her first words were unstoppable praise.
She had heard Tsuna tell her the story of 'Anohana' five or six times before, but reading it directly and hearing him tell it felt completely different.
Whichever it was, she liked it very much.
But it was undeniable that the fully written 'Anohana' had more feeling than when she heard him tell it.
Just thinking about Menma (Honma Meiko)'s ending, she couldn't stop feeling sad, especially after seeing this story with flesh and blood...
"Tsuna, can Menma's ending really not be changed?" Shouko hesitated in her heart, then asked cautiously.
But the answer she received was Tsuna slowly shaking his head.
"But..."
Her head to comfort her: "Alright, how about I write you another ending for Menma later?"
But this time, what he received was Shouko's shaking head.
"Hmm?" Tsuna blinked in confusion, unable to understand the meaning of Shouko's shaking head for a moment.
"It's nothing. This way is good too; it makes a deep impression."
Shouko took off the hand placed on her head. Her slender fingers unconsciously tightened, as if this could prevent the person in front of her from suddenly disappearing like Menma in the story.
Tsuna raised his other hand and poked her fair head: "Get that thought of me dying out of your head, okay?"