"The weather isn't very good today..."
Sakura held an umbrella, and outside, it was drizzling.
Due to the misty rain, it seemed to filter at that moment. Ren and Sakura looked light and transparent in the rain.
"I think it's good," Ren said with a smile: "It's too hot; it's better to have a little rain to cool it down."
"Woof, woof!"
Pochita cooperated with Ren as always, barking.
It's still August, and it's the place where Japan feels hot all over.
Of course, this is just a metaphor.
Japan has a vast territory, and there are always some high-altitude places where ice and snow do not melt all year round.
"By the way, don't you have another half a month before classes start?"
Ren scratched his head and asked curiously: "Why did you come back so early?"
"Just bored at home..."
Sakura was left alone at home; after all, her parents were CEOs or executives of large companies.
Especially lately, her father, Hiroshi Tanaka, and her mother, Akari Tanaka, have been busy with the summit.
Sakura has also gotten used to this kind of life in recent years. After all,
she's an adult and doesn't have to be as fragile as a child. So it's almost the same whether she returns to Tokyo early or after classes start.
It's just that... this time she came back early, not just out of boredom...
Sakura paused, looked at Ren, and said: "Actually, this time I came back so early because I wanted to ask you something..."
Ren blinked, but his steps suddenly stopped.
It was because they were home. Ren's home.
But before entering, a strong smell of burnt food, like charcoal, wafted out.
"Oh no! My braised chicken with mushrooms!"
Ren was shocked and panicked.
But he didn't take out the key to open the door; instead, he ran directly to the narrow window of the adjoining rental house, opened it, and jumped inside like a dog jumping through a fiery hoop.
He performed this series of actions in one go, without pause.
But in an instant, he "broke the window" and rushed into the rental house.
His skillful movements revealed that he had done it many times!
Then, Ren's cries of pain came from the rental house: "Ah...! I bought the tender chicken especially! And I spent 8,000 yen on the mushrooms!"
Ren watched the scene with red eyes, as if he was saddened by the death of a close friend.
"What is love in this world? It makes people stew chicken with mushrooms, what a pity! Woof! —"
He was heartbroken at that moment, and even being deeply in love, he pounded his chest with his fist and cried loudly.
'Well, it seems it's not as simple as a close friend's death... It's more like both parents have died.'
Seeing this, Sakura remained silent for a while. She didn't know how to comfort Ren at that moment...
'Could it be that the chicken is no longer tender? Please accept my condolences.'
But Ren still couldn't forget the indescribable thing.
In the end, he gritted his teeth, took a piece and ate it, but in the end, he was sure he couldn't eat it...
He gave up and gave the soft thing to Pochita for lunch.
However, Pochita finally showed an attitude that she would rather die than touch that indescribable thing, which made Ren feel very bad.
"Alright..."
Ren poured the "food" from Pochita's bowl into the trash with regret on his face. "Pochita, you can really try it... After all, even if it's soft, it contains the nutrients your body needs~"
"Woof, woof, woof!"
Pochita seemed to bark at Ren furiously.
"Alright, alright, alright..."
Ren shrank his neck, but still muttered: "If you don't want to eat it, don't eat it... Why are you so fierce?"
Sakura looked at Ren helplessly and sighed.
I can only say he's worthy of being Silverhand.
Mental state... as stable as ever...
Yes, who said being as crazy as ever isn't stable? "What a pity, Sakura! There's no braised chicken with mushrooms today. I wanted you to try it."
Ren said regretfully: "But it can still be eaten. I also prepared stewed soup and stir-fried meat with ginger. It's delicious with rice!"
Sakura chuckled: "Alright..."
At the table, Ren and Sakura were sitting opposite each other. The simple homemade dishes seemed to have an atmosphere of normalcy that freezes all four seasons.
Sakura looked at Ren, who was feasting in front of her, with a dazed look.
'If Ren, who was in front of her, was really the favored son of heaven, as Kaito said...'
'must he have suffered a lot to become what he is now?''Did he forget the past or pretend to be like this so as not to think about it?'
Sakura looked at Ren, whose gaze was clear and without a trace of worry, and her long eyelashes trembled.
'If the past hurt him so much, why did she have to remind him of it?'
'Just like that... just live a carefree life.'
'It's a kind of happiness, isn't it?'
'Was it really necessary to remind him of those things from the past and deprive him of his current happiness?'
"Sakura? What's wrong? Eat."
However, at that moment, Ren's voice interrupted her thoughts.
"No... nothing...", Sakura quickly said.
"Eat this piece."
Ren took his chopsticks, picked up a piece of stir-fried meat, and put it in Sakura's bowl.
This piece of stir-fried meat had no fatty parts, which was precisely the meat Sakura didn't hate eating.
Sakura looked at Ren in front of her, and Ren smiled.
He always remembered her likes and dislikes.
Sakura felt a warmth in her heart and held the stir-fried meat in her mouth.
"By the way, Sakura, you just said you wanted to ask me something. What is it?"
Ren suddenly remembered what Sakura had just told him and asked curiously.
"Nothing else," Sakura replied with a slight smile.
But this time, she took a piece of roasted meat and put it in Ren's bowl: "Ren-san, you eat too."
But she was different from Ren; she didn't use chopsticks.
Seeing Ren still eating carefree, she only considered it selfish; she only hoped that Ren would always be the Ren she knew.
Draw manga happily, eat happily, be happy... with her.
Instead of...
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