Why did he... Could he possibly... But, but... He has a girlfriend, and I have one too... Shizunomiya Natsuki hesitated.
When Hayato returned home, he found that Nanakio was out on business, and only Nanao Akane was there.
The moment he walked in, Nanao Akane eagerly pounced on him, wrapping her arms around his neck like a pendant.
"Kobayashi-chan~~ You're finally back~"
"Yeah, loosen up a bit, it's hot."
"I don't care. Young boys and girls should be passionate." Nanao Akane even rubbed her cheek against his neck.
Hayato looked disgusted and tried to push her away.
But then Nanao Akane's expression changed. As if she had discovered something, she turned into a small dog, meticulously sniffing Hayato's neck, then looked suspicious:
"Did you really go studying?"
"Of course."
"I don't believe you."
"If I'm lying, may my mother die."
What a vicious oath! Nanao Akane was astonished: "You don't have one anyway."
"...You brought up a painful memory of mine." Hayato grieved: "I don't want to talk to you for the rest of the day."
"Huh? Wait..." Nanao Akane wanted to apologize, but then realized: "You're changing the subject."
When it comes to Kobayashi-chan, that issue isn't a trigger point.
"You found me out, eh heh~ ☆~~"
"You have the scent of another woman on you!" Nanao Akane stated assertively, like a small dog, then bared her canine teeth in a threat: "Who is that woman! Tell me!"
Hayato scratched his head and sighed: "Seriously, I didn't get close to a single woman this time."
"Then why do you smell like a sweet girl?" Nanao Akane still wasn't quite willing to believe him.
Hayato held up a single V-sign: "It was two."
"Hayato, you motherf—" Nanao Akane bared her fangs and bit down on Hayato's neck.
Nanao Akane woke up the next day.
She was still sleeping in the guest room originally prepared for Hayato.
And the latter was still nowhere to be seen by her side.
If her guess was correct,
Nanao Akane opened the curtains.
Looking out from the second floor, Hayato was standing slightly hunched over in the small courtyard downstairs.
He was standing back-to-back with his grandmother, but they weren't embracing.
They were just doing their own separate things.
Grandma was pruning the potted plants, while Hayato was watering the sunflowers.
First, a charge.
Hayato held his breath, pressing his hand tightly on the kettle's handle. After two or three seconds of silence, he let out a 'heave-ho' and lifted the kettle.
Instantly, clear water sprayed out a rainbow bridge in the air, then evenly watered the three sunflowers in front of him.
"Three plots?"
Hayato muttered, "Looks like it's a 'Bronze' level watering can. Hmph, once I smelt five iron ingots and pay another five thousand gold coins, I can go to the blacksmith to forge an 'Iron Watering Can.' Then, with a charge, I can water five plots..."
Whack!
Nanao Nanako turned around and chopped Hayato on the top of his head.
Because she was quite a bit shorter than Hayato, she even had to stand on her tiptoes to perform this action.
"Don't be silly," Nanakio said blandly.
"..." Murae's face fell.
"Also, don't always show such extraordinary childlike innocence in such inexplicable places."
She was about to say something else, then looked up and saw Nanao Akane sitting behind the window sill, smiling and watching them, holding her cheeks.
"...Akane, sigh, you slept until now." Grandma sighed, "You don't even come to help Grandma."
"I think Kobayashi-chan is doing great~~~ Just let him take my place," Nanao Akane said with a smile.
"Heh," Murae's lips curved upwards as he mumbled to himself, "If her farming level is three, then I must be at least level eight..."
Nanao Akane sometimes quite liked watching Kobayashi-chan babble about inexplicable things so crazily. It didn't matter if she didn't understand; his cuteness was enough.
Yesterday, regarding the matter of 'two,' Nanao Akane and Hayato had an intense discussion, and after things improved, Nanao Akane didn't fuss over it anymore.
She continued listening to the chirping cicadas, watching Kobayashi-chan and Grandma water and fertilize below.
Just the sunlight hitting her eyes, that warm color could ripple waves of happiness in the air.
"...Hayato," Grandma suddenly said after a moment of silence between them.
"Huh?"
"You sing quite well. Sing a song for me."
"...Ah."
Hayato wasn't surprised; after all, Nanao Akane had heard him sing.
Given that girl's personality, it was only natural that she would have praised him to the heavens and told everything to Nanakio.
Hayato smiled slightly, using his husky voice to infuse his singing with deep emotion.
"Two tigers, two tigers, falling in love, falling in love, both are males, both are males, how strange, how strange..."
"Tsk," Grandma clicked her tongue, a sharp light shooting from beneath her thin glasses. "Be serious."
She could actually tell it wasn't serious.
Hayato was astonished. Although the lyrics were abnormal, his singing voice could at least be called the most emotional in Yaso Inaba. Moreover, he was singing in Chinese! Could it be that the lyrics were too suggestive, and Grandma, even if she didn't understand, smelled something amiss?
He could only sigh slightly and began to warm up his voice seriously:
"The little yellow flower in the story~~~ has been floating since the year I was born~~~ The swing of childhood~~~ has been swaying with memories until now~~~"
A rustic melody flowed from Hayato's mouth, then drifted with the breeze into Nanao Akane's ears.
She rested her hands on the windowsill, then used her chin as a pivot, resting her entire head on her arms. She chuckled softly.
Nanao Akane liked listening to Hayato sing.
However, he rarely sang, and even when he hummed a few lines, it was just to get it over with.
Today, it was thanks to Grandma.
He was probably singing in Chinese, so Nanao Akane didn't understand, but that didn't stop her from finding it beautiful, with a fresh aesthetic.
The only minor flaw was that her home didn't have a guitar or other musical instruments.
"Playing the prelude, looking at the sky~~~ I'm thinking of petals trying to fall~~~" Hayato continued to hum softly.
"Sunny day," Grandma suddenly said.
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