Chapter 374: The Sour Smell of Love
After dinner, Sawamura Sayuri went home, while Kaede and Eriri brewed milk tea using the high-quality black tea at home, drinking it while curled up on the sofa and chatting.
"Ah~~~ So Shirogane-senpai also talked to Kaede-kun about love."
Kaede didn't go into too much detail with Eriri, only saying that Shirogane Miyuki had sought him out to discuss topics of love. After all, "getting to base" is something only guys discuss privately; it shouldn't be casually spread around.
Taking a sip of milk tea, Eriri rested her head on Kaede's shoulder and said with a smile: "Oh, how nice, it's spring, the season for love. Whether it's Uchimaki and Mizuki, or Shirogane-senpai and Kaguya-senpai, everywhere is filled with the sour smell of love, how wonderful! Kaede-kun, compared to them, it seems we're a bit too relaxed, aren't we?"
"Hmm~ Is that so?"
Holding the girl tighter in his arms, Kaede said: "I think it's pretty good. Of course, if Eriri, you want us to show more affection in public, I have no problem with that. Anyway, everyone online already knows about us, so there are fewer concerns about posting photos or anything."
"Hehe, really?"
Eriri, who had long since stopped being shy, and after the big sensation online before, no longer experienced emotional fluctuations due to a few online comments.
Now, her thoughts aligned with Kaede's. If anyone dared to say more, she would directly post daily photos of their public displays of affection on her Twitter, letting those single dogs who only knew how to complain eat their fill of lemons.
Moving a bit, Eriri picked up her phone and opened the selfie function.
"If you think of it, then do it, Kaede-kun, let's take a picture first!"
"Eh? Take it now?"
"Otherwise?"
"How about we go out for a nice candlelight dinner sometime, and then take pictures? The atmosphere would be better then."
"That's true."
Eriri nodded, but still didn't turn off the camera function: "We'll arrange that immediately, but for now, we still need to take this! Come on, don't sit all crooked!"
Helpless, Kaede could only hold his cup and sit properly, letting Eriri lean in his arms as they took selfies.
After taking more than ten pictures, Eriri finally chose the one she felt was best, simply blurred the background a bit, and posted it on Twitter, also attaching the dinner photos she had taken earlier.
"Hehe, tonight's dinner was sauerkraut fish, which I made myself. Now it's milk tea time, also brewed by me. Today I heard a lot about love, and it feels like everyone around me is caught up in the season of love, how wonderful!"
A few minutes after it was posted, the comments started pouring in. Both the food and the romance made many people feel "sour".
It was also fortunate that Kaede hadn't taught Eriri the even more hated trick of showing off delicious food late at night; otherwise, if this tweet had been posted late at night, the effect would definitely have been even more explosive... After Uchimaki Subaru and Usami's theme for the art competition was decided, everyone quickly found out. After all, it wasn't possible to wait until everyone had left to draw; once club activities started, it would inevitably be exposed.
However, Usami was very shy. After being accidentally discovered by Kaede once before, she was no longer willing to wear that outfit in the club room.
"So, Mizuki, if you don't wear that outfit, how will you model for Uchimaki?"
During club activities, Eriri pulled her friend's arm and asked curiously, "And, didn't you also sign up? What about your own theme? Why haven't I seen you start drawing yet?"
"Ugh... there's no way I'd wear it at school!" Usami refused without thinking.
However, Uchimaki Subaru, her boyfriend, was acting like a traitor at this moment, smiling and saying: "As for modeling, I'll go to Usami's house on the weekend, and then she can model for me."
"Ah! Uchimaki-kun, why did you say that!!!!"
"Oh~~~~~" Everyone nodded in realization, smiling like proud aunts as they looked at the two. Even Colette, who was initially playing with origami, quickly caught on to everyone's rhythm and watched the two.
Hugging Usami, Eriri said with a smile: "Not bad, Mizuki, already bringing your boyfriend home?"
"Ugh... No, it's not what you're thinking! It's just for the art competition that I'm letting him come over, so we'll have much more time to draw!"
"But couldn't you do it in the club room too?" Poking Usami's cheek, Eriri said with a mischievous smile, "Oh, Mizuki is shy! Uchimaki, Mizuki is so cute, don't make her sad!"
Uchimaki Subaru nodded with a smile: "Yes, everyone, don't worry, I definitely won't!"
Usami looked at Uchimaki Subaru and said dejectedly: "You actually answered!"
Club activities ended. Since it was Friday and still early, Kaede and Eriri rushed home after leaving school, taking Golza and Melba, and prepared to go to the hospital.
Before leaving, Camearra, as their mother, seemed to sense something. While the two were changing shoes, she trotted over and pawed at Kaede's calf.
Seeing this, Kaede and Eriri exchanged glances and said helplessly: "Alright, it seems we can't go without Camearra. I'll go get her Cat carrier."
With Camearra also brought along, they could finally depart smoothly.
Upon arriving at the hospital, since they had an appointment, they didn't wait long. The doctor directly greeted them. First, the two little ones had another check-up. After confirming everything was fine, they were taken directly to the operating room.
As for Camearra, she also had a routine check-up. The final results showed she was perfectly healthy, just gaining weight a bit fast.
After the check-up, Eriri sat down, holding Camearra, to wait for the surgery to end, rubbing her chin against Camearra's head and saying: "Did you hear what the doctor said? You're gaining weight too fast! You need to control your eating a bit, don't snatch food from your children!"
Kaede, who was beside them, heard this and said helplessly: "Well, actually, Eriri, you should feed them fewer snacks. Cat food is fine occasionally, but don't always bring it out."
"Uh..."
Hearing Kaede say that, Eriri also gave an awkward laugh: "Ah haha, I know, I'll pay attention!"
With her beautiful big eyes, Camearra looked at Kaede and Eriri, unaware that her daily extra meals would begin to decrease.
After being adopted by Kaede and Eriri, Camearra truly lived the life of a young lady. Kaede and Eriri doted on her, providing the best food and supplies. The living environment was also extravagant; just the living room for her activities was ridiculously large, and her daily life was incredibly leisurely.
But unfortunately, to prevent her physique from leaning towards an orange Cat, some sacrifices had to be made.