The bubbling sound of soup boiling in the hot pot broke the silence between the two people.
"Alright, let's eat first. Eat more so the body can develop better, okay."
Shin-chan opened the lid on the hot pot. The aroma of beef and vegetables wafted out, carrying the unique light soy sauce smell of sukiyaki, making one's appetite increase.
Yukino's attention was also attracted by the boiling hot pot. Being able to, after a summer rainstorm, eat a warm pot of sukiyaki, was indeed a rare kind of enjoyment.
'This guy really is infuriating, but judging from how he handled the ingredients, he should be quite good at cooking, which is quite rare for boys.'
Shin-chan impatiently picked up a piece of beef.
"Thanks to Yukino, I get to eat such high-grade beef. It's really delicious!"
He placed the picked-up beef into a small bowl, dipped it in some egg liquid, then placed it on the rice, and ate it with the rice, then picked up the cola beside him and took a sip, letting out a satisfied burp.
Seeing Shin-chan like that, Yukino also felt a bit hungry, but her movements in picking vegetables were still so reserved and elegant.
The taste was indeed not bad, even felt more delicious than the sukiyaki she ate at a high-end restaurant. Truly strange.
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After sending the drunk Shizuka home, Haruno herself hailed a taxi and rushed toward Yukino's apartment.
She didn't know how Yukino was living alone, today she drank a little alcohol, she should be able to smoothly stay over at Yukino's place, right?
If she could find a chance to hug Yukino and sleep together, that would be even better.
Looking forward to meeting Yukino, Haruno arrived at the apartment and knocked on the door.
'Hm? No response? Yukino hasn't come home yet?'
She hesitated a little, then took out a spare key from her wallet. After she knew Yukino was renting here, she secretly prepared a key just in case. She didn't expect it to come in handy so soon.
She quietly opened the door, but found the room empty and quiet, Yukino truly wasn't home.
When she took the taxi, it started raining heavily outside again, and the sky had already darkened. Yukino wasn't at home, then where would she be?
———
At noon today, Shin-chan ate four lunchboxes. Though today's beef was high-grade, Shin-chan still didn't eat much. More than half the pot of sukiyaki went into Yukino's belly.
Though she looked thin and weak, her appetite was much bigger than expected.
Suddenly, Yukino's phone rang. Taking it out to look, it was a call from elder sister Haruno. Yukino immediately panicked.
There was a kind of guilty feeling like getting caught cheating.
"Nohara-kun, my sister is calling. Can you be quiet?"
Seeing Shin-chan nod, Yukino then picked up the call.
"Hello? Yukino, what are you doing?"
"At home, reading."
Hearing Yukino's answer, Haruno's heart skipped a beat.
'When did Yukino start lying? Did she learn to go bad just after living alone for a few days?'
"I just drank a bit with Shizuka, it's still raining outside, can I rest at your place?"
Haruno's tone carried no room for refusal. It didn't sound like she was asking Yukino's opinion, more like she was notifying her.
Her sister's tone reminded her of their mother. Yukino paused a moment, then agreed.
"Okay, sister, you can come."
Anyway, it's just next door, now she just had to go home and wait for Haruno to come.
"That's settled then, Yukino, wait for me~"
After hanging up the call, Haruno sighed in relief. Maybe Yukino just went to the convenience store to buy something?
'Yes, how could Yukino go bad?' Just now she really got scared, thought Yukino really turned bad. Out this late, maybe got tricked by some bad guy outside.
Just right, now she could give Yukino a surprise.
"Sorry, my sister came to my house to find me. I can only trouble you to clean up. I have to go home first."
After the call ended, Yukino looked at Shin-chan with extreme apology. Suddenly leaving like this was really a bit rude.
"No problem, no problem. Thanks to Yukino's big thigh for treating today. The beef was very tasty."
Not bothering to correct Shin-chan's weird way of speaking anymore, Yukino stood up and slightly bowed with apology, then turned around to the door and opened it.
Opening the door, Yukino saw her apartment door wide open, and her elder sister Haruno standing at the doorway, with a face of shock staring at her.
'It's over. My life…' Yukino felt like all her strength left her body. Never thought she'd be caught by her sister while having dinner alone with a boy.
Just now Haruno had let out a sigh of relief, and now couldn't believe her own sister actually came out from the neighbor's apartment.
As Yukino opened the door, the smell of sukiyaki wafted over, with a faint rice fragrance.
From behind Yukino, you could vaguely see a man sitting at the dining table, seemingly eating. Which meant, just now her dear sister was eating at the neighbor's place.
The earlier guess came true. At this moment, Haruno had a strong urge to go dark.
If she had known, no matter what she wouldn't have agreed to let Yukino live alone. Just how many days had it been?
"Yukino, aren't you going to introduce?" Haruno directly walked out from the room, came to Yukino's side, looked into Shin-chan's room, confirmed that there was only one man inside, and her smile turned gloomy.
"Hello, I'm Yukino's elder sister, Haruno."
She squeezed past Yukino directly into the room, looking at Shin-chan who still had beef clamped in chopsticks, and began introducing herself.
Yukino stiffly turned her head. Just picking up a phone call from her sister had already made her feel guilty. Now what kind of situation was this?
Alone at night, eating sukiyaki with a male classmate at his house, this didn't look like something a proper lady would do, right?
After a brief hesitation, Yukino realized, this was a rare chance, a perfect opportunity to tease her elder sister.
She just ate sukiyaki with Shin-chan. The two didn't do anything. What did she have to feel guilty about?
Instead, seeing her elder sister looking panicked like that made the usually bullied Yukino feel a little pleased.
"So you're Yukino's sister? I'm Shin-chan, Yukino's classmate. Want to come eat sukiyaki together? Today's beef is really good."
Putting aside Haruno's personality, her figure and looks were very much Shin-chan's type, so he was very enthusiastic.
And Shin-chan also realized, if he wanted Yukino to willingly act like a cat in front of him, Haruno must be an important key.
'Yukino… Isn't that her exclusive title?' But what Yukino did next was the final straw that broke Haruno's back.
Realizing everything, Yukino calmly walked to the dining table, sat down directly, with no objections to Shin-chan calling her "Yukino."
"Sister, you haven't eaten yet, right? It's so cold outside. Come have some sukiyaki."
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