Vol 2 Chapter 5 (1/2)

「CHAPTER 5」

“…I'm hungry…”

He opened his eyes as his stomach made a miserable grumbling noise. As he

stared up at the ceiling, eyes half open, he noticed that something smelled good. The

aroma of grilled fish and miso soup increased his appet.i.te. No wonder he felt hungry.

Still half-asleep, Yos.h.i.+no slowly got up and left the dimly lit bedroom. Then he went

towards the coffee table, which was set up with breakfast, plopped down on the floor, and

grabbed chopsticks. But the most important thing was not in front of him.

“Rice…”

As his gaze wandered around searching for his favorite food, Hatori appeared

from the kitchen along with a bowl of rice.

“Got up by yourself, huh. I was just about to wake you. Here's the rice.”

“Mm…”

He took the bowl of rice as if it were a matter of course and began to eat.

“You forgot to say it.”

“Itadakimasu…”

As he moved his chopsticks back and forth, his head began to clear up. After

swallowing the food in his mouth, he noticed Hatori who was making green tea.

“Oh, Tori. Morning.”

“Morning. So you finally woke up, huh. Oh, careful not to spill anything,” Hatori

referred to the shaky way Yos.h.i.+no used his chopsticks, since he was still a little halfasleep.

Yos.h.i.+no obediently nodded and searched for the soy sauce to cover his omelet

with. It was Yos.h.i.+no's routine to put soy sauce on the sweet omelet.

“Kay. …Oh, Tori, pa.s.s me that.”

“Mhm,” Hatori silently handed over the soy sauce bottle, which stood in front of

him.

“Thank you.”

“Chew your food.”

“'Kay.”

They continued eating in silence for sometime, but then Hatori suddenly

muttered, “…Let's do it better this time.”

“Eh? Do what?”

It was clear in Hatori's head, but Yos.h.i.+no couldn't understand what he was talking

about from such limited context.

“Your birthday. Let's go somewhere to eat.”

“You already congratulated me. You even gave me a present and everything, so

don't worry about it.”

“It's not good enough. Yanase surprised you with cake and wine, right?”

“How do you know that!?”

It wasn't wine, but champagne, even so, Yos.h.i.+no was surprised that he knew how

the situation had played out. A deep furrow on Hatori's forehead appeared, perhaps he

realized that the answer to his question was correct.

“……….”