CHAPTER 743: CHAPTER 448: DAILY ROUTINE OF GOING TO THE MARKET WITH MY WIFE

The dinner gathering at the barbecue restaurant ended with Towa Rina noisily insisting on drinking.

Today, because of the shop renovation, no one had to work. The Tashiro sisters called a taxi to take the drunken Towa Rina home, and after saying goodbye to Uesugi Sakura and Hanamaru Hanabi, Todaka Keichiro also left with Kobashi Rikai.

Uesugi Sakura came out of Shirokane Takanawa Station with Hanamaru Hanabi. Earlier, after eating their fill, she leaned against him and napped on the train. When she woke up, the familiar little Hanabi was back.

Feeling embarrassed about being seen dozing off against Uesugi Sakura on the train, she quietly followed by his side without saying much.

But this embarrassment quickly faded. On their way home, they were walking closely together, chatting about interesting things, and frequently sharing knowing smiles.

"Sakura-kun... did you drink?" Hanamaru Hanabi buried her nose in his clothes and sniffed lightly, picking up a hint of beer.

"No... just accidentally got the smell on me."

"Well, this shirt will have to be washed. When we get home, change out of it, alright?"

"Do you really wash clothes every day?"

"Yes, it’s a habit to keep, so you’ll always smell nice!"

"What if you’re too tired, Hanabi?"

"Then... Sakura-kun can help Hanabi hang the clothes to dry today!"

"Sure, so are we heading home now?"

"Nope, Hanabi wants ice cream."

"More? Didn’t you get enough during the barbecue?"

"I just want to~ just want to~~"

"One a day, you can’t have more."

"Aww..."

"Alright," Uesugi Sakura held her small paw, looking together at the road home not far away, "let’s go home."

"Sakura-kun..."

"Hmm."

"Going home together feels so blissful."

"As long as you like it. We’re a couple now, we’ll go home together every day."

"Yes! Sakura-kun, you’re the best!" Hanamaru Hanabi leaned against his shoulder, smiling happily with her eyes narrowed.

...

The next day, November second, the sky remained clear and cloudless.

"Sakura-kun, accompany Hanabi to the market..."

"Hmm? Is there something you want to buy, Hanabi?"

"Sakura-kun wants to eat bell pepper beef, right? Let’s get a wok from the market for that; it should taste better. Also," Hanamaru Hanabi stopped at the street corner, looking at him with gleaming eyes, "it’s getting colder, and Hanabi said before that she’d knit Sakura-kun a scarf... we need to buy some yarn balls."

"Are you really going to knit one for me?" Uesugi Sakura asked.

"Yes."

Hanamaru Hanabi nodded slightly, her delicate cheeks flushed. She stepped beside Uesugi Sakura and gently hooked her index finger around his palm, "Sakura-kun is my husband... Hanabi wants to fulfill some of a wife’s duties..."

Uesugi Sakura could see her blushing, shy profile and the strands of hair gently swayed by the wind by her ear.

Such a cute wife...

"Hanabi treats me so well?"

Hanamaru Hanabi retracted her hand from his, crossing and stretching them in front of her skirt, and softly said to him, "It’s... it’s pretty normal. Don’t girls often give handmade crafts to the boys they like when they’re in love?"

"Does a scarf count?"

"Yes, a scarf counts too."

"And giving a scarf has a good meaning; it’s... hoping that when Sakura-kun wears it, he’ll feel Hanabi’s warmth... and think of Hanabi thinking of him, that Hanabi likes him. If Sakura-kun likes the scarf, if he feels that warmth, he should... like Hanabi a little more!"

Listening to her adorable words, Uesugi Sakura laughed, "But I already have endless love for you, how could I like you more than that?"

"There’s something stronger than endless love!"

"Is there?" Uesugi Sakura doubted.

"That’s giving Sakura-kun his favorite gift with love on top of endless love, so it layers the endless love!"

Looking at Hanabi’s joyful smile in front of him, Uesugi Sakura couldn’t help but pull her arm, walking arm-in-arm with her down the street, "Then should I give you another gift, too?"

"No." Hanamaru Hanabi turned her head, face up, smiling radiantly.

"Why not? Didn’t you say love could layer?"

"Because Sakura-kun’s gifts are too precious for Hanabi," Hanamaru Hanabi took out the sapphire pendant hanging around her neck, "Hanabi cherishes everything Sakura-kun gives, but Hanabi also has limits, I can’t take too many of Sakura-kun’s gifts, like Hanabi... I can’t go out wearing ten necklaces at once!"

Uesugi Sakura laughed again.

"Sakura-kun is so happy today, always laughing."

"Aren’t you curious why I’m laughing?"

Hanamaru Hanabi shook her head.

"Cheeky, even if you don’t want to know, I’ll tell you, because I get to see you every day, I get to hear you by my side saying things that care for me every day."

"Sakura-kun’s sweet talk is so cheesy!" Hanamaru Hanabi laughed and teased his emotional expression.

Uesugi Sakura didn’t feel anything was wrong; instead, he believed it was genuine emotion that Hanabi should understand, "I’ll say it no matter how cheesy it is."

"Weren’t you going to buy a wok, Sakura-kun?"

"Yes, I was."

"But... they don’t sell big woks here."

Oh, right, Uesugi Sakura remembered, this mall only had yarn balls, no Chinese woks, and no square knives; they were heading in entirely the wrong direction.

"What now?"

"Well, we turn back."

Uesugi Sakura had no choice but to lead Hanabi back to the train station and take the train again.

However, it was currently the morning rush hour, at nine in the morning, and by the time they reached the station, several rows of people were already bustlingly lined up in front of them.