CHAPTER 755: CHAPTER 453 ANOTHER HANABI IN THE EARLY MORNING_2

"So—" Hanamaru Hanabi laughed on his shoulder.

"So what?"

"So, Sakura, you should also blend this emotion into your book. When you truly like them, no matter how others see them, in your heart, they are still alive."

"Do you understand, Sakura? You have to love this book you created just like you love Hanabi."

While he was thinking, Hanamaru Hanabi cuddled up against his face, "Even if they don’t exist... you have to treat them as if they do."

Strange.

Sakura Uesugi had a feeling that this line sounded oddly out of place in her words, as if she wasn’t talking about characters in a novel but about herself.

Sakura Uesugi turned his head to meet her gaze, locking eyes with her.

"Don’t exist... what does it mean?"

Hanamaru Hanabi stood in front of him with hands behind her back, smiling, "Sakura, you’re so smart, you can guess the meaning."

"Hanabi, you’re... not going to disappear, are you?"

"Of course not. Hanabi keeps her promises, always by Sakura’s side."

"Then this sentence of yours..."

Hanamaru Hanabi’s smile faded from her cheeks, and she turned her head, gazing out the window at the towering buildings:

"Hanabi is just Hanabi, she hopes to stay by Sakura’s side without a moment’s pause, whether Sakura still finds her interesting or not, Hanabi is like this."

Sakura Uesugi wasn’t listening in utter confusion to these words.

He understood Hanabi’s expression and indeed grasped the actual meaning of the last sentence:

Little Hanabi was using Blackfire to express her heartfelt feelings.

Maybe she had some nightmare last night about Sakura being gone again, so Blackfire came out early this morning, making him yield twice to her whims.

Everything about little Hanabi is nice, except her heart is a bit fragile.

But with Blackfire’s presence, she is certainly much better than before, at least she won’t bottle things up.

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"Sakura, can you turn Hanabi into a kitty cat?"

"Why are you suddenly asking this?"

"Because Hanabi wants to try rolling around on Sakura and see how that feels."

Sakura Uesugi sighed, looking at the girl lying on his lap, "Aren’t you already doing that now."

The girl’s black stockings were pulled off halfway during the morning, and now her legs were bare, wearing only ultrashort sports shorts.

She had just finished yoga, now running to Sakura Uesugi’s side to act coy.

"It’s not quite the same, Hanabi wants to step on Sakura’s belly."

"..."

What kind of hobby is this?

"For now... it’s not possible." Sakura Uesugi could only answer this way.

"For now? Does that mean it will be possible? Is Sakura’s magic something that needs to accumulate?"

"Uh... sort of."

"Feels so good to not have a romantic rival." Hanamaru Hanabi chuckled, resting her head on his thigh, smiling up at him.

"Don’t you find Kobashi to be one?"

"Hmm, I’ve never really thought of her as one. Occasionally, occasionally! Occasionally, seeing her by Sakura’s side learning about coffee, I get this urge to tie her up on the rooftop."

To say such cute words with such a cute face, only she could manage that.

Sakura Uesugi looked at the girl giggling on his lap, suddenly felt that Blackfire was unbelievably naive and sweet like this too, or is this what happens when a girl is conquered?

No, Hanabi was already a bit naive and sweet in the first place.

"Stop wiggling your toes." Sakura Uesugi told her.

"Oh, but doesn’t Sakura like Hanabi’s feet? Wanna give them a touch."

"Ahem," Sakura Uesugi straightened up, "Feet that are easily touched don’t give a sense of accomplishment."

"Sakura says a lot, but truthfully, isn’t it because you can’t get up anymore? After all, it’s already three times."

"Who says I can’t?"

Hanamaru Hanabi sat up sideways, her two feet just protruding from the sofa cushion, "Then, Sakura... why don’t we go another round with Hanabi?"

Sakura Uesugi took a look at the TV still playing in front of them, then looked at her again, "Now? Right now!?"

"Yes, right now."

"This..."

"Could it be~~"

Hanamaru Hanabi propped her hands on the sofa, leaned forward, her eyes close to his face.

...

Sakura Uesugi felt that when a couple stayed alone at home, feeling bored, this matter would just never stop.

"Wanna watch a movie?"

"Anything is fine, Sakura can just pick any TV and put it on."

Getting engrossed in watching TV would make them pause to take a break, feeling the TV plot slow, they’d restart again.

Whether lying on the sofa watching TV, leaning against the sofa watching TV, or kneeling on the sofa watching TV, Sakura Uesugi found it a novel experience.

Everything’s good, just a bit tiring.

"Oh no." Sakura Uesugi saw the darkening Tokyo night sky.

"What’s wrong?" Hanamaru Hanabi asked sweat glistening on her forehead.

"We forgot to go to the cat shelter to pick up the cats."

"Doesn’t matter, isn’t Rina going to pick them up? More importantly, shouldn’t Sakura focus on the little kitty in front of him?"

"...The little kitty in front won’t be satisfied." Sakura Uesugi held her slender waist.

"Sakura~ shouldn’t blame the little kitty, it should be the cat food’s problem."

"There’s absolutely no problem with the cat food."

"Then why can’t the little kitty be satisfied?"

"Because it’s a cat that gobbles like a wolf."

"Then, is such a cat cute or not?"

"Cute, incredibly cute!"

Sakura Uesugi looked at the bright night sky outside the window, exhaling, "What... should we eat tonight?"

The room’s air conditioning was a bit high, Hanamaru Hanabi also felt hot, "Seems like... there’s no ingredients left at home, right?"

"What to do then?"

"Let’s go out and buy groceries."

"Alright, Hanabi, you’re not going out?"

"Hanabi is too tired, need to rest for a bit."

"Really not going out?"

"Hmm... Hanabi is tired... legs are so weak..."

Sakura Uesugi saw she was truly worn out, so he didn’t persuade any longer, changed into outdoor clothes, and went to a nearby large supermarket to buy something for dinner.

Clang.

On the street, feeling extremely thirsty, Sakura Uesugi stopped at a vending machine for a bottle of mineral water,

he unscrewed the cap, aimed it at his mouth, tilted his head back, and gulped it down in one go.

"Ah~"

He crushed the bottle, holding it in his hand until he found a recycling bin at the supermarket entrance to dispose of it.

Sakura Uesugi pushed a cart inside.

He bought all kinds of delicious bread and sweet snacks along the way, finally picking up two chicken bento boxes from the sale section, concluding his shopping trip.

"Thank you for coming. Please visit again."

-4530 yen.

Sakura Uesugi stood on the street with supermarket bags, welcoming the cool night breeze of the city, looking at the bustling lights in front of him.

He felt such a day was extraordinarily good.

Simple, yet full of warmth.

"I’m back."

Upon returning home, Sakura Uesugi took off his shoes and entered the living room, Hanamaru Hanabi was already dressed in her usual homewear, and she smiled when she saw him.

"What did Sakura buy, let me see!"

"Not much," Sakura Uesugi walked over, opened the bag, taking things out one by one, "Two chicken bento boxes, two milk drinks, two big bottles of juice, croissants, pudding, chocolates, and I also bought some eggs, uh, that’s it. I’ll heat the bentos, and we can eat."

"Okay!"

After the two bentos were heated well in the microwave, Sakura Uesugi, wearing mitts, placed the bentos on the coffee table in front of Hanamaru Hanabi:

"Here you go~ this is for Hanabi-chan."

"Hehe, thank you, Sakura."

"Ah, wait, let me get the chopsticks." Sakura Uesugi went back again, took out two pairs of chopsticks from the cabinet, "Here, for you."

"Thanks, Sakura!"

Sakura Uesugi brought his own bento to sit beside her after placing it together with hers.

He clasped his hands with chopsticks together.

"Let’s eat."

"I will eat."

"Oh, careful, it’s hot, sizzle~ so fragrant~~"

"Be careful, but of course, it’s fragrant, your husband personally went to the supermarket at night."

Sakura Uesugi smiled at the girl beside him, "The little kitty should be full now, right?"

Hanamaru Hanabi, beside him, smiled and touched her stomach:

"Already full long ago."