Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard-Chapter 889 - 524: Happiness Is Really Simple

Happiness is really simple.

Uesugi Sakura thinks so now, being able to sit on the sofa in the living room, seeing her busy in the kitchen cooking and making meals, his heart feels a burst of satisfaction.

Since there were only the ingredients bought at the supermarket earlier at home, Hanamaru Hanabi simply made a stir-fry for him. Although there was no meat, she thoughtfully made a mapo tofu, along with a bowl of light-flavored miso soup.

She busily brought the simple dishes to the table, looking towards Uesugi Sakura in the living room.

"Sakura-kun, the meal is ready, time to eat."

Hanamaru Hanabi’s voice was unhurried, very gentle.

The feeling of being called like this, he couldn’t describe it.

But having someone call him for a meal, the warmth of being cared for, is really nice.

Uesugi Sakura got up and walked to the dining table, where Hanamaru Hanabi had already started dishing up the rice for him, and handed him a pair of chopsticks:

"Here you go."

Uesugi Sakura took the chopsticks but found that there was no bowl on the opposite side of the table.

"Hanabi, aren’t you having dinner?"

"Of course I will." Hanamaru Hanabi said.

"Then why... did you only take it for me?"

Hanamaru Hanabi said while taking off the apron she left at home, "Hanabi will go back to her mother’s home, won’t eat here."

Hearing that she was going to leave, staring at the empty chair in front, that feeling of loneliness welled up again.

Uesugi Sakura’s face showed emotion, he put down the chopsticks, looked up at her delicate face:

"But Hanabi-chan... didn’t you promise to stay over tonight?"

Hanamaru Hanabi said, "No, Hanabi only promised to cook for Sakura-kun, didn’t promise to stay here."

Just... promised to make dinner for him...

Uesugi Sakura looked down, gazing at the steaming rice in the bowl, murmuring, "I see..."

True, why is he being so greedy?

Her willingness to come back to cook dinner for him is already her being good to him.

"Sakura-kun, you aren’t sad, right?"

Hearing the voice, Uesugi Sakura looked up to realize Hanamaru Hanabi was already sitting across from him.

The girl supported her face with her hands, smiling at him, like a lily flower beautifully and cleanly blooming for the first time.

Uesugi Sakura was a little dazed looking at her, only when his nose caught the exact scent from her did he confirm she was indeed right in front of him.

Little Hanabi is too wonderful, so wonderful that it feels somewhat unreal.

"You’re leaving... of course I am sad... please don’t go, okay?" Uesugi Sakura tried to say to her.

Hanamaru Hanabi didn’t reply, just maintained a sweet smile, "Sakura-kun, Hanabi just felt it."

"Felt what?"

"Felt the sensation of being pursued... when Sakura-kun said ’please don’t go’, Hanabi really felt it, just like — ’will you be my girlfriend?’ feeling."

"It’s kind of a sweet feeling." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Uesugi Sakura laughed and said, "Such a simple thing, I can say it as many times as you want."

"If I ask Sakura-kun to say it, then it loses its feeling! The unconscious sensation in it is the most important thing."

"Mm, I understand." Uesugi Sakura softly agreed, but still didn’t pick up his chopsticks.

"Sakura-kun isn’t eating? Didn’t you say you wanted to eat Hanabi’s cooking for you?" Hanamaru Hanabi watched his unmoving hands.

"I am eating, of course I am, it’s just hearing you say you would go back tonight... I feel somewhat reluctant, so I have less appetite... not that I have less appetite, your cooking smells great... but I am just... sorry, I also don’t know how to explain."

"Just that? And just feeling a bit reluctant about Hanabi going back?"

Uesugi Sakura smiled, "Only a euphemistic way of saying it, according to my true feelings, I should really want you to stay."

"But if Hanabi stays, wouldn’t it be just... awkward then?"

"How could it be," Uesugi Sakura said, "just as long as you don’t want it... I won’t force you."

Sakura-kun is saying this line again... Even if Hanabi doesn’t want, Sakura-kun will secretly hint at Hanabi, right?"

"Cough, cough, isn’t that signifying you do want it?" Uesugi Sakura said seriously.

"This counts as seduction, inducement, from a legal standpoint, that also constitutes a crime."

Why does Hanabi know the law?"

Hanabi’s just guessing.

Hanamaru Hanabi supported her face with her hands, and gave him a smile across the table.

Clearly, clearly just a normal smile, but in Uesugi Sakura’s eyes, his inner feelings wouldn’t help but surge.

Indeed, who else, would sit across from him while he eats, patiently watch him, and smile?

"Sakura-kun, hurry and eat, Hanabi won’t leave today."

"Really?" Uesugi Sakura suddenly looked up.

"Mm... considering Sakura-kun is so muddle-headed... probably piled up clothes for a few days without washing, right."

"Not this, I did wash the clothes. After you went back to mother-in-law’s home, I’ve been sleeping on the sofa all along... When changing clothes in the morning, flipping through the wardrobe, would also think about how you organize clothes every morning. The way you thoughtfully fold clothes, just feeling like watching you from behind, makes me so happy."

"Why?"

"Because I can truly feel you are by my side, wearing the clothes you draped for me, having the tie you tied for me, even the shirt collar flipped out by you... at these times, I feel you are indeed real, and not a dream."

Hanamaru Hanabi patiently listened to his talk, then asked again, "If... Hanabi says if, Sakura-kun’s Hanabi is a dream, what would Sakura-kun do?"