Event 52: Friendships from the past (4)

[Present, cooking club]

"Now I understand why Haruta boy is so good at cooking" Komuro said impressed with the story.

"So Haruta boy wasn't really kicked out?" Asuna had heard the whole story that Erina had related, everyone was waiting to know a little more about Haruta.

"Sigh ..." Erina sighed crossing her arms "Haruta boy was deceived, everyone knows about it within tootsuki, the matter was taken by the advisors and accompanied by the influence of the director they decided to reincorporate Haruta in tootsuki" Erina's words caught everyone's attention as they knew very well about Haruta's ability and how it was being wasted.

"I have no intention of going back to Tootsuki" Haruta's voice made everyone come out of their thoughts looking back at the dark-haired man who was at the side of the table with several dishes ready to be served.

Without waiting for an answer Haruta handed over all the dishes on the table surprising everyone, the food in front of them corresponded to a simple Risotto.

"You can eat" Haruta said in a soft voice, Haruta's simple words made Erina shudder bringing back memories of the past when Haruta cooked just for her.

The food was immediate and everyone tasted it, as was Asuna's custom and the others succumbed to the taste of Haruta's food.

Erina on the other hand had a red face, she was a victim of the taste of Haruta's food but her eyes were soaked with tears.

Tears of happiness and nostalgia, going back to try Haruta's food after a while was a hard blow to her but she was still happy to see him, even though it was her own father who caused her friend so much harm.

Tears streamed down Erina's cheeks, traversing her beautiful face with ease, everyone looked at Erina with regret and then glared at Haruta

"what?!" Haruta exclaimed taking a step back when he noticed the gazes of his companions "Ugh .." Haruta complained taking a hard drink as he approached the table where everyone was.

Erina opened her eyes in surprise when she noticed a hand on her head, the soft hand caressing her hair as if it were a girl.

"There is no need for you to shed your tears" Haruta's soft words accompanied the caresses on Erina's hair "I have no resentment for what happened, but I also have no interest in returning to Tootsuki, in this place I can relax in peace without need to see me involved in duels "

Erina let out a small laugh while wiping her eyes "That is so typical of you, you never do anything that is annoying to you"

"Well sometimes I can give in" Haruta said scratching his cheek as he looked away, Erina's smile caused Haruta a slight blush.

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Haruta ended up using the entire lunch break talking to Erina until classes started, at which point Erina said goodbye to everyone and promised to return to visit Haruta another day.

"Erina" Haruta called making her stop in her tracks turning to look at him "The fact that I was close to you in high school was so that you will gain more experience, now take your position as a counselor and then take first place Haruta said with a big smile

"It's not fair that you always put all the weight on me" Erina puffed her cheeks upset making Haruta laugh

"Be careful with Nakamura-senpai, I can't say much due to my situation but you and the director must be careful, if you need my help don't hesitate to call me" Haruta said turning around to leave on his way to his room classes "Say hi to Hisako for me"

When Erina left the school a luxurious car was waiting for her "Hisako we are leaving" Erina said to her secretary who opened the car door so that Erina could enter and later she entered.

"I guess he refused" the gaunt voice of an old man inside the car caught the attention of the girl duo, in front of them was the director of tootsuki, Senzaemon in his usual dress.

"He said he had no grudge towards us" Erina said regretfully as she looked at the school she had just left "you have many friends now .... and he is a member of the cooking club"

The last part of the sentence revealed a smile on Erina's face, the director can't hold back and laughed out loud "I guess he can't help but cook .... but if he's still in the kitchen I guess his skills are still as polished as always"

Erina shook her head "It may not be the case, he seems to have improved in many ways he even seems like someone else, someone who can achieve anything"

The headmaster couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise at his granddaughter's description, but then he smiled guessing what was going on.

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"Hey Haruta, are you sure you don't want to go back to Tootsuki?" As everyone walked towards the classroom, Rei turned around and asked Haruta the question, a question for which everyone was expectant.

Haruta looked out the window at all the school grounds "This school is much smaller than Tootsuki, but it has an aura out of the ordinary ..... also here I could make friends, in Tootsuki I could only consider Erina and Hisako as my friends, here I have all of you and that is why I have no rancor "

They all looked at each other after hearing Haruta's words and approached him hugging him on the spot.

Now everyone knew how important cooking was to Haruta and how much he had spent in Tootsuki for that he also thanked the black-haired friendship.