Home with Mafuyu

Without talking all the way.

Naoki took the train back to the apartment neighborhood, got off the train and walked to the supermarket, where he was going to buy some ingredients to make his own dinner.

Immediately after arriving at the materials area, he saw an acquaintance before his eyes.

Waist-length pink hair.

A red sweatshirt that only teachers wear.

On the legs are a pair of black pantyhose.

There is a seriousness and coldness on the side of his face, she seems to be having some trouble at the moment, and his slender eyebrows are slightly raised, making people want to help.

It was Kirisu Mafuyu who lived in the same apartment building.

Perhaps sensing Naoki's gaze, Mafuyu turned to look.

"Kirisu-sensei, good afternoon." Naoki stepped forward and greeted her.

"En, good afternoon."

Mafuyu averted his gaze and continued to stare at the vegetables in front of her, as if she was thinking about life's problems.

Naoki looked at the ingredients in front of Mafuyu, and it was clear that he was having a hard time choosing.

"If you don't know what to choose, you can buy some ferns, and if you don't eat them, you can store them in the fridge." Naoki suggested, "If you buy it back, you can make oil tofu fern along with tofu."

The Japan diet emphasizes the seasons. Frankly, that means what to eat in the current season. Naturally, there were more wild vegetables in the spring. Fern is a kind of wild vegetable, which is one of the most common wild vegetables in supermarkets.

After listening to Naoki's suggestion, Mafuyu finally took a handful of ferns silently: "I see."

The voice was flat and cold as usual, but it seemed to contain a touch of complicated emotion that was hard to describe.

"How about buying some more bamboo shoots?" Naoki continued, "Just go back and stir-fry."

Mafuyu took the bamboo shoots.

"The eggplant is really good." Naoki picked up a box of eggplant and checked the label, "The place it comes from is Kochi Prefecture, you can cook it."

Mafuyu picked up another box of eggplant.

"You can also buy a portion of pork and go back to making tonkatsu."

After recommending several ingredients in a row, seeing that Mafuyu put them all in the shopping cart, Naoki was a little surprised: "Can you buy so many ingredients and eat them all?"

Mafuyu turned to look.

Appear! At school, let the guilty people break out in cold sweat, the witch's gaze of ice and snow. So why use a sharp eye to kill people! It's obvious since you're having a hard time choosing, that I was kind enough to recommend ingredients to you, but now you're staring with that gaze.

"It's almost time, go pay."

Go to the cashier.

The uniformed cashier girl scanned the ingredients skillfully, then smiled sweetly: "Hello, the total is 850 yen."

When Naoki recommended the ingredients to Mafuyu just now, he also bought some ginger and tomatoes. Vegetables in Tokyo are always very expensive, and they are not cheap.

Naoki took out his wallet and was about to pay the bill, but found that there weren't enough coins in his wallet.

(I remember when I bought a finger-biting alligator at the store in the morning, I used the change to pay the bill...)

Just as Naoki was in a dilemma, a slender white hand stretched out, with a two hundred yen coin in the palm, and then a cold voice sounded: "Here."

Naoki hesitantly reached out his hand to take it, only two hundred yen, and it was enough to return it to Mafuyu.

The cashier girl looked at Naoki, and then at Mafuyu behind Naoki, and said in a clear voice, "Why don't you guys pay the bill together?"

"Huh?"

"Today, supermarkets have weekend discounts." The cashier girl pointed at the sign next to her, "You can get a 10% discount when you spend 3,000 yen or more, and you can also get a chance to draw the lottery. The special gift is a refrigerator."

Naoki turned to look at Mafuyu: "Pay the bill together?"

Seeing the doubt on Mafuyu's face, Naoki quickly said, "Give me something and pay the bill together."

Doing things should be kept simple, doubts are the most troublesome, and there are still people waiting in line to check out!

After scanning the code, the cashier girl smiled sweetly: "Hello, the total is 3,150 yen."

"Let me do it."

Mafuyu took the change out of his wallet, and Naoki didn't stand still, carrying the things the two had bought into his hands.

"Thank you." The cashier girl stretched out her right hand, "Please draw the lottery here."

In the draw which was an activity of fighting over character and luck, Mafuyu was clearly hopeless, he reached into the lottery box with his right hand and took out a small ball.

Then a scream of surprise rang out: "Congratulations, you won the lottery!"

"Hah?" Mafuyu who always didn't expect his luck, opened his eyes wide, "Did I win the lottery?"

"That's right, and it's still a second prize." The cashier girl took out two restaurant coupons, handed them to Mafuyu with both hands, and smiled sweetly, "Accept this gift and use it on time."

Mafuyu reached out and took it, then said, "Thank you."

...

Get out of the supermarket.

The sky had darkened unknowingly, and the vast twilight was gradually shrouded.

The cold night wind blew, Mafuyu raised his hand to hold the hair ruffled by the wind, and looked at Naoki: "What about these two coupons?"

"Because it was Kirisu sensei who drew the lottery, eat with your friends." Naoki replied.

Mafuyu shook his head: "No."

Naoki was slightly moved: "Sensei, don't worry about me, look less at me after you feel pity."

"I'm not worried about you." Mafuyu looked at Naoki charmingly.

"What's that?"

"..."

Mafuyu didn't speak.

Naoki thought for a few seconds, then hesitantly guessed, "Sensei...is there any friends who can go to a restaurant to eat together?"

Mafuyu quietly looked away from her pretty face.

Did I really guess?

It's okay not to have friends at school. In fact, I couldn't even find a friend to eat with. Life is too sad! Hurry up grab a sticker and put a sad word on your forehead!

But on second thought, Naoki found that he wasn't qualified to laugh at Mafuyu, since he didn't have any friends either. If he didn't have two half-sisters who weren't related by blood, he would definitely be a lonely man.

Naoki looked at Mafuyu and suggested, "Then, want to eat together?"

"Just in case anyone sees it…"

Mafuyu hesitated.

The teacher and students were eating together in a restaurant, and it was always a little bad to be seen by others.

"Tokyo has a population of 13 million, and the chances of meeting acquaintances are even lower than winning the lottery." Naoki complained, "When is the coupon deadline?"

"I will see." Mafiyu took out a coupon, and said "Tonight."

"Then use the coupon now." Naoki took a breath and said wordlessly, "Go back and put the groceries, it won't be bad if we leave it for another day."

"En."

Naoki didn't know if it was an illusion or not, a relieved expression appeared on Mafuyu's face.