Chapter 336 A gift for Mana
It was early morning, and the morning sun was shining brightly.
The light snow that fell last night quickly melted into the rare warm sunshine. The bright light shone through the floor-to-ceiling glass door into the living room, and fell on the person who was holding the washed clothes and preparing them. On Haruno Sawayama who went out to dry.
He subconsciously squinted his eyes and looked at the mild weather outside, and couldn't help but smile.
“No wonder there seem to be more people celebrating the festival this year. Even the weather is so cooperative.” He sighed with emotion.
As a city with a subtropical monsoon climate, Tokyo has a lot of changes in weather cycles. In previous years, there were often various seasons that were either not cold at all or extremely cold. However, days as mild as this year without losing the winter atmosphere are very rare. .
Even Haruno Sawayama, who is used to living in this kind of city, can't help but want to go out for a walk.
But apart from him and Salmon Balls, I’m afraid there’s no one else at home who can accompany me out, right?
Thinking of this, Haruno Sawayama touched his chin with some guilt.
What happened last night is still fresh in my mind. Both Miyazawa Maki and Esaki Suguha have put on Christmas exclusive skins, and the three of them have been tossing around until three or four in the morning. They just fell asleep. Judging from the current situation, the two of them would definitely not be able to get up until the afternoon.
The worst thing is actually Suguha Ezaki. After all, she is the only one who can stick to her, and Maki Miyazawa encouraged her last night, making this tall girl with good physical strength show her exhaustion for the first time. appearance.
“You can’t blame me.”
While drying the clothes, Haruno Sawayama murmured to himself: “I am very restrained.”
The system strengthened him so much that even if Maki Miyazawa brought Suguha Esaki with him, it would be difficult to beat him in this aspect.
I was still in a state of unfinished thinking until I fell asleep last night, and I tried hard to calm down for a long time before falling asleep.
I just don't know what to do today. After all, Maki Miyazawa and Suguha Ezaki still have some "free time" before they wake up.
Take this opportunity to give gifts?
Sawayama Haruno hung the last piece of clothing on the clothes drying pole. After thinking for a moment, he put the things away, then turned and walked into the kitchen and started to open the small cabinet used to store sundries.
This is the least commonly used cupboard in the house. Normally, Suguha Esaki would hardly open it, so Haruno Sawayama put all the Christmas gifts he bought here in advance.
Not only did he prepare it for Maki and Suguha, but also for Ayano Yui, Miyazawa Mana and Mine Shiori.
Even Riho Morikawa and Kazuki Takashima prepared one in advance.
After all, I owed the other party a favor with the voucher for the previous trip to the hot spring hotel, so I just happened to find an excuse to give it to him during Christmas.
The gift Sawayama Haruno prepared for him was not a particularly expensive gift, it was just a small pendant with the meaning of attracting wealth.
The truly valuable gifts depend on the gifts he prepared for the girls. Most of them were diamond jewelry. Although they were old-fashioned, they were very useful. He asked Haruno Sawayama to patiently make handicrafts for them. It was too much to torture himself, so after thinking a lot, he finally bought these.
"While now, ask them if they have time."
Looking at the several exquisite gift bags in his hands, Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but talk to himself.
He originally thought that he would have to wait until Christmas was over before he could find time to give gifts to others, but now that he has "free time", of course it would be better to give them out during the holidays.
After calling attention, Sawayama Haruno no longer hesitated.
He was the first to take out the gifts from Maki Miyazawa and Suguha Esaki. The former was an exquisite diamond ring, and the latter was a diamond and platinum necklace. These two gifts alone almost destroyed Miyazawa. Shan Chunye spent all the money he had saved before. Fortunately, the royalties arrived in time, allowing him to buy other gifts with the same specifications.
Sawayama Haruno first put the ring and necklace back into the corresponding boxes, and then quietly placed them in the most conspicuous place in the living room.
After some hesitation, he felt that Maki and Suguha would not wake up before he returned home after delivering the gifts, so he walked to the bedroom with two more gifts.
The room seemed a little extra dark, and the air seemed to be still filled with the smell of last night. Both of them were so tired that they failed to notice Haruno Sawayama who came in quietly.
After placing the gift on the desk, he quickly exited the room.
“It’s done.”
Sawayama Haruno breathed a sigh of relief.
The next step is to give gifts to other girls, and the top priority is of course Ayano Yui who lives next door.
He picked up his phone and sent a text message to the other party. After about ten minutes, he received a somewhat disappointing message.
Ayano Yui went out and could only come back at night.
Sawayama Haruno was not discouraged, and immediately began to contact other people.
The Miyazawa family.
"Don't you have an appetite?"
Miyazawa's father put down the newspaper in his hand, looked at his eldest daughter who was having breakfast in front of the dining table, and said meaningfully: "You didn't seem to have eaten much last night, right?"
“It seems like I haven’t slept a bit. Are you awake?"
Hearing his father's question, Miyazawa Mana smiled slightly and said: "I don't have a strong appetite now."
"It's really rare. It's not Christmas. Planning to go out? ”
"I don't have this plan. I'll probably continue writing the school project report today."
".Really?"
Miyazawa's father's eyes seemed to see through Mana's inner thoughts. Normally, but fortunately, after the silence, he did not choose to ask again. Instead, he got up and prepared to go upstairs to wake up his sleeping wife.
Suddenly Miyazawa Mana was left alone in the living room.
She looked at the large white rice sprinkled with seaweed crumbs in front of her, and her heart was filled with unspeakable annoyance.
Even she herself didn't understand why she was so absent-minded today. She had obviously prepared her mental expectations in advance, but now it seemed like it was not helping. No matter what she did, she couldn't help but think of "the other party" in her mind. matter.
"Sure enough, I wanted to call him out."
Miyazawa Mana sighed leisurely.
Although she has decided to compete with her sister to the end, at this slightly sensitive time, she is still a little hesitant to send him a text message, especially when she thinks that her sister may still be lying in his arms. As he slept, there was an indescribable feeling of pain and pleasure that was repeatedly entangled in his heart.
After breakfast, do something else?
Miyazawa Mana was lost in thought, but before she could figure out what she wanted to do, the mobile phone beside her lit up first.
The person who had been thinking about it seemed to have guessed her troubled heart at the moment, and took the lead in sending a Christmas invitation.
The moment he read the text message clearly, a smile couldn't help but emerge from the corners of Miyazawa Mana's lips.
She put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hands with some joy, turned around and walked quickly upstairs. On the way, she bumped into her father who was about to go downstairs.
“What’s wrong?”
Miyazawa's father, who had just tried to wake up his wife but failed, could see the change in his daughter's mood at a glance. "I don't have any friends, but my friend asked me to go shopping."
Miyazawa Mana calmed down the smile on his face a little, and said gently: "I happen to be a member of the same group at the end of the semester, maybe I can Let’s talk about the project assignment.”
“Members of the same group.”
Miyazawa’s father said meaningfully: “Be careful on the road.”
"Yeah."
Miyazawa Mana's face suddenly turned red.
She felt that her father seemed to have noticed something. After all, when Haruno visited before, her father and mother said some strange things, which made her very concerned.
However, regardless of whether her thoughts were seen through by her family, Haruno's invitation still made her a little unable to control her thoughts. It happened that the gift she had prepared for Haruno in advance had been kept in the closet, maybe she could take advantage of it. Use this opportunity to deliver it to the other party.
While thinking this, Miyazawa Mana had already returned to her room. She quickly picked out a winter date outfit that suited her best, and solemnly wrapped the gifts she had prepared in advance with colored paper. He packed it up and then carefully put it into his bag.
After all this was done, she went downstairs to say goodbye to her father and her mother who had already gotten up. Under their equally weird eyes, she quickly changed into her little boots and stared outside at the warmth. The sun goes out.
——The other party is already waiting for me at the entrance and exit of the residential area.
It was a bit unexpected. I didn’t expect Haruno Sawayama to come and pick her up so quickly. However, after thinking about it and thinking that the other party might also want to meet earlier, Miyazawa Mana could no longer control her excitement.
"Haru, Haruno."
Obviously they have known each other for a long time, but Miyazawa Mana felt as if they were meeting for the first time. She was even so nervous that she accidentally bit her own tongue, which made people standing there feel uncomfortable. Haruno Sawayama, who was waiting for her in the distance, was stunned.
"Mana, are you coming out so soon?"
Sawayama Haruno smiled.
“I thought you had to wait a while.”
“No, today.”
Miyazawa Mana was embarrassed to say that she had been envisioning today. Regarding the meeting, he said a little stiffly: "I was planning to go out to buy something this morning, but after seeing the message you sent, we just got together."
"Really?"
Sawayama Haruno scratched his head and didn't think much about it.
He was the first to take out the gift he had prepared for the other party from his pocket, and said with a smile: "This, for you, is a Christmas gift."
"Thank you, thank you."
Miyazawa Mana pursed her lips and solemnly took out the things she had prepared from her bag.
She handed her hands to Haruno Zeshan and whispered: "I have prepared it for you, so please accept it."
"Ah, okay."
Zawashan Seeing her being so serious, Haruno wondered what kind of fuss this was. When they were dating in high school, they had never exchanged "love tokens" in such a serious and formal way, right? But how can I put it, this rare solemn look gives people the feeling that the corners of the mouth can't stop rising.
It turns out that the other party has already prepared a gift for me.
“Can you open it?”
"Okay. Inside is a pen I prepared for Haruno."
Miyazawa Mana accepted the exquisite gift box handed to her and whispered: "Although Haruno doesn't seem to use a pen to write books. , but I occasionally use a pen. I think a fountain pen is more suitable for important occasions. It can play some roles and can be stored for a long time, so I bought this.”
Hearing what she said, Sawayama Haruno opened the long and narrow packaging box without thinking and looked at the obsidian color inside. He showed a knowing smile after seeing the pen body and a layer of soft-backed gold patterns inlaid on the shell.
"Thank you, I like it very much." Haruno Sawayama said softly.
This pen looks like it is expensive. The soft gold pattern is obviously made of real gold. Only real gold can have such a soft feeling. Use other metals. On the contrary, the texture will appear harder.
"It's fine if Haruno likes it. Then I'll open it too?"
"Open it."
"Yes"
Miyazawa Mana carefully pulled the top of the small gift box The purple ribbon, after completely pulling it open, she opened the box and saw the bracelet that looked particularly bright under the sunlight. The sparkling crystal clear diamonds made her squint her eyes, but she was stunned when she saw it clearly.
“What’s wrong, don’t you like it?”
Seeing that she suddenly stopped talking, Sawayama Haruno thought she didn't like the bracelet.
After hesitating for a moment, he was about to say that if he didn't like it, he could exchange it, but Miyazawa Mana said before he could speak: "No."
"I like it very much. I like everything Haruno gave me."
Miyazawa Mana raised her head and showed a slender and fragile smile.
“I just didn’t expect Haruno to give me something like this.”
"Mana."
Sawayama Haruno took her hand and whispered: "What I said before, do you want to do it again?"
I won't let you do it this time. The previous conflict with Maki reappeared, he said silently in his heart.
No matter what happens, he will do what he wants to do. He had already thought clearly about it at the class reunion. He could not accept Mana dating other people or watching Mana alone. The appearance of a person, so no matter what difficulties there are, he will find a way to interact with the other person again.
Although there is no way to undo what happened in Macau, fortunately, everyone has come out of this psychological shadow and slowly let go of some of their grudges against each other.
As time goes by, Maki no longer resents her sister as much as before.
In her conversation with Mine Shiori, Mana also solved the problem of her always wanting to be humble to her sister.
The most important thing is that he has found a way to make the twin sisters live in harmony. As long as it can give Maki a sufficient sense of security and make Mana happy at the same time, it will be worth the trouble. .
As if feeling the thoughts behind Haruno Sawayama's words, Miyazawa Mana couldn't help but close her eyes.
She leaned on the other person little by little, and after being silent for a long time, she whispered in a low voice:
"Then please leave it to Haruno."
(End of this chapter)