Chapter 283 Birthday (2)
After leaving Ginza, Toru Watanabe found a high-end fruit shop.
A box of "Sato Nishiki" cherries, 6 cherries in a box, exactly 1,000 yen without tax, I bought four boxes, three for the teacher and one for the senior.
Special mangoes from Miyazaki Prefecture, 4,000 yen each excluding tax, 7,500 yen for two. I bought four, three for the teacher and one for the senior.
Grapes from Okayama Prefecture, 8,000 yen a bunch, I bought three bunches, two for the teacher and one for the senior;
After some careful selection, I finally bought two Shizuoka cantaloupes for 15,000 yen each, one on each side.
Carrying a lot of things, it would take up too much space on the train, and he was worried about disturbing others, so Toru Watanabe once again took a famous expensive taxi out of Tokyo.
After returning to Shinano-machi, I went straight into Room 501.
"Why are you back so late?" Koizumi Aona, who opened the door to greet him, complained as she took the things in his hand.
"After buying the gifts, I went to buy some fruit."
He told Koizumi Aona about buying gifts in advance on Line.
"What fruit do you want to buy? I clearly told you that I would wait for you to come back and have dinner together."
"Eat it after dinner. I'll finish all the dinner." Watanabe Toru took off his shoes and prepared to change into indoor shoes. In the middle of the process, he remembered something, "Oh, right, divide all the fruits into two portions. The smaller portion is for Mai."
"Well, I'll put hers on the cabinet in the entrance for you. Remember to take it when you leave."
"good."
Koizumi Aona looked at Watanabe Toru who was changing his shoes, hesitated for a moment, and said:
"Watanabe, invite Asuka Mai to have dinner with you."
Watanabe Toru raised his head: "Is it okay?"
"Yeah." Koizumi Aona replied softly, "When you went to accompany her, I still had Akiko and Miyuki, but when you accompanied me, she was alone."
Watanabe Toru thought for a moment and said, "Forget it."
When lovers meet, Asu Mai used to be Kamikawa's student, and Koizumi Aona was Kamikawa's teacher, so it's inevitable that there will be some awkwardness.
Asu Mai has a cold personality and doesn't care, but Koizumi Aona is shy.
"It's okay." Koizumi Aona smiled gently, "I have never taught Asuri-san, and I have never even spoken to him at school. Besides, I have been trying to comfort myself recently, and I have gradually gotten used to it."
"Relieve it? How to relieve it?" Watanabe Toru asked curiously.
Koizumi Aona was a little shy. She tucked her hair behind her ears, exuding the gentle aura of a 25-year-old woman, which touched Watanabe Toru's heart.
"We are two together, not teacher and student together."
"You are deceiving yourself?" Watanabe Toru laughed.
"No!" Koizumi Aona retorted like a little girl, and then continued to explain, "I fell in love with you when I was sixteen, so I came to Kamikawa to be a teacher. The difference between me and Kujo and Asuhi is that I am older, but my status is the same."
"That's true. What a pity," said Toru Watanabe regretfully, "I quite like being a teacher."
Koizumi Aona reached out and tapped Watanabe Toru on the forehead, then walked into the living room carrying the fruit and Watanabe Toru's schoolbag.
"Go call Mingri's classmates. I'll go heat up the food."
"teacher."
"Hmm?" Koizumi Aona turned around.
"Thanks."
Koizumi Aona smiled slightly: "Watanabe, didn't you say that there is no need for apologies between us? Everything is because of love."
"You two stop being disgusting. I'm starving!" Akiko's dissatisfied voice came from the living room.
Toru Watanabe and Aona Koizumi looked at each other and smiled at the same time.
"Coming, coming!" Koizumi Aona walked into the living room.
"What is it? Fruit? Hurry up and get some to fill your stomach. Cherries are delicious... but so expensive?!"
Amid Akiko's exclamation, Toru Watanabe changed back into his own shoes, went out, and then turned back to get the fruit for Asuka Mai.
After he left, Koizumi Aona said to Akiko and Miyazaki Miyuki: "I asked Watanabe to call Asuka Mai."
"Asuki Mai?" Akiko paused as she put on her slippers and prepared to wash the cherries. She hadn't overheard the previous conversation. "Why did you call her here?"
"After listening to Watanabe's story, don't you feel pity for her?" Koizumi Aona said reluctantly.
"It's pitiful, cutting off all ties with his family." Akiko nodded and said, "But lovers sympathize with lovers. Not to mention meeting each other, I heard it was their first time."
"Aona is very satisfied with the current situation, so she sympathizes with others." Miyazaki Miyuki said, "If you still want to fight for the legal wife, it would be good if you don't fight."
Aona Koizumi felt embarrassed by what they said, but she was indeed very satisfied with her current life.
My work is stable and going well. I don’t have to be separated from my best friends and can live with them all the time. When I get tired of them, I’ll be with the person I like. When I get tired of the person I like, I’ll be with my best friends again.
As for money, after completing the monthly planned savings, there is still enough money for a short trip - although I can't live in a good place or eat too high-end food.
In addition, Toru Watanabe showed him his bank balance.
She won’t use his money, but her boyfriend has money, which will definitely give her a sense of security.
Koizumi Aona is now enjoying her life thoroughly. She is just waiting for Watanabe Toru to graduate and then considering having a child - with three people raising a child, being a mother will become easy.
Every day is happy.
She hummed a song, reheated the food, and took the initiative to help Akiko wash the cherries.
Toru Watanabe brought Asuka Mai into Room 501.
Asu Mai accepted his invitation without any hesitation or entanglement.
When the five people sat at the dining table, except for Asuka Mai, everyone else felt somewhat awkward.
Koizumi Aona looked at Asu Mai seriously for the first time.
She has a pretty face, black hair, and a slim figure that is not too plump.
Those clear eyes were fixed on Watanabe Toru most of the time.
"Mai...can I call you that?" asked Koizumi Aona.
"...Thank you." Asu Mai nodded slightly.
It was not a thank you for the title, but a thank you for inviting her so that she could spend more time with Watanabe - Koizumi Aona incredibly understood the meaning of her thanks immediately.
She smiled and said, "You can just call me Qingnai, or Sister Qingnai."
"……Um."
"Come and have dinner every day from now on." After saying that, she was afraid that he would refuse, so she added, "This way, the two of us can have dinner with Watanabe every day."
"Okay." Asu Mai nodded, "I'll cook too."
"I really can't stand you guys. What's so good about Watanabe?" Akiko couldn't stand it anymore and said, "By the way, remember to pay for the food. We will pay equally for each of us, including Watanabe."
"……Um."
Akiko hesitated for a moment and said, "Just call me Akiko from now on."
"……Um."
"You still have to call me teacher, do you hear me?" Akiko turned her head and glared at Watanabe Toru.
"Yes, Mr. Akiko."
"Similarly, just call me Miyuki." Miyazaki Miyuki said.
"Miyuki, we can't let Watanabe get any further. He has already taken away our Aonai!"
"Aona is mine." Watanabe Toru thought this matter must be made clear.
"What did you say?!" Akiko stood up with one foot on the stool.
"Aona is mine," Toru Watanabe repeated.
Akiko grabbed the chopsticks upside down and was about to duel with him, but Koizumi Aona quickly grabbed her hand.
"Don't quarrel at the dinner table, just eat well!"
"Aona, tell me, who do you belong to?" Akiko was unconvinced.
"I... of course..." There will also be a day when Koizumi Aona will fall into the Shura field.
"Tell me, do you want him or us?" Akiko asked.
Miyazaki Miyuki stretched out her chopsticks as if it had nothing to do with her, took the fried shrimp from Akira's plate, and ate it slowly.
Asu Mai picked up her fried shrimp and asked Watanabe Toru if she wanted some, but Watanabe Toru told her to eat it herself.
After dinner and washing the dishes, the five of them sat in the living room eating fruit and watching TV.
"Mai, here." Koizumi Aona handed the first piece of cantaloupe to Asu Mai.
"Thank you, Toru." Asu Mai handed it to Watanabe Toru again.
"You eat." Watanabe Toru said softly.
"Yeah." Asu Mai gently lifted her hair and pressed her thin and soft lips against the flesh of the cantaloupe.
After dividing the cantaloupe, Miyazaki Miyuki said, "Boy."
"What is it, Miyuki-sensei?"
"Tomorrow is your birthday?"
"Yes, do you want to give me a birthday present?"
"June 9th is Qingnai's birthday."
"So you mentioned my birthday just to bring up the topic." Watanabe Toru nodded, indicating that he remembered Koizumi Aona's birthday, "The gift is ready."
"Take it out." said Akiko.
"Akira!" Koizumi Aona shouted.
"Qing Nai, leave me alone, you are too gentle, I will help you supervise this boy, and you must not let him love you less and fool you!"
"Welcome to supervise." Watanabe Toru said sincerely.
"Look, he said so himself." Akiko boasted to Koizumi Aona.
Aona Koizumi sighed, then smiled helplessly and happily. Whether it was Toru Watanabe or her good friend Akiko, everyone close to her cared about her.
Toru Watanabe ate the cantaloupe in a few bites, threw away the peel, wiped his hands with a towel, and walked towards his schoolbag.
A ring was given to Miki Kujo, a pendant was given to Mai Asuka, and earrings were given to Aina Koizumi.
A pair of intricately patterned cyan beads, very small, that look like jade.
"Teacher Aona, I wish you a happy birthday in advance." Toru Watanabe handed over the earrings.
"You actually prepared it. You have a conscience." Akiko didn't mind that the earrings were not packaged and nodded .
Koizumi Aina took the earrings, placed them in her palm, and said happily: "Thank you!"
"Be sure to carry it with you at all times. It's worth 7 million yen," said Toru Watanabe.
One point is 100 yen, 1,000 points are 100,000 yen. To convert points into money, you may have to multiply them by 10 or 100.
None of this is important. The reason why it is said to be 7 million yen is because it is a lucky pendant for Koizumi Aona to carry with her.
"Seven million?!" The three teachers looked at him stupidly.
"Young man, did you spend Kujo's money?" asked Miyuki Miyazaki.
"Actually, my mother is a rich girl who has been living outside, and the family still has some savings." Watanabe Toru made up an excuse and said to Koizumi Aona, "You must wear it."
Koizumi Aina hesitated a little: "Well, I will always wear it. By the way, Watanabe, I also have a birthday present for you."
"No hurry, teacher, please put it on and show it to me first." Watanabe Toru said with a smile in his voice.
Aona Koizumi has pierced ears and occasionally wears some fresh and small earrings, which Toru Watanabe has seen.
When she put on her birthday present, the emerald-colored round beads were well hidden in her long hair, but once you noticed them, you would be fascinated by them and her fair profile, and subconsciously feel that it was "really beautiful".
"How is it?" Koizumi Aona asked everyone, but her eyes were focused on Watanabe Toru's expression.
"Let me kiss your ear." Watanabe Toru joked.
Koizumi Aona was happy and shy: "Mai is still here."
"It's okay," Asuhi Mai said calmly, "After Toru kisses you, I'll let him kiss me."
Because she was so calm, Koizumi Aona couldn't tell for a moment whether she was provoking him or not.
"Seven million yen earrings are so beautiful." Akiko said enviously.
Then, she still asked Watanabe Toru in disbelief, "Is this really worth 7 million yen?"
"On your birthday, Akiko-sensei, I will give you a 5 million yen watch as a thank you for taking care of Aona-sensei and Miyuki-sensei."
"No, no, no, don't give it to me. I believe it. Don't bribe me with money. I will always stand on Qingnai's side and will always find fault with you!"
"Having a friend like you, Teacher Akiko, makes me feel relieved about Mr. Koizumi's safety," said Toru Watanabe.
"But," Akiko lowered her voice jokingly, "you can buy this apartment for Qingnai. I have no objection to that at all."
"Akira!" Koizumi Aona called out shyly.
"I agree." Miyazaki Miyuki nodded in agreement, "She is willing to be with you, Watanabe, you should at least make her feel safe."
"Miyuki! Watanabe, don't take it to heart, they are talking nonsense!"
"Teacher, I'm only happy that you have such a friend." Watanabe Toru said with a smile, "After school tomorrow, Miki and the others are going to celebrate my birthday. How about going to buy it on Saturday?"
Akiko and Miyazaki Miyuki stood there in a daze, then came to their senses.
By constantly telling themselves that 'Toru Watanabe is my best friend's boyfriend', the two of them gradually began to get rid of the influence of Smile.
"Watanabe!" Koizumi Aona grabbed Watanabe Toru's hand, a little happy and a little angry, as if she was acting like a spoiled child. "Don't listen to them. Besides, I'm going to Atami with them on Saturday and Sunday."
"Don't you want to kiss?" Asu Mai suddenly asked.
"Ah!" Koizumi Aina was startled, quickly let go, and stood up in a panic, "I'll go get my birthday present!"
A hint of regret appeared on Asu Mai's expressionless face.
Watanabe Toru patted her hands: "Don't scare Teacher Koizumi, she is shy."
Asu Mai's face remained expressionless, but she tilted her head slightly to express her confusion: "Didn't Toru and Aona do it?"
Koizumi Aona's escape speed increased.
"Boy," Miyazaki Miyuki asked, "how many people have you done it with?"
"Do you want to answer this kind of question?" Watanabe Toru asked in surprise.
"Just think of it as a pre-marital physical examination." Miyuki Miyazaki said nonsense in a serious manner.
"The school doctor provides pre-marital checkups for students? Two, Miki and Mai-senpai," he answered honestly.
"Yeah." Miyazaki Miyuki nodded, 'That's okay.'
It seems that the pre-marital physical examination has been passed.
"I thought you were a pervert, but you're actually quite decent. You only date... No, I almost got brainwashed by you!" Akiko slapped his head, "You're a scumbag who has a wife and two lovers."
"That's right, I'm a scumbag." Toru Watanabe nodded in agreement.
"It's okay, at least you're willing to take responsibility and you're not a scumbag." Akiko comforted him awkwardly, then asked curiously, "You've never done it with Kiyono Rin?"
Watanabe Toru said helplessly: "Teacher Akiko, I told you, she and I are just friends. It was a misunderstanding to say she was my lover before."
"How can you resist such a beauty?" Akiko asked in disbelief.
"You and Miyuki-sensei aren't bad either. I have no feelings for you at all."
"You are looking for death!"
"Young man, it's fine if you tease Akira, but why did you bring me along?"
Aona Koizumi showed up in time and stopped a fight between teachers and students that almost broke out in the living room.
