Because she said she would take responsibility.
So Kato Megumi followed Yukima Yumi back home.
The naturalness of this process made Yukima Yumi feel amazed.
He took out his keys and opened the door to the apartment.
“Excuse me.”
Kato Megumi stepped into the entryway.
Yukima Yumi looked towards the living room at the end of the hallway.
Until he saw that there were no leather shoes belonging to his senpai in the entryway.
Yukima Yumi then remembered.
Earlier, Kashima Yuuji had said.
That she would be coming back a bit late today because she had to go to Fushikawa Bookstore to take care of the sales for the fourth volume.
She wouldn’t even be eating dinner at home.
“It seems like Yumi-kun’s tenant is not here.”
Kato Megumi looked at the empty living room, her gaze finally falling on the coffee maker in the kitchen.
“Yeah, she has work to do today and won’t be back until tonight.”
Yukima Yumi informed her truthfully.
He took out a pair of unopened cherry blossom-colored slippers from the shoe cabinet.
Thankfully, after Sora Ginzi stepped on a pair last time, Yukima Yumi had prepared some brand new slippers, which came in handy now.
Kato Megumi took the slippers, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly in an almost imperceptible way.
She placed the pure white kitten on the floor.
The kitten cautiously looked around its surroundings, and after confirming there was no danger, it began to sniff around everywhere.
Kato Megumi and Yukima Yumi found an empty room on the first floor.
They prepared a cat bed, a cat tree, a litter box, and other necessities.
After spreading out the cat litter.
Yukima Yumi was a little worried.
“How do I teach it to use the litter box? If it messes everywhere...it’ll be quite a headache.”
Thinking about the look of disgust that Kashima Yuuji would give him.
Yukima Yumi felt a throbbing headache.
“Well, this is not difficult.” Kato Megumi said, going outside the room to catch the kitten.
She placed it in the litter box.
Kato Megumi then took a water cup from the side.
She poured some water onto the cat litter.
Then she held the kitten’s two little paws with her hands and started to dig the cat litter.
After digging a few times with the kitten.
It began to bury it on its own.
Seeing this, Kato Megumi released the kitten and clapped her hands.
“Cats have the instinct to bury their waste. They cover up the smell to avoid being tracked by predators. This is instinct. Activating it physically is enough.”
Yukima Yumi clapped his hands.
“Megumi, you’re amazing.”
“This isn’t something worth praising. You can learn it by watching some videos on YouTube.”
Kato Megumi said, seeing the kitten bury the waste and jump out of the litter box.
So she took out a cat stick from the cat supplies she had bought and tore open the packaging to feed it to the kitten.
Establishing a system of rewards and punishments would make teaching the kitten better.
“Should we give it a name?” Kato Megumi suggested while feeding the cat.
Yukima Yumi nodded. “Do you have any ideas, Megumi?”
“It’s Yumi-kun who’s adopted the cat, so Yumi-kun should be the one to name it.”
“Hmm...” Yukima Yumi stared at the cat and thought for a while. “Let’s call it Byakuyumaru.”
Thus, the name Byakuyumaru was decided.
“Byakuyumaru, be good, okay.”
Kato Megumi called its name, reaching out to scratch its chin.
Byakuyumaru obviously wasn’t sensitive to its name yet.
It was simply being scratched by Kato Megumi and making a purring sound.
After settling Byakuyumaru in initially.
Yukima Yumi looked at the time and couldn’t help but gape.
It was already past dinner time.
There was no way around it, after school, he had to go to the shelter, wait for Byakuyumaru to be bathed, which really took a lot of time.
“Stay for dinner.”
“Yeah, should I help out?”
“Can Megumi cook?”
“A little bit.”
The two of them walked into the kitchen.
The “little bit” that Kato Megumi mentioned definitely had a big element of humility in it.
Although she was just helping out.
But she was very quick and efficient in her handling of the ingredients.
Sometimes Yukima Yumi would reach out, and without saying a word, Kato Megumi would know what kind of seasoning to hand him.
Although this was their first time working together, they were very much in sync.
Soon, a table full of delicious dishes was set.
“Yumi-kun’s cooking skills are so high. You’re also very familiar with Dragon Nation cuisine.”
Kato Megumi exclaimed as she looked at the table full of food.
Yukima Yumi glanced at his panel, seeing that his culinary skills had already risen to level six, he nodded.
“Yeah, you could say so. I actually can’t stand some of the traditional dishes of Sakura Nation. I like Dragon Nation cuisine more.”
“And I can’t drink coffee either, I only like to drink tea.”
Kato Megumi’s sudden comment almost made Yukima Yumi choke on his food.
His gaze shifted to the hand-crafted coffee maker beside him.
Yukima Yumi once again felt that same sense of helplessness.
Kato Megumi...amazing!
After dinner, the two of them went into the kitchen together to wash the dishes.
Come to think of it, Yukima Yumi hadn’t washed dishes for a while.
Ever since Kashima Yuuji moved in.
It had always been Yukima Yumi who cooked and Kashima Yuuji who washed the dishes.
“It’s getting late, I should go.”
“Don’t you want to stay overnight?”
“Staying overnight at Yumi-kun’s house for the first time feels a little...”
“I was just asking politely, you don’t have to reject me so seriously! Staying overnight at a guy’s house, no matter how many times, is not a good thing.”
“Well...if it’s Yumi-kun, it should be okay.”
Hearing Kato Megumi’s mumbling.
Yukima Yumi didn’t know how to respond.
However, before leaving, Yukima Yumi reached out and handed an item to Kato Megumi.
Kato Megumi took it and blinked her acacia-like eyes.
“This wouldn’t be...”
“Yeah, the key to the apartment, because I might need your help in the future.”
Yukima Yumi had only realized while eating that he was really busy lately.
“Actually, I’m still a professional shogi player. Sometimes I have to go to competitions and might not be able to take care of Byakuyumaru. I’ll need Megumi’s help to run over to my place sometimes.”
“And then there’s also the club...tomorrow I might have to stay at school because of the club. Will Megumi come over to feed Byakuyumaru?”
Upon hearing this, Kato Megumi nodded thoughtfully.
“I see, so that’s why Yumi-kun took a day off yesterday?”
“Are you focused on that?”
“Yeah, Yumi-kun, don’t worry, I said I’d take responsibility, so I will.”
Kato Megumi made a promise.
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