Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard

Chapter 603 - 385: We Are All Cherishing Time_3

This was originally a very boring thing, but Uesugi Sakura hoped time would pass a little slower, a little slower...The reason, perhaps, was the girl sitting on the back seat of the bicycle.

"Sakura-kun..."

"What’s up?"

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Likes me.

The girl’s sweet and tender confession left Uesugi Sakura momentarily stunned.

"I... now understand." He continued to pedal the bicycle.

"Understand what...?"

"Understand why so many couples say things like ’eternal love, together in the next life.’ I used to not understand them and found it cheesy, but being in this moment... I realize just how much they didn’t want to let go when they said those words."

"Does Sakura-kun mean... he wants to spend the next life with Hanabi too?"

"What do you think? Are you willing?"

Hanamaru Hanabi smiled behind him, "Hanabi needs to think seriously about it."

"Why think about it? Hanabi-chan shouldn’t you just confidently say to me, ’I want to! I want to! Hanabi likes Sakura-kun the most! We have to be together in the next life too!’?"

Uesugi Sakura imitated Hanamaru Hanabi’s voice, making her cover her mouth and chuckle softly.

"I want Sakura-kun to say those words first..."

"Say what first?"

"Say ’Sakura-kun likes Hanabi the most’ first."

"Sakura-kun likes Hanabi the most."

Before she could finish her sentence, Uesugi Sakura blurted out those words without hesitation. When he turned back, he saw her stunned and silly expression, and with a slight smile, he continued to pedal the bicycle forward.

Sakura-kun...

Hanamaru Hanabi was caught off guard by his sudden response, and her cheeks flushed a soft red. After a moment of internal struggle as she gazed at his back, she suddenly jumped off the back seat of the bicycle.

Uesugi Sakura noticed her movement and stopped. As he turned around, she walked up to his ear.

She looked at him, stood on her tiptoes, and gently whispered in a shy, timid voice:

"Hanabi... also likes Sakura-kun the most."

Perhaps thinking these words were too embarrassing to say, she quickly escaped after speaking.

Uesugi Sakura froze in place again, his heart savoring that soft phrase repeatedly, and only after a long time did he continue pushing the bicycle along the street.

Hanamaru Hanabi followed closely behind, occasionally sneaking glances at his back.

The atmosphere didn’t last long before Uesugi Sakura’s voice slowly drifted back from his figure ahead:

"Hanabi, with that simple sentence, you’ve stolen my heart."

"Sakura-kun... that love talk is so cheesy..." Hanamaru Hanabi cautiously followed behind him, looking at his back as she said this.

"I may be old-fashioned, so let the love talk be cheesy! I just hope you understand that I’m sincere."

"Hanabi understands, has always understood."

Hanamaru Hanabi once again sneaked a glance at him, "Hanabi thinks... Sakura-kun hasn’t been very happy these days... even though you won the championship, Aei and Chiaei’s guardianship went to Mom... and... we’re about to get married soon..."

"Happy, why wouldn’t I be happy."

Uesugi Sakura turned his head to smile at her, then turned back to gaze at the bustling city street.

"It’s just that I’ve been having a dream lately... Hanabi, do you know? Life is actually a journey that never stops. We both start off happy and joyful, but because the start is so beautiful, I’m afraid... afraid that at the end of our journey, we’ll part ways... I can’t accept a life without you."

"Sakura-kun... shouldn’t think so much..." Hanamaru Hanabi walked alongside him, stepping in sync.

"Yes... shouldn’t think about so many trivial matters."

Hanamaru Hanabi looked down at his moving steps, noticing when he stepped forward with his right leg, she was stepping with her left.

No, it can’t be like this.

Hanamaru Hanabi sped up her own steps and adjusted them twice, trying to step in sync with him using her right leg.

After pausing briefly for a couple of steps, they started walking in sync.

Uesugi Sakura noticed her little action and subtly sped up his pace to throw off the rhythm.

Hanamaru Hanabi glanced up at his smiling face, blinked at him, then quickly looked down, pursing her lips stubbornly, continuing to mimic him.

Uesugi Sakura deliberately messed up his steps several times, causing passersby who occasionally saw them to not understand what this couple was doing or why they kept stomping.

Still, even so, Uesugi Sakura was eventually matched by Hanamaru Hanabi’s stubborn persistence.

Until they both stepped forward with their right feet simultaneously, walking in sync.

Uesugi Sakura couldn’t argue with her and gave up.

"Alright, Hanabi, you win."

Hanamaru Hanabi felt the little joy of a girl’s victory, "What does Sakura-kun want to eat tonight?"

"Hmm... no matter what I want to eat, will Hanabi make it for me?"

"Of course, as long as after eating Hanabi’s cooking, Sakura-kun becomes happy and can toss aside all worries!"

Uesugi Sakura, hearing this, was momentarily choked up, recalling many things, but in all the thousands of words in his mind, he couldn’t find a way to thank her appropriately at this moment.

Pushing the bicycle, he watched the spinning wheel below the handlebars and said quietly:

"Hanabi... I love you."

"Hanabi loves you too... Sakura-kun."

Hanamaru Hanabi happily hugged his arm, smiling sweetly with happiness.