LOVE CATCH

Wouldn't it be nice if they made an appointment at a restaurant. "

"Isn't this just a blind date? I want them to meet more naturally."

"You're trying to pretend to be natural, but it's not natural at all"

Shibuya was poked in the head by the truth.

"It's because it's so difficult that I asked you to discuss it!"

Facing Shibuya's troubled roar, Tomoya shrugged.

"Speaking of which, brother Shou, why do you want to get involved with the president's marriage. Isn't it strange?"

After being silent for a while, Tomoya scratched his head: "Then what do you think?"

Finally a little bit of help.

On Saturday, a regular holiday, Shibuya invites Horiuchi to the art museum.After asking him "Would you like to go to the Mary Rowlandson exhibition together?", Horiuchi happily went with himself.

According to the itinerary, the two arrived at the art gallery at eleven noon.After buying the tickets, the two entered the exhibition hall together.Horiuchi carefully admired the paintings one by one.Shibuya has never had anything to do with painting or art. When I was in the second grade of middle school, I clearly drew a person, but my art teacher asked, "Is this a dog?" Word of mouth has been passed down for a long time.I have no interest at all, I want to reach the target painting quickly, but Horiuchi's appreciation speed is too slow, Shibuya is inevitably a little anxious.

He couldn't urge him to "see it quickly", so Shibuya could only pretend to walk ahead to watch, and then turned back to Horiuchi's position. After repeating this a few times, the other party seemed to realize that his reading speed was a bit slow, so he speeded up the progress anyway. .

In front of the target painting, I saw the figures of the two of them.From now on is the critical moment to decide the outcome.Nervously wondering if he should wait for the other party to initiate a conversation, "Eh" Horiuchi tilted his head.

"Isn't that Osaki?"

Horiuchi spoke first before being approached.

"Eh? Where is it?" Shibuya was a little uneasy, and his voice rose.

"The front of the picture in blue. Definitely her"

Although it was somewhat deviated from the plan, the part of "Natural Encounter" probably... did it.

"It seems so. Let's go say hello."

"No. She will be very tired after dealing with people in the company even though it's a day off."

But it's come to this point, it's impossible not to say hello.But if you ignore Horiuchi stubbornly... When Shibuya didn't know what to do, Osaki pretended to have just noticed this side.

"Isn't that Shibuya and the president, what a coincidence"

The loud voice that doesn't match the art museum, plus Osaki's excellent reading, it can also be seen from this that she is absolutely impossible to become an actress.

Osaki came this way and introduced Masuda, who was traveling with him, to Shibuya and Horiuchi.A beauty just as in the photo.Osaki smiled stiffly at Shibuya's cold joke, and the two pretended to be very enthusiastic.Seeing that it was almost time, Osaki said, "We're going to have lunch now."

"It's the same with us. I'm a little hungry."

"I know there's a delicious crepe shop near here. Want to go together?"

Although he didn't know what the crepes were made of, Shibuya still agreed, "Okay." At this moment, Horiuchi turned around.His mouth was half open, a little hesitant: "If we are together, I will trouble you."

"No. More people are happier."

One word from Osaki decided the matter.Although Shibuya knew that Horiuchi was a little unhappy about this unexpected development, he still pretended not to notice it.

After walking for a while from the art museum, I arrived at the "French crepes" shop. It was already full, but there were customers coming out within 5 minutes, and then Shibuya and others were ushered in.The store interior is decorated in a cute style that women will like, and about [-]% of the store is occupied by women.Shibuya felt as if he was going to be swallowed by the breath of women around him, but he sat down on the chair upright.

It was obviously a date with two lovers, but it unexpectedly turned into four people walking together, and was taken to a store that was completely different from his aura. Maybe Horiuchi didn't find it interesting at all.At first, I was worried about what would happen if he and Masuda had nothing to talk about, but they both had cats, and the two of them chatted about feeding the cats, which seemed pretty good.

When talking about the animal hospital, Masuda also introduced Horiuchi to a good veterinarian who specializes in treating cats.In this way, the two exchanged mobile phone numbers and email addresses.The biggest problem before Shibuya was how to let two people exchange contact information, but the current development is the best situation.

After eating, the four of them came to the coffee shop and chatted about various things while drinking coffee.It was past four o'clock in the afternoon after we separated from Osaki and the others, and when there were only two of them left, Horiuchi sighed and remained silent as if he was tired.There was also little talking on the drive home in Shibuya.

"You and Masuda had a great chat."

Yes, even though Horiuchi said so, he seemed absent-minded.

"I've talked a lot, I'm a little tired now"

"I took you out on the rest day, I'm really sorry"

"That's not the case." Horiuchi shook his head.

"I love going out with you. But talking to someone for the first time can be a little nerve-wracking, that's all"

Horiuchi hasn't said much since just now.Although Shibuya still wanted to ask him how he felt about Masuda, Horiuchi seemed tired, so Shibuya endured it.Objectively speaking, the atmosphere of the chat between the two people is good, so they should have a good impression of each other.So Shibuya became more convinced that Horiuchi and Masuda's first meeting was a success.

Osaki heard from Masuda that the two had exchanged emails several times and also called on the phone, and it seemed that the atmosphere was good.Shibuya bought two advance tickets for movies that Horiuchi would probably like, and then asked Osaki to hand them over to Masuda, and asked Osaki not to tell Masuda that he bought them himself.Masuda invited Horiuchi, and the two went on their first date without incident.

If the relationship between the two goes well, there is no need to make any preparations on my side.If he can go to the movies and make phone calls, it means that Horiuchi also has the same intentions.It is Shibuya that is getting in the way now.

Shibuya decided to accept everything about Horiuchi passively, and then deal with it negatively.If Horiuchi wants to break up with him, he should gradually reduce the number of times he sees him, but Shibuya will still regularly receive emails from Horiuchi inviting him.

On Saturday last week, Shibuya lied to Horiuchi that he was going to his younger brother's school to watch them have an open class, and returned home after waking up in Horiuchi's apartment.Later, I learned from Osaki that Horiuchi and Masuda went out for dinner that day.

I thought that the distance between Horiuchi and Masuda would shorten in one breath after that, but I didn't expect to receive another email from Horiuchi inviting me to his apartment on Friday.The relationship between him and Masuda should indeed become closer, but the relationship between him and himself continued as if on another parallel line.Although he avoided sex because he was injured, Shibuya felt that it was like an endless game.

Shibuya was annoyed that Horiuchi continued to maintain a relationship with him despite inciting Masuda.Shibuya, who stayed overnight at Horiuchi's apartment, went to bed late the next day, which is rare.When he woke up, the bald man next to him had already got up and went to the living room to feed the cat food.Was it woke up by Ren and Sakura who were hungry?

"Good morning"

Shibuya looked at Horiuchi's back and greeted him.Horiuchi looked back at Shibuya and nodded.

"Did you eat breakfast?"

"Not yet, I'm not very hungry"

Shibuya's stomach is very hungry, but this is someone's house after all, and it would be embarrassing for me to eat bread by myself.It's already past ten o'clock, let's have a little patience and have lunch early.

Shibuya warmed up milk for two.One of the cups was handed to Horiuchi, and the two of them sat facing each other on the sofa.Very leisurely morning.This is impossible to enjoy in your own home.After a while, Horiuchi's bald head reflected in the sunlight, and two cats nestled at his feet.Shibuya didn't hate being around this guy.You don't need to deliberately chat, this kind of tranquility will calm Shibuya's mood.

As if to break the tranquility, the phone rang, not Shibuya's cell phone.Horiuchi hurried out of the living room with his mobile phone in hand.If it was normal, he would have answered the phone on the spot after talking to himself in advance.When Shibuya was feeling strange, Horiuchi came back soon.

"Is it a work call?"

Horiuchi hesitated for a while before answering.

"……Um"

Horiuchi put the milk glass to his mouth, and Shibuya saw his hands trembling.

"Is it about the expansion of the facility?"

"more or less"

Horiuchi mumbled.Could it be... A thought flashed through Shibuya's mind.

"Is it Masuda calling?"

Horiuchi's whole body shook, and the cup in his hand fell to the table.Hot milk was spilled on the table and dripped onto Horiuchi's lap.Horiuchi jumped up with a loud cry.

"Idiot, what the hell are you doing?"

Shibuya rushed into the bathroom with Horiuchi in his arms.Then he cooled Horiuchi's milk-scalded knee with water.Horiuchi's body trembled uncontrollably.

"The water is a bit cold, be patient"

When I opened the lid of miso soup, I accidentally touched a very hot pot or something... Because it is common practice to deal with burns for younger brothers, Shibuya is already very proficient.After letting the water wash over his knees for a while, Shibuya gently took off Horiuchi's pajama pants.Although he was wearing pajama pants, the skin on the knee was still red from the heat.Because of the cold, the one between Horiuchi's buttocks droops and shrinks more than usual