I really want to meet a beautiful girl who cooks and waits for me to come home

　　After spending some time driving Fumino and Rizu home, Shinichi walked home at night.

　　When alone, his thinking will become very clear.

　　Because of that, he finally remembered what he had forgotten.

　　"It seems I… Haven't told her that I won't be back for dinner today?"

　　His mood was very strange.

　　When his parents were around, he would indeed call first if he wasn't coming home for dinner.

　　But now, they had flown overseas... Not knowing which country to fly to, Shinichi adhered to the prejudice that "no one is home", and ate dinner out without thinking anything, and it was nearly 9 o'clock before returning house.

　　His only relative would be that stupid couple, since they were temporarily gone, he would be the only one in the family.

　　This way, there was no need to go home early and no need to tell anyone that he would be late.

　　This is Shinichi's logic, so he realized something was wrong at this point.

　　No one should be waiting for him at home when his parents are away, no one should be making him dinner.

　　"Dinner last night, is there still room for improvement?"

　　The girl's voice rang in his ears, and at the same time, stirred up the fact that there was a pair of sisters living in the temporary house.

　　(That girl... She actually prepared my dinner?)

　　Shinichi took out his cell phone, but found he didn't have her contact information.

　　Even if Rui did prepare dinner, she would have put it away by now and returned to the room to rest.

　　Shinichi is almost home.

　　Glancing sideways inadvertently, Shinichi saw a bright white light from the floor-to-ceiling windows of the living room immediately fill his eyes.

　　Who was there...

　　One of the two sisters, is it a coincidence to go to the living room for something? Or did she forget to turn off the light when going upstairs?

　　That shouldn't be true...

　　After all, they were just cousins who had only known each other for less than two days, and they even teased him in the morning.

　　Even if they were blood relatives, they wouldn't do something stupid like that… At least their mother wouldn't.

　　Take out the key and open the door.

　　Grabbing his school bag, he walked towards the living room which lit up the corridor, and looked inside.

　　"You are back."

　　Rui looked at him casually, put the book in her hand on the two books beside her, and took out the bottom book.

　　Ignoring Shinichi, he then turned the page of the book.

Shinichi was stunned. Closing his eyes, his expression quickly returned to normal. Then, he walked towards the dining table.

　　The food was still hot, steaming under the plastic wrap.

　　How many times is it heated? And this amount...

　　There were many questions in his mind, but before Shinichi could ask, Rui's voice was heard first.

　　"Have you eaten yet?"

　　Shinichi replied, "Already eaten."

　　The hand holding the book tightened slightly.

　　Rui put down the book, stood up, her expression remained unchanged, "Then I'll take it to the fridge, do you want to bring a bento tomorrow? If not, I'll eat that myself for lunch."

　　Saying that, Rui stretched out her hand towards the plate.

　　Shinichi put down his school bag, hung his coat on the back of the chair, and sat down at the dining table.

　　"Have you eaten yet?"

　　This time ask her.

　　Rui watched him remove the plastic wrap, picked up chopsticks, and started picking up plates.

　　She was stunned for a moment, then withdrew her hand to serve the dish, and answered.

　　"After 6 six in the afternoon, I eat with Hina Nee-san..."

　　Shinichi nodded: "That's good."

　　He bit into the steamed fish, tastelessly reheated repeatedly.

　　It was very fresh and delicious, and he bit into every dish regardless of his full stomach.

　　Everything is the same as freshly made, even more to his taste than yesterday.

　　But Shinichi had a complicated expression.

　　Rui watched his reaction from the side, and was a little nervous: "It's delicious isn't it? I'm pretty confident this time…"

　　Shinichi managed the discomfort in his body.

　　"No, it's delicious."

　　Not only delicious, but also very suitable for his taste.

　　Maybe Nino could surpass her in terms of craftsmanship, but this slightly lighter taste closer to the root of the tongue... Rui's is slightly better.

　　However, seeing Shinichi's expression, Rui leaned against the table and looked at him earnestly.

　　"I want your most honest opinion. If it doesn't taste good, say so. I will find a way to fix it."

　　"...I am not lying." Shinichi put down his chopsticks, met her gaze and was lost for words.

　　"Very delicious. Your cooking skills are on par with my mother. She always talks about being the number one seat among Totsuki Academy's ten, known as the Home Cooking Wizard..."

　　Rui fell silent.

　　"Then what, it tastes really good..."

　　While complaining like this, Rui inadvertently smiled.

　　"Um, good to eat."

　　Shinichi looked away from her smiling face, and asked, "You had dinner at 6 p.m., but it doesn't taste like it's been reheated... You know when I'll be back?"

　　"...Don't know."

　　 Rui averted her eyes.

　　While eating, Shinichi asked, "Specially helping me repeat it several times."

　　"...Only once."

　　"Wait in the living room?"

　　"…Wherever I live is my freedom." Ears rosy, Rui muttered while looking at the night outside the window.

　　Unable to bear the questioning stares, she slapped the book away and started to put the plate away.

　　"It's late, since you already had dinner, don't force yourself to eat this, it's not good for your stomach… Keeping it in the fridge won't lose much of its flavor overnight."

　　Shinichi put down his chopsticks, and let her carry all the food on the table to the kitchen to freeze one by one, then listened to the sound of the faucet.

　　He leaned against the back of the chair, lowered his head, and looked at the three books on the table, before speaking briefly.

　　"You don't have to wait here, and you don't have to wash the dishes anymore."

　　The sound of the water stopped, Rui said as usual.

　　"Just do it casually, don't take it to heart."

　　"I didn't take it to heart, but it's not good to keep people waiting." Shinichi rubbed his temples and whispered sadly, "...Sorry, I have to say I won't be back for dinner today."

　　Rui walked over while wiping her hands, looking at his expression curiously.

　　"This is the first time I've seen an unintentional apology."

　　"This isn't the first time I've heard your way of talking unintentionally hurting others."

　　Shinichi glared at her, hot food and a figure waiting in the living room suddenly appeared in his mind. He felt inexplicably irritated.

　　He didn't know how to describe this feeling.

　　In other words, he really didn't want to admit the fact that he was moved by a girl he had only formally known for two days.

　　Besides, it definitely wasn't his fault, but he felt guilty for some reason. It was almost the same uncomfortable feeling as when Shirogane Kei slipped and fell in front of him in the morning.

　　Can be said...