Lessons in the Future

"Thank you."

After a while, Mafuyu said this.

"You're welcome."

Ren returned to the kitchen and resumed cleaning.

"Why is his ability to take care of himself better than mine?"

Mafuyu picked up a spoon, took out a slice of yellow peach from the bowl, and put it into her mouth, pondering this issue.

After finishing the yellow peach in the bowl, she took the bowl and walked towards the kitchen.

As she entered the kitchen, she saw Ren wiping the table with a cloth.

The other areas had already been cleaned by him; there was no flour on the floor, broken porcelain pieces had been neatly packed in plastic, and the scattered kitchen utensils had been returned to their original places.

"I'll wash the dishes."

Seeing the bowl in her hand, Ren placed the cloth back in his hand.

"No, I can still wash the dishes." Mafuyu refused.

Asking him to help clean the kitchen was already troublesome enough for him; it was excessive to ask him to help with something as small as washing dishes.

After being rejected, Ren took the cloth again and asked, "Besides the kitchen, is there anywhere else that needs to be cleaned?"

"No. Miharu often cleans the house when she's home, so the other places are very clean."

While washing the dishes, Mafuyu answered.

It was because her younger sister was still temporarily staying at her house that her room was not as messy as it used to be.

"Sensei, there's flour stains on your clothes." Ren reminded.

He had noticed this before, but he had never mentioned it.

Because if he thought about it, Mafuyu herself would surely notice such obvious traces.

But judging from the current situation, she didn't notice it at all.

"I know, I'll remove it later."

Hearing his reminder, Mafuyu quietly checked her clothes and answered without changing her expression.

"Um."

It seemed that she knew, so it seemed that he was overthinking it.

After putting down the washed dishes, Mafuyu left the kitchen.

After making sure Ren couldn't see her from the kitchen, she hurriedly searched for clothes in the wardrobe.

"Shameless."

Thinking of his reminder just now, Mafuyu felt that the dignity of a teacher who was no longer there was fading away.

She actually didn't pay attention to the flour on her clothes at all, because after making sure she failed to make dessert, she hurriedly came to Ren for help.

So she didn't realize this problem until now.

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"The kitchen has been cleaned."

After a while, Ren came out of the kitchen, then saw Mafuyu, wearing a teacher's uniform, sitting at the table, watching TV attentively.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Hearing his voice, Mafuyu turned around and replied.

"It's nothing. Sensei, should I start teaching you how to make desserts now, or wait a bit?" Ren asked for her opinion.

"Kamikawa-san, instead of teaching me how to make desserts now, I think it's more important for you to go home and have breakfast first."

Mafuyu clearly remembered the things Asumi said to him when she brought him back.

"In that case, I'll go home and have breakfast first, then come back."

As she said this, Ren also remembered this.

He had just been thinking about how to teach her to make desserts, and he almost forgot that he hadn't had breakfast yet.

"Um."

After leaving Mafuyu's house, Ren arrived at the door of his own house.

He took out the keys and was about to open the door when the door opened from the inside.

"Come in, breakfast is ready."

Seeing Ren standing in front of the door with the keys in his hand, Asumi smiled and urged.

"Okay."

Ren entered house.

After closing the door, he asked puzzledly, "Senpai, weren't you supposed to leave now? Why are you still in my house?"

"...I just accidentally took a long time to make breakfast, then accidentally delayed it until now." Asumi explained, "There's still time before I go to work, so there's no need to worry too much."

"I see."

Ren accepted her explanation.

After washing his hands and sitting at the dining table, Asumi placed a bowl of rice in front of him.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

With a casual response, Asumi placed another bowl of rice on the chair opposite him and sat down.

"Hm?"

Her strange behavior immediately caught Ren's attention.

"What's wrong? I haven't had breakfast with you before. Why do you keep staring at me?"

Every time after their tutoring session, they had lunch together, so he was already used to eating with her.

"Because this is the first time Senpai is having breakfast at my house."

This is what made Ren very confused.

"Right. But not only today, but also for the next few days during the summer vacation, if there are no special circumstances, I will have breakfast with you." Asumi said.

"Is something wrong?"

The sudden change made people wonder if something unexpected had happened.

"Nothing happened, I just want to save time." Asumi answered with a smile, "Compared to coming to cook for you after having breakfast at my own house, and then waiting for you to finish breakfast, I feel that it's more time-saving to have breakfast with you."

"I see." Ren nodded, "But the time saved is limited."

He ate very quickly, so even though he had to wait, Asumi didn't need to wait too long.

"The summer vacation is almost over, and you don't have much time left to give me lessons." Asumi said with a chuckle.

"The summer vacation is over, but I can still give you lessons." Ren replied.

"Don't you think you don't need to give lessons to Fumino and the others?" Asumi said understandingly, "And if I remember correctly, you should have approved Shinomiya Kaguya's participation in the student council?"

"For just these two activities, it can be said that you don't have much time left as usual."

"In fact, it won't take me long to give tutoring lessons to Furuhashi and the others starting now."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because I have been guiding them to the latest progress this semester, and there is no need to teach them from scratch like before."

Seeing Asumi sitting opposite him, Ren said softly.

"So, don't worry, Senpai, I still have time to teach you in the future."