Wow! The shrimp tempura is now ready." Kyohei exclaimed while looking at it in the wired rack.

"Are you going to eat here?" Kyohei picked a shrimp tempura and slowly ate it. "Shrimp tempura is best paired with warm tempura sauce. I wish there could be tempura sauce, for me to dip it."

"No. I should be going home now. Remember what you promised. As for the sauce, I'll just leave you a note on how to make it, since you don't have the necessary ingredients."

"Okay. Thanks by the way. More shrimp tempura for me. hahaha" Kyouhei said.

After writing the ingredients and the directions on how to make the tempura sauce in a clean sheet of paper, Sunako bid Kyohei goodbye and was ready to go home.

"W-wait. I'll send you home." Kyohei said while still holding a piece of shrimp tempura in his hand.

"No, thanks. It's okay. It is still early. Goodbye."

Sunako made sure that Kyohei was not following her and went straight home. It was almost six in the evening when she arrived in front of her house and Sunako's heart skipped a beat when she noticed that the lights of the house across the road were on. She took a deep breath and slowly walked towards it.

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Sunako looked at the door infront of her and was hesitant at first but decided to knock the door. It was opened by Takenaga. She tried to peeked inside and saw a red haired girl sitting on the floor and was writing something on the table in the living room.

Sunako could see the sweat that was starting to form on Takenaga's forehead.

"Sunako! Good evening!" Takenaga greeted and forced a smile on his face.

The red haired girl stood up and walked towards them.

"Good evening!" The girl greeted. Sunako could not help but to admire the beauty infront of her. She just smiled in response.

"Sunako, this is Noi, my classmate. We are just doing our school project." The black haired guy said in a defensive manner. "Noi, this is my friend Sunako." Takenaga added.

Friend.

"Nice to meet you Noi-san." Sunako greeted and forced a smile.

"Would you like to come inside Sunako. We are about to have dinner." Takenaga said.

"It's alright. Thank you but I already ate dinner." She lied and tried to think of an excuse. "I was just stopping by... to-..to return the book I borrowed to you Takenaga." Sunako got something from her bag, a book and was about to hand it over to Takenaga when she noticed Takenaga's hand. She tried to look for something but she couldn't find it. Takenaga also noticed her reaction and just smiled. A sad smil

"I should be going now. Thank you and have a good night." Sunako bowed and walked away.

The ring.

Takenaga looked at Sunako leaving with sadness in his eyes and closed the door.

After a while, a shadow moved behind the tree outside Takenaga's house and looked at Sunako's house.

That black haired guy again? Just who is he to her?

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