"So it was Ai who prepared this?"

Upon hearing this, Kazuha quickly said to Ai, "I'm sorry, Ai, I didn't know it was you who prepared this."

"Guangyou prepared everything for the past two days, so..."

"It's nothing." Ai didn't care about any of that. She washed the dishes and called to the two people at the door, "You guys go and eat too, it's getting cold."

"Thanks, Ai-chan." The two thanked her and turned to leave the kitchen.

After Ran and Kazuha left, Kōyū put the washed dishes aside, turned to look at Ai, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Thanks for preparing breakfast, Ai!"

Without responding to Kousuke immediately, Ai first put down the washed dishes, then rolled her eyes at Kousuke and said something.

"Didn't you say that we don't need to say thank you between us?"

“It was indeed me who said it.” Kōyū dried his hands with a towel, walked to Ai’s side, and turned to look out of the kitchen.

He listened carefully to the sounds outside.

...

"Ai's cooking is pretty good too," Kazuha praised as she ate her breakfast.

“Yes,” Xiaolan echoed.

...

After confirming that it was safe, Kōyū opened his arms and hugged Ai, gently resting his head on her shoulder.

She only mentioned "thank you" earlier, without mentioning how Kwang-woo addressed her in this sentence. Does that mean she's tacitly agreeing?

It's definitely a tacit agreement.

Thinking of this, Guangyou couldn't help but chuckle.

What are you doing?

When she felt an extra pair of hands around her waist, Ai paused for a second while washing the dishes, and her body stiffened for a moment.

However, it quickly returned to its original state.

"As you can see, I just wanted to hug you." Kōyū buried his head in Ai's shoulder, his muffled voice reaching Ai's ears.

"What if people outside find out?" Ai continued washing the dishes, a clear smile playing on her lips.

"Just a little hug, we won't be noticed." Kōyū tilted his head, his brown hair brushing against Kōyū's nose as he washed the dishes.

It's a little itchy, but it feels good.

"This smells so good..." Guangyou slowly closed his eyes and whispered.

With each breath, Guangyou could smell a delicate fragrance lingering at the tip of his nose.

It's very familiar.

It smells the same as what I smelled by my bedside last night.

It smells the same as before.

Nothing has changed.

"It's just the smell of shampoo."

As she spoke, Ai wrung out the towel, dried the bowl, and put it aside.

It seems that her movements were not affected by Guangyou.

“It’s different.” Guangyou took a deep breath and said softly, “In my opinion, this flavor is unique.”

"Can you even smell the difference between the same shampoo?" Xiao Ai put down the towel in her hand and placed her hand on the hands around her waist.

"I can smell it..."

"Then let's try it later?" Ai followed up on Kousuke's words.

"You'd never be able to smell it." Guangyou suddenly laughed. "I haven't finished yet. How could I possibly smell the difference between the same shampoo?"

"Didn't you say it was one of a kind?" Ai turned her head and glanced out of the kitchen. After confirming that no one was around, she felt a little relieved.

She quite enjoyed being held in Guangyou's arms, but didn't want others to see it.

“Yes.” Kōyū nodded slightly, then whispered in Ai’s ear, “Because I smelled it from your hair…”

"Heh~" Ai couldn't help but chuckle after hearing that.

"What are you laughing at?" Upon hearing the laughter, Kōyū deliberately put on a "you're laughing because you don't believe me" look, then stopped laughing and said to Ai in a serious tone.

"I'm serious."

Ai gently patted the hands around her waist, nodded, and responded to Kōyū with a smile on her lips.

"I know you're serious... I've known for a long time."

"Yeah, you know that's good." Guangyou didn't keep hugging her. After saying this with a smile, he let go.

It won't take long to eat breakfast, but it wouldn't be good if Ran and the others saw him hugging Ai.

He's thick-skinned and doesn't care.

Ran had previously witnessed Ai kissing him on the cheek, and she even filmed it.

He carefully preserved that photo:

The silvery moonlight and the white snow complemented each other, and under the bright moonlight, Ai gently kissed his cheek.

How beautiful.

But Ai Haibara was different. When she found out that someone had seen that scene, a blush crept onto her cheeks in a very short time.

She doesn't have the same thick skin as Guangyou.

"Hmm, not bad." After Kouyu let go, Ai felt a strange sensation, and she wanted him to keep holding her.

But soon, reason prevailed.

After that inexplicable feeling faded, Ai realized that Kousuke would still consider her feelings.

Although Ai doesn't mind Kousuke hugging her like this, on the contrary, she quite enjoys the feeling of being held in Kousuke's arms.

But I still don't want to be discovered.

"Not bad?" Kōyū gave a playful smile.

"Hmm..." Ai hung up the towel, put the washed and dried bowls back in their place, and only after doing all this did she say something to Kōyū.

"Hmm, that's good, so I can make an exception and approve your application this time."

"Really?" Guangyou had anticipated this outcome. Although it wasn't what he intended, it was enough to make him happy.

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