“Actually, Ai’s cooking skills are pretty good too.” Kōyū said, clearing away the empty plates on the table. “How about we let Ai show off her skills for dinner?”

He took the opportunity to mention that Ai had prepared dinner.

Hearing this, Akemi smiled and said:

"Well, to be honest, I haven't really had much of Shiho's cooking."

It used to be difficult for the two sisters to even meet, let alone have a proper meal together.

At most, I'll go to a coffee shop for afternoon tea.

She certainly hadn't tasted Ai's cooking much.

"Her cooking skills are really quite good."

Just as Kōyū finished speaking and was about to take the empty bowl to the kitchen, Akemi gave him a look and said:

"I'll clean up the dishes. You can go and rest on the sofa for a while."

After receiving the look, Kwangyu nodded knowingly and said:

"Oh well."

Without much formality, Guangyou finished speaking, put down his empty bowl, and sat down on the sofa.

He knew that Mingmei wanted to give him and her some space to be alone.

After Ai sat down next to him, Kōyū picked up the bouquet of roses on the table, leaned down to smell the fragrance, and said with a smile:

"Um…"

"It really smells delicious."

"Actually, I originally wanted to buy ninety-nine flowers."

"But I didn't bring enough money."

"Why did you buy so much?" Ai asked, glancing at Kōyū. "You're not buying it to eat, are you?"

"Isn't it just because I think it's romantic?" Guangyou said with a smile. "If it weren't for the circumstances, I would have bought nine hundred and ninety-nine roses."

"I'll arrange roses into a heart shape for you on the grass then."

"..."

After trying to imagine the scene of 999 roses arranged in a heart shape, Ai's lips unconsciously curled up.

However, she said:

"I didn't find it romantic at all; in fact, I thought it was quite wasteful."

"If there's one or two flowers, I can find a vase to put them in."

"Nine hundred and ninety-nine roses... Do you want to turn my room into a rose garden?"

“I thought of that too, so I didn’t buy it,” Guangyou said seriously, his smile fading.

Looking at the twelve delicate roses, Ai whispered:

"actually..."

"It doesn't matter how much you buy."

...