My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 375 Christmas Part 2
"Goodbye."

See you later, you two.

As the red light turned green, the two watched as Nishikata and Takagi's figures, side by side, gradually disappeared into the distance.

He lowered his head and exhaled a puff of white breath, then firmly grasped Shoko's icy hand in his palm and tucked it into his warm coat pocket:
"Let's go too."

Their eyes met briefly, and in the next instant, a knowing smile lit up each other's eyes simultaneously.

"I can't believe Kitano-kun actually gave Ayumi-chan a gift."

The snow crunched softly under my sapphire boots. The tip of my nose, uncovered by my scarf, was a little red from the cold.

Tsuna looked at her in confusion: "What's wrong?"

She shook her head with a smile in her eyes.

Kitano did indeed awkwardly give Ayumi Ajitani a Christmas present, but she quickly sent it back with a return gift.

Ayumi Ajitani had almost become accustomed to dealing with this kind of thing. Before Kitano, there were five or six other boys who had been sent away by her in the same way.

The Christmas confession scene was quite a spectacle, but Tsuna and his friends didn't see it. They only saw a few boys returning home smugly with Christmas figurine cookies in hand.

Tsuna felt he could see that smug scene again tonight...

.........

As soon as I opened the door, I was greeted by a strong Christmas atmosphere.

After calling out twice and confirming that his mother wasn't home, Tsuna guessed that she had probably gone shopping with Aunt Yaeko to buy groceries for tonight.

With Dad not around, there's just someone missing to carry my bags.

The living room heater hummed as it turned on, dispelling the winter chill.

"Should we call Yuzuru over to play?" Tsuna then turned to the side, his gaze falling on Shoko, who was busy trying to get rid of her thick coat.

She was struggling with the cuffs of her down jacket wrapped around her scarf, a few strands of hair restlessly brushing against her slightly flushed cheeks.

Shoko shook her head: "She made plans to go out with her two best friends today, and they shouldn't be back until dinner time. She even brought Hachiko with her."

Only after she mentioned it did Tsuna suddenly remember.

Yuzuru Nishimiya's school had already started its winter break on the 23rd, but their lousy school dragged out the break until the 27th.

"I'll go get the tablet and ask Grandma if she wants to come over."

"Hey! Shoko, put your coat on before you go!"

"No need! I'll be back soon!"

.........

The winter sun is very stingy.

It was only a little past four in the afternoon when the sun eagerly sank behind the mountain ridge; in no time, the last ray of golden light disappeared completely.

Before the five o'clock bell rang, the deep darkness of night had already silently descended, and the streetlights lit up one after another, illuminating the city's twilight with their dim yellow glow.

The door was gently pushed open, bringing in a chilly winter breeze.

"I'm back."

"Tsuna and Shoko, are you hungry?"

Shizuka Miyamura, wearing leather boots, casually tossed a small handbag into her hand.

Beside her, Yaeko Nishimiya seemed a little flustered. Before she could even take off her high heels, the groceries bag she was carrying was already rustling as it was placed on the floor in the entryway.

Hearing the noise, Gang poked his head out from the living room: "Mom, didn't you go grocery shopping? Where are the groceries?"

"later."

Gang watched them go into the kitchen, completely bewildered, when "creak..." the door opened, and his old man squeezed in, carrying several large bags of ingredients and panting heavily.

Seeing this, he quickly stepped forward to help, carrying all the ingredients for tonight to the kitchen.

Daiki Miyamura wanted to go to the kitchen to help out, but as soon as he got close to the door, Shizuka Miyamura kicked him out.

He touched his nose, turned around dejectedly, and went to the garage to start the car to pick up his mother for dinner.

Nishimiya, who was always busy in the living room, also got up and headed towards the kitchen.

When Shizuka Miyamura saw her come in, she quickly advised:

“Auntie, Yaeko and I are enough here. You can wait in the living room; dinner will be ready soon.” “Yes, Mom,” Yaeko Nishimiya agreed.

"oops……"

Xi Gongxi waved his hand with a smile: "I'll help you peel the garlic and do some work so we can eat faster and the kids in the living room won't go hungry."

Shizuka Miyamura and Yaeko Nishimiya tried to persuade her several more times, but to no avail, so they had no choice but to leave it at that.

Shoko wanted to help, but before she could even speak, Shizuka Miyamura firmly turned her away.

She was too embarrassed to ask Shoko for help since her own brat was still nowhere to be found, even though she wasn't short-handed anymore...

Just as I was thinking about it, I caught a glimpse of that brat walking over out of the corner of my eye.

"roll."

"okay."

Without any extra words or actions, a single glance was enough for Tsuna to understand. He turned around and quickly returned to the living room to play on his phone.

After a while, there was a series of knocks on the door, accompanied by Yuzuru Nishimiya's carefree voice.

Just as six o'clock arrived, the dining table had already transformed into a food exhibition, filled with enticing aromas. Family and friends gathered around, their glasses brimming with various drinks.

The meal began with everyone cheerfully greeting each other with "Merry Christmas!"

.........

"come back earlier."

Be careful outside.

"Tsuna! You're not allowed to stay out overnight!"

"Got it! Be back by 10 o'clock sharp!"

"Click..."

The sound of the door closing cut off the laughter and chatter inside.

"Let's go."

With his schoolbag on his back, Tsuna exhaled a puff of white mist, took Shoko's hand, and headed towards their destination.

……

"jingle--"

The door opened and closed with a crisp ringing of a bell, followed by a somewhat thin greeting from the shop assistant:
"welcome……"

Tsuna nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the somewhat empty shop before heading straight for a quiet corner seat by the window.

It was just past seven o'clock, a time when it's usually bustling, but this small shop only had two or three tables of customers scattered around.

Under the warm light, the only employee on duty was wiping the counter, while the manager was leisurely tidying something up behind the bar.

"Could you send the class monitor and the others their locations?"

Shoko nodded in agreement, and quickly tapped a few times on her phone screen to send the dessert shop's location to the 'LINE' group.

Then she got up and went to the front desk to carefully select her drinks.

Just as Tsuna took his first bite of dessert, the shop doorbell rang softly.

Looking in the direction of the sound, Ayumi Ajitani skipped in, carrying a small backpack, her hair still seemingly carrying a bit of the chill brought in from outside.

Before she could even sit down properly, Takagi and Nishikata pushed open the door one after the other, each with a backpack loosely slung over their shoulders.

As soon as the two sat down, the waiter brought over the drinks that Shoko had ordered and placed them in front of Ayumi and the other two at the table.

"Shall we switch now?"

Ayumi Azurani untied the scarf around her neck and playfully raised her eyebrows.

"Hmm." Tsuna nodded immediately without thinking much about it.

Almost simultaneously, with a few soft "whoosh" sounds, five hands pulled open the backpack zippers in unison.

They deftly pulled out the carefully wrapped small gifts with little cards attached, and with a few quick snaps, accurately piled them in front of the corresponding partners.

“This feel… Miyamura…” Ayumi Ajitani squeezed the gift Tsuna had given her, squinting at him: “This… isn’t it another scarf?”

(End of this chapter)