Tokyo: Am I the only male tenant?

I suddenly became serious. What a narrow-minded woman I am.

Utsunomiya Maria couldn't help but complain to herself in her heart.

No, no, we can't do this anymore.

Just thinking about it made her feel so sinful. Utsunomiya Maria returned to washing dishes again, shaking her head like a wet puppy, trying to get rid of these inappropriate thoughts.

That’s why she said so many times, “I’ll make it for you next time when you’re in the mood!”

She was thinking while smelling the scent of dishwashing liquid, and then the plate she didn't hold firmly fell into the bucket with a "crack" sound.

I was so obsessed with happy times that I seemed to have invested too much in this boy I just met.

What if one day he realizes that I feel unbearably lonely if I can't see him and gets scared away?

Then, this loneliness will become forever——

Shiver from the soles of your feet to the top of your head, and then back through your body.

Whoosh... Whoosh...

The evening breeze outside the window whispers from time to time.

Maria Utsunomiya quickly rinsed the frying pan and placed it on the gas stove, squeezed out the sponge, and then simply washed her hands.

Then I wiped and sorted the dishes stacked on the countertop with a dry cloth, because the kitchen was too small to dry them.

Maria Utsunomiya was daydreaming in a trance, wiping the glass with a "chi chi" sound.

Regardless of whether I can do this or not, if I just look at it from the most dreamy perspective, how will the two of them end up?

He would give himself a bouquet of roses. No, no, no, wait, it would be too boring to just say "For you!" and hand over the flowers.

It must be more gorgeous and more impactful...Oh, pick all the rose petals and scatter them on your head and everywhere you pass.

In this way, every time you take a step, your toes will always be on the rose petals.

She scattered rose petals wherever she went, and in order to make herself shine as she walked, she fanned herself, turned on the lights, and carefully held up the hem of her skirt.

"Thank you so much for everything so far, Sousuke! I'm the happiest!"

In my imagination, I would say this and give him a happy smile from the bottom of my heart.

Amid the fluttering crimson velvet rose petals, wearing diamond jewelry and a white dress.

"Come on, let's go!"

He would put his arm around her, and wedding bells would ring and people would cheer.

Be happy! Maria, you are so beautiful! So beautiful! You must be very happy! Very good, very good! It suits you very well!

"Well..."

Holding the plate and dry cloth in her hands, Utsunomiya Maria couldn't help but kneel on one knee on the spot.

Even though it was just my own imagination, the destructive power was too strong.

"Oh, there's nothing wrong with my brain..."

She stood up shakily, wiped the dishes and put them away, then slumped down in front of the TV, resting her elbows on the table, barely supporting her chin.

In short, she suddenly realized one thing - Yincheng already had everything, and now it seemed that she could not give him anything extra, that's it.

Maria Utsunomiya looked at the noisy people on TV in a trance.

In contrast to Ginjo Sosuke, I have nothing...

Chapter 451: All over the face

People who like to show off in public may be very quiet in private.

People who are reserved and silent in front of strangers will become talkative when they are with friends.

Different occasions and different moods can make a person become completely different.

Human beings are such fickle creatures.

The sunny girl who looks optimistic, cheerful, beautiful and sexy and should not have any worries, will fall into empty fantasies when it is late at night and she is alone.

Nothing is enough, I need redemption, I am unbearably lonely, I am struggling in miserable boredom, but even so I have no choice but to survive.

That is Maria Utsunomiya.

Even though she gets along very well with Ginjo Sosuke and he is right in front of her, she is not happy or joyful. Instead, she is always worried about when she will lose him.

Compared to before I met him, I seem to be more lonely and less satisfied now.

I always want more and more. Just being his neighbor is not enough. It seems that I can only feel at ease if I have the assurance that he will always be by my side.

It's even difficult to sit quietly by yourself. Utsunomiya Maria, remember that greed is one of the seven deadly sins, right?

No, so frustrating.

She couldn't keep thinking about these unnecessary things, so she forced herself to stand up again, remembering that there were some packages on the folding chair that were sent from her hometown along with the luggage.

These packages contained some odds and ends that she couldn't remember what they were, so she just threw them aside when she tidied the house in the afternoon.

Once you start thinking negatively, you can't stop. Cut it off right away and find something to do first.

Utsunomiya took out a utility knife, cut the delivery note and the sealing tape together, and opened the carton.

Inside were boxes of what should be bulk-selling corn flakes and snacks, film boxes containing homemade matcha powder, and bags filled with dried fish and cherry shrimp.

What is this? It turns out to be a giant piece of bran...

Seeing this, she began to worry about how to get rid of these things, in addition to the familiar packaged noodles.

When she decided to move to Tokyo, she wanted to take everything she had with her.

I didn't expect that the number of things I packed would increase, including these items that are completely useless.

It seems like it would be too much for me to eat alone, so I should share some with others.

These were given to Sosuke and Mrs. Matsumoto, and the rest were given to Mai.

I don't know if Mai is asleep now, why not give her a call?

Maria Utsunomiya thought so in her heart, and then reached for her cell phone from the table.

The phone only rang two or three times before Shimazu Mai picked up the phone.

"Hello Maria, what's going on?"

The gentle and reassuring voice of a cute girl came to her ears. Apart from Ginjo, Shimazu Mai, whom she just met today, was the only friend she could contact by phone in Tokyo.

"It's me, it's me~"

On impulse, Utsunomiya Maria responded in a deliberately shrill voice.

"Is Mai in the room now? I brought a lot of things from my hometown and wanted to share some with you, so I called to ask."

"Really? That's great. Thank you so much~"

Hearing her friendly voice, just like the one she had first met in the morning, Utsunomiya Maria found that she gained a lot of energy from it.

The room, which had originally fallen into a lonely space, instantly returned to its usual brightness, and the negative emotions just now now seemed like a bad joke.

"By the way, if you don't mind, would you like Mai to come get it now? I'm free now anyway, and we can still chat together."

"I'm sorry, I'm not at the apartment right now. I still have some things to deal with in my old house. I'll go find Maria when I get back."

It seems that Shimazu Mai just came to look at the house today and paid the rent and gift money, but did not move in immediately like Utsunomiya Maria.

"Oh, I see. Got it!"

That's it for now... She said goodbye cheerfully and hung up the phone, but Utsunomiya Maria was mumbling something in her heart as if she was feeling a little lonely.

She threw the phone away and drooped her shoulders dejectedly.

The unexpected interruption of the conversation with my friend accelerated the loneliness in my heart, and my once high spirits became depressed again.

Everyone is busy except me. Somehow, it seems that I am the only one who is so idle and has nothing to do. I feel like an empty shell.

Maria Utsunomiya rolled on the seat and pulled the blindfold down to cover her eyes.

He spread his arms and legs in a big letter shape, stretching his limbs helplessly.

He let out a long sigh, as if to spit out the vortex of irritability and anxiety in his body.

At the same time, his body seemed to be sucked into and melted by the vortex he had spit out, and his limbs suddenly became weak.

I felt like I was about to fall into sleep, and my consciousness gradually became blurred...

"Hey, Maria, are you free today? I happen to have some time today. Do you want to come to my house and play?"

The other party used this sentence as an opening remark.

"Hmm? W-what?"

Maria Utsunomiya's brain was filled with question marks as she just woke up. She was awakened from her drooling oversleep by the ringing of the phone about three seconds ago.

At this time, the brain is unable to answer any questions that come to mind.

Why is it so hot so early in the morning? What? It's already eleven o'clock?!

Maria Utsunomiya turned over from the bed sheets that were almost soaked with sweat and sat on the bed.

While scratching his belly which was almost sweating, he held the phone between his chin and used his right ear to listen carefully to what Shimazu Mai said.

"I feel bad for rejecting Maria last night, so I want to make it up to you today. Please come to my house and play."

"Eh?"

Utsunomiya Maria stopped what she was doing, not expecting that Shimazu Mai would care about this matter.

It was obviously just a small matter, and after all, she did nothing wrong.

It was so late yesterday, I was the one who made the unreasonable request.

Unstable emotions have followed me like an old illness. I have immersed myself in loneliness without permission and suddenly asked, "Do you want to chat?"

Thinking about my own willfulness last night in broad daylight, I feel so ashamed.

In contrast, Shimazu Mai is so considerate that she even cares about herself.

Maria Utsunomiya wiped the sticky sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand and turned on the TV with one hand.