Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard Chapter 604 - 386: The Night Towards Marriage

Uesugi Sakura lay on the bed, quietly staring at the ceiling of the room, lost in thought.

The ceiling was pitch dark, yet it seed as if illusions were floating across it.

He thought that marriage was supposed to be a joyous occasion, the happiest mont in life.

But why, when that day is truly about to arrive, does he always feel a certain inexplicable sadness in his heart?

It’s like cherry blossoms, breathtakingly beautiful when they fall in abundance, but at the sa ti, it is rely the end of their life.

"Sakura-kun..."

Uesugi Sakura stared at the ceiling for a while, suddenly hearing a weak voice calling him, so he turned over.

Hanamaru Hanabi was precisely watching him at that mont, and with the moonlight from outside the window, she could clearly see half of his profile.

"What’s wrong?" Uesugi Sakura asked.

"Sakura-kun... you’re not asleep either?" Hanamaru Hanabi said softly.

"No, I can’t sleep." Uesugi Sakura pulled up the blanket over her, covering her small shoulders.

"Hanabi can’t sleep either..."

Their eyes t, gazing into each other’s for a while.

The night was quiet, and just this simple gaze was filled with the girl’s sweetness.

Hanamaru Hanabi smiled at him first.

Uesugi Sakura then smiled and reached out to pinch her cheek.

His fingertips pressed against her skin, and the moonlight reflected on her face, crystal clear and dazzling. Unconsciously, he pinched with his fingers, and that soft sensation seed to seep into his heart through the ridges of his fingers, morable and unforgettable.

"Sakura-kun still likes to touch Hanabi’s face..." Hanamaru Hanabi shrank her neck a little, her small hands clutching the quilt in front of her collarbone.

She looked adorable in front of him.

Her appearance reminded Uesugi Sakura of the mornings when they first started dating...

She was a bit silly, a timid and gentle girl.

Uesugi Sakura caressed the outline of her face, as if returning to the past:

"How could I not like it... so comforting... I’m just afraid that one day... I won’t be able to see your smile at , I won’t hear you call Sakura-kun... Hanabi’s voice is so sweet, so beautiful..."

Hanamaru Hanabi nuzzled gently against his palm stroking her cheek, closing her eyes, and softly said: "Sakura-kun, don’t think about these things, Hanabi is here, always here. Hanabi promised to always be by Sakura-kun’s side, always will be."

"I understand... I just..."

When he reached the words, Uesugi Sakura again did not know what to say.

Hanamaru Hanabi shifted her body slightly, her small head leaning against his chest, softly and tenderly saying: "Sakura-kun is soon to beco Hanabi’s husband... rember to take responsibility, Hanabi has always liked him, always has been."

Hearing her gentle voice, Uesugi Sakura didn’t know what to say, just moved closer to her, hugged her tighter, to feel her warmth in his arms, the smallness in his embrace.

"Sakura-kun... when Hanabi was little, she was a very lonely person... no friends, no playmates... always being disliked by others, but that day, Hanabi t Sakura-kun, saw the hand he extended towards Hanabi... that was the first ti she saw soone reaching out a hand to her."

He gently embraced the girl nestled against him, listening to her speaking as if telling a story with her eyes closed.

"Later on... little Hanabi didn’t know why... she kind of liked this older brother... when they just moved, she heard her mother say that the older brother lived in the house next door, Hanabi’s new neighbor, the older brother’s room was directly opposite Hanabi’s room, window facing window, if Hanabi wanted to see... she just had to lean on the windowsill to see what the older brother’s room looked like...

"Hanabi often leaned on the window, the older brother’s room was very neat... had a lot of books... little Hanabi always felt he was different from everyone else, he wouldn’t play the gas everyone else liked, when everyone ran to the teacher for snacks during recess, he wouldn’t go... he was the only one who wouldn’t say Hanabi’s voice was unpleasant... that day he even reached out a hand to Hanabi... he was a very special person."

"Was that your impression of when you were little, Hanabi?" Uesugi Sakura asked.

"Yes..." Hanamaru Hanabi leaned against his chest, eyes closed, gently answered, "One day, mom took little Hanabi to the park for a walk... t the older brother, Uesugi auntie, the older brother was sitting under the tree reading a book... mom and Uesugi auntie greeted each other, mom held Hanabi... and told Hanabi to make friends with the older brother.

"Little Hanabi had no friends... didn’t know if the older brother was willing to be friends with Hanabi... everyone said Hanabi’s voice was too soft and unpleasant... so Hanabi walked over, just daring to sit next to the older brother with her head down, not daring to say a word.

"Mom and auntie were happily chatting in front... the older brother seed like he didn’t see Hanabi either, he was always reading... Hanabi was very scared beside him, worried if she was disliked again... but what made her happy was, the older brother spoke to first...

"He said to Hanabi: ’Do you want candy?’... Hanabi raised her head... timidly nodded... and saw the older brother took out a gummy from his pocket... ’Hand, stretch it out,’ after a while of silence, the older brother reminded her like this...

"Only then did Hanabi react, foolishly cupping her hands and extending them... Hanabi was still a bit afraid to look at the older brother’s face, so she only dared to look at her cupped hands... after a while, there was a gummy in her hands... this was given by the older brother... after giving the candy... the older brother went back to reading... only then did Hanabi dare to secretly look at him...