boyutpedia Chapter 109 Everything expires: saury, cookies, and even good intentions.
Chapter 109 Everything expires: saury, cookies, and even good intentions.
Chapter 109 Everything expires: saury, cookies, and even good intentions.
As soon as Kurenai Yuhi spoke, Rin Nohara, who had been sitting in a chair and gently swaying her body, immediately stopped.
"..." She was startled and looked at Kurenai cautiously: "Is it that obvious?"
Kurenai Yuhi glared at her, but even though she had interrupted her thoughts, Rin Nohara still had a faint smile on her lips that she couldn't suppress.
"It's obvious!"
Kurenai Yuhi pouted and complained, raising the pure white spoon in her hand and waving it from side to side in front of Rin Nohara, like a little paper doll shaking its head.
"If I don't call you back, I feel like you're about to float up to the sky."
"Is it that serious...?" Nohara Rin shrank back, her cheeks slightly flushed. She hadn't expected her composure to crumble like this. "I'm so sorry..."
'
"What's there to apologize for?" Kurenai shook her head, her curiosity growing stronger. "Why don't you tell me what happened that made you so happy?"
"Well..." Nohara Rin held her strawberry parfait, her gaze somewhat unfocused.
Seeing her hesitant and awkward demeanor, Yuhi Kurenai raised an eyebrow and instantly guessed what was going on: "Is it that friend of yours again?"
"Um..." Nohara Rin nodded shyly.
"What did he do to you?" Kurenai Yuhi continued to ask.
Faced with Kurenai's outrageous words, Kurenai's eyes widened in shock, her face turning almost red: "H-How is this possible? What are you talking about?!"
Seeing Nohara Rin's shy expression, Kurenai Yuhi's playful side was aroused. A smile appeared on her lips as she asked, "So, what did you do to him?"
"I didn't do anything to him..."
'
Nohara Rin lowered her head, her fingertips unconsciously twirling the strands of hair by her ear, and murmured, "But... he accepted the cookies I made."
"Oh?" Kurenai tilted her head. "Didn't you give him cookies before?"
Nohara Rin would make cookies for him from time to time, and she remembered it clearly, more than once.
Because she was the first person to try it.
After all, no one can make delicious snacks and cookies perfectly the first time. Creators are very subjective about their work, and even if it's not very good, they'll still think it tastes acceptable, unless it's so bad that you'd have to go to the hospital after eating it.
Therefore, Nohara Rin could only ask Yuhi Kurenai to taste it.
At first, Rin Nohara's cookies didn't taste good. She didn't control the heat well, so they weren't crispy enough and were too salty.
It was thanks to Kurenai's patient tasting and constant suggestions for improvement that Rin Nohara's cookies gradually became more delicious.
In addition, Nohara Rin herself has a talent for this, and the cookies she makes now taste just as good as those from professional pastry shops.
It can be said that Kurenai Yuhi played a significant role in making the cookies that Rin Nohara's friend received so delicious.
"I've delivered them before, that's right." Nohara Rin loosened her hair and placed her hands obediently on the table, like a good student listening attentively in class.
She looked at the somewhat integrated parfait, her eyelids slightly lowered, and said softly, "But this time, it incorporates my heart..."
""
Although she didn't continue speaking, Kurenai Yuhi had completely understood.
It's something like the chocolates you give as gifts on Valentine's Day.
"That's wonderful..." Kurenai exclaimed, even she, a fan of Dragon King revenge novels, was somewhat captivated. She blinked, asking expectantly, "So, what was his reaction?"
"Reaction?" Nohara Rin blinked at her, then said blankly, "He didn't react much."
"Huh?" Kurenai Yuhi was completely baffled.
Even an iron man would react to someone showing affection to a gentle girl like Nohara Rin; he should at least say something, even thank you would be fine.
Could this guy be a jerk...?
Kurenai took a deep breath, a hint of wariness creeping into her eyes.
No, Tilly should vet this friend of hers.
Kurenai straightened her expression and looked at Rin Nohara with a slightly serious expression: "What did you say back then?"
Nohara Rin lightly touched her chin with her fingertips, thought for a moment, and said, "I told him I made some cookies and asked if he could help me taste them."
""
"and then?"
"He took it."
"And then what?"
"I'm leaving now."
"???" Kurenai Yuhi gasped, leaning back against the sofa, staring at Rin Nohara in shock.
Didn't they say anything at all?
"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?" Nohara Rin poked her face and asked curiously.
Kurenai shook her head weakly, looked up at the ceiling, and closed her eyes.
She originally thought it was Lin's friend's problem, and even questioned the friend's lifestyle. Now it seems that Lin's problem is also quite significant, and even more so.
After a few seconds of silence, Kurenai slowly opened her eyes, her pretty face filled with a complex expression.
"Lin," she said softly, "you just said that these cookies were made with your heart."
"Yeah." Nohara Rin lowered her head and chuckled to herself.
Kurenai's expression became even more complicated: "But you can't taste someone's feelings unless they're spoken first."
""
"?" Nohara Rin's pupils contracted slightly.
"Isn't it possible," Kurenai sighed, speaking slowly, "that if you don't express your feelings, people will just think it's just another cookie like any other?"
Nohara Rin's mouth opened wider and wider, uttering a confused utterance: "Huh?"
She sat motionless on the sofa, the parfait on the table had melted, but she remained unmoved, like a sculpture lost in thought.
We're doomed!
She had completely forgotten about it at the time...
Looking at Nohara Rin, who is fading little by little, just like in a comic book.
Kurenai thought for a moment, then leaned over and thoughtfully added, "Hmm, he might also say that the cookies this time are a little tastier than the last time."
"Stop talking, stop talking..."
""
Nohara Rin covered her head with both hands, ran her fingertips through her hair, and haphazardly rubbed her short brown hair.
After a long while, she finally raised her face, looking at Kurenai with the hope of a drowning person seeing a piece of driftwood: "Is it too late for me to go back and tell him?"
"It's too late." Kurenai Yuhi shook her head regretfully and sighed, "Everything expires, including feelings. Expired feelings are like pastries that have passed their best taste; they smell sour, rancid, and moldy."
"It's not that exaggerated..." Nohara Rin pouted, looking at Yuhi Kurenai suspiciously: "Have you been reading too many novels lately, trying to show off your writing skills?"
Kurenai's expression stiffened slightly, and she clenched her toes tightly under the table, feeling a wave of shame wash over her.
She shook her head, her neck stiff, and said, "I didn't."
Nohara Rin stared at Yuhi Kurenai for a few seconds, then lowered her head and smiled faintly: "Pfft..."
'
"What are you laughing at?" Kurenai Yuhi felt her face getting hot.
"It's nothing." Nohara Rin waved her hand, quickly finished the parfait in her glass, then looked up with a smile and said, "I'll go back now, I still need to figure out what dessert to make for him next time."
Next time, she definitely won't forget to express her feelings!
"Hmm..." Kurenai Yuhi hummed softly, the last syllable still lingering on her lips, before Rin Nohara got up and hurriedly walked towards the entrance of the dessert shop.
Kurenai sighed, "Seriously, all I can think about is that friend..."
"But, just as Nohara Rin was about to walk out the door..."
She suddenly turned around and looked at him, a playful glint in her eyes.
"Hey kid, you seem so experienced, you must have been in a lot of relationships, right?"
After saying these words in front of the other customers, she stuck out her pink tongue and made a "whoosh" sound before turning around and leaving the dessert shop, leaving only the sound of her footsteps and the bewildered Kurenai.
A few seconds later.
Under the curious gaze of the guests.
Her once rosy cheeks were gradually covered with a rosy hue.
She stared in the direction Nohara Rin had left, her face flushed, and raised her fist: "Nohara Rin... are you trying to kill me?!"
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