When Ryunosuke heard Mei giggling, he turned his head to look at her and clicked his tongue with annoyance.
"Tch... W-Whatever," he mumbled, pouting while crossing his arms and looking away, still blushing with embarrassment. But when Mei suggested that she can show him her baby pictures in an exchange of his, Ryunosuke widened his eyes a bit and slowly turned his head to look at her, kind of skeptical. He didn't know if she really meant that proposal, but when he saw her smile, he realized that she may be telling the truth. Surprisingly enough, he was actually glad about it because he was curious to know how Mei was when she was a kid. She probably was as cute like she is right now.
"We have a date then!" Koko said, breaking the short moment of silence between Ryunosuke and Mei as they looked at each other. She stood up with her portable device and now empty coffee cup.
"Let's get inside, shall we? I have a feeling that it will be raining soon."
When Mei began to walk away, Koko quickly got closer to Ryunosuke and lightly bumped her right shoulder against his, chuckling mischievously.
"Ne, ne... Do you like her?" he asked him out of the blue and Ryunosuke scoffed with shock, blushing deep red once again.
"O-O-Of course not, baka!" he replied to her, but not loud enough, so Mei couldn't hear him. He sighed with annoyance and glared at Koko with a frown.
"Cut it out already. You are embarrassing me and probably making her uncomfortable with your weirdness." Gasping as she felt offended, Koko scoffed and pouted cutely, filling her cheeks with air.
"Ryu-kun you don't need to be so mean," she said and bumped him once again with her hips.
"I'm just happy that you finally found somebody to love Aren't you happy as well?"
Ryunosuke sighed deeply and rolled his eyes, giving up completely in trying to make Koko stop teasing him.
"Again, I don't like Mei. So, stop messing with me and stop talking like we are something. It's really... Weird." With nothing else to say, Ryunosuke began to walk inside the complex, following Mei's trail.
Sighing weakly, Koko stared at his niece from behind for a few seconds and smiled, shaking her head before following him from behind.
"Ko-chan... Did you make more food than you usually do?" asked Ryunosuke while sitting in front of a table filled with plates of food, and a big teapot of tea in the center of the table. Mei and Koko were also there, Koko sitting in front of Ryunosuke. The table was the typical Japanese food table that was short, so they had to sit on the floor with a cushion.
Koko giggled and nodded.
"Ah, you noticed?" Koko replied with a question, picking a plate of some kind of sushi.
"Believe me or not, I had a feeling you would be bringing somebody to eat with us tonight, so I did more food than usual." As she picked a couple of chopsticks, Ryunosuke blinked his eyes and frowned in confusion.
"But... Why did you make more food than usual when you already cook that much anyways?" Koko shrugged and ate a piece of sushi. She munched happily and turned her head to look over at Mei.
"Oh, darling, go ahead and eat anything you want," she said and swallowed her food.
"You can also take some leftovers for your father." Giggling, she winked at Mei before eating another sushi.
Shaking his head and just letting this be, Ryunosuke picked some chopsticks and picked a bite-size riceball he ate at once.
"You can feed the whole complex with all of this food," he mumbled, taking a piece of fried pork before eating it as well.