Chapter 212: A Song Written for You

Knock, knock—!

"Darling, may I come in?"

Hearing Utaha's voice from outside the door, Miyahito subconsciously replied, "Come in."

The moment the words left his mouth, his peripheral vision noticed the sheet music still in his hand, and he couldn't help but freeze.

'Crap!'

This thought suddenly popped into Miyahito's mind. Hearing the sound of the doorknob turning, he didn't hesitate for a second, directly turning around and shoving the "First Love" sheet music into the pile of discarded drafts waiting to be destroyed beside him.

Just as he finished hiding the sheet music, the door was slowly pushed open.

"Miyahito." Holding a tray steady with two cups, a bottle of cola, and some snacks that looked like fried food, Utaha pushed the door open with her shoulder and walked into the studio with a gentle, faint smile.

"I noticed you didn't eat much during dinner, so I made you a late-night snack." As she spoke, Utaha walked toward Miyahito, who was sitting cross-legged on the floor. "Want to eat together?"

However, before Miyahito could speak, just as Utaha was about to place the items on the floor, she noticed the expression on her boyfriend's face... it seemed a bit flustered.

"?"

"Ah, um...." With a slightly dodging gaze, Miyahito didn't realize his girlfriend had already vaguely sensed something was off. Still carrying a hint of panic, he unconsciously turned his body slightly to the side, his face unnaturally angled away, and nodded with slightly stiff movements.

"Ah, thank you for your hard work, Utaha, I'm actually a bit hungry!" Miyahito laughed it off with a slightly exaggerated tone, and then, as if he were truly starving, he impatiently reached out and grabbed a potato chip from the plate.

Not caring that the hash brown had just been fried and was continuously radiating heat, he went straight to stuff it into his mouth. Seeing this, Utaha disregarded everything else and hurriedly opened her mouth to stop him. "Eh! Wait! Miyahito, this...."

"Hot, hot!!!"

"It was just fried...." Failing to successfully stop her boyfriend's recklessness, Utaha looked helplessly at Miyahito, who was grimacing from the heat but stubbornly refusing to spit it out.

"Sigh....." Letting out a small sigh, and finding Miyahito's burnt state quite funny, Utaha couldn't help but laugh and scold, "I told you to take it slow, you deserve it," and then poured a glass of still slightly cold cola for Miyahito, who was struggling to swallow the hash brown. "Here."

"Sa... saved!" After chugging the large glass of cola, Miyahito stuck out his tongue, fanning his reddened tongue with his hand while looking pitifully at Utaha, who was covering her mouth and snickering.

"...Laughing like this is going a bit too far."

"But no one told you to be in such a rush," Utaha said without a shred of sympathy, one hand slightly covering her mouth and the other hugging her stomach as she snickered. "You deserve to get burned."

Miyahito-class—Sunk.....

Seeing that Miyahito was feeling a bit better, Utaha poured herself a glass of cola, sat sideways next to her boyfriend, and held her cup. She cast a faint, lingering glance at Miyahito, who was eating heartily, and asked in a nonchalant tone.

"So, why were you in such a panic just now, Miyahito?"

"!" Hearing this, Miyahito, who was eating, froze. He turned his head in shock to look at Utaha, who was leaning against him.

'Discovered?!'

Seeing exactly what Miyahito's expression meant, Utaha huffed and raised her left index finger, lightly poking his cheek.

"What do you think?"

"...Ahem, it's nothing. I was just spacing out."

Utaha looked at Miyahito expressionlessly as he spoke, his gaze drifting to the side.

It was as if she was saying, 'Guess if I believe you?'

However, for some reason, Miyahito clamped his teeth shut, showing no intention of letting slip even a hint of the truth.

This was wrong. Very wrong. Super wrong.

Narrowing her eyes slightly, Utaha stared straight at Miyahito, who didn't dare to meet her gaze, until he started breaking out in a cold sweat. Then, she spoke faintly.

"If you don't want to say it, forget it."

"Phew..." As soon as the words fell, Miyahito subconsciously let out a sigh of relief.

This made Utaha, whose gaze had been fixed on her boyfriend, feel even stranger. Her look toward him became more suspicious.

Panicked... alone... in a room... Could it be... could it be...

'Miyahito is secretly reading a dirty book!'

The moment this thought appeared, Utaha's eyes instantly became sharp.

At the same time, Miyahito, sensing this, couldn't help but shiver. He subconsciously turned his head to look at Utaha beside him.

But... the moment he turned his head, he didn't find anything unusual.

His Utaha's expression was as gentle and quiet as ever, as if nothing had happened.

"Hmm?" Noticing her boyfriend's gaze, Utaha looked up with a bright smile and replied.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Ah, um, nothing." Miyahito was stunned for a moment, then said softly to his girlfriend, whose face was hung with a warm smile. "I just wanted to look at you."

"Oh~" Narrowing her eyes slightly, Utaha, as if she didn't care, turned her body slightly and naturally moved closer to her boyfriend. Then, she reached out and hugged Miyahito's arm, and as a matter of course, pressed his arm deep into her ample chest.

....Oh, oh, oh! This is! This is! This is!!

Miyahito unnaturally shifted his gaze away from a certain part of Utaha's body, his arm struggling to break free from the stimulating situation his girlfriend had created.

However, Utaha didn't plan to let Miyahito escape just like that.

Just as the couple started their daily playful banter, the corner of Utaha's eye inadvertently caught a glimpse of a piece of sheet music hidden behind Miyahito.

'Renai Circulation?'

As Utaha silently read the title at the very top of the sheet music in her heart, her attention was drawn away, and she inadvertently let Miyahito's arm slip out of her grasp.

And at the same time.

Miyahito also noticed that Utaha's gaze wasn't on him, but was directed behind him.

Following his girlfriend's line of sight, Miyahito turned his head to look behind him.

When he saw what Utaha was looking at, the next second, his expression became somewhat panicked as he reached out to grab the sheet music.

Then he hid it behind his back again.

"Eh?"

Utaha, who was reading the lyrics, found the sheet music in her field of vision suddenly disappear. She froze for a moment, then looked dissatisfied at Miyahito, who had hidden the sheet music.

'Why won't you let me see it!'

Seeing the look Utaha cast at him, Miyahito didn't understand why, but a strange, inexplicable urge not to let Utaha see it welled up in his heart.

But this thought only appeared for an instant before vanishing without a trace the next second.

"Here."

Miyahito turned his face and handed the sheet music from behind his back to Utaha.

"This is the song written for Love's Metronome."

—And also a song written for you.

"See if you like it... Utaha."