Walking out from the airport exit, Inomata Naoki looked at Chen Yu, who was waiting for him alongside his girlfriend, Tokairin Yuko. His expression was a mix of emotions.
"You, you really ditched your friends for a woman! I kept asking you to come to Tokyo, and you wouldn't budge. Yet the moment Doctor Tokairin called, you came running faster than anyone else!" Chen Yu teased Inomata Naoki deliberately as soon as he saw him, breaking the slight, almost negligible awkwardness in the air.
"Brother Yu..." Inomata Naoki felt a bit uncomfortable facing Chen Yu, but now that he was in Tokyo, having made his decision, there was no room for backing out.
Seeing Naoki's hesitant and awkward expression, Chen Yu walked over and patted his shoulder, saying directly, "Alright, no need for so many explanations. The fact that you came to help me is already enough."
