Volume 1 - CH 35

My mother’s cooking was lined up at the dinner table. For a while, Rekizuki raved about the food, but when he had eaten about half of it, Mom opened her mouth with a grin.

“Heyーheyー, who is the one who confessed?”

“M-, it’s me.”

“Heeー, what does Koyomi-chan like about him?”

“Eh, etto………….I like how he’s untalkative and cold but at the same time having a strong sense of self along with his straightforwardness. ”

How could you say that without shame. Even though it’s a punishment game.

“Ara, is that how it is! I’m happy~! That I got another new daughter that is.”

“Another?”

“Ara, you don’t know about it?”

My mother glared at me a little bit.

“Aah, I’m sorry Koyomi. I, have a younger sister.”

“Ehー! That was a shock…………”

“I think I told Akira about this but, it’s not something important so I didn’t tell you.”

“I’ll cry if you say that your real sister is trivial you know?”

“I didn’t say that though……”

“Your sister huh…….It would be nice if I could meet her.”

“I was planning on taking her to the school cultural festival so you can meet her.”

“Is that true! Hoorayー!”

“Fufufu………or rather, Koyomi-chan?”

Koyomi, who was basked in joy, was brought back to reality by my mother with a mischievous look.

“Ye, yes?”

“So you didn’t deny the part about you becoming my daughter?”

“Ah, no, that is….umm……………..I would be happy if I could become your daughter… ”

She answered while her face was bright-red.

“And yet you still replied? Isn’t it usually embarrassing? Koyomi-chan’s personality is also not like Kouyou’s……Maybe that’s what you’ve been fantasizing about………..?”

“Tsu………..!…..Ah, no………….That is,…….”

“Ara, did I hit the mark? You’re so cute~!”

“Tsu……………!”

Probably because Koyomi’s reaction was entertaining to look at, my mother attacked more and more.

Koyomi’s face became quite red.

“………………….Haahh……Mother. I think it’s time to stop……….”

“Fufu, that’s true. I might have overdone it. I’m sorry, okay Koyomi-chan?”

“Ah, not at all. Umm….can I ask 1 question?”

“You can ask anything.”

“Konoha-san……”

“That’s no good alright, Koyomi-chan? You should properly call me your mother-in-law.”

“Ah, I’m sorry, mother-in-law.”

“It’s fine, you’re my daughter after all.”

I wonder why this progressed so naturally without my permission, did I promise to marry her?

Or rather, how did Koyomi adapt so quickly as if it’s natural.

Is it because of her fantasies? Did her fantasies evolved so much she didn’t feel shy anymore?

You’re pretty good.

“Why does mother-in-law have Shimura as the last name? I was told that you weren’t divorced……….I’m sorry. I was a little interested…………”

Uwah, that’s quite a step.

“Nnー? I wasn’t particularly divorced though? After all, won’t it be pitiful for the children? But I don’t want to have Kiyama as my name. To have the same family name as him. I don’t like it when my name differs with my child though~!”

“Ahaha, to that extent………..”

“Right right. That person is already the lowest after all!”

And she talked about how bad Father was after that.

How he’s goofy with young women, those kinds of things.

Koyomi and I don’t particularly have any interest in that topic so we couldn’t remember the contents of the talk as we didn’t really pay attention to it.

And accordingly, when she was talking, she saw my face as if she just remembered, stopped her rant and began talking about me.

“By the way, Kou-chan. What’s with that face?”

“Aah, this is the image-change that was forcefully forced on me for the school cultural festival.”

“Image change? This is? It wasn’t so different from when you were in middle school though?”

“Eh? ………….Middle school?”

“That’s right. Could it be that you don’t know?”

“No, not at all……….”

“He’s making his high school debut in reverse. He started wearing glasses and growing his hair out in high school.”

“Ehー! Is that true!”

“Yeah……….that reminds me, why did Kou-chan say OK to your confession? Could it be that he said he wanted to know about what kind of existence a girlfriend is?”

“Eh, Ah……….he mentioned that.”

“As I thought………So he is still saying that kind of stuff?”

“If you say anything more than that I’ll really be angry you know?”

This is bad, my past is being leaked to Koyomi

My dark history…………..!

“Ah, I want to hear it!”

“Ara, if my daughter said she want to hear it then I have no choice but to do so right~?”

Curse you Koyomiiiiii!

My glare was completely useless.

Aah, it’s over………. It’s very embarrassing.

“This child you see, do you know why he has that kind of personality?”

“Ah, I’ve heard about that. Something about imitating his favorite character……”

“That’s right………what happens next is more interesting…… and you see? He has a cheerful personality to begin with, and although he doesn’t talk much, he’s not a bad talker, and he’s usually very interesting to talk to.”

“That, I understand.”

“His hair was also about as short as it is now, and he also wore contacts. He didn’t give off the do not talk to me aura so he has plenty of bright friends you see. Are they called the cheerful characters now? And many of them would come to do a sleepover.”

“Hee…………Just like Shizuku?”

“Well, I think it’s close enough.”

“He was popular with the girls because he had a good-looking face and his cool nature. He was even the best in her class.”

“Eh!”

“They thought his calm and adult feeling is coolー.That’s why you got chocolates in the double digit right?”

“Half of them were obligation chocolates.”

“But the other half was the True Feeling one right?”

“…………Well.”

“Eh, to that extent………”

“Yes, that’s right. Well the character he admired is in the scum category of characters so I guess this kid has a pretty bad personality since he definitely won’t eat the homemade ones.”

“But it’s scary.”

“He also got confessed to by girls pretty often you know? This kid. Surprisingly unexpected right?”

“It, it’s true that it’s surprising…..but it also somehow made sense.”

“Fufufu, ara is that so………..well he rejected all of them though. He said that he wasn’t interested in those kind of things.”

“Hee………..”

“And do you know what happened after that?……………….This kid fell in love with a girl at first sight.”

“Eh!?”

“Mother…….”

“And after that you see, he confessed to her and they went out.”

“No way……..”

“Mother……..”

No, do people usually talk about someone’s former girlfriend in front of his current girlfriend?

Or rather, I would really like it if you could stop talking about that.

That’s my biggest black history.

“He had a girlfriend…………?”

“I just didn’t mention it………”

“Ah! I’m sorry! I’m not telling Koyomi-chan this to give you a hard time, okay? It’s just an interesting story.”

“Eh, Ahh, really?”

“That’s right! Koyomi will definitely laugh too.”

“Mother! You really shouldn’t say any more than that……..”

“What should we do Koyomi-chan?”

“I more or less want to hear it…”

“Yosh! I got it! And then you see? He said he’d be happy to go out with her, but he didn’t know what to do with her afterwards. Why don’t you go on a date? Is what was suggested but he said “It’s a pain, that’s not what we’re into” trying to sound cool.”

“………..I wasn’t particularly trying to be cool though…….”

“Ara? Is that so? “I don’t think we like that kind of childish thing” is what you said right while trying to act like an adult?”

“……………..”

That’s true. I did say that.

I’ve had a lot of adolescent angst.

In my case, it just happened to match my original personality and it felt like I was an adult.

“And after that, one month passed by without them doing anything, his girlfriend also invited him several times but he always refused. And then he was dumped saying she didn’t expect him to be like this~. She didn’t go out with him because she liked him, but because she didn’t have any reason to refuse, like junior high school students tend to be.”

“And how was Kouyou after that?”

“And then he started to say that he didn’t understand what dating meant in the first place. Maybe Kou-chan didn’t like her that much. Maybe he just thought she was cute. I don’t really care about the reason for liking her but I don’t think Kouyou wanted to go out with her because he liked her but rather the opposite. He wanted to know how it feels to go out which is why he said he liked her. Normally, after a relationship, you would feel possessive, but Kou-chan doesn’t have that in his personality, so I guess he got cold feet…….”

“Hee…….”

“Well, after that I just don’t really know what the existence called lovers is. They say the world looks different when you fall in love, but it doesn’t really feel different at all. Is what he said.”

“I see, and because of that……….”

“Right? Isn’t it funny how he sulks?”

“That’s true……it’s a little interesting…….”

“Rightー!”

Haahh………….

Everything was leaked.

It’s already bad enough that I’m sulking while acting like an adult, and then getting dumped and becoming enlightened. It’s so embarrassing.

“Come to think of it, since when have you two started dating?”

“Around 2 months ago.”

“Hmm………….why do you confess?”

“Eh? Umm that is.”

“Won’t you tell me what really happened? This kid is serious in an odd way so he wouldn’t say yes to something he doesn’t like. I know that much, he’s my child after all.”

“E………..tto.”

“It’s okay…….I won’t get angry……..”

“No, that’s not it…….”

Mom says it in a gentle tone, but Koyomi probably doesn’t understand. She’s in quite a hurry. She’s probably thinking that she won’t be recognized or something.

“Mother, do you really need to hear about that?”

“Ara, do you not want to say it?”

“I don’t really want to talk about it too much”

“Nnー, but in the end I’m still interested.”

There’s no helping it.

Well, my mother is not the type to worry about those sort of things, so it should be fine.

“Then I’ll say it. Is that fine?”

“It’s fine. I’m just interested in the reason after all.”

And then I talked about it. About the punishment game. About the 1 month period. And about the fact that I think I want to fall in love with Koyomi.

“Hee………… that was a pretty racy decision, dear.”

“Nn, is that so?”

“Hey, Koyomi-chan?”

Koyomi’s eyes were teary and she was clearly frightened.

“Didn’t I say it? It doesn’t really matter what your reason for liking someone is. Kou-chan probably thinks so too. I’m glad that you falsely confessed to him. After all because of that I got a cute daughter!”

“Re, really…………..? Kouyou……is glad………?”

“Un, very.”

“………Thank you.”

Koyomi started crying.

She stopped crying rather quickly after I hugged her and stroked her head.

My mother looked like she was enjoying looking at that scene.

“Ara ara, it’s so steamy here.”

“Yes yes.”

“Fufufu………..Then? Have you fallen in love with her?”

“Nnー? Not yet I guess…….but it’s fun and indispensable to me…..”

“Tsu……………!”

“Ara, you’re bright red?”

Koyomi turned bright red once more.

So after this, they forgot about me and continued their girls’ night out.

Koyomi’s face would often turn red during their conversation.

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Author’s Note:

Kouyou-kun has a sister and a girlfriend……….

I was surprised. Since when was there such a setting!?

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