Chapter 28 – Breakfast

“Hum♪, hum hum♪, hum hum hum♪, hum hum♪...”

“...mom is oddly chipper today” said Anna-nee.

“...yeah, it’s kinda strange” said Rina.

Both of Rina and Anna-nee are looking at Yuria oddly, clearly confused by her current behavior. I couldn’t blame, after all, I was puzzled by her attitude as well.

We all were waiting for her to finish preparing breakfast. She had basically half-forced us to sit at the table, claiming to be preparing something special

“Taka-chan, do you know why mom seems to be so happy?” asked Anna-nee.

“...”

“...”

Anna-nee was looking at me like I could give some sort of explanation for the current situation. There was a very subtly but still noticeable blush on her cheeks, a likely result from my skill, [Pheromone Aura].

Rina was trying to look at my direction, but her eyes would constantly from me to the side. The shade of red in her face was a little more perceptible than in Ann, but it was likely because Rina was not only affected by my skill [Pheromone Aura], but by the memory of our bet. Despite having already come to terms with what happened yesterday, she clearly still was a little embarrassed from what we did.

With them looking at me like that,  tried to give the best answer that I could give.

“I don’t know”

...an that was sadly the truth.

After leaving her room earlier this morning I went straight to my room. I was afraid that I might run in one of my sisters, but luckily I manage to reach my room without any interruption.

Despite having already released my first load this morning, the circumstances around it still left deeply confused. Yuria’s behavior just changed drastically from one moment to another, like the one tiredly cleaning the house and the one who I accidentally woke up in the middle of the night were entirely different people, and despite that I still could relate the two of them with the Yuria I came to know over the last two years.

Feeling that I wouldn’t be able to be to think clearly at my current state I did the only thing that might relieve some stress.

I did my daily routine of exercise.

I came to learn that it was easier to think after my body had spend some of it’s energy, and after what happened since yesterday, I felt the need to relive some stress born from not knowing what the hell was going on.

Once my routine was finished and I took a shower I finally felt that it was a good moment to think more calmly about Yuria’s actions, but I barely manage to put my clothes on before Anna-nee called me to eat breakfast.

Normally we were let to eat our breakfast at our own time’s, especially now during vacation and before the start of a new school year, but Anna-nee said that Yuria had insisted in all of us eating breakfast together today.

Rina was already at the table and was looking at her mother oddly, just like Anna-nee in front of her.

That’s how I end up in this situation.

The fact that Yuria was humming so merrily was an oddity, since I could count on one hand how many times she had done that over the last two years, but that wouldn’t be a source of confusion in on itself.

What really made all the three of us so confused was what was in the table in front of us. It could not be described as nothing else but a feast.

There were many dishes prepared for us to eat. The sheer quantity was such that we would most likely have enough to for at least a week already prepared.

There sandwiches, pancakes, waffles, omelets, fruits...

...and Yuria was still preparing more.

“...huuh, Mom?” I called.

“Yes, sweetie?”

“M-Maybe just this is enough already?” I said, still a little unsure of what to say in this kind of situation.

“Oh my, looks like I got a little overboard” said Yuria, without a hint of worry or surprise in her voice.

She clearly did all of this intentionally.

“Mom? Did something good happened?” asked Rina.

“You do look unusually happy” said Anna-nee, with a hint of curiosity in her voice.

“Hehehe, I wonder” answered Yuria.

She simple smiled at us, completely unfazed by Anna-nee and Rina questions. The way she was smiling, completely content with the situation, was the same that I had seen over the last years.

The worry and apprehension that I notice on her yesterday was nowhere to be seen.

I was happy that she wasn’t burned by her actions anymore, but also curious of why she was so oddly at peace at the moment.

“Now what are you waiting for? I put so much effort in cooking and you guys will just let it get cold?” asked Yuria. Despite she phrasing it like she was complaining, her tone clearly indicated that she didn’t really mean what was said.

She was simple saying for us to not make a big deal of it.

“Of course not mom. No way I’m going to waste your effort” I said, putting my share of the food on my plate and starting eating immediately.

Rina and Anna-nee looked like they wanted to say more, but seeing me eating so casually they simple shrugged and began to eat themselves.

Yuria didn’t tried to put anything on her plate, after having already sat, but instead just watched us feasting ourselves with a gentle smile.

While eating I was trying to figure out the why of all of this and obviously end up staring at her form time to time. Eventually her field of vision shifted directly at my direction, and we end up staring at each other.

I don’t know what exactly I was expecting or if I was expecting anything at all to happen at that moment, but after a few seconds her smile simple widened.

...she was happy of just looking at me.

I felt something warm from that gaze, completely different from the lust and carnal desire I felt before.

I simple went back to eating, with only thought in mind.

‘Maybe I shouldn’t think so much’