That strong heart always yearn for poison

It was the best barbeque I’ve had in a long time.

I was personally impressed that not only did my dad and I keep smiling, but the girls were smiling the whole time, and I was thankful that we got this time.

“……Well, Yume was awesome.”

I couldn’t stop eating either, but it was Yume who was eating even more.

Her stomach was filled with meat, vegetables, and rice, one after another, to the extent that I wondered where in her delicate body she could fit so much.

[Yume eats really well. She also exercises, and the more she eats, the more strength she gains.]

Sayaka said so…..but I thought she ate too much for that.

Since it was an all-you-can-eat buffet, I tried my best to eat as much as I could to get on her momentum, but in the end I couldn’t match her.

[I only eat a lot of food in such cases. If it’s only once in a while, I’ll eat as much as I want.]

I could only agree with her.

We, the children’s group, never ran out of conversation, but it was the same for Dad and Mihoko san, who flirted with each other in spite of our presence……well, it was also a funny scene for us.

“……Ah～”

I’ve already returned home and finished my bath, but unexpectedly, I still have a heavy stomach because I haven’t been able to digest what’s inside.

As I was rubbing my stomach……I realized that this was a stomachache.

“I ate that much food.”

Then I headed to the bathroom and after clearing myself, my stomach finally settled down.

All I have to do now is go to bed, but tomorrow is Saturday….and no one will complain if I stay up quite late, so it will be nice to stay up late for the first time in a while.

“……Oh?”

I was playing with my phone and looking at SNS when I received a message from Tokikaze.

A message came from Tokikaze, and it seems that they also had dinner at a family restaurant after playing around, and that they had witnessed me and the girls coming out of the yakiniku restaurant.

[Coming to a yakiniku restaurant with beautiful sisters, I’m so jealous.]

By the way, not only Tokikaze but my other friends sent theirs at the same time.

I was about to reply to all of them, telling them to shut up, but then I thought for a moment and sent this.

“It’s your fault for making fun of me.”

What kind of response will I get….I was scared, so I’ll check it tomorrow !

The moment I put my phone on silent mode, I heard a vibration that alerted me to several incoming messages and how many I had received.

“……………”

……No, let’s check it the day after tomorrow, not tomorrow, let’s do that !

I take my mind off my phone for a moment and stared at the ceiling in a daze……and then, for some reason, I stood up and approached the window.

“……………”

I don’t know why I decided to approach the window and look out.

I was not looking at the beautiful starry sky, nor was I looking to see which houses still had their lights on, but I was carefully looking at the dark places in my neighborhood.

“……I don’t see anyone.”

Subconsciously or not, I seemed to be wondering if anyone suspicious was nearby.

The reason I thought of this is because I heard from Mihoko san about the tragedy of the stalker that happened to Sayaka and Yume, and that makes me nervous or needlessly worried.

“……Haha, it’s not like……!?”

At that moment, a man wearing a mask was walking under the streetlight I was just watching.

The man glancing around was so suspicious that I couldn’t take my eyes off him enough to instantly focus all of my attention on him.

That man……who is he? What is he doing there……?

It was when I was even beginning to feel alarmed like that–the man bent down and a cat snuggled up to him.

“……Cat?”

The way the cat nuzzles against his cheek implicitly tells him that he is a cat lover.

The man walks away with the cat in his arms, and I let out a sigh of weakness and sit down on the bed.

“……Give me a break, it’s too confusing.”

Well, that’s no wonder.

Because stalkers and other such incidents have never happened around here, and in the first place, public order is so good that there are no eyewitness reports of suspicious people.

“Minato kun, what’s wrong?”

“No, I was just wondering if there was anyone outside–maybe I heard something like that and got worried…..hm?”

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Who am I talking to now……? It was Sayaka who was there when I slowly moved my gaze like a broken machine.

The door is open so she must have come in, but…when did she come in?

“I’m sorry. I knocked and called out to you, but you didn’t respond…..so I got worried and came in.”

“I-I see……I’m sorry, I was in a daze.”

I said that with a laugh, but Sayaka’s expression didn’t change, she just stared at me and didn’t even move.

Is it possible that she is seeing something other than me? I glanced behind me, but there was no suspicious person or ghost, and I was sure that she was only staring at me.

“How……”

“Hmm?”

“How kind are you, Minato kun……?”

“……Ah~”

Kind……huh.

I’m not sure if I’m saying it myself, but I certainly don’t feel like I care a little too much…..but this isn’t a sense of mission or that I’m being driven to do something I have to do.

I make eye contact with Sayaka to tell her that.

“I’m not trying to be kind or anything. There’s no doubt that I’m overly concerned about you….but most of all, well, maybe I just want to be cool.”

“Are you trying to be cool…..?”

“Yeah–until now, I’ve never really thought of wanting to protect someone. Seeing my mom, who was physically weak, I thought about it, but that’s all…..I had a new family, and both Sayaka and Yume accepted me as part of their family……even though you said you hated men, you were two beautiful women who were famous at school.”

“I’m often told that I’m beautiful……but I don’t know because it’s about me.

I wonder if that’s how it feels when it comes to herself…..I feel like she’s used to being told by my female friends, so maybe it can’t be helped.

“Well, that’s it. Maybe I’m trying to protect the two of you who are in the same family and who I admire like that.”

“……………”

I want to show my cool self to a pretty girl…….well, I don’t have any intention of wanting her to fall in love with me or anything like that, but I do want to make her think I’m cool.

Sayaka remained staring at me for a while, but soon giggled.

“Isn’t that too honest? Bu……it’s also the first time I’ve been told like that. After all, in many ways you are the first person, Minato kun.”

“T-the way you said that !”

“Ufufu♪”

I let out a tired sigh, but when I asked her why she came here…..she said she just wanted to talk to me for a while.

I thought she was going to say she wanted to be spoil or sleep with me again……but am I disappointed? If so, it might be dangerous.

“Then, Minato kun, good night.”

“Yeah～.Good night Sayaka.”

I saw Sayaka off as she left the room and looked outside once again.

“…..Yeah. There’s nothing here after all.”

After all, the area where we live is peaceful no matter where we go.

▽▼

It was night when many people were asleep and he…Minato opened his eyes as quickly as he could.

Sweating profusely, Minato sat up and took a deep breath to catch his breath.

“….Damn, I had a bad dream.”

Yes, he had a nightmare.

It was a memory of his childhood, a dream in which his precious mother passed away…….although he had already gotten over it, he sometimes has dreams like this, as if to gouge out past traumas.

“……Good grief, seriously.”

However, sleepiness comes soon after such an event.

He was going to lie down again and go to sleep, but for some reason, Minato got up and headed for the door――When he opened the door, it was Yume who was standing in front of him.

“Onii chan.”

“Yume……?”

Why, why is she there?

What are you doing…..? How long has she been there? Puzzlement and mystery occupied his heart, but for some reason…..Minato invited Yume into the room without saying a word.

“……………”

I don’t know……where did the puzzlement and mystery go?

A sweet fragrance emanates from Yume that even pushes away such feelings, and it soothes Minato’s currently rough heart.

Yume, who should have understood nothing of the situation, said

“Let’s sleep together, Onii chan.”

“….Yeah.”

As if to drown out his loneliness, Minato just wanted to cling to someone’s warmth.

Hiding his grin……Yume smiled as if she had succeeded in her plan.