Episode 75 – My Parent’s Shouldn’t Come Home

Finally, my worked up emotions had calmed down, and I suddenly realized that the evening was turning dark.

I went home much later than usual.

My step sister would’ve  already gone home……

Literally, I wouldn’t be worried about her coming home late after yesterday.

But that doesn’t mean I can’t go home, so I started walking faster.

While the houses around the street are brightly lit, I walked toward my house, which is probably unlit, and finally arrived.

However, contrary to my expectations, the front door light is on.

……Could it be that my step sister was waiting for me?

Halfway in doubt, I turned the key to open the front door……but the front door seems to have been left unlocked, and there’s no sign of me opening it.

“Good grief, how careless…….”

I’m worried about whether there is a sense of danger in the fact that the key to the girl’s house has been left open.

Thinking that I won’t feel better if I don’t say a word to her, I reach for the doorknob and open the front door.

Then, someone who’s not my step sister comes towards me with a slam.

He/she came to me without knowing that i’ve been learning karate……while thinking of that, i clenched my fists.

However, something that rushes at me runs in a straight line without worrying about me taking a repelling stance.

And then a flash aimed at it… I threw out my fist, but it didn’t hit and my fist cut through the air.

……what !? Did you read my movement !?

My fist was dodged and I was puzzled by the agile movements of the suspicious person. And then, of all things, he/she hugged me.

“Riku~, welcome back~! ! Ah, I mean, I’m home ! ! Did you miss me〜?”

“M-mama !?”

I let out a strange voice in surprise of being dodged and hugged.

That’s right.

My mother could avoid my fist that I had firmly aimed at easily, and then she took the opportunity to hug me.

Normally, this would be impossible.

There was no way that an old hag who will turn forty in a few years could move with such agility.

But my mother had done it.

Also, don’t get too attached to me, it’s disgusting……

My mother was rubbing her cheeks against my face while she glanced at me who could only laugh dryly from the shock and despair.

“Hahaha…… so you’re back already?”

“Of course, how can I leave the house for weeks without my lovely children ! !”

After hearing my words, my mother stepped away from me and snorted.

I’m sure this parent is likely to leave the house as much as possible….as I think about that, my mother’s face changes to a smirk.

What~? Is it bad if I come back yet? Did you and Sora have that much fun?”

“…..There’s no way?”

Despite my mother’s happy expression, I turned my face away without changing my expression.

It can’t be like that… Rather, the two of us were more awkward right now.

As if my mother was guessing my expression, she let out a sigh.

“…..I was going to stay at work a little longer. but I was worried about you guys so I moved my schedule up and came home.”

……They’re our parents, after all. That’s why I can’t hide anything.

I learned the value of my parents from my mother, who spoke in a calm tone that was completely different from before.

“Because it would be a problem if my cute Sora chan got caught in your poisonous fangs ! !”

….. I’ll take back what I said before ! !

“How can that be ! !  You damn old hag ! !”

Things I shouldn’t say to my mother…ugh….

“………….”

“Sigh…….I wonder if Riku is in a rebellious phase. You used to be so cute……”

…..If you think so, then stop it.

I’m laying down behind my mother, who put her hands over her face and made a fed up expression.

Then I heard another footsteps in the living room.

“Hi, Riku kun. Sorry for the long wait.”

I turned my head to the direction of the voice, who’s unbearable to see without the mosaic.

The man who’s standing there with a smiling face and reaching out to my hand was…..my step father and Sora’s father.

“Ah, no…….”

I grabbed his hand and stood up as i’m being pulled.

“…….Welcome back.’

“Yeah….I’m home.”

I shrink away from my step father, who looks at me as if he can see right through me with his smiling eyes.

“Hey, honey…..Riku is terrible ! !”

“Yeah, right, right. I’ll hear it later.”

MY step father put aside his own actions and lightly brushed off my mother who was rubbing up against him like a victim.

Although they had not known each other very long, he manipulated my mother as if he already knew how to handle her.

It has been more than ten years since my mother gave birth to me, and yet I still have difficulty in handling her, how big the difference is.

Is this what it means to be an adult man……

I don’t know if I’m a little jealous because my mother was taken away from me, or if I’m just feeling sorry for myself because I’m so naive.

But whether he knew it or not, my step father lightly pushed my back with his right hand.

“I know we have a lot to talk about, but we don’t have to do it right in front of the door. So let’s eat first.”

“Sure, let’s do that!

At my step father’s suggestion, my mother rushed happily into the living room.

My step father and I walked behind her together.

There was no conversation between us, just silence as we walked into the living room.

When I entered the living room, I saw my mother standing in the kitchen and my step sister sitting uncomfortably at the table.

We haven’t spoken a single word since yesterday.

Dinner began in an awkward atmosphere.

While my parents were playing with each other and feeding each other food with chopsticks, my step sister and I were silent.

Of course, I would respond if I were asked to engage in conversation, but my step sister would immediately turn her head down and I would finish my meal in silence after we were done talking.

When dinner was over, my step sister said, […..Thank you for the meal] and quickly returned to her room upstairs.

I was stuck in the middle of the conversation and had to listen to my parents’ bad taste in souvenirs.

After listening to their conversation for a while, I heard a voice from the water heater control panel announcing that the hot water had been filled.

“Riku, it looks like your bath is ready. Why don’t you go in first?”

……finally, i was released.

When I got home and was tired of hearing my step father talk, I took a bath as my mother urged me to do so.

After bathing, I wiped my hair and went back upstairs to my room.

I open my computer.

I start up GFO and just stare blankly at the images on the screen.

Of course, it’s not the day of my appointment with the gyaru……Risa, so I played solo, but there’s no sign of my wife, who’s supposed to be sleeping there.

I couldn’t believe my eyes at first at the sight.

But I can give up now that I know the reason.

“Sigh……..”

I closed my computer game screen and sigh deeply.

……Knock knock

I heard a knock at my door.

“Yes……”

With a faint voice, I called out to the knocking sound.

“Excuse me, may I come in?”

The door opened with a voice, and there was my step father….who was standing there.