A Sweet Romance That Starts With One Bottle of Juice, Between a Heiress Who Must Marry Her First Kiss and a Lonesome Guy With a Menacing Look - Chapter 16 - The Young Lady and Cooking - Part 3

Chapter 16 – The Young Lady and Cooking – Part 3

Maybe because she knew my eyes were focused on the lower part of the phone (her mother’s chest), Yasunomihara-san poked me from the side…

“Tadakuni’s eyes are disgusting.”

“W-What’s disgusting!? That’s an accusation.”

“Then why were you comparing me and mother earlier?”

“I just thought that you…are very similar to your mother.”

“Hnnn…”

The story progressed with Yasunomihara-san’s suspicions.

“Yuuka is always indebted to you.”

“No, I’m the one who’s always causing trouble for Yuuka-san.”

“You’re not causing me trouble.”

“Yes, that’s right. You will be a couple eventually, so don’t worry about it.”

Mother said with a soft smile.

I had an image of her as a strict, educational mother because she is the mother of Yasunomihara-san, who can do basically anything, but I am glad that she is a kind person, just like her father was.

“Besides, Yuuka is the one causing trouble, right? That girl has always been a spoiled child, and she can’t sleep alone at night, and she can’t even blow her nose.”

“H-Hey, Mother! Please stop it!”

Yasunomihara-san blushed and shouted into the phone… She is more flustered than ever, perhaps because of her own embarrassing story.

“Also, when she was in primary school, she used to say Papa~ Mama~, but nowadays she doesn’t.”

“…I-I see…”

I looked at Yasunomihara-san.

She had tears in her eyes.

She seems to be pretty angry.

It’s as if she’s saying, “If you ask any more questions, you won’t get dinner.”

“W-Well, that’s not important, where is Father?”

I would have liked to hear more about the revelations, but the subject was changed by Yasunomihara-san.

“Jane? He’s not here because he’s got a work call. Is there something wrong?”

“We wanted to thank Father.”

“Yes. I wanted to thank him for providing us with such a beautiful house.”

“You don’t need to worry about that. It’s just a gesture of goodwill.”

This detached house is just a gesture of goodwill…?

The worlds we live in are too different.

“More importantly, Yuuka. I would like to speak with Tadakuni-san alone.”

“Don’t tell me you two are going to talk about embarrassing stories about me like earlier?”

“Fufu, no, not that.”

A skeptical Yasunomihara-san reluctantly handed me the phone and said, “I’m watching TV,” and went from the kitchen to the living room.

Being suddenly left alone makes me nervous.

W-What is she going to say?

“Tadakuni-san, I am sorry for involving you in the Yasunomihara customs.”

“I don’t think I got involved.”

“No, you were. As the head of the Yasunomihara family, I sincerely apologize.”

Her smile changed from a smile to a face that looked as if she was about to cry with her brows furrowed.

It’s the same with Father, but seeing her apologize so seriously, I’m feeling troubled.

“I’ve been worried about her for a long time. Yuuka has some tendencies to be absent-minded.”

…That’s definitely true.

At least learn to blow your own nose.

“So I’m still worried about whether I’m causing you any inconvenience.”

“It’s okay. Actually, I’m the one who has been constantly encouraged by Yuuka-san.”

“…That Yuuka?”

“Y-Yes.”

Mother laughed a little when she saw my reaction.

“It seems like she’s trying to act cool in front of Tadakuni-san. It makes me smile.”

Does this mean that there is a face of Yasunomihara-san that I haven’t known yet? …I-I’m curious.

“That child is still weak, so please support her for a long time. Please take care of her.”

Her compassionate smile was similar to that of Yasunomihara-san.

I guess they are mother and daughter after all.

“Oh, and…give her lots of pats on the head.”

“O-On the head?”

“She likes to be patted on the head the best. She’s a pampered child.”

She’s talking as if Yasunomihara-san is a pet…

When I went to the living room after the phone call with Mother, Yasunomihara-san was sitting on the sofa watching TV…

“Oh, are you finished with your call already?”

“Y-Yeah.”

…She likes to be patted, huh…

“I think it’s time to put the roux in. Come on, let’s go back to the kitchen.”

I reached for Yasunomihara-san’s head as she sat on the sofa.

“T-Tadakuni…”

I was patting her head partly as a prank, thinking she might get annoyed right away, but Yasunomihara-san was accepting it with a not-so-displeased expression.

“Did Mother say something to you?”

“Well…something like that.”

It’s no surprise that she would know if I suddenly did something like this.

“…Then, please pat my head more.”

“Eh?”

“I want Tadakuni to pat my head more…”

I’m not sure what’s going on, but I was made to pat her head until the curry was ready.