After rebirth, I confessed to the losing heroine - Chapter 18- Ceasing assault
Takeda Ryouske—Hiroto father.
Takeda Akiko—Hiroto’s mother.
Shirogane Souma—Miyuki’s father.
Shirogane Yuki—Miyuki’s mother.
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Souma was surprised to see his daughter behaving in such a way, for the first time.
And not only today, she seemed to be zoning off since that day when Hiroto saved her…
‘How I didn’t notice…’ Souma could now somehow join the puzzle of what must be influencing his daughter. However, he decided to think about it afterward, since he had some important guests to entertain.
“Please come in.”
Hearing Souma’s words, the Takeda couple nodded, albeit a little hesitantly before walking along with the other two.
The two men began talking about business and stuff, mostly related to the current market prices and the potential downfall of a company, in the stock market.
Ryouske has been in the League of Industries for long enough to hold a conversation with Souma comfortably, and given how their relationship remained neutral even after Takeda’s downfall, didn’t allow the atmosphere to turn awkward.
It was natural for the Shirogane family to pull back their proposal of marriage because of what happened last year, that’s why Ryouske didn’t seem to have any animosity against the man of the mansion.
“Are you still interested in gardening, Akiko-san?” Suddenly, the silverheaded older female called out for Hiroto’s mother.
“Ah…yeah. Recently, I have rejoined classes and have been learning more about fertilizers.” Akiko didn’t have much contact with Lady Shirogane, however, she wasn’t a complete introvert to make things uncomfortable.
“Hoh~What a coincidence. I have been invested in Inhibitors a lot, lately. In fact, I have bought several books and videos, related to fertilizers.”
Akiko’s eyes flashed with keen interest, which Yuki instantly recognized. The lady was looking for a person with whom she could discuss botany and Akiko seemed interested enough to continue this conversation.
“How about we go and…”
Hiroto sighed as he saw his mother being led by the older version of Miyuki toward the left side of the main gallery, and as for the two men, they headed toward the right while continuously chatting about uninteresting things.
“Hiroto-sama, please follow me.” One of the maida walked up to him and extended the request.
There was a faint blush glossed over her cheeks, as she looked at Hiroto with those untamed eyes, however, Hiroto wasn’t interested in even looking at her properly.
Nodding, he began following the lady toward the drawing room.
Well, truth be told, Hiroto wanted to climb the stairs and reach the first floor where Miyuki’s room was located. However, it would be anything but normal for him to visit her room this soon.
Suppressing his desires, he made himself comfortable on the sofa.
*BZZ* *BZZ*
Feeling the buzzing of his phone, Hiroto scooped it out and saw Yuichi’s name flashing on the screen.
Without much thought, he picked up the call, “Yeah?”
[How is your health? Everything fine?]
Hiroto felt like sighing. Despite being friends, Yuichi had a habit of behaving like an older brother around Hiroto and previously Hiroto also did not have much problem with it, since Yuichi saved him on more than one occasion.
However, the current Hiroto was not used to being looked after so much.
“Yeah, I am fine. What about you?”
Yesterday, both Kaori and Yuichi were absent after that incident and today was a holiday so Hiroto had no way of ensuring her well-being.
While Hiroto knew that any normal girl belonging to his previous world would be traumatized for life after witnessing so much bloodshed, however, the women, or to say, the heroines were built differently.
They have a lot of troubles to deal with and surely a lot of blood would be spilled along the way. If the game creators had made their characters feeble, then the players would have easily gotten annoyed.
[…what would happen to me? Just felt a little under the weather that’s why I took a rest. Anyways where are you? I am planning to come over today.]
Hiroto didn’t ponder much and went with the flow,
“I am at Miyuki’s place. Her father invited me and my Mom and Dad. So yeah, maybe around seven we will be back home.”
There was something Hiroto wanted to be assured about that’s why he seemed eager slightly to meet Yuichi.
[Shirogane-san…? Oh, so they are going to tell your parents about it huh? Good.]
Even though the speaker, Hiroto could sense how satisfied Yuichi was that Hiroto would get appreciated by his parents as well, for his bravery.
Just as Hiroto said, a true big brother figure.
*Bzz*
Hiroto blinked when he suddenly received a notification. Detaching the phone, he took a glance to see who texted him…only to disconnect the call and open the message.
Miyuki: [I am coming down now and I humbly request that the honorable guest doesn’t make any comment that could lead to an unnecessary commotion.]
Hiroto chuckled as he lifted his legs and rested the heels on the table.
Me: [I just complimented you. Is that enough to rile you up, Hime?]
Naturally, Hiroto knew what could embarrass her easily and truth be told, he had no desire to say such things right off the bat.
However, when his gaze landed on Miyuki…he just wasn’t able to keep himself in control. It was like you were thirsty for days and suddenly found an oasis—that kind of urge.
There was a long pause, which made Hiroto realize that he must have made it difficult for her, so he decided to cease his assault for now,
Me:[ Alright, no more teasing. Now, can you come down?]
There was no reply this time but just a single thumbs up.
Hiroto shook his head before taking screenshots of his conversation, just in case Miyuki decided to delete the messages. Later on, he would read her messages again.
After a minute or two, the sound of heels clattering against the ground reached his ear.
Not so long after, the figure of a young lady appeared in the living space.
The first thing his eyes caught in her was those silvery hair that made him lost in them every time Hiroto looked at this particular girl
This unnatural shade of hair might look weird on others, but not her. And complimenting that, her snow white skin was in a little too exposure today, given her off-shoulder one-piece dress.
Her elegant movement went perfectly with her image as an Ojou. Her violet orbs remained affixed on Hiroto, as he got up from his seat without even realizing.
The faint blush on her fairly fluffy cheeks added points to her charm and so did that white leaf patterned hair clip, keeping her hair in place.
As Hiroto thought, there was not a single demerit in this girl. She was just perfect.
‘And she expects me to not react at how beautiful she looks…’
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A/N:- Ah, pacing. Is it slowed or going well? Drop a comment~