Parents remarried. Now my lover starts referring to me as "Onii~chan" - Chapter 3 Part 6
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- Chapter 3 Part 6
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Chapter 3 Part 6
Translated by White Fanatic
Edited by Idlemousse
The story of how our parents met was something I had never heard about either.
Our parents exchanged a look of embarrassment.
Neneka waited to hear from our parents with an excited look on her face.
Thinking that the story would be a long one, I ate a piece of chocolate cake slowly and steadily.
“Well, do you remember when… I got sick from overwork and ended up in the hospital?”
When Neneka’s father asked her to remember a past incident, Neneka’s mouth twitched as if she were recalling those days.
“I remember. How could I ever forget that? When I got a call that you collapsed at work, I thought my heart was about to stop.”
“I’m sorry. The hospital where I was taken to was the university hospital where Daiki-kun’s mother works. I was taken care of by his mother while I was in the hospital.”
“Does that mean my mom was hit on by a patient at work?”
When I imagined my mother, who was at work, nursing Neneka’s father with care, but in that same context, fell in love with him and ended up having personal feelings later on, I instantly felt creeped out.
Seeing me react like that, my mother’s eyes were set on me and she said heavily, “Don’t imagine anything strange, will you? I was only doing my job as a nurse at the end of the day. Well, I did give him a little lecture about going about things that way, where he didn’t take much care of his own health, given he had a daughter waiting for him at home.”
“It is exactly like that, Daiki-kun. Your mother and I only had a patient-nurse relationship. But rather, it was I, who was the one who hit on her, saying I liked her and asking her to go out with me.”
Neneka’s father confessed that while scratching his head.
At this, Neneka’s eyes sparkled.
“What? So it was Dad who took the first step and confessed to stepmom?”
“That’s right, I even thought that, even though I’m this old and have a daughter who’s also old enough, I just couldn’t stop myself and as we talked to each other, I learned that Sana-san had also lost her spouse and was raising her son on her own. I felt like it was fate…”
Apparently, this remarried couple had quite a hot love story.
It was no wonder that they had been making out ever since they moved in together.
“Yesterday we completed a week since we started living together, but it feels strange and hard to believe that it’s only been a week. That’s how comfortable I feel living here,” my mother said with a sincere look on her face.
“… I’ve been so desperate that even I never realized it until now, but I guess I’ve been feeling lonely as well. I feel really happy right now.”
“Sana-san…”
Neneka’s father kept his hands over my mother’s and gently clasped it.
Our parents were supposed to have had a lovey-dovey date during the day, but apparently, it seemed that they hadn’t flirted enough just yet.
“I can’t give you the same things as Sana-san’s former husband, but I will support Sana-san in my own way so… you don’t have to hold it in alone anymore.”
“Ryosuke-san…”
It was quite touching to see them holding hands with each other after having lost their spouses more than ten years ago and having to raise their children all by themselves. I was thinking such things as I ate my chocolate cake.
–It really seemed like this flirting was going to be going on for a long time… I guess it was time to escape to my room before it started impacting my mental health in a negative way.
This entire week, I had something that was constantly on my mind. It was about the question: 『 Why do I get so angry when I see my parents making out happily with each other? 』
At first, I thought it was because I had no tolerance for this sight. I also thought that it was because I was in an adolescent phase, and so, I couldn’t digest my parent’s flirting with each other physiologically.
But now I could at last understand.
It was because, here I was having to be completely conscious and flirt with Neneka in the shadows, not letting my parents or anyone know about it while my parents on the other hand were living their life, flirting all they want in broad daylight.
In other words, I was jealous.
I quickly shoved the rest of the chocolate cake into my mouth so that I could get away from this flirting scene. But, just then, under the table, Neneka poked my leg with her toes.
When I glanced back at Neneka, she was also eating her cake with an indifferent look on her face.
Apparently, Neneka was also quite envious of our parents.
Adding my emotions with the thought that Neneka should also finish eating as soon as possible, I tugged back at Neneka’s toes in response.
“Ryosuke-san as well, don’t work too hard by yourself anymore, okay? You’ve been working hard all this time by yourself, so you don’t need to push yourself too hard from here on out, okay?”
“Thank you, Sana-san.”
Our parents continued to stare into each other’s eyes.
Did they forget the fact that their children were also present in the same room as them right now?
I bet it wouldn’t be long before they would go off into their own world and then disappear into their bedroom after a while.
As I was thinking about excusing myself to my own room and leaving them be, my mother unexpectedly spoke to Neneka as I was drinking some milk. “By the way, Neneka-chan? Did Daiki ever do something rude to you?”
“Eh?”
I guessed that Neneka also didn’t expect to be asked this in such a situation. Perhaps surprised, she replied in a high-pitched voice, “No, not at all…!”
“That’s right … What do you mean by something rude?” Suddenly having this topic of the conversation thrust onto us made Neneka and I nervous all of a sudden.
“Hmm… Let’s see, like peeking at you during your bath, or something like that?”
“!!!”
I almost spitted out the stuff in my mouth.
Giving her a side-ways glance, I saw that Neneka was also holding her mouth with her hand.
I kept my cool and instead replied to my mother as I gathered up my share of dishes into the kitchen. “I would never do that. …As if those types of incidents happen often to me.”
“That’s right. Onii-chan isn’t the kind of person who would commit such a crime.”
“I know, right? In the first place, there’s no way that Daiki would have the guts to do that. Well, if something is ever done to you in the future, feel free to let me know, okay?”
“Yes! Of course!”
To our parents, our faces would have looked the same as usual.
However, inside, I was drenched in sweat.
Because, in fact, we had already met and exchanged glances at each other in the bath on the first day of living together. I could never possibly tell her that.
Neneka’s father listened to our conversation with a cheerful smile on his face. Then, after a few moments, he said to my mother, “I trust Daiki-kun too. I can tell just by looking at his intelligent, sincere, and straightforward eyes that it’s similar to Sana-san’s.”
My mother’s expression melted into a happy one upon hearing Neneka’s father’s sweet words.
“Ara~? Do I have eyes like that?”
“You do… Come here, show me more of your beautiful eyes…”
“You can look at them anytime you want, you know? Want to look at them now…?”
My parents looked at each other again.
What the h—l are they making us watch?
As if to escape from the lovey-dovey aura of our parents, Neneka also brought her own dishes to the kitchen.
“Shall we also take our leave so that we don’t get in their way?” Neneka smiled wryly.
“Agreed.”
Seriously… To have your own children be mindful of their parent’s actions and atmosphere at this age – such troublesome parents we have.
“Gochisousama~”
“Gochisousamadeshita~”
For the time being, we decided to take our leave from the living room.
Neneka and I returned back to our own rooms after that.