The Most Beautiful Girl in School Has Become a Mother

My first time as a “mom” was tough, but it was fun.

At first, I was worried whether I could talk well with Shuri-chan and whether I could fulfill the role of “mom” even though I didn’t know her mother, but considering it was my first time, I think I did pretty well.

I never thought we would suddenly start calling each other by our names… but honestly, I was really happy to be called by my name. My heart felt warm, and I secretly wanted him to call me more. But of course, I would never tell him that.

The first thing I realized when I visited his house was that he is really hard working. While I was playing with Shuri-chan, he was doing the chores that had piled up, and even the ones he probably wasn’t good at, he was doing his best for his younger sister. That really came across strongly.

As I watched him, I gradually became more and more attracted to his charm, and I started wanting to help him. The reason I decided to play the role of “mom” the next day was surely because of those feelings.

Of course, I enjoyed playing with Shuri-chan, and it was also cute how she would cling to me like a mother. My maternal instincts were overflowing, and I felt like those maternal instincts were starting to be directed not only towards Shuri-chan but also towards him.

I might have had the talent to give off a “motherly” vibe. I still don’t fully understand what that “motherly” vibe is, but ever since I started playing with Shuri-chan, Momo-chan has started saying, “I feel a maternal vibe from Mi-chan!” So it seems that’s definitely the case.

But the reason I awakened that talent… I think it’s because deep down, he was seeking someone to fulfill that need. I might get scolded for saying this, but he was looking for someone to rely on.

I realized it on the second day at lunch—when I made spaghetti napolitan. He looked at something on our dining table and cried. That’s when I understood that his heart had reached its limit. Just like when I was in elementary school, his heart was reaching its limit, but he was pretending not to notice because of Shuri-chan… If this continues, he will eventually break. That was the anxiety I felt.

That can be seen from the fatigue he occasionally showed. He was so devoted to his sister that he hadn’t created a place to rest his own mind and body.

The human body is a mysterious thing; when the mind is tired, the body becomes tired, and when the body is tired, the mind also becomes tired. If left as it is, he will undoubtedly reach his limits both mentally and physically.

I can’t even imagine what will happen then, how it will explode. He had been holding onto so much.

Before I knew it, I had come to want to be his support.

“Don’t sacrifice yourself. Let’s make memories together.”

“Spending time with Isaki-kun and Shuri-chan, playing together… then it will surely become a memory just for us.”

I think these words must have come from such feelings.

And when I said this, it was also the moment I made a certain resolution. I decided in my heart to become a family with the two of them, to turn this pretend family life into something real, and it was also the moment my priorities changed. The “number one” for me became these two.

──There have been a lot of things.

Just by looking at his sleeping face and recalling what happened over the past month, a smile unconsciously spreads across my face.

The first time I became a “mom,” the first time I liked a boy, the first time I held hands, the first time I revealed the darkness of my heart and my past, the first time we confessed our feelings to each other, the first time we kissed… all of it happened within this one month. This is truly what they mean by a bolt from the blue. I can’t believe it myself.

In just one month, so much has happened, so from now on, every day will surely bring even more events. Both he and I are still second-year high school students, and Shuri-chan has just turned five. It’s already quite challenging to deal with our own matters, and on top of that, there’s a five-year-old, so there must be more upheavals waiting for us.

I can’t even imagine what kind of turmoil that would be. Maybe, just like Shuri-chan and he had a falling out, it could happen to me and him this time.

But──

“…From now on, let’s overcome things together as the three of us, just like today.”

I slightly lift my body and gently kiss his forehead, which is sleeping defenselessly.

Is it inappropriate for me to initiate a kiss? But since no one is watching, it should be safe.

After kissing Shuri-chan’s forehead, I closed my eyes in satisfaction. It wasn’t long after that my consciousness was swept away into the depths of sleepiness.