The time when I forcibly slept with my friend's sister!

Tsukasa Kaori—Yui and Ichinose’s mother—always had insecurities regarding the boy named Hikari Riku.

She came to know about this boy back when her son was in middle school. Generally, Ichinose kept his friends limited to the school boundaries; however, this single boy was able to break those limitations and become Ichinose’s best friend.

Initially, it was only Ichinose occasionally bringing up the name, so Kaori didn’t ponder much. Although she had someone do some research on the boy and his background, Kaori didn’t pay much attention to this unexpected best friend of her son.

However, soon her interest in the boy elevated when not only Ichinose but Yui as well began to talk about him, describing how cool and supportive her Senpai was.

Naturally, as a guardian, Kaori and her husband, Raeji, were a little stressed at this abrupt familiarity with this boy, to the point where Riku began to even come to Tsukasa’s residence seldom. And while Ichinose was forbidden to stay over at a friend’s place until he reached high school, the boy mainly hung out at Riku’s place during the daytime as well.

It was getting a little concerning that Riku came over often those days since Riku and Yui were only a year apart, and at that age, children became aware of things like dating and physical relationships.

With this in mind, Kaori had a talk with Ichinose in Yui’s presence, telling him that he needs to tell Riku not to visit their home and also for Ichinose to be a responsible big brother.

That was the first day when Ichinose went against his Mama’s word and even dared to have an argument with her.

If not for Raeji, then Ichinose might have received a slap from his mother, but things settled down after that. Kaori didn’t know why, but Riku’s visits became infrequent, much to her relief.

She anticipated that one day the friendship between the two boys would fade away once they reach high school and Yui’s affection toward Riku, which has begun to morph into obsession, would also break once she gets to meet different people.

It wasn’t like Kaori had any problem with Riku, personally. Her concern remained in the upbringing of the boy.

While Riku belonged to a decent family, it was also a fact that his parents were never there during his tender age when children required their parents the most.

One might point the finger at Kaori and her husband as well, since they also remained away when Yui and Ichinose were growing up.

However, unlike Riku, Ichinose and Yui weren’t met by an unfortunate incident during their childhood and remained under the close care of people whom Kaori trusts and treats as her family (basically those servants who have been serving the family for ages).

However, she highly misjudged the situation and as a consequence of that, she was facing Hikari Riku at the moment.

Not as her son’s friend but as her daughter’s lover.

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The venue decided for the meeting was Tsukasa residence, guest reception.

On the joint sofa sat the older pair and also the man and the woman of the house, while on the sofa across them sat Riku with Yui beside him.

The expression Riku wore was far from how Kaori envisioned.

While the boy didn’t have any extraordinary facial features, his sitting posture and confident visage added a point to his charm; Kaori noted.

From her research, Riku had no exceptional talent, and academically, he was average. If anything, then his interest in literature could prove some worth in the future and also, his body-building craze. Other than that, he was close to a regular teenage boy.

If anyone, then it was Yui who looked distressed, but Kaori didn’t have any intention of comforting the girl as of now.

“Hikari Riku. If right now, as Yui’s mother, I tell you to stop seeing my daughter…what will you do?” Adjusting her glasses, Kaori asked.

Her gaze never faltered from the boy, but she could tell without looking at them that not only her daughter but even her husband wasn’t comfortable with the blunt question.

On the other hand, Riku’s gaze narrowed only for a margin of a second before he returned to his usual self and answered seriously,

“For the first few days, I would keep my distance, but once you keep your guard down, I will somehow sneak my way to meet Yui. And it will only continue until we don’t turn eighteen.”

Three different people and three different reactions.

Kaori just raised her brows. Raeji widened his eyes. Yui had a mixture of reactions which ranged from surprise to elation before a sudden regret hit her.

Kaori missed the look her daughter had, before she asked, “That means you are a disobedient kind of kid who goes against your elder’s words and does whatever seems right to you?”

Although she asked, it seemed more like she was forcing allegations on him.

“Even if you regard this as disobedience, I have no intention of backing away from my statement. After all, when I confessed to Yui, I told her that regardless of the situation or person who comes between us, I will never leave her side.”

Tilting his head down a little and narrowing his gaze a little, Riku concluded,

“And trust me, I can go some absurd length to keep my commitment.”

A heavy silence descended the reception area as the four individuals sat with varying emotions flashing across their eyes.

Kaori was here to determine the resolution the boy held toward this relationship and if she found any insecurity from either side, she would have explicitly told Riku to break up with her daughter.

However, up until now, all she could see from the boy was his sheer determination toward Yui. And as for her daughter…then the love-stricken expression she wore for the boy was enough to answer the lady.

“You said eighteen…why?” Kaori was uncertain why the boy added the specific age into account. Apart from becoming an adult, Yui still would be studying by that time, so being entirely independent was out of the question.

Then why…

Regardless of how much she thinks, Kaori could have never landed on the answer Riku stated,

“Of course, because I will marry Yui once we become adults.”

“!!!” (Kaori)

“…” (Raeji)

“*fainted*”(Yui)

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A/N:- Hold your horses, Yui, the meeting is still not complete.

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