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I arrived home and thought.
By chance, I had made a connection with the Nanase family.
At first, I was going to get along with Haruka, but I unexpectedly got along with her mother.
The collection was due to arrive in exactly one week’s time, and I decided to pay a visit to the house to meet them.
As expected, 20 million isn’t a huge amount from the family’s point of view, but it would be bad if I didn’t consult my parents, and just in case, I could definitely save the Nanase family by borrowing father’s help.
Sano Akuru thought that his parents did not love him, but in fact, that is not true.
In the game, his parents were too busy to take care of him, and that made it hard for them to give him any attention when he was having a rough time.
Both the father and mother loved their son with all their hearts.
“Haa~ Even though I know that, I haven’t talked with them for a long time~”
To be honest, I was nervous about talking to my father, I had planned to do my best to get along with him eventually, but I didn’t think the time would come so soon.
“Alright! Let’s get ready.”
And so I made the call.
“Akuru?”
Dad was still puzzled.
“Um, it’s been a while, Dad.”
“Y-yeah, it’s been a long time.”
“I don’t know if you know this, but I’m sorry for all the trouble I’ve caused you.”
“No, we’re the ones who are sorry. We’re sorry we haven’t been with you since you were a little kid, even though it’s our job.”
“It’s okay, I’ve been thinking about it, and I’ve decided to be more serious about life after high school.”
“I don’t know what happened, but maybe the three of us should talk sometime.”
“Yeah, sure.”
“I’ll talk to mother and we’ll celebrate your birthday together next time. Can we talk then?”
“Sure, no problem.”
I was nervous at first, but we talked more normally than I expected.
“So, you called me out of the blue, is something wrong?”
“Yeah, actually, it’s …….”
I told him everything, about the Nanase family, about how I wanted Haruka to smile, about how I had never met Kaori san before and how I wanted to help her, and about how important I felt about Kaori san. I told him everything.
“I see, so in your mind, that person is someone you want to save to that extent.”
“Yeah.”
“I don’t know if it’s something I can say, but honestly, I don’t have any doubts about it. You just met her once and she gave you what we haven’t been able to give you since you were born.”
“…..”
I was speechless, not knowing what to say.
“But this is just a jealous kind of feeling, you don’t have to worry about it, if you want to help, help, I’ll do what I can, you do what you can.”
“Thanks, Dad.”
“Yeah, I got it.”
It had been a long time since I heard my father’s voice, but it sounded like he was happy.
“So, this Haruka-chan, is she your girlfriend?”
I was a little bit surprised to hear him teasing me.
“No, it’s not like that, I just want her to be well”
I’m not lying about this feeling. When I was a game player, I liked all three of them, I really liked them all equally, no one was my favorite.
So, although I had no involvement in this world, just watching them was enough, but it is also true that as I got to know them better, I became greedy.
But I tried as much as possible not to show those feelings.
Akuru was only wishing for the happiness of the three heroines.
“Haha, well, let’s put it that way, but you should introduce me next time.”
“Yes, I promise to do that.”
“Yeah, well, I’m at work, so send me the details on LIME.”
“Yeah, thanks, I’ll see you later.”
“Yeah”
“Oh~, that’s great.~”
The conversation went better than I had imagined.
I’m sure I can repair the relationship with my father and solve the Nanase family problem.
Kaori-san won’t accept the money unless it’s very urgent, so I need to be there when the collection comes.
The people I’m dealing with are well-known backroom gangs around here, so there’s a chance that money alone won’t be enough to solve the problem.
So I asked my father, who has a big reputation, to put pressure from above.
“Okay! Perfect, this will definitely work.”
Now I just have to wait until a week later.
The next day I went to school and Haruka talked to me.
“Hey, can I talk to you for a minute?”
“Hmm? What is it?”
“Come to the rooftop at lunchtime.”
“Oh, yeah.”
Of all people, Suguru is standing next to her, and she says something like that, which makes Suguru’s face look really weird.
And why is Ai staring at me?
I sat down thinking that things were going to be troublesome in the morning.
“Hey Haruka, why did you call that guy out?”
Suguru was asking with a stern expression on his face.
“It’s not a big reason, don’t worry about it.”
“You’ve heard rumors about him, haven’t you?”
Hey, it’s normal to say things like that when the person in question is around.
“It’s okay, I’m not going to meet him outside of school, he’s not going to do anything at school.
“Well, that’s true, but you can tell me right away if you need anything.”
“Yes, thank you for your concern.”
When Haruka said this with a smile, Suguru blatantly stretched out his nose and was embarrassed.
I was looking at him like that when my phone rang.
[I don’t know what happened with Haruka, but don’t do anything weird.]
I received such a text message from Ai.
I looked at Ai, wondering if I could be that untrustworthy, but she was still staring at me.
I replied with a wry smile.
[I told you it’s okay, I’ll live my life seriously.]
[I believe you.]
I smiled and waved at her.
She turned her eyes away from me and her cheeks turned a little red.
I didn’t notice because I was too busy smiling to see what was going on around me.
Seeing this exchange, I noticed Suguru looking at me with a fierce expresion beside me, without any intention of hiding it.
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