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The next day, we decided to go out as a family as planned.
“Ryo, I realized I don’t have any clothes to wear.”
“You have that light blue dress.”
“That’s important to me, so I’m not wearing it today.”
Toka muttered as she rummaged through her belongings. The light blue dress… It was the first piece of clothing Toka and I ever bought together. She wore it once, but I haven’t seen her wear it since. But she must have a lot of sentimental value attached to it.
“Will people laugh at me if I wear my uniform?”
“Maybe if you’re the only one wearing a uniform.”
“Then will you wear your uniform too, Ryo-kun?”
“What, am I getting dragged into this too!?”
In the end, we didn’t even watch the movie yesterday, and just ended up chatting aimlessly as a family before going our separate ways. The conversation about Kagurazaka Kaede also ended there. Toka herself doesn’t seem to have a very good impression of it, so I think it’s best not to mention it anymore. Well, in a sense, it’s because of Kagurazaka that Toka came to be called a “failed upbringing.” I understand her feelings very well.
“Ryo kun, make me cute.”
Toka suddenly climbed onto my lap as I was sitting on the bed. In one hand, she held the comb I had given her as a gift.
“Your hair isn’t that messy today, is it?”
“I just want you to do it because it feels good. Also, you always say I’m cute when you do that, right?”
“Toka, you’re always cute.”
“I don’t like it when I make you say that.”
“You’re so selfish!”
Toka was jumping up and down on my lap. Oh, my butt… I mean, the bed is going to break! Toka is unusually excited today!
“Toka nee chan-chan!”
I hear Yuzuha’s voice from downstairs.
“Come on, Yuzuha is calling you!”
“Okay.”
When I say that, Toka finally calms down. She jumps lightly off my lap and tries to leave the room, but…
“Ryo-kun.”
“What?”
“Thank you for bringing me to your house, Ryo-kun.”
Toka hugged me tightly from the front.
When I went down to the living room, Yuzuha was waiting at the front door with her backpack on. As soon as she saw Toka, she smiled brightly.
“Onee chan is next to me, so don’t come near me, nii chan.”
“Why not!”
When I protested, Yuzuha turned away with a snort. Suddenly, my sister was being cold to me…
“The three of you stay behind.”
In the garden, my father was preparing the car.
“By the way, why are you both wearing uniforms?”
“Because Toka said she didn’t have any casual clothes…”
“you didn’t have to say anything Niichan”
Yuzuha is acting strange today. She’s being really prickly towards me.
“Ryo kun, Ryo kun.”
Toka whispered to me.
“It looks like we’re going on a drive date today.”
“The whole family is coming with us! It’ll be trouble if they find out, so I’m bringing sunglasses!”
“Won’t sunglasses with uniforms make us stand out even more?”
As Toka and I laughed together, my father called us over with the car keys in his hand.
“Come on, get in! We’re going to be late!”
My father was unusually energetic today…
(I guess I should thank Toka for that.)
The Asahina Toka effect is formidable. It’s been a long time since the Kuga family has been so united.
“Onii chan, go over there. Shh.”
There was one person who wasn’t united with the rest of us! What’s wrong with Yuzuha today?
My father sat in the driver’s seat and my mother sat in the passenger seat. The three of us got into the back seat. My father’s car is a mass-produced car that starts with “P” and ends with “S.” It’s a relatively old car that is usually only used for commuting.
Yuzuha and I sat on either side of the back seat. Toka sat in the middle. No, she ended up sitting there.
I actually tried to be considerate and sit in the middle, but Yuzuha beat me to it and said, “Nee chan gets the middle seat,” so I couldn’t argue. I’m completely being avoided by Yuzuha.
“Haa..”
Well, it’s fine. I kind of understand why… Middle school girls can be a bit troublesome.
“Toka chan, do you ever go out with your family like this?”
“No, I don’t.”
Toka immediately answers my mother’s question. The atmosphere in the car freezes for a moment.
My mother has unknowingly stepped on a landmine.
“Well, I used to take Ryo and Yuzu shopping like this.”
“Really?”
“Yes, Ryo and Yuzu were really close siblings.”
What’s wrong with Mom today? Why does she want to step on landmines so much? And she’s going to some pretty high-powered places, too.
“Mom, don’t say unnecessary things!”
“What are you embarrassed about? Yuzu has always been a onii chan’s girl.”
“That doesn’t mean you have to say it now!”
“Yuzu, because Ryo likes Toka chan, she wrote that her dream for the future is to be Asahina Toka.”
“Aaaah!”
It’s embarrassing to hear this… Why do mothers talk about things that embarrass their children as if they were fun memories?
“Is that right, Yuzu-chan?”
“Well, when I was a child…”
“Thank you. I’m glad you said that.”
Yuzuha’s face turns bright red. Toka’s straight ball hits Yuzuha’s catcher’s mitt with a critical hit.
“Ryo kun, I want to have a child like Yuzu-chan.”
The former child actress suddenly started talking about children.
“What do you mean by that?”
“A child with Ryo kun…”
“Shut up!”
I hurriedly covered Toka’s mouth.
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