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Miyabi and I walked for more than ten minutes. We arrived at a residential area a short distance from the center of town. This area is a high-end residential area with large houses in a good location and landscape.
Just as he wondered what was so important that he had to go to such a place, Miyabi stopped. A modern house with a large garden stood out among the houses in this residential area.
“What is this place?”
“This is my house.”
“Ha!?”
I was surprised by the unexpected answer out loud. I had heard that the house was thick, but I had not expected it to be this thick. Perhaps because I had thought it was just a joke, the impact this fact had on me was huge.
Leaving me surprised, Miyabi operated a switch on the side of the large gate. The gate slowly opened with an electronic sound.
“Come in. Are you going to stand there until …… night?”
“No, you, I’m not talking about the fact that it’s not a hotel. ……”
“This is not the case! I just want you to know something. ……”
My jokes went back down my throat when I received an answer that was more serious than I had expected.
I was looking around the landscaped garden as Masa led the way to the front door. I was somewhat nervous because it had been a long time since I had been invited to a stranger’s house, even one of the opposite gender.
I was first greeted by the spacious entrance hall. After putting on my shoes, I went up and saw the open living room. In the hallway, there were several expensive-looking paintings. I have no sense of aesthetics, so I don’t know how good they are.
If I had to describe this stern yet somehow uncomfortable view in one word, I would say it was an “imaginary rich man’s house”
As I was walking after Miyabi, a large man appeared from a corner. He was so tall that even I had to look up lightly to see his face, and I stopped moving involuntarily.
The man slowly opened his mouth as he shifted his gaze from his phone to Miyabi.
“….. you’re home.”
I guess this man is Miyabi’s father. He has an air of demeanor that would be best described as unkind, and his words are too blunt to describe them to his family. Miyabi stopped, but only gave a slight nod.
“…. who’s that guy over there?”
“Boyfriend.”
“Wha….!!”
“…. I see.”
Miyabi’s father glanced at me and left without saying anything. If someone like that told me, “Not my daughter,” I would probably be shocked.
I followed Miyabi, who remained silent. We walked up the stairs until we reached the end of a long hallway, where Miyabi stopped.
“This is my room. Please come in.”
I entered the room without any prompting. A neatly organized desk. A bed lined with stuffed animals. Wrinkle-free sheets. It was not a clean room, but rather a room with no signs of use.
“Please sit down at your leisure. here.”
Miyabi sat down on the bed and asked me to sit next to her. I did as I was told and sat down next to her. The sweet aroma in the room stirred up my lust, but I held back. I’ll be killed by those two if I touch them again.
“…… just now, that’s my dad. He’s unfriendly, but he used to laugh a lot.”
Miyabi began to speak softly and quietly. The sadness that clung to her profile made me see her weakness.
“In the past, we were not a very wealthy family, and we were bullied by others. But even in that situation, we were a close family. No matter how hard it got, Mom, Dad, and I would always try to get over it.”
Her depression caused Miyabi’s expression to be hidden by her gray hair. But the curtains that shielded her and me did not hide the difference in emotional temperature. I am sure that Miyabi is now trying to tell me something that she has been hiding from me.
“It all started when I was about to enter …… junior high school. My father’s business began to succeed and our family started to become wealthy. We were finally free from the bitterness of poverty, and the whole family rejoiced together. We should have ended up here……. After gaining more wealth than we wanted, my parents’ relationship gradually cooled. Now dad don’t care about me. Even when I bring men in like this or dye my hair.”
“…..What about your mother?”
“Huh? I think she’s playing with men like me. …People around me started to change the color of their eyes and treat me differently when they found out I was rich. ……A relationship between people is like this in the end. They are easily reshaped by where the money is.”
Miyabi’s voice, covered in bitterness and sadness, trembled faintly. The fact that at her age she had come to know the human obsession with money was the saddest thing of all.
“In the end, it’s all about money. Relationships formed with money cannot be severed so easily. They are equal, and they give you an equivalent commensurate with your reward.”
“Is that why you’re playing on the streets at night……?”
“Yes. That’s what I do.”
I was so emotional that I couldn’t say anything. I know best the suffering caused by her parents’ selfishness. That’s why I felt so sorry for her because she was covered in scars.
“…A parent’s love is something that is inevitably given to a child, no matter how old they are. It’s weird when you have the choice to love or not love, it’s not normal.”
Miyabi remained silent. The silence, as if to say, “I know that,” pierced my heart painfully.
“Do you understand ……? This is me. This is me, the troublesome woman who tells personal stories to men who come on to her and lures their sympathy. If you understand, please give up quickly.”
“…I’m not so graceful as to give up with just one word like that. You know that, right?”
That’s a lie. If I were the normal me, I would have given up right here. It’s too much trouble to go into someone else’s home. The reason why I didn’t give up is because I saw myself in the past in Miyabi’s depressed appearance.
“…You want me to help you, right? If you’re going to tell me a better lie, tell me a better one.”
“…Please don’t do that.”
“I am not a big enough man to get involved in other people’s family affairs, but I can help you at least one person.”
“Please stop!”
That cry was just an act to keep me away. Acting out something you’re not used to will make you look like a fool. I could see her moist eyes through the pure white curtains.
“I’m not going to stop. What’s wrong….?”
“……”
“Eh?”
“I’m starting to like you!”
What kind of hysterical words would come back to me, but what popped out from the curtain was a face dyed bright red. I was stunned by the moment, and Miyabi began to speak.
“All of a sudden, that a tall, handsome man showed up, and he was physically compatible with me, and he treated me like a gentleman, and when I was in trouble, he would come to my rescue, and I felt at ease with him, so I almost misunderstood him! So we started talking about our lives a lot, and I even thought about starting a relationship with him. That’s how I am!”
“…… fufu, hahaha, hahaha.”
“…… Yes, I’m a strange woman, I am.”
“Not that …… Miyabi, if you like me, you can like me. You can think about me first in everything you do, think about me all the time, and pathetically scramble to be liked more than other women. I’ve heard that relationships you’re talking about can be cut short very quickly if you don’t have money. Try it.”
Red against the pure white head of hair. Her moist eyes shook with hope.
“Love me to your heart’s content, whether falsely or with all your heart. Then I will give you my love as an equivalent. ……How’s that?”
“…..Senpai is not fair.”
Miyabi’s eyes painted a crimson crescent moon.
The first thing to do is to make sure that you have a good time.
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“…. See you tomorrow.”
I didn’t miss the fact that Miyabi, who had come to see me off, spilled a complaint. I smiled at her as I did when we first met and asked her about it.
“What, you were not planning on coming tomorrow?”
“…..What’s wrong with me going when I want to go? It’s not for senpai’s sake.”
A blatant lie. After all, this one is really bad at acting. Her true feelings are completely exposed.
“I like that about you. See you later. I love you, my honey.”
“Whaa!!? You’re not fair!”
I think I’m finally getting things sorted out.
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