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In the evening I come home from the pool like a dream. I’ve showered but something doesn’t feel right, so I decided to take a bath before dinner today.
As I was walking down the hallway directly to the bathroom, I noticed a strange poster on the door of the training room. What is this?
[No entering this room during this time of day.]
This must be my father’s handwriting. Why is this posted again?
I invited Takeda san to join me at the pool today, but she refused, saying it was before he lost weight and he had muscle training. She would have been huffing and puffing at the usual time of day.
I put my face to the door and listened carefully.
“Hmph ! Hmph ! Hmph !”
All I hear is my father groaning. I don’t hear any hmmm from Takeda san.
Well, it’s my father…I hope he’s not doing something naughty to Takeda san in the training room. Or I’ll tell my mother.
This is a divorce crisis.
I couldn’t stand it and opened the door vigorously.
Bang ! !
“That’s enough ! What are you doing ! It’s not fair that you’re the only one doing it !”
“What else is there to do but strength training?”
My father, who had put down the 180 kg barbell, gave the obvious answer.
Apparently, he was just bench pressing and had nothing to hide. Divorce crisis averted. That’s good.
“Hey, where’s Takeda san?”
“Chizuru sama finished her run about a half hour ago and left. What would you do if Chizuru sama was here? There was a sign prohibiting from entering the room, wasn’t there?”
“I thought you were doing something weird behind my back.
“Are you an idiot? I only wanna do weird things to your mother.”
“I can’t hear you. I can’t hear you. I need a bath.”
I left the training room and headed back to the bathroom.
Come to think of it, she said we wouldn’t see each other during summer vacation. Is that why she banned me from entering? It’s a bit thorough, but something like this will definitely fit perfectly.
As I was about to put my hand on the door to the changing room to open it, the door opened automatically.
Rattle, rattle, rattle.
“Ah…….”
There was a tiger.
I had just met a tiger. The tiger’s habitat was neither India nor a zoo. It was in the ring.
It was the moment when a humanoid creature wearing a tiger mask and a cloak to hide its body came out of the changing room.
“Erm……w-who are you?”
“…..It’s Takeda.”
“W-what are you doing, Takeda san? You look like a professional wrestler…….”
“I thought I’d wear this if I met Sahara kun inside the house.”
“Would you go that far, normally…..?”
It seems that Takeda san wants to go all out to play surprise. What exactly is the wish that would surprise me and make it come true?
Takeda san looked down for a moment and then muttered something.
“Besides…I’m sad that I can’t meet Sahara kun after all…”
“Huh?”
“I-I’m gonna cook dinner with Aunty now, so take your time in the bath !”
Takeda san suddenly shouted and quickly disappeared towards the kitchen.
I soaked myself in the bath water and had my usual relaxing time. But the temperature was set at 42 degrees Celsius. It’s the same temperature as usual, but today it feels unusually hot……
*****
When I got out of the bath and entered the living room, I saw my mother learning how to cook from a tiger. Miki is also calmly relaxing on the sofa.
I’ve always wondered what it is about our family’s adaptability. Don’t you wonder a little more? This sense of the unusual.
“I’m home, Miki.”
“Welcome home, Onii chan.”
“By the way, Miki, there’s a tiger in the kitchen.”
“Sure is.”
“Don’t you think it’s weird?”
“I think it’s cute.”
I never knew that Miki likes tigers.
Sister, tigers are in the cat family, but no matter how much you like cats, dangerous things are dangerous. It is true that some people in other countries keep tigers, but if you make a mistake in keeping them, they will gobble you up.
“Why does she have to go to such lengths?”
“Haa〜, Onii chan is no good after all〜. That’s why……”
“That’s why?”
“Oops, nothing.”
“If you’ve said that much, just say it. You’ll be punished with a tickle. This is for the payback.”
“Oh, no, no, no, no, that tickles.”
When I was playing with my sister, the tiger told me it was time for dinner. Usually, it’s the other way around.
It seems Takeda san is going to have dinner with us today. Her appearance is that of a tiger mask, but I don’t care anymore.
Only Takeda san and my father are on different menus. My father seems to be in his usual weight-loss phase.
“It’s delicious……too delicious……to be able to eat such delicious food during the weight loss period…… Oh, Chizuru sama……”
My father cried as he began to enthusiastically take a mouthful of food.
Apparently, my father had already been gobbled up and bitten……
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