Volume 4 Chapter 2

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“…Haah, I don’t understand anything at all…” I complained out loud, holding a glass of highball* on my hand. TL/N: Type of whiskey.

Satoya, who was sitting next to me, was laughing at my sorry state.

The first night of Obon…

We were drinking alcohol together in Satoya’s room.

Like typical university students, we were drinking in an apartment.

His house was outside the prefecture, so he lived on his own in a students’ apartment. This year, he had already returned home at the start of August, to avoid the Obon traffic jams.

He had told me before that his girlfriend would return to her parents’ home, so he’d be free during Obon.

Thus, I gave him a call and went to drink at his apartment.

Neither Satoya nor I are particularly big on drinking, but today I wanted to drink something.

“Shit… Why is she making me suffer like this…?”

“Fufufu. It’s quite rare to see you lose composure like this.” Satoya tilted his glass and laughed as if it was someone else’s problem.

By the way, he was drinking canned Chūhai*. TL/N: Abbreviation of “shōchū highball” (焼酎ハイボール), look it up if you’re interested.

Looks like he liked sweet alcohol that tastes like juice.

“But it’s unusual for you to want to drink something like this.”

“…Sometimes, I just want to drink something.” I said, pouring more whisky on my empty glass and adding some carbonated water.

When I tend to drink highball, I prepare it with a balanced taste in mind, but right now, I don’t care about that. As long as I could get wasted, anything was fine.

“I… really don’t get Ayako-san.”

Due to the alcohol, I was saying things I wouldn’t normally say.

“The day after she suddenly kissed me, she clearly looked awkward and when I thought she was going to say something, my mom comes and interrupts us… What was all that about? What’s with all the insinuations? What am I supposed to do now…?”

In the last few days, my head has been full of thoughts about my kiss with Ayako-san.

The unexpected and first kiss of my life.

Furthermore, it was the person I love who kissed me.

It’s impossible for me to not be happy.

I don’t know how many times I’ve fantasized with kissing her these last few years. I’ve had a lot of perverted fantasies in a lot of different situations.

But… I’ve never fantasized a situation like this one.

Of being suddenly kissed and then being avoided.

“There, there. She texted you, didn’t she? She wanted to speak to you when she gets back, so just hold on for a couple days.”

“…Well, that’s true.”

I received a message this morning.

“When I get back, I want to talk to you. It’s an important conversation.”

If she says something like that, I can’t do anything but accept.

I’ll have to be patient for a couple more days until Obon is over.

Considering that I’ve waited for 10 years, this isn’t much.

But…

“Right now… a couple days seem to be as long as life itself.”

What does she want to talk about?

What’s she thinking of right now?

You can’t help but imagine all kinds of things and I was dying to know the answers.

These 3 days of Obon felt like an eternity.

“Ayako-san doesn’t understand… how much influence she has over my heart with every unconscious action she takes. She’s always been like this…”

I’ve been one-sidedly in love with her for 10 years.

I don’t know how many times my heart has beaten faster for these unconscious gestures.

To Ayako-san, I was just a kid… That’s why she was always acting defenseless and was full of openings, and somehow, there were a lot of indecent moments due to that.

To be honest… I’ve seen her underwear many times.

“Certainly. Ayako-san definitely is at fault this time.” Agreed Satoya. “When you told me you’ve been in love with a woman who’s 10 years older than you for 10 years, I was wondering what kind of wonderful adult woman she was, but… Ayako-san doesn’t look like an adult at all.” He smiled wryly. “Of course, as a member of society and as a mother, I think she’s an excellent person… But when it’s about love, I don’t know if it’s inexperience or immaturity, but I just feel she’s dumb… To be honest, I think she’s a rather problematic woman.”

“Hey, that’s enough. Don’t you dare talk any more shit about her.”

“Huh…?”

When I complained, Satoya’s face looked like a person who had just been betrayed.

“I was just trying to support you… Or rather, you’re the one who started complaining about her.”

“I get pissed when others do it.” I took a drink and continued. “…But to be honest, I also share your opinion a little. Ayako-san is quite problematic… Makes me wonder if she’s really over 30. But… I can’t help but love that problematic side of hers!”

Yes, it’s hopeless.

I was a little angry at her insinuating and incomprehensible attitude… but the happiness of being kissed by her overwhelmingly surpassed that.

My feelings for her kept getting stronger, while my anger kept withering rapidly.

“Shit… It’s no use, I love her too much. No matter how much she makes me suffer, I can’t stop loving her… What’s with her, is she a vampiress? To make me this mad in love, isn’t she actually a formidable love master?”

“Nope, nope, that’s not likely.” Satoya refuted immediately. “Your relationship is clearly not on that level… How to say it, it’s more like a game between amateurs who don’t understand the rules, so the game doesn’t advance.”

“…Gulp.”

I could only take a sip. I felt as if he had said something horrible, but I couldn’t answer back.

A game between amateurs.

Maybe it was.

I’ve had an unrequited love for 10 years, so it was obvious that I was an amateur in love.

I’ve never heard of Ayako-san’s love relationships, but it doesn’t seem like she dated anyone in these last 10 years, and Miu has also confirmed this to me.

She and I are just amateur players in the game of love.

And when 2 amateurs like us converge, it may look funny from outside. So, it’s inevitable that it looks like a low-level game of love.

“Getting back on track.” Said Satoya in a calm voice. “You say that she, without noticing, has been making you suffer during these last 10 years. And everything because she wasn’t conscious of her feelings. But… it’s different now, isn’t it?”

“…”

“Ayako-san knows how you feel. I’m sure that she’s conscious of it this time. About how much you must be suffering… and how anguished you must be.”

“…”

That… may be so.

The day after the kiss.

When we met in front of her house, she looked awkward and was avoiding me.

And to be honest, I thought I had messed something up.

But her face, while was repeating incoherent excuses… was full of impatience and guilt.

I could feel her desperation and seriousness so badly, that my chest hurt.

I was sure that Ayako-san didn’t avoid me because she wanted to, but because she had her own concerns, conflicts and torments.

“I understand you’re frustrated… I know you want to get some kind of answer as soon as possible, but don’t be so impatient. If you wait 2 more days, I’m sure that you’ll finally get the answer you want so badly.”

“…Well, who knows. There’s also the possibility that she’ll reject me.”

“That won’t happen… I think… I can’t say for sure, it all depends on Ayako-san.” Satoya smiled wryly. “In any case, you only have to believe in her and wait. I also think that it’s a good time to take a breather after how intense things have been lately.”

“You think?”

“Of course. This rest will also allow her to get her feelings sorted out. Besides, Miu is also with her, so nothing bad will happen.” Said Satoya plainly, but there was a clear trust in Miu within his words.

Hmm. Now that I recall, I heard that Satoya and Miu met up again after our family trip… Did something happen at that time?

Something that made him think that Miu was a trustworthy person?

“Well, in the end, it’s just a matter of time.”

“…How so? That ‘everything will be solved soon’ or that ‘we need to wait longer’?

“Hmm, both?”

“Both?”

“You need to wait, but that waiting period is important.”

It sounded contradictory, but I could understand it.

I needed to wait a little longer, but that little time was completely necessary.

It may even seem trivial, but it’s a moment you can’t ignore.

That’s why… It’s a matter of time in 2 ways.

I was shocked seeing it that way.

“Well, what do I know?” Added Satoya, ruining all seriousness with those reckless words of his.

“You don’t know?”

“Ahaha. Takumi, let me tell you something. It’s better not to listen to drunk people. They seem to talk passionately about something, but they’re actually just speaking in the heat of the moment. It’s silly to take them seriously.”

“…Oh, I see.”

Letting out a deep sigh, I took a sip again.

After that, the two of us kept drinking, making meaningless conversations until the clock hit past 9.

“…Hm? Isn’t it raining kind of hard?”

“That’s true… Wow, it’s really raining harder than I thought.”

When I opened the curtains, it was raining hard outside.

Since we were drinking in a closed room with the television on, I didn’t realize that it was raining hard outside.

“Really…? The weather forecast said it wasn’t going to rain.”

“What are you going to do, Takumi? Want me to lend you an umbrella?”

“Since it’s raining this hard, I’ll get soaked even with an umbrella.”

“Then, would you like to spend the night here?”

“Yeah, I’ll do just that, thanks… And sorry for bothering.”

Like a typical university student, I took the decision to spend the night outside home.

“Fufu. It’s been some time since you spent the night. I’m starting to get excited.” Said Satoya happily as I was texting my mother and returning to the table. “I won’t let you sleep tonight.”

“…Last time you said that, you fell asleep immediately.”

“What should we do? Want to put on makeup today?”

“Not at all.”

“Huh? Why? It’s fun. Even kids like to put on makeup nowadays. It’s not right to be prejudiced against them.”

“It may look good on a guy with a pretty face like you, but it would look terrible on a big guy like me.”

“That’s discrimination. There are many tall crossdressers.”

“Regardless, I’m not doing it.”

“Booo. Well, that’s alright. I’m not going to force you.” He said, slightly sulking. “Then, tell me an interesting story instead.”

“…Stop asking such absurd things.”

“But it’s nothing too complicated. Tell me some story about Ayako-san.”

“About Ayako-san?”

“Yes, tell me… some lewd story about her.”

“…That’s still absurd, you know?”

“Geez.” I sighed.

I’m not sure if it was due to the alcohol, but Satoya seems to have gotten somewhat horny.

Although I don’t know if he’s drunk or not since he didn’t look drunk at all.

A lewd story…

Well… I do have those!

I got a lot of lewd stories about Ayako-san!

I’ve been storing every single one of those events in my brain for the last decade.

Ayako-san always looked at me like a kid, hence why she was always defenseless and full of openings, so that gave me the privilege of experiencing many settings full of fanservice.

But there are so many stories that it’s hard to pick just one…

Suddenly, a story came up to my head.

Yeah, let’s go with that one.

It happened almost 10 years ago.

When I addressed myself in a more childish way.

And I called Ayako-san ‘Ayako mama.’

Just like today, it started raining unexpectedly.

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“Haah… we were supposed to have a fun barbeque party together, but unfortunately, the weather forecast was wrong, and it started to rain pretty hard.” Said Ayako mama, sounding disappointed, standing in the afternoon on her house. “We can’t do anything on this rain, so the barbeque will be postponed until next week. Therefore, let’s have a lot of fun inside the house, yay!”

“Yay!”

“Y-Yay…”

A 6-year-old Miu-chan rose her hand and yelled happily, but it was a bit embarrassing for 11 year old me.

In the Katsuragi household living room.

Just like how Ayako mama said, we were supposed to have a barbeque together.

We had made many preparations, but it suddenly started to rain hard.

So, there was no choice but to postpone the barbeque.

But, Miu-chan, who had been waiting for this day, got very sad, so Ayako mama and I decided to play with her.

“Takkun, is there something you want to do?”

“Something I want to do…? I don’t know.”

“Anything is fine. We can play house or with building blocks.”

“…U-Uhm…”

Hmm.

After all, Ayako mama seems to think that I’m a kindergarten kid the same age as Miu-chan.

But I’m 11 years old already.

I’m at an age where I tend to play with a PlayStation or a DS.

“I don’t want to do anything in particular, so whatever Miu-chan wants to play is fine.”

“My, how admirable, Takkun. You’re an excellent brother, good boy.” Ayako mama praised me and patted my head.

Uuh… She really treats me like a kid.

“Then, what do you want to do, Miu?”

“Hmmm.” After thinking about Ayako mama’s question a little, Miu-chan replied: “I want to play doctor!”

“D-Doctor?”

“Yes, Taku-nii. There are doctors in Love Kaiser now, you know?”

“I know, but…”

“—That’s right! Love Kaiser’s theme this year is medicine!”

Ayako mama intervened with an amazing momentum.

“’Love Kaiser White’… After the ambitious and controversial Love Kaiser Joker from last year, I wasn’t expecting much from this new series… but I never thought that they’d make a serious medical story for a morning block anime. It completely surprised me.”

“…”

“The main plot is a simple development in which the heroine, who is a doctor, transforms to defeat pathogens… But behind that plot, there’s an intense political drama set in a university hospital. Covering up medical errors, rampant plagiarism of studies, an antiquated society dominated by men, a terrible and ferocious and terrible fight between factions… In this corrupt university hospital, the scalpel of a lone and talented surgeon now shines!”

“…”

“I find it amazing how they molded a basic element of the series like grouping the Love Kaisers to gather a surgical team to tackle difficult surgeries. This weird, the lone and talented operating room nurse, joined the team, and the next week, looks like the lone genius anesthetist will finally make her debut—Ah.”

Ayako mama, who was speaking passionately, finally got back into her senses.

Probably because I had an indescribable look on my face.

“…T-That’s what it seems to be about. I watch it only because Miu wants to, so I don’t pay much attention to it, I don’t really get what’s happening. Haah, I’d much rather prefer keep sleeping my Sunday mornings.”

“Huh? What are you saying, mom? I said it’s fine to record it in the mornings, but you insisted on watching it live, so—mmgh.”

“Miu, shh, shh.”

Ayako mama hurriedly covered Miu-chan’s mouth when she started to tell the truth.

Looks like Ayako mama was very hooked on the morning block anime ‘Love Kaiser.’

I realized this when we went out to buy Miu-chan’s morning gift together.

But it seemed like Ayako mama wanted to keep a secret from me.

Though I don’t think there’s a need to be ashamed because of it.

Well, I guess it’s some sort of adult pride I still don’t understand.

In any case, I didn’t want to hurt her dignity, so I read the mood and pretended not to notice.

“Hmm. Then, just like Miu wants, let’s play doctor.”

Ayako mama went up to buy some toys from the second floor, among them, a syringe and a stethoscope, all so we could play doctor.

“Here, Taku-nii. You’ll be the doctor.”

“Huh? No need to. Why don’t you play as the doctor, Miu-chan?”

“No, I;m alright. Miu will be Jinko-chan and I’ll correct the doctor every time he’s wrong.”

“…Huh?”

“Ah, that was a couple of weeks ago.”

I didn’t understand anything, and Ayako mama nodded in understanding.

“It’s about a scene where the protagonist, Jinko, notices an illness overlooked by a doctor with his prodigious observant eyes. That was great. Though she’s a surgeon, her medical examinations abilities are better than a specialist, that’s just how talented the lone surgeon, Jinko Utozaka is. And even when the doctor that misdiagnosed the patient goes to thank her, she mocks him arrogantly and stoically, telling him ‘The existence of incompetent doctors is a sin in itself”… That queen like attitude is just irresistible! For Miu to pick that scene… you know your stuff.”

“…”

So there was a scene like that.

It’s a scene that makes me think: ‘Is it alright for the protagonist of a children’s show to say that…?’

For now, looks like I must play the role of a no-name doctor whose only purpose is to make the protagonist, a lone and talented surgeon, shine.

“If Takkun is the doctor and Miu is Jinko-chan… then I’ll be the patient you’ll diagnose.”

Now that the roles had been assigned, we moved to our respective positions.

With a stethoscope around my neck, I sat down on the floor and Ayako mama sat in front of me.

Miu-chan was standing a little farther away from us.

On the place where the protagonist shows up when the examination is about to finish.

With everyone on their spots, we started to play doctor.

“Uhm…”

When I was wondering what to do…

“…Takkun, don’t worry about getting this part perfect. The medical examination scene wasn’t shows in the anime, so don’t worry about it and just improvise.” Said Ayako mama in a low voice.

On one hand, I thought it was a kind advice, but on the other, you could interpret it as she saying that she won’t allow me to improvise the scenes that were shown in the anime and I felt a bit scared.

“Err, then, Katsuragi-san, what brings you here today?”

“Coff, coff. Doctor, I haven’t stopped coughing since yesterday.”

“Cough, uh? That sounds terrible.”

“Coff, coff. Doctor, please cure me soon.”

Ayako mama and I were playing doctor.

I was wondering if it was right to let Miu-chan completely out of the picture, but I chose not to think about it too much.

“Well then, let’s hear your chest.”

Trying not to be especially conscious about it, I tried saying something a doctor would say.

But then I realized that I had just said something ridiculous.

Huh? Chest?

Hear your chest…

“Please, doctor.”

Not noticing my panic, Ayako mama leaned forward.

And then raised her blouse… Or rather, pretended to do so.

I felt relieved that she didn’t actually do it, but she puffed up her chest and pushed it against me.

“…!”

I audibly gulped and was breathless.

H-Huge…

Ayako mama’s breasts are really huge.

Without embarrassment nor hesitation, Ayako mama pushed her enormous breasts up, who were as big as my face, in front of me.

I felt overwhelmed by the enormous power of these huge lumps.

“…What’s the matter, Takkun?” She asked curiously after seeing me freeze up. “Come on, check me up with a stethoscope.”

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Really?!

I could touch Ayako mama’s breasts with this toy stethoscope?!

W-What do I do…?

Of course, it’s not the same as touching them directly… But if you touch them with a toy like this, it will almost feel like you were touching them with your bare hands.

Ayako mama’s huge breasts… If you’d ask me if I wanted to touch them, well… I’d love to… B-But I can’t, I absolutely can’t!

How could I, with such dirty thoughts, touch just breasts just because it’s a children’s game?

I’d be betraying Ayako mama’s trust in me!

…Well, though I say trust, it’s simply because she treats me like a kid.

Haah… What should I do?

I can’t touch them. I can’t do something so dishonest. But… If I hesitate here, she’ll realize that I’m somehow looking at her in a lewd way, and then she’ll feel embarrassed.

If I just pretend to be an innocent kid and touch her, no one will be hurt most likely… But that will make me an evil liar… Uuuh…

“Takkun?” Asked Ayako mama worried, while I was overwhelmed with intense anguish.

“Geez. Do it right, mama.” Miu-chan, who was waiting for her turn, said in a disgusted voice.

Quickly, she got close to us and stood behind Ayako mama.

And then.

“When you let the doctor hear you… You have to do it like this!” She said, grabbing the hems of Ayako mama’s blouse and lifted them.

As a result.

Shake

Two enormous breasts showed themselves shaking violently.

“…”

I couldn’t react to the sudden situation, I forgot to look the other way and simply kept staring intently.

Under her blouse… breasts wrapped in a bra showed up.

The purple bra decorated with laces emanated an indescribable mature charm.

It looked like a very big size, but Ayako mama’s breasts were wrapped tightly in that enormous underwear.

Furthermore, due to suddenly lifting her blouse, her underwear slid off…

“Kyaa…”

“…U-Uwaaaaa!”

The moment Ayako mama screamed slightly backing away, I finally returned to my senses after being so dumbstruck watching her. I also screamed, though late, and looked away as hard as I could.

My heart was beating like crazy and my face was hot.

…I-I saw something amazing.

I saw something totally amazing!

The way they suddenly showed up… was like an explosion.

“H-Hey, Miu… You can’t do that.” Fixing her blouse, Ayako mama reprimanded Miu.

“But… You have to show your breasts to the doctor so he can check you up properly.”

“We’re just playing, so it’s not necessary.” Said Ayako mama timidly, trying to correct the position of her bra over her blouse. When I saw her fixing up her bra while blushing slightly… I couldn’t calm down for some reason.

“…Sorry you had to see that, Takkun.”

“No, i-it’s fine.”

I was still nervous, but somehow, I managed to pretend to be calm and reply.

“Haah… Thank God.” Said Ayako mama with a tense smile. “I’m happy that it was just Takkun who saw me.”

“…Huh?”

“If you dad had been here, it would have been terrible.”

“…”

The words Ayako mama said casually cooled my head down, which was so excited to the point of boiling.

Why?

Why was it alright with me?

Why wasn’t it a problem that I saw them, but it was if my dad did?

The reason for it… was immediately obvious after thinking about it a bit.

To Ayako mama… my dad is a “man” and I’m just a “kid.”

It would be embarrassing for her to have a man see her underwear, while it wouldn’t be shocking if I saw them.

After all… I’m just a kid.

I’m like a son or a younger brother for her.

I guess from Ayako mama’s point of view, she doesn’t consider me a man.

After that, almost immediately, we finished playing doctor.

We started recreating the protagonist’s scene, interpreted by Miu-chan, where she enters during the exam, but then Ayako mama…

“Ah, Miu, the lines there are a bit different.”

“No, no, Jinko-chan didn’t say that.”

“That’s right, that’s the pose Jinko-chan makes.”

She started to give out tips fervently.

And as expected, Miu-chan started to get bored and said: “I don’t want to play anymore.” Ending the game of doctor.

When I asked her what she wanted to play now, she said. “Uhm, now… I want to play Hide ‘N Seek!”

Hide ‘N Seek inside the house.

It’s a relatively popular game among kids on rainy days.

As a result of a rigorous game of rock-paper-scissors, Miu-chan would be the seeker, while Ayako mama and I would hide.

“One, two, three.”

Miu-chan closed her eyes in the corner of the entrance and started counting to 100 hundred out loud.

Ayako mama immediately went up the second floor and I started to wander around the first.

Let’s see.

Where should I hide?

The important thing here was… that this was someone else’s house.

Though we’re good neighbors, I’m not a son of this house.

I’m just a guest, a stranger.

So, thinking it logically… I couldn’t move freely inside this house.

Just because we were playing Hide ‘N Seek, that didn’t give me the right to go up the second floor without permission, and I didn’t feel comfortable opening and closing other people’s cabinets and wardrobes.

I’m already in 5^th grade.

I’ve already learned quite a bit of common sense.

Well, even if I hid here or there without permission, the kind Ayako mama won’t get angry… She’ll probably say something like ‘Takkun is like a son to me’ with a smile, but I don’t want to take advantage of their kindness.

It’s a matter of courtesy and common sense.

Someone else’s house is someone else’s house.

I want to be a sensible person who can keep these type of manners… And above all, I want Ayako mama to think ‘My, you’re so educated, Takkun.”

That’s why, from a common sense point of view, my hiding spots were pretty limited… Plus, there was also one more matter to take into account.

Hide N’ Seek is Miu-chan’s favorite game.

Her satisfaction is above all else.

I can’t hide too well.

You don’t get anything by competing seriously with a girl 5 years younger than you.

Therefore, the places she couldn’t find me aren’t allowed.

However, if the place is too easy to find, then it’s not good either. If she finds out I’m exposing myself on purpose, Miu-chan could get angry. I need something in the middle, so that she could find me somewhere after looking for a bit.

In summary, my hiding spot has to be:

-A place where guests can be.

-A place where Miu-chan can get a sense of achievement when she finds me.

It’s necessary to satisfy these two points.

“Let’s see… Ah, that could be a good spot.”

When I went to the living room, I found a place that met those conditions.

Behind the curtains next to the window.

What if I wrap myself and hide there?

Hmm… Not bad.

We were playing in the living room just a while back, so I don’t have to worry about being a guest. And I think the curtains are long enough so hat if I hide there, I won’t be easy to find… but it’s going to be noticeable, so if Miu-chan searches seriously, she’ll eventually find me.

Yes, this is a great place.

“…Fifty two, fifty three, fifty four.”

There was still enough time, but I decided to hide as soon as possible.

I wrapped myself up in the curtain, trying to make it look as natural as possible. At the start, it would be fine to hide seriously, and if it looked like she’s having a hard time finding me, I could show my hands or legs.

Holding my breath, I started to wait… The count was already above seventy when something unexpected happened.

Fwap.

The curtains suddenly opened.

“Huh…?”

I was startled. The counting hadn’t finished. At the moment, I thought Miu-chan was cheating, but…

“Huh? Takkun…?”

It was Ayako mama who was there.

“Takkun, were you hiding here? I didn’t realize at all.”

“W-Why are you here? Didn’t you go hide on the second floor, Ayako mama?”

“Ah, that was just a feint.”

“A feint…?”

“You heard how I stepped loudly, right? After that, I went down without making any noise… So that Miu will think that I hid on the second floor.”

“…”

“Fufufu. This is an adults exclusive strategy.”

“…”

I didn’t know how to react when I heard Ayako mama say that so proudly.

She’s going way too seriously.

Using all those deceitful tricks for playing Hide N’ Seek with her 6 year old daughter.

T-That’s not mature at all…!

“After tricking Miu, I was thinking of hiding on the Japanese closet… but something unexpected happened.”

“Something unexpected…?”

“…I-I couldn’t get in the closet because it was too small.”

It was an irredeemable and extraordinary failure.

“There were more things than I expected, and I thought I could manage, but my ass got stuck at the last minute… Ah, i-it’s not what you think! It’s not that my ass is too big or that I’ve gained weight recently or anything like that! The space there was simply too small for an adults’ ass…” Ayako Mama tried to justify herself desperately. “So I hurriedly tried to find my next hiding spot… But you were already hiding here. Haah… What do I do now?” She said, troubled.

Miu-chan was already on ninety.

“Ah, we’re out of time… Well, then…”

Seeing herself cornered, Ayako mama did something completely unexpected.

“Takkun, I’ll hide with you!”

“…Huh?!”

Before I could consent to it, she got in with me.

She wrapped the curtains around her body.

And of course, she also wrapped me up too.

Wrapped in a big chunk of cloth, we were incredibly near one another.

“H-Huuhh…?!”

“Anh. Don’t move, Takkun, otherwise Miu will find us. Come, on, get closer, we need to take up less space.”

“Mngh…~~”

I tried to get away on reflex, but Ayako mama hugged me hard.

And then… press.

To take up even less space, she hugged me hard. Due to the difference in height, my face was buried in her huge breasts.

“…One hundred! Ready or not, here I come!” Miu-chan exclaimed very excitedly when she finished counting.

And then, I heard her go up the stairs.

“…Good. Looks like Miu fell in my trap and went to the second floor. This will get us some time.”

Ayako mama looked very happy, but I didn’t share that sentiment.

What’s the point of taking up more time in a game of Hide N’ Seek? I wanted to comment how the game wouldn’t end until she finds us, but there was no time to talk about that.

Uwaa.

Uwaaaaa!

What’s this?!

This is… simply incredible!

My face was buried in her breasts… No.

It would be more accurate to say that I was embedded in place.

Since she was hugging me tightly, I could clearly feel the softness, even through her clothes. And not just her breasts of course. Her belly, her thighs… And many other soft spots in Ayako mama’s body were wrapping my small body.

Ayako mama’s body was big, soft and warm… and smelled nice.

I know you shouldn’t be sniffing people around, but since the tip of my nose was buried in her chest, the smell entered on its own.

We were in a dark space, wrapped in opaque curtains.

I could feel her heat, tact and smell up close… and, except for my vision, all my sense were being so stimulated that I couldn’t calm my accelerated heart.

I was so excited and nervous that my head was getting cloudy…

“…Takkun? Are you alright?” She asked worriedly, probably because I hadn’t said a word.

“I-I’m fine…”

“I see. Good, just hang on a little longer. Because the real game begins when Miu goes back down to the first floor.”

Why is Ayako mama being so serious…?

After that, 5 minutes passed and Miu-chan still hadn’t gone back down to the first floor.

She seemed to be looking upstairs intensely.

And during all that time, I was doing my best holding on, but…

I was attacked by something new.

“Fuh… It’s getting kind of hot in here.”

Heat.

We were hugging and wrapped in a curtain. It was only natural that the heat accumulated inside. It wasn’t that hot, but we were starting to sweat… and in this situation, ‘sweating’ was a death sentence.

Mwah.

An unexplainable heat wrapped us in. The good smell coming from Ayako mama became stronger and thicker.

My eyes got used to the dark and I could clearly see the huge breasts I had in front of me. A deep cleavage. I could see wet drops of sweat roll down her soft skin… and my head stopped thinking entirely.

Seeing the breasts in front of me, I got rid of all reason and common sense and— No! N-No, no!

What am I thinking right now?!

There’s no way I could do that!

Ayako mama was acting this defenseless because she thinks I’m not that kind of boy!

I can’t betray her trust!

She is only thinking of me as a kid, that’s why she touches and lets me touch her without hesitation… But I, but I…

“…”

I raised my head and our eyes met.

“Hm? What’s the matter, Takkun?”

Ayako mama had a fresh look on her face.

Of course, it was hot inside the curtains and there was some sweat on her forehead, but it was a fresh look not in a temperature way

It was a serene and cool-headed face.

I was at the border of panic due to the excitement and embarrassment, but Ayako mama didn’t seem to be nervous at all.

Despite us two being so close together.

Despite me… Touching her breasts.

“…Ayako mama, are you okay with this?”

An indescribable emotion left my mouth.

“Huh?”

“You don’t mind… Well… Sticking this close to me?”

“…Uhm.” Ayako mama looked at me weirdly.

She didn’t seem to understand the meaning of my question.

“I don’t mind it, of course I don’t…”

“…Would you get in a situation like this with anyone, no matter who it is?”

“H-Huuu? O-Of course I wouldn’t…” With a troubled face, she continued. “Well… If it was an unknown person, I certainly wouldn’t touch or hug them like this. And I also wouldn’t let someone touch me like this…”

“But.” She continued.

Smiling very kindly.

“I wouldn’t mind if it’s you, Takkun. After all, I love you a lot.”

“…”

That ‘I love you’ was, somehow, a very devastating ‘I love you.’

I’m sure that Ayako mama loves me.

I’m not bragging or anything of the sort, I’m reasoning this with a lot of objectivity.

There’s no doubt that she has feelings of affection for me.

But that ‘love’ isn’t the same ‘love’ I have for her.

They’re not feelings of love for the opposite sex, but the ones you’d have for a younger brother or son.

That’s why she can hug me so calmly without getting nervous at all. Even if I see her underwear or hug her tightly, she doesn’t feel anything.

Despite my heart beating like crazy, Ayako mama’s heart didn’t change at all.

I was simply someone she could tell ‘I love you a lot’ without a deeper meaning behind it.

That’s why I was so frustrated and mortified that I couldn’t take it anymore…

“…Ah! I see some legs!” Yelled Miu-chan.

Immediately after, the curtains opened, and we were found.

“I found you, mama, Taku-nii.”

“Ah… You found us.”

“So you were here… I thought you were hidden in the second floor.”

“Fufufu, you’re too naïve, Miu.”

“But it’s not allowed to hide in the same place. Now we don’t know who the next seeker will be.”

“Ah, now that I think about it, it’s true… Then, the next…”

“…I’ll be the seeker.” I said, and without waiting for an answer, I headed to the entrance.

I closed my eyes and started counting to one hundred.

I tried my best to behave like always, but my body was heated.

And that… wasn’t because I had my face buried in Ayako mama’s breasts. All the excitement and embarrassment seemed to have disappeared instantly.

Regret, frustration, impatience… and similar emotions burned in my chest.

I know that these feelings are wrong.

It’s natural for Ayako mama to treat me like a kid.

After all, I… am still a kid.

No matter how hard I try, I’m still just a kid.

Can’t be helped that she treats me like one.

For now… There’s nothing I could do about it.

But you never know what’s in store for the future. When I grow up and become taller, the way Ayako mama will see me should change. I’m sure that she’ll start seeing me as a man.

So, I’ll do my best.

I’ll do my best thinking about the future.

And one day, I’ll become a man that can make Ayako mama’s heart beat rapidly!

♠

Even though they asked me to tell him a lewd story, speaking about them out loud felt as if I was giving out important memories for free, and above all, violating Ayako-san’s privacy.

So I tried to soften things up and speak about it naturally, but as a result, the story ended up being boring.

“…So what I want to reiterate with this story is that Ayako-san is a charming woman… Hm?”

When I realized it, Satoya was already asleep.

He was snoozing off over the table, holding a can of Chūhai and snoring happily.

“…So you ended up asleep after all.” I sighed.

Looks like the ‘I won’t let you sleep tonight’ was just a pretense.

Well… Maybe it was also because my story was boring. Due to the fact that I tried to skip over all the lewd moments, it simply became a story about praising Ayako-san.

I princess-carried the asleep Satoya and took him to his bed.

I returned to the table by myself and drank what was left inside the glass.

“…The hiding spot, huh.”

The old memories revived old feelings.

Yeah, that’s right.

Back then, she completely treated me like a kid, which let me experience many lewd events.

But I was too young to think of it as a benefit.

She wouldn’t get mad or hate me if I touched her breasts… I had the privilege most men in the world wished for, but didn’t feel any gratitude for it.

Of course, I was happy, and in my childish way, excited, but more than all that, I felt frustrated.

I felt very frustrated being treated as a boy and not as a man.

I really wanted to grow up as soon as I could.

“…It’s a good story.”

I couldn’t help but smile.

“Just a kid from the neighborhood… but here I am now worrying about if we’re going to date or not.”

In that sense, my dream had become real.

That was my dream as a kid… I may have gotten a little closer to being the man that makes Ayako-san’s heart beat faster.

I don’t know what she’s thinking of right now.

But judging by her recent strange and incomprehensible behavior… I’m sure that she’s fighting with something and is still indecisive.

I don’t know how this will end.

But for now, I’m going to calm down and enjoy this happiness a little.

After all, this romantic comedy with Ayako-san has been my dream since I was a kid.

“…”

In the end, it may actually be nice to have some time like this.

I can look back at the past and calm down a little.

My heart was ready.

To accept it.

Whatever her answer is, I’ll accept it without running away.

And I too… will tell her once again.

“I really love you.”

Whatever her answer is, mine will always be the same.

That’s how it’s always been for 10 years…

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This chapter took me like 10 hours to complete due to how long it is (To be fair, I was being unefficient, but still took a long time). Also, I’d like to announce that today I’m quitting translating this novel. Thanks for your support so far. (Please don’t take this seriously… it’s April 1st in my timezone at the time I’m publishing this.)