“Yeah, you do that. Focus on your goal and… let deal with the problem on my end.”
Miwa-nee said in a low voice. Since I couldn’t really see her full expression, I could only assu what kind of face she’s making right now.
Most likely, she’s forcing a smile again. There were always tis she’s doing this but whenever I would ask her, she would just brush it off as sothing important.
And because of the issues piled up in front of , I couldn’t truly focus on her problem.
“There you go again, Miwa-nee.”
Although I said this, I was actually sowhat reprimanding myself, why couldn’t I beco more reliable at this ti. This ti when Miwa-nee and most of my girls needed my help. All I could do at the mont was use my tongue or my strength to solve problems.
True, most of them truly needed that kind of solution but that Nobus and this current husband of Miwa-nee, my glib tongue or my sowhat excellent physical prowess wouldn’t be able to solve the problem at its roots.
During these tis, I could feel my uselessness. Despite my grand ambition of living with all of them, I had no solution for these problems at the mont.
“I’m serious, Ruki. It’s sothing that I have to do myself. It’s almost a month since we arrived here. To tell you the truth, he’s already asking for us to co back.”
Miwa-nee shook her head and reached for my cheeks. She then put on a reassuring smile to stop from blurting out what’s on my mind.
“In a month or two, we… we might go back for a while to settle things with him, once and for all.”
“Can I go with you?”
“No. Of course not. You have a lot of things to do here, no? Focus on those rather than waste your ti on things - forgive for what I’m about to say - that you won’t be able to solve by yourself. That’s why stay here and wait for us to co back, Ruki.”
I knew she’s being frank like this to discourage to whatever it was I would say or do. But I felt sothing constricting . That if I didn’t do anything for her with this issue, I would always carry it with myself even after we built that future.
“Is there really nothing that I can do for you, Miwa-nee?”
“I’m afraid there’s none. Your presence here is enough for now. Years from now, you can do more for than anything you can imagine at this mont. That’s why I want to be frank with you. This ti, I will be the only one who can solve my problems. It’s sothing that even if you’re there, you will not be able to do anything.”
Slowly, Miwa-nee turned her body to face and like the olden tis, she opened her arms and hugged to her chest while stroking my hair to comfort . It’s like she’s treating as the sa Ruki as before.
“Instead of insisting on helping with an adult problem, let update you just like how you tell everything that’s happening to you. Is this fine?”
“What other choice do I have?”
“You can hug tight and make feel safe tonight while I tell you what’s happening around . How does that sound?”
She put a hand on my chin and lifted my head to look at her. Seeing a bright smile that was directed to , I realized how selfish I was to only think about myself and how I couldn’t do anything.
Miwa-nee was just trying not to make things complicated. That's why she kept on being frank with about her own problems.
It wouldn’t be like with Shio wherein Nobuo was a clear offender and I had dirt that I could throw at him. Miwa-nee’s husband might be called a failure of a spouse but in the end, he didn’t really do anything to hurt her. His silence over the truth that he probably found out was already giving respite to Miwa-nee.
True, he was trying to protect his own reputation but that indirectly helped Miwa-nee and Minoru to live their lives and reach this point without facing any problem.
Perhaps, him asking them to co back was to settle their marriage and to straighten things up.
If that was so then… I truly had no role to do for Miwa-nee.
Besides, it would only make things worse if I go there with her and tell the guy that I am Minoru’s father…
Haa… That’s right. Instead of forcing my selfishness to do sothing when in fact I have no way to help her, I better just do what’s within the scope of my current ability. It’s to make her feel safe and unburdened for the ti they will be spending here.
“That’s a great idea. Thank you for opening my eyes, Miwa-nee.”
“What opening your eyes, don’t think too deeply about it. I love my Ruki. You already know that I’m a sinful woman who turned you into this nace of a guy. However, with you loving back, I’d bear that title of being sinful. I’m the sa as Akane. Soone who only has you in my eyes. Of course, Minoru is a different story, you can’t beat him in terms of your cuteness.”
Miwa-nee stuck her tongue out cutely, sothing she always did before she married that guy. And upon seeing that, I couldn’t help myself but to indulge with her cuteness. Even though she’s almost the sa age as my mom, there’s no doubt that I was totally attracted to her. Perhaps the way she always cuddles and treated as more than just her nephew back then developed my feelings for her.
Naturally, if she didn’t do what she did that led to the culmination of my desire, I would surely be forced to pick between the two of them and… Akane would still win by a large margin. That’s how much I was sure about that silly girl.
“I don’t want to be cute in your eyes, Miwa-nee.”
“Then what do you want?”
“To be the man who will walk with you until the end.”
“That’s a great dream, make sure to realize that.”
After saying that, Miwa-nee pulled up to level my face with hers. With encouraging eyes and smile, she initiated another kiss and this ti, we didn’t stop.
However, we were interrupted when Minoru suddenly moved and called for his mother.
Due to that, we had no choice but to go back to our initial position, Miwa-nee hugging Minoru while I was behind her.
And using this mont, Miwa-nee began her story. A more detailed story than what she told before as well as what happened during these past few weeks wherein she’s not telling anything about the situation on that side.
Her in-laws nagged at her to show up and et them, while her husband was deflecting that and pleading for her to co back just to shut that old couple up.
In the end, I got to know how that guy wanted to still keep them just to secure his position that he would inherit from his father who was about to retire.
As for what kind of solution Miwa-nee had in mind when she returned in a month or two of stay in this house, she admitted that she’s still thinking about it.
Well, there’s still a lot of ti so I told her that I would think of sothing with her. Miwa-nee readily agreed without discouraging like earlier.
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