When Hina walked out of her room, she had worn a cardigan and wore long pants. She also wore a baseball cap that she had kept in the past. She might be a woman, but she often acted like a guy, laughing without care, and drank until she got drunk.

Even so, without a doubt, Hina was a charming woman that caused many guys to become crazy toward her, unable to sleep, thinking of her every night.

When Hina walked out, Natsuo also happened to walk out of his room since he wanted to eat. He had been writing for the past few hours, and he was so hungry he could feel his stomach and back touching each other.

“Huh? Hina-nee, are you going out?” Natsu was surprised.

“Ah, um, yes.” Hina panicked slightly, but she said, “I am going to the convenience store.”

“Ah, then can I go with you?” Natsuo asked hopefully, wondering whether he could go with Hina.

Hina was stunned for a moment, but she quickly said, “You should eat dinner first. Mom has prepared dinner. It won’t be good if it gets cold.”

“Ah, is that so?” Natsuo thought for a moment and nodded.

“By the way, do you want me to buy you something?” Hina asked since she felt guilty for deceiving her step-brother.

“Hmm…” Natsuo wasn’t sure what to say.

“If you don’t know, I’ll buy you something sweet. I have heard it is good to make your brain move faster.”

“Eh? Is that so? It’s my first time hearing a sweet has such an effect.” Natsuo was genuinely surprised.

Hina only laughed and didn’t say much. After she excused herself to go to the convenience store, she walked out of her house, but she didn’t see his figure. She quickly walked out and looked around before she sighed in relief when she saw him, sitting on his motorcycle lazily on the side of the street.

Shishio didn’t move too far away, but it was in the distance that the people from the Tachibana household wouldn’t hear the sound of his motorcycle. “Let’s go?”

“Um.” Hina nodded and just sat on the back of the motorcycle.

“….” Shishio was lost for words and said, “I’d thought to push the motorcycle, though.”

“No, no, I haven’t ridden a motorcycle for a while. I want to ride it!” Hina made a bold action by hugging him with her arms and legs.

Shishio felt he was being trapped by a spider. Still, he didn’t feel scared or disgusted since it felt nice. Her two heavy objects pressed against his body, and her plump thigh rested on his thigh. He let out a long sigh, thinking this woman was really unbearable.

“Okay, okay, don’t hug me so tightly. Wear the helmet first. Then, we can go.”

“By the way, can I be the one who rides it?” Hina wanted to try Shishio’s motorcycle after all.

“…” Shishio looked at Hina for a moment and nodded. “Why not?”

They changed their position, and Hina was the one who rode the motorcycle with Shishio sitting on her back.

“Hug my waist. It’ll be dangerous if you fall,” Hina said.

As a good citizen of this country, Shishio followed the rules and intimately hugged Hina’s soft waist. Still, her nice smell invaded his nasal cavity, and somehow it reminded him of the day they spent in Kamakura.

A week might have passed from that day, but their memories were still vivid about it.

It was a wonderful memory, but also a strange one, considering how their relationship would turn into today just from a single night.

Still, Hina took a deep breath and felt slightly nervous since it had been a while since she had ridden a motorcycle.

“Can you really ride it?”

“Yeah, yeah, you don’t need to worry. Leave everything to this Onee-chan!”

“…..” Shishio somehow felt worried.

—

“Wa-Wait! Don’t be too fast!”

“There’s a wall in front!”

“Hey, do you want to commit double suicide with me?!”

Hearing Shishio’s scared voice, Hina only laughed harder.

Fortunately, the two arrived at the convenience store safely. They stepped down from the motorcycle, and Shishio fixed the shape of his pants.

Hina, on the other hand, blushed and slapped his hand. “What are you doing?!”

“Sorry, it’s just a natural reaction,” Shishio said helplessly since he had been so close with Hina before, so his little Shishio naturally reacted.

Still, Hina must admit, it was as big as ever. She murmured slightly with a blush on her hand while using a mathematic formula she learned recently, wondering whether she had enough time to go to the hotel.

However, Hina knew there wasn’t enough time, which made her sigh. “Come on. Let’s get something before we talk in the park.”

“Park? The one near your neighborhood?”

“Yeah, can you?”

“Well, why not?”

Anyway, the park was a good place to talk, especially at night since no one would come.

However, Shishio wasn’t sure whether it was right or not to talk in that place, considering how he used that place with Rui to talk in the past. Now, he used that place to talk with Hina, the older sister, and the theme of their conversation was quite similar.

Shishio wondered whether Hina did this deliberately or just as a coincidence, but he threw this matter aside since he felt he was taking care of a huge child, especially when she walked around the convenience store without care. She picked a cup of noodles, cola, and many others from the shopping basket, whatever she was interested in.

Shishio wanted to tell Hina to be careful, or else she might get fat, but he smartly shut his mouth since this wasn’t a time to say something like that.

The two then walked out of the convenience store, but in the end, they didn’t go to the park. Instead, they sat next to each other in the parking park while waiting for their cup ramen to be ready.

They sat next to each other on the seat of the motorcycle with cup ramen in their hands to warm their bodies up.

“By the way, I met your father before,” Shishio said.

“Huh? Father?” Hina was dumbfounded.

“It’s Uncle Jou. Your real father,” Shishio said.

Hina became even dumbfounded and asked, “How did you meet him?”

It might be because the convenience store was empty, and there weren’t any people besides the two of them that they could talk to each other while slurping the cup of ramen in their hands. Three minutes of time had passed, and their ramen was ready. They didn’t hesitate to eat since they didn’t want their ramen to get soggy.

Still, Hina was dumbfounded since Rui and Shishio met her father. The father had cheated and destroyed their family. Hearing his story, she lowered her head slightly, wondering whether it was really alright to make a relationship with him.

While it was true, Hina felt happy and wanted to stay with him, but if the price of that happiness was the happiness of her family and little sister, could she do it?

Could she throw everything for love?

Or would it be possible to keep everything?

Hina wanted to be with him, and she wanted to keep the happiness of her little sister and family. However, was it possible?

Hina didn’t know, and this was the reason why she shut her mouth, unable to say anything.

‘So should I give up?’

Hina felt the taste of the cup of ramen on her hand become saltier. “It’s salty…”

“Really?”

“Um.” Hina looked up and asked, “Do you want to taste it?”

The two stared at each other and just naturally kissed each other’s lips.

“It has a taste of curry,” Shishio said while licking his lips.

“What is this? What tastes like this?” Hina felt weird because of the taste in Shishio’s mouth. While it wasn’t bad, it wasn’t the taste she was familiar with. She lifted the cup of ramen in Shishio’s hand, and she was dumbfounded. “Tom Yum?”

“It’s a Thai dish.” Shishio looked at Hina and asked, “You sure?”

Hina also looked at Shishio and nodded. “I am sure. I like you, and I want to stay with you.”

“Then stay with me. I’ll take care of the rest,” Shishio said and hugged her waist.

Hina smiled and snuggled his chest with tears in her eyes. “I love you!” She shouted while crying out loud since she knew what kind of selfish choice she had made, but she just couldn’t control her feelings.

“I know. I know. But don’t put your snot on my shirt. It is disgusting.”

“How dare you call a beautiful woman like me disgusting!”

The two started to bicker with each other again and started to laugh.

However, Shishio knew what kind of headache problem he had to solve. Still, this was part of going down the path of the scumbag, and he had to do it.

“Should we go back?”

“No, I want to stay like this for a while.” Hina hugged him tightly, rubbing her face against him. She wondered how many times she had always wanted to do this and even dreamed of him in her sleep, but now, it was real, and they were together.

While Hina wasn’t sure whether this was right or not, she was happy with it.

As for the problem they might encounter in the future, Hina decided to think about this matter later and just felt happy to be with him.

They spent a little longer together before Shishio sent her back. He didn’t send her right in front of her house but from a few houses away from her house, walking her back before he returned to Sakurasou.

Shishio hadn’t been in Sakurasou for a while, and he must admit, he had become a rascal.

“I am back,” Shishio said, but then he saw Ritsu was there.

They were stunned since they didn’t expect to meet each other so suddenly.

Ritsu wanted to say something since she wanted to ask him something, but no words came out of her mouth.

Shishio calmed himself, then asked, “Ritsu-senpai, do you want to go to the Jimbocho with me?”

“……..”

Ritsu looked at Shishio in surprise before she nodded without hesitation. “Yes.”

“Then, let’s set up a date to….” Before Shishio finished his words, Shiina jumped into him. “Ugh!” Shiina’s head hit his solar plexus, and he could only bitterly cry in silence.

“Welcome back,” Shiina said with a bright smile.

“I am back.” Shishio must admit he really loved this girl.

When the two were together, Ritsu looked at this scene with a complicated expression while wondering how nice it would be if she was in Shiina’s position. However, she quickly realized what she thought before she shook her head furiously.

‘Wh-What are you thinking?!’

Ritsu took a deep breath and quickened her steps to go back.

While hugging Shiina, Shishio looked at Ritsu’s back and wondered what he should do with this girl.

“Shishio.”

“Hmm?”

“Let’s sleep together.”

Shishio looked at Shiina and thought it was better to put all the matter aside and focus on this girl now.