“Ah, mom! Let me help you!”

“Can you cook?”

“….” Yui.

Shishio was sitting in the dining room, looking at a daughter and a mother who cooked together in the kitchen. He was told not to do anything, so he did so, but he must admit this scene was something worth watching.

A beautiful daughter and a mother stood next to each other, helping to prepare a dinner with a cute apron over them.

Shishio felt that it was better for him to go home early since he was afraid he might do something he shouldn’t do.

‘Well, it isn’t like I will do something.’

Still, in the end, Yui was thrown out by her mother since she made a mess.

“It’s okay, Senpai.”

“But…”

“It’s okay. I don’t want to get sick after all.”

“Shishiron!!!”

Unlike Hana, who had a long experience as a housewife, Yui’s house chores ability was simply a zero.

Still, after the two ended fighting with each other, Yui was tired, but she realized her hands were held by Shishio.

“Shi-Shishiron, le-let me go…”

Her voice was so low that it was almost like she said nothing.

“Oh, okay.”

Shishio gently let go of Yui’s hands while feeling reluctant since he must admit there was this unique feeling when he held her hands in front of her mother. He could feel Hana’s gaze was over him, but he pretended he didn’t see anything.

If possible, he wanted to get a chance to talk with her more, considering he was curious about what was happening with the Yuigahama family.

“Shishiron.”

“Hmm?”

“What did you think of Yukinon before?” Yui suddenly asked.

“Yukino-senpai?”

When Yui mentioned Yukino**a, Shishio fell in deep thought. Even if he was blind, he could tell he was in trouble, but he knew everything was related to her family. She knew her relationship with her mother wasn’t good, yet he didn’t think it was something bad.

“I think it is okay. I don’t think that there’s any trouble with Yukino-senpai.”

Even if Haruno seemed to love to give trouble to someone, Shishio knew that she was the biggest sis-con that he knew. However, she wasn’t someone who was honest with herself, so it was impossible for her to utter what she wanted to do directly to Yukino.

As for the problems with her parents, Shishio knew that Haruno would help Yukino**a in a subtle way.

Yet what he was more concerned about wasn’t Yukino**a but instead Haruno’s smile when she left.

Shishio hoped that he thought too much, but he felt her smile contained something which related to him somehow.

“Is that so?”

Hearing his words, Yui sighed in relief. It was her first time meeting Haruno, and it was hard for her to make a good impression on her, considering how domineering Haruno was.

Yet if Shishio said that everything was okay, she knew Yukino**a would be okay, and it gave her a sigh of relief.

Still, Yui glanced in his direction again and asked, “Say, Shishiron, what do you think about the movie?”

“The movie?”

Shishio thought about the movie they planned to make for the cultural festival.

“Yui, Shishio-kun, do you plan to make a movie?” Hana asked curiously.

“Well, that should be the plan, but there’s a problem…” Yui hesitated.

“Problem?” While Hana was curious, she didn’t continue to ask since she could see the disappointment in her daughter’s expression.

If Yukino**a didn’t go back to her parents, their plan to make a movie wouldn’t have stopped, but she was going to return, and she wouldn’t have had time to help them to make a movie.

Based on her personality, she also wasn’t someone who would trouble others. More importantly, she was the one who took the initiative to say they should make a movie.

Shishio also thought a lot about Yukino**a’s personality and felt like she was seeking recognition.

Yukino**a’s life was quite hard.

In her childhood, she was bullied by every girl because of her beauty, and she was also abandoned by Hayama, her childhood friend.

Still, she was strong and only snorted at the bullying of those girls, thinking they were lower than her for doing something so stupid and wasting their time doing something unnecessary.

She thought so and wanted to get better, but her effort wasn’t seen by her parents. She was just the replacement of her big sister in case something happened. It was also why she had been living in her sister’s shadow.

If Shishio, Hikigaya, or Yui weren’t there, Yukino**a might just follow the course of her big sister, trying to be better than her sister, who was several times better than her.

After all, similar to Haruno, who was a big sis-con, Yukino**a also loved her sister so much.

Yet their love was hard to understand, and they just couldn’t be honest with themselves.

It might be related to their personality and upbringing, but he must admit this part of them was cute.

Yet it might also be why many people thought of them as twisted.

However, Shishio didn’t feel surprised.

Unlike him, not many people would think about others so much since most of them would think about themselves.

‘Well, I’m not much different, though.’

“I can’t make my decision now, but what do you think?”

Still, what they talked about right now was the movie.

Personally, Shishio felt it was better for them to stop making movies since Yukino**a wasn’t there.

If they made a movie without her, he was afraid that she might think that she wasn’t needed.

While he didn’t think Yukino**a was that kind of small person, he wanted to hear her opinion before he made a decision.

Still, it wouldn’t be too late to make the movie after the end of the summer vacation since the scene was quite easy to take.

As for the fireworks scene he talked about during the summer camp, he thought about taking them later with his girlfriends when he went to visit the summer festival with them.

On the other hand, he was also quite curious about what Yui thought about the movie.

“Well…”

Yui wasn’t sure what to say.

Shishio knew this question was quite unfair since he knew this girl rarely made a decision. She was the type of girl who would follow the crowd without causing trouble and without attracting any attention.

Shishio glanced at Hana and thought she might be a similar type to Yui.

While the daughter and the mother were different, their core was similar to each other.

He suddenly thought about Yukino**a’s words during the training camp and thought that Yui might have had an unpleasant experience during her childhood. Still, if she didn’t want to talk, he also didn’t bother to ask either since he just wanted to go back now.

Still, unexpectedly…

“I… I want to do it,” Yui said nervously.

“Oh?” Shishio was surprised.

“Wha-what’s with that reaction?” Yui felt her heart beating fast since she knew she had done something she usually didn’t do.

“No, I am surprised that you’re being honest with me,” Shishio said with a gentle smile.

“Shishiron, what do you mean by that? Are you telling me that I am a liar or something?” Yui pouted.

“It’s not like that, but you often keep what you want to do on your mind.”

“…..”

Yui knew that Shishio was right since she did something that she usually had never done. Yet she must admit she wanted to make a movie with him.

“Well, even if we shoot the movie after the summer vacation, we still have a lot of time,” Shishio said.

“Eh? Really?” Yui somehow sighed in relief. “Let’s do that. Let’s make the movie right after we meet Yukinon again.” She thought it would take a lot of time to shoot the movie, so she felt it was better to do it faster, but if it didn’t take too much time, it was better to wait for Yukino**a.

Shishio smiled and thought that this girl was really gentle.

Still, could she stay gentle after she knew what he planned to do with her mother?

Somehow he didn’t want to know.

“Alright, alright, stop talking for a moment. Let’s have dinner first!”

Hana suddenly interrupted them since the dinner was ready.

“Auntie, let me help you.” Shishio stood up from his seat.

“Thank you.” Hana smiled sweetly.

“Ah, let me help you too, mom!” Yui also worked fast since she didn’t want to lose somehow.

The three brought the dinner to the table before they had dinner together. The dinner was full of laughter and warmth, something that might have been lacking in this family for a while.

As for her father, Shishio decided to be smart and didn’t open his mouth since if Yui or Hana wanted to tell him, they would open their mouths.

Still, the dinner wasn’t that long since he also didn’t plan to stay that long.

Yet if there was something he wanted to complain about, he wondered why Hana decided to cook an “oyakodon” tonight, which made him quite restless, wondering whether this woman gave him a sign.

“If she’s always like this, I am afraid I can’t wait until she gets divorced..’

Shishio lamented.

“Thank you. The dinner is delicious, auntie,” Shishio said while looking at Hana.

“It’s nothing special, but if you want to play, you should often come, you know?” Even Hana had lowered her guard around him and wanted him to visit often.

“Yeah, you should often come, Shishiron!” Yui nodded eagerly.

Shishio wondered why this pair of a mother and a daughter loved to seduce him.

“Haha, I will visit you often then.” Shishio smiled, which caused Yui to blush when she thought he would visit her house so often. Yet she didn’t realize her mother also blushed.

“Then, I will go back now.”

While Shishio wanted to say that they should be careful since there were only two women inside, he felt it was unnecessary since the location of their house was around quite a famous neighborhood.

Police often patrolled the area, which made this place safer than Rui’s house.

On the other hand, Shishio was more worried about Rui’s house since it was located quite far from the city. It would be surprising if there was a pervert, but she was living with Natsuo and his father, so should she be alright?

Instead, he felt it would be better for her to be careful around Natsuo than the pervert.

‘She should be with Hina now.’

After all, unlike others, Rui also started to plan her career as a chef.

‘Should I visit her?’

However, before that, he was going to satisfy Hiratsuka first.

When he left, the pair of a daughter and a mother stared at Shishio for a while before they closed the door and locked it.

The two smiled and somehow anticipated his next visit.

—

In the morning, Shishio felt his phone tremble.

“Shishio, turn off the phone.”

Rui pulled her blanket and wrapped her body like a caterpillar.

On the other hand, Hina was sleeping carelessly with an unsightly pose.

The three had been doing it until dawn, so they wanted to sleep for quite a while, but who would have thought someone called him?

While Shishio took his phone and answered without looking at the person who had called him.

“Hello?”

“Hey, your sword is ready. Take it.”

“…What?”