Translator: Reflet
Editor: ryunakama
Taiyou, Aoba, Akiha, and Ruri were on the roof at midday . Taiyou was sitting in front of the fence doing level grinding, while Aoba was sitting at a slant next to him . A bit away from them Ruri and Akiha were gesturing to each other about something .
“I wonder if Akiha will actually take it seriously . ”
“I think so . ”
Aoba immediately affirmed this .
“When Akiha decides on something, she goes through with it all the way . Yeah, her attitude is still her same whimsical self, but boy does she become stubborn . ”
“Yeah, like I don’t know that aspect of her by now . ”
Taiyou said, moving his hand .
“Seriously, the combination of her wild and stubborn nature have got to be the worst . ”
“Yeah…oh, but…”
“Hm?”
He looked at Aoba, who seemed to remember something . Her cheeks were red for some reason .
“If I were to tell her to stop…she might actually do that . ”
(Ah, is that what it is?) thought Taiyou as he listened . He chuckled, giving her a light kiss before speaking .
“You don’t have to make her stop or anything . Looks fun, and I bet she’d learn a lot . ”
“Right . ”
“Ah, however…”
Taiyou thought of something this time around, calling Ruri over with a wave of his hand .
“Ruri . ”
“Yes, Darling?”
One of Ruri’s apparitions came over .
“You sure you haven’t been making one too many shadow clones lately?”
Taiyou grimaced .
“But it…feels good . ”
“Feels good?”
Taiyou frowned . What in the world did she mean by that?
“I like…splitting in front of you . ”
“Right? I totally get it, Ruri-chan . ”
Aoba affirmed Ruri’s statement .
“Yeah? Well if it’s fine then I guess that’s that . ”
Taiyou didn’t want to stop her in the first place, so he readily agreed . Regaining his composure, he asked Ruri the question he had meant to say .
“So I know you’re teaching Akiha all sorts of things, but would you classify that as military arts?”
“Yes, but…an extremely rudimentary version . ”
“Rudimentary? I see . ”
“An explanation on shadow clones…that even a monkey can do . ”
“That’d be some crazy stuff alright if a monkey could manage that!”
Taiyou blurted out .
Surely, that whole “monkey” phrase was a meme of some sort .
“…You got that from somewhere…right?”
But this was Ruri that he was talking about, so you couldn’t be too sure…
Ruri tilted her head, thinking a bit before responding .
“No, they can…make clones . ”
“That’s pretty much what you said earlier!”
“The difficulty…is a bit higher . ”
“Yeah, but the way you said it still makes it sound really easy . ”
“I’ll take responsibility…and teach them till they learn . ”
“Don’t overdo yourself, kay?”
Aoba said, but Akiha replied from far away .
“I’m good, I’m good . ”
“Where does that confidence of hers come from…”
Ruri erased the other clone and got back to teaching Akiha, while Taiyou got back to his repetitive activity . Aoba watched them .
The four of them were all doing something different under the blue sky . Although they weren’t chatting or anything (unless you count Ruri instructing Akiha), Taiyou felt very close to them at this moment .
“Y’know, I read this in a book once…”
“Read what?”
Aoba tilted her head .
“Something about family . They appear to be disorganized on the surface but are actually tightly connected . And because of that, they’re safe in all directions . ”
“That sounds pretty cool . ”
“What about your house, Aoba?”
“Yeah, we’re the same way . Mom, Mother, and Mama . Even when everyone was together, it wasn’t unusual to go the whole day without talking . ”
“Sounds about right . I’m jealous . I don’t think I’d ever be able to accomplish something like that . ”
“Jealous?”
“Sure am . ”
Taiyou nodded, taking Aoba’s hand before speaking again .
“Cause if we have nothing else to do, I’d love to just talk and get cuddly . Heck–”
He gave her another smooch .
“I’d like to do stuff like this too . ”
“H-Hey . Not in a place like this…it’s embarrassing . ”
“Ahaha, sorry sorry . We can do more of this later . ”
“…Mhm . ”
Aoba nodded bashfully .
“But really, I am jealous . I wonder if we can get that way too . ”
“I think so . ”
Aoba nodded timidly .
“I think that’s probably because my mothers all take each other for granted, like the water you drink or the air you breathe . ”
“I get it . ”
“So I’m sure we’ll also get close to that someday . ”
“I hope it’s sooner rather than later . ”
“Darling…you’re acting a little strange . ”
“Whoa!”
Taiyou was taken aback when he saw Ruri’s double suddenly appear in front of him .
“Could you not appear suddenly in front of me like that? And what do you mean by strange?”
“You’re usually…more lively . ”
“Nah c’mon, I am lively right now aren’t I?”
“Boys in their first year of high school…usually live in the moment . ”
“I think so too . ”
Akiha approached them, taking part in the conversation .
“Saying things like ‘Let’s do this or this or this when we get old’ ain’t something a high schooler would come up with . Right?”
“Mhm…I agree . ”
“But Natsuno-kun, you’re still…uhh…”
Aoba slightly hesitated . Her face showed her confliction in what to say .
“Umm…uhh…”
“You wanna say he’s lively enough as is, right?”
Akiha stated without blinking . This was truly where their personalities diverged .
“M-Mhm . ”
“Hmm, well that could be the case, yeah . ”
“Darling…you’re a sex fiend . ”
Akiha and Ruri, who had been negative a second ago, suddenly changed their opinions and chimed in with Aoba .
“You know, that would sound wrong if other people overheard this . ”
“But it’s true!”
Akiha said, grinning .
“Taiyou, have you even been alone in a room for one night recently?”
“Huh?”
“You’re always…helping yourself to seconds . ”
“Uhhhm…”
“Right? Not like it’s better for us, cause we can’t even satisfy him . ”
“Well…yeah, true . ”
Taiyou nodded vaguely . He got what they were saying, but it was just a bit difficult to agree .
“Well, it isn’t like there aren’t ways to solve this . ”
“Like what?”
Aoba asked Akiha .
“Just get everyone in the same room . Easy, right?”
“Everyone…”
“The same…room . ”
Aoba and Ruri murmured, and their faces grew redder and redder by the moment . All of them, including Akiha, gazed at Taiyou . Their eyes were filled with expectation and desire . Taiyou felt an itch as he gazed back at them .
“Hera . ”
“Jajajaaan . What is it, Taiyou-chan?”
“Tell everyone to get back to the house as quickly as they can . ”
“Rajaaa!”
Hera said, flying off .
Taiyou knew he had to answer to their expectations .
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