Tsuki Tsuki Vol 12 Chapter 3

Chapter 03: Walking through the quiet Night

—Happy New Year, or not so happy.

My vision fell onto a body line with extreme up and downs, sexily loose clothes and fleeting white skin. She was looking down at me alluring with her sparkling eyes and laughed a bewitching “Fufu…”.

I too tried to laugh it off.

excuse myself now, was what I couldn’t do. Still straddling my waist, she leaned back by bending her back. Moreover, she spread her legs on top of me in the shape of the letter M and slowly extended her bewitching long and beautiful leg… putting it onto my face.
Ha, Haha, I was in my own room, but I felt like going home. How did it come to this first thing in the new year? Even while I was dumbfounded, I vaguely recalled the activities up to beginning of the new year…

—I felt like I could tell Luna my feelings now.

Unable to find Luna, I looked around the surroundings by going around, whereupon I strangely enough didn’t saw Luna, Machina or Elni, but Nazuna standing in the Gogyou garden, as they came to pick me up like Hijiri had said.

The cat-loving Hisame-chan was dedicating herself to the same cat play as yesterday together with the likewise cat-loving Nazuna. Both of them kept talking to each other with meows. As for Kaorun, who watched over them,

With that, impatience showed up in her expression.

“Listen, Brother! I became friends with Hisame-chan! She seems to have trouble with cleaning the garden’s storehouse, so we’ll go home after I helped her out!”

“Meow, meeow, Meoow?”

…Don’t look at your brother with such innocent eyes. I don’t understand cat language in the slightest. As usual, it was all Greek to me, but to conceal it, I made a cool “meow”, then purred elegantly and petted Nazuna and Hisame-chan’s head moody.

She was pretty much like a kitten. I was inadvertently about to be soothed, but Nazuna kept her expression of mixed feelings and a lively voice came from behind with “Ah, there you are, Shinobu-san”.

“Fufu, you two sure are close.”

I would tell Luna my feelings soon. When I thought about that, my pulse accelerated even more. Nodding small, I slowly freed myself from Hisame-chan’s embrace, but for some reason, she flushed her cheeks and said quietly.

“Wait a sec, Hisame-chan. I don’t think I said what you believe me to have said.”

I hastily called her to a stop, but Hisame-chan didn’t stop and continued with a faint smile.

My heart truly jumped out of my chest right now. Was this girl unexpectedly a troublemaker too? Feeling a little pain in my stomach, I looked at Nazuna for help, but

With still mixed feelings, the little sister didn’t rescue her older brother from the pinch and even gave a rebuking look. Was I the only one, who sensed a dubious malice in their cat language?

“Fueh~! I am no good! Shinobu-san prefers little girls!”

I was under the suspicion of being a paedophile. Later I had my hands full with clearing that up, where it was no longer suitable to tell her my feelings. More over, there was the promise Nazuna made with Hisame-chan in cat language. The great clean-up of the garden’s storehouse. Luna and the others said they would help out too and by the time we finished, it was too late to go home and we all stayed over at the Gogyou Mansion on Kaorun’s suasion.
Having completely lost the timing, I still hadn’t told Luna anything in the end…

Exactly when was the last time I properly talked with Luna?

Before Christmas, I had been running around to find Elin, who had run away. At the beginning of winter vacation, Kaorun had come over and I then stayed a few days over at Hijiri’s house. All the while Luna had gotten unnecessary misunderstandings a couple of times.

Although Luna behaved relatively normal, even with these misunderstanding. When our eyes met, she would always give me a soft smile.

…In other words, the year was about to end without me having confessed to Luna.

Machina and Nazuna, respectively in a good and low tension mood, were talking to each other and in the corner of my vision, Elni was on the phone that had rang earlier. She was happily talking with the person on the other end of the phone while holding the receiver with one hand.

“Ahahaha! Stop it already! My stomach hurts from laughing too much!”

“Hey Nazuna, today Japanese will eat Soba, watch Kohaku and then go visit the shrine, right?”

“Oh, I didn’t know that… Earlier when I asked Hijiri and Kaorun per mail, they told me that they would wear a Kimono for the first shrine visit.”

Apparently Hijiri and Kaorun would come over here to pick us up, but… I wasn’t told anything in particular about Kimonos.

“Sister and me are thinking about putting on a Kimono for the shrine visit too. I mean, Tomoe-san gave us Kimonos this morning. But I don’t really know how to wear one. Do you, Nazuna?”

Nazucat was rather cool and quiet today. Seeing my little sister like that, Machina looked at her doubtful.

“That’s not it. But you see, I actually get overly excited by always trying to get into the New Year full of energy, but I fail every year and end up falling asleep before the New Year’s there. So to avoid making the same mistake again, I’m playing save in various ways this year.”

She really seemed to be in a good mood. Machina lightly clapped her own knee with a smile. In regards, Nazuna obediently rested her cheek on her thigh and as she was rather tired, she fell asleep in no time, even though Elni was still laughing happily with the phone receiver in one hand.

They each had a shopping bag hanging on their arms. Luna gave Machina and me a short greeting and took the shopping bag from my mother. Then she headed into the dining kitchen with the words “I will prepare the Soba now”.

“Mama Tomoe, it’s a call from your beloved Steven Se*gal. He’s arriving in Japan soon and will come over tomorrow.”

My mother casually replied to Elni’s joke and took the phone receiver somewhat amazed. Then she answered the call with “Hello?” while lightly petting Elni’s head.

In a flash, my mother made the face of a maiden. Her cheeks were flushed and all. Seeing my mother like that, Machina apparently got curious and she pulled jerkily on my sleeve.

“Someone like a lifelong nemesis for me.”

“…If he’s your nemesis, then he’s mine as well.”

“Yeah, if it’s your nemesis— wait, you just said ‘dad’, didn’t you? That Itsuki is your father!? So I have to slap your father? I definitely don’t want to! He would come to hate me!”

“Shinobu! This isn’t the time for weird jokes! Tomoe-san said ‘You’re coming home’ happily, you know? So your father’s coming home, right? Actually, Elni talked happily with him over the phone earlier, but she’s already buddy-buddy with him?”

“Elni is that with basically anyone! But I’m different! I don’t think I can talk to him properly out of nervousness! What should I do when he comes home?”

It was a relatively serious topic. But seeing as Machina was already like this, Luna might give a similar reaction. I lightly shrugged my shoulders, but my predication became perfectly true later on.

…That were good news for sure. But hearing this, Luna became a bit restless, albeit not so much as Machina. She asked me a lot of things about my father and the rest of the year went by laid-back and peacefully without me having a chance to confess yet again.

Later on we ate Year-end Soba together, watched Kohaku together and like every year, Nazuna’s efforts were futile and she was sleeping with her cheek resting on the heating table… Then the countdown to the New Year finally started. Ten seconds until the New Year. While looking at the TV, Machina formed a smile and mumbled.

Eight seconds until the New Year. Taking her eyes off the TV, my mother looked at everyone warmly.

Six seconds until the New Year. Looking at everyone like my mother, Elni smiled like a sunflower.

Four seconds until the New Year. Picking up on Elni’s smile, Luna formed a soft smile as well.

Only two more seconds until the New Year. Everyone returned their gaze to the TV and fell silent. Meanwhile, my little sister Nazuna, who had slept on the heating table so far, suddenly raised her head with attitude, then hastily raised voice with sleepy eyes.

“…You’re starting the year with a false start.”
At the same time I gave such a retort, our family welcomed the new year. Then the girls changed into Kimonos with the help of my mother and in the meantime, Hijiri and Kaorun came over like they had said in the call at noon. After all preparations were done, we went out for the first shrine visit of the year together at once.

New Year’s greetings were exchanged busily under the night sky with beautiful sparkling stars. The shrine place was crowded with various booths. Next to me, I saw the side profiles of my family and friends.

Luna’s was an elegant white one. Machina wore a gorgeous scarlet one. A beautiful pink one for Elni and Nazuna had a colourful azure one… They were presents from my mother. Apparently she splurged on them, since she wanted to see her daughters all dressed up.

While such thoughts crossed my mind, I shifted my gaze from my family to my two friends and smiled faintly.

But when I took a closer look at the girls again… I realized what an incredible high niveau they all had.

Incidentally, I actually happened to be wearing a Kimono as well. A chic black Kimono. In the fashion of one of these sudden surprise moments, my mother gave me that Kimono shortly before we left the house… but she had a good eye for it. When I put it on like this, I felt like I had become a great poet.

While waiting for our turn at the altar, I felt my spirit raising a bit. My family members, Luna, Elni, Machina and Nazuna stood cheerfully in front of me and while I watched the backs of these four, Kaorun on my left suddenly took out a digital camera, flushed her cheeks a bit and took a two shot of me and herself with a peace sign.

“You usually already give off an intrepid aura, so you look like a Samurai when you wear a Kimono, Shinobu-kun.”

…Apparently I looked like a Samurai instead of a great poet. It made me involuntarily want to drop by shoulders, but I suppressed that urge in my shock and took a close look at Hijiri’s Kimono attire.

Due to a bit of bashfulness, I shortened my compliment to something simple.

“You two look really good together. The Samurai-style Shinobu-sama. The young Samurai wife-style Hijiri-chan. From a bit afar here, you appear like a young married couple.”

But like always, she seemed to renew her feelings right away and smiled softly at Nazuna, Machina and Elni, who were walking at the front.

“This year again, I’ll wish to become an enchantress. What about you, Machina-oneechan?”

“For me it’s going to be that one thing, I guess. I’ve lot of wishes, but my dearest one already came true. Therefore— I’ll pray for Shinobu to quickly get a child.”

“You see, Shinobu told me that I would become the godparent.”

“Machina, I can’t suppress my anticipation to see Shinobu’s child. I even came up with lots of names already. So Machina, could you please give birth to his child?”

“Mh? Because you said that your wish was to become like your mother, so I thought it was the perfect opportunity. You can become a mother too, Machina. I’m looking forward to it, so give your best.”

She gave her usual tricked & retort combo, but afterwards she went on forever about the future with a rather earnest expression and no signs to stop at all. Her tension might have been high because of New Year’s day. She flushed her cheeks into a bright red

and she started to blurt out things like that. Everyone gave Machina kind agreeable responses, but only Kaorun called out to Elni to get back on topic.

“I bet. IShinobu’s child will surely be happy to have a fun maid like you around. But Kaorun, you can’t do anything indecent to the child, you hear?”

“Wh- Why! Promise it! You definitely can’t while it’s still small!”

“Still, please take a closer look at me, Elni-san. See this charm? It is guaranteed that the child will feel aroused by it. Should it come after me, I will without hesitation… record it’s confession and use it for blackmailing.”

“Do not worry. In time, abuse will change into pleasure— Ah, my apologies, I took the joke too far. I was light-hearted, since it is the New Year. Please do not give me such an angry glare.”

“When you do plan to have a kid, Shinobu?”

“Mhm~ Then… Should I give birth to one in your stead?”

“I’m not a student like Machina or Hijiri and don’t plan to attend University like Luna. So I’ve got all the time to give birth… Ah, but it takes money to raise a child. Since I want to take a trip overseas with everyone… it’s a bit troubling.”

“Sh- Shinobu-san! I also want to give birth to— eh, Kyaa! Ah, I am sorry…”

For now, I routed out that skirt chaser at once. When I shifted my gaze back to Luna anxious, she thanked me and

eagerly tried to get back to the topic with a still red face, but our turn at the altar came, so she closed her mouth downhearted and stood in front of the altar together with us. Next, we all paid homage. Clapping our hands in unison, we closed our eyes and each made our own wish.

Like that, I finished my shrine visit with Luna and the others. When we left the altar together, Kaorun suddenly looked at the shrine office, only to then pull on the sleeve of my Kimono and uttered “Please look over there” in a casual, but loud tone.

“Haha, thanks to you, the shrine maidens have turned around all at once. They’re glaring at me with fiery eyes. It’s winter, but I feel like I’ll melt.”

“Geez, you sure don’t change, not even in the new year. That’s an outrageous joke so early in the new year. But even though you’re like that— Let’s get along this year as well.”

…This time she made an outrageous remark. This maid was wicked in various ways. I felt my own face getting red, whereupon the nearby Luna quietly tried to interject with “I- I also love—”, but

“I agree with Nazuna. We’re already here and all, what do you say, Shinobu-kun?”

“Don’t worry, Machina! I’m quite confident! That none of our members is so unlucky as to draw bad luck!”

As a result, I got great luck as a good omen while Kaorun got average luck. As for Nazuna,

“Okay, you read that as uncertain luck, you know? Work a bit harder on your Kanji studies this year, okay? By the way, I had great luck, but… what about you, Hijiri, Machina?”

“Shinobu-sama, both Hijiri-chan and Machina have great luck. Moreover, their delivery section says ‘safely’, so they can give safely birth to your children now.”

“How did it go for you, Luna-san, Elni-san? A moment ago, you mentioned that none of our members would be so unlucky as to draw bad luck…”

“…So bad luck really exists. And it even says that I don’t have a favourable delivery this year.”

Elni and Luna got even more depressed while saying so. They made a sigh all alike and looked at each other… It seemed like they planned to redraw the fortune.

“Shinobu-san! I drew great luck too! And it appears I can give birth safely as well!”

For a moment, a confession on the likes of “Bear my children!” floated in the back of my head, but I swiftly shook that off and petted her head with a joke, whereupon next up Elni came rushing over to me too, crying hoarse with teary eyes.

“I- If it’s that grim, you need some hope. If you want, I can become your hope. Look, they’re selling Takoyaki over there. I’ll treat you to some, so cheer up.”

Elni swiftly changed gears. Depressed in one moment, she smiled again with one blink and clung to my arm happily, dragging me to the booth like that.

“Uhm, it’s hard to walk in an unfamiliar Kimono, so could you get away a bit?”

Elni acted spoiled on a rare occasion. But it was cute, so I tolerated it, whereupon Luna hesitantly looked my way and mumbled something about “I- I too do not want to get separa…”, but

Kaorun pushed Hijiri’s back by saying that with a loud voice and somewhat forcefully attached her to my arm. Next, she clung to my back and whispered sweetly into my ear.

“…Seems I don’t need a heater this winter.”

On the other hand, Nazuna took Luna and Machina’s hands with “We’ll hold hands”. Just from that, Machina showed a smile, but Luna mumbled something on the lines of “…Today I seem like air again” with mixed feelings, but unfortunately I didn’t quite catch it.

…The truth was, I had faintly noticed that I was actually afraid. The precious person I loved since I was small. My saviour Luna. Imagine me confessing to her and getting shot down horrible. As pathetic as it was, I felt a hole opening in my stomach just from thinking about it.

Like that, I got cold feet promptly in the new year while I walked over the crowded shrine grounds with everyone.

…Somehow I had gotten a bit excited.

The family members in my vision. Except my mother, the girls were still wearing their Kimonos and were drinking the sweet Sake with relish while continuing the chit-chat.

“…Actually, the girls aren’t wearing anything underneath.”

“To my surprise, Elni didn’t fall for it, but Luna-chan and Machina-chan are foreigners. When I jokingly told them ‘Originally you don’t wear underwear underneath a Kimono’, they both took me serious… and aren’t wearing any even now.”

“What’s with the strange smugly look? You couldn’t be any more off.”

“Well, the stuff with dad aside, you’re already a proper adult, Mom, so you shouldn’t tease Luna and the others too much.”

“Feel free to. I won’t be forgiven anyway, not even with a sound argument, so I can’t say anything more.”

“…Well, the year only just started.”

“…Hear me out, Nazuna-chan. Sometimes I seem to become like air. I guess it would better if I get myself a weapon on the lines of a tricked & retort combo, a bright smile, a dignified aura or a bold prankish nature too?”

“You are right. It certainly is important to stay true to oneself. But what is my own weapon then?”

“I get your point, Nazuna-chan. But Shinobu-san does not pay any attention to me lately, so I think I am missing something. To tell the truth, I have been studying various things by watching a certain DVD, but I am hesitant to try it out…”

“I understand. You are absolutely right, Nazuna-chan. It sounded like simple cat purring, but this is not the time to be bashful. I will give my best too.”

“Luna-chan, you better don’t drink too much of the sweet Sake. You’re weak against alcohol, right? Also, Machina-chan, you’ve been drinking quite a bit too, are you okay? Elni, keep an eye on her. Likewise Nazuna, it’s about time you go to… wait, you’re sleeping already?”

“We had that already. Go sleep in your room now.”

I hoped that she had a sweet first dream of the year. I slowly picked her up and headed for my little sister’s room, leaving the living room. Then I put Nazuna to sleep on her bed and went back to the living room, but while I had been away, the girls had engaged in some sweet girl’s talk.

Well then, what should I do tomorrow? My father was coming back, so it seemed like it would get a bit livelier again. Temporarily forgetting my confession to Luna, I smiled for a while on my bed…

…Was this a foreboding?

However, there was no change in my room in particular and when I looked at the clock on the wall from the bed, I had apparently fallen asleep for around an hour. Given the time, the girls in the living room must have called it a day too, but… was the earlier chill just my imagination?

…What was this shiver? A wild instinct? Whilst I was perplexed by my body’s mysterious reaction, the footsteps stopped in front of my room. Following, the door was knocked and Luna’s beautiful voice rang with “Excuse me” as she came inside, still wearing the same white Kimono from earlier.

An appearance worthy to be called voluptuous. While I got a bit agitated, Luna advanced elegantly and looked intensely at me while sitting down on the bed, declaring with a bewitching expression.

“…The night’s nearly over, you know? Actually, what happened to your clothes?”

Ah, I felt another chill. I didn’t know what they were playing, but Luna was obviously behaving weird. Her eyes were even more glazed than before and her cheeks were red too.

“Oh please, how is that possible. Tomoe-san told me something similar earlier, but I am perfectly fine. I am no different from usual. Therefore, please kiss me.”

“I refuse. I want to play around with… cough, play together with you, Shinobu-san.”

Given the sweet Sake, she must be kind of drunk again. The drunk Luna not only becomes somewhat sadistic when drunk, she also repeatedly kisses those dear to her. But her symptoms were still weak. If I properly persuaded her now, it should somehow work out… shouldn’t it?

“Somehow, you are being a bit indifferent to me lately, Shinobu-san.”

“…Another joke like that and I will seal these lips of yours without mercy.”

It was scary how Luna-san sometimes showed a touch of sadism tonight. After showing me a bewitching smile that gave me the chills, her expression returned to normal and she puffed up her cheeks once more.

“Well, we didn’t talk much for sure, but I don’t really remember being indifferent to you.”

Temporarily stopping her words, Luna softly placed her hands on my shoulders after a terrible long pause and continued with a clear sadistic glitter in her eyes.

“M- May I object? Why punishment out of nowhere?”

…Shit. The DVD Luna spoke of was without doubts Shuu-kun’s.

Of course I hadn’t forgotten about that. But I thought that with Luna the misunderstanding would clear up with time even if I just left it alone and worried instead about how I should convey my feelings to her, but… not in my wildest dreams would I’ve thought that my optimism would bring about this situation.

“I studied a lot to changed your cold attitude into an affectionate one, you know? I believe that now I can pleasure you plentiful tonight.”

A sudden sweet kiss cut me short. My lips were stolen in an instant. Moreover, Luna erotically inserted her tongue into my mouth while her soft lips still covered my mouth. Her smooth and hot tongue entwined around mine and moved around lovingly.

Furthermore, just when Luna removed her light pink lips from my mouth, she lightly poked my lips with the tip of her tongue like a greeting and at the same time, she touched my ear.

Even I came to felt enchanted. Meanwhile, Luna smiled lascivious and softly pushed down my body onto the bed, making me lay down face-up.

Do whatever you want… Not. Forget about my confession, it was an outrageous development so early in the new year.

“Ah, Ahahaha… Hahaha, it’s nearly time for the mass, so I’ll—”

Indifferent to my agitation, she leaned back a bit by bending her back on top of my waist. Next she slowly opened her legs, spreading them like a M on top of my waist in her Kimono attire of all things. Additionally, the blonde Missy slowly extended her beautiful leg… stroking my cheek with one of her feet.

“How is it? You are happy to be stepped on, right? You take pleasure in this, right Shinobu-san?”

Luna rubbed her bare foot against my cheek. But she herself didn’t seem to have any intention to step on me for real, so her foot movements were really gentle, which made me feel that I was cared for.

“…Are you fine with being stepped on? Ah, you can take it because you are a hardcore masochist. If anything, it gives you pleasure? You are really gross.”

“Why? Your body seems to like it. To get so excited over punishment, you really are the lowest trash. If you want to feel even better, you have to properly beg for it. Say: ‘My beloved Luna-san, give me more’.”

“Shinobu-san, if you do not properly say ‘I love you’, I will not make you feel good anymore.”

“Ehm, Luna, I, well, I… you.”

“Y- You mean the abuse like just now will continue until dawn? My heart wouldn’t be able to take that! Please spare me of that. I, uhm, I love you! There, that should be enough, right? Stop it for real now.”

L- Looks like we talked past each other. I was terrified, whereas Luna spread her legs right and left… stroking my cheeks with both her feet this time.

Luna rubbed my cheeks up, down, left and right with her feet and sometimes did circling movements. Each time, the Kimono she was wearing became even more unravelled. Her soft and white thighs were already in plain view and beyond that, I got a fleeting look on… Wait a sec. That was strange.

Come to think of it, my mother had said that Luna and Machina took her joke of “You don’t wear underwear under a Kimono” seriously and weren’t wearing any now…

“Where are you looking, Shinobu-san?”

“Ufufu, your cute face turned all red. You are actually concerned about it, right? Here, if I get rough like this, you might get a glimpse.”

…I might really be done for. Every time her movements got fiercer, her bottom bounced on top of my body and since her Kimono had slipped greatly out of place, her plentiful voluminous breasts were half exposed, bouncing around seductively.

“If you were to say ‘I love you from the bottom of my heart’… Then I would not mind showing you everything.”

“Ahn, I love you too, Shinobu-san.”

Despite me mustering all of my reasoning to crack that joke, I didn’t get the awaited retort, but to my sorrow, Luna set her hands to her Kimono without hesitation and her earlier sadistic glitter had vanished. While flushing her cheeks, she took off her Kimono on top of me without time for me to stop her.

Upon that, her beautiful breasts, which I previously learnt to be G-cups, slowly closed in on my eyes, swayed left and right before my nose and Luna looked down on me again, returning her tone to her usual gentle one.

Along with her soft words, Luna tightly pressed her round breasts onto my face.

Was this the commonly called carrot and stick policy? I wasn’t all too sure, but it was a fact that my reasoning received devastating damage.

“Uhn, Shinobu-san, does it feel good? Hahn, Shinobu-san, I love you, Ahn…”

Still, would I ever be able to convey my feelings to Luna at this rate? Embracing a vague worry, I let go off my consciousness without even being able to make a sigh.

…Somehow I felt really comfortable. A sweet sensation on my body. What was this?

Without getting bored even after touching it numerous times, I was moving my hands bowled over for a while, whereupon

Ha, Hahaha, that woke me up for sure. But I wished I hadn’t.

Moreover, since I touched her in my half-sleep, the light pink buds on her breasts started to stand up.

For starters I have to remember. If I wasn’t mistaken, Luna was drunk last night, became a S&M Queen and in the end there were boobs.

However, why was Luna sleeping naked? Could it be, she fell asleep just like that last night after pressing her breasts onto me? She seemed sound asleep and having some kind of dream.

Mumbling such captivating sleep talk, she loosely bent back and forth her hips in a bewitching manner.

At that moment, the door of my room was suddenly knocked.

A familiar nostalgic male voice reached my ears and he made a short, but nice rap.

As always he was quick to get fired up, but just as quick to grow tired of it. Without checking with me, a man showed up in the room with a smile. It was a man with delicate features like Nazuna’s. The aura around him was incredible soft and apparently countless women had been smitten by that appearance of him so far.

However, this situation was fatally. At first my father wore a refreshing smile, but upon seeing Luna peacefully sleeping in my bed, he blinked a bit.

“C- Cute, isn’t she?”

While saying so, my father looked back at Luna, then frowned for some reason and erased all playfulness from his expression. But only for a moment. He then played dumb again with his usual aloof tone.

“Welcome home, Dad. Now scram.”

Apparently the three of them got to know each other while I was asleep. My father smiled in a good mood and brought up a subject with “By the way, Shinobu-kun,”.

“I don’t care how much you like her, but— if you do that, I’ll kill you.”

Even at our long-awaited reunion, my father’s speech was random, mixed with jokes and false except for the love stories about my mother. But today he was somewhat different from usual. With his hand on the doorknob, my father threw a glance at Luna again and changed his tone into a serious one on a very rare occasion.

“…Of course not. How often do you think I was tricked by your serious act? You want to kidnap me and take me to some unknown place again, right?”

“You look so serious that it’s scaring me… Talk about what?”

Turning his back to me, my father cleared his throat with a cough and declared with a colourful voice.

Midway in his sentence, I wordlessly took the pillow near my hand and threw it into the direction of my father without a single shred of hesitation. But like expected, my father casually repelled the pillow with his back still to me. My pillow spin over in the air and loosely came back to near my hand.

“Shinobu-san, good morning…”

“Eh? Huh? Why am I next to you with no clothes on?”

“Ehm, yesterday we all drunk sweet Sake and then I… did something?”
It appeared that she missed all memories from when she was drunk. So she was the type to forget when drinking. It would be too cruel to tell her the truth. I told Luna a white lie, vaguely covering up what happened deep in the night…

Come to think of it… what did my father want to talk about?

…Earlier my father had an unusual serious face. It really might be something important, just like he said.

When I felt a bit worried like that, I ran into a cat at the end of the stairs.

“…What’s with you? That’s how you greet me after a long time? What are you angry about?”

“Listen to this, Shinobu! Kagari won’t warm up to me at all! I only tried to give her a snack, yet she scratched me!”

“Haha, as if. Well, she possesses a proud curved tail though.”

“Hey Kagari, can’t you fix your jealousy already? Look what you’ve done to them. Properly apologize, okay?”

Not listening to my advice, she hit my cheek with her forefoot like a slap in the face, raised a displeased snarl as to say “You cheater!” and left in a huff.

Mumbling so with a shrug of my shoulders, I comfortingly petted Machina and Elni’s heads for now and we started talking like that in the hallway. According to them, Nazuna was still sleeping in her room and they both had already greeted my father like I had thought.

Well, that aside. When the topic came up that we should head to the living room soon, Luna came down the stairs with quiet steps, as she finished dressing up.

Seeing Kagari like that, Machina and Elni widened their eyes alike, as they had received an aggressive reaction from her earlier, and each spoke timidly.

“Don’t tell me she bit you like with me and you scolded her?”

…An animal’s instinct wasn’t to be underestimated. It seemed she understood in an instant who the new boss in the house was. Kagari was shaking in Luna’s

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