It wasn’t that hard to find Yu-ah’s mother. In the first place, I had her cell phone number. She didn’t usually go out for walks that far.
“Oh. She’s over there.”
I heard where my mother was on the phone and headed to a nearby park.
My mother was sitting in a covered pavilion with Dam-i, unable to move because of the rain.
“Ji-bin~!” She waved her hand in my direction.
Then Dam-i, who was panting and in her mother’s arms, looked at me.
Dam-i wanted to come over, but her mother held him back, so he just flailed his feet.
You’re not that wet, are you…?
I worried and checked on Yu-ah’s mother.
Her shoulders were slightly wet, but not as wet as ours.
Dam-i’s fur was slightly damp.
I felt relieved and handed my mother an umbrella when I arrived at the pavilion.
“Here’s the umbrella.”
“Thank you. You came to greet us in the rain, and you’re the only one who can come out and pick us up, right? Right? Dam-i?”
I don’t know if he was answering his mother or if he was just barking because he was happy to see me.
Dam-i just kept barking.
I handed him the umbrella and got up with him, and we went back home together.
Anyway, if you got even a little wet, you’d catch a cold if you stayed outside.
“But Ji-bin, did you come out in the rain?”
“Huh?”
“No, your clothes are all wet. Your hair too.”
My mother asked me worriedly.
I had roughly wiped it off with a towel earlier, but of course, there was still moisture.
So from the outside, I probably looked like a rat that got wet.
“It was pouring down rain when I was coming back from the market with Yu-ah earlier. I got a little wet.”
“Then you should have washed up and come back… You’ll catch a cold. Hey.”
“I just came out since I was already wet. I told Yu-ah to wash up anyway, so I told her to wash up.”
“But you should have washed up. I wasn’t even that wet.”
“… Hey. You know. If Yu-ah washes up, it’s like an eternity. I mean, you have to rent a bathroom all by yourself.”
They say that the longer a woman takes to wash up, the more feminine her power is.
When I think about it that way, I think Yu-ah’s femininity is top-tier.
Her breasts are at the bottom, though.
Once she goes in, she stays there for almost 30 minutes.
“Do you remember when we went on a family trip with my family? I need to go to the bathroom. My daughter, Yu-ah, went in to take a shower and never came out, and I almost died.”
“Pfft. Was that so? It’s been so long that I don’t remember.”
“If she wasn’t a real woman, I would have just opened the door and gone in. I barely held it in.”
“Ahaha. Was that so?”
My mother laughs pleasantly at my memory.
Then she takes off the cardigan she was wearing and puts it on me.
It was still late summer, so it was a thin cardigan, but I could feel the warmth of her mother’s clothes.
“…Your clothes will get wet.”
“It’s okay. You can wash your clothes, but you shouldn’t get your son sick, right?”
She stops me with her hand as I try to take off my clothes.
In the end, I can’t bend my mother’s will, so I bend first.
My mother carefully watches to see if Dam-i is following along under the umbrella as she speaks to me.
“Thank you so much, Ji-bin.”
“…Huh? What’s the big deal?”
“For being so kind to our Yu-ah. And to me too.”
I feel embarrassed at the sincere expression of gratitude for no reason.
It’s probably not something that deserves much gratitude.
It’s just something we’ve been doing naturally since long ago.
“I don’t have to worry about Yu-ah living on her own because you’re here. If something happens, you’ll go, right?”
“…..Yeah… Well. Unless something comes up.”
“You’ve always been that kind of kid. A good kid who thinks of Yu-ah and others before yourself.”
She gently stroked my wet hair as if she was proud of me.
Yu-ah’s mother looked at me with eyes filled with reminiscence and spoke.
I couldn’t stand this completely positive atmosphere, so I said to my mother, “Mother. Are you trying to embarrass me and kill me? Why are you acting like this today?”
“You knew that and gave in to the shower. Isn’t it true that Yu-ah’s body cools down faster than others?”
“Yes… That’s true.”
She’s quick-witted. Since I’ve never been treated badly by my mother, it might be natural.
“Yu-ah, she’ll have a hard time without you. She’s so clumsy and acts strong on the outside, but she’s weak on the inside.”
“I’m so lucky as a mother to have such a considerate and good friend by my side. And Ji-bin is grateful to you.”
… Please stop being so stubborn, Mother.
My body was cooling down, but the barrage of compliments that followed made my body feel hot.
I didn’t know how to react or what to do.
“I wish there was a good person like you by our side in the future… Yes.”
My mother spoke as if she were making a wish.
I didn’t want to worry her either, so I answered, “Even if you don’t say that, we won’t be able to break up right away. We’re destined to be together forever.”
“That’s true. It’s been over 10 years since you two met, right?”
“Yes.”
“Because we met in the second grade of elementary school.”
I also felt comfortable and happy with Yu-ah.
That’s why we can continue to be together, and because we’re going to the same school.
Unless something big happens, I don’t think our friendship will end.
“…So Ji-bin.”
“Yes? Yes.”
“Do you have any plans to come to our house as a son-in-law?”
My mother said with a serious face.
I couldn’t tell if this was a joke or not, so I froze.
“…Uh… But that… what should I say…”
“Our Yu-ah is cute, right?”
“Uh… Of course, Yu-ah is a good kid… yes… um…”
“Love is stronger than friendship, right? If you two get along well and you stay by Yu-ah’s side, I’ll feel safe.”
How should I respond to this?
I couldn’t say yes, but I also felt bad about saying no in front of my mother.
Besides, my feelings for Yu-ah hadn’t been sorted out yet.
As I hesitated to answer with my eyes spinning around, my mother looked at my expression.
She burst out laughing, finding it cute.
“Just kidding. Just kidding. Hehe. Relax your expression. If someone saw you, they’d think someone died. Son.”
My mother giggled.
…Phew.
Thank goodness. It was a joke after all.
I was shocked and gave my mother a spiteful answer.
“It’s really bad for your heart, so please don’t joke around like that.”
“Okay, okay. Sorry. Why would an old mother like you interfere with her son’s and daughter’s relationships? The young ones should take care of that.”
“Mom. But your acting is really good. I almost got fooled just now.”
I hadn’t seen Yu-ah’s mother joke around much.
Well, the two of them didn’t really get along.
But when she acted like that, I thought it was real.
Maybe Yu-ah inherited her acting skills from her mother.
She was good at dubbing when we played story games.
“There’s a secret to acting… You’ll probably know it when you’re this old, right?”
“Huh? Really? What is it?”
“Should I tell you?”
“Yes. I’m a little curious. Since you say that.”
She was talking as if it was some secret martial arts technique that some amateur martial artist possessed.
I became curious and asked.
My mother laughed like a girl who giggled at her age.
“When you lie, you mix half of it with sincerity. That’s because people end up deceiving themselves.”
“…Huh?”
I had a hard time understanding what she meant.
No. Maybe I didn’t want to understand.
Which means that what my mother just said was half sincere.
…Just what part of it was sincere?
“This is also a joke. Hehe. Is the problem that our son is too naive? He shouldn’t be fooled by anyone later?”
For some reason, the last words didn’t seem like a joke; maybe it was my imagination.
I shake off the uneasy feeling and come back to my senses, dazed from being teased by my mother.
“We’re here. Already.”
While we were laughing and talking, we arrived in front of the house.
My mother unlocks the door, opens it, and goes inside first.
I follow her, take off my shoes, and step inside.
My mother stops in the middle of the living room.
“Oh my.”
And she lets out a voice that seems surprised.
Wondering what it is, I follow my mother and stop in front of her, looking where she is looking.
“Hehehehe. Ima wakaranai—Huh? Mom?”
In the bathroom, a loud J-pop was playing, probably because it was on while showering. Steam rose from the slightly open door.
And then, a naked woman humming in the middle of the living room.
… What is this?
Suddenly, Yu-ah’s naked body, not even covered with a towel, came into view.
White, smooth skin and a well-proportioned body.
A hint of 11-pack abs and a belly without a single ounce of fat.
And her thighs, which looked soft and firm in comparison.
Every part of her body caught my eye at once.
Why is she naked in the middle of the living room?
Not knowing how to handle this situation, I greeted her.
“… Uh… hello?”
Yu-ah stopped moving for a moment after receiving my greeting.
Then, 3, 2, 1.
She screamed as if it was a rocket launching signal.
“Gyaaaaaaaah!”
Yu-ah ran to her room and disappeared.
The door slammed shut.
“Ugh! Mom! I’m going to die! I’m going to die!”
I could hear crying and screaming from the room, the sound of soy sauce being poured, and the sound of a window being broken.
I shrugged my shoulders as I faced my mother, who was laughing as if she didn’t know what had just happened.
But isn’t her chest bigger than I thought?
It’s hidden by her clothes, but when I think about what I just saw, my chest is secretly…
I want to apologize a little in my heart for teasing her by calling her a cliff and a chopping board.
Yes. The word “wall” is now a retraction.
The word that fits this best is…
“…What? Are you breathing hard? Yu-ah?”
I was really glad that Yu-ah didn’t hear those words.
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