"Is the pain very strong?"
"No, just a bit of a heavy feeling, and I'm a little tired..."
The bathroom—the starting point of Miyazawa Yuu's romance, a sacred place of sublimation. It sounded strange to say, but that was the reality.
And now, the boy was leaning against the bathroom door, his face a mix of confusion and anxiety. Just a moment ago at the restaurant, Nanaka had suddenly told him she wanted to go home, and this was the scene once they arrived.
"...Um."
"What is it, Nanaka-san? Should I call a doctor?"
"No, I remember there should be some... sanitary products left in the suitcase. Could you help me get them?"
"Eh?"
His expression instantly went blank. Miyazawa Yuu tilted his head and stared fixedly at the bathroom door—it had only been about half a month since Nanaka's last period of discomfort!
Even if it were early, there was no way it could be this early. But "sanitary products," if he hadn't misunderstood, definitely meant that, but...
His mind was a mess. He practically flew across the floor to grab the items Nanaka needed and handed them inside. Then, he opened his phone and began frantically searching related terms!
When a result matching the situation jumped out at him, his finger froze mid-scroll!
"..."
Pressing the flush button on the toilet, Kotegawa Nanaka tidied herself up and took a deep breath. With a sense of profound confusion, she pulled open the bathroom door.
The heavy ache in her stomach had vanished, replaced by a super-uncomfortable feeling of fullness and tension—the kind where even a slight movement made her whole body feel strangely numb and tingly!
"Yu, I'm okay now... Yu?"
Just as she was about to comfort her worried boyfriend, she stepped out and looked around, only to find the doorway empty. The boy who was just there had vanished to who-knows-where.
However, before she could take a second step, a roar resembling a motorcycle sped from the distance into the house, raced up the wooden stairs, and finally screeched to a halt in front of her.
"Yu?"
"Huu! Huu—! Nanaka-san, please try this!"
His clothes had shredded into pieces due to his "muscle explosion." Miyazawa Yuu panted heavily as he thrust a plastic bag into Nanaka's hands, his eyes filled with a mix of surprise and urgency.
"Um... okay?"
Never having seen Yu so frantic, Kotegawa Nanaka looked at the dark-eyed boy before her, who was emitting steam and covered in bulging veins. She doted on him by patting his head.
As expected, her little boyfriend was cute no matter what! She loved him~
...
"Excuse me~ please stop for an inspection!"
On the other side, in the car heading home, Kotegawa Sayaka pulled over as directed by a traffic officer and handed over her driver's license and ID.
One thing she found strange was that this road, being a coastal highway, was quite secluded. Generally speaking, there shouldn't be patrol officers conducting checks here!
"Pardon me, but did something happen?"
"Yes, ma'am. Thank you for your cooperation. We received a report that a crazed beast-like human appeared on this road. May I ask..."
Lowering his cap slightly as a sign of respect, the officer checked Sayaka's credentials and handed them back, then presented a photo distributed by the station—
"Have you seen this creature? According to our speed traps, its top speed exceeded 150 km/h. We suspect it's a giant wild boar!"
"A giant wild boar?"
Sticking their heads out from the back seat, Kitahara Iori and Imamura Kohei looked utterly bewildered. Were there even wild boars roaming around here? They thought that was a Japan-exclusive thing!
Also peeking from the passenger seat, Kotegawa Chisa had a faint, bad premonition!
Sure enough, when the four pairs of eyes converged on the photo, the three of them—excluding Kotegawa Sayaka—all wore "as expected" expressions and let out a meaningful "Oh~".
"Hmm? What's wrong? Do you recognize it?"
Keenly catching the change in the young people's expressions, the officer immediately pulled out a pen and paper to record. But unfortunately, the three of them simultaneously turned their heads away to avoid eye contact.
"Sorry..."
"We really don't know!"
"Give us a break!"
Like hell they didn't know. Even if the street camera was blurry because of the night, the PaB crew would never mistake it! The black-clad figure in the photo, moving so fast it was just a blur, wasn't a wild boar at all—it was Miyazawa Yuu in his fully unleashed state!
That guy... even in a foreign country, he had to leave behind his own urban legend? What was he doing, exploding his clothes and running around like a madman!
"Is that so? Then sorry for the trouble. Have a nice day!"
Although he didn't quite believe them, the officer had no authority to temporarily detain people and could only let them go.
Ten minutes later, Imamura Kohei kicked open the front door for the aching Iori and swaggered in. Before even changing his shoes, he shouted into the house, "Hey! Yu, you bastard, what are you doing! We won't care if you get hunted down!"
"..."
"Not home?"
The room was empty with no response. Kotegawa Chisa changed her shoes and curiously pulled open the living room door, only to see Yu and her older sister sitting silently on the sofa.
"What gives? So you are home. I'm back, Sister!"
"Wel... welcome back, Chisa. Um... where's Mom?"
"Gulp!"
His Adam's apple bobbed. Upon hearing the word "Mom," Miyazawa Yuu's whole body shuddered, and fear surged from his eyes like a tide.
"Mom? Mom! Sister's looking for you!"
"What is it?"
Chewing on a lollipop, Kotegawa Sayaka changed her shoes and walked into the living room. She looked at Nanaka, who was sitting on the sofa, afraid to move, and at Yu, who was already drenched in sweat.
An ominous premonition rang alarm bells wildly. Coupled with her eldest daughter's off-kilter state since yesterday, a vague theory formed in her mind!
"Wait! Don't tell me you two—!"
"Ah, well... Mother-in-law, do you prefer a boy or a girl?"
With a guilty smile and a raised finger, seeing that Nanaka was too blushed to face it, Miyazawa Yuu gritted his teeth and tapped a testing stick on the table twice.
In truth, he was also baffled. Theoretically, he and Nanaka had only "unpacked" once since coming here! And even with that, a test kit shouldn't show results for at least ten days!
But all scientific theories seemed to fail at this moment. The two bright red lines on the test strip were a frantic trampling of the Kure Clan bloodline upon the laws of science!
"Huh?"
It felt as if two reddish things had invaded her brain. The innocent Kotegawa Chisa stumbled forward, snatched the testing stick from Yuu hand, and held it right up to her eyes to scrutinize it.
She even turned on the lights to check it against the glow, seemingly trying to find proof of a forgery. But unfortunately, with her professional level, she couldn't see any fake. And ultimately, there was no reason for her sister and Yu to fake such a thing. Which meant...
Her pupils shook. The innocent girl looked at her own sister and seemed to age a decade in an instant— "Kyaaa!!! S-Sister!"
"Don't look at me!"
Exposed to Chisa's shocked gaze, Kotegawa Nanaka blushed furiously and desperately pulled Yu over to block her, burying herself against his waist to find a sense of security.
However, what she didn't realize was that compared to her, Yu was the one in the most danger right now!
"You actually dared to... with Nanaka..."
Sayaka was nearly unable to suppress her murderous intent. She didn't need further proof; just by looking at her daughter's reaction, she knew this wasn't a prank.
The veins on her forehead throbbed. With fire in her eyes, she grabbed a throw pillow from the sofa—judging by her stance, she looked like she wanted to use the thing to smother Miyazawa Yuu to death to vent her anger!
"Chotto matte, Mother-in-law! I can explain!"
"So you want to say this was all an accident?!"
"While there was indeed an accidental component, I will definitely take responsibility!"
Clapping his hands together in prayer, Miyazawa Yuu apologized sincerely while also preparing himself to lose half his life here today. Regardless, he wouldn't back down an inch. Even if his mother-in-law wanted neither a grandson nor a granddaughter, the "raw rice was already cooked." At worst, he'd take the beating on behalf of the child!
Once she beat him, he'd take it as her tacit approval of the child's existence!
Whoosh—!
Puff-ack!
She slammed the pillow hard into the little brat's face. Kotegawa Sayaka was fuming, but it wasn't that she didn't want a grandchild; she just didn't want this son-in-law!
"Tomorrow! Book me a flight for tomorrow! I'm going back to Izu with you all!"
"No problem, Mother-in-law! Everyone in the PaB club will definitely welcome you!"
Tossing the pillow aside, Miyazawa Yuu breathed a sigh of relief. Holding Nanaka, he flashed a relaxed smile—a new chapter of his life was about to begin, and PaB would never end!