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First-person Hoshino Yume
After safely completing the comeback performance and returning home, Ai, Aqua, Ruby, and I were spending peaceful days as usual.
Of course, I thought about looking for another house, but I didn't feel the need to find a new place when we already have this one, and since Ai said she wanted to continue living here with the children, I decided to stay here even if it meant taking a bit of a risk.
The fortunate thing was that since this area was sparsely populated, even though it was difficult to go outside, we could spend time together in the yard in front of the house. Of course, I had to remain somewhat tense because I still needed to keep an eye on the surroundings,
but to protect our current life, I was willing to endure this much.
Aqua and Ruby also seemed to have grown accustomed to life in this house, and Ai, while holding Aqua,
said, "Are you hungry? Want some milk?"
offering to breastfeed him, but since I knew who was inside Aqua.....
I just offered a moment of silence for Aqua and gazed at the distant mountains.
Meanwhile, Aqua, cradled in Ai's arms, shook his head violently as if doing a headspin, and as always, I handed Aqua the bottle I had prepared in advance, saying,
"Since Aqua is mature, he seems satisfied with just the bottle, so I think it's fine not to give him your breast."
"Ehh~? Wow, Aqua really loves the bottle, huh?"
Then, with a mischievous face, Ai slowly approached me, sat on my lap, leaned her back against my chest, and said,
"Then since Aqua isn't eating, how about you, Yume?"
"Pfft!?"
He spat it out.
At Ai's words, Aqua, who was sucking on the bottle, spat it out, and although fortunately Ai didn't see it, hearing the sound, I naturally understood that Aqua had spat out the milk.
"There's no way I would... and I told you, at least wait until you're around 20 before asking that."
"Ehh~? It's just drinking milk, isn't it? Don't you want to be my baby for a day, Yume?"
"I refuse."
"Tch~"
As if giving up, Ai just leaned against me, and when I turned my head toward Ruby,
Ruby was looking at me with sparkling eyes, and in response,
I grabbed the back of Ai's neck like a cat and sent her toward Ruby. Then, as if waiting, Ruby started babbling at Ai, and
"There, there, Ruby-chan, more milk?"
Ai naturally exposed her breast and fed Ruby while saying this.
More than that, even though I was right beside her, should I scold Ai for acting so casually, or was she behaving that way because she felt comfortable with me? While I was seriously pondering this,
"Ruby really loves milk, huh~"
When I looked at Ruby, she was showing a smirk at Aqua. Then, as if sensing my gaze, she quickly returned to a baby expression and happily drank the milk.
No doubt, Ruby, you're also Ai's child.
Meanwhile, on the TV I had turned on, Ai started appearing, and
"Look at that, Mama~ Isn't it amazing?"
Watching Ai boastfully point at her own image on TV, I wondered how long we would have to continue this double life, when
I was seriously considering whether I should keep it a secret from Ai and talk separately with those two, Aqua and Ruby, who were cradled in Ai's arms.
Even if I tried to talk, since there was no way Aqua or Ruby would reveal their past, I had no choice but to act cautiously.
Somehow, I'm the one worrying the most, but what's so great about those two mother and daughter.....
"Sigh."
Now, sighing and pulling out a lollipop from my pocket to eat had become routine. I was eating lollipops to the point where I couldn't even tell Ai to stop eating Häagen-Dazs anymore.
Now, it was to the extent that I was the one being told to stop eating them.
As I ate the candy and checked outside the window, Saito's car arrived, and looking at Ai, who was still holding the children, I said,
"Start getting ready, Ai. It's time for work."
"Okay~"
In case of any unforeseen situations when Ai and I were away, Miyako had agreed to look after the children at my house, so I told Ai and Saito to go ahead and wait for about 20 minutes, then quietly decided to eavesdrop on their conversation outside the room where Miyako and the children were.
"You should hold back a little."
"Why? As your daughter, sucking Mama's breast is the natural order, isn't it? It's my given right, isn't it?"
Wow. Really, Ruby, you're Hoshino Ai's daughter. Even that shamelessness reminds me of a younger Ai....
Of course, Ai was actually quite dark when she was young, but I thought if she had grown up normally, she might have had a childhood similar to Ruby's.
"First, let me ask, were you a woman in your past life too?"
So he's asking that first.
"Yeah."
"Then what... it's barely within acceptable limits."
"Hah? An otaku's jealousy, kimo-oooo~!! Well, since it's ethically problematic for an old man to breastfeed, it's a good thing I was born as a woman who can legally taste breasts!!"
Ruby, please, watch your language! I'll raise you as a second Ai, but I don't want you to learn her linguistic abilities too....!!!
"From my ethical standpoint, that's also out."
Actually, since Ruby isn't an adult yet, maybe it's okay to let that slide....
"Poor Mama. Who would have thought her own child is her otaku? That's really gross.. ah~ poor Mama, I'll protect her forever."
Well, I'd appreciate that.
"You're even more disgustingly gross, you know?"
Meanwhile, the topic of conversation had shifted to me at some point. Honestly, I wanted to listen until the end, but unfortunately, due to lack of time, I hurriedly ran to the car where Ai and Saito were waiting.
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Third-person Hoshino Aquamarine/Ruby
"By the way, who is this Hoshino Yume person?"
"Well, judging by the same last name, maybe he's family?"
"But didn't Mama have no family?"
"....."
At Ruby's words, Aqua knew that in his past life, he grew up in the same facility and shared the same last name, but unfortunately, they weren't blood relatives. However, since he couldn't tell Ruby this fact, he simply remained silent at her words.
"Still, if possible, I wish Yume could be our papa."
"Why?"
"But we're living in such a big house, and before we were born, he lived with Ai all along, right?"
"That's true."
"Then isn't Yume someone incredibly high-level who can take responsibility for our Mama?"
"I think judging just by the house might be a bit much."
Aqua said this, but from his past life investigation, he actually found out that Yume was one of the executives at Kuma Security Company, a top-tier security firm.
Thinking about how much hardship Yume must have endured to reach that position at a young age, Aqua vaguely understood that it was probably all for Ai's sake.
"Still, what... if Yume were our father, it might not be so bad."
"Right? Ahh~ I wish he'd be our papa~"
It was a future where Aqua and Ruby, just spouting words, didn't yet know that this might become the truth.
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