Chapter 28 – Breakfast {Edited}
“Hum♪, hum hum♪, hum hum hum♪, hum hum♪...”
“...mom is oddly chipper today” said Anna-nee.
“...yeah, it’s kinda strange” said Rina.
Both Rina and Anna-nee are looking at Yuria oddly, clearly confused by her current behavior. I couldn’t blame them, after all, I was puzzled by her attitude as well.
We all were waiting for her to finish preparing breakfast. She had basically half-forced us to sit at the table, claiming to be preparing something special
“Taka-chan, do you know why Mom seems to be so happy?” asked Anna-nee.
“...”
“...”
Anna-nee was looking at me like I could give some sort of explanation for the current situation. There was a very subtly but still noticeable blush on her cheeks, a likely result of my skill, [Pheromone Aura].
Rina was trying to look in my direction, but her eyes would constantly be from me to the side. The shade of red on her face was a little more perceptible than in Anna, but it was likely because Rina was not only affected by my skill [Pheromone Aura] but by the memory of our bet. Despite having already come to terms with what happened yesterday, she clearly still was a little embarrassed by what we did.
With them looking at me like that, tried to give the best answer that I could give.
“I don’t know”
...an that was sadly the truth.
After leaving her room earlier this morning I went straight to my room. I was afraid that I might run into one of my sisters, but luckily I manage to reach my room without any interruption.
Despite having already released my first load this morning, the circumstances around it still left me deeply confused. Yuria’s behavior just changed drastically from one moment to another, the one tiredly cleaning the house and the one who I accidentally woke up in the middle of the night were entirely different people, and despite that, I still could relate to the two of them with the Yuria I came to know over the last two years.
Feeling that I wouldn’t be able to be to think clearly in my current state I did the only thing that might relieve some stress.
I did my daily routine of exercise.
I came to learn that it was easier to think after my body had spent some of its energy, and after what happened since yesterday, I felt the need to relieve some stress born from not knowing what the hell was going on.
Once my routine was finished and I took a shower I finally felt that it was a good moment to think more calmly about Yuria’s actions, but I barely manage to put my clothes on before Anna-nee called me to eat breakfast.
Normally we were let to eat our breakfast on our own time, especially now during vacation and before the start of a new school year, but Anna-nee said that Yuria had insisted on all of us eating breakfast together today.
Rina was already at the table and was looking at her mother oddly, just like Anna-nee in front of her.
That’s how I end up in this situation.
The fact that Yuria was humming so merrily was an oddity, since I could count on one hand how many times she had done that over the last two years, but that wouldn’t be a source of confusion in itself.
What really made all three of us so confused was what was on the table in front of us. It could not be described as anything else but a feast.
There were many dishes prepared for us to eat. The sheer quantity was such that we would most likely have enough for at least a week already prepared.
There are sandwiches, pancakes, waffles, omelets, fruits...
...and Yuria was still preparing more.
“...huuh, Mom?” I called.
“Yes, sweetie?”
“M-Maybe just this is enough already?” I said, still a little unsure of what to say in this kind of situation.
“Oh my, looks like I got a little overboard” said Yuria, without a hint of worry or surprise in her voice.
She clearly did all of this intentionally.
“Mom? Did something good happened?” asked Rina.
“You do look unusually happy” said Anna-nee, with a hint of curiosity in her voice.
“Hehehe, I wonder” answered Yuria.
She simply smiled at us, completely unfazed by Anna-nee and Rina's questions. The way she was smiling, completely content with the situation, was the same that I had seen over the last few years.
The worry and apprehension that I notice in her yesterday were nowhere to be seen.
I was happy that she wasn’t burned by her actions anymore, but also curious about why she was so oddly at peace at the moment.
“Now what are you waiting for? I put so much effort into cooking and you guys will just let it get cold?” asked Yuria. Despite her phrasing it like she was complaining, her tone clearly indicated that she didn’t really mean what was said.
She was simply saying for us to not make a big deal of it.
“Of course not Mom. No way I’m going to waste your effort” I said, putting my share of the food on my plate and starting eating immediately.
Rina and Anna-nee looked like they wanted to say more, but seeing me eating so casually they simply shrugged and began to eat themselves.
Yuria didn’t try to put anything on her plate, after having already sat, but instead just watched us feasting ourselves with a gentle smile.
While eating I was trying to figure out the why of all of this and obviously end up staring at her from time to time. Eventually, her field of vision shifted directly at my direction, and we end up staring at each other.
I don’t know what exactly I was expecting or if I was expecting anything at all to happen at that moment, but after a few seconds her smile simply widened.
...she was happy just looking at me.
I felt something warm from that gaze, completely different from the lust and carnal desire I felt before.
I simply went back to eating, with only thought in mind.
‘Maybe I shouldn’t think so much’