Chapter 162 – Do you have a favorite too?

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The two Takahashi sisters were watching TV in the living room, both still in their pajamas since it was a day off, and when they felt the temperature was low, they turned on the air conditioner, Ayano leaning on her sister’s smooth thighs, looking at the manga on her cell phone, and giggling out loud every few moments.

“Hahahahaha, this manga …… sister, you read it together too.” Ayano reached out and tugged at her sister’s cuffs, but her sister didn’t pay any attention to her, so she had to pull on the couch cushions and get up herself, slowly moving her butt to her sister’s side, her left index and middle fingers following her sister’s back step by step, and finally resting on her sister’s shoulders, “It’s really fun~”

Takahashi Mito couldn’t resist Ayano’s enthusiasm, knowing full well that if she didn’t go along with it, she could pester her all morning, and with that, she had to tilt her head, her sister leaning on her shoulder, her leaning on the side of her sister’s head, one swinging her legs back and forth languidly, and the other with her legs coiled up in her bare feet, with sunlight spilling in from outside the balcony, making for a beautiful sight for anyone who looked at it.

Takahashi Mito accompanied her sister for a while, and accidentally realized that this manga is quite interesting, although the male protagonist is a bit obnoxious, but as time goes by, slowly the people around him discover his good qualities, and in the end, they all come to the point where they can’t let go of him.

“What is this comic called?”

“This is Katsushika-ku Kameyu Park-mae Police Station,” a work that Hajime Akimoto-sensei has been serializing for forty years, oh.”

“Forty years? That’s still really long.” Takahashi Mito continued to look at the manga, not to mention, she was also amused by this male character in the manga, “Ayano, do you hardly want to become a manga artist like this in the future?”

“Eh …… I’m afraid it’s unlikely that I’ll become the likes of Hajime Akimoto-sensei, but I’ll do my best! Just don’t worry, I definitely won’t starve to death!”

“It’s not that I think you’re going to starve, I’m just worried ……”

Before Takahashi Mito could finish his sentence, a crisp doorbell suddenly rang in his ears.

The conversation between the two sisters immediately came to an abrupt halt, and their eyes looked in unison to the foyer where they were behind the liquor cabinet.

Followed by the two sisters’ four eyes, face to face just a few centimeters away.

“Dad?” Ayano offered thoughts.

Takahashi Mito’s complexion stared and her face stiffened slightly when she heard the title, and immediately Ayano in front of her got up and walked quickly towards the entrance door, while in response, she quickly followed.

The two sisters stood in the entranceway doorway, and Ayano stepped forward a little to open the door, her eyes peeking out to look through the crack.

Ayano’s eyes burst with joy, “Daddy!”

The epithet caused Takahashi Mito behind her to jolt.

The entrance door was open.

Outside the door at this time is standing a middle-aged man, suit straight, no wonder the sisters have such a good proportion of body, it turns out that the dad’s body is the same big and tall, broad shoulders and long legs, the face is also a standard goose-egg face, the only difference is that there is a little beard at the chin, the hair is combed into a big back, a scarf is wrapped around his neck, it looks like a very mature man’s charisma, the right hand is pulling a suitcase, the gloved hand gently puts on the Ayano’s head, “I’m back, Ayano.”

“Metro ……” sight to her eldest daughter.

“Come on in, Dad! I bought tea especially for you, it’s been a long time since I’ve had Japanese tea! I’ll make it for you now!” Ayano’s eyes were glowing, she hurriedly went up to take her father’s arm and pulled him in, Takahashi Eishi was still feeling a little rushed, he totally didn’t expect to be so enthusiastic, he was worried about being rusty before, but now it seems that he was totally overthinking it.

Then there’s ……

Takahashi Eishi turned his gaze to his eldest daughter in the back, as a father, he knew her character well, having been raised this way since she was a child, her nasty temper had always been clear to him, and now that he hadn’t been home for a year, Meto should be sulking at himself for quite some time, right?

Ayano laughed so hard that her eyes narrowed into slits, and it was only then that she realized her sister was still standing dumbfounded, her intelligent brain working steeply, and then she spoke up, “Sister, make a cup of tea for dad, and I’ll accompany him to watch a little TV.”

At this remark, Takahashi Eishi was a bit worried in his heart, if Midu was still angry, he might just throw his face and walk away, he didn’t want the relationship between father and daughter to become speechless so quickly.

“Oh …… that, that’s fine then, you, just sit with him for a while, I’ll be back soon.” Takahashi Midu, despite her stern face, the twisted words were hard to hide the shyness on her face, and after glancing at Ayano, she turned her gaze back to her dad, before turning around and walking towards the kitchen.

This made Takahashi Eishi look dumbfounded, his mouth slightly open, unable to believe that such a short-tempered Midu would not fight with himself and take the initiative to go to the kitchen to pour himself some tea.

He looked to Ayano, who was pulling him along beside him.

With a thieving smile on her face, Ayano came up to his ear and whispered, “My sister has changed a lot now, I’ll tell you about it slowly at the couch, dad.”

That sounded fishy, Takahashi Eishi was inwardly incredibly curious, looking back and forth between the two sisters, and was eventually dragged into the living room in a fluttering state, sitting on the sofa, Ayano first gave him a set of shoulder and neck massages, and then began to talk about how his sister had changed over this period of time.

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“What? She hurt that boy?”

“No, it’s not much of a thing, behind the sister to do even more excessive it, Natsuki, no, Aoi he ……” Ayano sat cross-legged on the sofa, began to tell very vigorously the story that his sister had confided in him before, there is no add oil and vinegar, but also all of his sister’s side of the story. .

Takahashi Mito came back with tea, just walked past the wine cooler and came to the living room, as soon as he heard the word Aoi, immediately his sharp eyes landed on Ayano, seeing that she even talked to her dad about Aoi, he had a steep panic inside, and his anger level skyrocketed as he rubbed his hands together.

“Aya …… Nao!”

“Sister sorry!” Sensing something bad, Ayano did a backward roll straight away, flipping down by the hair of the couch, a set of moves in a single motion, assuming a fighting stance, keeping a couch’s distance from her sister at all times.

“Ayano! What are you talking to dad about!” Takahashi Mito was angry and panicked, she didn’t want to tell her dad about her yet, what he would think would be unimaginable to her, and how she was supposed to deal with her dad in such a state was all unknown!

Takahashi Mito puts her teacup on the coffee table, furious, she reveals herself and prepares to educate Ayano, but Ayano plays the King of Qin around the pillar with her, forever separated by a couch’s distance.

Takahashi Eishi then felt that the Midu in front of him was the same Midu he knew so well, and as a father he had to voice his opinion, and with that he coughed, and Takahashi Midu instantly reacted and put away his stance, but his gaze was still malevolent towards Ayano.

“It’s not like I told dad anything, I was just talking about how you’ve changed in the past few months.” Ayano said slyly.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m curious too, you seem to have become quite a bit gentler now, Mito, and from what Ayano told me, you’re cooking for yourself now, you’ve really grown up in the past year.” Takahashi Eishi couldn’t help but sigh.

Ayano was hiding behind the couch at this point, her small eyes peeking out as she surreptitiously interjected, “It’s been six months, to be exact.”

Takahashi Meidu glared at his sister again, but after contacting his dad’s line of sight, how can he not bubble up inside the fire, obviously both sides never met before is to fight, father and daughter atmosphere down to the freezing point, but now …… hear his dad’s compliments, unexpectedly still a little embarrassed, cheeks slightly red, do not know how to answer.

“Let’s eat at home for lunch ……, I’ve been learning some dishes lately ……,” Takahashi Mito pointed awkwardly as she glanced at the clock on the wall from the rest of her eyes.” I’ll almost start then, I’ll call you guys when I’m done.”

“Oh, oh ……,” Eiji Takahashi nodded frostily.

“Ayano, get in here and give me a hand!”

“Eh! I’m dying to talk with dad again.” Ayano poked her head out again like a gopher.

“Cut the crap! Come here quickly!”

Seeing that her sister was really angry, Ayano had no choice but to slink out and follow her.

Eiji Takahashi watched the two sisters walk into the kitchen, his heart still a little in disbelief at what was happening in front of him.

Recall, before they do not say is to eat with Meidu, even the same table to eat takeout opportunities are rare, father and daughter at home are each back to their own rooms to eat, occasionally met on the stairs, she is always like looking at the transparent people with their own brush past, because of some small things often quarrel, that fierce eyes once let him feel that the father-daughter disconnect has reached the extreme point, thought that this time to go home to inevitably have to happen! I had thought that this homecoming would inevitably lead to some conflicts, but I didn’t expect it to be like this.

What exactly was the change Ayano had just mentioned?

It’s hard to believe that it’s related to that boy named Natsuki Aoi ……

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From the past he felt that he was very strong man, twenty years old with his wife gave birth to twins, in the next few years to raise, he has too much too much self thought forcibly brought to the two children, many years later, he realized that some of his own behavior is how inappropriate, and can even be said to be paranoid, once a teenager into nowadays uncle, although the appearance of the still handsome, but the state of mind has not been like that year, will put the He was once a teenager but now he is an uncle, although he still looks handsome, his mind is not like that time, he will put too much importance on his own ideas, as a father, his thoughts and views should be further improved.

Takahashi Eishi looked back as his daughter, Metu, was already calling for dinner, followed by Ayano leading him to the table by his hand.

Lunch and dinner were delicious, ten o’clock in the evening, he seemed to be a little stuck in writing a proposal for a client, two hours had passed since he sat down in front of his laptop, his neck was a little sore, it seemed that his body was not as good as it used to be every year, he straightened up his back, and moved his shoulders, and then opened the door to walk out of his room and walked straight down the stairs.

The first thing I saw as I passed through the dining room was Metu standing in front of the refrigerator, with the freezer open, a lollipop in her mouth, tugging at the wrapper with her left hand, the small light from the refrigerator illuminating her face, her afterglow catching a flash of a dark shadow, and her whole body jerking with a cute shudder when she saw that it was her dad.

Takahashi Eishi was also a bit overwhelmed to see his eldest daughter, the two of them hadn’t had much to talk about today, either at lunch or dinner, and there still wasn’t much to talk about between father and daughter.

Takahashi Eishi was inwardly apprehensive, this was the time when as a father you always had to speak first.

Brain working at a rapid pace, he spoke, “Ice on a big night?”

“Well ……” Takahashi Meidu lowered her head, because dinner ate a little less, really hungry she had to come down to look for food, and finally did not find anything, had to chew only lollipop to relieve the craving, did not expect to bump into the dad. oneself, should say something ah ……

“Just watch how little you eat at night, you still need to eat more at your age, to grow your body.”

“I’m seventeen ……”

“Seventeen …… also has a growing body! A lot of girls can grow up to twenty-two, and I don’t see that you’re fat, so feel free to eat.”

“Uh-huh.” Takahashi Midu nodded in a thin voice, closing the refrigerator door right behind her and walking around past her dad, “I’ll go to my room first.”

“Oh, well ……,” Takahashi Eishi didn’t know what to say, but could only put on a smile and watch her go upstairs.

Indeed you can see how much Metro has changed, so cold before, but now it’s ……

Eiji Takahashi rested his hand on the cleanup table, the tip of his right index finger tapping lightly on the metal tabletop.

Just then, a light voice suddenly appeared in his ears.

“Dad!”

The voice was small, but it still startled him.

Turning her head, it was Ayano.

Looking at her playfully, it was obvious that she had taken in the scene just now.

“You little girl, god damn it.” Takahashi Eishi covered his chest with his left hand and pointed at her with his right.

“Hey, hey, hey, I couldn’t sleep.”

“There’s school tomorrow, go to bed early.”

“No, I haven’t finished talking about the morning, do you want to know what happened afterward~” Ayano suddenly took out a small bench from her right hand out of thin air and raised an eyebrow at her dad, it seems that she won’t be able to sleep tonight if she doesn’t let her finish.

Takahashi Eishi was curious and nodded, then Ayano dragged him out to the balcony and brought out an extra chair in addition to the small bench.

By the looks of the battle, it doesn’t seem like it’s going to end in a few words.

Outside the balcony, a glance, the sky is dotted with stars, residential areas late at night, not many windows are lit, the sky hangs half a round of bright moon, pale light scattered, but also has a unique beauty.

Sitting down two by two with her daughter, the impatient Ayano then proceeded to tell the story of her sister’s situation over the past few months; at first Takahashi Eishi was still calm, but gradually, as the name of a rising boy appeared more and more often in the story, he sensed that something was wrong.

“Natsuki Aoi, again Natsuki Aoi ……”

Ayano had talked about the fight between the two, then that Akita dog Yoshisauce, then in turn the fireworks festival, the zoo, the senior night party, the school flower contest, the cherry blossom viewing festival, so many, many interesting things that had caught his eye, when his own self had not been so colorful in high school, it was all about constantly burying his head in his studies.

Follow the story slowly deeper, the story of the character of Midu began to change, slowly from that bad temper, and violent tendencies of the girl into the present such an arrogant girl, know how to stand in other people’s point of view to look at the problem, and also learn to cook their own food, gosh …… he felt very incredible.

“That’s a good thing ……,” Eiji Takahashi exclaimed, gazing up at the stars with a contented look on his face.

Ayano glanced sideways at her dad and swallowed carefully, with the previous padding, she was about to follow with the next one.

“Anyway, my sister was quite fond of Natsu, no, Aoi later on ……”

“Huh? Didn’t you just say that that boy has no interest in Midu?”

“Eh, indeed, it’s just ……” Ayano didn’t get the words down, the embarrassment on her face practically writing what she wanted to say on her face, and Eiji Takahashi took one look at it, and a strange thought immediately came to his mind.

“Is it hard to believe that Metu is chasing that kid backwards?!”

“This.” Ayano’s eyes gradually rose in fascination, but with her father in front of her already looking horrified and desperate to know what this was all about, there was nothing she could do, so she shrugged helplessly and acquiesced to the statement.

Takahashi Eishi sucked in a breath of air, Mito, Mito would actually actively like a boy! That Midu, who had never been able to make friends of the opposite sex, would actually go after a boy from an average family backwards! Is he handsome? No, no, no, she had watched some variety shows before, and she wasn’t the least bit interested in some of the male celebrities, and this boy, although he did sound like he had a good personality, and he could cook, and he was kind, and he was motivated in his studies, and had a lot of hobbies and interests, but, but! How could he be worthy of Midu ah!

The heart of being a father of only daughters is completely exposed.

Before his wife asked him this question before the child was born, whether he wanted a boy or a girl, he thought about it, said seriously is a boy, his wife thought he was like a boy, but only to hear his explanation, he said: “I was once super want a girl, the girl is very cute, she grows up, I must buy a lot of beautiful clothes for her to wear! But just one day, I suddenly thought of a future day I have to hand over my daughter from my hands to another man’s hands, that the heart of the sense of reluctance, suddenly let me do not want to give birth to a daughter, I think it is very difficult for me to withstand such a stimulus, but did not expect to give birth to two daughters, I this heart ……”

Takahashi Eishi had imagined such a picture countless times in his head, but when he was actually faced with it, it was still a little hard to accept, he lowered his head to self-regulate for a long time, and only then did he slowly raise his head, just now, after listening to Ayano tell so many stories, it turned out that all of them were creating favorability in that boy’s heart, this little girl, she hadn’t changed at all.

“Dad, you’re not mad, are you?”

Takahashi Eishi let out a long sigh and shook his head feebly, “It’s fine, it’s normal, at your age, the youthful feelings between a man and a woman, dad can understand that, after all, your mom and I came through the same thing, it’s really nothing.”

Ayano’s eyebrows spread when she heard that, and her clenched fists loosened at that, her palms just getting sweaty in fear that her father would get angry.

“Is there really nothing?”

“It’s okay, your dad I’ve had a lot of time, I’ve been working in North America for the past few years, and I’ve seen so many passionate and loving atmospheres, my mind has been open for a long time, not to mention your sister, even if you want to fall in love, I won’t say a single word against it.”

“Really!” Ayano’s simple personality immediately made her cry out in surprise.

But it was that sound that showed Eiji Takahashi.

Ayano immediately began to hide it desperately, as she sensed that what her father had just said was probably just a polite remark, a figure of speech, and that his heart might not actually be able to take such a blow.

However it had already happened, and even though Ayano covered it up, that poor acting was still recognized by him.

Takahashi Hidetoshi steeply shook inwardly, looking at his youngest daughter in front of him, his mouth unconsciously opened slightly, while he began to shake his head from side to side, his body slowly leaning back.

It’s hard to believe that Ayano has a favorite too?

No. No. ！！！！！