Chapter 140: Turning Point 3.

-----PoV: Kawamura Kouta-----

“...Tell me… what happened with my daughters… please?”

“I take it you and Ume haven’t been keeping in contact if you are asking me that now?”

She shakes her head.

“No.  She called and left a single voice mail weeks ago.  All she said was that she and Chikako were safe.  That was it.”

“And you just believed it?”

“Of course not.  I called their homeroom teachers, and after a bit of investigating on their parts, Chikako had been overheard mentioning she was living with her sister and her new Onii-chan, who I can only assume was you, and Ume likewise was seen arriving to school and leaving in your company.”

“That’s been the case.  The day you walked in on us… I was concerned for their safety.  Ume had told me something involving her past, and your line of work…”

“Of course she did…”

Amane sighs.

“Mind if I have a smoke?”

“It’s your house.”

“You want one?”

“I don’t smoke.”

“Good for you, best you don’t ever start.”

Amane starts one up, takes a deep inhale, then starts explaining.

“As I’m sure you have come to your own conclusion about me already, let me at least assure you I wasn’t always like this.  I was originally a loving, caring housewife with two lovely daughters.  I married right out of highschool to a man ten years older than me.  He had a good career, and I was want for nothing.  Of course I had no real world skill set aside from my good looks, so when my husband died suddenly, I found out just how sheltered I had been about things.

It costs money to live.  There was some money from his death, but that went to pay off his medical expenses.  I had little leftover and the only thing I had going for me that could even begin to pay for this shithole or my children was my looks, so I found a job at first as an escort through an old girlfriend of mine.  At first it was just enough to get by.  Umeko and Chikako were young, and I did have some help from a kindly grandma next door who would watch them while I … worked.

Of course one night I was propositioned, and the amount he offered was significant enough to throw away any false sense of pride I had.  Afterwards he gave me a card for an establishment that did that sort of thing.  It’s on the surface a hostess establishment, but there is of course an underside to all things.

Even if I’m beautiful, I’m what you’d call a mature beauty.  So unfortunately, I can’t be as picky and choosy as I once could.  But still, I did what I could to provide for them, even if it was unsavory to those who live in the clean world, and feel they so easily can judge me from on high.

Anyway, you can’t do this kind of job for long without it warping and twisting you.  So inevitably, one day, an offer came from a regular patron of mine.  A generous patron of mine.  Mister CEO himself, was looking for a good time with a younger girl.  Ume was old enough, and I did tell her what to expect.  It was enough to not worry about bills for a whole year. I also made sure before she accepted that she wasn’t seeing anyone.

She had said she had a boy she liked but it was impossible to be with him, so she agreed to do it.  Ume is a young beautiful girl, Kawamura-san, much like I was, only she had no friends, and never talked about wanting to do anything with her life.  If she had, I might have reconsidered, but she needed to be prepared to face the world and earn her own keep.

So, for five million yen, she gave herself to a stranger.  She saved our family, and all it cost was her never looking at me as her mother ever again.  All she ever cared about was making sure Chikako was safe.  I might be a whore and a drunk at times, but I’m still a woman and a parent.  I understood the divide it caused, and it’s not like I tried to be wicked.

I know who you are.  You were the boy it was impossible for her to be with.  I also wanted to know how serious you were with my daughter.”

She pulls out a phone, and the photo of ‘Kei-kun’ is on display.  The photo of Ruru, Shi-chan, and Kanae.

“You see, a playboy is always a playboy.  Also… I’m not some money hungry bitch or a pimp.”

She opens something else on her phone and shows me.  It’s an account with almost 3.5million yen in it.

“What she did, Kouta, was for her own future.  Minus a year of rent which allowed us to barely stay afloat, the rest is for her college tuition or whatever she wants when she graduates school.  I have no intention of keeping it.   As for Chikako, she’s more than capable of handling herself.  She’s got more brains than looks, fortunately.”

She stubs out her cigarette, and starts a new one.

“Now, tell me about what happened when you took them.”

…

“First off, I didn’t take them.  I made a suggestion to Ume, which Chikako acted upon.  Ume was embarrassed after what happened, and she probably thought that I thought the worst of her.   You are right… I am a playboy.  I believe before they settled on the name ‘Kei’ they called me ‘Gigolo-kun.’ 

The girls in the picture are all my lovers.  Yorugata Ruru, Kawamura Kanae, and Nakada Shiori.  They still are my lovers and live with me currently, along with a few others.  Something which may have a relation to why Ume has come back home.  While in the beginning we were exclusive, as I had separated from those women…  I had also gotten one of them pregnant.

When I found out, I learned she wanted to keep the child.  She was twenty, living alone, and barely surviving.  She has no domestic skills, but she’s cute and I did love her.  So I brought her to my home.  Things happened, and she became my lover once more, but I always prioritised Umeko.  

The events leading to me separating from those women for a time, are related to events in my own family.  My parents split when my dad learned my mother who was seven months pregnant at the time had been having a marriage-long affair in the workplace.  The person my dad went to be with after separating was the mother of the girl holding the leash in that picture...  Nakada Shiori, a person whom Ume would consider a rival for my true affections.  She came to live with me because she had issues with her home life once my father came to live with them… I  know it caused Ume some distress, but the extent of it, I don’t know.

Then there was another issue... that being of her pregnancy.”

Amane’s eyes flickered and her eyebrows raised at the mention of that.

“I… am irresponsible in that regard.  For that I will apologise to you.  I got Ume pregnant, and perhaps for some reason or another she thought me, or herself, or the situation unfit, and had an abortion.  Since then, I’ve made sure both her and Chikako have birth control available, though I assure you, that unless she is engaging in activities outside of my home with someone else, it was not with me.

Umeko and Chi-chan have their own room they share, and are given proper privacy.  Despite the harem-like situation, I do care for Ume a great deal.  When I was in a bad place, she brought me out of that, and while I know the situation was troublesome for her who wanted me exclusively, I just didn’t know how bad it must have become.

My girls are open with me and with each other physically and emotionally, otherwise I cannot hope to constantly meet all of their physical and emotional needs by myself.  Earlier this evening, Ume, Shi-chan and I were engaging in an activity with some friends of ours… something which she actually seemed interested in, and which she usually is against.  

It led to her sleeping with my best friend in front of me.”

“Umeko did that?”

“Yes.  If it was the old me from not too long ago, I would have overreacted and said good riddance.  Yet, somehow, this is my own fault for not understanding her, or what I’ve done to her.  In spite of everything, I came to bring her home.  For all the times I’ve broken her trust in me… I should have the capacity to forgive her… to understand somehow this was a cry for attention or help.  Yet even so, I don’t know the first step to take other than to apologise.  But I too want an apology, as I think there could have been another way.

Since she’s here, and it’s late… Maybe it’s best to leave her in your care.”

“That will be fine.  I’ll see to her.  What about Chikako?”

“I’ll inform her in the morning.  I imagine with her sister here, she would probably want to be with her too.”

“If you are worried about what I said, I’m not aiming to put her out into that world.  Chikako has a good head on her shoulders.  If you don’t believe me, it’s fine to keep caring for her.  But do tell her to call me at least.”

“I will.  I’ll talk with her and see what she wants to do.  Then, since I’ll be going… if I might ask, on that day… what if I would have taken your offer for Chikako?”

“I would have thrown you out.”

“And if I would have taken the offer for you?”

“I would have shown you the night of your life.”

I reach in my wallet and pull out a 10,000Y note and put it on the table in front of her.

“Thank you for taking the time to see me.”

She takes it and puts it into the space between her breast and her bra.

“I’m free anytime at night you want to chat.”

With that I leave her house and head home.

When I get there, Shi-chan, Ruru, and Mom are up.  Mom’s taking care of Kizuna, and Shi-chan and Ruru are on the porch.  Mom’s instituted a no-smoking policy in the living room, so Ruru is joining Shi-chan outside.  And yes, Ruru has been good.  It’s just Shi-chan being a delinquent.

“Kouta… mind taking out the trash?  Oh, and throw those flowers out too.”

In the kitchen, there is a bocquet of flowers.  They are the ones from when that bearded guy came to visit mom unannounced in the hospital after she gave birth.  There’s a card tucked in it, and I pull it out and look at it as I toss the flowers into the trash.

[Daitokuji Corporation]

C.E.O. International Affairs

Daitokuji Junpei

Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.

This… this name?

I take the trash out then return inside and head over to Shi-chan.

“Kouta!  You’re back!  Did you find her?”  Shi-chan asks me.

“Yeah.  She went back to her mother’s house.  It seems she got drunk afterwards and passed out.  I’ll try to see her again tomorrow.”

“I’ll go with you.  There are some things I need to talk with her about as well.” Shi-chan says, with a bit of sadness in her voice. “Kouta.  I know you love her, but she strayed from the garden.  With everything that’s happened… with me… with Kanae… with Ruru-chi… she too has to be punished, even if you come to forgive her.  Because it wasn’t just you she betrayed.  Like it or not, she stayed.  She chose to join your garden, and that was a conscious choice.  She not only did that to you… she did that to us.  All of us.”

“Shi-chan…”

“Look, she might be more willing to talk to me, and if you want an explanation, it might take the both of us to get it.  Kouta, even I have trouble sometimes with everything.  The only ones who don’t are probably only Ruru and Kanae.”

“That’s true Kouta-kun.  I happen to like women a great deal.  Kanae… she doesn’t like them like I do.  She can find comfort in one, sure, but her loves are only you and Shi-chan.  I… if it wasn’t for you… would probably chase women my whole life.  You let me have so many, and I love you even more for it.  And it’s not like I had ever planned what happened with Ana and Ken… I suffered it too, that loneliness when you don’t always have time for me… it’s crushing.  But I fucked up and got punished for it… even now… I know you still… have to put in effort to love me…”

“Ruru…”

“What do you want to do with her?  Think about it… Ume might have been with us, but wasn’t that so she didn’t have to fear losing you?  If it was us voting her in, would she pass?  If she asked you to give us all up for her, would you? She’s a bad girl Kouta-kun, and for sure in your strike zone, but unlike us, her compatibility with anyone but you is horrible.  We’ve all tried to accommodate her, and this is the result.  She didn’t trust us enough to talk about her concerns.  She lashed out at you in the most horrible way, and now you are still chasing her?  Go get your answers, then give her a farewell kiss.”

Ruru and Shi-chan are laying it out for me.  It seems I need to ask myself why I should chase after her.  She did know the rules… and she did make the choice to stick around, after she found out what kind of person I really was…

“Nee~ Kouta, what’s that?”

Shi-chan is asking about the card in my hand.

“Oh, it was in a bocquet of flowers some guy dropped off with mom in the hospital.  The name… I wanted to ask you about it…

I hand the card to Shi-chan, and her face pales.

“Kouta… what did the guy look like?”

“Huh?  Oh actually, he kind of looked like he could have been related to my dad, except for the short beard he had…”

“And he brought those to your mom?”

“Yeah, he was someone she worked with.”

“Your mom worked for Daitokuji?”

“Pretty sure?  I never really talked with her about it.”

“Okay… don’t worry about it for now.”

“Alright.  I’m tired anyways.  I’m going to bed.”

“Good night then, Kouta-kun.” Ruru says.

“Good night Kouta.” Shi-chan adds. 

I go upstairs and enter Chikako’s room.  She’s asleep in the bed.  I crawl in with her, and drape my arm over her protectively.  I’m not in the mood for sex right now, and I’m worried for her, with what happened with Ume, how she must be feeling.  I want to let her know I care about her, and won’t abandon her, just because of Ume’s actions.

Thankfully, sleep comes easily.

-----PoV:  Sakuraba Amane-----

“He’s gone home, you can quit pretending.”  I say to my pain in the ass idiot daughter.  “I know you’re faking it, sit up and talk to me.”

She sits up, and stares daggers at me.

“You call me once, and leave me worried for weeks!  Now you ruin the one good thing you always wanted and come home crying to me?  What on earth are you thinking?”

“What I’ve been thinking since middle school.  How I just wanted Kouta all to myself.”

“From the looks of it, you fucked that up marvelously!  Well, what do you want to do now?”

“I want a cigarette.”

“What?”

“Oh shut up.  I’ll sell my body all you want, since I’m probably never going back there.  Just give me one.”

I toss pack and lighter to her, watching my beautiful daughter become a delinquent before my very eyes.

“I could have managed it if it was just Ruru… but once she came back into the picture… it was over.”

“Ruru?”

“One of Kouta’s women.  He knocked her up before we got together.  Honestly, she wasn’t after him like I was… she was happy to be the other woman.  But Shi-chan… I just can’t compete with.  He loves her so totally… I became the other woman…  I couldn’t stand it!”

“And what about your sister?”

“She’ll be fine at least until her birthday.  Kouta won’t fuck her.  He might fuck anyone, but he’s law abiding at the core.”

“What about school?  I heard you were suspended!”

“Ah, some shitheads tried to rape a few of us, but Kouta and his friend rescued us.  I’m sure you already know.”

“I do, I just wanted to hear it from you.”

“Yeah… Ah.. I fucked it all up, but it’s a good thing I suppose.  Now I can move on.”

“You don’t sound like the daughter I know.”

“Why would I let you know the real me?  Especially after what you did.”

“So, you are going to hate me forever over it?”

“No.  In the end I’m every bit the warped bitch you are… I just got there by a different path.”

“You are nothing like me.  I did what I had to do when your father died, but if I had a guy who would chase me down after I fuck his friend to try and take me back?  I’d spread my legs for free until the end of time for him.”

“What?”

“You heard me.  What, you think abortions are free?  Birth control?  Four walls and a roof?  Food?  How much did you contribute to that household?  Shit… let me tell you something.  If he gave me that kind of attention once a while, and took care of all of that?  I’d be happy to be one of his many lovers!”

“Mom!  What do you think you know about it?  I was his girl… his only girl… and he just kept adding… and… I wanted the baby.. but there were already three coming… and I’m still in high school… and…”

“And?  I was pregnant with you in 1st year.”

“What?”

“When I met your father, I was in my first year of high school.  I got knocked up and had you… then got knocked up again.  Your father didn’t marry me until I was seven months pregnant with Chikako.  Yet he took care of me as if I was his wife. Sometimes a relationship takes time to cultivate… how long were you even together? I mean,  so he’s got lovers… but who’s the legal wife?  Let me put it this way… he came alone to get you, instead of just letting you go and returning to the waiting arms of his other women.

He cared about you.

A man who can manage that many women is destined for something big.  That was something you could have been a part of, but you threw it away, Umeko.  And now you’ll have to live with it.  A woman’s job is to raise up their man, if he needs that many women in his life, it’s because where he needs to ascend is that fucking high.

No, you aren’t like me at all.  I at least can see that much.

Also, your time is only worth 5,000Y.  Mine is worth 10,000Y.

Feel free and make yourself at home.  I’m going to bed.”

I get up and leave that idiot daughter of mine with more practical advice than she even knows what to do with.  Knowing her, she’ll probably just cry herself to sleep and fuck things up when he comes back in the morning.

… I shift in my sleep and feel another body next to me.

Umeko… still a baby after all, aren’t you?

I put my arms around her, and accept that I failed as a parent.  I don’t know what time it is, but the sun’s not up.  Maybe I’ll take a day off today, I have a feeling I might need to be here for what happens.

-----PoV:  Shimejima Reiko-----

“Reiko… why do you have this card?”  Shi-chan asks me, right after I come out of the nursery, having put Kizuna down for her nap.

“Oh, my former boss came to visit me.  No doubt one of his subordinates flagged it in the insurance department.”

“You worked for Junpei?”

“Unfortunately.  Seventeen years of my life I can’t get back.”

“Just to be sure… this guy has a tattoo on his chest?”

…

“Shi-chan… you don’t have to beat around the bush.  Yes.  It’s the same Junpei you are thinking of.”

“Huh?”

“I talked with your mother when you went upstairs.  You aren’t the only one to have bad dealings with that man.”

“You too?”

“Maa… something like that… you see, I was originally his finacee.”

“WHAT!?”

“My family tried to marry me to him.  Much like you… I too was victimized by him.”

“What the hell… you too?”

I nod.

“You know… Ume was too… by him.”

“Umeko-chan?”

“Yeah.”

“Seems like poor Kouta has to clean up after his mess.”

“Isn’t that strange, though?”

“Not as strange as what I’m going to tell you.”

“And that is…?”

“There’s a chance that Kanae, Kouta, and even Kizuna could be his child.”

“...”

“Kouta… could be Daitokuji Junpei’s… son?”

“It’s a small chance, but it exists.  I’ve never done the DNA test to prove it, and I never want to.  I want to believe all of them are Ryo’s… Also, I’d like it if you never tell him.  Some secrets should remain secrets.”

“Then why tell me.”

“Because you’re going to be his legal wife, after all.” 

“?”

“Let’s just call it a mother’s intuition, shall we? And somehow, I think you should know about it now… so that should it ever be found out by you later, you don’t hold it against him.  Kouta might have the same ability to attract women as Jun, but his love is genuine…  Surely you’ve felt that, at least.”

“Haa…”

“Besides, if what you say is true… Do you think Ume is strong enough to handle knowing that?  Can she shoulder the burden of his garden like you can?

Heh… Garden.

Not a harem, like a king would have, but a garden, tended by a man with a soft and kind heart.  Taking in broken women and mending them, tending to them, and giving them his love that they might right themselves and grow tall and beautiful, blooming for him to enjoy.”

“Yeah, he loves to peep.”

“That he does.”

…

“Say, Shi-chan… would… would you like to… perhaps... with me…?”

“You want to fool around?”

I nod.  Having had a taste of her and Shiho… while I can’t do much after the pregnancy as I haven’t fully healed yet for Kouta… I can do a little topical touching...

“Nihehe~”

“What?”

“Kouta’s mama loves me!”

Indeed I do.  I hate to say it, but I want Shi-chan as my son’s wife over Umeko.  I feel bad for Umeko, I really do… but there’s no question in my mind who the right one for my son is.

...and for me.

-----PoV:  Sakuraba Chikako-----

“Onii-chan?”

I woke up to the annoying alarm clock.  Instead of Ume, it is Onii-chan I wake up next to.  His arm is draped over me, and I am warm and comfortable.  To me, this place has become the home I always wanted.

It’s not that I didn’t love my mother, and especially not Umeko.  She’s my favorite person in the whole world, but… yes… I am a maiden in love with a normal everyday guy, who is a harem protagonist.

It’s okay though, I understand I’m the little sister route.  Onii-chan… I’m going to use a secret power I have… don’t mind me… you’ll never know I was here.

I turn around and kiss him on the lips then recite the magic words:

ALL STATUS CHECK!

Name:  Sakuraba Chikako

Title:  Kouta’s Buttercup (New)

Class:  Hacker (3rd Year Middle)

Age: 15

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HP: 10/10   MP:  ??/??

STR: 8    AGI: 12

END: 11    WIS: 9 

INT: 16        LUK: 62 

[SKILLS]

Computer Programming (Hacking): 8

Household Chores: 4 

Finance:  3

Studying: 6

Independence: 2 

Taboo: 2

Sexual Ability:  2 (+1)

[DEBUFFS]

LOVE    PANIC   SEXUALLY FRUSTRATED

 [BOOSTS]   

TRUST    FULFILLED 

 

[INVENTORY]

HOUSEKEY

WALLET

SMARTPHONE

KOUTA’S BOXERS (USED)

…

Panic… huh?  Yeah, I guess that’s about right…  What about Onii-chan?

Name:  Kawamura Kouta

Title:  Garden Master

Class: Otaku (2nd year)

Age: 18

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HP: 16/16 (+2)    MP:  6/6

STR: 13 (+2)    AGI: 11 (+2)

END: 14 (+3)    WIS: 15 (+2)

INT: 15        LUK: ??

 [SKILLS]

Computer Programming: 8 (+2)

Household Chores: 7

Studying: 8

Nanpa: 7 (+3)

Independence: 4 (+2)

Taboo: MAX 

Sexual Ability:  6 (+3)

Forgiveness:  4 (+3)

[DEBUFFS]

LOVE   LUST   SECRET  HEARTBROKEN

[BOOSTS]   

TRUST    INCOMPLETE   IMOUTO PROTECTOR

 

[INVENTORY]

HOUSEKEY

WALLET

CONDOMS

SMARTPHONE

… Wow, Onii-chan’s got some good stats!  What’s with the high level of flirt and taboo?  Is that because of Kanae and Reiko?  Also Heartbroken?  Imouto Protector?  Is that… because of Ume and Me?

Kouta…  if Ume… has hurt you… I’ll heal you!

MAGIC CHECK:

Imouto Hug:  2mp

...geh.  I’m not much of a wizard.  Sorry Kouta… it’s all I can use!

I push my way into his body and give him my best warm hug.

There aren’t any visuals, so I don’t know if it’s helping… but I want to believe it is.  I’ve… come to really love Onii-chan, even though he can’t return my affections.  I can understand why… the law is harsh if he lays a hand on me… I mean… it’s possible if we got my mother’s blessing and he had the intent to marry me, but… no.  I just have to wait.

I push him over and climb on top of him, enjoying this type of hug the best.  Suddenly his two arms hold and he holds me tightly.

“I’m sorry Chi-chan… I couldn’t bring her back.”

“It’s okay Onii-chan… I know you tried your best.”

“She’s at your house.  She was asleep when I got there.  I talked to your mom, she wants you to at least call her and hear your voice, so please do that for me at least, okay?”

“I will.  I promise.”

“You’re a good girl.” he says as he pats my head.

Nihehe~

“Onii-chan… what happened last night?  All I heard was Onee ran away.”

“Chi… I… don’t want you to think yourself in any kind of compromised position okay?”

“Uh...okay?”

“Your sister cheated on me… in front of me and Shi-chan no less.”

I cover my mouth with my hands.  “No way… onee!?  Why!?”

“It’s okay Chikako.  This is something big though… and I don’t know the way to deal with it properly.”

“Kouta… how can it end any other way than a break up?  She broke the rules… especially THE rule!”

I get up and pace around the room while Kouta just lays back on the bed.

“Are...are you going to send me back?”

“Where you want to be is up to you, Chi-chan.  I won’t do something crude like that because of no fault of your own.”

“You’ll let me see her?”

“She’s your sister, Chi… she’s also my Apricot… though right now she’s more of a bruised apricot.  I should be completely angry right now,  like in a crazy rage but instead I’m just upset.  I’m upset I didn’t see how unstable she was… I didn’t see her cry for help before she went to such an extreme.”

…

“Do you… still love Onee?”

“I won’t say I don’t.   But this situation is bad, Chi.  Shi-chan and Ruru are angry about it… probably more than I am.”

“I’m mad too!  I can’t believe she would do something like that!  She loves you Onii-chan… Ume… loves you so much…”

Ah shit… I’m crying.  Who’s the ecchi idiot now! Ume you retard, why did you fuck up a good thing like Kouta Onii-chan?  What were you thinking!?

“Kouta… am… can I still be in the garden?”

“Calm down Chi… I already told you, nothing Ume did will be held against you.”

“I’m still your buttercup?”

“As long as you want to be.”

“I want to… but… we were supposed to… do it together…”

“...”

“Are you going to see her today?”

“Aa.  That’s the plan.  Shi-chan is coming with me.”

“Me too.  I’ll show mom I’m okay.”

“Alright.  Wait… don’t you have school?”

“How can I go with this having happened?  My grades are fine, I can afford to skip one day.”

Kouta nods.  Whew!

“Okay, I’ll get ready.  Unless Onii-chan wants to make love?”

“Hmm… “

“Eh?”

“How about a hug?”

“I’m good at those!”

I jump back on the bed and cuddle with Onii-chan.  Normally his hugs are light and careful, but right now he is holding me tightly… and it’s making my heart race.  He runs his fingers through my hair and he pulls me in closer to his body.  I can feel his son poking me in the butt.  His hand brushes over my little breasts and rests on my stomach.

“Onii?”

“Sorry, I’m being a bit selfish.”

“But I want you to be… with me.  As selfish as you want.  You can even pretend I’m her… just keep holding me like this.”

“I’ll hold you like this, but Chi is Chi and Ume is Ume…”

He moves my hair to the side and exposes my neck, kissing it.  His breath tickles me, and I’m over the moon.  His hand cups my breast, and gives it a little squeeze and rub.

“I promise you, Chi… if it’s what you want when the time comes… I’ll make you a woman the way you want.  But for now… this is all I can do to reassure you physically.”

I grab his hand and put it between my legs. I just keep it warm between my thighs, and he doesn’t move it.  It’ll be enough for me.

“Kouta…  when she found out she was pregnant, you know she was really happy at first…  then she got the idea it would be a burden to you, with how Ruru and Kanae are and with Reiko…  the night she came home after the hospital… after holding Kizuna… she cried.  I’ve never seen her cry so much…  why… did you let her get rid of it?”

“I believed in her right to choose.  I would have been happy for her to have it, you know?  She seemed concerned about having a baby in school.  I thought she was thinking about the difficulties she’d face with people knowing she got pregnant while in school, and maybe how it would interfere with college for her.”

“College?  Onee never talked about going to college seriously.”

“Why not?”

“The best she could hope for is some third rate college, and the tuition isn’t cheap there either.  Ume’s like mom.  She’s meant to be a housewife.”

“I would have been fine with that.  I sort of even expected it.  Wanted it even.  Coming home to her, mama Ume making some food in the kitchen, greeting me happily, with a little boy or girl holding on to her leg…  I know she had a kind of obsessive love with me… I did my best to try and feed that… but this is the part they don’t really show in eroge, you know?  When the capture point is passed, they usually disappear… and you can’t get them back without loading an old save… but there’s no save point I can restore, Chi.”

His words are painful to hear, and I’m glad I heard them instead of Ume.  If it was me… I would be that woman.  

“What do you see with me?”

“What do you mean?”

“You saw a future with Ume… but what about me?”

“With Chi… huh?”

He’s squeezing my thigh, as he thinks.

“I don’t know, honestly.  You just sort of were there with Ume, always.  Sitting with me at the table, playing footsie with me, while Ume cooked, or us sitting down watching anime, your head resting on my shoulder… I’m sorry I haven’t imagined more, or gave you your own due.   I just… was waiting a bit before I did.  If you think of a garden, then right now you are still a seed… when you sprout, and I can tend to you properly… then I can see the path we’d take.  I know I keep saying it, and I know you’re tired of hearing it,  but you are still young.  You could change your mind at any time… and I wouldn’t be mad.  You have a right to your youth, and however you want to spend it before you become rooted to me…”

“I understand, Onii…  Want to know what I see?”

“Tell me about it, Chi.”

“When you leave work, it’s to meet me for a date.  We go on all sorts of fun dates.  Sometimes they end in sex, sometimes not.  I dress cute and turn heads, so everyone asks who’s that lucky guy with such a cute girl!  Then you get me nice and pregnant, and I have a boy for you.  We go to the park and people think we’re a lovey-dovey couple.  I’m a beautiful young mother and the other neighborhood moms are secretly jealous of me.  I help you out with your work when there’s time, and you have extra you need to get done outside of the office.  I’d play video games with you on your day off, and I’m one of your favorite flowers to spend time with.  You look forward to the time you spend with me, and I look forward to it with you.  I’m smart, Kouta.  I’m an earner… I’m not a housewife, but that was the plan with Ume… she’d be our housewife...”

His hand pushes my leg away, and he rubs me.  He rubs me over my panties.  

“Onii-chan?”

“I love you Chi.  It’s a wonderful dream.  It would be wonderful with you and Ume like that… it even should have been that way…”

In our bed, Kouta rubs me to an orgasm.  Afterwards, he apologises but I don’t let him.  It’s what I wanted.  He’s what I wanted.

“Never let me go, Onii-chan.”

“When I make you my woman, you can’t call me that anymore.”

“I’ll always be the imouto in your garden.”

“Even when you’re old?”

“I’ll just say it more erotically… O~nii~chan<3”

“...”

I get chopped on the head.

“Dummy.”

“Nihehe~ Onii-chan loves me.”

He pushes me off the bed, and I hit the floor.  He gets up and tells me to change.  He’s off to go get Shi-chan, and we’re going to see Onee.  He’s so easy to manipulate, but I prefer his honest side.  It’s tons more fun.

Now to figure out how to dig Onee out of the shit pit she dove cunt first into.

Honestly Onee… I’m always having to rescue you.

-----PoV: Kawamura Kouta-----

I leave Chi-chan to get dressed and go downstairs and find Shi-chan and mom… together on her bed.

Somehow it’s a warm sight to behold.

I climb in bed and shake Shi-chan a bit, until she opens her eyes.

“Mm. Good morning Kouta.”

“Good morning my Lotus Blossom.  Did you have fun?”

“Un… Reiko-mama wanted to play a little.  I think she was pretending I was Mama.”

“Mm.. I prefer Shi-chan more.  Shiho is kind of intimidating…”

“What about me?”

“Just the right amount of Shi for me.”

“Nihehe~”

“Chikako is coming with us.  She’s getting ready now.”

Shi-chan pulls aside the covers and is completely naked.  She pulls me on top of her and undoes my pants.  Ah, I can’t say no to her…  I fill my Shi-chan with all of my frustration and she wraps my legs around her.  She won’t let a single drop of me escape her.

“Nee~ Kouta.  Want to get married tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow?”

“Un.”

“Are you serious?”

“Marry me, Kouta.”

“Are you proposing to me?”

“Yes, I’ve already ruined you as a bride, so I’m taking responsibility.”

“Will you be gentle?”

“No.”

I feel her muscles clamp around my son which is still inside of her.

“But, no one will ever love you more than I will.  After all, all of Nakada-san belongs to you, and will forever.”

“Tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow.  Government office.  Meet there at four.”

“Are you going somewhere first?”

“Yes.  To prepare the bridal gift for the groom.  I left it at home all this time.”

After her injection of vitamin K (that’s Kouta by the way) Shi-chan got dressed and joined Chi-chan and I in the living room, and we stopped off for a quick breakfast at a fast food restaurant.  Then we headed for Ume’s home.

Chikako had a key, and we entered.

In the kitchen was Amane.

“Chikako!”

“Mom!”

Amane rushed over to hug her daughter.  It looked honest to god genuine, you wouldn’t think she had a cruel bone in her body.

“Why aren’t you in school?”

“How can I be when that Idiot sister of mine needs me.”

“She’s in my bedroom, if you want to wake her up.”

“Kouta.  Please let me talk to her first.”

“Go ahead.”

…

In the meantime, Amane, Chikako and I talked in the kitchen.

“I lied to you last night.  She came in and collapsed on the couch, but she wasn’t drunk.  I didn’t know what happened, but for her to come home, I assumed the worst.”

“It’s fine.  Shi-chan is probably delivering her punishment.”

“Punishment?”

“Yeah.  One thing I’ve experienced time and time again having so many lovers, is betrayal. I don’t know what it is, but this is handed down from the others.”

“So… she’s the wife?”

I say nothing.

“That’s probably for the best.  I don’t blame you.  This will be a learning experience for that girl.  What about Chikako?” Amane asks.

“Chi?” I bounce the question to the person in question.

“I’m going to become Kouta’s woman.”

“Going to become?”

“Yeah.  I have to wait until I’m legal before he’ll make a move.”

Amane laughs.

“He’s that good a man, huh?”

“You taught me what to look for, mom.”

“I did.  I certainly remember teaching you.  You’re certain?  Being in a relationship like that isn’t easy.”

“I’m alright with it.  Maybe because I’m young I’m adaptable.”

“Bullshit, it’s all the porn you watched.”

“Yeah, probably.”

“Alright.  Kawamura-san.”

“Yes?”

“I’ll entrust my daughter’s future to you.”

“Mom?”

“I’ll take responsibility for Umeko.  Kawamura-san, will you properly take Chikako as a lover, and help her reach her full potential?  She’s a gifted individual, and if you let her, she can help you become the great man you are meant to be.”

“Mom… what are you saying?”

“I’m saying go be happy.  Just… visit us once in a while.  You are still my baby, and always will be.”

“Well, Kawamura-san?”

“Call me Kouta, mother.”

“Kouta.  It’s Amane.  And it’s always going to be 10,000Y for you.  I don’t do family discounts.”

“I might take you up on that, if you keep saying it.”

“Don’t keep me waiting too long.”

…

Shi-chan exited the room.

“Kouta.  You go next.  I’m going to stay here afterwards then return home a little later, okay?” Chi-chan says to me.

I nod.

Heading into the room at the end, Ume looks dead.

“Ume?”

“Kouta…”

“Will… you explain?”

“I can’t.  Shi-chan hasn’t found a single reason acceptable.  I’m… expelled.”

“...”

“I couldn’t handle it… not being yours alone.  I tried.  I tried my best, but I’m just not able.  My love is only for you, and it always seemed like you were looking elsewhere, for someone else’s.  The one time you finally looked my way… you couldn’t even give me the satisfaction of being in despair.  I took his fucking slime inside of me for that reason alone, and as it dripped down my thighs… I knew.  I knew what I did.  I wanted you to know what it felt like… every single time...

I know it’s not right… I know it’s crazy… but I’m crazy… and you knew that!  You knew I was crazy for you.  And Shi-chan… you knew it too! Of all the people you couldn’t help to love… to bring into the garden... only she could beat me out!!”

Ume is screaming at me.

“Just… just go.”

“Ume.”

“What?”

I suck in air, align my spine, and perform the last dogeza of my life.

I drop to my knees and the force of my knee’s impact causes a sonic boom.  My hands hit the floor and tear up wood and tatami.  My head itself impacting the floor creates a fissure to the center of the planet, slowing time by a leap second.  I am the bomb itself, and I have dropped to the ground in my most sincere apology to Ume, whom I have wronged, from the very moment I took in Ruru.

“I am sorry I failed you.  I am sorry I cheated you.  I am sorry I have lost you.  My love was unfit for you, and I hope in the future kamisama gives you a love you truly deserve.  Be well now, and in the future.  My lovely Apricot Blossom.”

…

I stay in dogeza and count to sixty.  Then I get up and exit the room.

I bid farewell to Amane-san, I take Shi-chan, and I leave Umeko behind.

My garden has had a flower uprooted.

My tears don’t flow until I get home.

I sequester myself in the nursery with Kizuna, wondering if I can ever get wise enough to teach her how to avoid such pain.  Two more are coming.  I need to grow more as a person.  I need to be this great man Amane entrusted Chi-chan to.  

The first step is to become a regular man.  I will marry the woman I love, I will learn how to be firm, decisive, and stable, and I will prepare to be the father I needed, not the one I had.

That starts with marriage and work.

Tomorrow Nakada-san will become Kawamura-san.

After that?

World Domination.

(Secret 99:  That day was the last day Amane worked as a hostess.  Ume got a job as an english tutor after school to help with household expenses.  Chikako spent time between houses, trying to figure out how to get Ume back together with Kouta.  The Sakuraba family had their share of struggles for a long time.)

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