Chapter 19: Chapter 19

When the new year came, both Aoi and Yanagi had their relatives coming over to their home so they couldn't spend it together. Yanagi kept insisting to come to his house anyway but he managed to coax him out of it through video call. Though rather than coaxing, it was more like a scolding.

It was already bad enough that Yanagi stayed over at his house almost every weekend. Not to mention that he always left very early in the morning and came home late at night.

He doubted that Yanagi's parents had any good image towards him. He couldn't worsen it further by causing Yanagi to leave his family event. This time, he didn't yield even when Yanagi used his tears on him.

On the first day of the New Year, he went to the temple with his relatives. Yanagi texted him non-stop that he couldn't put his phone away while chatting with his cousins. If he took too long to answer, Yanagi would end up calling him for sure.

"Seriously, whoever is texting you needs to calm down," Kasumi, his oldest cousin said after they finished praying.

"Your girlfriend?" Miyu, his second cousin, asked in interest.

"Boyfriend," Aoi bluntly said.

Kasumi and Miyu raised their eyebrows and looked at each other before they nosily peeked at Aoi's chat. On top of the screen, the name Yanagi was displayed, proving Aoi's words. his screen was filled with the other side's chat bubbles. Not to mention all his texts were lengthy yet he managed to type each one in under one minute.

"Uwa…" the two of them were off-putted at the same time.

Kasumi scrolled up the chats to see that Aoi's boyfriend was basically reporting what he was doing and what was happening every minute.

"Aoi...you...are you okay with him?" Miyu became concerned.

"He's not usually like this," Aoi sighed. "It's because I told him to spend the New Year with his family instead of me."

"I doubt that he's doing that properly…" Kasumi tutted in amazement.

Even the worst of his ex-girlfriend wasn't this clingy.

"Does Aunty and Uncle know?" Miyu looked at their parents who were buying some rice cakes at a stall with their younger siblings.

"Mn. I told them when he first visited," Aoi nodded as he read Yanagi's text that was just sent. "But he didn't know that they knew though."

"Huh? Why's that?" Kasumi looked at Aoi strangely.

"I don't want to hide things from my parents but I want him to tell them himself when he's ready," Aoi replied to Yanagi's text shortly.

"You're...pretty serious about him, aren't you?" Miyu thought it was surprising but somehow as expected of Aoi.

"Isn't he your first romantic partner? You sure about that?" Kasumi felt some doubt. "Besides, both of you are still young. Don't get swept away by your lovestruck phase too much."

Aoi thought about it and promptly told Yanagi what Kasumi just said.

Seeing it, Kasumi was stunned. He tried taking Aoi's phone away, "O-oi! What are you doing!?"

"I'm just curious how he'll react to it," Aoi dodged Kasumi's hand and hit the send button.

Miyu also became curious and the three of them stared at Aoi's screen in anticipation. But 5 minutes passed and no new text appeared. Both Miyu and Kasumi gradually sweated cold. They felt that this silence was inexplicably scarier than if he lashed out.

Aoi put away his phone when there was no reply after another 3 minutes passed.

"Well, at least I can rest my hands now."

"Are you crazy!? Hurry up and tell him that you were joking!" Kasumi frantically said.

Miyu nodded in agreement, "I'm pretty sure he got really upset by Kasumi's words."

"I did say it was you who said it to me," Aoi shrugged and smiled flatly at Kasumi. "If he's pissed, he'll be pissed at you, not me."

Kasumi shuddered, "Why are you smiling so scarily!?"

Their parents called out to them once they finished buying everything and were ready to leave. They could only put the matter aside first and went to their parents. Since they wanted to stop by the convenience store first to buy some extra drinks and snacks, their parents continued home first.

Kasumi and Miyu's little sister and brother wanted to come with them, but their parents didn't let them, knowing that Kasumi and Miyu would let them buy anything they wanted.

When they returned with their bags of snacks, they saw there was a black luxury sedan in front of the house.

Thinking Aoi's parents got visited by some guests, they silently entered the house so as to not disturb them. From the car, it was clear that the guest must be someone important. They hesitated whether to stop by the living room or not but then Aoi's mother noticed them first.

"Aoi, Yanagi-kun came to visit," his mother cheerfully said. "Kasumi-kun, Miyu-chan, this is Aoi's friend from his school."

"...Eh?" Kasumi and Miyu were stunned.

Wasn't Yanagi...the name of Aoi's boyfriend earlier?

The said person slowly got up from the sofa and turned around. Kasumi and Miyu stiffened in place from his sharp, murderous glare.

Aoi couldn't help but stare at Yanagi more closely. He was wearing a black coat with a white turtle-neck sweater and a black suit inside. His hair was styled formally and there was an unquestionable powerful aura exuding from his body.

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Yanagi...looked really sexy right now.

"Nice to meet you, Miyu-san…" Yanagi nodded at Miyu and narrowed his eyes at Kasumi, "...Kasumi-san."

Kasumi shuddered and hid behind Aoi in reflex.

"The hell!? Is he really the same age as you!? He's too tall!" He gripped Aoi's shoulders and whispered in panic. "I'm going to get killed! What should I do!?"

He thought that Aoi was the 'man' in the relationship but he was obviously wrong!

"Honestly, you're only making things worse right now," Aoi plainly stated, enjoying the show.

"What do you mean…?"

When he looked up to see Yanagi again, the other had unknowingly stood right in front of Aoi. Yanagi pried Kasumi's hands away from Aoi's shoulder and squeezed one of them tightly for a handshake.

"My name is Suda Yanagi," Yanagi plastered a smile that was not a smile, "Aoi's lover."

Kasumi inwardly cried in pain as he felt his hand being crushed by Yanagi's grip.

"Eh…?" This time, Aoi was the one who was surprised.

Yanagi...just said that in front of his whole family.

"I told them earlier," Yanagi let Kasumi go and looked at Aoi guiltily. "I'm sorry I didn't ask for your permission first. I wanted to prove that this is not just a phase."

"Yanagi…" Aoi didn't expect that his whimsical joke would be the push Yanagi needed.

"It's fine. They-"

Ding! Dong!

Aoi looked at the door and then at his parents, "Did you invite a guest?"

"No?" Aoi's mother tilted her head.

"I-I'll go get it!" Miyu hurried to the door, running away from Yanagi's range of pressure.

When she opened the door, she saw there was a couple at the front gate and an additional black sedan.

"Yes…?" Miyu called out.

"Excuse us for disturbing your time," the man politely said. "Is our son perhaps inside?"

"Your son?" Miyu looked at Yanagi hesitantly.

"Yes, his name is Suda Yanagi," the woman said.

"Eh!? A-ah...please wait a minute," Miyu rushed back inside and nervously informed the rest. "I-i-it's Suda-kun's parents…"

The whole family was shocked. Aoi's parents quickly got up and fixed their garments while the rest were herded away to the back room by Aoi's aunts and uncles. Although they were curious, they didn't want to mess things up.

Aoi went to open the gate while his parents and Yanagi waited inside. He unlocked the gate and politely bowed to Yanagi's parents.

"Please come inside. I'm truly sorry for the inconvenience," Aoi had never been so nervous in his entire life.

Yanagi's parents hurriedly shook their heads. His mother quickly said, "It's our stupid son that has been inconveniencing you and your family."

"No, there's no such thing," Aoi inexplicably became flustered by Yanagi's parents' humbleness.

He escorted them in and locked back the gate before leading them to the living room. When Yanagi's parents found their son inside with a scowl on his face, his mother immediately smacked the back of his head in rebuke. They bowed their heads in apology, forcing Yanagi to bow with them.

"We're truly sorry for our son's rudeness," his father deeply apologized.

Aoi and his parents panicked at the extensive gesture. Aoi's mother approached them in a fluster, "Please raise your head. We're always happy to have Yanagi-kun here. Our son has been under his care."

"No, no, it's our son that has been under Aoi-kun's care," Yanagi's mother replied.

"As it should. Our son has been troubling Yanagi-kun a lot," Aoi's father added, prompting Yanagi's father to straighten his back.

"Nonsense. We understand that our son is the one imposing on Aoi-kun," Yanagi's father retorted.

Seeing the chaotic scene of their parents apologizing to one another, Aoi was unsure what kind of reaction he should make.

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