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“…Dear, we should get some groceries.”
“…Yes, we should. Shuu, Rir, could you look after the house for a bit?”

Pops and Mom decided this after a few minutes had passed and left the house. Rir and I were the only ones left.

“Come to think of it… you did say this again and again,” Rir muttered, with her expression still unchanged. “Each time I spoke ill of myself and doubted your love for me, you mentioned my good parts and what you liked about me. And it always made me happy.”
“Yup.”

Rir poached a tissue from a nearby table and blew her nose.

“It’s true. I’m not sure what I’ve been saying earlier,” she continued. “Even though you’ve seriously told me that you loved me. If I feel anxious or dissatisfied from now on, I’ll honestly tell you. Will you console at these times, Shuu? Heh-heh, just thinking of it makes me happy.”

She was back to normal… chuckling with a look on her face that might be interpreted as wise on first glance.

“Shuu… won’t you hug me?” she asked me, still with a calm demeanor.

I silently nodded, put one arm on her back and the other behind her head, so I could caress it, and then pulled her close.

I could feel it. How she felt. I heard her heartbeat. I felt her trembling.
I smelled her soapy scent, typical for girls. I could feel how thin she was. I felt her large breasts. I heard her breaths. I could feel her body temperature, which was cooler than mine.
…I could sense how her feelings were about to burst.”

“You can cry as much as you want.”
“I will.”

With this, Rir’s shackles came off.

“Aaaaah, aaaah… *sob*… uaaaaaaah!! Shuu… Shuu~~. Aaaaaaah, *sob*, uaaaah, *sob*…”

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“Here, you can use that to dry your eyes. Have you calmed down?”
“Hm.”

She took the three tissues I handed to her and used one to blow her nose, and the other two to wipe the tears from her eyes.

“I wonder how often you’ve seen me cry at this point, Shuu.”
“You can cry as often as you want.”
“Woof, if you keep saying such gentle things, I might start crying again, you know? Once more, I’m happy from the bottom of my heart that we met. I don’t think it’s a dream, either, after crying that much.”

I see, that’s good to hear.
With this, I also got that huge confession off my chest. I gotta think of how to make her happier.

“I love you for telling me your feelings, Shuu… At this point, I might stick to you for the rest of your life… doesn’t that bother you?”
“Nah. You can stick to me whenever, just keep it so it doesn’t bother the people around us.”
“…Yeah.”

She hugged me again. Since she clearly wanted to be indulged, I hugged her back strongly.

“We’re back.”
“We’re home… how did it go?”

Mom and Pops were back, carrying shopping bags from the supermarket. Mom grinned as she saw us… and it even spread to Pops.

“Well… it isn’t our place to comment. I assume that means you managed,” Pops said.
“He’s right. You’re plenty able, Shuu, so there’s no reason for us to worry,” Mom added.

For the time being, I ended my embrace with Rir and set her down. I should’ve stopped flirting with my girlfriend before my parents came back.
When they saw me separating from her, they immediately crowded around her.

“You must’ve had it hard until now…” Mom muttered. “I’m sorry, that’s all I can say.
“…Yes.”
“Still… sooner or later, you’ll become our daughter, so you can address us however you want from now on. Please think of us as your real parents.”

B-Become their daughter…? I-I mean, that was the plan. I wanted her to become that! No problems at all ’bout that, yup.

“Uhm… Father… Mother…” she tried.
“Why so formal?”
“Pa… Papa, Mama…?”
“Right, that’s better.”

Rir blushed as she called my parents that. It seemed to be embarrassing for her.

“…In the future, when something happens, you won’t just have the orphanage rector, Shuu, and Ayumu. You can also talk to me and my wife. We will do what we can. You can see us as your allies too, Rir.”
“…Yeah!” Rir nodded energetically.

“Hm, there’s still time, so why not take care of your luggage after we have lunch,” Mom commented before she went into the kitchen.

Pops left after telling us that he’d be working in his office.

“…I love you.”
“Right.”

As if to drive home the point, Rir hugged me once more while smiling happily.

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