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Kazuya couldn't help but give a facepalm. he did a double after hearing her rambling. Certainly this version smiles a lot and is more cheerful. The version of her he got used to would be hard to read yet this version would always say what was on her mind. Even the ones that shouldn't be ntioned at tis.
"He's even putting my used panties on his face" she pinched herself harder but could still feel pain.
He then rembered the fabric he was folding was still in his hand. He quickly folded it before adding it to the pile already folded.
"I was just cleaning up big sis. Your place is as ssy as always" he tried explaining himself.
"As always? How did you get in? She didn't miss the eyebrow raising comnt.
"Your birthday doesn't count as a safe password" this was an issue he wanted to bring up.
"but it's backwards! My Kazu is still here and pinching myself hurts. Co to big sis and try Kazu" i who still believed she was dreaming beckoned.
"You're not dreaming big sis. You should go get dressed before you catch a cold" He was still looking sideways while talking to her so he raised the most pressing issue instead.
"Oh" she looked at herself who had only been wearing the white shirt she wore to work. "big sis doesn't mind at all you know" i stuck out her tongue to tease the shy looking boy. Ever since he woke up in the hospital, she found it harder to get him to react like the past.
"I know you don't. We're at your place after all" he sighed again. Kazuya had been trying to keep himself calm in front of her and using his own mana to numb specific parts of his body. He might not have hit puberty age-wise, but his mind definitely has been stuck in the middle of it for a long ti. His responses were hurried and gave i a lot of information as well as satisfaction, but Kazuya didn't notice this and kept concentrating on his own body's status. This was his first ti doing this so he just hoped and focused.
"Looks like you really do know a lot about your big sis" i gave a satisfied smile.
"That's a given. You are the wife I've always dread about after all. Why aren't you getting dressed?"
"You should pick out my clothes Kazu. I've been looking for my towel but I can't find it anywhere. Look at my hair, it's still dripping wet!"
"I'll go get you so clothes then. Did you check the shelf near the laundry area?" He turned to quickly head for i's bedroom. i silently watched him confidently make his way to her room before turning towards the laundry room.
At this point Kazuya didn't care about what he said anymore. He got her a matching set of underwear together with a pair of black training gear that looked unused. He turned around and found i drying her hair with her towel but now the now wet white shirt's buttons were undone.
"Help dress up Kazu. You need to do this for a lot of tis in the future too okay?"
Yet another part of her that he was familiar with. She would usually act this spoiled only when she was drunk. It was very potent poison to the version of him going through puberty. He would steel his resolve and think of other thoughts whenever he did this. Luckily she was only like this in the past when she drank alcohol.
"Okay" disagreeing with her at this point would only lead to torturing himself because this was not the first ti she asked him for this in his previous life. He unfolded the clothes and slowly helped her dress up. i who was smiling mischievously intentionally made it a little harder for him because Kazuya in her eyes right now looked extrely cute while trying to hide his embarrassnt.
"The straps feel a little bit too tight Kazu. Can you fix them for ? My hair's not dry enough yet"
"That shouldn't be right… this underwear size is a little big for big sis" his eyes were sharper than they were in this life so of course he noticed the inaccuracy of her claims.
"Hey! Are you saying that my breasts are small? They may not be as big as kyouko-san's but there's still room for growth since I haven't reached my peak yet!" she posed in front of him.
"They're perfect actually" he gave his honest opinion. They were indeed not too big nor too small.
"You sure know how to make your big sis happy" i cald down and smiled. She was satisfied with his evaluation.
"I'm not lying. I wouldn't dare lie to you big sis (at least not about sothing like this)"
"This is not your first ti here right? Why are you even here?" i stared at him waiting for a response.
"!!" Kazuya was caught off guard and started to think of an excuse.
"You said you wouldn't lie to . Was that a lie?" she followed up as she noticed his troubled expression. She wanted an honest answer since both Kyouko and her have talked about this issue before. Kyouko blad her for taking him to her place without her consent but she clearly had never done a thing before.
"I saw mom's car parked here when I was heading ho from school. I thought that she would be here so I rang the bell a few tis but there was no answer"
"You haven't answered everything. You've recovered your mories, haven't you?" She actually gave him a hint he could use.
"Only so of them. Though most of them are bad ones" He rode her train of thought. This was a good way to buy himself so ti.
"Bad ones? Do they have to do anything with and how you know so much about ?" she gave a concerned and worried look.
"To be honest I really liked big sis back then. I was scared at first because your face was scary when I first t you but that changed when you were nice to and treated well" he answered with the first impression he had of her when they t in his previous life.
"Then why were you always hiding and avoided "
"It was because…" the perfect idea hit him but hesitated since he hasn't thought it through. "it was Hashiyama Lee who made do a lot of things I didn't like" he decided to involve Lee since he played a big part in an event involving i in his previous life.
"What did he make you do?" i didn't expect Hashiyama Lee's na to co up so she continued to dig further. This was the perfect chance to answer a few questions that have been bugging her and the current Kazuya rarely gave her the upper hand.
"I don't rember everything… but he likes big sis too. He would ask to gather a lot of information about you and he took here a few tis to try and guess the code for your door. Unfortunately, I was able to guess what it was and we got to enter your apartnt" he frowned. He rembered the first ti he saw Lee in front of the door looking for trouble.
"What did he do here?" she tried to calm herself but she couldn't help but let out so bloodlust herself.
"We went around your apartnt and he went through your stuff"
"Did he take anything?" trying to think if she lost anything, i crossed her arms.
"So of your underwear. He would keep one in his bag, so I was able to retrieve them from him. I went back here a few tis to return them"
"That pervert!" She felt disgusted. She sotis had so problems looking for things in her room and wouldn't think too much of it because she thought no one else would have taken them. Now that Kazuya told her of this, she imdiately put the bla on her missing items onto Lee.
"When I finally returned everything, he asked to co with him here again but I refused. He beat up and said that he would do it himself but would hurt more if I told anyone"
"He can't get away with this! Kyouko should know!"
"I'm sorry for being a coward big sis. I really wanted to get close to you a long ti ago, but he made avoid you. I… was waiting for an opportunity to be able to fight back so I wouldn't have to stay away from you anymore but that… was when I lost my mory" i couldn't help but hug him tightly. She wouldn't have wanted him to rember if she knew that it would be this bad. i regretted interrogating him like this.
"You don't have to worry about that bastard Lee. Big sis will protect you from him I promise" she gently combed his hair with her hand.
"No… I failed to protect big sis from him and I won't let that happen again" This was an oath he made for himself. Never again will he let anyone ss with him or the people around him as long as he was still breathing.
"Is that why you started training yourself and joined that dojo?" i smiled after thinking that it was for her sake that he busied himself like this.
"I—" before he could answer, a loud noise was heard from outside i's bedroom.
*BAM* *BAM*
"I OPEN UP!"
"Looks like ti is up" i sighed. "You stay here while I tell her about what you just told " she left the room and answered the door. Kyouko imdiately barged in and pulled Kazuya away from her.
"You! Where is he? Where's my Kazuya? What do you think you're doing to my son dressed like that?" Kyouko imdiately went in and looked around.
"? This is not you're first ti here so do you need to answer? More importantly, there's sothing that you should know" She had more pressing matters to tell her about so she tried hard not to tease this overprotective mother.
"Tell where my son is imdia—"
"Kazu recovered more of his mories. He's in my room right now and I didn't want him thinking about it when I told you because it's mostly painful one. They answer a lot of questions we've talked about" Kyouko saw the serious expression on her assistant's face. She instantly understood from the lack of her usual playfulness that it was a matter she needed to hear.
"Tell " the two sat down and i began to retell the story using her own flair. She added a lot of curses and insults whenever Lee ca up to vent so anger. Kyouko clenched her fists as well and felt guilty about not noticing anything until it was already too late.
"To protect his beloved big sis, Kazu's been training himself and joined that dojo too" i added at the end with a playful smile.
"Where is he?" Kyouko ignored it and was more concerned about her son and the mories he recovered.
"He's probably still in my room"
Kyouko still had a few questions so she looked for her son. The two of them, especially i was shocked when she entered her own room.
"Are you two done with your talk?" Kazuya spoke as he finished putting away all the clothes that was left inside the room and labeled them in boxes accordingly.
"i you… you made him pack your stuff for you!?"
"Hey don't look at ! When I discovered him in my apartnt, he was already folding away the clothes I left in the living room"
"and here I thought you were actually making progress in packing" Kyouko sighed.
"It's okay mom, big sis didn't ask to do this. I wanted to help so that big sis can move in with us before Lee cos to steal her stuff again"
"That's right! Only my Kazu is allowed to take my underwear!"
"Shut up i" she turned to her son and asked "When did you rember i?"
"When I saw big sis at the hospital. I already knew a lot of things about her even though they were incomplete. I only rembered the bad stuff that happened when Lee ca but it made my head hurt a lot"
"Why didn't you tell ?"
"I felt ashad of how I used to be. I didn't want to be a coward anymore so I tried to change myself"
"You silly boy, of course you can be scared, you're still a child! That's nothing to be afraid of" Kyouko tried to comfort him. The change in her son after what happened made her miss how sweet and innocent he used to be.
"Kazu" i pulled him close their noses touched. They looked each other in the eye. "Always rember that no matter what, your big sis is always on your side. No matter what you do or what you beco, your big sis will never abandon you"
Kyouko looked at them silently. It was rare to see i this serious when she is around Kazuya. He was initially scared of her when they first t because of i's usual deanor. That was why she would stop putting off that face whenever he was around and the i that would express herself openly would appear. Kyouko believed that this was her assistant's real personality. From the ti i started to work for her, she was known as the CEO's trusted executioner even though she such was a nice girl.
Keeping up her facade made others fear and respect her. Even though she was young, her prowess and talent were so apparent that no one could say anything. She knew that i had been under a lot of stress which was why she never really rebuked her when she would act the opposite way whenever Kazuya was present. She hoped that in the future, i could act more like herself freely.
"Big sis…" tears gathered in his eyes no matter how much he tried to hold them back.
Kazuya couldn't help it. These words both relieved and hurt him at the sa ti. He was reassured because these were the words that he wanted to hear from her for the longest ti. i had no idea but she would be over the moon if she ever found out how much she had been regarded by her Kazu. His world used to revolve around her to the point that every major decision he made usually had her in mind first.
Though at the sa ti her words placed him in another predicant. A sharp pain would assail him every ti he rembered. He felt that she was not lying and could feel the attachnt she had for him. This was not only in this instance, whenever he indulged himself when i showed affection, he would feel a little bit of pain. A question that scarred him because he was never able to ask always crept up in his head even before he had died the first ti. This scar was then continuously opened up when he was forced to watch his previous go by life countless tis.
"(Why… why did you abandon back then?)"
Knowing that the person wouldn't be able to answer his question he wept. He hugged the i in front of him tightly and cried to his heart's content. He swore in his heart that he would die without ever fulfilling his revenge if he let that sa future ever co to pass.
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