episode_0054

Sakuragi Yuka grew up in a very wealthy family when she was young.

Her father was a manager at a fairly successful company, and the Japanese economy was also good at the time.

Thanks to this, her family was well-off, and happy days continued.

“The-the company went bankrupt?!”

That is, until Japan’s bubble burst.

The nightmare of the bubble, which plunged the entire nation of Japan into a recession, enveloped the Sakuragi family.

Her father was laid off, and her mother, who usually handled household chores and taught Yuka her lessons and studies, started working part-time.

Fortunately, as is common in Japanese society, they didn’t immediately end up on the streets.

Thanks to her parents’ quick response, their losses were relatively small.

The problem was Japan’s endlessly stagnating economy.

Her father tried to get back on his feet, repeatedly.

Fortunately, her father’s efforts succeeded.

He managed to join a decent company that, though a bit smaller, was more fundamentally sound than his previous one.

However, being a smaller company, it was difficult for the family to live comfortably.

Her mother still worked part-time at places like supermarkets, and Yuka herself, having little pocket money, had no reason to go out, so she focused solely on her studies at home.

Thanks to this, Yuka frequently ranked among the top students in her entire school.

And that’s where the problem arose.

During her high school years, Yuka was certain.

‘With this academic score… a prestigious university is possible.’

She believed that with her abilities, she could probably get into a university that every Japanese citizen had heard of.

It wasn’t just wishful thinking. Her deviation scores on university entrance exams and her teachers all said the same thing.

There was just one problem…

‘Tuition is a burden…’

The money she was currently saving from her part-time jobs was nowhere near enough to get her into the university she wanted.

‘If I could get a scholarship, it might work out…’

But even then, the amount was too precarious, leaving Yuka with no choice but to worry.

After much deliberation, Yuka’s conclusion was…

‘I’ll have to sell my first time.’

She decided to engage in compensated dating.

One might think this was the thought of a complete harlot, but it was, in its own way, a conclusion reached after much deliberation.

More accurately, it wasn’t a plan to consistently sell her body.

‘I’ll sell my first time for a high price, and then after that, I’ll work diligently at part-time jobs.’

She thought of selling her first experience, the most important one for a woman, for the highest possible price.

When Yuka first started having these concerns, she had no intention of doing something like this.

She initially thought she could just work diligently at part-time jobs, but even then, it seemed hard to fully cover living expenses in addition to tuition.

Therefore, she planned to make a large sum of money once to cover tuition, and then earn living expenses through part-time work.

One might question if her first experience was worth that much, but her appearance was quite outstanding.

At least, men willing to buy her first experience would line up.

Her skin was a bit tanned because of her friends, but still, there were more than enough people who wanted her.

That’s why she intended to sell her first experience for a high price.

Having decided to sell her first experience, Yuka mobilized all her connections to find someone wealthy, not too old, and unlikely to desire a long-term relationship.

These seemed like impossible conditions, but surprisingly, such a person existed.

It was Sato Daichi, who would later become her husband.

Surprisingly, Daichi was the perfect man for Yuka.

He believed that a virgin was more suitable than a streetwalker for him to lose his virginity, and Daichi also desired a relationship that he wouldn’t have to revisit for his future success.

But couldn’t it have been someone other than Yuka?

According to what she heard, the reason he wanted Yuka was because she resembled a gyaru he’d never dared to speak to in his school days…

Anyway, that’s how Yuka sold her first experience to secure her tuition, and at the same time.

“Two lines?!”

She got pregnant.

Thanks to her unusual state, Yuka quickly realized she was pregnant.

When she first got Takuya, Yuka struggled. No, beyond struggling, she came to resent this child.

Clearly, her life, which she initially thought would lead to a smooth path after attending a good university, seemed to be getting twisted.

But…

“Right. This child is innocent…”

She absolutely did not want an abortion. Although she hadn’t wanted it, the child was innocent.

So she told her parents the whole truth and contacted the man named Daichi to inform him of the facts.

The man named Daichi initially asked for proof that it was his child, but Yuka silenced him by saying it was her first and last experience.

With her father’s tears, seen for the first time, her belly slowly swelled, and she soon took a break from school to prepare for childbirth.

Incidentally, Daichi, to his credit, seemed to have some conscience, paying for all the hospital fees, childbirth expenses, and even postnatal care costs.

The child she finally bore after many twists and turns was… truly.

“I-is this child really mine?”

“Yes. Please hold your baby, mother.”

Unspeakably beautiful.

With eyes that couldn’t yet fully open, it struggled to open them, and diligently turned its large head to look around.

With tiny hands, it struggled to grasp its mother’s hand.

“Ah, ah. Aah…”

And when it saw its mother, a happy smile bloomed on the child’s face, which had been deeply furrowed just moments before. That day, Yuka truly realized she had gained something precious and irreplaceable in her life.

***

“Sooooo… I always try to do only good things for himmm…”

“Ugh, I get it… Yuka… Now go to sleep…”

Back home, Yuka ultimately couldn’t withstand the shock and drank a ton of alcohol with Ayaka.

How much did she drink?

One beer… let’s just leave it at that.

Anyway, Yuka, completely drunk, headed to her room to sleep, as Ayaka told her to…

“Hehe. Takuya!”

“Mmm… Yuka… Mom, what, huh?”

She didn’t go to her own room; instead, she headed to Takuya’s room.

Takuya, who was just about to drift off to sleep, was startled by Yuka suddenly opening the door and entering, but then.

-Thud.

Thanks to Yuka diving right onto him, his drowsiness instantly vanished.

“Gasp.”

Accompanied by such a sound.

Awakened by this, Takuya tried to send Yuka back to her room.

“Hehehehe, rubbing my cheek against my beloved Takuya’s!♡”

Seeing Yuka holding his face and rubbing her cheek against his, he eventually sighed deeply and just let Yuka enjoy herself.

She must have had a tough day. While he wasn’t the ‘real’ Takuya, he figured it was a way for her to at least find comfort in his physical presence.

After being pestered by Yuka for a long time, Takuya could only close his eyes much later, once Yuka had fallen asleep holding him.

***

In the very late hours of the morning, Takuya, now Yuka’s comfort doll, had fallen asleep.

Footsteps. Footsteps.

In Takuya’s house, where only the sounds of insects should have been heard, the sound of someone walking echoed.

If Takuya had been sensitive to sounds, he would have immediately noticed it, but he was fast asleep, utterly exhausted from multiple rounds of sex and dealing with Yuka’s drunken antics, so he didn’t notice.

Just as the sound of someone approaching was getting closer and closer to Takuya’s room.

Click.

-Slide.

That someone, no.

“Hehe, sleeping soundly, aren’t they?”

Ayaka, who should have been drunk and asleep with Yuka, boldly opened the door and entered.

To be precise, she was wearing a completely see-through outfit without even a bra or underwear…

Ayaka knelt down and gazed at Yuka and Takuya, who were sleeping peacefully together in the bed, wearing an unexplainable, unsettling — no, perhaps a covetous smile.

“Both of them are really cute~”

Ayaka said that and poked Takuya’s cheek.

“Ugh. I-I’ll correct ittt…”

“Chuckle.”

Ayaka chuckled, watching Takuya frown uncomfortably in his sleep.

“Mom knew best that Takuya had changed~”

If Takuya had heard it, it would have been more than absurd; it would have sent shivers down his spine, but what could be done? Takuya was asleep.

“Still, I love you, Takuya. No matter what anyone says, you are my son…”

Those words were sincere. Ayaka loved Takuya, so much so that she would abandon her family for him.

No. More accurately, unlike the ’empty shell’ he used to be, she truly loved her current son.

Furthermore, she also spoke to her precious friend who desired that ’empty shell’ more than the real him.

“Yuka, just wait a little longer, and you’ll understand. How precious Takuya is to us as a friend.”

Ayaka said that, tidying her friend’s messy hair as she smiled cutely in her sleep.

After observing the two sleeping for a long time, Ayaka finally straightened her bent knees after about 10 minutes, saying with a satisfied air.

“Then, sleep well, both of you~♥”

Ayaka murmured that, then quietly closed the door and left.

“Hehe, Takuya…”

“Mmm. Oh, Mom…”

Takuya was still utterly ignorant about the people in this house.