Chapter 24 - Shopping Rhapsody (2) (1/2)

“Diapers and a change of clothes… what do you think? Should I let them wear the stuff we bought? No, I don’t want them to get dirty before we go shopping. Should I bring clothes? What do you think?”

“Onii-chan is acting strange.”

No, I’m just asking for your opinion.

It’s about the contents of the bag?

“What are you saying, I’m always strange.”

I am confident.

While Aoi returned to her nest to pick up her baggage, I was preparing for us to go out.

I pulled out a rucksack that we do not normally use and got what I needed.

I was hesitating whether I should bring clothes that Shouhei used to wear when he was a baby.

Hmm. The stuff might get covered with mud when we come home.

Should I limit the things we are bringing to a minimum?

I tried to move smoothly and quietly so as to not wake up Jaja and Nana who were peacefully sleeping after the breastfeeding at lunch.

The futon was laid out in the dining room where the sun was hitting, they were breathing like it felt very good and their posture was very cute.

I would be thankful if they could wake up around the time when Aoi gets home.

“How can you move so quickly for someone who’s delayed in preparing for school?”

I wonder if I should go to buy those.

Ah, things like pacifiers are necessary after all.

Let’s write that down.

“That, when did you start using a memo?”

“Hey, can you stop with that earnest worried face? Your brother is terribly hurt.”

Is this what it means to be vexing?

Shouhei had a pale expression, it didn’t feel like he was kidding or acting.

“It’s still fine because we’re family, but if a stranger saw, it would seem like you’re planning to commit a crime.”

Can you not give critical damage to your brother so accurately.

“A large suspicious person that’s grinning while happily stuffing something into a bag… It’s at a level where the PTA needs to be mobilized if this was a school route.

“Please stop it.”

What on earth did I do!

It is a false accusation! False accusation!

“… it’s like you’re a perfect papa, incredible.

“What are you saying, it hasn’t even been a day yet, I can’t become a father so quickly.”

I’m not that much of a skillful man.

The rat also exposed my awkwardness.

“Well, it’s a good thing for Jaja and Nana, so I’m not complaining.”

Saying that, Shouhei headed to the kitchen.

It’s like he had a dissatisfied expression when he was saying that.

“What’s up with him…”

I don’t understand.

You can generally sense what’s going with Shouhei just by looking at his face. But right now I couldn’t read his mind at all.

Should I try talking it over with him tonight?

I zipped up the fastener of the rucksack and carried it to the entrance.

“I just got back, was Jaja and Nana okay?”

“Oh, you were quick, welcome back.”

The door slowly opened and Aoi folded her wings and came in.

Aoi’s nest was at the peak of an inverted triangular monolith called Tusk Crag, which was a large boulder in the forest at the back.

Although you could see it from here, but since Aoi can fly in the sky, she took such a short time for a distance that looked like it would take an hour if walking.

She also spread out her large wings when I saw her off, it looks like it was pleasant to dance in the sky.