Vol 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)

“AHAHAHA! Little Risa is all grown up now, she actually brought a boyfriend back!” Sitting in front of me and holding a winegla.s.s while laughing crazily was an uncle whose beard had grown to a serious degree — Satsuki’s dad.

“Seriously, Dad. What kind of drunken nonsense are you saying? Stop drinking, you’ve already drank so much at uncle’s house.” Satsuki s.n.a.t.c.hed away the winegla.s.s from Uncle.

The reason why I called him Uncle in my mind, is simply because I really couldn’t accept the fact that he’s Satsuki’s dad. Parallel world or not, it really looks like anything can happen.

“No wonder you kept staring at your phone yesterday. So it was because you were waiting for this kid’s call?” That one sentence from Uncle made Satsuki panic:” I wasn’t, I wasn’t. Didn’t I said this countless times before? I was on the internet, looking at the weather forecast.”

“That’s right, dear, Little Risa was really looking at the weather forecast.” Satsuki’s mom who had always made Satsuki embarra.s.sed was actually speaking up for Satsuki.

“That’s right, that’s right !” Seeing that her mom was helping her, Satsuki repeated what her mom had said.

Before Uncle could speak, Satsuki’s mom quickly added: “ So as you can see, isn’t the weather today particularly good? It’s because the weather was good, that Little Risa was able to buy so many clothes. It’s also because the weather was good, that Little Xiang was able to help bring the bags back. It seems like today’s weather forecast is very accurate.”

“Mom… you…” Satsuki’s face became red.

Uncle laughed. Afterwards, his face that was bright red due to his drinking, turned to face me and said: “Kid, have you and my daughter already done those things?”

“Those things?” I didn’t understand what Uncle meant by those things.

“Um….. It’s making little….”

“DAD!!! I suddenly feel that it’s better for you to continue drinking, and! Don’t just keep talking and forget about eating. Do you know what time is it now? It’s already 7, you already chatted for half an hour. Don’t you guys know that Lin Xiang needs to go back home?” Satsuki forced a winegla.s.s into Uncle’s hand, and pointed towards the clock on the wall.

“Aiya? Daughter’s angry? Dad only wanted to know how far you guys have gotten.” Uncle looked at the winegla.s.s in his hand, poured some wine, and happily drank.

“I’ve already said that we are just normal friends!!!” Once again, Satsuki emphasized the fact that we’re just normal friends.

“That’s right, dear, quickly eat. Little Xiang is just Little Risa’s first normal guy friend that she brought home. Seriously, you’re already a grown man but you’re acting like a b.i.t.c.h.” Satsuki’s mom said to Uncle with a hint of anger.

“If the wife says so, then fine. Let’s start eating. Come Little Xiang, to celebrate you being the first normal guy friend that Satsuki brought home, let’s drink.” Uncle nodded his head and put a wine gla.s.s in front of me.

“No no no, I’m still underage, I can’t drink. Also, if I drink, chances are that I’ll pa.s.s out.”

“Don’t worry, you can just stay overnight here if you pa.s.s out. Little Risa’s bed is pretty comfortable.” Satsuki’s mom answered.

“Um… Forget it.” I’ve already slept there once before. I wouldn’t dare to compliment Satsuki’s sleeping posture. Even now, I could still remember being tightly embraced by Satsuki, to the point of me being unable to breathe, which caused me to wake up….

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Phew, I’m finally free. It’s already 8:30. Satsuki’s parents sure knows how to ‘pa.s.sionately welcome guest with hospitality’. The reason why they talked for so long was because they thought that I was Satsuki’s boyfriend. No wonder why they were talking so strangely just a moment ago.

As I stood in front of Satsuki’s house, I deeply sighed with extreme emotion.

“Sorry, Lin Xiang, my parents are a little excited today.” Satsuki had a very apologetic look on her face. I’ve already lost count on how many times I’ve seen that look today.

“I do feel that your parents are… quite pa.s.sionate…”

“It’s just them being too excited, that’s all. It’s already this late, let me send you back?”

“….. Why are you sending me back?” Shouldn’t it be the guy that sends the girl back? Since when did the reverse happen?

“I’m worried that you’ll meet some bad guys on your way back.” Satsuki said that with a serious look.

“Think about it, will bad guys make a move on a guy or a girl?”

“Girls, I guess?”

“So you do know?”

“…… But……”

“No buts…. Listen to me Little Risa, go to his house tonight… Ahem… Coughcough… No problem, you’re already grown up.” Said Uncle, while hiccuping.

“DAD, GO BACK INSIDE! I’m really sorry, Lin Xiang, you should leave quickly. Their behaviour today is starting to make me doubt whether they’re really my parents.” Satsuki pushed Uncle’s head back inside when his head peeked out, and once again apologized to me.

Indeed, are there any parents that would allow their own daughter to stay over at a guy’s place? Don’t tell me that they would trust me that much?

“Ok, Satsuki, see you tomorrow at school.”

“Ok, see you at school.” Satsuki waved her hands at me and returned back to her house.

As I was leaving, I still could hear Uncle’s drunk talk. Things like “why didn’t you follow?”. Stuff like that.

“Ring ring ring~~ ring ring ring~~” Half way back home, my phone rang.

But after seeing that the call was from my uncle, I could not help but be taken aback. ‘I’ knew that my uncle was a busy man even though ‘I’ didn’t know what his line of work was, so other than him giving ‘me’ a call, ‘I’ normally wouldn’t call him.

This was also my first time receiving a call from him after coming to this world for 2 weeks. I felt my voice shake a little:” h.e.l.lo? Uncle?”

“Little Xiang, are you busy with anything? Why didn’t you pick up my calls from before?” Uncle’s voice was exactly the same as how I remembered, still very firm.