Chapter 304: Midday Moon (2/2)

At length, the sun began to descend, and nighttime approached.

The three sisters left their seats for the bathroom, leaving Taiyou gazing up at the moon above his head.

“May I take your plate, sir?”

A male employee came his way, and Taiyou nodded, furthering his gaze at the moon.

“Were those ladies with you your family?”

“Hm?”

Being asked a question so suddenly, Taiyou inclined his head, looking at the employee. As he cleaned up the plates, he smiled and approached him. He didn’t seem to have any ill intent, so Taiyou answered him straightforwardly.

“No, we’re lovers.”

“Is that so? And may I ask which one of them?”

“All of them.”

Even though he was a stranger, Taiyou answered without hesitation. It wasn’t something that he felt should be hidden. If anything, by this point he would rather boast about them. On the other hand, he still knew that this was something peculiar in today’s day and age, which was why he expected the man to make a strange face in response, but…

“Is that so? That’s amazing.”

Betraying his expectations, the employee did not make any sort of strange face, instead speaking in an awed tone. Taiyou was surprised by that. Moving his gaze from the moon, he looked at the employee.

“Is it, now?”

“Yes. I’m jealous.”

“Jealous.”

Taiyou parroted his words. Sure, if someone was looking from the sidelines, they would be envious of someone who has a harem, he thought to himself. As if reading Taiyou’s thoughts, the employee spoke while wryly smiling.

“This was quite a while ago, but I once was confessed to by my wife’s younger sister.”

“So in other words, your sister-in-law confessed to you?”

“Technically. At the time, we weren’t yet married, so she wasn’t my sister-in-law yet, but she confessed to me. Of course, I turned her down, but she was upset after that for quite some time.”

After having cleared up all of the plates, the employee continued as he wryly smiled.

“It’s only recently that we’ve been able to interact with each other as family.”

“Have you heard the reason why she liked you and confessed to you?”

“Yes.”

The employee made a further strained expression.

“Apparently, she started liking me because I was a man who treated my wife with care. And I heard this recently as well. So I rejected her because I already had my wife as a lover, but that seemed to only make my sister-in-law further pained.”

“I was not mistaken in what I saw in him and began to like him more and more—-”

“—-But my feelings will never be reciprocated.”

“Wow, that’s pretty tough.”

“Yes. Which is why from time to time, I wonder: Was there perhaps a way to make both of them happy at the same time?”

“Is that right.”

“My apologies for telling you such a strange story.”

“No worries.”

“Then please continue to make yourself at home.”

The employee said, bowing and returning to the shop’s interior. As he was staring at him go, the three sisters returned.

“We’re back, Taiyou-san.”

“Welcome back.”

The three sisters sat on the sofa.

The sisters were all gathered, the moon was floating in the sky, and the employee was continuing back to the shop.

“What’s wrong, Taiyou-san?”

“Are you perhaps tired?”

“Want to rest for a bit?”

“No, I’m fine.”

Shaking his head, he grinned. (Guess it’s about time), thought Taiyou. Firmly gripping the things he had been keeping hidden in his pocket, he took a deep breath.

Nothing would change too greatly from what he was about to do. It probably only had symbolic significance. Still, he was nervous. Probably the most nervous he had been since first meeting the girls.

“There’s something that I’d like to give you all. I figured it’d be best to start with you.”

He held out his hands to the three sisters as they puzzled over what he said. Three small boxes containing rings were handed to them.