5 My mighty wealth cannot buy thee? (1)
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"Oi, shut up you both. "
Yuuto casually intervened between the two men cursing at each other by steadily walking at the empty space between them.
"Oh, Amitabha. Finally a wise person has entered the scene; hello my good friend Yuuto."
Yuuto turned towards the left; there he saw a dude he was well acquainted with; Takeshi Etozawa, a Buddhist and also his 'other' best friend.
The man was handsome; extremely so, because his face had a certain rogueish and manly contours that made bright and lucid smile stand out among the crowd.
Takeshi was dressed in a vibrant and fashionable white polka dotted shirt and wore a black pant; all of which combined made him feel as if he was the main character of a certain shoujo manga.
The weird thing was, that on his chest pocket was a white washed down bunny figure tucked with care.
Takeshi right now clearly had a schadenfreude expression on his face as he constantly winked at Aayaden.
Aayaden heaved like a demon and glanced at Yuuto with fondness, because no matter how he cursed him he clearly liked being friends with him.
"So Yuuto, tell this maniac about the ending of Ichigo 100%. He isn't listening to my words and wants to read it anyways… "
Takeshi said with a troubled expression on his face.
"Yeah, tell it to me! I trust you more than that baldfuck for sure! " Aayaden turned to Yuuto with a expecting and anxious look on his face.
Yuuto facepalmed himself, he didn't get it why Aayaden was so obsessed with manga. Aayaden literally does the same shit everyday, which is that he rages over bad endings and Mangas…
"Dude, get a life. "
"I said tell me the ending!! "
Yuuto looked at Aayaden with a blank face and nodded.
"Aya loses, and that blonde tsundere wins. Oh yeah, and the mangaka also wrote a side story where Aya gets along with another guy; basically NTR. "
Aayaden's eyes widened as he gasped…
His mouth opened…
"FUUUCKIING SHIIIIIIIIIT, WHAT THE FUCKITY FUCK OF THE FUVKEST FUCK FUCK FUUUUUKKKKKKK!!! "
"Oh, and the rest of the girls move on quickly. And did I say the reason the Protagonist chose the blond girl was all due to a misunderstanding because of Aya's shyness? "
"ABSOLUTELY FUCKING DUCKS!!! THE AUTHOR ID ABSOLUTELY FUCKING DUCKS!!! "
"Of course, but even then, she finds her happy end in the side story. So it's happy all the way, right? "
"Wait, I didn't pay attention back when you said that there was a side story, what happens in that anyway? "
"Oh. Aya falls in love with another dude that reminds her of Nakama or Manaka – I can't remember the protag's name – and then marries that dude. "
"… "
"Oh, the side story's name is 'Ichigo 100% - East Side Story'"
"Well, I'm not going to say anything other than I hate that mangaka now… "
Aayaden slowly shook his head and glanced at the thick graphic book in his hands, then with his teeths gritted he threw it on the floor and started to furiously kick it.
"Fuck you. " Aayaden snickered as kicked the ripped apart manga to his side.
"Heh, you never learn do you? I told you before that, in this age, there exists no good harem manga didn't I? " Takeshi rubbed his fingers with each other and smiled with schadenfreude at Aayaden, who had a faint sad smile on his face.
"Honestly, what's the point in reading them anymore anyways? "
Aayaden shook his head and started his rant.
"Wait wait wait, before you start your rant, let's get a seat somewhere."
Yuuto waved his hands and walked towards a restaurant, fully knowing how much time Aayaden could rant for.
…
"Ah fuck it man, I let my anger get me… " Aayaden said as he put both of his hands on his head and banged it on the table.
Yuuto took a glass of water from the table and drank it; while Takeshi grinned and glanced at Aayaden with interest.
Both of them knew that Aayaden had anger problems, but other than that he was a really nice person.
Both of them also knew why Aayaden liked harem manga and raged over when they ended badly: because he had a habit of putting himself in their shoes and couldn't bear it when the Protagonist did a stupid thing. Furthermore…
"Just don't read them anymore, friend. I doubt that any manga is perfect: the good ones get axed, end shortly or just plain get bad in the end. While the bad ones, stay bad and don't magically turn into gold. " Takeshi said as he swiped the hair that fell on his forehead.
Aayaden sighed and reclined on his chair. He didn't like the current state of affairs.
"I don't know man. I read these to escape from reality, not to get sad over the fact that the best girl hasn't won. "
"And it's not like I have an elder sister and a childhood friend like Yuuto or an imouto like Takeshi…fuck my life. "
Aayaden's eyes turned livid as he looked at both Takeshi and Yuuto back and forth.
Aayaden's expression changed instantly as he moved on from his fury and smirked at Takeshi.
"Say, Takeshi, why weren't you in school today? " Aayaden grinned, fully knowing the reason why Takeshi didn't come to school.
Yuuto snickered obscenely while Takeshi grinned with utmost joy.
One thing Yuuto had to say before, was that the three of them were weird in almost similar ways, and shared the same habits and personality but were also dissimilar in ways.
"Ah, it is due to my dear imouto… ah… " Takeshi sighed in desire as he put both of his hands on his cheeks.
"Blergh, disgusting. Oneechans for the win! " Yuuto yelled in disgust at Takeshi.
"Quiet untaught plebian, little sisters are the more better choice compared to old hags. " Takeshi charmingly chuckled.
"I can't believe you guys. Incest? Man, I have some weird friends… " Aayaden sighed.
"Shut up you lazy piece of fat fuck! "
"Shut up you piece of brainwashed plebian, you do not know the way of life! "
Both Yuuto and Takeshi pointed at Aayaden at the same time with a murderous gaze, and Aayaden watched on with a passive gaze.
"...ok."
…
"Back to the matter; I did not come to school today because of little sister moved in with me…ah!"
"I received such a surprise when she came in the middle of nowhere and hugged me just like she used to do….ah! Amitabha… "
"I'm really looking forward for my future life… "
Takeshi imagined his life with his beautiful imouto everyday…
In the morning: his imouto will be dressed in an apron and happily cooking food for him, and when he blankly walks into the kitchen after just waking up; he'll see her turn around and smile at him, with the metal spatula in her hands pointed at the sky.
'Good morning, nii-san!❤️'
And, since the school she'll be going to is the same school he goes to, he'll also see her happily skipping along the road to the school with him, and sometimes…her skirt will be lifted by the ferocious wind, and then she'll shyly hide her panties by putting her hands in the middle of her thighs, then she'll meekly glance at him and say: 'Niichan, don't look…baka...'
After returning, she'll be there both at evening…and at night.
Imagine: his imouto laid beside him while dressed in a skimpy, oversized shirt and she says: 'Good night, nii-san!❤️'
And then at midnight!!!!!
'N-nii-san…we mustn't… we're brother and sister…this isn't right… '
'N-not there niichan, that's my baby mach-'
OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Takeshi happily smiled at the sky while Yuuto and Aayaden glanced at his crotch and sneered in disgust.
Why was this guy hard from just talking about his sister…?
After a moment of dark delusions, Takeshi shook his head sat back on the chair with an alarming calmness.
"I only love her, but it's a pity that she's changed. "
"People change so much, don't they? " Takeshi asked without giving much context.
Both of them nodded, agreeing to not ask anything further to protect Takeshi's privacy.
"Well, she's no longer someone that calls me niichan, and she also stays far away from me…unlike before. "
"It's okay man. She just grew up in the meantime, and even then, you haven't see her in the last three years, correct? " Aayaden asked while Yuuto patted Takeshi's back.
Takeshi nodded.
"Correct, I haven't seen her in three years, five months and two weeks… "
Ignoring the almost yandere like comment from Takeshi, Yuuto rolled his eyes.
"Are you…stupid or something?"
"Distance brings you closer together. It forces your heart to connect in all the best ways. But that's…physical distance, not emotional distance. "
"Let's be frank – love between siblings rarely are born, and even if they do, fruition does not come as it's almost always one sided, and even if both of the former don't happen, it's almost guaranteed you're never going to marry or love each other since it's love between those of blood. "
"If you are NOT communicating with each other frequently, honestly, closely — it doesn't matter where you live. If you and her didn't spill your hearts at each other, love is bound to fail because simply, there is no emotional connection and relationships without them tend to fade into obscurity. "
"You could be living under the same roof and sleeping on the same bed, yet miles apart within hearts!"
"Physical distance does not matter, it is the emotional distance keeps people closer or farer and love is completely dependent on the emotional connectivity between two people."
Yuuto finished his lengthy lecture and looked at Takeshi.
Takeshi was as handsome and suave as ever, his smile also didn't fade but the former luster in his eyes were now lost and replaced by the darkness of agony.
"I agree with Yuuto. You shouldn't be sad over this dude, there are plenty of fish in the sea. Hell, there are brothels that cater to specific fetishes, why not go there? "
"But…but I can't! You guys know how I am, right? " Takeshi grit his teeth as he looked at the bunny tucked into his chest pocket.
Yuuto sighed as he felt a trapping coldness devour his heart, while Aayaden licked his dry lips and trembled with heartbreak.
Takeshi chuckled with gloom and reclined on the chair. Fully knowing why he and his two best friends reacted that way.
The bunny was a gift…from a very important person that Takeshi grew up with.
Yuuto glanced at the bunny.
The bunny was the reason that Takeshi, the most charming and popular boy in the school remained a celibate and stayed far away from girls.
"You know what Takeshi? You should do whatever makes you happy. "
"Although that advice is somewhat controversial due to the fact that it grants 'instant gratification' and sometimes always fails due to a factor that is called 'emotional forecasting' that humans are bad at, it doesn't matter. "
"You'll regret if you take a chance, and will regret it even if you don't, so why hesitate? "
"Do what makes you happy, even if you'll regret it. And remember: people are talking about you on your back because you are a step forward than them."
"Don't lose your happiness because of them. Everyone is facing certain situations like you. So, no one will bother about your situations or decisons. They are just talking about you because they don't have any topic to time pass. "
"Yeah, dude's right. Do what you want, don't let others hinder you, because for God's sake we're all billionaires and above the plebians!" Aayaden cockily nodded his head as he patted Takeshi's head.
Takeshi nodded with rejuvenated vigor and happily giggled!
"Ah thanks my brothers, I can always depend on you! "
"Yeah, don't sweat it baldy. We aren't going to separate soon enough. Reminds me, Yuuto, aren't you gonna' turn eighteen soon? "
Aayaden asked as he turned towards Yuuto with a creepy smile on his face.
Takeshi put a lustful smile on his face as he closed in on Yuuto's table with astonishing speed.
Looking at the hideous trap and the handsome guy that came straight out of a BL manga dashing at him with ferocious grins, Yuuto let out a scream of terror.
"Fuck off homos! "
"What homo, your entire genus like pinus! " Aayaden angrily cackled at him.
"And just so you know, I have to wear this shit because I lost a bet with Yuuto, not because I'm gay!! " Aayaden turned to Takeshi and roared.
"Oh yeah? Don't worry, your secret is safe with me. I totally won't rat it out that you are gay and have a fetish for exhibitionism, totally. "
"Fuck you bald face! "
"Hey, don't generalize Buddhists, not all of them are bald. "
…
"Returning back to the matter, you're gonna turn 18 soon, right dude? " Aayaden sat back on the chair and asked Yuuto with a straight face.
Yuuto nodded. "Yea, two days later. "
"Woah, since now you're about to be of legal age; how about me and Takeshi treat you to a…'meal'. "
Takeshi winked at Yuuto while Aayaden cackled with a weird gleam in his eyes.
"The fuck? I'm not as depraved as you guys, so no!"
"Aw man, why not? The brothels here are great; there are a lot of oneechans and milfs, which I clearly know that you like so what's the matter? "
Just as Aayaden said it, his eyes turned wide as he gasped, as if he had suddenly gained enlightenment.
Takeshi also nodded as he saw Aayaden's shock, clearly knowing why his reaction was as such.
"I tend to forget man…that you clearly like bestiality, dog on male, and gore sex more than the vanilla ones… well, there are no brothels that cater to your specific needs…"
"I'm not kinkshaming you though, even I like gore and trap porn, so it doesn't matter. "
"Indeed my friend Yuuto, even I like hardcore incest and amputation porn, so it also doesn't matter, since we're all alike in a way or another. "
Yuuto calmly winced as he remembered the sick fetishes he used to have back in the day…
Bah…!
Even then, he didn't want to tell these guys that he hated his previous fetishes now, because he wanted to be friends with these dudes until death.
"Say, did you like the ones that I commissioned for you? It cost like – five thousand for me to commission the dudes to make that video. " Aayaden asked as he fiddled his fingers with each other and ogled at the beautiful waiters in the restaurant.
"…It was fine, great. I liked the terrific moans the dog let out as it jizzed… " Yuuto coughed as he made up shit.
"Great! I have two other videos and I'll send them to you tomorrow, be sure to tell me how they look like, okay? " Aayaden happily laughed and hit Yuuto's back.
Aayaden had a weird habit, and that was spending money on him and Takeshi and always liked to commission porn…meaning that he liked to blow off money. Even though he was a regular visitor of many brothels…
Life is strange isn't it? Yuuto and Takeshi both had many chances to blow off steam by visiting brothels but never did as their conscience held them back, but Aayaden did and even then he liked to read harem shit and fapping to porn…
"Oi, I have a question for you. " Yuuto slapped Aayaden on his shoulder and came closer to him.
"I know what you do everyday night, but what I want to ask you is why do you even read these harem-y shit even when you hate it? "
"You see, most people read them to fantasize about what their life could've been like if they had a harem and girls actually liked them; but I see that it doesn't apply to you, does it? You go to brothels almost daily and sometimes get a reverse-gangbang, so why do you even care about these things? "
Aayaden scratched his head.
"It's my hobby, man. Just like how you like to read action manga and like how Takeshi likes to read Chinese novels, I like to read harem manga, because I simply can't get that shit in real life! "
"Oh yeah, and remember that everyone I had a crush on before was stolen by this dude. " Aayaden monotonously pointed at Takeshi with a smile.
"Every. Single. One. Of. Them. "
Takeshi frowned as a gloomy look overtook his former cheery face. His voice turned hoarse as he apologized.
"I've apologized thousands of times before, and I'll do it again. But that hate and sadness of yours is something I'll never really understand. I never for once had the thought of stealing or even glancing with weird emotions at the girls you had crushes on before; because you're my friend! "
Indeed, that was the truth.
Yuuto smirked. Takeshi was handsome, dashing and to many, a prince charming. But even then, that wasn't enough as most of the girls at his school had only one goal, and that was to snag immature rich boys in the trap of 'love' and increase their families influence.
The girls at his school craved and lusted after power, and to a lesser extent, beauty due to their 'ojou-sama' upbringing.
Takeshi fulfilled all of the criteria: he was the son of a cabinet minister who held the entire country by its balls, also had 'beauty', and was wealthy. So it was no wonder that girls flooded his locker with love letters every once in a while.
But…
"I can't believe you, my only friend, would even think that I would steal other's girls, or even girls to another extent. I only LOVE MY IMOUTO, NO ONE ELSE YOU HEAR ME YOU BASTARD!! "
"Chill, man. It isn't that hard to see that I was half-joking when I said that… "
"Oh, Amitabha. "
Yuuto calmly stared at the stoic Aayaden and the apologetic Takeshi.
…
"So back to the matter… I'm fucking pissed with the matter that the harem mangas in the market right now follow the usual trend, such as 'oooh, look at that blonde grill called a tsundere, why not make her win even though the mc likes the other girls more? ' and the usual trope of 'first come, first served. ' or even choosing one outta ten girls as a whole! "
A good harem in my opinion is when the author does not make all of the side characters chicks and the romance is something meaningful and not just the "fall in love with MC for no good reason' in Japanese and the "he took my body and so I will love him" ideal of the Chinese. And hence why I – sometimes, that too rarely – prefer romance with no harem tags by good authors as the romance and interactions with all side characters being meaningful e.g ze tian ji. "
Aayaden turned his posture into that of a college lecturer as he waved his hands and formed various shapes with them in order to convey what he was saying to the two people before him.
Yuuto had a tired look on his face like a bored student, while Takeshi's expression was the same but a bit more sleepy.
"Then, there's the fucking FIRST GRILL ALWAYS WINS trope! "
"This always happens in a lot of harem stories. And truthfully it is getting annoying. What's the point in introducing a lot of female characters if the first female character introduced in the story always wins in the end? I like harem stories not gonna lie but this needs to stop. "
"Also, for research purposes, did you guys ever read or watch a story wherein the first girl didn't win? Or where the blonde tsundere didn't win? "
Yuuto's eyes widened as he assumed a battle posture, while Takeshi applied a shit-eating-grin on his face.
"Ichigo 100 %. the 1st woman he saw was the one wearing strawberry panties. He ended up with someone else… " Takeshi said with his shit-eating-grin multiplying thousands of times by the moment Aayaden's brain could process what he said.
"…FUCK YOU BALDY!! "
"Jokes aside my friend, I have many."
"'Nisekoi', his crush — the first girl— loses. The same thing happens to 'To Love Ru', but to an extremely lesser extent. Seo kouji's kono no iru Machi, same case as with nisekoi. "
"Annnd I'm done, that's the most harem manga I've read that end in single heroine ends… " Takeshi sighed while Aayaden gritted his teeth in hatred.
"I have some too – Fuuka, where the first girl dies, Mitsuru adachi's H2, where the first girl goes after the protagnotist's best friend, and successfully marries her or something. "
Yuuto said with a nonchalant voice while Aayaden grasped his chest, as if he was suffering from a heart attack.
"But man, was Nisekoi wild… " Yuuto clicked his tongue.
"Yeah friend, I liked Onodera's sister the most, and then Onodera herself. "
"Fuck you both, I liked that cross dressing bodyguard the most! "
"Yeah, I liked Tachibana and Yui-nee the most, the former because she CHOSE TO CHANGE herself for the Protagonist and the latter because she…well, it's biased. " Yuuto said as he yelled at the heavens.
"What I feel about Nisekoi is like reading one of those great vanilla H doujinshis that start out really good, but suddenly, it kicks you in the balls with NTR theme. When Tachibana by the end said "she is gonna find a better guy than Raku" —Ironically, she does deserve anything better than that dense guy—. The MC might not find it painful or feel NTR'D, but i sure as heck did and still do… " Yuuto once again roared at Aayaden who had a mystified look on his face as he never read Nisekoi before.
"I see…nisekoi's off of my list then… "
"Well, I only found one where actually the deserving "best" girl wins. Ookami Shounen wa Kyou mo Uso wo Kasaneru."
"I reread it immediately again just because it had mc choosing the right girl."
Takeshi said as he sighed and cleaned the sweat off of his forehead.
"Excuse me, do you guys need any drinks or something? " A waiter came and asked them.
Yuuto waved his hands at the intruder and drove him away.
"Back to the matter, it's due the deadly "Botan Effect". I had had a field day when she won, personally i got turned off by the cross dressing bullshit. It's nice when the best girl wins for example when 'Masamune no revenge' ends, Maid-san gets her rightful place as best girl and chosen girl."
Aayaden's face turned weird as he heard Yuuto say that.
"I'm not gonna read that bullshit. I actually hate harem in school setting without any supernatural/fantasy tags. I heard that one's another of the rage inducing mangas. His love changes as fast as he changes his underwear, heh. " Aayaden waved his hands at Yuuto's face.
Yuuto wondered and thought for a minute before another rebuttal.
"My wife is a beautiful CEO.
The MC fucks around a lot with lots of women but the first girl that is the tsundere CEO thats full of drama always wins in the end.."
"Did I say that I hate tsunderes before? "
"Yeah, you did man. "
"Anyways Aayaden, I haven't even read a single harem manga after I finished 'Nisekoi'. That ending was a load of bullshit. " Takeshi said as he shook his head.
"I have read countless harems; more than I can count and more than I can remember. The one thing that baffles me the most is the fact that I can count the number of series that have true harem endings on two hands. What I will never understand is why the harem genre is over saturated with open-ended endings and one girl endings. The whole premise of the genre is 3 or more people falling in love with the same person. Does it not make more sense to end it the way that it began?" Takeshi said as he put his hands on his chin.
"Yeah man… "
"For me, I hate it when the author makes a bunch of girls fall in love with the mc and it has a one girl ending. Don't introduce so many girls if it's not going to be a harem ending, especially when the other girls are more likable than the one the mc ended up with." Yuuto said as he started to rant himself.
"And that is why i hate almost all japanese harems. Most of them are fake harems where he is surrounded by tons of girls but only gets one. If you want real harems go read xianxas, literally every xianxa that has a harem tag is a real harem where he gets tons of girls." Takeshi, an avid fan of Chinese novels snipped in the conversation, trying to brainwash the true hotblooded Japanese men into giving up their true Japanese patriotism.
"Chinese ones are still better than something like Nisekoi and specially, "My sister can't be this cute" who breaks up with the best possible girl so that he can go out with his own sister. That novel is another nightmare to me, Xianxas might not always have quality harems where wives/girlfriends keep on disappear or reappear for 200-300 chapters, but there's at least one thing you can be sure of that it is gonna have a polygamy ending. No disappointment and full satisfaction or half. " Yuuto replied.
"Yeah friend, I agree. " Takeshi replied with a friendly mod.
"Yup, the Chinese ones never leave me disappointed. " Yuuto licked his dryly lips and drank another glass of water.
"The reason behind the xianxia ones always having a harem is that Japan focuses pretty heavily on modern timelines in their Anime, novels and mangas. Which is why we dont see real harems there, since its not accepted in todays society. Whereas xianxas focus on you could say 'medieval' times, with all the nobles, kings, etc. Which is why if a xianxa has a harem tag its almost always a real harem, because it would be wierd if a king liked 5 girls but only picked 1."
"The thing about xianxia harems is that most of them aren't that well made. They're character introductions are great but when the MC gets the gurl, most of them will turn into boring characters and not much development later on. I like Japanese harems more if it's done properly.. Because every volume they get their turn of character developments, after the last girl is done it will go back again to the first one.. And this type of stories are Rare.." Aayaden vehemently shook his head and replied.
"Back to what's bad with the current harem mangas, many don't even need a harem ending unless the story was leaning towards one the entire time. Sometimes harems only focus on one girl and it's apparent she's main girl." Takeshi energetically slapped the table as he offered another rebuttal to what he thought was an interesting conversation.
"Exactly, you know and we all know who is the main female lead and with whom eventually the MC is gonna go out with, but the author still introduce harem for shitz and giggles. The thing is when a story has so many female characters fighting for MC's affection, you are bound to have favoritism and personal ships that you really want to MC to go out with, but you know it ain't gonna happen. In such scenario, i always find harem ending most possibly the best conclusion." Aayaden replied to the rebuttal with a heated gaze.
Yuuto face-palmed himself and looked at his watch, 5:45PM. Yet his desire for conversation and debate didn't disappear as he once again fired off his mouth.
"But the thing I have personally with harem mangas are that the mc is basically stringing his harem along without the balls to take care of them. It's just distasteful. If you want a harem-novel, please make sure that the complete harem is taken care of even if they are only cardboard character number 27. "
"Damn, were getting off topic aren't we? "
Yuuto sighed and reclined back on his chair, and when both of the men before him tried to open their mouths; he just forcefully jammed the two salt shaker in front of him in their mouths.
"Calm down you both. Sigh, the rage is real… "
The both dudes coughed violently, and to the dismay of the rest of the restaurant goers, threw the salt shakers straight at the faces of the waiters with no concern for them.
"What do you even expect us to do bro? The shitty thing is that we can't even find something to enjoy and escape reality from these days, because the mangakas apparently dislike the readers. "
Aayaden's lips twitched as he felt the immense urge to slap Yuuto in the face…
"Amitabha… "
"Oh well…"
Yuuto calmly sighed and looked at the restaurant he was in.
The restaurant was decorated extremely well and was attended to by tens of excellent waiters and cooks, even then Yuuto still clearly didn't like the food here, because it wasn't cooked by Ayumi.
The waiters gritted their teeth as they saw the three hedonistic edgelords going through an internal discussion. The only reason they bore with the insults was due to the fact that Aayaden, was the restaurant's owner; although not directly, since his mother was the owner but he in the end, still was the owner in one way or another.
Yuuto shook his head as he excitedly glanced at Aayaden, and Aayaden seeing his gaze winced.
"Dude, no homo. I won't let you put your dick in my ass! "
"What the fuck? I wasn't going to talk about that shit, what I was going to say is that I have a cure for your plight! "
"Listen, you're tired of the current trends of harem mangas aren't you? I have a solution! "
"Look at us – the three of us are the richest of the rich, the zero-point-one percent of the world. I'm a commodities trading and mining heir, while you, Aayaden are a oil baron, while this Takeshi, is also a billionaire! So why should we for God's sake be bothered by this Itty bitty paper thin barrier of not being able to get what we want? "
"Fuck the world, we can buy everyone and everything, who cares? If we don't see what we like, we'll make it! "
"So you're saying that…? " Aayaden closed in with a wistful gaze while Takeshi had an interested gaze as he leaned on Yuuto's shoulder.
"Yeah! Fuck it, we'll start a studio and hire a bunch of famous artists and create whatever the fuck we want to create!"
"Woahhhhhh!!!!!! " Aayadens mouth turned to the size of a golf ball as he looked at Yuuto with a shocked gaze.
WHY DIDN'T GET THE SAME IDEA BEFORE??!?!?!?
"Wait wait wait wait, where will the funding come from? " Takeshi gazed at the two people back and forth with an alarmed expression.
Takeshi remembered that everytime these two people wanted to blow their money off, they'll firstly smooch money off from him and then they'll consider blowing their's off…
Goddammit, Takeshi remembered the beatings he received from his imouto when she learned of his spendings and winced.
"Who the fuck do you think this daddy is?! 500,000$ from me, and that's just the starting amount! Fuck, this idea is fucking awesome my dude! "
Aayaden rapidly threw words from his mouth, sputtering a slew of sputum all over Yuuto and Takeshi.
Takeshi sneered.
"Are you sick in the head? Who throws that much money into something that probably won't even generate income? Gosh, I can't believe that you people come from business-centered families and I come from a politics-centered family… " Takeshi grabbed his head and said in a frustrated tone.
First off all, Takeshi clearly knew that these guys will create a harem manga, a one with plot that, unlike the fluffy shit current managaks write, will have a niche audience. Because people here in Japan have no time for dat'!
And besides, downing half a million down into a hobby was and still is suicide!
"Oh come on Takeshi, we're about to do this because we'll get fun from this! Imagine that whatever you pined for will become reality!" Aayaden grabbed Takeshi's shoulders and furiously shook them.
Yuuto glanced at the both of them and smiled without a reason.
"B-but I don't even rea- ah okay okay, I'll pledge 200,000$, but I'll give more only after I see that their performance is good, okay? " Takeshi sighed as he rubbed his eyes, seeing Aayaden's bloody face ruined his desire to not spend money…
"Thanks! What about you Yuuto?! "
"Me…uh…how about a thousand? "
"…"
The atmosphere suddenly turned silent as Yuuto gulped his saliva.
"…100,000$?"
"Too low, increase it by another two or three hundred, bitch. "
"…450,000$, is that okay? "
The atmosphere suddenly turned sunny as both them dudes in front of him smiled until their lips reached their ears.
"Totally! I'll be contacting my lawyers about this, pronto! I also know my favorite mangaka's names so there's no scope of error in my selection, hahaha! "
"Oh and yeah, we'll discuss more about this tomorrow, for now, because I'll have to attend my tuition now, bye! " Aayaden waved as he instantly disappeared from the restaurant.
Takeshi grinned and nodded his head.
"So Yuuto, I ha-"
Suddenly, a hand gently poked Yuuto's shoulder as he turned around and saw the ever-familiar loli, Mio, looking at him in anger.
Takeshi looked at the girl in confusion. Her face felt slightly familiar to him…her eyebrows and jaw, furthermore her blue…eyes…
Takeshi squinted his eyes but blew it off with a chuckle. His suspicion was clearly impossible, because the girl looked like a ten year old from her childish features while Yuuto, was clearly eighteen years old now. Takeshi doubted that Yuuto could even produce semen at the age when the girl was born in…
"Why did you leave me all alone in the bookstore, papa?!" Mio roared as she shook Yuuto's shoulder.
The dark eyebrows of Takeshi twitched as he thought about a certain suspicion of his…
Well, it didn't make sense anyway so he just blew it off as the girl mistaking Yuuto as her father.
"Hello little child, are you sure that he is your father? " Takeshi spoke in his formal and rather-ancient-Japanese accent.
Mio inquisitively looked at Takeshi, and immediately figured out that he was someone that her father knew.
"A-ah, it seems that I've mistaken my nii-chan as my father… " Mio bowed and swiftly apologized to Yuuto.
"My father, my niichans uncle, has the same shoulder as nii-chan so I mistakenly approached him…im sorry if I caused any problems niichan. " Mio again bowed with an almost crying expression to Takeshi.
Takeshi even before hearing the rest of what Mio said, caught on to the sweet calling of 'nii-chan' and licked his lips with insatiable hunger.
His eyes twitched as they fell on the lolis body, especially her (not)developed breasts.
Big breasts fill a man's heart while flat ones fill a man's heart!
An elementary school imouto like little cousin?! Which eroge did that combination come from?!?!
Suddenly lewd things began appearing in Takeshi's mind as he looked at the little loli, but then his conscience immediately returned as he gulped and shook his head.
"A-ah, I see. Well, little girl I guess I'll have to go somewhere since I have something to do, goodbye! " With a guilty grin, Takashi smiled and disappeared from the scene.
"That guy didn't feel right to me, papa. " Mio said as she closed in on Yuuto's legs and sat on them.
Yuuto felt weird question marks float above his head as he squinted his eyes at the petite loli sitting on his legs…
The immeasurable warmth hit his legs as he began to question his morals.
Yet he returned to his stoic persona a moment later as he grinned at the loli.
"That person has a habit of doing things like these. Don't worry, he doesn't mean anything really, he just…has a soft spot for little girls."
"…is he a pedophile, papa? "
"Well. Not exactly. "
Ignoring what he said, Mio stood up and left the store with furious footsteps.
Yuuto ran after her.
"Hey, where you goin', Mio? "
"Don't talk to me…hm, you're the same as ever…how can you forget your very own daughter?! " Mio didn't turn back as she furiously marched onwards towards a direction only she knew.
"Oh come on, I didn't leave you. I just told you to wait in the bookstore… "
"It's been half an hour already! "
"Oh…yeah…"
"Oh yeah, right! "
"Come on Mio, I'll buy you something. "
"I already ate twenty five yards of chocolate! How much do you want to eat?! "
"I'm not talking about those, I'm talking about manga, and novels. You like them don't you? Otherwise I'd be suspicious on whether you're truly my daughter or not… "
"…I like them. I told you, right? "
"Honestly I can't remember, but tell me what you like and I'll buy them for you. In the future, had I ever bought you anything you liked?
"Hmm, you never bought me anything… "
Yuuto looked at the girl wistfully staring at him, and sighed with disdain for his future self.
The things he did in the future, are the number one most effective way to ruin the relationship between a husband and a wife, and father and a child.
Yuuto was confused. Why was his future self so…self-destructive?!
"Come on, I'll buy you the entire bookstore if I have to, but tell me what types of manga and novels you like. "
For a while, Mio turned back and looked at him with a confused gaze, yet that gaze slowly turned warm as she smiled and hugged him.
"I like everything related to shoujo… "
"…trash…"
"Huh? Did you say anything, papa? "
"Never mind, tell me what you want to buy."
"Yotsuba&! I like that manga the most! "
"Huh? I never heard of that before, must be an obscure title…what is it about? "
"You never heard of it before, papa? Well, it's centered on the everyday adventures of a young girl named Yotsuba as she learns about the world around her, guided by her father, the neighbors, and their friends. "
"Hmm, let's see if we can find the magazine it is published on… "
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…
Yuuto stood before the accountant as he handed her his detailedly counted to perfection Yen notes, and looked at the thirteen volumes of a manga neatly fitted into a bag.
Yuuto handed the bag to the happily jumping loli and offered a smile to the accountant, then he exited the bookstore and sighed at the dark sky.
"Well, ever read Naruto kid? "
"That piece of total cancer? "
Yuuto suddenly smiled as he looked at Mio with an interested gaze.
He didn't think that there'd be another person in the world that hates Naruto with the same intensity as him!
"Eh, why? "
"I don't know. But I remember that the author of it was arrested after he tried to kill a bunch of authors that write fanfics on Naruto… "
"Woah, that's news to me! "
"Yeah! I don't hate the author or his work but I hate the people that make fanfics on it! I heard that the fanfic writers were nothing but a bunch of people that took steroids and daily held orgies at a mansion hidden in the woods…scary, right? "
"I heard that they even worship an owl statue…sigh…"
Mio nodded her head in disgust.
"Hey, weren't you supposed to exercise, papa? "
Mio turned and smiled at Yuuto.
Yuuto sighed and assumed a running posture and…
Get, set, go!
Mio looked on at the figure running throughout the street and ran after him with an excited smile.
…
…
Yuuto ran as he wiped the sweat off of his forehead using the sleeves of his tracksuit, and then he once again began to ran soullessly as he looked at the starry sky.
7PM.
He was now running for almost two hours straight.
Mio instantly blinked in front of him and patted her own head, her face was rather regretful to say the least.
"Well, you've lost…200 grams… "
"…the…fuck…?"
"Yeah, even this can be considered good as it's been only one day but… "
Yuuto put his hands on his knees as he fell on the pavement, his pale and sweaty face trembled as he grunted.
"I have a solution for this, papa. But I can't say that it's…morally good. "
"What? And you think that me losing your mother is…more good? "
"no no no no, papa. "
"It's drugs, papa. The normal ones that athletes use to boost their performance, or the so called 'doping' process. "
"Look at you papa, you have a clean and clear face, but you're fat. And I have a rather perplexing feeling that after you lose weight, you'll appear bony and frail, like a woman. "
"You have no other choice than being pumped with drugs, papa. "
Mio looked on with a troublesome expression as she paced back and forth with worry.
"Bring it on! I don't want to lose Aya-nee, so I'll do everything I need to do in order to prevent the future from happening! "
Yuuto calmly stood up and looked at Mio rather willfully. He had no limits and certainly no morals.
"Okay papa… "
Mio seeing his will, smiled and nodded full of happiness.
"Okay then, but I can't pump you with everything so I'll have to take it slow and gently: we'll use Anabolic drugs first. "
"The anabolic drugs build up muscle; their types include steroids, hormones, most notably human growth hormone, as well as some of their prod rugs. And in the future papa, the selection of drugs has increased more than ever, and they're more safer too! "
Mio said as she pulled out a clean, sterile bottle and an injection from her white pouch.
"Papa, this is a cocktail of anabolic drugs, a mixture of the most safe and effective ones that don't harm the body! "
"But I have to say papa, there are some unavoidable side effects due to it, such as: boosted libido, risk of liver damage and increased aggressiveness. "
Mio looked at her papa, who was grinning with a devious glint in his eyes.
"Bring it on… "
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…
Yuuto sighed as he rang the intercom, and winced at the rather ugly pain he was feeling in his upper arm.
«Who is it?»
A soft and feminine voice rang out from the intercom as a smile flew on Yuuto's face.
«It's me, Yuuto!»
«Ah!»
«Beep! Clack— Clack—»
The door immediately opened as Yuuto's nose picked on a lily like refreshing fragrance in front of him, meaning that Aya-nee was the one that came for him.
"Mom! " Mio wiggled from behind him and hugged the yet-to-appear in front of him Ayumi with an excited scream.
"Ah! You need to be more careful Mio-chan, we can't have you hitting your head anywhere can we? " Mio nodded to that and disappeared into the suit.
Yuuto smiled longingly as he glanced at the spectacular woman standing just before him, so close…yet so far.
Ayumi's serene black eyes sparkled as she smiled at him in a warm manner, her docile eyebrows were mildly relaxed, her benign and desire-evoking face stroked a certain part of his heart.
She wore a yellow floral dress, but even more than that she wore a frilly blue apron over it, such a bad combination…
"Welcome home, Yu-chan! "
Hearing the rather wife-like statement coming out of her mouth, Yuuto's eyebrows fell as he smiled deviously.
Ayumi took Yuuto's hands and tried to guide him into the suite, but Yuuto didn't move as he smiled at her confused face.
"Well, I won't enter without a kiss from my…wife. "
Ayumi's pastel white skin suddenly turned red as Yuuto cackled as if he heard the most beautiful joke in the universe.
"…I won't… " Ayumi meekly tried to yank Yuuto into the suite but…well, he was weak and fat at the same time so he was quickly dragged into the suite, much to the dismay of Yuuto and the relieved smile of Ayumi.
As both of them entered the suite, Ayumi's nose suddenly twitched as she leaned in Yuuto and sniffed his body, then she winced and pushed him away.
"You smell weird Yu-chan, go take a bath! "
"Well, I did run through the entire city for…half an hour, so it's granted I'd be smelly. " Yuuto lied in order to not make Ayumi worry, and smiled.
"Half an hour? That sounds harsh… " Ayumi smiled and ruffled Yuuto's hair, much to his dismay at being treated like a kid.
"Well, I can't shower again with you, sorry. I have to cook… " Ayumi said with a rather disheartening expression as she exclaimed her regret of not being able to bathe with Yuuto.
Yuuto felt confusion over this…
A moment earlier she was shyly avoiding his so-called-kiss and now she was talking about showering with him without any shame?!
Wow.
Double standards.
Totally.
