This is the joy you wanted

Upon arriving home, dinner was already on the table, and his parents started without waiting for him.

Shinichi wasn't surprised. After all, he had called ahead and said he would be back later. He couldn't let the whole family wait for him.

Fortunately, he didn't miss dinner completely, the food was still hot. After throwing his school bag on the sofa and placing the paper bag on the table, Shinichi went to the bathroom to wash his hands and prepare to eat.

"Son, what is that?"

Across the corridor, Shinichi casually shouted: "Snacks from a friend."

"Can it be opened?"

"Open it, remember to leave some for me."

Shinichi didn't know how many puffs were in it, after all, it would be served after dinner, so there was no need to rush to open it.

However, when he came out of the toilet and entered the dining room, he found his parents had already stopped eating and drinking, the paper bag was placed right on his chair, and a silent atmosphere filled the dining room.

"What's wrong?"

Shinichi looked at them in confusion. His father closed his eyes and said nothing with a heavy expression, while his mother looked him up and down with a complicated face, as if she had just recognized her son again today.

She shook her head and said in a low voice:

"Son... Is the friend you mentioned a girl?"

"Yes, it was given by one of my school friends..."

For some reason, his parents suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

Shinichi could even hear his father murmuring happily:

"Fortunately, it's not a crossdresser... I don't need to practice the trumpet to inherit the family business..."

This doesn't make sense?

His head was filled with questions and his eyebrows furrowed as he walked towards the two of them: "What happened? Isn't it just..."

Before the word puff was spoken, his mother slapped his father's thigh hard, making him cry out in pain.

To protect the precious dinner she had cooked with her own hands, she had no choice but to sacrifice the person next to her.

"Snacks! Are you just using something like this to make snacks?! Do you have an impure relationship with your schoolgirl? You've been working very hard for her lately, haven't you?"

Slapped in the face and scolded harshly by his mother, Shinichi was so confused he even forgot to be angry, and felt overwhelmed by confusion.

"What are you talking about?"

"Do you want me to tell you directly? I've never seen someone so shameless!"

Kazumi stood up, grabbed the paper bag, took out its contents and slapped it hard in her hand.

"I didn't remember raising you to treat women's underwear as snacks! You dare to talk about your sexual fetish in front of your parents. I will ask Fumino-chan and Rizu-chan later. Even though they are around, you actually twisted such virtue! I can hardly eat dinner!"

Sitting back angrily, Kazumi took a few bites of rice to vent her anger.

Shinichi looked at the white underwear in his hand with a confused expression.

For women, the top and bottom pieces are fully matched, with a large B size and a small C size. Its simple design with a little lace looks cute and has a mature woman's nuance.

The soft and high-quality fabric still has a label hanging on it, and it is clear that the fabric has not been officially worn... As for whether it has been tried on, Shinichi cannot answer this question, and it is impossible for him to lift his nose to smell it.

So, this is the puff that Kei talked about, the snack he just told his parents about?

This is what Shinichi exchanged with oranges, starting from pillows, Pocky sticks, matcha soda, white stockings, chocolates, meal coupons, tissues, cup noodles, bear charms, and finally became a souvenir to end a day full of adventures?

When everyone asks him tomorrow what he got in the end, he can answer with a smile: "Thanks to everyone's help, I got a 14-year-old girl's underwear from a middle school girl!"

Then, he might be able to get permanent residency at the bottom of Tokyo Bay...

"Hisss—"

Shinichi raised his head and inhaled the cold air, suppressing the feelings that were about to overflow from his chest.

He put the underwear back in the bag, sat at the dining table with a calm expression, took the bowl and chopsticks.

"Believe it or not, this is all a misunderstanding. I will solve this problem after dinner."

"Do we misunderstand you?" Kazumi blinked and said in surprise, "Or do you have nothing to do with your school friend, and she just helps your hidden cross-dressing fetish? This doesn't sound like an easy thing to accept."

Shinichi felt it would be better for him to leave the house as soon as possible and become independent.

"...Enough, let's eat."

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The Shirogane family.

Kei walked into the front hall carrying large and small bags, closed the door panel, put everything on the ground in front of the refrigerator, and shouted at the door.

"Nii-san, come out! Help me clean up the things I bought!"

"I'm coming!" Shirogane Miyuki replied, walked out of the room, saw the bags on the ground and raised his eyebrows, "You bought so much. No wonder you came back so late."

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up! I'm tired, and you're not even proactive in helping..." Kei just kicked his butt, wiped the sweat on her forehead, and suddenly a strange thought came to her mind.

(If Senpai were by my side, I wouldn't be so tired...)

While shaking her head and quickly getting rid of this disturbing thought, Kei regained her expression. After giving instructions to her older brother, she didn't laze around and walked towards the room carrying a plastic bag.

"I'll put my things away first. You put the things that should be put in the refrigerator, and take the bento directly to heat it up."

"Oh." Shirogane was used to being commanded by his younger sister, so he started acting according to her words without saying anything.

Kei entered her room, or more precisely the room she shared with her older brother, but separated by a curtain.

Their family was very small, their father slept in the living room, and the siblings shared a room, but it was okay if they were used to it.

After closing the door, she took out some women's items and stored them, ready to be put in the bathroom later. She bought new clothes with a discount coupon, took off its label, etc.

The puff she bought with a 50% discount by collecting point cards had been exchanged with Shinichi. Later she would hang the bear charm on her school bag.

After neatly arranging the items in the bag, a thin smile appeared on Kei's face.

A paper bag was held in her hand, Kei sighed in satisfaction.

"This is the highlight of the day..."

The high-end underwear she had long coveted finally found a discount opportunity. Although the price was not too affordable, Kei was determined to get it.

It was indeed painful, but underwear is a girl's inner beauty. Even if she only planned to wear it for herself, there was no room for ambiguity or casual attitude.

Moreover, for her who has sensitive skin, underwear made of such material will not be comfortable to wear, so spending that much money is a helpless step for her body.

After making enough preparations to make herself feel comfortable, Kei carefully opened the seal of the paper bag and took it out.

A box of puff.

"???"

Kei was full of questions, wasn't the puff intended for Shinichi?

She looked at the paper bag in her hand, and suddenly she remembered the fact that the paper bag containing underwear was very similar to the paper bag containing puff.

Her face instantly became very ugly, her heart beat fast and blood rushed straight to her forehead.

"No, no, no?! I shouldn't have made a mistake, right?!"

Kei held her head in her hands and screamed. After being confused for a while, she quickly calmed down and had no intention of giving up.

To confirm the bad hunch in her heart, she dug out all the items she bought and rushed out of the room. In the eyes of Shirogane who was surprised, she looked like a kitten looking for food in the bag, checking every item in the bag without ruling out any possibilities.

After four or five repeated searches, the paper bag containing underwear could not be found. The hope in her heart went out, and the world fell into a bottomless darkness.

Kei slumped to the ground powerlessly, with tears in her eyes and staring at the ceiling with a blank look.

"Ke-Kei-chan, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

Like a broken doll, Kei slowly turned her head and looked at her older brother with a worried expression on his face and she let out a smile full of despair.

"Nii-san, I..."

(I just gave my underwear to the senior I like and also to your junior....)

How can such a thing be said?

"Uwaaaahhhh, no!!!"

While holding her head unwilling to accept the reality, Kei started rolling on the ground.

That night, the howl of a very tragic girl was heard from the Shirogane's house.