Isaki’s true feelings

As Ren exited the elevator, he didn't act hesitant or anything.

He was not a person with weak resolve or anything like that. Plus, he didn't have anything to be hesitant about.

While the relationship between him and Isaki was that of an aunt, and possibly as a son on her part, Ren didn't care at all if she had feelings for him.

He already had sex with more than one girl, and he wasn't planning on stopping.

Some might call him a pervert but…

'So, what?" Even before this moment, Ren knew who he was. Even the goddess knew who he was.

His trait knew who he was, after all, it wouldn't have turned into this hentai ability if he wasn't like that at his core.

But was there something wrong with being a bit of a pervert?

'I'm just living my life how I want' As long as he didn't hurt anyone in the process, he didn't see why he can't do what he wanted.

This was his life after all. And he was going to do as he wanted.

He twirled his keys in his fingers as he headed to her house door.

His steps were full of confidence.

He knocked on the door before he entered. She would have left the door open since she knew he was coming.

As soon as the door opened, a voice called.

"Is it you Ren?" Isaki called.

Ren smiled and located her in the living room, cleaning the ground with a broom.

She smiled at him gently. Clearly happy that he was back.

"It's good that you're back now" She heaved a relieved sigh.

'He keeps disappearing every once and a while…' She thought as she subtly observed his clothes and body for any tiny indication she could glean about his whereabouts.

The only thing she could catch was the female perfume, and the clean appearance from which she could tell he had taken a bath.

'Again… and a different woman this time…'

"Although you're a bit early since Rina won't be out just yet. How about you watch the TV while I quickly finish cleaning and then make you a snack?" Still, nothing she thought was said out loud.

Ever since a while, she knew Ren was seeing a girl, but today she found out he was seeing many girls at the same time maybe. Or it was just a casual fling.

Even so, she didn't think that the kind Ren she knew could also be secretly a playboy… an odd part of her not minding that fact at all, should have alarmed her, but it didn't somehow.

For a while now, precisely since the day he saved her, she had just been feeling strange around Ren.

She'd be happy when he was near, and she would just like to stare at him quietly as he played with her daughter Rina.

She would also subtly be more touchy-feely with him. Hug him, cross hands with him as they shopped occasionally for vegetables and food.

Things she would usually not do.

She even had dreams of the same instant when he came to save her. Except at one time he princess carried her, one time he put her on top of the horse he was on and walked them off toward his castle… the dreams varied but they always had the two end up loving each other…

Similarly, to her, ever since he entered Ren had been using his trait to the fullest.

'She likes me…'

His conclusion was that she liked him, and not as her nephew or son, but rather as a man. He could detect it innately due to his abilities provided by his trait.

He could detect when a woman was aroused when she was in love and so on.

And while Isaki wasn't at that level, he could still detect that she had taken a liking to him.

"Ren?" Isaki's perplexed voice reached his ears.

He smiled at her. He already decided earlier what to do, and only the conclusion was needed for him to act.

And he was sure he won't be making a mistake now.

He stepped closer to her and took the broom from her hands and put it to the side.

Leaving her confused, but also a bit excited as he held her hand.

"What is it, Ren?" Isaki asked him. Her eyes expressing her bewilderment.

Ren observed her and said.

"You like me, right?" Ren was a bit blunt.

Her cheeks reddened a bit as she tried to let go of his hands and take a step back. But he didn't let her.

"R-Ren what are you saying all of a sudden? And why are you like this all of a sudden?" She was a bit flustered as he didn't let her escape.

Her heart was beating in her chest like a car escaping from an expanding fissure.

'Why is he like this… don't tell me, I'm the next target in his playboy activities…' Her thoughts were in disarray.

"I just asked you a simple question, Isaki" Ren didn't apply too much force, just enough that she, a B ranker, couldn't escape from without hurting her.

His thoughts were decisive like this for a good reason. His ability had read her like an open book.

She was denying her feelings and blaming herself for thinking that way.

But Ren wanted to show her that nothing was wrong.

He can't be a brother to little Rina, but he can be a father figure, right?

Her actual dad can fuck off.

'What is wrong with him today? and why am I feeling weird…?' Isaki was panicking a bit. Especially as he said her name unlike how he called her auntie in the past. It gave her butterflies in her stomach.

"W-well if you say like, of course, I like you, you are like a brother to Rina, and that makes you like a son to me, right?" Isaki tried to get him to release her with this so that she can finally calm her thoughts that were getting quite… 'colorful' in regards to Ren.

She couldn't help it.

She was a lonely single mom, and Ren was just outstanding and attractive. He just naturally exuded a presence that attracted her.

Plus, even though Ren was young, she wasn't' exactly old, being only 31 years old. So, it didn't feel very bad in her mind to secretly admire and crush on Ren.

He was tall, handsome, reliable, and above all strong. He qualified as a top catch for any woman. There was also the weird attraction pull she felt from him…

And the one time she peeked at his naked form in the bathroom, told her that women were in for a surprise once they join him in bed.

Of course, she was never going to make her crush known, just a hidden side of her.

Since, inside her mind, she felt this relationship was wrong. In age, and also since they were close like family.

But Ren exposed her like this, so she was flustered.

'In the first place, how did he know?' She questioned herself.

"Isaki, you know what I'm talking about. Even now your heart is beating wildly, that can't be since you consider me as a son, right?" Ren asked her.

Isaki then realized that Ren must have noticed her developing feelings that she was denying.

"What do you mean, Ren? And that must be your imagination" Isaki still tried to deny it.

But Ren brought her face closer to his.

"I know the truth, no need to deny it anymore, Isaki…" He whispered near her ears, making her shiver.

Isaki's thoughts spun for a bit widely thinking of what to say, but as she felt Ren hug her all of a sudden, she just relaxed and closed her eyes.

Enjoying the warm feeling spreading through her body.

"You must think that it is wrong to like me, right?" Ren continued as she melted into his embrace.

Isaki wondered how Ren managed to understand her so much.

"Why is that? Why is it wrong though?" Ren asked her as he brought her a bit away and looked into her eyes.

She saw how calm and determined he was.

"I don't care if in the end you decide to forget this happened. I won't pester you at that time. But answer why such a relationship should be forbidden?" Ren asked her.

At this moment, while he did want Isaki to end up liking him, he also wanted her to acknowledge her feelings and stop hurting herself.

"That… You are like a son to me, Ren… Such a thing is wrong…" Isaki, though reluctant, still managed to squeeze out the words.

"Excuse my language but that's just bullshit." Ren firmly denied her.

"W-What?" Isaki was feeling a weirdly good sensation as she listened to Ren, their hands still holding each other.

"Why do you treat me like a son, when we aren't related by blood?" He asked her. His eyebrows raised as if to challenge her to refute him.

Isaki was perplexed.

"That… that" She was stumped. Her eyes widened as she felt she was being stupid at this moment.

Indeed, while she was considering him her relative, they really… weren't.

In the first place, she only considered him such since their circumstances were a bit similar.

She was a single mom, her daughter was lonely, and Ren was an orphan.

But logically saying, there was no moral deterrent from the two liking each other.

'Why didn't I think of that before?'

She briefly wondered why this escaped her. Was she searching for reasons to keep herself in her loneliness?

Her eyes turned to look at Ren with a bit more clarity than before.

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