Chapter 52 Meet Again with My Ex-sister-in-Law

Meet Again with My Ex-sister-in-Law

“…So what is the meaning of this?”

“…There is no other meaning. It’s exactly what it looks like.”

At this moment, a chaotic scene unfolded.

Hana-chan stares at her older sister Rina with cold eyes.

Rina stares back at Hana-chan.

A sisterly fight breaks out.

…No, since they’re not related anymore, maybe it’s just a normal fight.

Why is this happening…? It goes back a few hours.

“…Eh? At my place…?”

[Yes, is that a nuisance?]

Hana-san had called me out of the blue to say that she was coming over to my house today to cook for me.

“It’s no nuisance, but… why all of a sudden?”

[Since I interrupted your date earlier, I wanted to cook for you as an apology.]

“No, you don’t have to go to that much trouble… I was a little hard on you back then too. Sorry!”

[N-no, it was my fault too.]

I could hear her voice sounding so depressed that I felt guilty and apologized, but since Hana-san was also apologizing, the atmosphere became strangely awkward.

To change the mood, I decided to return to the topic.

“S-so you’re saying you’ll cook for me at my place?”

[Y-yes, is that a nuisance?]

“It’s no nuisance, but… are you sure?”

[Of course!]

When I was married to Rina, I was the one who cooked. If I slacked off even a little bit, she’d get mad, so I couldn’t relax.

So now that we’re divorced, I cook pretty casually.

I’m usually happy that Airi makes my lunches, but I hesitate to ask her to make dinner.

And since Hana-chan offered to do it, there’s really no reason to refuse.

“Okay. Then I’ll leave it up to you tonight.”

[Y-yes, I understand! So I’ll go shopping and come over later!]

She seemed so happy that I agreed and hung up the phone with an excited voice.

I was a little happy too. That’s because I remember that the food Hana-chan made was delicious.

When I was married to Rina, we had a family reunion at her parents’ house, and Hana-chan cooked for us.

The flavor of her dish was exactly to my taste, and I remember the taste so vividly.

I trembled with joy at the thought of being able to enjoy that taste again and waited for night to fall.

And when night came, Hana-chan visited my house.

“I’m here to disturb you, brother-in-law.”

“Oh, come in. Here, let me take the bags.”

“Thank you.”

She was carrying a large plastic bag, so I took it from her, thinking it must be heavy, and invited Hana-chan into the room.

As soon as she went into the kitchen, Hana-chan put on the floral apron she had brought.

“Wow, that’s cute.”

“Eh…!?”

My honest opinion came out without me thinking, and I realized it too late from Hana’s reaction.

Hana-chan blushed and was confused by my words.

“O-oh, eh…? Eh, that’s….”

“Sorry…! It’s the first time I’ve seen a girl in an apron. I, I said something weird!”

I quickly apologized for saying something weird, but Hana-chan was still looking down with a red face.

…Oh no, did I make her angry?

As I was about to apologize again, Hana-chan suddenly looked up at me.

Her face was so red it looked like steam was coming out of it.

“…Brother-in-law. No, Makoto-kun. Was what you just said… really?”

For some reason, she called me by my name, and my heart was pounding, but I tried to stay calm and asked again.

“W-what did I just say…?”

“So… Do you think I’m cute?”

“Eh…?”

Hana-chan looked at me with a red face.

Of course, Hana-chan was cute enough to be mistaken for an idol.

But I was too embarrassed to say that, so I just complimented her normally.

“Yeah… I think Hana-chan is cute.”

Oh, no. It’s embarrassing to say it so casually.

I could feel my face getting hot, but there was no taking back what I had already said.

And since it wasn’t a lie, I just said it and looked away from Hana-chan.

I couldn’t look at Hana-chan’s face anymore.

Just when I thought that Hana-chan suddenly hugged me.

“Eh…!? H-Hana-chan!”

I was so surprised that I couldn’t understand the meaning of her actions.

Hana-chan buried her face in my chest and hugged me tightly.

She didn’t look up and mumbled something.

“Ugh… I can’t stand it anymore. When you say I’m cute with a face like that… I can’t control myself.”

“H-Hana-chan…?”

“Brother-in-law… I, I—”

Then Hana-chan looked up; her face was still red and her eyes were watery.

Just as he was thinking, Is she going to confess to me? The doorbell rang.

“Wait! W-who is it…? I’ll go see it!”

“Ah, brother-in-law…!”

I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I rushed to the door to greet the person who was ringing the doorbell.

However, because I was in a hurry, I opened the front door without checking properly.

It was only a moment later that I realized it had been a mistake.

“Eh…!? R-Rina…!?”

“Yeah, I’m here~”

Standing there was the ex-wife I never wanted to see again.