The moment she saw Hikari, Suiren, who had been leaning on the sofa resting, suddenly seemed to figure something out and spoke up, "I've decided. The person I truly like is Hikari-kun. I don't want to marry a fiance I've never even met."
"If Hikari-kun and Aoi don't have any objections… then from now on, I also want to be with Hikari-kun."
"And then, I'm going to break off the engagement!"
Even though raw rice had already been cooked into cooked rice, and they had done plenty of things they should and shouldn't have done, Hikari knew that saying these words out loud was still not easy for Suiren.
After all, since childhood she had always been the good girl in the eyes of relatives and friends, and her personality had always been obedient and sensible.
For someone like her to do something rebellious like canceling an engagement was indeed not easy.
After hearing Suiren's words, Aoi immediately cheered from the side, "Don't worry, Sis. As for you joining us, Hikari-kun and I absolutely don't have even the slightest objection."
"So hurry up and break it off! Call him right now and tell your fiance you've already become a cream-filled puff and want to cancel the engagement!"
Hearing Aoi's words, Suiren's pretty face flushed red. But under Aoi's repeated urging, she really did make up her mind and prepared to call.
However, because they had played too wildly, her legs were still a bit weak and sore, and she couldn't quite stand up.
Hikari immediately went over to support her.
With his help, Suiren walked to the phone and dialed the number of the family she had been engaged to.
While waiting for the call to connect, Hikari pulled out a few tissues for her.
Suiren wiped her thighs as she waited for someone to answer.
After about ten seconds, the call went through.
The person who picked up seemed to be her fiance's mother.
"Hello, Auntie, it's Suiren. I want to… cancel the engagement," After only a few sentences of small talk, she got straight to the point.
After a brief conversation, the other side turned out to be quite reasonable.
Once they confirmed that Suiren had truly thought it through, they directly agreed to end the engagement.
"Hoo!", After hanging up, Suiren wiped away the hot sweat that had trickled down to her calves because she had been too nervous to wipe it earlier, and let out a long breath.
"It's finally settled! It's getting late, I'll go cook for you two," Having successfully broken off the engagement, Suiren looked quite happy.
Aoi clapped her hands beside her in congratulations.
Hikari smiled and said, "It's good that everything went smoothly. But you're still a bit tired, right, Suiren-nee? Rest well and recover your energy. I'll handle the cooking."
"Okay~", At this point, Suiren didn't feel embarrassed anymore.
Looking at Hikari's handsome face so close to hers, she happily wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a loud kiss.
Watching the two of them stick together at the slightest excuse and start exchanging saliva enzymes again,
Aoi clicked her tongue and shook her head, "Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! You two are really clingy. You start this at the drop of a hat. Totally not for kids."
Hearing that, Suiren felt a little shy.
But she still turned to Aoi and retorted, "How are we clingy? Before I confessed to Hikari-kun, weren't you two always like this right in front of me? I just got a little closer with him and you can't stand it, Aoi?"
Hearing Suiren's slightly provocative words, Aoi chuckled softly, "Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! I wouldn't say I can't stand it. I'm not that easily jealous. Otherwise, with how flirtatious Hikari-kun is, I'd probably marinate the whole Earth by now."
"But according to you, the reason you could confess and kiss him so naturally is because of my help, right?"
"Not repaying kindness with kindness is one thing, but why does it sound like you want to compete with your little sister?"
"Uh…", Suiren wanted to argue back, but realized there wasn't much room to retort.
She knew her sister was sharp-tongued. She usually couldn't win against her in an argument.
Seeing Aoi's smug look, Suiren simply hugged her in one go, and the two of them rolled onto the bed together.
"Sis, what are you doing?"
Feeling Suiren suddenly press tightly against her, chest against chest, Aoi asked in confusion.
"Didn't you tell me to repay kindness? I realized you have decent theory knowledge, but the time you've spent playing games with Hikari-kun is still less than mine. So I'm planning to train with you a bit more and improve your game level," Suiren said with a smile.
"Sis, you're… kind of overestimating yourself here," Aoi looked speechless, 'Hikari-kun was clearly going easier on you than on me, okay?'
"Really? Then why weren't you so confident when Hikari-kun was beating you in all sorts of ways until you cried out earlier?", Suiren giggled.
"Not confident? That was because you had no experience and low skill level, and you dragged me down!", Aoi blamed Suiren.
"Oh? How did I drag you down? I was clearly helping you share the firepower. Otherwise you would've already been output to death by Hikari-kun. And if you were strong enough, you could've handled him yourself. Why did you need my help?", Suiren said cheerfully.
"That… that's not the same! Just because I want your help doesn't mean you're stronger than me. It's such a simple logic, Sis, don't you get it?", Aoi said helplessly.
"Since you're so strong, then next time you can fight Hikari-kun alone. I won't interfere," Suiren said with a smile.
"There's no reasoning with you! Sis, you really won't give up until you see the coffin. Take this, my Dragon-Claw Grab!", Unable to hold back after Suiren kept mocking her earlier slip-ups, Aoi suddenly attacked.
"Hikari-kun already used that move on me. Watch my Poison Dragon!", Having learned quite a bit, Suiren quickly countered.
Hikari, who had just stepped out of the room, heard the energetic scuffling between the sisters and couldn't help but laugh, shaking his head helplessly.
These two sisters really were full of energy. Not long ago they were crying and shouting, and after just a short rest they were already fooling around again. Truly worthy of being heroines in a fighting manga.
Thinking that there were still many areas in their basic abilities and techniques that could be developed, Hikari went into the kitchen, opened the cupboard, took out a jar of berries, and poured out a full bowl.
After preparing all the ingredients, he started cooking.
With master-level cooking skills, he quickly and skillfully prepared a full table of dishes.
Taking off his apron, he called upstairs, "Dinner's ready. Come down and eat."
As his voice echoed, the sisters came thumping down the stairs one after the other.
Looking at the two women sitting at the table, Hikari noticed that both Aoi and Suiren were equally disheveled, clothes rumpled and hair messy.
"Had enough fun?", he asked with a smile.
Aoi nodded hard, "Enough! And I even trained several combo moves with Sis!"
"Yeah, later we'll definitely make you meow in defeat, Hikari-kun!", Suiren clenched her pink fists and glared seriously.
Seeing their serious faces, Hikari couldn't help but laugh, "Really that strong?"
Aoi raised her chin and looked at him down her nose, "Hmph! That was our first time teaming up, so our coordination wasn't great."
"After we eat, let's go again. When sisters are united, we can definitely defeat you."
"Just wait. You'll see!"
Aoi bragged confidently, and Suiren even chimed in beside her.
Seeing how confident they looked, Hikari could only smile and nod, "Alright, I'll look forward to it."
The earlier threesome had already consumed a lot of stamina. Combined with how delicious the food was, the Asakawa sisters both ate quite a lot.
With the idea of storing up energy for the big battle later, they ate heartily for over half an hour before dinner finally ended.
After eating, Hikari sat with the sisters on the sofa for a while and took a short walk to digest.
But before they had taken more than a few steps, Aoi and Suiren impatiently called for him to go back and continue the fighting game, saying they were going to deal with him.
Seeing them boast like that, Hikari didn't refuse and walked ahead.
Aoi took the initiative to hold Suiren's hand. The sisters exchanged a glance, then walked hand in hand back into the house behind him.
———
Several hours later—
In the flowerbeds of the Asakawa backyard, a few noisy cicadas were chirping.
But their sounds weren't that loud, because the commotion inside the house was even louder.
At the corridor connecting the yard to the house, the tightly closed door was suddenly pulled open.
One hand struggled to stretch out from inside the house onto the outdoor corridor, as if trying to crawl out.
Along with the first hand, three more hands slowly reached out, followed by two pretty heads peeking out.
"Haa… haa, so… so hot…"
"Ha… ha, can't… can't breathe…"
"Let me… let me get some air…"
"Me too… let me catch… my breath…"
But before those hands could touch the corridor doorway leading to the yard, two strong hands suddenly grabbed them and dragged them back inside.
"Ahn!"
"!!!"
———
After the exhausted and breathless Asakawa sisters struggled to crawl out, only to be dragged back inside again, several more hours passed.
Only then did Hikari slowly get up, walk to the corridor outside, and open the side corridor door.
The stale and stuffy air inside rushed out at once, and fresh oxygen from the yard flowed back into the room.
Turning around, he saw that on the tatami behind him, Suiren and Aoi were lying in messy positions, much of their bodies still overlapping.
But neither of them had any complaints at the moment.
Because both of them were rolling their eyes and looked utterly exhausted.
Looking at the sisters who had earlier boasted about beating him down, now with their limbs and abdominal muscles still twitching slightly, Hikari raised his hand and stretched, loosening his slightly tense body.
After stretching, he carried the motionless Aoi and Suiren back to their room.
Then he went into the bathroom alone to take a shower.
It had to be said, whether it was Suiren or Aoi, the sisters both had quite good talent when it came to fighting games.
But in this kind of game, men often had better natural talent. Especially since Hikari was unquestionably outstanding among men.
So although Suiren and Aoi were intelligent and strong in combat ability, they still couldn't defeat him.
Even when they used several sister-only fusion moves that required perfect tacit understanding, he dissolved them one by one.
Of course, they did cause him some minor trouble.
But in the end they still couldn't stump him. And breaking through the layers of obstacles they set together only made him feel even more satisfied.
In short, Hikari was quite looking forward to whether the Asakawa sisters could come up with some new tricks in the future.
But for now, exhausted as they were, they needed rest. If they kept playing, these two sunflowers and water lilies would really wither.
And Hikari still had other things to handle.
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