Ch Extra 1

Caffe Latte

“Look, Look! My son and daughter, aren’t they QUTE!?”

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That day, she came over to show off her children with sparkling eyes.

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“What does QUTE even mean though?”

“It means cuter than cute!”

“Hmm, QUTE!”

“Asai-senpai! Can you please not teach her some strange words again!?”

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I brewed a cup of coffee and approached the two who were getting all excited over some strange coined words.

The coffee was Senpai’s favorite, an espresso.

At my retort, she scratched her cheek and let out a dry [Ahaha] laugh.

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“I mean, Konoha is just so fun to tease.”

“I don’t mind it too!”

“No, you should…….”

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My wife, Tanikawa Konoha, is a little bit of a natural airhead.

Asai-senpai finds her cluelessness funny so she often teaches her something strange like that.

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Still, their same old antics bring a smile to my face.

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“Also, Nagare-kun, Chihiro-senpai’s surname is not Asai anymore you know. She’s an Akechi now.”

“Sorry, my sister’s also an Akechi so it’s a little confusing for me…….Besides, I’m so used to calling her Asai-senpai already.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. You can go with whatever you find easier, Nagare-kun.”

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Konoha and I were Senpai’s juniors in high school. She’s both a friend and something like a cupid to us. Her full name before was Asai Chihiro but now she’s taken the surname Akechi.

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“I also mistake Konoha’s last name for Minamoto instead of Tanikawa sometimes so we are the same after all.”

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Just like that, Asai-senpai added sugar to her espresso and started happily sipping it.

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“Still, to think that blond-haired biker gang leader Tanikawa Nagare is a coffee shop’s Master now. You even dyed your hair black, Ahahahaha!”

“…….!? Can you not dig up some weird chapter of my life!?”

“I mean! Look at you, just imagine that hooligan calling himself [Boku] instead of [Ore]! It doesn’t suit you at all! O~i, don’t you think so, Maste~r?”

“I’m trying to reopen my father’s shop here. It’s obvious I needed some image changes right……..”

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It’s super embarrassing when she’s digging up my dark past like this.

When I look back at the time when I dyed my hair blonde and became the head of a biker gang, sometimes I just want to leap out the second-floor window.

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“When he brewed me a coffee the other day, he tried to make a pun and said [Hi, I’m Tanikawa Ryu] you know.” (TLN: Kanji for Master’s name can be read as both Nagare and Ryu)

“Wow, so lame.”

“……….”

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A man is always in a weaker position when two women are ganging up on him.

Knowing that, I grit my teeth and endured the teasing from Asai-senpai and Konoha.

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“They say a daughter always brings home a man similar to their father right? I think mine will probably bring along someone popular who’s bad at dealing with women with a mean look in his eyes.”

“If he’s funny and is as handsome as Nagare-kun then he will get my stamp of approval too.”

“Ara~~.”

“……….”

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With a teasing grin, Senpai turned toward me.

This is too embarrassing…….

Can I just kick her out?

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“Th, That said, it’s such a coincidence that Senpai’s son is the same age as my daughter isn’t it!”

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When I tried to change the topic, Senpai replied with [Yep.]

She then picked up her son who was sitting on the baby chair.

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“Look! My son, Hideyori! His eyes looked just like my husband’s right!?”

“No, I can’t really tell…….”

“Ehh? I think they look pretty similar though.”

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[You can tell a baby’s face apart, Konoha!?] I retorted in my heart.

These two are amazing. All babies just look the same to me.

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“Still, how did you end up with the name Hideyori, Asai-senpai……?”

“My husband’s name is Hideyoshi, right, well, you see……when I was trying to come up with a good name, this period drama about the Siege of Osaka was on TV so I thought that it might be fate or something……….”

“You’re tooo whimsical…….”

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Now knowing the origin of the name Hideyori, I sympathize with the baby boy……..

Author Note: From the beginning, I was planning for Master to be someone with a delinquent past.

His period as the blond-haired biker gang leader was his dark past.

His sister, Hideyori’s aunt, probably teases him a lot about that.

With him being a former gang leader, the original Hideyori who managed to toy with him would also seem more formidable as well.

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Tanikawa Nagare is Master

Tanikawa Konoha is Master’s wife and Sakuya’s mother.

Akechi Chihiro is the mother of Hideyori and Seiko.

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Wait, shouldn’t Chihiro’s last name be Hosokawa instead of Asai? I know people would ask that question but there’s a reason behind that and I will explain in the next chapter.