âWell, itâs good to have many children, isnât it?ăNow the Takasegawa family is safe and sound.â
Chiharu, Tenka, and Ayaka all congratulated Arisa on the birth of her child.
Arisa, on the other hand, blushed with embarrassment and fidgeted.
âNo, please stop it!ăThis is just a game of life!ăItâs not Yuzuru-sanâs child or anythingâŠâ
After watching the movie, the seven were playing the game of life that Hijiri had brought â he was in charge of the so-called âfun goods,â games that everyone could play together.
And just then, Arisa had just given birth to her fourth child.
âDid you hear that, Ayaka-san! Apparently, it isnât Yuzuru-sanâs child!â
âOh no, Yuzurunâs head is going to explodeâŠâ
âEh, cheatingâŠ?â
Arisa raised her eyebrows angrily at the three of them.
âT-thatâs rude!ăIf Iâm going to have a child, itâs obviously going to be with Yuzuru-san!!â
âBut Yuzurun is married to another woman, and they have children, you know?â
Ayaka pointed to Yuzuruâs piece.
Yuzuruâs piece was with a âfemale pieceâ and âtwo childâ pieces.
âT-thatâs⊠isnât this a game to begin with!ăDonât mix it up with real life!â
âBy the way, how many children would you like to have in real life?â
âEh? Well⊠I do think it would be more lively if there are more⊠wait, what are you guys making me say !!â
Arisaâs face turned red and she raised her voice.
Soichiro and Hijiri, on the other hand, smirked and patted Yuzuru on the shoulder.
âSo she says. Work hard Yuzuru.â
âHurry up and make two more to balance the count.â
âHey you guysâŠâ
Yuzuru chuckled as he spun the roulette wheel, advancing the pieces.
The place where it stopped was:Â âDivorce! Take a break. Consolation and child support minus 5 million.â
âEh?ăWhy did you divorce him, Arisa-chan?ăDid you come to hate Yuzurun?â
âIt wasnât me who divorced him. Itâs the other woman. Iâm relieved now.â
âEven you Arisa, what are you guys even talking aboutâŠâ
The game itself was a lot of fun.
Next morning.
âNnâŠâ
Yuzuru opened his eyes involuntarily to the morning sun shining in.
Looking around, he saw empty plastic bottles, candy trash, and his friends wrapped in blankets sleeping.
They had had a lot of fun and frolic last night, and all of them had fallen asleep before getting into bed.
âShould I go back to sleep⊠NoâŠâ
It would not be too late to go back to sleep after watching the sun rise over the ocean.
Yuzuru washed his face lightly and then went outside.
When he stepped out onto the sandy beachâŠ
âAh, Yuzuru-san.â
There was Arisa, dressed in her nightgown.
It seemed that she had woken up before Yuzuru.
âYou are an early riser, arenât you?â
âYou say that, but youâre an even earlier riser.â
âI just woke up a few minutes ago.â
Arisa smiled as she said this.
The two of them sat down on the beach and looked out at the ocean.
The sun was just about to rise.
ââŠItâs almost over, isnât it?â
Arisa said regretfully, smiling.
After everyone wakes up, they will have breakfast, then clean up, and return home at noon.
âItâs a trip until we get back, Arisa. We have more than half a day to go.â
âI think we will all fall asleep on the way home.â
âThatâs for sure.â
Yuzuru chuckled.
They had played in the ocean and stayed up late, so they must all be running out of energy.
All would fall asleep on the ride home.
Yuzuru was not sure he could stay awake either.
âI really enjoyed it. Thank you very muchâŠâ
âWhy donât you tell that to Ayaka who invited us?â
Yuzuru said with a wry smile.
âOf course I will⊠But it was thanks to Yuzuru-san that I got to know Ayaka-san.â
If I had not gotten to know you.
If it were not for this relationship with you.
I would not be here.
I would not have friends who would invite me to the beach.
Arisa said with a smile.
âThatâs why⊠Itâs all thanks to Yuzuru-san.â
âYouâre reading too much into it. Youâre here now because you changed, right?â
Yuzuru knew.
She had become much brighter than before.
That she is no longer trying to hide her true feelings from others by reading other peopleâs moods.
He also learned that she clearly expressed her own will to her adoptive parents that she wanted to marry Yuzuru âŠand that she had gained courage to do so.
âThat was also thanks to Yuzuru-san.â
âEven so⊠it was your willingness and ability to change that changed you, wasnât it?â
ââŠIs it like that?â
âYes, I think so. Thatâs why I came to like you.â
Yuzuru said and lightly squeezed Arisaâs hand.
ââŠThank you.â
Arisa nodded a little shyly at Yuzuruâs words.
âBut⊠I do wonder, even though I needed Yuzuru-san, do Yuzuru-san need meâŠâ
âWhat with that all of a suddenâŠâ
âYuzuru-san remains and always has remained wonderful, hasnât you?â
Yuzuru tilted his head when he was told that.
In other words, Arisa is saying that he has not changed in a good way between before and after he met Arisa.
As for Yuzuru, he would say that he has changed.
He has become more careful about his appearance in order to show his good side to Arisa, and he has started to keep his room tidy in a reasonable manner.
But that was not what Arisa wanted to imply.
âI was wondering if I was giving anything back to Yuzuru-sanâŠâ
Thanks to him, she was able to change and become happy.
However, Arisa wanted to express that she wondered if she had made Yuzuru as happy as he had made herâŠ