"What are you doing here?" Aiya started interrogating her big sister, Hanami
"I'm working here"
"Working? What about Kentaro?"
"He's in jail, plus I broke up with him a long time ago. Now I have a new boyfreind and I'm living with him" Hanami only revealed only the fact that she has a new boyfriend
"Huh... good for you, he was a bastard. I'm glad you are happy and doing fine. Mom misses you, but respects your decision" Aiya was happy to see her big sister after such a long time
"What decision?" Mizuki heard this and was curious
"Well before I started going to college I left home to move with Kentaro and I only regretted that I left Aiya and Mom behind" Hanami didn't enjoy talking about this, so Mizuki stopped asking her about family stuff but she didn't mind, he had to know at some point
"Anyways who is your boyfriend?" Aiya's face turned lewd out of a sudden for no reason
"Uhhh..." Hanami's face was red as a tomato and her heart was pumping like crazy, Mizuki on the other hand didn't care and said to her "You can tell her that I'm your boyfriend"
"Should I?" Hanami didn't know how to respond
"Yeah why not. At one point she will find out about our relationship" Mizuki returned to making the food for the group
"Well who is the lucky guy?" Aiya was pushing Hanami like crazy just to reveal who is her boyfriend
"Well my boyfriend is... Mizuki" Hanami took a deep breath and said it
All four were completely frozen. Aiya's big sister is together with Mizuki. Aiya was the most shocked because she had a crush on Mizuki, but her sister stole her love long time ago. The other three recovered and were amazed that such a beauty chose Mizuki. Mizuki was every girl's dream boyfriend
"For how long?" Aiya started to recover a little bit and just wanted to free her mind by asking her everything, and by everything she means EVERYTHING
"A week"
"Did you kiss?"
"Yes"
"Did you had sex?" Aiya threw the ultimatum
"No!" Hanami had an embarrassed face
"Good" Aiya saw an opening to enter in Mizuki's life
"Anyway let's ;eave the lovey-dovey shenanigans and start eating" as he was saying that he gave them their food and started eating
Everyone took a sip of the soup and were already astonished. They were like swimming in the clouds or were at a luxurious hot spring
"This is so good, how do you do that?" Fuyuko couldn't hold and had to ask
"As usual, I follow a recipe wrote by my dad"
"You just follow a recipe wrote by your father?!" Akane was shocked "Your father was amazing"
"Yeah, indeed" Akihiro followed
"..." Aiya was speechless. Inside her mind a voice was repeating "Damn you Hanami. You are so lucky", but suddenly started to praise the food made by Mizuki so that she wouldn't raise any suspicion
They finished their food and all of them left, all of them except Aiya
"What's wrong?" Hanami saw that Aiya wasn't in a good mood
"Dad is on a rampage again" Aiya was stuttering when she was mentioning their father
"What about Mom?" Hanami was worried when she heard about her father
"She left Japan and went to US for work" Aiya was the only one in the house together with him
"When she did left?"
"Today"
"Good" Hanami was relaxed when she found out that her mother got away safely "What about you?"
"I don't know. I'm scared"
"You could stay with us for a while until it's over" Mizuki saved Aiya from her father
"Thank you very much" Aiya could not hold on and started to cry of happiness
Hanami and Aiya's father had a mental problem that would make him violent with everyone around him. This problem affected his relationship with his wife, daughters, his boss, co-workers etc. Their mother decided to go to US because she got a job offer and that was her dream since she was a child, to go to US and her husband always supported her, but she was sad and worried because she left behind her daughters with him, even though their father tried not to become aggressive with his beloved daughters
"I don't think his state is going to stop. I think this aggressive and violent state will remain permanent. That lovely father we knew is gone" Aiya stopped crying and threw this fact at Hanami
"Yeah, well he tried his best to hold himself so that he can't hurt and turn into loving persons and not rebels or violent thugs" Hanami remembered her goos times with her father
"At least his struggle was worth it. Both of you turned into glorious, fine women who can depend on yourself and also care their loved ones" Mizuki butted in their conversation to calm down the girls. His little speech made Aiya and Hanami love him much more. Hanami really did find herself the perfect boyfriend