Kanomama wa hatsukoi no hito - Chapter 5-3

Chapter 5: Liberation from the Past—Impregnating Both Kano-mama And The Girlfriend - 3

Urusuke arrived home and booted up the game, opening the SNS chatroom. It was the first time he had reached out to Itomi—whose username, "Itsme," was as straightforward as they come—since he'd asked for her assistance.

 

‘cogy: …Thank you for your help, Itomi-san.’

‘It'sme: Hmm, no need to thank me. I didn’t really do much work—it was part of the job. It’s nothing, really. And by the way, it’s just "It'sme" here.’

 

—And so, when he entered, there were two people already waiting in the chatroom. It was the meeting they had planned.

 

‘cogy: Uh… ah, is it bad to just write the name like that? Hanataro-san, as well.’

‘FTO: No, no. You've really done a lot for me.’

 

Hijiri Hanataro. That had been the real name of Urusuke’s gaming companion, FTO, from when they first met.

 

‘cogy: I'm really glad it all worked out. Honestly.’

‘FTO: Yeah. It was a crazy suggestion, but I appreciate that you went along with it.’

‘cogy: Seriously. …I spent the whole night wrestling with whether or not to actually go through with remote display sex… no joke.’

 

That's right. It was the "remote communication-driven exhibitionist cuckold sex" between Urusuke and Sae the other day… and the person who came up with the idea was none other than Hanataro himself.

 

‘FTO: If we hadn’t gone that far, Sae-san probably never would’ve been able to free herself from all that pent-up emotion. She’d carried that guilt toward someone like me for so long—I just wanted to help her let it all out. And besides.'

‘cogy: Besides?’

‘FTO: Knowing that Sae-san now truly loves you, far more deeply than she ever loved me… it actually put my heart at ease.’

 

Urusuke gazed at the string of characters, his mind filled with a sense of disbelief.

He really is Hanao’s father. What a guy… truly remarkable.

 

‘It'sme: Seriously, that was something else. I’m honestly moved.’

‘cogy: Wait a minute, though. Why the hell did you watch it too, It'sme…?’

‘It'sme: I had FTO give me a hand. I just slipped in through the connection.’

‘FTO: Sorry about that, cogy. Given the circumstances, I couldn’t turn it down.’

‘cogy: I’m so embarrassed, I feel like I might die…’

 

Urusuke instinctively covered his face. He definitely didn’t have any exhibitionist tendencies.

He silently vowed to himself that this was one thing he could never tell Sae.

 

‘FTO: And hey, in here, I’m just your fellow gamer—FTO. That other “me” is long gone, after all.’

‘cogy: …I got i—no, got it. By the way, what does “FTO” even stand for?’

‘FTO: Flower Taro.’

‘cogy: That’s… literally your name.’

(T/N - Hana (花) means flower in japanese)

‘It'sme: So laaame!’

‘cogy: —Ah, speaking of “literally.” So the person I asked, who asked someone else to find the target… it all ended up circling back to this group? Guess coincidences really do happen…’

‘FTO: No kidding. When I got a message from Ito—I mean, It'sme, I was honestly stunned.’

‘It'sme: Well, to be fair, it wasn’t pure coincidence. My connection with FTO started with Sae-san’s infidelity investigation, remember?’

‘cogy: Wha—Wait, that too!?’

 

He remembered Sae mentioning that she had hired a detective to investigate her husband’s infidelity. The detective who took on the case was none other than Itomi. And that was how it all started—how their connection began.

 

‘It'sme: One day, I received a message from FTO.’

‘FTO: I had a feeling I was being investigated… and I knew Sae-san was keeping it to herself.’

 

That was the final catalyst that led him to choose to stop being Hijiri Hanataro. He said that was when he truly began to loathe himself.

 

‘FTO: So, I asked her for a favor as well. For a few things, you know.’

‘It'sme: We handle a lot of stuff, after all. Like helping him get sent to the continent, for one.’

‘FTO: That’s how we ended up as gaming buddies. And I’ve gotten a lot of help from It'sme with my new life as well.’

 

Urusuke chose to disregard the multiple meanings hidden in the phrase "a lot of things." His instincts told him that there was no way he would benefit by getting involved.

 

‘cogy: So, the real coincidence here is…’

‘It'sme: That you ended up joining our gaming group.’

‘FTO: And that you crossed paths with Sae-san and Hanao, I suppose.’

 

“Ha”. Urusuke sighed. So, in the end, it’s all about human connections, he mused.

 

‘It'sme: So, here’s the deal, cogy. Make sure to value the people around you, okay? You don’t want to end up like this old man.’

‘FTO: I honestly have nothing to say in response.’

‘cogy: I’ll keep that in mind, for sure.’

 

The gathering came to an end. Urusuke sent a "Good work" reply with an icon, and then he exited the chat. And then—

"A one-on-one call request? From FTO, huh?"

Urusuke could already guess the reason. It was because of Hijiri Hanataro.

When he answered, Hanataro’s face appeared on the PC monitor, displayed through the remote connection.

‘Ah, sorry about that, so soon after.’

“It’s fine, really.”

Urusuke switched back to polite language and responded.

‘I’ll repeat myself, but I’m truly grateful. Because of you, Sae-san was saved.’

If only you hadn’t done something like this from the start… Urusuke managed to choke back those words.

When it comes to sexual preferences… I really can’t say anything about others.

‘…Regarding my foolishness, there’s one more reason. This is something that only matters because you’re here right now.’

Urusuke understood that well. They both had their own abnormal sexual preferences. If his own were ever to cause trouble for the one he loved.

"You wanted to set Sae-san free and help her find a new love, didn’t you?"

Hanataro gave a wry smile, neither denying nor affirming it. He felt that acknowledging it himself would be too arrogant.

‘—I did something terrible to Hanao. I’ll never be able to call myself her father.’

But Urusuke still remembers the conversation he had with her earlier today.

"Hanao is a strong woman. It might not be possible right now, but someday."

‘So, are you really dating Hanao?’

"Well, —yes."

A subtle tension lingered in the air.

Hanataro had many conflicting thoughts, but truthfully, he felt he had no right to comment on it.

After swallowing his words, he said this.

‘If you understand, would you… let me see my grandchild?’

"Of course… though, it might be Hanao’s younger sibling who comes first."

‘S-so that’s how it is!’

And with that, they both looked at each other. A laugh escaped naturally.

“Haha…” ‘Fufu…’

On one side, the man who abandoned the woman he loved and fled.

On the other hand, the man who is simultaneously dating both his ex-wife and daughter.

Though they should be bitter enemies, for some reason, they just can't seem to hate each other.

"By the way, is your sex life going smoothly?"

‘Yeah. I've explained the situation to my current wife. —When the time comes for us to part ways, I’ll make sure she has everything she needs to live a happy life.’

If his sexual desires were to fade, would Hanataro be able to find a life partner for the rest of his life?

I truly hope so…

‘Ah, that’s right. I made a new discovery about what happened the other day.’

“?”

Hanataro clapped his hands in delight, and Urusuke tilted his head. When he thought of "the other day," only the exhibitionist sex came to mind.

‘Yeah. The other day, I saw Sae getting completely absorbed in sex with you, and… well, it really struck me.’

"Yes?"

Urusuke’s tilted head deepened even more.

‘I suppose you could call it cuckoldry. The way Sae-san no longer even notices me and becomes so absorbed in what she does with you… it’s something else. It really pushed the boundaries, you know.’

The former—Hijiri Hanataro, now awakened to a new sexual preference.

“Ha, haa…”

Seeing Urusuke’s slightly bewildered expression, he placed a hand on his chin and made a suggestion.

‘So, you see, with my current partner too, I think it would be a win-win if, when we part ways, she shows me her sex with her new partner. What do you think?’

"How the hell would I know——————————!!"

Without thinking, Urusuke dropped his formalities and snapped back.

What do you think? No way.