Anime Girls are Moist

In the room next-door

Mrs. Yukinoshita was still in shock; Rei Ao, however, remained perfectly calm.

He strolled forward and halted just one step away from her.

"Yukino and Haruno didn't merely ask me to resolve the Yukinoshita crisis," he said quietly.

"The most important reason I'm here… is you."

"Me…?"

Mrs. Yukinoshita blinked in confusion, completely unaware that she and Rei Ao were now standing practically nose-to-nose.

"They love you very much," Rei Ao went on. "That's why they want you to experience real happiness."

"So they asked me to—how shall I put it—court you."

"???"

Her beautiful eyes flew wide; her mind literally quivered.

"Please don't joke about that, Rei Ao-kun."

Forcing an embarrassed smile, she edged backward until her shoulder blades touched the wall.

Rei Ao advanced another step.

"I'm not joking," he said, serenely. "And I think you can feel my sincerity, can't you?"

Her hands dropped helplessly to her sides.

"This is absurd…I'm already—"

"Forty-three. Precisely the age when a woman is most captivating."

Rei Ao smiled. "Madame, did you know? The moment I first met you, I was drawn to you."

That heated gaze made her cheeks burn.

"Please—don't say such things."

"Why not?"

He took half a step closer; now they were breathing the same air.

"You are beautiful, intelligent, and strong, yet you've imprisoned yourself beneath the title head of the Yukinoshita house for decades.

"The shackles have come off; why keep suppressing yourself?"

She wanted to refute him, yet found no words.

His voice was like a key gently prying open the locked door deep inside her heart.

"You're lonely, aren't you?" Rei Ao's tone was low, gentle.

"Each night you lie alone in this huge bed, listening to the clock tick, counting the patterns on the ceiling—only yourself for company."

Her breathing turned ragged. How does he know? How can he know every detail?

Rei Ao raised his hand and softly brushed away an unnoticed tear sliding down her cheek.

"Tonight… may I keep you company?"

"Not as Yukino and Haruno's man, but as a man who admires you."

Her heart hammered. She ought to refuse—ought to send him out with righteous indignation.

Yet her body betrayed her mind.

At the first touch of his fingers a long-abandoned warmth welled up from her heart and spread through every limb.

"I…I don't know…" she whispered, voice as faint as a mosquito's.

Rei Ao smiled, lifting her face gently in both hands.

"Then leave the decision to yourself, Madame."

His lips met hers.

Her pupils dilated; her palms pressed weakly against his chest, but there was no strength behind them.

The kiss was a spell that dissolved all resistance.

When he finally released her, Mrs. Yukinoshita could no longer stand.

Rei Ao caught her easily, arms slipping beneath her knees.

"I suppose that completes the task your daughters set me," he murmured with a small laugh.

…

In Haruno's room

Yukino and Haruno held their breath, listening to the faint sounds through the wall.

"Seems…it worked," Haruno whispered, thrilled.

Yukino's expression was indescribably complicated.

"Did we really do the right thing? Mother—"

"Relax," Haruno hugged her sister's shoulders. "Rei Ao-kun is amazing. He'll make Mother very happy."

On cue, Mrs. Yukinoshita's muffled reply—in a rather special register—drifted through the wall.

Yukino's face flushed scarlet to the roots of her ears, while Haruno bit her lip to stifle giggles.

"Progress sounds excellent~"

Yukino could not describe her feelings; a peculiar mixture flooded her chest.

But things had come this far—she had no ground to stop them, however little she understood how easily her mother had been "persuaded."

What Yukino did not know was that Rei Ao's charm was not something the average person could resist—much less someone who had endured decades of solitude.

…

Elsewhere

"Ai, are we really doing the right thing?"

The normally unflappable Shinomiya Kaguya felt bewildered about taking over the Yukinoshita assets in her own name—an open provocation to her brothers.

Hayasaka Ai sighed softly.

"Milady, do you truly think owning the Yukinoshita group poses any real threat to your brothers?"

Kaguya shook her head—the Yukinoshita holdings were tiny next to the Shinomiya conglomerate.

"I never expected you to rely on their strength," Ai said gravely. "I just wanted you to do Rei Ao-kun a favour."

"If your brothers trouble you, Rei Ao will be your ultimate shield."

Understanding bloomed in Kaguya's eyes; she clasped Ai in a grateful hug.

…

Back in Mrs. Yukinoshita's room

Guided with practiced tenderness, she tasted true happiness for the first time; decades of repression burst its dam, unstoppable.

Somewhere in her muzzy mind she recalled a line read long ago: A woman's second life begins the moment she's truly loved.

…

Late into the night

Mrs. Yukinoshita lay nestled in Rei Ao's arm, her breathing slow and even.

He stroked the damp silk of her hair; looking at this woman, so different from her daytime self, he smiled in quiet content.

He was gentle—far from excessive.

"Sleep, Madame," he whispered, kissing her brow.

"Tomorrow will be a brand-new day."

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