Chapter 831: Chapter 25: Hakushi Family Matters_3
Hakushi wasn’t in a hurry to bully Ayane so early.
He wanted to save the greatest pleasure for the last, after all, the night was still long.
"Alright, but just hope that you won’t regret it later, Hakushi-kun."
Ayane smiled gently, her harmless appearance evoking a protective instinct.
This fairy! Despite putting on a gentlemanly front, his wife’s fiery desires had already made it difficult for him to restrain himself.
However, no matter what, they shouldn’t start in a place like this.
Therefore, amidst Ayane’s light laughter, Hakushi walked up to the second floor.
His study and bedroom were adjacent, but just as he reached the top of the stairs, a soft footstep in the hallway caught his attention.
Soon after, he found himself facing a boy, and his face froze, seemingly unable to react.
"Aya?"
The person in front of him was none other than his young son, Chiba Aya.
"Um, Dad, does this outfit look good on me?"
Aya bit his finger lightly, looking at Hakushi with slight shyness, as if eagerly anticipating his evaluation.
Only then did Hakushi notice that Aya was wearing a white dress and shoes, with a hairpin typically worn by girls clipped into his black hair, the overall style leaning towards feminine.
Hakushi suddenly realized something was amiss. Aya appearing at home in this outfit, didn’t that mean Ayane had already...
In an instant, cold sweat broke out on Hakushi’s forehead.
But by the time he realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
A soft voice reached Hakushi’s ears.
"Right, I forgot to mention earlier, before we enjoy tonight’s nightlife, there’s something I want to discuss with you, Hakushi-kun. For example, about Aya liking to wear women’s clothing, don’t you plan to explain this to me? Don’t worry, I’ll listen to your explanation closely, Hakushi-kun~"
Ayane, exuding a dense aura of darkness, had somehow appeared behind him, her smile even more affectionate than before.
However, within this affectionate smile, there was a chilling sense of dread, so much so that chakra manifested exaggeratedly, causing the entire mansion to tremble fearfully.
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—— Dad was sent to sleep in Raidenmaru brother’s pet house again today ——
Asuka couldn’t continue after writing this.
Although there were countless sources of material in this household for his diary.
However, writing down such an unflattering side of his father would not only make his father, Hakushi, appear pitiable but also sympathize with the undeservingly afflicted Raidenmaru brother.
The truth was, Raidenmaru brother, who had lost his only sanctuary to his father, was the most pitiful of all.
Asuka knew the root cause of the issue.
After returning home from a months-long business trip, Aunt Ayane had hoped to enjoy some mother-child warmth with her child. However, upon arriving home, she found her child in the cloakroom repeatedly trying on women’s clothing...
Asuka could vividly imagine the horror and oppression of that scene.
Because when his mother, Ruri, was angry, her cold smile wasn’t as terrifying as Aunt Ayane’s.
When his mother, Ruri, smiled coldly, it merely indicated she was simply angry.
But Aunt Ayane’s cold smile was the kind that didn’t reach her eyes, hiding more than just anger.
Even though his father, Hakushi, had repeatedly reminded Aya not to wear those trivial clothes.
Aya didn’t take it to heart and continued secretly indulging in the forbidden fruit that stirred him in places his father couldn’t see.
Asuka knew that Aya had been influenced by his sister, Ichihime.
Though Ichihime seemed to have gone far away to study, her influence still lingered over their only brother, Aya.
To Asuka, this was undoubtedly a bizarre situation.
Why was Aya so enamored with cross-dressing?
After all, it wasn’t such a remarkable interest.
Or was cross-dressing really that joyful?
Such thoughts flashed through Asuka’s mind more than once.
Ultimately, he could only attribute it to Aya being a special child like Ichihime.
Special... Asuka felt a bit envious.
Special meant outstanding, meant being different from the rest.
His mischievous sister, Ichihime.
His cross-dressing brother, Aya.
His father who always fancied Raidenmaru brother’s pet house.
His mother who always wore a stern face.
His Aunt Ayane who always wore a smiling face.
His elder sister, the mute Storm Girl.
His elder brother, the Earth General, who mumbled and was constantly picked on by his younger siblings.
His brother, Raidenmaru, who constantly endured the oppression from his father and Ichihime.
His sister, the Shadow Dancer, who accidentally chopped off the Earth General brother’s head.
...
Compared to these family members, Asuka felt he was no different from an ordinary person.
If simplicity could be considered a trait, then his only trait would be simplicity.
From the second-floor bedroom window, watching his father resting in the pet house in the courtyard, Asuka knew that his father was going to endure loneliness again tonight.
Thinking about it this way, Raidenmaru brother, who was away on business, seemed to have become a little happier, at least he didn’t have to squeeze into the narrow pet house with his father.
"When can I also become special?"
Looking at his father outside the window, Asuka sighed with a bit of melancholy.
It seemed like without becoming special, he couldn’t fit into this environment.
He, Uchiha Asuka, yearned to become a special child.
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"Sigh..."
This wasn’t Hakushi’s first sigh of the day.
