You Like Me, Not My Daughter?! Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 5] by Kota Nozomi

Author:Kota Nozomi
Language: eng
Format: epub

We finished playing doctor soon after that. We’d gotten to the scene from the show where the main character, played by Miu in our recreation, takes over the examination, but Mommy Ayako began giving some passionate notes on Miu’s acting.

“Agh, that’s not the line, Miu!”

“No, no. Jinko wouldn’t say that!”

“No, it’s like this. This is how you do Jinko’s signature pose!”

Unsurprisingly, Miu became obviously bored and said, “I don’t wanna do this anymore,” which brought an end to our game of doctor. I asked her what she wanted to do next, to which she responded, “Um... Hide-and-seek!”

So it was that our next activity was hide-and-seek inside the house—definitely a popular choice among kids on rainy days. Using the impartial method of rock paper scissors, it was decided that Miu would be seeking, leaving Mommy Ayako and I as the ones hiding.

“One... Two... Three,” Miu slowly and loudly began counting aloud, keeping her eyes shut while she standing in a corner of the entryway.

Mommy Ayako immediately headed upstairs, while I wandered around the first floor.

All right then, where should I hide?

The important thing for me to keep in mind was that this was someone else’s home. Even if we were very friendly neighbors, I wasn’t a member of this household—that is to say, I was a guest, not a family member. It wouldn’t have been right of me to snoop around too much. I didn’t feel comfortable heading upstairs without permission just because it was for the game, nor did it feel right to open their storage spaces like closets and such. I was an upper grade elementary schooler—I had enough common sense to know I shouldn’t do such things.

Even if I do snoop around and hide somewhere private without permission, Mommy Ayako might not get mad. I feel like she’d just laugh it off and say, “You’re basically a member of this family, Takkun.” That doesn’t mean I should take advantage of her kindness though.

This was an issue of common sense and manners. Other people’s homes were not my own, so it was on me to handle the things in others’ homes with due courtesy. I wanted to be a polite person with a good understanding of common sense, but most of all, I wanted Mommy Ayako to think, “Wow, Takkun is such a well-mannered man.” Given my dedication to picking a sufficiently conscientious hiding place, my options were quite limited.

There was yet another factor I needed to consider: this game of hide-and-seek was mainly for Miu. Her happiness was the highest priority, so it didn’t make sense for me to try too hard when hiding. I wasn’t going to gain anything by competing seriously against a girl who was a whole five years younger than me. Places where it would be too difficult to find me needed to be off limits.

Still, I couldn’t choose somewhere too easy. If Miu discerned that I deliberately didn’t try to hide, she might sulk. I needed to find somewhere appropriately obscured where she would both have to make an effort to look for me while also still being able to eventually find me.

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