Episode 98 – Jealousy

The session was a great success. Ann looked at me as if she wanted to say something, but the staff took me off the stage. The applause was not only for Ann but also for me. For some reason, I felt a little awkward even though it was Ann’s field.

My mom and Kaori san greeted me with smiles, but Iori’s face looked a little puffy, and Rin looked completely sulky.

“I’m sorry, Iori, that this happened all of a sudden.”

“Whatever !….Even though it’s your first time meeting her….you’re awfully close.”

She stared at me intensely.

C…could this be jealousy?

“How could I do that….”

“I don’t know.”

She got into a bad mood. And Kaori san was laughing with a bad look on her face.

It’s not the first time I met Ann, but if I told her it would be a long story. If it were just the two of us, I would talk right now, but right now, our mothers were here. I thought I’d talk to Iori properly tomorrow, including an apology for today.

“Big bro, why didn’t you challenge her !”

Don’t call me that when I’m dressed like this.

Rin didn’t like the fact that I didn’t take Ann’s provocation.

–After this we watched the event through to the end, and then we all headed home.

On the way home, I wanted to send a message to Iori, but I was too busy receiving Rin’s complaints.

I regret that I couldn’t talk about Iori properly even though my mother was there. Well, it couldn’t be helped considering that I was dressed as a woman, met Ann Mayer, and jumped on stage.

“Naru.”

“What’s up, Mom?”

“Iori chan, she’s a good girl.”

Why so suddenly and out of the blue.

“She’s also Kaori’s daughter, so you shouldn’t make her cry.”

“I know.”

“Do you? You played with her heart-to-heart and so passionately ! You’re a cheater !”

A passionate performance with mutual hearts… Did Rin have that kind of image throughout that session… Is that why she’s in a bad mood?

Hmm….is it possible that’s the reason why Iori is also in a bad mood?

……So, she got jealous?

I couldn’t stand it. I called Iori as soon as I got home.

She scolded me a bit, but in the end she forgave me.

I told her that I had met Ann at a competition in the past, but I didn’t tell her that Ann was the reason I stopped playing guitar.

It’s not the kind of thing you talk about over the phone, I want to meet you and talk to you in person.

Starting with Yukki’s request, getting caught while cross-dressing, then I met Ann again…..it was an intense day filled with so many things.

But today’s events were just the beginning of more uproar.