Tokyo Sick Girlfriend

Chapter 110 Impeccable
What does it feel like to be suddenly called "husband" before you're even married?
Especially since it was his first visit, in front of his girlfriend's parents...

Even though Shiratori Seiya didn't care about other people's opinions and had a thicker skin than a city wall, he still felt somewhat embarrassed at this moment, facing Takahashi Isao's gaze that seemed to want to devour him.

Turning to look at Mio Takahashi, her eyes were as thick as sugar water, as if she truly loved him deeply.

If he could, Shiratori Seiya really wanted to tell her that she was overacting, and that if she continued like this, her parents would probably think of her as some kind of vixen.

It was clear that she was going all out now, and Shiratori Seiya felt that he had no reason to back down now. Although things were developing in a completely different way than he had expected, it seemed that he had no choice but to grit his teeth and move forward.

However, despite feeling that Mio Takahashi's plan was somewhat extreme, she definitely understood her parents better than she did herself.

Maybe it really will work?

As for the marriage certificate in front of us, we can only ask about it later.

If she can do this, then I have no reason not to believe her.

Facing Takahashi Isao, who was clearly still angry, Shiratori Seiya thought for a moment and was about to speak when a soft voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Please sit down and have a cup of tea."

With a sigh at the end of his voice, Shiratori Seiya turned his head and met Mrs. Takahashi's gaze.

She looked at him with doubt and worry in her eyes. After just one glance, Shiratori Seiya knew that this Mrs. Takahashi was definitely not stupid.

Compared to Takahashi Isao, whose face was flushed red with suppressed rage, she was noticeably calmer.

"Let's go?"

Mio Takahashi tugged at him, wanting to squeeze into the sofa where there was only one person, but Reie Takahashi glanced at her and said:

"Mio, go inside and get the tea for Mom. It's in the cabinet by my bed, the third drawer from the bottom."

"what?"

Mio Takahashi paused for a moment, then instinctively turned to look at her mother.

"Go quickly."

Hearing her mother's urging voice, Takahashi Mio bit her lip, glanced at Shiratori Seiya with concern, and then quickly went into the master bedroom.

"I'm so sorry, we only have some old tea leaves. We haven't been able to entertain you properly."

Although Takahashi Reie was smiling and speaking very politely, Shiratori Seiya knew that it was just her way of entertaining outsiders.

She acted as if she had never seen that marriage certificate before.

Shiratori Seiya gave her a deep look, placed his hands between his legs, and bowed his head, saying:

"No, I'm the one who should apologize. It was presumptuous of me to come here without permission, but I was really worried about Mio..."

"Mom, is this it?"

Less than a minute later, Mio Takahashi walked out of the living room, waving the half-eaten tea leaves in her hand and asking.

"Yes, this is it."

Reie Takahashi took the tea leaves and, seeing that Mio Takahashi still wanted to squeeze in with Seiya Shiratori, subtly pulled her to the sofa directly opposite Shiratori.

Mio tried to get up, but felt a pain in her foot. She looked up at her mother with resentful eyes, only to be glared at fiercely by the latter.

Stop fooling around!

Rarely seeing her mother with such an expression, Mio Takahashi suddenly snapped back to reality, realizing she was about to cross a line in her mother's heart, and wilted like a frostbitten eggplant.

However, she still carefully raised her eyes, pursed her lips, and gave Shiratori Seiya a look that said, "I did my best. Good luck. I'm on your side."

"Humph!"

Takahashi Isao naturally saw this scene. Seeing that his daughter had calmed down, he crossed his arms and snorted loudly.

'Wow. '

As Mrs. Takahashi lifted the teapot in her hand, a thin strand of pale yellow liquid flowed into the bowl, and the aroma of tea immediately wafted out.

Watching her skillful tea-making technique, Shiratori Seiya felt that she must have studied tea ceremony in her youth.

As Takahashi Reie placed the first cup of tea before Shiratori Seiya, she looked at his face and whispered:

"Please enjoy."

"Thank you."

Shiratori Seiya looked at the half-full cup of tea in front of him, took a sip, and was about to say something complimentary when he heard the other person say:
"Although Mio just told us a lot, there are still many things we don't understand. Can we ask her?"

"Please tell me."

Reie Takahashi glanced at her husband, who was blushing and glaring at Seiya Shiratori, and silently sighed before asking:
When did you and Mio start dating?

Upon hearing this, Shiratori Seiya subconsciously glanced at Takahashi Mio, who was about to explain with a gesture, but Takahashi Reie clearly noticed this and pressed her hand down, saying:

"Mio, are you feeling unwell? If not, you should go back inside and rest."

"Ah, I didn't..."

Reie Takahashi gave her a warning look, then looked at Seiya Shiratori and asked with a smile:

"Shiratori-kun, is this question difficult to answer?"

"No."

Shiratori Seiya's fingers traced the shape of his teacup, his eyes unfocused, a look of reminiscence on his face.

"Actually, I first met Mio at the entrance ceremony. I'd say it was love at first sight..."

As he spoke, he lowered his gaze, a shy smile appearing on his face:
"After hesitating several times, I finally got Mio's contact information a month later, and then we knew each other for almost half a year..."

He spoke with utmost seriousness and in a very natural and genuine tone. It was the first time Takahashi Mio had seen him with such an honest expression. Although there was no particular expression on her face, she was quite surprised at that moment.

So you can act too? I thought you could always be so calm.

However, just as Shiratori Seiya was halfway through composing, Takahashi Isao gave him an impatient sideways glance and said:

"Lianhui didn't ask you to tell a love story, did she? What are you rambling on about?"

Listening to the details of this scoundrel's relationship with his daughter, which seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, Takahashi Isao felt inexplicably annoyed, wishing he could hang him on a fishing rod and use him as bait to catch sharks.

Upon hearing this, Shiratori Seiya was not angry. After pausing for two seconds, he said:
"Okay, Mio and I started dating after summer vacation."

Reie Takahashi stared at Seiya Shiratori's face, but couldn't discern any flaws in it.

However, after thinking about it carefully, she felt that something was not right.

Although he deliberately blurred the timeline, making it seem like he had stretched out the time it took for the two of them to get to know each other, it was really only October... He had only started dating his daughter in September at the earliest, and they got married in just two months?

With a question lingering in her mind, Takahashi Reie looked at Shiratori Seiya with a half-smile and asked:

"But Mio clearly said that you two started dating right after the start of university. Did you remember wrong, or did Mio remember wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Takahashi Mio's eyes widened for a moment. Ignoring her mother's complaints, she quickly said before Shiratori Seiya could speak:
"Mom, what are you saying? I just..."

Before she could finish speaking, Takahashi Reie silenced her with a glance and said calmly:
"Really? I must have misremembered."

Despite her outwardly calm demeanor, Takahashi Reie was inwardly puzzled. What kind of spell had this bastard cast on his daughter to make her so protective of him?
"By the way, I just heard Mio say that you can write screenplays? And is Mio going to act in a screenplay you wrote?"

There's no need to make things up on this point, Shiratori Seiya nodded.

Seeing this, Mrs. Takahashi raised her delicate eyebrows, and the impression she had just formed of 'this child is honest and kind' vanished instantly. To be honest, she was somewhat disappointed.

Takahashi Isao's reaction was even stronger than hers. He suddenly tilted his head back and chuckled twice, then leaned forward abruptly, slamming his hand on the table and saying, "What a joke! You're not even twenty years old yet? You can write a screenplay in college and have it made into a movie? You bastard, there's a limit to how much you can lie, isn't there?"

"You think I and Lianhui are idiots?!"

He spoke with increasing force, eventually even getting close to Shiratori Seiya's face.

Upon hearing this, Shiratori Seiya glanced at Takahashi Reie and noticed that she remained silent as well. Clearly, this was the question she wanted to ask.

After thinking for a moment, he took out his phone and found several pre-signed electronic contracts. He wasn't worried about the two of them seeing them and leaking information; he even opened the copyright certificate provided on the website. He placed his phone on the coffee table and moved it between the two of them, saying:

"This is the contract signed last month, and also the copyright certificate for the script..."

Upon hearing this, the Takahashi couple exchanged a glance, then huddled together to examine it closely. They didn't quite understand it, but the company seal on it didn't seem fake, and coupled with the copyright certificate, they had no choice but to believe it.

When the two had looked around enough, Shiratori Seiya continued:
"My aunt and uncle probably still don't quite believe why I was able to become a screenwriter so quickly and why they chose my script..."

"Actually, I had built up some connections through songwriting before, and there happened to be a producer among them, so I submitted my song directly to him..."

"Songwriting? You were writing songs before?"

"Ah."

Shiratori Seiya nodded, his face full of sincerity:

"I wrote a few songs in high school and luckily they achieved some success..."

What are the names of the songs you write?

Reie Takahashi's voice rang out in the air. This time, it wasn't Seiya Shiratori's turn to answer. Mio Takahashi reached out and tugged at her mother's arm, a shy expression on her face as she coquettishly said:

"Mom... the songs that Kiyoya wrote, the ones I played for you before, sung by Hojo Shione, the recently popular 'Yuki no Hana' and 'Riding on the Back of a Silver Dragon,' were both written by Kiyoya."

"?"

Now, Takahashi Reie could no longer remain calm as before. A look of surprise crossed her face, and she couldn't help but ask:
"Are you 'Friend A'?"

"Ah."

Shiratori Seiya nodded, raised his gaze, and looked at Takahashi Mio with deep affection, saying:
"Actually, Mio and I first met because of these songs..."

"..."

The air fell silent for a moment.

Reie Takahashi looked at Seiya Shiratori with a complicated expression, her gaze sweeping over his young face, her doubts growing rather than diminishing.

If he is really that talented, why would he be interested in Mio?
She knows her own daughter best. Apart from being good-looking, she has no other strengths and even has a lot of minor flaws. Although it may sound unpleasant, it is the truth.

She really wanted to ask, "What exactly do you like about my daughter?" But asking that would inevitably embarrass her daughter.

After thinking for a moment, Reie Takahashi took a deep breath and sighed:
"It is indeed quite surprising. This is the first time I've met someone as young and talented as Shiratori-kun. I've only ever seen people like you in books, but..."

She changed the subject, looking at Shiratori Seiya and asking:

"So, Shiratori-kun, you were working with Hojo Shione before? I heard you stopped writing songs. Did you have some kind of conflict with her? Why did you suddenly give up songwriting and prepare to develop in the direction of film and television?"

She almost blurted out, "Why didn't you choose Hojo Shione and instead came to find your daughter?"

However, Shiratori Seiya smiled, his gaze sweeping past her before turning to Takahashi Mio with deep affection, and said earnestly:
"It's because of Mio."

"I decided to write the script because I knew Mio wanted to be a star."

"I want to help Mio realize her dream and make her happy."

"..."

'Click.'

Mio Takahashi felt as if her heart had been struck by a shooting star. She stared blankly at Seiya Shiratori, her long eyelashes trembling slightly.

Even though he knew that what he was saying at that moment was not what he truly felt, and that he was deliberately putting on an act to cooperate with his parents.

But when she heard him say it was for her sake, to help her realize her dream, she felt a lump in her throat.

As she said, from childhood to adulthood, only Shiratori Seiya has wholeheartedly supported her in matters of dreams.

Even though this bastard is entangled with several other women and often makes me angry, anyone who isn't blind can see the effort he puts into himself.

At that moment, Mio Takahashi felt that everything she had risked was worth it.

Even if her father disagrees and kicks her out of the house, she absolutely cannot let him down.

'Pat-pat, pat.'

Tears welled up in her eyes and dripped onto the table with a crisp sound.

Although Takahashi Isao was equally surprised that Shiratori Seiya could achieve so much at such a young age, he still wanted to tease him a bit.

He had never heard of any such thing as "someone getting an A or not," but seeing his daughter's tearful face, the words he wanted to say stuck in his throat.

Seeing his wife and daughter looking at this brat with surprise, admiration and emotion, he felt a pang of jealousy. The more he looked at Shiratori Seiya, the more annoyed he became. He clenched his fists and could only stare at the other man with wide eyes.

'Swish. '

Reie Takahashi reached out and pulled out two tissues, handing them to her daughter. Compared to before, the suspicion in her eyes about Seiya Shiratori had lessened considerably.

Although she still felt that this kind of love came too suddenly, she felt that there was no such thing as a free lunch in the world, but when she thought about it carefully, who can say for sure about love?
What if he really does like Mio? His own daughter isn't bad-looking either…

However, despite being somewhat moved and the atmosphere so intense that it was hard not to shed tears, there were still some things that needed to be clarified.

Thinking this, Takahashi Reie pursed her lips, looked at Shiratori Seiya, and sighed:

"I don't know exactly how much you like Mio, but getting married suddenly behind your parents' backs is never right, is it? Do Shiratori-kun's parents know about this?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Shiratori Seiya was first taken aback, then his expression stiffened, and finally he moved his lips twice and said with a wry smile:
"Actually, there's no need to tell them... They probably already know."

"Ok?"

His nonsensical words left the three of them confused.

“My parents passed away when I was young. I lived with my aunt until I went to university, but I don’t have much contact with her anymore…”

Shiratori Seiya's words were like a bomb, striking the hearts of the group.

Mio Takahashi stared at him blankly, her red lips slightly parted.

This was the first time she had heard about this.

My first thought was, 'Are you kidding me?'

But then I realized he wasn't the type to say such things because of this kind of thing.

She couldn't help but wonder if the Hojo sisters and Saori Hasegawa knew about this.
I definitely know.

Despite wanting to deceive myself, reason immediately provided the answer.

Suddenly, Mio Takahashi felt a huge chasm of time between them.

It seems I've never really gotten to know him properly...

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(End of this chapter)