W-What's wrong?! At this time of the night...
Chi-chan...
Today... Let me stay at your place...
Well, here's Deko-chan's cocoa.
What's wrong?
You like cocoa, don't you?
What's going on...?
Who knows... She's very pretty, huh...
Kei-chan, your face is weird.
lt: that face is weird.
It's not cool.
Oh shush! It's cool!
When you say those kinds of things...
See...?
I'll scratch you with my beard.
Stop it!
Stop it, Kei-chan!
It tickles!
Chikage-san! This is...
Oh! Well, she's called Kaedeko-chan.
Huh?! Is she one of Tachibana's relatives or something?
No, she's not.
If pops takes the whore, it's up to him...
but then what will happen to this store..?
So like, they're thiking she's a whore,
specifically a teenaged gold-digger one.
Deko, drink the cocoa while it's still hot.
Chikage, you keep Deko company.
It's been a while, hasn't it?
What's up... with that girl...
Even Chi's going to take the whore!
Chi-chan, did you know?
Mom used to hold Deko like this... and let Deko just stay here.
But now she won't do it...
So Deko hugged mom by herself.
And then mom hit Deko...
Mom has definitely come to hate Deko...
You're living off the money I earn!
Don't you dare tell me to die, you stupid girl.
From Deko's point of view,
Mom acts like an adult, huh...
But, even Mom has troubles...
When adults are troubled,
they want to be hugged by someone just like Deko-chan does.
Did you know?
Is that so?
Deko-chan has already grown this big.
When mom seems troubled,
Deko-chan has to become Mom's mom...
No matter how perfect you are,
no matter what you can do, you can still be troubled.
Don't tell...
Don't tell anyone!
I won't tell.
I won't tell so...
I won't tell anyone so...
Kaedeko...!
Hey, Sakurako.
You stupid girl.
I searched for you!
Sakurako-san! Please don't hit her!
What's this, Chikage?
Are you trying to act like a father now?
Tachibana, Who is... whose...
Seriously...?
Chi, you're this girl's father...
Well, that's what it is...
By the way, I have another man now.
That's not the problem...
So Chikage-san has done it, huh...