Are you hungry?
When the tanuki saw how much Nifuji had eaten, it couldn't help but ask.
"Yes." Nifuji nodded since he hadn't eaten since morning, as he spent all of his days sleeping.
Me too!
The tanuki then looked at Fuji and wrote another word, "I want to eat more!"
"No, you have just eaten. What if you get fat?"
But, he is fine!
"His body is good, and he takes care of himself."
As the two of them bickered, Nifuji knew that if it were in the past, he would think Fuji was crazy for talking to her pet, but, having seen many things and his system being crazy enough, he was all calm.
Yet, without a doubt, he had to say Fuji's food was good.
"Did you cook them yourselves, Fuji?"
"Yup." Fuji nodded. "Do they not suit your taste?"
"No, they are delicious. Thank you. Can I have more?"
"Sure." Fuji smiled softly, then took the plate to give him a refill while Nifuji talked with the tanuki, who cried on him, wanting to eat too.
"Don't. You will be like those fat cats later on YouTube."
"...." tanuki.
Nifuji continued eating while the tanuki was angry at him.
"Don't bully it."
"I am just thinking about its health."
"That's true." Fuji nodded as she looked at the tanuki. "Don't eat too much."
"...." Tanuki.
Still, as the tanuki was being bullied by the two, Nifuji continued to eat slowly, as he appeared so relaxed. Unlike his previous mess, he had washed up, wearing a simple white t-shirt and shorts. Also, his hair was still damp and slightly messy, yet it made him appear younger, which somehow made Fuji feel like she had done something wrong, as she was older than him.
Despite how they appeared, Fuji was 30, and Nifuji was 27.
Their ages might not be that different, and many men have dated younger women, but for an older woman to be with a younger man would still cause a scandal.
Yet, she loved him so much that she didn't want to part from him, despite how strange it was.
"What's wrong?"
Nifuji looked at Fuji strangely when she suddenly reached for his hair and lightly caressed him, making him feel weird.
"It feels like I am dating a younger man somehow."
"..."
Nifuji was speechless and said, "If so, then I should ask you for pocket money, then."
"I don't mind. Is 10,000 yen enough?"
''...did you just use my own money to give me pocket money?"
While facing his helpless expression, Fuji laughed.
Yup, similar to all of his women, who received one million yen monthly, Fuji, despite being older, also received the same money from Nifuji.
Frankly, many of them felt they shouldn't receive this money, especially since they didn't date him for the money. Yet Nifuji didn't think much about their opinion, since if they had money, they could afford to do what they wanted without worrying they would crumble.
The high school love aside, as everyone was still naive, the women he dated were all adults, so they knew how harsh it was to be an adult, and being an adult was even scarier than any horror movie.
Damn, the ghosts and all other scary myths were nothing in front of the responsibility of an adult.
"So, are you fine?" Fuji asked softly, as she sat next to him after he finished his food.
"Hmm..." Nifuji leaned on Fuji's shoulder and nodded. "I guess I am a bit exhausted somehow, but I am fine now."
"Is it a work?"
"No, my work is well. I should be able to live without working anymore with my current assets."
"....." Fuji.
Nifuji didn't lie, since his equity firm had been aiming to invest in human basic needs, such as water utilities, electricity, water, food, housing, infrastructure, and many others.
Yes, compared to tech and others, the values of those he targeted might not be much, but they were stable, and almost impossible to fall unless there were disasters or man-made troubles.
Still, more importantly, the more money he spent, the more he got out of it, as when he bought those investments, thinking that they were for his wife, he would get ten times the return, which was why, frankly, he was in the shopping sphere, and with a lot of liquid cash on hand, he could do whatever he wanted.
However, this was also the reason: it was easy for him to do anything that his mind started to wander in a different direction, thinking about something he shouldn't do, especially about how he would be with his women.
If he were the typical billionaire, he probably wouldn't care about others' feelings and would treat his family and those women like toys.
He could do whatever he wanted, and he just had to follow his desire, sleeping with who he wanted, and just leaving them when he didn't want the mess.
Unfortunately, he couldn't. No, it was fortunate that he couldn't.
For some people who knew this act of his, they would likely scoff and think that he was weak, as he let his weakness show and didn't dare to take a step on the path where he could just do whatever he wanted. Still, for them, he would look at them in a sorry state since he knew well that those people's path, who could discard whoever they wanted, was a lonely one. They had no one that they could trust, and this was also the reason why they had a distorted hobby, which was to destroy the others that they cared about the most, as those people had nothing that they treasured.
Nifuji was glad that he didn't become such a person. It was also because he was such a someone that he knew that he had to make a difficult decision sometimes, a decision where he would hurt others, as he knew, as a human, he had a limited capability, whether it was time and energy, so on that night, he should make his decision, a decision that might hurt the others, yet this also saved him, as he knew that he didn't have to worry that might die in his 30s, considering how busy he was.
Still, just as Fuji was about to ask him more—
"We're back!" 2x
Eli and Mayuri returned with a happy smile.
Nifuji looked at the two speechlessly, watching how they bought a lot of food as he touched his full belly, but Fuji only smiled softly and let out a soft sigh.