Chapter 280 - Abortion or adoption?

After hearing everything, Kinoshita Iori gawks at her cousin. Is this truly her cousin? Did she get possessed by some evil spirit? "Do you truly find him attractive?" A real human being? Kawamoto Ren is alive, right? 

"My hormones react to him." Yamashina Chiyo replies with a steady voice, "I don't mind sleeping with him again."

Iori covers her face with her hands. This is insane. "You aren't supposed to say it like that, Sister."

"Nearly all humans have the need to copulate." Yamashina Chiyo goes on. "So what if I want him? He didn't have to make a big deal out of it."

"Oh, wait!" Iori grabs her sister's hand and widens her eyes. "Did you take any pills? No… Um… Did he use c.o.n.d.o.ms?"

The coroner purses her lips into a thin line. No, she doesn't remember seeing a c.o.n.d.o.m on his thing and she didn't take any pills either. From the way he was shooting it all inside her, there's a high chance that she's pregnant. "Get me the pills now."

"I don't have them." Iori bites her nails. "What if you get pregnant? When do your periods come? What will you say to aunt and uncle if they find out? You can't sleep around with men like this. There are certain steps. You date a person and get to know him more."

Chiyo is calm. Her eyes are crystal clear. There's no reason to panic now. If she's pregnant, then what can she do? Having a child wouldn't be bad. "Iori."

"Yes?" Iori raises her brow.

"If I get pregnant, you aren't allowed to tell it to anyone else," Chiyo says to her, "Or I will get an abortion or give it up for adoption."

Abortion or adoption? Iori grabs her own hair in frustration. "Why?"

"That guy… I don't want him to know." Chiyo wrinkles her nose, feeling sour. "I also don't want anyone to know who the father is. If anyone asks, tell them that I got pregnant when I was sleeping around with men whom I met at the club."

"But, Sister, your reputation will be ruined," Iori yells, grabbing Chiyo's shoulders. "Think about it. You shouldn't take a father's right. Besides, we don't know whether you are even pregnant."

And what the hell are they doing? Iori stands up and rushes toward the door. "Sister, I will get the pills now. You wait here."

After Iori is gone, Yamashina Chiyo folds her arms and knits her brows. A father's right? Her body still smells like that man. It's strangely comforting. But that man doesn't want her. She knows that the fault might lie in her. Being different… from her parents, cousins, relatives, colleagues… It can't be helped. Would her child also dislike her?

He might dislike the child though. Kawamoto Ren hates her. 

Anyway, she doesn't want him in her life anymore. It won't work out between them. 

When Iori returns, Yamashina Chiyo is taking a shower. She places the pills on the table and paces around the room. In the end, she can't say anything to anyone because it's Yamashina Chiyo's decision. There's a high chance that her cousin won't get pregnant.

She turns on her laptop and looks into the Kirishima Family. Her search leads her to Dionne Ash and Silvester Ash. "What a talented family! Every generation has a genius."

Silvester Ash was an influential businessman of his time. Dionne Ash was a brilliant violinist. Her son, Christopher Ash, also showed the talent in music but the boy died when he was sixteen. How did a crazy girl like Mira Kirishima come from that family line? 

"Daniel Nagasaki was killed in police custody." Iori stares at Daniel Nagasaki's picture on the screen. "Suspected of killing his wife and father-in-law… Mira Kirishima's body wasn't found -- Eh? I saw her yesterday. Why is the Kamiyama family quiet?"

What is going on?

"Who is quiet?" Yamashina Chiyo leans closer and glances at the laptop screen. She's dressed in formal clothing -- fitted white shirt and dark trousers. 

"Sister, are you going to work already?" Iori raises her head and looks at her. "You remember Tezuka Kohei? He died yesterday."

"I got the report.  His corpse should be at the lab." Chiyo walks toward the door. "I am off. Don't wait for me. I have a lot of work."

"Have a good day!" Iori shouts as Chiyo flounces out of the door. She turns her head back to the laptop screen, reading the articles on the Kirishima and Ash family until a thought crosses her mind. 

"Shit! She didn't take the pills."

***

At his apartment, poor Ren is rolling on the floor. 

"Why was I so harsh at her?" He sniffles. "She was also a v.i.r.g.i.n like me."

It was clearly a mistake from both sides, although his fault weighs less compared to her. He was at his home and drinking while watching anime. Now, can't a man stay at home and drink? 

"But why was she acting like a pro?" He rolls on his stomach. "Why? Just why?"

She could have just said that it was also her first time. 

"We were both drunk!" He bangs his head on the floor. "Why were we drunk?"

When his head starts hurting, he realizes that asking that question repetitively won't change the truth.

"Why would I marry her?" Ren sits on the floor, cross-legged. "Why? Just why? Sleeping with her once… doesn't mean that I have to sleep with her for the rest of my life."

He was harsh though. Sort of overreacted. Ren lies down on the cold floor again, staring at the ceiling. The cold woman didn't seem hurt. 

"Does she want to be my sugar mama?" He scowls darkly. "She's not even that rich. I already have Rie and Kiyohira. If I ever become jobless, I am sure that Rie won't let me die from hunger."

He doesn't need a rich sugar mama or a heartless woman. He has a best friend who will always be there for him. 

"I need to apologize to that cold woman." Ren massages his forehead. "If she doesn't apologize to me, that's her problem. But I should apologize for my faults."

But how is he going to face that woman now? He has seen her n.a.k.e.d.