I had a slight feeling of what it must be like to be prey, as I looked at the beautiful woman in front of me. But since she was a woman, I didn’t feel much fear.

“Welcome again, Touma-kun.”

“…Hey.”

Some time had passed since I had arrived here. 

Nothing in particular had happened in the morning, but after eating the lunch that Hisui had made for me, she invited me to her room.

(…The scent…it’s too sweet.)

It was questionable whether “sweet” could be used as a valid word to describe a scent, but I couldn’t find any other words to describe the current situation.

Hisui called me Touma-kun, just as we both knew each other, and I also called her Hisui just like in the real world.

“…Hisui”

“…Ah…mmm♪, don’t call me so informally…No, it’s not that you can’t call me that. Just being called by my name as equals makes me feel excited♪”

She said while rubbing her lower abdomen. 

Hisui’s gestures and atmosphere were like those of a succubus disguised as a human, and I had been nervous around her since earlier. 

I wonder what Shirayuki, who went back to her room to be alone for a while, was doing right now.

“Are you thinking about Shirayuki? Focus only on me for now.”

“…I know.”

She sat down next to me on the sofa and gently stroked my cheek with her supple fingers. 

Her fingers were a bit cold, so I shuddered involuntarily, but I felt even more excitement rising within me and my body grew hot.

“I’ve wanted to do this for so long… I’ve always, always wanted to touch you… I’ve always wanted to love you and be loved by you.” 

She said this with a wistful look on her face for that one moment.

That expression and those words reminded me of Shirayuki. It made me realize once again that no matter how far they go, they’re still mother and daughter.

“Hisui is… still scary.”

“Ara, how mean of you to say that I’m scary. But… hehe, you don’t dislike it, do you?”

“I don’t dislike it at all.”

She has a more intense female appearance than Shirayuki, and her eyes were like those of a predator.

Since her husband’s death, she had accumulated her desires within her and had been eagerly waiting for a chance to release them.

According to Hisui’s past story, her husband was an excellent man, but he was indifferent to childcare and family matters and often clashed with Hisui… That’s why Hisui had forgotten what it truly meant to love and be loved for several years.

“…Hisui!!”

“Ah♪”

Therefore, I slammed my desire onto Hisui.

…No, rather, I was overwhelmed by the atmosphere Hisui exuded to the point that I had no choice but to do so.

I hugged her sitting next to me tightly and enjoyed her mature body, which was even more mature than Shirayuki’s.

“Oh my, you’re so cute, Touma-kun. I’m sorry that I couldn’t do anything for you until you came over here.”

“Well…it can’t be helped. After all, we were originally from different worlds.”

“That’s right. The only thing that separated us was a single screen…I hated how much of an obstacle it was, and how much I despised it. And above all, I hated the fact that I had to be intimate with that brat instead of you.”

It was the first time I heard such strong words from Hisui.

I never thought she would use the word “brat,” but since I was the one who enjoyed that route, it also incited Shirayuki’s hatred, not just Hisui’s.

“…I thought the same thing with Shirayuki. I was just enjoying that scene…but you two weren’t.”

When I told her this, she hugged me to her bosom.

Not only was the soft elasticity that enveloped my entire face comfortable, but I also felt as if I was surrendering to overwhelming motherhood.

“That can’t be helped anymore. Hatred burns within me, but that flame is meaningless now. Because I can meet you like this.”

Lifting my face, Hisui showered me with a deep kiss.

It felt as if I could no longer even think about Shirayuki, who was supposed to be in another room, and could only see Hisui in front of me, as if my brain was being numbed to the core.

“You see, Touma-kun, I don’t mean to say that I want you to think of me this way. But still, please let me say it.”

“Huh?”

“I want to be your woman with Shirayuki… and above all, I want to be the mother who wraps you in a love deeper than the abyss.”

“…As a mother?”

Hisui nodded.

“Whether in this world or the previous one, I know you well. That’s why I want to watch over you forever.”

“…”

In this world, let alone the previous one, I didn’t know much about the warmth of family. 

Although we were close when I was young, my parents and I grew distant over time… and I didn’t want to be near my… such crusty parents, so I kept my distance from them. 

We exchanged only the bare minimum of words, and I left my hometown when I went off to college and never saw them again.

“… To think of Hisui as a mother… that’s impossible.”

“…Is that so?”

“Yeah. Although I do feel her maternal instincts strongly, Hisui has too much appeal as a woman to think of her as a mother.”

When I conveyed this to Hisui, she made a troubled but happy expression.

“My parents, and the warmth of a family, I didn’t know much about them. But that has also become my strength, and in a sense, I think it’s because of that I was able to accept my current situation as Arashi so quickly.”

“…”

“… well but!”

“Huh?”

I buried my face in her cleavage again as she sat in front of me.

The wonder of being able to feel her softness directly through the soft fabric was overwhelming… When I did this, she gently stroked my head.

“… Sometimes, I want to rely on you, even if it’s just once in a while.”

“Huh!?”

“But it’s embarrassing to call you ‘mom’… So, should I call you ‘mother’?”

“…Ah♪♪”

It was a voice of joy.

When I tried calling her ‘mother’, Hisui beamed with a smile and showered me with more kisses. Then, she slowly began to undress.

“It’s good… But I want more. Didn’t I tell you? I want to be seen as both a mother and a woman… Now, Touma-kun. There’s a woman in front of you who’s burning with desire for you. What do you want to do?”

That was not a question.

She had asked me to see her as a mother figure just earlier, but now she was staring at me as another woman, her eyes conveying a desire to confirm our love immediately. 

I pulled Hisui close and kissed her soft lips.

▼▽

Following Shirayuki, I had a full-fledged relationship with Hisui as well.

I had become involved with two women… It may be considered insincere by society, but we ourselves were not concerned about it at all.

Besides, there was no other outcome to be expected.

“Lovely, that was intense Touma-kun.”

“Hisui was the one that was so amazing… I love you.”

We were holding each other naked.

We just looked at each other, feeling each other’s warmth, as if we were basking in the afterglow.

“…I can’t stop anymore. Shirayuki and I will move forward… Be prepared, Touma-kun. You’ve been caught by us.”

“That’s right… But I have no regrets. I like heavy affection.”

“Ufufu♪ I knew that too.”

Looking at Hisui, who chuckled in front of me, I realized that I could not turn back now.

Of course, I had no intention of turning back, and it seemed unlikely that I could separate from the two of them no matter how much I struggled, nor would they let me go.

“But you know what, Hisui?”

“Hmm?”

“…Can you stop switching between your appearance as a woman and your appearance as a mother? To be honest, it’s making me feel like I’m losing my mind.”

“It’s no big deal, you know? No matter what, Shirayuki and I will take care of you. At one point, I even tried being fully in my mother mode, but Touma-kun was so absorbed in it, it was cute.”

“Stop it! It’s embarrassing, so stop it!”

For a moment, just a moment, all sense of shame left my mind. 

And then my body moved on its own, craving Hisui, and I found myself thinking of her as more than just a mother figure…I couldn’t control myself during that outburst.

“You’re staying the night, right? You’re not going to leave in the middle of all this, are you?”

“Is that okay?”

“Of course it is. We’ll take care of you two properly tonight♪”

“…”

“And she seems to be holding back too, don’t you think?”

“Huh?”

At that moment, Hisui got out of bed and headed towards the door. 

When she opened it, Shirayuki was sitting there with a red face and breathing heavily, as if she had been crying.

“Don’t cry so much… but Shirayuki, can’t you hold out until tonight?”

“I understand! I understand, okay!?”

…Is it really okay for tonight?

But the feelings of these two women, which had penetrated into my heart, wrapped around me like a sturdy chain. 

I finally understood the meaning of “the house of captivity”.