All paid in full...
Heh, so this house wasn't rented after all~? Taihei Doma had originally wanted to lecture Sogo about housing—now that he had moved out, he shouldn't be spending money so extravagantly. Fortunately, he had not gotten around to that topic yet...
Taihei Doma, who had never relied on financial support from home and had fought hard entirely on his own, thought about the 1LDK apartment he currently lived in. Then he compared it to his little brother's luxurious detached house and felt utterly stifled...
Why was it that, despite both of them moving out of the family home, he did not bear the reputation of having been kicked out, yet in terms of living conditions, he was actually the one who had been driven out!? No matter who looked at it, between him having to pay rent every month and Sogo having already bought a house outright, they would think he was the one who had been kicked out, right!?
"Taihei, don't tell me you really can't afford rent out there and want to crash at your big brother's place?" Sogo Doma asked suspiciously while Taihei's thoughts raced.
"Bastard, I'm your big brother!" Taihei reflexively retorted, then said, "Sogo, do I look like someone who can't afford rent?"
"Taihei, you can be bolder. Remove the 'like' and turn the question into a statement. That's the image I have of you...," Sogo said with a light laugh.
Taihei Doma: "..."
"Sogo, I just don't want to rely on the family. But you, you ran away from home and still used the family's—"
"I bought this house several years ago," Sogo calmly countered. Building the basement alone had taken him quite some time!
"Several years ago? Then it was even more likely to have been family money..." Taihei wore