"Mom, the New World must be hard for a former middle-aged man like you to adapt to. After all, both your age and gender have been reversed.
But you don't have to bear it alone. Your daughter has been through this before, so you can ask me anything you don't understand... No, rather, you absolutely must come ask me for advice!"
I leaned close to Dad's ear again and whispered:
"Or are you actually secretly enjoying this?"
As if my words had stirred up her shame, steam practically rose from her flushed face. She didn't need any hot medicinal soup to warm herself up at all.
If Mom had been here, she definitely would have bullied this intellectual beauty with glasses too. The fact that she hadn't joined this outing was truly Dad's good fortune.
Bullying Dad was definitely wrong, but it was so fun that I couldn't help teasing her. Especially when she tried so hard to preserve her dignity as a father—the more she did, the more I wanted to mess with her.
"Mom, both you and Mom have such small chests, so that's why your daughter can't grow up either~"
"Miluno, don't always be so improper..."
"What are you talking about? I'm usually very proper, okay~"
Being with Dad like this felt refreshing. It had been a long time since I'd felt this relaxed.
Golden climbed onto the bed too and lay behind Dad and me, chiming in:
"If you put it that way, Miluno's chest really surpasses its predecessors!"
Even Doggy could use idioms now, but that didn't sound like a compliment in this context.
"You mutt! You've learned to mock me now, have you? Take this!!"
I turned around and started rubbing her belly. She curled up on Barbara's bed and let out muffled, giggling