Eighteen was a very special age, an age when the time was right for anything.
Everyone at the Butterfly Mansion knew that Kanzaki Kumo had an inexplicable fixation on age, so as the day approached, they had all guessed that something was about to happen.
Their reactions to this, however, differed somewhat.
Kanzaki Kumo was a little dazed, with a touch of nervousness and anticipation, while Makomo and Kanae felt a greater urgency on top of that. The former, especially, practically had "impatient" written across her face as the day drew closer.
Sakonji Urokodaki: What do you do when the cabbage you raised can't wait to go throw herself at a pig? Waiting for answers online. Somewhat urgent.
Kanzaki Kumo: Look, getting worked up again.
Sakonji Urokodaki: You ***!
Aside from those three, Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri were also silently counting how long remained until their own eighteenth birthdays.
Kanao, who was still several years away from that milestone, could only pout a little before going to ask her big brother for a hug.
Kanao: I'm unhappy. The kind of unhappy that only a hug from my big brother can fix.
Kanzaki Kumo: Nobody can turn down a sweet-smelling, soft little Kanao asking for affection. Nobody. (Signature know-it-all hand gesture.jpg.)
Aoi Kanzaki simply offered her envy and blessings, carefully tucking away the trace of dejection in her heart and behaving as she always did.
Kocho Delia was happy to see what was about to happen. Lately, whenever she looked at Kanzaki Kumo and the other two, her eyes held something that seemed both teasing and congratulatory.
As for Butterfly Zemu, he had been coughing a lot lately. Who knew whether he had fallen afoul of the saying that a physician could not heal himself.
Butterfly Zemu: Don't misunderstand. It's pure