Chapter 6: My bias’ family

After a lot of persuasion on my part, my mom, my bias and Kudo Shigeru were all back on friendly terms. 

“There is absolutely no way that I will be the cause of their quarrels and cause the group HELIOS to disband”, I thought. 

Kudo Shigeru escaped harmlessly from the apartment, only leaving his contact information on a small piece of paper in my hoodie’s pocket. 

“Since when did he have the time to write this?!” 

I was baffled to find this note while I was helping my mother at cooking dinner and I swiftly put it back in my pocket, as I was scared that my mom would get another bad impression of Kudo Shigeru by finding out that he gave me his contact information. 

As the three of us ate dinner, my future dad also warned me to not get too close to his friend, telling me that he might be too over familiar with me. My mom frantically agreed with my bias and I reassure them that I’ll be careful. 

The topic of the other two members was then brought up in the conversation. My mother wanted to be sure that there was only one pervert in the group. Hifumi Tooru reassured my mom that the other two members were decent and I also tried to help at giving them a good impression since I didn’t want my mother to think badly of my favorite idol group.

My mom was still unsure and said that she wanted to properly meet the other two, hoping that by personally meeting them, they wouldn't barge in as uninvited guests in the upcoming future. My future dad tried to please her by telling that they were all busy this month and that she has to wait for a day where they will all be free.

My mom wasn’t really fond of waiting any longer. It has been almost half a year since my bias proposed to her and the three of us have been living under the same roof for over two months. 

We have coincidentally already met one of his coworkers but we have not yet properly met his parents. Hifumi Tooru did gain permission to marry my mom and it wasn’t like my mom never met his parents. The problem was that I’m the only one who hasn’t properly introduced myself to my future grand-parents yet!

All three of us were already so busy with work (and I with school) that I could even count with my hands the amount of time we all stayed together in this house.

Since Hifumi Tooru’s schedule was pretty irregular, whenever he has the same day off with my mom, I would let these two have their couple time by forcing these two to go on dates or by going outside to let them be intimate at home. 

Nevertheless, when my bias had a lot of free time and my mom was extremely busy at work, he would give me company at home and I would always experience a small personal fan-meeting session. 

And when all three of us were free, Hifumi Tooru’s parents would always be busy with their own work. 

I suggested that I personally go greet them by myself and both my bias and my mom shut me down, telling me that I should at least be accompanied by an adult. My mother even argued that she should be the one to go with me but my future dad fired back saying that him alone would be just fine.

I didn’t want them to fight over such a petty thing and so I made them reconcile by suggesting that we should all go together when the occasion arises. 

My mother also felt insecure that things didn’t really seem official yet even though she already got permission from her in-laws to marry my bias. 

By allowing my future dad to send pictures of me to his parents, my mom would feel relieved that they liked me and that they won’t take back their words. 

Though it costs me an immense embarrassment when a pro like my bias asks me to pose to take pictures of me. 

I sucked it up because I wanted to make my mom happy and surprisingly my bias really enjoyed doing that task. 

Even if it was rare, I got some opportunity to talk to my future grand-parents for a bit whenever they would call their son. Though the calls were always late at night, so I never talked to them for too long. 

Hifumi Tooru showed me a few pictures of his parents and told me what kind of person they were. 

Those events gave me confidence and I felt even more ready to meet them in person. 

The only problem was to find a time where all five of us would be free. 

For me, as long as I didn’t have a big exam coming up, I really didn’t mind the time and date but my mom really wanted me to properly study for small tests so I’m forced to give up my free time unless she told me to.

For my mother, she planned on quitting her job pretty soon and be a housewife when she’ll get married to my bias. Though she changed her mind and planned to quit sooner than she wanted so that she’ll be almost always avalaible. 

For my future dad, since his schedule is consistently irregular, there was nothing that the both of us could do.

For my future grand-parents, they promised to be free when my bias would have a break.

Mom was quite pleased with their promise and was willing to be more patient. But even when my grand-parents let themselves be free, it was hard for my mother to also take breaks since she felt bad for being a nuisance to her workplace when she was going to quit soon. 

Well, all of this will soon be resolved when she’s going to leave her workplace so it truly was just a matter of patience.

My mother calmed herself and apologized to her boyfriend, saying that she’ll try to be more patient again. My bias, feeling sorry at making her wait for so long, apologized too and hugged her.

As I was watching these two cry over this matter, I couldn’t help but leave these two alone and go back to my room, not even finishing my dinner. 

That night, I felt that being an adult was really stressful and I was not looking forward to becoming one yet.